1992 Ukrainian First League was the first

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season with the record number of teams participating in the league at 28 divided into groups. The season started on March 14 and finished July 5, 1992. At the end of the season the five worst teams from each of the two groups were relegated to the

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(the third tier). The winners of each group qualified for the top league for the next season. Somewhat surprising was the performance of such teams as Pryladyst Mukacheve and Artania Ochakiv that were just a few points short of qualifying for the

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Teams

In the 1992 season, the Ukrainian First League consisted mostly of clubs that had competed in the Soviet Second League (Ukrainian Zone). The league was split into two groups A (mostly western and central Ukraine) and B (mostly eastern and southern Ukraine).

Map

Pre-season organization

* Games of Chornomorets-2 were conducted at various stadiums such as

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, OSPO Stadium, ZRSS Stadium, Stankozavod Stadium, SRZ Stadium. * Some games of Ros were conducted at the Kolos Stadium in Terezyne (

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). * Some games of Pryladyst were conducted at Spartak Stadium. * Some games of Dnipro were conducted at Avanhard Stadium in

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Name changes before season

* The city of ''Kommunarsk'' changed back to

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* Karpaty Kamyanka-Buzka relocated from

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and changed its name to Skala Stryi * Mayak Ochakiv changed its name to Artania Ochakiv * Dynamo Bila Tserkva to Ros Bila Terkva * Novator Mariyupil to Azovets Mariyupil * Kolos Nikopil to Metalurh Nikopil

Group A

Final standings

Goalscorers * Aleksei Snigiryov ( FC Veres Rivne) 10 * Valeriy Kinashenko ( FC Prykladnyk Mukacheve) 10 * Vitaliy Buhay (

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) 7 * Yuriy Ovcharenko (

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) 7 * Serhiy Serdiukov (

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) 7 * Volodymyr Tymchenko (

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) 7 * Oleksandr Ostashov (

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) 7 * Vasyl Herasymchuk ( FC Chaika Sevastopol) 7

Group B

Final standings

Goalscorers * Denys Filimonov (

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) 16 * Viktor Hromov (

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) 14 * Oleksandr Haiduk (

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) 11 * Vadym Oliynyk (

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) 10 *

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) 9 * Hennadiy Zamriy ( FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod) 9 * Oleksandr Pindeyev (

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) 9 * Ihor Nichenko (

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) 9

References

External links

Championship of Ukraine - Official site of the FFU

Archive of championships of Ukraine on the site ukrsoccerhistory.com

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Teams

Map

Pre-season organization

Name changes before season

Group A

Final standings

Group B

Final standings

See also

References

External links