1994–95 Ukrainian First League

Ukrainian First League

Season	1994–95
Champions	Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad
Promoted	Zirka-NIBAS, CSKA-Borysfen
Relegated	Karpaty, Sumy
Top goalscorer	(21) Andriy Husyn (Dynamo-2 Kyiv)
Biggest home win	(8:1) Metalurh Nk - Sumy
Biggest away win	(0:6) Sumy - Khimik Zh
Highest scoring	(8:1) Metalurh Nk - Sumy
← 1993-94 1995-96 →

Ukrainian First League 1994–95 was the fourth season of the Ukrainian First League which was won by Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad. The season started on August 6, 1994 and finished on July 2, 1995. In the last round the Kiev club was only a point away and was visiting Oleksandriya, while the leading Zirka was hosting the former Premier League participant Bukovyna. The Kirovohrad club has managed to prevail with goals from Borysenko and Oliynyk becoming the season champions.

Teams

In 1994-95 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:

Metalist

Khimik

Dynamo-2

Borysfen

Karpaty

Podillya

Krystal

Sumy

Zirka

Dnipro

Naftovyk

Bazhanovets

Polihraftekhnika

Stal

Zakarpattia

Metalurh

Skala

Vorskla

Naftokhimik

Khimik

Odessa

Bukovyna

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Locations of teams in First League

Club	City	Stadium	Coach	Replaced coach(es)
Metalist Kharkiv	Kharkiv	Metalist Stadium	Viktor Kamarzayev
Pryladyst Mukacheve	Mukacheve Uzhhorod	Pryladyst Stadium Avanhard Stadium	H.Kachur
Poligraftechnika Olexandria	Oleksandriya	Olimp Stadium	Anatoliy Buznik	Yuriy Koval
Podillya Khmelnytskyi	Khmelnytskyi Krasyliv	Podillya Stadium Yunist Stadium	V.Stryzhevsky	Mykhailo Dunets
Krystal Chortkiv	Chortkiv	Kharchovyk Stadium	I.Hamaliy
CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv	Boryspil Kyiv	Kolos Stadium CSKA Stadium	Mykhailo Fomenko	Volodymyr Bezsonov
Dynamo-2 Kyiv	Kyiv Boryspil	Dynamo Stadium Kolos Stadium	Anatoliy Kroshchenko	Volodymyr Onyshchenko
Sumy	Sumy	Avanhard Stadium	Serhiy Dotsenko	Viktor Aristov
Stal Alchevsk	Alchevsk	Stal Stadium	Anatoliy Volobuyev
Dnipro Cherkasy	Cherkasy	Central Stadium	S.Osynovsky
Bazhanovets Makiivka	Makiivka	Avanhard Stadium	V.Pyshchev
Bukovyna Chernivtsi	Chernivtsi	Bukovyna Stadium	Yukhym Shkolnykov	A.Pavlenko Yu.Stasyshin
Khimik Zhytomyr	Zhytomyr	Khimik Stadium	L.Cheremysin	Leonid Koltun
Naftovyk Okhtyrka	Okhtyrka	Naftovyk Stadium	Andriy Biba
Metalurh Nikopol	Nikopol	Elektrometalurh Stadium	Pavlo Yakovenko
Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad	Kirovohrad	Zirka Stadium	Oleksandr Ishchenko
Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	Uzhhorod	Avanhard Stadium	Yu.Chirkov	E.Kesler I.Lednei
FC Skala Stryj	Stryi	Sokil Stadium	Roman Pokora	V.Smerdov
Vorskla Poltava	Poltava	Vorskla Stadium	Viktor Pozhechevskyi
Khimik Severodonetsk	Sieverodonetsk	Khimik Stadium	Yu.Vankevych
Odessa	Odessa	SKA Stadium	Serhiy Marusyn
Naftokhimik Kremenchuk	Kremenchuk	Dnipro Stadium	I.Belykh

Final table

P	Team	G	W	D	L	Dif	Pts	Misc
1	Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad	42	27	10	5	68:26	91	(+) new Vyscha Liha
2	CSKA-Borysfen Boryspil	42	26	9	7	73:31	87	(+) new Vyscha Liha
3	Metalurh Nikopol	42	24	7	11	66:42	79
4	Khimik Zhytomyr	42	20	15	7	61:37	75
5	Naftovyk Okhtyrka	42	23	3	16	69:51	72
6	Podillia Khmelnytskyi	42	20	11	11	48:39	71
7	Dynamo-2 Kyiv	42	19	8	15	65:40	65	no promotion
8	Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria	42	18	8	16	59:37	62
9	Stal Alchevsk	42	19	5	18	57:50	62
10	Metalist Kharkiv	42	17	9	16	48:44	60	(-) new
11	Vorskla Poltava	42	17	8	17	49:48	59
12	Odessa	42	16	8	18	51:51	56
13	Bazhanovets Makiivka	42	16	7	19	52:57	55	(+) new
14	Khimik Siverodonetsk	42	15	9	18	43:56	54
15	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	42	16	5	21	43:45	53	(-) new
16	Naftokhimik Kremenchuk	42	14	10	18	50:50	52	(+) new
17	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	42	12	10	20	40:62	46
18	Krystal Chortkiv	42	12	9	21	35:67	45
19	Skala Stryi	42	12	9	21	31:65	45
20	Dnipro Cherkasy	42	11	8	23	32:48	41
21	Karpaty Mukacheve	42	12	5	25	39:74	41	Druha Liha
22	Sumy	42	8	3	31	22:81	27	Druha Liha

Note:

• Four teams were promoted from the Second League, they are in italic. The First League was extended to 22 participants.
• In bold are teams that relegated from the Supreme League.
• Dynamo-2 Kyiv can't be promoted.
• Podillia Khmelnytskyi changed back from the Nord-AM-Podillya at the start of the season.
• Sumy was called SBTS in the first half.
• CSKA-Borysfen Boryspil was called Borysfen in the first half and were playing at Kolos Stadium in Boryspil.
• Worth to note the amazing season of CSKA-Borysfen Boryspil and Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad that attained their next promotion right away moving to divisions up in two seasons(!).

Legend:

	- Promoted
	- Relegated

Persha Liha 1994-95 Winners
Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad First title

Top scorers

Statistics are taken from here.

	Scorer	Goals (Pen.)	Team
1	Serhiy Chuichenko	27 (5)	Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya
2	Andriy Husin	21	Dynamo-2 Kyiv
3	Oleksiy Hrachov	18 (2)	Naftovyk Okhtyrka
4	Vyacheslav Suvorov	16 (1)	Metalist Kharkiv
5	Valeriy Sofilkanych	14	Khimik Zhytomyr
	Viktor Diak	14 (1)	Bazhanovets Makiivka
	Vadym Plotnikov	14 (2)	Stal Alchevsk
8	Borys Oliynyk	13 (1)	Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad
9	Kostyantyn Babych	12	Metalurh Nikopol
10	Oleksandr Omelchuk	11 (8)	Metalurh Nikopol