1994–95 Ukrainian Third League
| Season | 1995–96 |
|---|---|
| Champions | CSKA Kyiv |
| Relegated | Tavriya Novotroitsk Shakhtar Horlivka Sula Lubny Lada Chernivtsi Fetrovyk Khust Dnister Zalischyky |
| Top goalscorer | 24 – M.Kovalchuk (CSKA) V.Pobehayev (Systema) |
← 1993-94 1995–96 → | |
Ukrainian Third League 1994–95 was the last season of the experimental Third League. For the following year the league was consolidated into the Druha Liha. All the teams that placed above 17thplace were welcome to apply for participation in the Druha Liha along with any successful amateur teams.
The season started on August 14, 1994, with the final round being played on July 2, 1995. The newly reformed CSKA won the top awards. However, those medals were snatched from under the nose of the leading Nyva Myronivka who were in the lead with only two rounds to go. Those, together with the Tysmenytsia men, were the main challengers for the gold by the end of the season. This was the last year that the relegated clubs left the league and if Shakhtar Stakhanov was showing some determination for a victory, Zalishchyky were pretty much forced out of the league by various circumstances, such as poor performance.
Team change
Relegated team
Promoted teams
- FC LAZ Lviv
- FC Lada Chernivtsi
- FC Advis Khmelnytskyi
- FC Keramik Baranivka
- FC Transimpeks Vyshneve
- FC Sula Lubny
- FC Avanhard Rovenky
- FC Vahonobudivnyk Kremenchuk
- FC Metalurh Novomoskovsk
- FC Shakhtar Horlivka
- FC Tavria Novotroitske
- FC Dnistrovets Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi
Final standings
P
|
Team
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G
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W
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D
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L
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Dif
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Pts
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Misc
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| 1 | CSKA Kyiv | 42 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 81-28 | 101 |  Second League – Promoted
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| 2 | Nyva Myronivka | 42 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 65-17 | 98 | Second League – Promoted
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| 3 | Khutrovyk Tysmenytsia | 42 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 73-26 | 95 | Second League – Promoted
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| 4 | Torpedo Melitopol | 42 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 51-31 | 83 | Second League – Promoted
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| 5 | Oskil Kupyansk | 42 | 25 | 5 | 12 | 50-32 | 80 | Second League – Promoted
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| 6 | Systema-Borex Borodianka | 42 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 61-31 | 75 | Second League – Promoted
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| 7 | Avanhard-Industria Rovenky | 42 | 23 | 4 | 15 | 59-50 | 73 | (+) – Second League – Promoted
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| 8 | Metalurh Novomoskovsk | 42 | 21 | 2 | 19 | 59-60 | 65 | (+) – Second League – Promoted
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| 9 | Skify-LAZ Lviv | 42 | 20 | 5 | 17 | 51-52 | 65 | (+) – Second League – Promoted
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| 10 | Keramik Baranivka | 42 | 20 | 5 | 17 | 46-52 | 65 | (+) – Second League – Promoted
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| 11 | Advis Khmelnytsyi | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 56-55 | 61 | (+) – Second League – Promoted
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| 12 | Shakhtar Stakhanov | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 56-62 | 60 | (-) – Second League – Promoted
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| 13 | Dnistrovets Bilhorod Dnistrovskyi | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 39-51 | 56 | (+) – Second League – Promoted
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| 14 | Vahonobudivnyk Kremenchuk | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 38-54 | 51 | (+) – withdrew |
| 15 | Skhid Slavutych | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 35-51 | 51 | (+) – Second League – Promoted
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| 16 | Avanhard Zhydachiv | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 42-65 | 51 | Second League – Promoted
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| 17 | Tavriya Novotroitske | 42 | 14 | 4 | 24 | 37-79 | 46 | (+) –  Amateur – Relegated
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| 18 | Shakhtar Horlivka | 42 | 11 | 3 | 28 | 29-73 | 36 | (+) – Amateur – Relegated
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| 19 | Sula Lubny | 42 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 24-33 | 28 | (+) – Amateur – Relegated
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| 20 | Lada Chernivtsi | 42 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 21-32 | 26 | (+) – Amateur – Relegated
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| 21 | Fetrovyk Khust | 42 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 18-35 | 21 | Amateur – Relegated
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| 22 | Dnister Zalischyky | 42 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 18-40 | 19 | (-) – Amateur – Relegated
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Notes
- Dnister, Fetrovyk, Lada, and Sula withdrew from the league.
- Hart changed its name to Systema-Borex
- CSK ZSU changed its name to CSKA
- Avanhard-Industiya was known simply as Avanhard
- Skify-LAZ was known as LAZ
| Ukrainian Third League 1994-95 Winners |
|---|
| FC CSKA Kyiv First title |
Legend
| - Promoted | |
| - Relegated |
(+) or (-), in Misc column, identifies how a certain club ended up in this League. (-) means demoted from the Second League, (+) means promoted from the amateurs.
Top scorers
- Mykola Kovalchuk (CSKA) - 24
- Viktor Pobehayev (Systema) - 24 (3)
- Vadym Vus (CSKA) - 17
- Oleksandr Dovhalets (Advis) - 15 (3)
- Ihor Shylo (Avanhard-Ind) - 15 (8)
Transimpeks-Slavutych situation
The recently promoted Transimpeks was based in Vyshneve, then the club moved to Trezine where it changed its name to Transimpeks-Ros-2 (as a second team for FC Ros Bila Tserkva). Both clubs went through some financial difficulties and Transimpeks ended up with the greater impact. The administration of Ros could not afford another team and replaced it with amateurs from Kiev Oblast. Skhid Slavutych this season was competing in the amateur competitions, at first being situated in Yahotyn and later relocating all the way to Slavutych. By the end of the season Skhid Slavutych was promoted to the Third League to replace the "purged" Transimpeks, forfeiting all its games in the amateur competitions. Skhid, however, managed not to get relegated and was allowed to be promoted to the Second League becoming a professional club. In four of its games Skhid earned four points by winning one home game in Slvutych and earning a drew in Bilhorod.
See also
- Ukrainian Second League 1994-95
- Ukrainian First League 1994–95
- Amateur championship 1994-1995
- 1994–95 Ukrainian Cup