Ukrainian Third League

Ukrainian Third League

Founded	1992
Folded	1995
Country	Ukraine
Number of teams	22 (last season)
Level on pyramid	4
Promotion to	Ukrainian Second League
Relegation to	KFK competitions
Domestic cup(s)	Ukrainian Cup
Most championships	1 – Naftokhimik Kremenchuk, Sirius Zhovti Vody, CSKA Kyiv
Website	Official site

The Ukrainian Third League (Ukrainian: Третя ліга, Tretia Liha), until 1994 known as the Transitional League (Ukrainian: Перехідна ліга), was part of the Ukrainian semi-professional football clubs competitions. In 1994, it was renamed as Third League and granted the status of professionals, but during a winter break of 1995 it was decided to discontinue it and merge back with the Ukrainian Second League.

History

The League as the fourth tier (or third smaller tier) was created after the reorganization once the first championship was completed in 1993. In 1992, original Transitional League was created, which later was transformed into the Ukrainian Second League. The league was created from the pool of clubs of the third tier that did not perform well in the previous season as well as the best new amateur clubs that had won their respective regional competitions.

Throughout its history the League yielded at least four promotions each year. That in turn fueled the rise of the Ukrainian new football clubs, FC Arsenal Kyiv and FC Metalurh Donetsk. At the end of the 1995 season, the League was incorporated back into the Second League and the teams of both Leagues were then split into two groups.

Each season the league was admitting about 10 new clubs from the KFK competitions (8 in 1993, 10 in 1994, and 12 in 1995).

In 1992–93 Ukrainian Transitional League took place several strange nuances. The third placed team withdrew after being granted promotion, the fourth place which in mid-season was forcefully merged with another entity gave away its promotion in favor of the newly acquired entity, another club which was excluded from competitions due to sportsmanship conduct sanctions was reinstated for the next season, out of the last six team, the third from the bottom of the season's standing table was allowed to stay for the next season.

Third League winners

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Third place
1992–93	Naftokhimik Kremenchuk	Dynamo Luhansk	Antratsyt Kirovske
1993–94	Sirius Zhovti Vody	Frunzenets Saky	Viktor Zaporizhzhia
1994–95	CSKA Kyiv	Nyva Myronivka	Khutrovyk Tysmenytsia

All-time table

Top-20. All names are shown as at the time of the last participation.

	2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League
	2020–21 Ukrainian First League
	2020–21 Ukrainian Second League
	2020–21 Ukrainian Football Amateur League
	2020 Regional competitions
	Club is defunct

PL	Team	Seasons	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	Pts	Achievement	Prom	First	Last
1	Torpedo Melitopol	3	110	48	29	33	125	106	173	4th	1	1992–93	1994–95
2	CSKA Kyiv	2	76	46	9	21	126	70	147	champion	1	1993–94	1994–95
3	Nyva-Kosmos Myronivka	3	76	43	18	15	99	43	147	vice-champion	2	1992–93	1994–95
4	Avanhard Zhydachiv	3	110	39	28	43	121	141	145	8th	1	1992–93	1994–95
5	Khutrovyk Tysmenytsia	2	76	42	15	19	116	67	141	third place	1	1993–94	1994–95
6	Systema-Boreks Borodianka	2	76	41	17	18	113	47	140	5th	1	1993–94	1994–95
7	Oskil Kupiansk	2	76	40	11	25	102	84	131	5th	1	1993–94	1994–95
8	Frunzenets Saky	2	68	34	17	17	99	57	119	vice-champion	1	1992–93	1993–94
9	Fetrovyk Khust	3	107	32	10	65	80	119	106	12th	–	1992–93	1994–95
10	Promin Sambir	2	68	26	8	34	78	91	86	10th	–	1992–93	1993–94
11	Avanhard Rovenky	1	42	23	4	15	59	50	73	7th	1	1994–95	1994–95
12	Naftokhimik Kremenchuk	1	34	21	10	3	56	26	73	champion	1	1992–93	1992–93
13	Antratsyt Kirovske	1	34	22	5	7	46	32	71	third place	1	1992–93	1992–93
14	Sirius Zhovti Vody	1	34	20	11	3	56	25	71	champion	1	1993–94	1993–94
15	Shakhtar Horlivka	2	76	20	11	45	62	117	71	13th	–	1992–93	1994–95
16	Silur Khartsyzk	2	68	18	16	34	57	105	70	13th	–	1992–93	1993–94
17	Dynamo Luhansk	1	34	19	12	3	66	32	69	vice-champion	1	1992–93	1992–93
18	Viktor Zaporizhzhia	1	34	20	8	6	65	25	68	third place	1	1993–94	1993–94
19	FC Lviv	1	34	20	8	6	57	33	68	4th	1	1993–94	1993–94
20	Metalurh Novomoskovsk	1	42	21	2	19	59	60	65	8th	1	1994–95	1994–95

Notes

Note: Teams in bold earned promotion.