1989 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was the 59th season of association football competition of the

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, which was part of the

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. The

was split after the season and all national (republican) competitions were placed at the lower league (4th division), while the upper league (3rd division) was transformed into a buffer league. The 1989 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was won for the first time by

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. In the competition Volyn passed the 1988 Football Champion of Ukrainian SSR,

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. Like the last season Bukovyna, Volyn also failed to earn promotion to the First League as it lost the inter-zonal playoffs.

Teams

Map

Promoted teams

* Kremin Kremenchuk – Champion of the Fitness clubs competitions (KFK) ''(returning to professional level after an absence of 20 seasons)'' **Note: Unlike the previous team Dnipro Kremenchuk that represented the local factory Kredmash, the new team represented the Soviet factory of

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and conditionally is considered as a successor of Dnipro.

Relegated teams

* Zorya Voroshylovhrad – ''(Returning after 2 seasons)'' * Kolos Nikopol – ''(Returning after 10 seasons)''

Moved outside of the Zone

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was placed in the Zone 5 *

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was revived and without participating in amateur competitions placed in the Zone 5

Renamed teams

*Prior to the start of the season ''Torpedo Lutsk'' was renamed to

Volyn Lutsk FC Volyn Lutsk ( ) was a Ukrainian association football, football club based in Lutsk. Since its establishment in 1960, the club became the only major (professional) football club within Volyn Oblast and uncontested leader of football in the reg ...

. *Prior to the start of the season ''Spartak Zhytomyr'' was renamed to Polissya Zhytomyr. *Prior to the start of the season ''Novator Zhdanov'' was renamed to Novator Mariupol.

League standings

Top goalscorers

The following were the top ten goalscorers.

External links

1989 Soviet Second League, Zone 6 (Ukrainian SSR football championship)
Luhansk football portal {{1989 in Soviet football

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Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR