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The inaugural season of the Ukrainian Premier League (UPL) in 1992 featured six top-tier Soviet clubs. These clubs included Dynamo Kyiv, Metalist Kharkiv, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Shakhtar Donetsk, Tavriya Simferopol, and Chornomorets Odessa. These teams had previously competed in the Soviet Top League, the highest level of football in the Soviet Union, and were among the strongest and most successful clubs in the country.