1995–96 Ukrainian Second League

Group A

P
Team
G
W
D
L
Dif
Pts
Misc
1 CSKA Kyiv 40 27 8 5 61-27 89 Persha Liha
2 Krystal Kherson 40 24 7 9 75-29 79
3 Khutrovyk Tysmenytsia 40 24 3 13 66-33 75
4 Obolon Kyiv 40 22 9 9 60-35 75
5 Kalush 40 22 8 10 64-31 74
6 Nyva-Cosmos Myronivka 40 21 10 9 59-36 73
7 Desna Chernihiv 40 21 9 10 55-30 72
8 Haray Zhovkva 40 20 7 13 49-35 67
9 Systema-Boreks Borodianka 40 17 12 11 34-31 63
10 Hazovyk Komarno 40 18 8 14 47-38 62
11 Avanhard Zhydachiv 40 18 8 14 44-44 62
12 Karpaty Mukacheve 40 17 8 15 39-35 59
13 Keramik Baranivka 40 18 5 17 38-41 59
14 Halychyna Drohobych 40 16 8 16 39-40 56
15 Skhid Slavutych 40 14 10 16 43-51 52
16 Olimpiya Yuzhnoukrainsk 40 12 7 21 34-67 43 replaced FC Artania Ochakiv
17 Ros Bila Tserkva 40 10 9 21 28-61 39
18 Ahrotekhservis Sumy 40 8 6 26 25-77 30
19 Skify Lviv 40 6 5 29 20-28 23
20 Dynamo-Flesh Odessa 40 3 6 31 12-85 15
21 Kakhovka 40 3 3 34 11-49 12
22 Temp-Advis-2 Shepetivka

Note:
The Sumy team became the second post Soviet team that lost its non-amateur status.

Withdrawn teams

FC Temp-Advis-2 Shepetivka stopped its participation after the 7th round (results were scrached).
SC Skify Lviv and FC Kakhovka quit the League after the first half.

Name changes

Vodnyk→Krystal, Nyva→Nyva-Kosmos, Khimik→Kalush, Transimpeks-Ros→Ros.

Group B

P
Team
G
W
D
L
Dif
Pts
Misc
1 Metalurh Mariupol 38 30 4 4 70-24 94 Persha Liha
2 Metalurh Donetsk 38 24 7 7 53-27 79 Persha Liha
3 Metalurh Novomoskovsk 38 23 6 9 53-33 75
4 Oskil Kupyansk 38 21 7 10 45-28 70
5 Avanhard-Industria Rovenky 38 19 11 8 45-36 68
6 Tytan Armyansk 38 19 10 9 59-38 67
7 Shakhtar Stakhanov 38 19 9 10 41-33 66
8 Viktor Zaporizhia 38 19 5 14 54-34 62
9 Shakhtar-2 Donetsk 38 18 7 13 44-32 61
10 Dynamo Saky 38 17 8 13 42-36 59
11 Druzhba Berdiansk 38 17 8 13 41-38 59
12 Chaika Sevastopol 38 17 7 14 55-39 58
13 Torpedo Melitopol 38 12 14 12 44-35 50
14 Portovyk Illychivsk 38 14 5 19 30-56 47
15 Dnistrovets B.-Dnistrovskyi 38 13 7 18 25-54 46
16 Hirnyk Komsomolsk 38 10 8 20 33-71 38
17 Sportinvest Kryvyi Rih 38 6 2 30 20-33 20
18 Shakhtar Sverdlovsk 38 5 4 29 24-37 19
19 Dynamo Slovyansk 38 1 8 29 13-36 11
20 Prometey Dniprodzerzhynsk 38 1 1 36 10-81 4
21 Kosmos Pavlohrad - - - - x-x -

Note:
Kosmos Pavlohrad quit competition after the 11th round. All its results were annulled.
After the winter break three other teams stopped their participation: Prometey Dniprodzerzhynsk, Dynamo Slovyansk, Sportinvest Kryvyi Rih.
Shakhtar Sverdlovsk withdrew after the 25th round.
Metalurh Mariupol was called Azovets in the first half of the competition.
Metalurh Donetsk was Shakhtar and was from Shakhtarsk.

Legend:

- Promoted

- Relegated