| Season | 1996–97 |
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| Champions | Dynamo Kyiv |
| Relegated | Nyva Vinnytsia, Kremin Kremenchuk |
| Champions League | Dynamo Kyiv |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| UEFA Cup | Vorskla Poltava, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
| Top goalscorer | (21) Oleh Matveyev (Shakhtar) |
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| Team | Outgoing head coac | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment | Table |
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| FC Shakhtar Donetsk | Valeriy Rudakov | pre-season | Valery Yaremchenko | pre-season | |||
| SC Tavriya Simferopol | Anatoliy Zayayev | pre-season | Serhiy Shevchenko | pre-season | |||
| FC CSKA Kyiv | Viktor Chanov | pre-season | Volodymyr Lozynsky | pre-season | |||
| FC Karpaty Lviv | Volodymyr Zhuravchak | pre-season | Myron Markevych | pre-season | |||
| FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | Bernd Stange | pre-season | Viacheslav Hrozny | pre-season | |||
| FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Myron Markevych | pre-season | Oleksiy Cherednyk | pre-season | |||
| FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | Ihor Yurchenko | pre-season | Boris Streltsov | pre-season | |||
| FC Kremin Kremenchuk | Valery Yaremchenko | pre-season | Mykhailo Bilykh | pre-season | |||
| FC Nyva Vinnytsia | Serhiy Morozov | pre-season | Pasha Kasanov | pre-season |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv (C) | 30 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 69 | 20 | +49 | 73 | CL 1st Qualifying Round |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 72 | 28 | +44 | 62 | CWC Qualifying Round |
| 3 | Vorskla Poltava | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 50 | 26 | +24 | 58 | UC 1st Qualifying Round; new |
| 4 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 30 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 48 | 19 | +29 | 55 | UC 1st Qualifying Round |
| 5 | Karpaty Lviv | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 52 | |
| 6 | Tavriya Simferopol | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 44 | |
| 7 | Chornomorets Odessa | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 42 | |
| 8 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhya | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 41 | |
| 9 | Nyva Ternopil | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 39 | |
| 10 | Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 31 | 55 | −24 | 36 | |
| 11 | CSKA Kyiv | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 35 | |
| 12 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 48 | −24 | 33 | |
| 13 | Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 33 | 49 | −16 | 31 | |
| 14 | Torpedo Zaporizhzhya | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 25 | 56 | −31 | 29 | |
| 15 | Kremin Kremenchuk (R) | 30 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 28 | 57 | −29 | 24 | Persha Liha |
| 16 | Nyva Vinnytsia (R) | 30 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 48 | −29 | 18 | Persha Liha |
Source:
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goal scored.
Note:
| Club | Coach | Replaced Coach |
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| FC Dynamo Kyiv | Valery Lobanovsky | Yozhef Sabo 17 games(first half) |
| FC Shakhtar Donetsk | Valery Yaremchenko | |
| FC Vorskla Poltava | Viktor Pozhychevskyi | |
| FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | Vyacheslav Hrozny | |
| FC Karpaty Lviv | Myron Markevych | |
| SC Tavriya Simferopol | Mykola Pavlov | Serhiy Shevchenko 10 games1 |
| FC Chornomorets Odessa | Leonid Buriak | |
| FC Metalurh Zaporizhia | Oleksandr Tomakh | |
| FC Nyva Ternopil | Ihor Yavorskyi | |
| FC Zirka Kirovohrad | Oleksandr Dovbiy | Oleksandr Ischenko 22 games2 |
| FC CSKA Kyiv | Volodymyr Lozynskyi | |
| FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Oleksandr Lysenko | Oleksiy Cherednyk 12 games |
| FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | Viktor Kolotov | Boris Streltsov 5 games |
| FC Torpedo Zaporizhia | Viktor Matvienko | Ihor Nadein 27 games |
| FC Kremin Kremenchuk | Mykhailo Bilykh | |
| FC Nyva Vinnytsia | Oleksandr Ischenko | Pasha Kasanov 23 games3 |
^1 Two interim coaches headed the team when Shevchenko was let go, Ivan Balan 5 games and then Valeriy Shvediuk 7 games.
^2 Mykhailo Kalyta was interim coach for a game.
^3 Volodymyr Reva was interim coach for 2 games.
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