| Season | 1996–97 |
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| Champions | Metalurh Donetsk |
| Promoted | Metalurh Mariupol |
| Relegated | Odessa Krystal Chortkiv Podillya Khmelnytskyi Veres Rivne |
| Top goalscorer | (22) Oleksiy Antyukhin (Dynamo-2 Kyiv) |
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Ukrainian First League 1996–97 was the sixth season of the Ukrainian First League which was won by Metalurh Donetsk. The season started on August 4, 1996 and finished on June 20, 1997.
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In 1996-97 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:
| Club | City | Stadium | Coach | Replaced coach(es) |
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| Metalist Kharkiv | Kharkiv | Metalist Stadium | Mykhailo Fomenko | Viktor Udovenko |
| Veres Rivne | Rivne | Avanhard Stadium | Viacheslav Kobeletsky | |
| Poligraftechnika Olexandria | Oleksandriya | Olimp Stadium | Yu.Koval | An.Buznyk |
| Podillya Khmelnytskyi | Khmelnytskyi Krasyliv |
Podillya Stadium Yunist Stadium |
V.Kvartsyany | Vl.Bulhakov |
| Krystal Chortkiv | Chortkiv | Kharchovyk Stadium | V.Ivehesh | I.Hamaliy |
| Lviv | Lviv | Yunist Stadium | Stepan Yurchyshyn | |
| Dynamo-2 Kyiv | Kyiv | Dynamo Stadium | Volodymyr Onyshchenko | |
| Yavir Krasnopillia | Krasnopillya | Kolos Stadium Yavir Stadium |
V.Dushkov | |
| Stal Alchevsk | Alchevsk | Stal Stadium | Anatoliy Volobuyev | |
| Dnipro Cherkasy | Cherkasy | Central Stadium Spartak Stadium |
Sm.Osynovsky | Ihor Chupryna |
| Bazhanovets Makiivka | Makiivka | Avanhard Stadium | V.Pyshchev | |
| Bukovyna Chernivtsi | Chernivtsi | Bukovyna Stadium | V.Bohuslavsky | Yukhym Shkolnykov |
| Khimik Zhytomyr | Zhytomyr | City Stadium | H.Ishchenko | V.Veber |
| Naftovyk Okhtyrka | Okhtyrka | Naftovyk Stadium | Vasyl Yermak | A.Dovbiy |
| Metalurh Nikopol | Nikopol | Elektrometalurh Stadium | H.Verzhelenko | |
| Volyn Lutsk | Lutsk | Avanhard Stadium | A.Radchenko | |
| Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | Uzhhorod | Avanhard Stadium | Oleksandr Holokolosov Sr. | M.Bobal |
| Zorya Luhansk | Luhansk | Avanhard Stadium | A.Shakun | A.Kuksov |
| CSKA-2 Kyiv | Kyiv | CSKA Stadium | A.Shtelin | A.Petrakov |
| Khimik Severodonetsk | Sieverodonetsk | Khimik Stadium | Yu.Koval | Yu.Vankevych |
| Odessa | Odessa | SKA Stadium | Serhiy Marusyn | |
| SC Mykolaiv | Mykolaiv | Central Stadium | Anatoliy Zayaev | Yevhen Kucherevsky |
| Metalurh Donetsk | Donetsk | Shakhtar Stadium | Ye.Korol | |
| Metalurh Mariupol | Mariupol | Azovstal Stadium | Yu.Pohrebnyak |
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| 1 | Metalurh Donetsk | 46 | 32 | 5 | 9 | 77:39 | 101 | (+) new Vyscha Liha |
| 2 | Dynamo-2 Kyiv | 46 | 29 | 8 | 9 | 91:33 | 95 | no promotion |
| 3 | Metalurh Mariupol | 46 | 29 | 6 | 11 | 92:56 | 93 | (+) new Vyscha Liha |
| 4 | Volyn Lutsk | 46 | 26 | 5 | 15 | 62:47 | 83 | (-) new |
| 5 | Naftovyk Okhtyrka | 46 | 25 | 6 | 15 | 76:43 | 81 | |
| 6 | Stal Alchevsk | 46 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 76:43 | 78 | |
| 7 | Mykolaiv | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 66:37 | 75 | (-) new |
| 8 | FC Lviv | 46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 56:43 | 69 | |
| 9 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 64:51 | 67 | |
| 10 | Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 55:51 | 65 | |
| 11 | Metalurh Nikopol | 46 | 20 | 4 | 22 | 60:66 | 64 | |
| 12 | Metalist Kharkiv | 46 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 55:53 | 63 | |
| 13 | Yavir Krasnopillia | 46 | 18 | 7 | 21 | 61:61 | 61 | |
| 14 | Khimik Siverodonetsk | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 64:62 | 59 | |
| 15 | Verkhovyna Uzhhorod | 46 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 56:78 | 58 | |
| 16 | Shakhtar Makiivka | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 55:62 | 56 | |
| 17 | Cherkasy | 46 | 16 | 7 | 23 | 46:78 | 55 | |
| 18 | Khimik Zhytomyr | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 44:61 | 55 | |
| 19 | CSKA-2 Kyiv | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 37:56 | 54 | (+) new |
| 20 | Zoria Luhansk | 46 | 16 | 5 | 25 | 58:84 | 53 | (-) new |
| 21 | Odessa | 46 | 14 | 8 | 24 | 47:79 | 50 | Druha Liha |
| 22 | Podillia Khmelnytskyi | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 40:66 | 46 | Druha Liha |
| 23 | Veres Rivne | 46 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 36:79 | 42 | Druha Liha |
| 24 | Krystal Chortkiv | 46 | 9 | 6 | 31 | 31:77 | 33 | Druha Liha |
Note:
Three teams were promoted from the Second League and three teams relegated from the Premier League. The First League was extended to 24 participants.
FC Naftokhimik Kremenchuk did not participate this season in the league.
Dynamo-2 Kyiv cannot be promoted.
The League will be reduced to 22 teams for the next season.
As couple of years ago another rookie teams gained their promotions upon entering the League from the lower division: Metalurh Donetsk and Metalurh Mariupol. Thus far they were the last clubs that made to the Top League from the Second in two seasons(!).
Legend:
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- Promoted |
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- Relegated |
| Persha Liha 1996-97 Winners |
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| FC Metalurh Donetsk First title |
Statistics are taken from here.[1]
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