| Season | 1995–96 |
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| Champions | Dynamo Kyiv |
| Relegated | Volyn Lutsk Zorya Luhansk SK Mykolaiv |
| Champions League | Dynamo Kyiv |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Nyva Vinnytsia |
| UEFA Cup | Chornomorets Odessa |
| Intertoto Cup | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Top goalscorer | (20) Timerlan Huseinov (Chornomorets) |
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Contents |
| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment | Table |
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| FC Dynamo Kyiv | Mykola Pavlov | pre-season | Yozhef Szabo | pre-season | |||
| SC Tavriya Simferopol | Pavlo Kostin | pre-season | Yuriy Kerman | pre-season | |||
| CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv | ? | pre-season | Mykhailo Fomenko | pre-season | |||
| FC Karpaty Lviv | Myron Markevych | pre-season | Volodymyr Zhuravchak | pre-season |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv (C) | 34 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 65 | 17 | +48 | 79 | CL Qualifying Round |
| 2 | Chornomorets Odessa | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 56 | 25 | +31 | 73 | UC 2nd Qualifying Round |
| 3 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 65 | 34 | +31 | 63 | |
| 4 | CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 47 | 27 | +20 | 56 | new |
| 5 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhya | 34 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 49 | 42 | +7 | 52 | |
| 6 | Zirka Kirovohrad | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 50 | new |
| 7 | Torpedo Zaporizhzhya | 34 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 48 | |
| 8 | Karpaty Lviv | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 46 | |
| 9 | Kremin Kremenchuk | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 46 | |
| 10 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 45 | IC Group Stage |
| 11 | Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 44 | |
| 12 | Tavriya Simferopol | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 44 | |
| 13 | Nyva Ternopil | 34 | 13 | 3 | 18 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 42 | |
| 14 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 42 | |
| 15 | Nyva Vinnytsia | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 36 | −8 | 40 | CWC Qualifying Round |
| 16 | SK Mykolaiv | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 38 | Persha Liha |
| 17 | Volyn Lutsk | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 34 | 58 | −24 | 34 | Persha Liha |
| 18 | Zorya Luhansk | 34 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 80 | −64 | 16 | Persha Liha |
Source:
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goal scored.
Note:
| Timerlan Huseinov | Chornomorets Odessa | 20 |
| Andriy Shevchenko | Dynamo Kyiv | 16 |
| Oleh Matviiv | Shakhtar Donetsk | 13 |
| Oleksandr Palyanytsia | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 13 |
| Andriy Pokladok | Karpaty Lviv | 13 |
| Volodymyr Mozolyuk | Volyn Lutsk | 12 |
| Ivan Korponay | Kremin Kremenchuk | 11 |
| Volodymyr Sharan | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 11 |
| Serhiy Borysenko | Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad | 10 |
| Roman Hryhorchuk | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 10 |
| Mikhail Potskhveria | Metalurh Zaporizhia / Shakhtar Donetsk | 10 |
| Yuriy Vernydub | Torpedo Zaporizhia | 10 |
| Oleh Yaschuk | Nyva Ternopil | 10 |
| Rank | Club | Points | Notes |
| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv | 12.5 | |
| 2 | Chornomorets Odessa | 11 | |
| 3 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 6 | |
| 4 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 4 | |
| 5 | Tavriya Simferopol | 1.5 | |
| 6 | Karpaty Lviv | 1 | |
| Rank | Club | Points | Notes |
| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv | 26.5 | |
| 2 | Chornomorets Odessa | 11 | |
| 3 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 6 | |
| 4 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 4 | |
| 5 | Tavriya Simferopol | 1.5 | |
| 6 | Karpaty Lviv | 1 | |
| Round | Country | Club | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q round | Aalborg BK | 1-0 | 3-1 | |
| Group A | Panathinaikos FC | 1-0 | n/a |
| Round | Country | Club | Home | Away |
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| Q round | Linfield FC | 4-1 | 1-0 | |
| 1st round | Club Brugge | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| Round | Country | Club | Home | Away |
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| Pre round | Hibernians FC | 2-0 | 5-2 | |
| 1st round | Widzew Łódź | 1-0 | 0-1 | |
| 2nd round | RC Lens | 0-0 | 0-4 |
| Club | Coach | Replaced Coach |
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| FC Dynamo Kyiv | Yozhef Sabo | |
| FC Chornomorets Odessa | Leonid Buriak | |
| FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | Bernd Stange | |
| FC CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv | Viktor Chanov | Mykhailo Fomenko 29 games(!)1 |
| FC Metalurh Zaporizhia | Oleksandr Tomakh | |
| FC Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad | Oleksandr Ischenko | |
| FC Torpedo Zaporizhia | Ihor Nadein | |
| FC Karpaty Lviv | Volodymyr Zhuravchak | |
| FC Kremin Kremenchuk | Valery Yaremchenko | Tiberiy Korponay 13 games2 |
| FC Shakhtar Donetsk | Valeriy Rudakov | Vladimir Salkov 6 games |
| FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | Ihor Yurchenko | |
| SC Tavriya Simferopol | Anatoliy Zayaev | Yuriy Kerman 17 games |
| FC Nyva Ternopil | Ihor Yavorskyi | |
| FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Myron Markevych | Yuriy Koval 12 games3 |
| FC Nyva Vinnytsia | Serhiy Morozov | |
| SC Mykolaiv | Yevhen Kucherevskyi | |
| FC Volyn Lutsk | Yuriy Dyachuk-Stavytskyi | Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi 22 games4 |
| FC Zorya-MALS | Viktor Aristov | Oleksandr Zhuravliov 14 games5 |
^1 Viktor Chanov was nominated as the interim coach after Fomenko failed to gain the third place.
^2 The interim coach was Anatoliy Skurskyi for 4 games.
^3 The interim coach was Yuriy Hruznov 3 game.
^4 The interim coach was Oleksiy Yeschenko for a game.
^5 The interim coach was Anatoliy Korshykov for 3 games.
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
| 1. FC Dynamo Kyiv |
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Goalkeepers: . Manager: Yozhef Sabo. Transferred out during the season: ?. |
| 2. FC Chornomorets Odessa |
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Goalkeepers: . Manager: Leonid Buriak. Transferred out during the season: ?. |
| 3. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
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Goalkeepers: . Manager: Bernd Stange. Transferred out during the season: ?. |
Note: Players in italic are whose playing position is uncertain.
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