1996–97 Ukrainian First League

Ukrainian First League
Season 1996–97
Champions Metalurh Donetsk
Promoted Metalurh Mariupol
Relegated Odessa
Krystal Chortkiv
Podillya Khmelnytskyi
Veres Rivne
Top goalscorer (22) Oleksiy Antyukhin (Dynamo-2 Kyiv)
1995-96
1997-98

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.

Promotion and relegation

Three clubs promoted from the 1995-96 Ukrainian Second League.

Group A
Group B

Relegated teams

Three clubs were relegated from the 1995-96 Ukrainian Top League:

Renamed teams

Teams

In 1996-97 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:

Club City Stadium Coach Replaced coach(es)
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

Final table

P
Team
G
W
D
L
Dif
Pts
Misc
1 Metalurh Donetsk (C, P) 46 32 5 9 77:39 101 (+) new Vyscha Liha97-98 Promoted
2 Dynamo-2 Kyiv 46 29 8 9 91:33 95
3 Metalurh Mariupol (P) 46 29 6 11 92:56 93 (+) new Vyscha Liha97-98 Promoted
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 SC 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 Severodonetsk 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 FC 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 SC Odesa (R) 46 14 8 24 47:79 50 Druha Liha Relegated
22 Podillia Khmelnytskyi (R) 46 11 13 22 40:66 46 Druha Liha Relegated
23 Veres Rivne (R) 46 11 9 26 36:79 42 Druha Liha Relegated
24 Krystal Chortkiv (R) 46 9 6 31 31:77 33 Druha Liha Relegated

Legend:

- Promoted

- Relegated

Persha Liha 1996-97 Winners
FC Metalurh Donetsk
First title

Top scorers

Statistics are taken from here.[1]

Scorer Goals (Pen.) Team
1 Ukraine Oleksiy Antiukhin 22 (7) Dynamo-2 Kyiv
2 Ukraine Yuriy Hetman 21 (1) Metalurh Mariupol
3 Ukraine Oleksandr Sevidov 20 Metalurh Donetsk
4 Ukraine Viktor Diak 18 (10) Shakhtar Makiivka
5 Ukraine Kostyantyn Pinchuk 16 (12) Metalurh Mariupol
6 Ukraine Yevhen Sonin 15 (3) SC Mykolaiv
7 Ukraine Oleksandr Ostashov 14 Metalurh D. / Stal
Ukraine Oleh Babenko 14 (1) Khimik Severodonetsk
9 Ukraine Oleksandr Karabuta 13 Metalist Kharkiv
Ukraine Borys Shurshyn 13 (2) Yavir Krasnopillya

See also

References

  1. Statistics (in Russian)
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