1996–97 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
Promoted teams
Three clubs promoted from the 1995-96 Ukrainian Second League.
- Group A
- FC CSKA Kyiv – champion (returning after four seasons, previously in 1992 as SKA Kiev)
- Group B
- FC Metalurh Mariupol – champion (returning after four seasons, previously in 1992 as FC Azovets Mariupol)
- FC Metalurh Donetsk – promotion play-off (debut)
Relegated teams
Three clubs were relegated from the 1995-96 Ukrainian Top League:
- SC Mykolaiv – 16th place (returning after two seasons, previously in 1994-95 as FC Evis Mykolaiv)
- FC Volyn Lutsk – 17th place (debut)
- FC Zorya Luhansk – 18th place (debut)
Renamed teams
- FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod changed its name to FC Verkhovyna Uzhhorod before the season.
- FC CSKA Kyiv changed its name to FC CSKA-2 Kyiv before the season since becoming the farm team of the Borysfen-CSKA merger.
- FC Dnipro Cherkasy changed its name to FC Cherkasy during the winter break.
Teams
In 1996-97 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:
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| 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 |  Oleksiy Antiukhin |
22 (7) | Dynamo-2 Kyiv |
| 2 | Yuriy Hetman |
21 (1) | Metalurh Mariupol |
| 3 | Oleksandr Sevidov |
20 | Metalurh Donetsk |
| 4 | Viktor Diak |
18 (10) | Shakhtar Makiivka |
| 5 | Kostyantyn Pinchuk |
16 (12) | Metalurh Mariupol |
| 6 | Yevhen Sonin |
15 (3) | SC Mykolaiv |
| 7 | Oleksandr Ostashov |
14 | Metalurh D. / Stal |
| Oleh Babenko |
14 (1) | Khimik Severodonetsk | |
| 9 | Oleksandr Karabuta |
13 | Metalist Kharkiv |
| Borys Shurshyn |
13 (2) | Yavir Krasnopillya |
See also
References
- ↑ Statistics (in Russian)
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