1996–97 Ukrainian First League

1996–97 Ukrainian First League 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.

Ukrainian First League
Season1996–97
ChampionsMetalurh Donetsk
PromotedMetalurh Mariupol
RelegatedOdesa
Krystal Chortkiv
Podillya Khmelnytskyi
Veres Rivne
Top goalscorer(22) Oleksiy Antyukhin (Dynamo-2 Kyiv)

Promotion and relegation

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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 Kyiv)
Group B

Relegated teams

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

Renamed teams

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  • 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

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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 Yuriy Koval Anatoliy Buznyk
Podillya Khmelnytskyi Khmelnytskyi
Krasyliv
Podillya Stadium
Yunist Stadium
Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi Volodymyr Bulhakov
Krystal Chortkiv Chortkiv Kharchovyk Stadium V.Ivehesh Ivan Hamaliy
Lviv Lviv Yunist Stadium Stepan Yurchyshyn
Dynamo-2 Kyiv Kyiv Dynamo Stadium Volodymyr Onyshchenko
Yavir Krasnopillia Krasnopillya Kolos Stadium
Yavir Stadium
Valeriy Dushkov
Stal Alchevsk Alchevsk Stal Stadium Anatoliy Volobuyev
Dnipro Cherkasy Cherkasy Central Stadium
Spartak Stadium
Semen Osynovskyi Ihor Chupryna
Bazhanovets Makiivka Makiivka Avanhard Stadium Viktor Pyshchev
Bukovyna Chernivtsi Chernivtsi Bukovyna Stadium V.Bohuslavsky Yukhym Shkolnykov
Khimik Zhytomyr Zhytomyr City Stadium Hryhoriy Ishchenko V.Veber
Naftovyk Okhtyrka Okhtyrka Naftovyk Stadium Vasyl Yermak Oleksandr Dovbiy
Metalurh Nikopol Nikopol Elektrometalurh Stadium Hryhoriy Verzhelenko
Volyn Lutsk Lutsk Avanhard Stadium A.Radchenko
Zakarpattia Uzhhorod Uzhhorod Avanhard Stadium Oleksandr Holokolosov Sr. Matviy Bobal
Zorya Luhansk Luhansk Avanhard Stadium A.Shakun Anatoliy Kuksov
CSKA-2 Kyiv Kyiv CSKA Stadium A.Shtelin A.Petrakov
Khimik Severodonetsk Sieverodonetsk Khimik Stadium Yuriy Koval Yuriy Vankevych
Odesa Odesa SKA Stadium Serhiy Marusyn
SC Mykolaiv Mykolaiv Central Stadium Anatoliy Zayaev Yevhen Kucherevsky
Metalurh Donetsk Donetsk Shakhtar Stadium Yevhen Korol
Metalurh Mariupol Mariupol Azovstal Stadium Yuriy Pohrebnyak

Final table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Metalurh Donetsk (C, P) 46 32 5 9 77 39 +38 101 Promoted to Vyshcha Liha
2 Dynamo-2 Kyiv 46 29 8 9 91 33 +58 95
3 Metalurh Mariupol (P) 46 29 6 11 92 56 +36 93 Promoted to Vyshcha Liha
4 Volyn Lutsk 46 26 5 15 62 47 +15 83
5 Naftovyk Okhtyrka 46 25 6 15 76 43 +33 81
6 Stal Alchevsk 46 23 9 14 76 43 +33 78
7 SC Mykolaiv 46 21 12 13 66 37 +29 75
8 FC Lviv 46 20 9 17 56 43 +13 69
9 Bukovyna Chernivtsi 46 19 10 17 64 51 +13 67
10 Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria 46 17 14 15 55 51 +4 65
11 Metalurh Nikopol 46 20 4 22 60 66 −6 64
12 Metalist Kharkiv 46 18 9 19 55 53 +2 63
13 Yavir Krasnopillia 46 18 7 21 61 61 0 61
14 Khimik Severodonetsk 46 16 11 19 64 62 +2 59
15 Verkhovyna Uzhhorod 46 17 7 22 56 78 −22 58
16 Shakhtar Makiivka 46 15 11 20 55 62 −7 56
17 FC Cherkasy 46 16 7 23 46 78 −32 55
18 Khimik Zhytomyr 46 15 10 21 44 61 −17 55
19 CSKA-2 Kyiv 46 15 9 22 37 56 −19 54
20 Zoria Luhansk 46 16 5 25 58 84 −26 53
21 SC Odesa (R) 46 14 8 24 47 79 −32 50 Relegated to Second League
22 Podillia Khmelnytskyi (R) 46 11 13 22 40 66 −26 46
23 Veres Rivne (R) 46 11 9 26 36 79 −43 42
24 Krystal Chortkiv (R) 46 9 6 31 31 77 −46 33
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Persha Liha 1996-97 Winners
FC Metalurh Donetsk
First title

Top scorers

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Statistics (in Russian)