1996–97 Ukrainian First League
| Top goalscorer | (22) Oleksiy Antyukhin (Dynamo-2 Kyiv) |
|---|---|
← 1995–96 → | |
1996–97 Ukrainian First League was the sixth season of the
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 Kyiv)
- 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:
Bukovyna
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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 | 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
| 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 |
| 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
- Ukrainian Premier League 1996-97
- Ukrainian Second League 1996-97
References
- ^ Statistics (in Russian)