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1996–97 Vyshcha Liha

6th season of top-tier football league in Vyshcha Liha

6th season of top-tier football league in Vyshcha Liha

FieldValue
competitionVyshcha Liha
season1996–97
winnersDynamo Kyiv
5th title
relegatedNyva Vinnytsia, Kremin Kremenchuk
continentalcup1Champions League
continentalcup1 qualifiersDynamo Kyiv
continentalcup2Cup Winners' Cup
continentalcup2 qualifiersShakhtar Donetsk
continentalcup3UEFA Cup
continentalcup3 qualifiersVorskla Poltava, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
league topscorer(21) Oleh Matveyev (Shakhtar)
prevseason1995–96
nextseason1997–98

5th title The 1996–97 Vyshcha Liha season was the 6th since its establishment and the inaugural season as part of the Professional Football League (PFL). FC Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions.

Teams

Due to reorganization by becoming a member of the newly established Professional Football League of Ukraine, the Vyshcha Liha was reduced from 18 to 16 teams.

Promotions

Relegated teams

  • Zorya Luhansk – relegated after five seasons in the top flight.
  • Volyn Lutsk – relegated after five seasons in the top flight.
  • SC Mykolaiv – relegated after two seasons in the top flight.

Reorganized clubs

Before the start of the season, CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv was replaced with CSKA Kyiv (1995–96 Ukrainian Second League Group A winner). Just before the start of the new 1996–97 season, a scandal took place related to ownership. Concurrently, Mikhail Grinshpon was an adviser to the Ukrainian Minister of Defense Oleksandr Kuzmuk.

Location

Managers

ClubCoachReplaced CoachHome stadium
FC Dynamo KyivUkraine Valery LobanovskyUkraine Yozhef Sabo 17 games(first half)Dynamo Stadium
FC Shakhtar DonetskUkraine Valery YaremchenkoShakhtar Stadium
FC Vorskla PoltavaUkraine Viktor PozhechevskyiVorskla Stadium
FC Dnipro DnipropetrovskUkraine Vyacheslav HroznyMeteor Stadium
FC Karpaty LvivUkraine Myron MarkevychUkraina Stadium
SC Tavriya SimferopolUkraine Mykola PavlovUkraine Serhiy Shevchenko 10 games
Ukraine Ivan Balan 5 games
Ukraine Valeriy Shvediuk 7 gamesLokomotyv Stadium
FC Chornomorets OdesaUkraine Leonid BuriakBlack Sea Shipping Stadium
FC Metalurh ZaporizhzhiaUkraine Oleksandr TomakhMetalurh Stadium
FC Nyva TernopilUkraine Ihor YavorskyiCity Stadium
FC Zirka KirovohradUkraine Oleksandr DovbiyUkraine Oleksandr Ischenko 22 games
Ukraine Mykhailo Kalyta 1 gameZirka Stadium
FC CSKA KyivUkraine Volodymyr LozynskyiCSK ZSU Stadium
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi RihUkraine Oleksandr LysenkoUkraine Oleksiy Cherednyk 12 gamesMetalurh Stadium
FC Prykarpattia Ivano-FrankivskUkraine Viktor KolotovRussia Boris Streltsov 5 gamesElektron Stadium
FC Torpedo ZaporizhzhiaUkraine Viktor MatvienkoUkraine Ihor Nadein 27 gamesAvtoZAZ Stadium
FC Kremin KremenchukUkraine Mykhailo ByelykhDnipro Stadium
FC Nyva VinnytsiaUkraine Oleksandr IschenkoUkraine Pasha Kasanov 23 games
Ukraine Volodymyr Reva 2 gamesCentral City Stadium

Notes: Games between Dynamo Kyiv and CSKA Kyiv were played at the Republican Stadium.

Changes

TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming head coachDate of appointment
FC Shakhtar DonetskUkraine Valeriy Rudakovpre-seasonUkraine Valery Yaremchenko
SC Tavriya SimferopolUkraine Anatoliy ZayayevKazakhstan Serhiy Shevchenko
FC CSKA-Borysfen KyivUkraine Viktor ChanovGermany Bernd Stange
FC CSKA KyivGermany Bernd StangeUkraine Volodymyr Lozynsky
FC Karpaty LvivUkraine Volodymyr ZhuravchakUkraine Myron Markevych
FC Dnipro DnipropetrovskGermany Bernd StangeUkraine Viacheslav Hrozny
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi RihUkraine Myron MarkevychUkraine Oleksiy Cherednyk
FC Prykarpattia Ivano-FrankivskUkraine Ihor YurchenkoRussia Boris Streltsov
FC Kremin KremenchukUkraine Valery YaremchenkoUkraine Mykhailo Bilykh
FC Nyva VinnytsiaUkraine Serhiy MorozovUkraine Pasha Kasanov

League table

Results

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
(Pen.)12346710
Ukraine Oleh MatviivShakhtar Donetsk21 (6)
Ukraine Serhii RebrovDynamo Kyiv20 (6)
Ukraine Serhiy ChuychenkoVorskla Poltava14 (2)
Ukraine Oleksandr HaidashTavriya Simferopol13
Russia Andriy FedkovTorpedo Zaporizhzhia13 (3)
Ukraine Serhiy MizinCSKA / Chornomorets12 (3)
Ukraine Serhiy AtelkinShakhtar Donetsk11
Ukraine Valentyn PoltavetsMetalurh Zaporizhzhia11
Ukraine Yakiv KripakMetalurh Zaporizhzhia11 (3)
Ukraine Hennadiy MorozDnipro Dnipropetrovsk10

References

References

  1. [https://web.archive.org/web/20250121012538/https://wildstat.ru/prg/492707.pdf 6-й национальный чемпионат украины - футбольный клуб]. wildstat.ru (FC Zorya Luhansk)
  2. Dmytro Zlobenko was removed from the club, which, with the help of the Army, was passed to some businessman by the name of Mikhail Grinshpon, the president of "Kyiv–Donbas".Varis, S. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20180313235042/https://skelet-info.org/mixail-grinshpon-kosmicheskij-raspilshhik-ukrainy-chast-1/ Mikhail Grinshpon: astronomical "partitioner" of Ukraine. Part 1. (Михаил Гриншпон: космический «распильщик» Украины. ЧАСТЬ 1)]''. Skelet Info. 17 July 2017
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