1996–97_Ukrainian_First_League
1996–97 Ukrainian First League
Football league season
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.
Quick Facts Season, Champions ...
| Season | 1996–97 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Metalurh Donetsk |
| Promoted | Metalurh Mariupol |
| Relegated | Odesa Krystal Chortkiv Podillya Khmelnytskyi Veres Rivne |
| Top goalscorer | (22) Oleksiy Antyukhin (Dynamo-2 Kyiv) |
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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:
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More information Club, City ...
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More information Pos, Team ...
| 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 |
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More information Persha Liha 1996-97 Winners ...
| Persha Liha 1996-97 Winners |
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| FC Metalurh Donetsk First title |
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Statistics are taken from here.[1]
More information Scorer, Goals (Pen.) ...
| 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 |
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- Statistics (in Russian)