1996–97 Ukrainian Second League

Ukrainian Second League 1996–97 (A) - Desna Chernihiv(B) - Avanhard-Inter Rovenky 1995–96 1997–98 The 1996–97 Ukrainian Second League was the sixth season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competition commenced on 10 August 1996 and ended on 21 June 1997. Teams Promoted teams Six teams have been promoted from the 1995–96 Ukrainian Football Amateur League: Pokuttya Kolomyia - Group 1 winner (debut) Papirnyk Malyn - Group 3 winner (debut) Fakel Varva - Group 4 winner (debut) Lokomotyv Smila - Group 3 runner-up (debut) Avanhard Merefa - Group 4 third (debut) Portovyk Kerch - Group 6 winner (debut) Two teams were added also without participation in the Ukrainian Football Amateur League: Nyva Bershad - undetermined (debut), supposedly instead of Sportinvest Kryvyi RinКлуби, які зникли. Ч.1. sport.ua. 1 October 2010Чемпионат Украины 1996/97 - Вторая лига. odesskiy.com. (withdrew at the last season winter break, yet placed above the 18th position) FC Petrivtsi - undetermined (debut) Relegated teams Two teams have been relegated from the 1995–96 Ukrainian First League: Ratusha Kamyanets-Podilskyi – 21st place (debut) Skala Stryi – 22nd place (debut) Withdrawn teams Ratusha Kamyanets-Podilskyi Skala Stryi Chayka Sevastopol Druzhba Berdiansk Dnistrovets Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Nyva-Kosmos Myronivka Avanhard Zhydachiv Merged and renamed teams Skhid Slavutch changed its name to Nerafa Slavutych. Khutrovyk Tysmenytsia changed its name to FC Tysmenytsia. Obolon Kyiv changed its name to Obolon-PPO Kyiv in cooperation with the Ukrainian Armed Forces (PPO is an abbreviation for Anti-Air Defense). During winter break, Avanhard Merefa moved to Kharkiv and changed its name to Avanhard-Metalist Kharkiv. Location map Ukraine Ukraine (1991-2014) location map.svg 750 none Locations of team home grounds in Ukrainian Second League 1996-97 Ukraine 50.066667 23.966667 Haray Ukraine 49.353889 23.516111 Halychyna right Ukraine 49.798889 30.115278 Ros bottom Ukraine 51.520556 30.756944 Nerafa bottom Ukraine 48.372778 29.5325 Nyva left Ukraine 49.044167 24.359722 Kalush left Ukraine 48.45 22.75 Karpaty Ukraine 50.643889 29.933889 Systema-Boreks top Ukraine 48.530556 25.040278 Pokuttia bottom Ukraine 49.630556 23.703056 Hazovyk Ukraine 50.768889 29.27 Papirnyk left Ukraine 50.495 32.723611 Fakel Ukraine 50.45 30.523333 Obolon bottom Ukraine 51.500000 31.300000 Desna Ukraine 50.293611 27.666944 Keramik top Ukraine 48.900833 24.849167 Tysmenytsia right Ukraine 45.361944 36.471111 Portovyk top Ukraine 45.133311 33.577333 Dynamo top Ukraine 49.701667 37.613333 Oskil bottom Ukraine 49.211667 31.873056 Lokomotyv bottom Ukraine 46.840278 35.358889 Torpedo bottom Ukraine 49.965833 33.611389 Petrivtsi right Ukraine 47.8228 31.1775 Olimpia FC top Ukraine 48.002778 37.805278 Shakhtar-2 left Ukraine 50.004475 36.231447 Avanhard-Metalist bottom Ukraine 49.044722 33.588611 Hirnyk right Ukraine 46.64 32.614444 Krystal top Ukraine 47.833333 35.166667 Viktor left Ukraine 48.637778 35.228611 Metalurh Ukraine 46.111389 33.691667 Tytan Ukraine 48.071111 39.342778 Avanhard left Ukraine 46.330556 30.640278 Portovyk Ukraine 48.568056 38.658611 Shakhtar St right Group A Final standings main WDL PR DES Desna Chernihiv FVA Fakel Varva TYS Tysmenytsia OBK Obolon-PPO Kyiv KMU Karpaty Mukacheve HDR Halychyna Drohobych PKO Pokuttia Kolomyia IBO Systema-Boreks Borodianka BRS Nyva Bershad HZH Haray Zhovkva S2K Kalush HKO Hazovyk Komarno PMA Papirnyk Malyn SSL Nerafa Slavutych RBT Ros Bila Tserkva KBA Keramik Baranivka 20 6 4 39 12 C,P 18 7 5 40 20 17 7 6 41 21 15 11 4 34 17 15 7 8 43 24 12 10 8 34 27 12 8 10 21 29 11 8 11 28 31 11 6 13 31 36 10 7 13 29 28 9 8 13 32 29 9 7 14 23 26 8 7 15 16 32 8 3 19 24 56 6 4 20 14 49 4 4 22 15 27 D #D0F0C0 Promoted to Persha Liha P inherit second team of Nyva Vinnytsia STNV inherit Avoided relegation FC Ros Bila Tserkva was allowed to stay, but was reformed into FC Ryhonda for the next season. NR silver Withdrew FC Keramik Baranivka stopped its participation after the first half. WD complete uafootball.net.ua Top goalscorers ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team1Orest Atamanchuk11 (3)Tysmenytsia2Volodymyr Kryzhanivsky10KalushYuriy Ovcharenko10Ros / Desna4Valeriy Sanytsky9Fakel Varva 5Vasyl Klymko8Halychyna DrohobychPetro Pylypeiko8Desna ChernihivOleksandr Shevchenko8Nyva Bershad Group B Final standings main WDL PR ARO Avanhard-Industria Rovenky TAR Tytan Armyansk OKU Oskil Kupiansk MRH Petrivtsi MNO Metalurh Novomoskovsk KRK Krystal Kherson SST Shakhtar Stakhanov VZA Viktor Zaporizhzhia S2D Shakhtar-2 Donetsk OLM Torpedo Melitopol PIL Portovyk Illichivsk YZH Olimpia FC AES LSM Lokomotyv Smila HSK Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk M2K Avanhard-Metalist Merefa Avanhard-Metalist Merefa in the first half of the season was called Avanhard Merefa. DSA Dynamo Saky OKE Portovyk Kerch 24 4 4 50 17 C,P 17 6 9 51 29 15 10 7 38 23 15 8 9 46 36 15 5 12 52 34 13 8 11 44 34 14 4 14 42 42 12 8 12 46 48 10 11 11 43 39 9 14 9 26 32 11 7 14 27 28 9 12 11 25 33 9 10 13 29 37 10 6 16 20 32 9 6 17 24 49 8 8 16 23 43 R 6 5 21 27 57 D #D0F0C0 Promoted to Persha Liha P #FFCCCC Relegated R silver Dissolved Portovyk Kerch became the third post Soviet club that was relegated to amateurs. DISS complete uafootball.net.ua Top goalscorers ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team1Ihor Tolstov15 (3)Hirnyk-Sport / Petrivtsi2Oleh Pokusa13Metalurh Novomoskovsk3Kostyantyn Vizyonok12 (1)Tytan Armyansk4Oleksandr Kryvoruchko11Oskil Kupiansk Oleksandr Lyubynsky11 (5)Krystal Kherson See also 1996–97 Ukrainian Premier League 1996–97 Ukrainian First League 1996–97 Ukrainian Cup References External links Druha Liha Group A and Group B (ukr-football.org) Second League by Alexei Kobyzev Druha Liha Group A and Group B by Dmitriy Troshchiy 1996-97 Ukrainian professional football at RSSSF Category:Ukrainian Second League seasons 3 Ukra