1996–97 Vyshcha Liha

6th season of top-tier football league in Vyshcha Liha Vyshcha Liha 1996–97 Dynamo Kyiv5th title Nyva Vinnytsia, Kremin Kremenchuk Champions League Dynamo Kyiv Cup Winners' Cup Shakhtar Donetsk UEFA Cup Vorskla Poltava, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (21) Oleh Matveyev (Shakhtar) 1995–96 1997–98 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 Vorskla Poltava, the champion of the 1995–96 Ukrainian First League – (debut) 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).6-й национальный чемпионат украины - футбольный клуб. wildstat.ru (FC Zorya Luhansk) Just before the start of the new 1996–97 season, a scandal took place related to ownership. 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. Mikhail Grinshpon: astronomical "partitioner" of Ukraine. Part 1. (Михаил Гриншпон: космический «распильщик» Украины. ЧАСТЬ 1). Skelet Info. 17 July 2017 Concurrently, Mikhail Grinshpon was an adviser to the Ukrainian Minister of Defense Oleksandr Kuzmuk. Location Ukraine Ukraine (1991-2014) location map.svg 800 none Locations of teams home grounds in Ukrainian Premier League 1996-97 Ukraine 48.908056 24.69625 Prykarpattia bottom Ukraine 49.243333 28.489722 Nyva V. top Ukraine 46.466667 30.733333 Chornomorets top Ukraine 48.515833 32.266667 Zirka-NIBAS top Ukraine 48.450000 34.983333 Dnipro left Ukraine 50.433439 30.522114 DynamoCSKA Ukraine 47.895118 33.392462 Kryvbas top Ukraine 49.819167 24.048056 Karpaty Ukraine 49.040000 33.250000 Kremin left Ukraine 49.594833 34.549444 Vorskla top Ukraine 47.833333 35.166667 MetalurhTorpedo left Ukraine 49.340000 25.360000 Nyva T. Ukraine 44.948056 34.104167 Tavriya Ukraine 48.002778 37.805278 Shakhtar Managers Club Coach Replaced Coach Home stadium FC Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 1992 Valery Lobanovsky Ukraine 1992 Yozhef Sabo 17 games(first half) Dynamo Stadium FC Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 1992 Valery Yaremchenko Shakhtar Stadium FC Vorskla Poltava Ukraine 1992 Viktor Pozhechevskyi Vorskla Stadium FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine 1992 Vyacheslav Hrozny Meteor Stadium FC Karpaty Lviv Ukraine 1992 Myron Markevych Ukraina Stadium SC Tavriya Simferopol Ukraine 1992 Mykola Pavlov Ukraine 1992 Serhiy Shevchenko 10 gamesUkraine 1992 Ivan Balan 5 gamesUkraine 1992 Valeriy Shvediuk 7 games Lokomotyv Stadium FC Chornomorets Odesa Ukraine 1992 Leonid Buriak Black Sea Shipping Stadium FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Ukraine 1992 Oleksandr Tomakh Metalurh Stadium FC Nyva Ternopil Ukraine 1992 Ihor Yavorskyi City Stadium FC Zirka Kirovohrad Ukraine 1992 Oleksandr Dovbiy Ukraine 1992 Oleksandr Ischenko 22 gamesUkraine 1992 Mykhailo Kalyta 1 game Zirka Stadium FC CSKA Kyiv Ukraine 1992 Volodymyr Lozynskyi CSK ZSU Stadium FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Ukraine 1992 Oleksandr Lysenko Ukraine 1992 Oleksiy Cherednyk 12 games Metalurh Stadium FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Ukraine 1992 Viktor Kolotov Russia Boris Streltsov 5 games Elektron Stadium FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia Ukraine 1992 Viktor Matvienko Ukraine 1992 Ihor Nadein 27 games AvtoZAZ Stadium FC Kremin Kremenchuk Ukraine 1992 Mykhailo Byelykh Dnipro Stadium FC Nyva Vinnytsia Ukraine 1992 Oleksandr Ischenko Ukraine 1992 Pasha Kasanov 23 gamesUkraine 1992 Volodymyr Reva 2 games Central 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 appointmentFC Shakhtar DonetskUkraine 1992 Valeriy Rudakovpre-seasonUkraine 1992 Valery YaremchenkoSC Tavriya SimferopolUkraine 1992 Anatoliy ZayayevKazakhstan Serhiy ShevchenkoFC CSKA-Borysfen KyivUkraine 1992 Viktor ChanovGermany Bernd StangeFC CSKA KyivGermany Bernd StangeUkraine 1992 Volodymyr LozynskyFC Karpaty LvivUkraine 1992 Volodymyr ZhuravchakUkraine 1992 Myron MarkevychFC Dnipro DnipropetrovskGermany Bernd StangeUkraine 1992 Viacheslav HroznyFC Kryvbas Kryvyi RihUkraine 1992 Myron MarkevychUkraine 1992 Oleksiy CherednykFC Prykarpattia Ivano-FrankivskUkraine 1992 Ihor YurchenkoRussia Boris StreltsovFC Kremin KremenchukUkraine 1992 Valery YaremchenkoUkraine 1992 Mykhailo BilykhFC Nyva VinnytsiaUkraine 1992 Serhiy MorozovUkraine 1992 Pasha Kasanov League table main WDL QR DYK Dynamo Kyiv SHD Shakhtar Donetsk Participant of the 1997 Ukrainian Cup Final VOR Vorskla Poltava DNI Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk SHD KAR Karpaty Lviv TAV Tavriya Simferopol CHO Chornomorets Odesa MZA Metalurh Zaporizhzhia NVT Nyva Ternopil ZIR Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad ARK CSKA Kyiv KRY Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih IVF Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk TZA Torpedo Zaporizhzhia KRE Kremin Kremenchuk NYV Nyva Vinnytsia 23 4 3 69 20 C 19 5 6 72 28 17 7 6 50 26 14 13 3 48 19 15 7 8 36 23 13 5 12 36 46 12 6 12 36 31 12 5 13 48 44 11 6 13 34 37 11 3 16 31 55 9 8 13 33 35 9 6 15 24 48 8 7 15 33 49 8 5 17 25 56 7 3 20 28 57 R 4 6 20 19 48 R green1 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round CL1 yellow1 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round CWCQR blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round UC1 UC1 red1 Relegated to Ukrainian First League R1 R1 complete uafootball.net.ua 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goal scored Results main uafootball.net.ua complete FBR CHO Chornomorets Odesa CSK CSKA Kyiv DNI Dnipro DYN Dynamo Kyiv KAR Karpaty Lviv KRE Kremin Kremenchuk KRY Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih MZA Metalurh Zaporizhzhia NVT Nyva Ternopil NYV Nyva Vinnytsia PRY Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk SHA Shakhtar Donetsk TAV Tavriya Simferopol TZA Torpedo Zaporizhzhia VOR Vorskla Poltava ZIR Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad 3–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 6–1 2–2 5–0 2–1 2–1 5–0 2–0 1–3 4–0 1–0 0–0 4–0 3–0 4–2 5–0 3–1 3–0 6–0 2–0 9–1 4–2 1–0 4–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–2 4–0 1–0 4–0 2–1 2–1 4–0 4–0 3–0 4–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–2 5–1 3–1 2–0 4–0 1–2 1–3 0–2 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–3 1–1 0–3 3–0 0–0 5–1 2–1 2–0 5–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 8–1 1–0 4–2 0–1 4–2 1–1 3–2 2–0 3–2 2–0 1–0 1–4 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 5–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–4 2–3 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–4 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–1 5–1 3–1 1–0 0–2 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–2 2–1 0–2 2–2 1–2 1–2 2–4 3–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–3 1–3 1–0 1–3 1–2 0–4 0–0 3–1 +:- 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–4 0–1 0–4 1–1 0–1 2–3 1–0 4–1 3–2 1–0 0–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–2 2–4 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 2–2 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals(Pen.)1 Ukraine 1992 Oleh Matviiv Shakhtar Donetsk 21 (6)2 Ukraine 1992 Serhii Rebrov Dynamo Kyiv 20 (6)3 Ukraine 1992 Serhiy Chuychenko Vorskla Poltava 14 (2)4 Ukraine 1992 Oleksandr Haidash Tavriya Simferopol 13 Russia Andriy Fedkov Torpedo Zaporizhzhia 13 (3)6 Ukraine 1992 Serhiy Mizin CSKA / Chornomorets 12 (3)7 Ukraine 1992 Serhiy Atelkin Shakhtar Donetsk 11 Ukraine 1992 Valentyn Poltavets Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 11 Ukraine 1992 Yakiv Kripak Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 11 (3)10 Ukraine 1992 Hennadiy Moroz Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 10 See also 1996–97 Ukrainian First League 1996–97 Ukrainian Second League 1996–97 Ukrainian Cup References External links ukrsoccerhistory.com - source of information Category:Ukrainian Premier League seasons Category:1996–97 in Ukrainian association football leagues Ukra