1996–97 Ukrainian First League

Ukrainian First League 1996–97 Metalurh Donetsk Metalurh Mariupol OdesaKrystal ChortkivPodillya KhmelnytskyiVeres Rivne (22) Oleksiy Antyukhin (Dynamo-2 Kyiv) 1995–96 1997–98 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. 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: Ukraine Ukraine (1991-2014) location map.svg 900 center Locations of teams in First League Ukraine 49.916667 36.316667 Metalist Ukraine 50.25 28.666667 Khimik left Ukraine 50.45 30.523333 Dynamo-2 bottom Ukraine 50.45 30.523333 CSKA-2 top Ukraine 50.616667 26.25 Veres right Ukraine 49.85 24.016667 Lviv right Ukraine 49.416667 27.0 Podillya right Ukraine 49.016667 25.8 Krystal right Ukraine 50.716667 34.95 Yavir bottom Ukraine 48.566667 39.333333 Zoria top Ukraine 49.433333 32.066667 Cherkasy left Ukraine 50.75 33.466667 Naftovyk top Ukraine 48.083333 38.066667 Shakhtar right Ukraine 48.666667 33.116667 Polihraftekhnika bottom Ukraine 48.466667 38.8 Stal left Ukraine 48.616667 22.3 Zakarpattia right Ukraine 47.566667 34.4 Metalurh N. right Ukraine 50.75 25.335833 Volyn top Ukraine 46.966667 32.0 Mykolaiv top Ukraine 47.116667 37.55 Metalurh M. left Ukraine 48.000278 37.805278 Metalurh D. left Ukraine 48.933333 38.5 Khimik left Ukraine 46.466667 30.733333 Odesa bottom Ukraine 48.3 25.933333 Bukovyna left 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 KhmelnytskyiKrasyliv Podillya StadiumYunist 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 StadiumYavir Stadium Valeriy Dushkov Stal Alchevsk Alchevsk Stal Stadium Anatoliy Volobuyev Dnipro Cherkasy Cherkasy Central StadiumSpartak 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 main WDL PR MDO Metalurh Donetsk DK2 Dynamo-2 Kyiv MMA Metalurh Mariupol V1L Volyn Lutsk NOK Naftovyk Okhtyrka SAL Stal Alchevsk MYK SC Mykolaiv Lviv FC Lviv BCH Bukovyna Chernivtsi POL Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria ENN Metalurh Nikopol MKH Metalist Kharkiv SSU Yavir Krasnopillia KSE Khimik Severodonetsk VUZ Verkhovyna Uzhhorod SMA Shakhtar Makiivka CHE FC Cherkasy PZH Khimik Zhytomyr CSCA CSKA-2 Kyiv ZLU Zoria Luhansk ODE SC Odesa PKH Podillia Khmelnytskyi VRI Veres Rivne KCH Krystal Chortkiv 32 5 9 77 39 C,P 29 8 9 91 33 29 6 11 92 56 P 26 5 15 62 47 25 6 15 76 43 23 9 14 76 43 21 12 13 66 37 20 9 17 56 43 19 10 17 64 51 17 14 15 55 51 20 4 22 60 66 18 9 19 55 53 18 7 21 61 61 16 11 19 64 62 17 7 22 56 78 15 11 20 55 62 16 7 23 46 78 15 10 21 44 61 15 9 22 37 56 16 5 25 58 84 14 8 24 47 79 R 11 13 22 40 66 R 11 9 26 36 79 R 9 6 31 31 77 R green1 Promoted to Vyshcha Liha PNEWP PNEWP red1 Relegated to Second League R R R R complete Persha Liha 1996-97 WinnersFC Metalurh DonetskFirst title Top scorers Statistics are taken from here.Statistics ru ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team1UKR Oleksiy Antyukhin22 (7)Dynamo-2 Kyiv2UKR Yuriy Hetman21 (1)Metalurh Mariupol3UKR Oleksandr Sevidov20Metalurh Donetsk4UKR Viktor Dyak18 (10)Shakhtar Makiivka5UKR Kostyantyn Pinchuk16 (12)Metalurh Mariupol6UKR Yevhen Sonin15 (3)SC Mykolaiv7UKR Oleksandr Ostashov14Metalurh D. / StalUKR Oleh Babenko14 (1)Khimik Severodonetsk9UKR Oleksandr Karabuta13Metalist KharkivUKR Borys Shurshyn13 (2)Yavir Krasnopillya See also Ukrainian Premier League 1996-97 Ukrainian Second League 1996-97 References Category:Ukrainian First League seasons 2 Ukra