The 1996–97 Vyshcha Liha season was the 6th since its establishment. FC Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions.

Vyshcha Liha
Season1996–97
ChampionsDynamo Kyiv
5th title
RelegatedNyva Vinnytsia, Kremin Kremenchuk
Champions LeagueDynamo Kyiv
Cup Winners' CupShakhtar Donetsk
UEFA CupVorskla Poltava, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Top goalscorer(21) Oleh Matveyev (Shakhtar)

Preseason changes

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Number of teams in the league was reduced from 18 to 16. Vyshcha Liha became a member of the newly established Professional Football League of Ukraine.

Teams

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Promotions

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Renamed

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Before the start of season CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv was replaced with CSKA Kyiv which played in tier 3.[1] Just before the start of new 1996–97 season a scandal took place related to ownership.[2] Dmytro Zlobenko was removed from the club which with help of the Army was passed to some businessman by name of Mikhail Grinshpon, a president of "Kyiv–Donbas".[3] Concurrently, Mikhail Grinshpon was an adviser to the Ukrainian Minister of Defense Oleksandr Kuzmuk.[3]

Location

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Managers

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Club Coach Replaced Coach Home stadium
FC Dynamo Kyiv   Valery Lobanovsky   Yozhef Sabo 17 games(first half) Dynamo Stadium
FC Shakhtar Donetsk   Valery Yaremchenko Shakhtar Stadium
FC Vorskla Poltava   Viktor Pozhechevskyi Vorskla Stadium
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk   Vyacheslav Hrozny Meteor Stadium
FC Karpaty Lviv   Myron Markevych Ukraina Stadium
SC Tavriya Simferopol   Mykola Pavlov   Serhiy Shevchenko 10 games
  Ivan Balan 5 games
  Valeriy Shvediuk 7 games
Lokomotyv Stadium
FC Chornomorets Odesa   Leonid Buriak Black Sea Shipping Stadium
FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia   Oleksandr Tomakh Metalurh Stadium
FC Nyva Ternopil   Ihor Yavorskyi City Stadium
FC Zirka Kirovohrad   Oleksandr Dovbiy   Oleksandr Ischenko 22 games
  Mykhailo Kalyta 1 game
Zirka Stadium
FC CSKA Kyiv   Volodymyr Lozynskyi CSK ZSU Stadium
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih   Oleksandr Lysenko   Oleksiy Cherednyk 12 games Metalurh Stadium
FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk   Viktor Kolotov   Boris Streltsov 5 games Elektron Stadium
FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia   Viktor Matvienko   Ihor Nadein 27 games AvtoZAZ Stadium
FC Kremin Kremenchuk   Mykhailo Byelykh Dnipro Stadium
FC Nyva Vinnytsia   Oleksandr Ischenko   Pasha Kasanov 23 games
  Volodymyr Reva 2 games
Central City Stadium

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

Changes

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Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming head coach Date of appointment Table
FC Shakhtar Donetsk   Valeriy Rudakov pre-season   Valery Yaremchenko pre-season
SC Tavriya Simferopol   Anatoliy Zayayev pre-season   Serhiy Shevchenko pre-season
FC CSKA Kyiv   Viktor Chanov pre-season   Volodymyr Lozynsky pre-season
FC Karpaty Lviv   Volodymyr Zhuravchak pre-season   Myron Markevych pre-season
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk   Bernd Stange pre-season   Viacheslav Hrozny pre-season
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih   Myron Markevych pre-season   Oleksiy Cherednyk pre-season
FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk   Ihor Yurchenko pre-season   Boris Streltsov pre-season
FC Kremin Kremenchuk   Valery Yaremchenko pre-season   Mykhailo Bilykh pre-season
FC Nyva Vinnytsia   Serhiy Morozov pre-season   Pasha Kasanov pre-season

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dynamo Kyiv (C) 30 23 4 3 69 20 +49 73 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 Shakhtar Donetsk[a] 30 19 5 6 72 28 +44 62 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
3 Vorskla Poltava 30 17 7 6 50 26 +24 58 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk[a] 30 14 13 3 48 19 +29 55
5 Karpaty Lviv 30 15 7 8 36 23 +13 52
6 Tavriya Simferopol 30 13 5 12 36 46 −10 44
7 Chornomorets Odesa 30 12 6 12 36 31 +5 42
8 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 30 12 5 13 48 44 +4 41
9 Nyva Ternopil 30 11 6 13 34 37 −3 39
10 Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad 30 11 3 16 31 55 −24 36
11 CSKA Kyiv 30 9 8 13 33 35 −2 35
12 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 30 9 6 15 24 48 −24 33
13 Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk 30 8 7 15 33 49 −16 31
14 Torpedo Zaporizhzhia 30 8 5 17 25 56 −31 29
15 Kremin Kremenchuk (R) 30 7 3 20 28 57 −29 24 Relegated to Ukrainian First League
16 Nyva Vinnytsia (R) 30 4 6 20 19 48 −29 18
Source: uafootball.net.ua
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goal scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Participant of the 1997 Ukrainian Cup Final

Results

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Home \ Away CHO CSK DNI DYN KAR KRE KRY MZA NVT NYV PRY SHA TAV TZA VOR ZIR
Chornomorets Odesa 0–0 3–0 1–3 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 5–1 2–0 0–3 5–1
CSKA Kyiv 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 5–1 0–0 1–2
Dnipro 3–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 3–0 2–1 4–0 1–0 4–0 4–0 2–0 1–0 4–0 1–1 4–0
Dynamo Kyiv 2–0 2–2 2–2 2–0 5–0 5–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 6–1
Karpaty Lviv 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–2 4–0 5–1 1–0 3–1 1–2 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0
Kremin Kremenchuk 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–4 0–1 2–1 4–1 3–2 3–0 2–1 0–1 2–3 1–1 0–4 1–0
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–3 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–2
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 1–0 4–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–2 1–1 4–2 2–0 3–2 1–1 8–1 2–0 2–0 0–1
Nyva Ternopil 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–4 1–0 2–1 1–0 5–1
Nyva Vinnytsia 0–1 2–2 0–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–4 3–1
Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk 2–4 0–0 2–2 0–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 3–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–2 0–0
Shakhtar Donetsk 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–3 0–0 4–2 6–0 4–2 5–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 9–1 4–0 3–1
Tavriya Simferopol 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–3 3–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–2 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–0
Torpedo Zaporizhzhia 1–2 +:- 1–3 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–4 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–3 2–3 3–1
Vorskla Poltava 2–1 1–0 0–0 4–3 0–0 2–0 4–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–0
Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad 0–2 2–0 0–0 0–4 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–4 2–3 2–1 1–2 2–0
Source: uafootball.net.ua
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
(Pen.)
1   Oleh Matviiv Shakhtar Donetsk 21 (6)
2   Serhii Rebrov Dynamo Kyiv 20 (6)
3   Serhiy Chuychenko Vorskla Poltava 14 (2)
4   Oleksandr Haidash Tavriya Simferopol 13
  Andriy Fedkov Torpedo Zaporizhzhia 13 (3)
6   Serhiy Mizin CSKA / Chornomorets 12 (3)
7   Serhiy Atelkin Shakhtar Donetsk 11
  Valentyn Poltavets Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 11
  Yakiv Kripak Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 11 (3)
10   Hennadiy Moroz Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 10

See also

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References

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