1996–97 Vyshcha Liha

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)

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

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).[1] Just before the start of the new 1996–97 season, a scandal took place related to ownership.[1] 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".[2] Concurrently, Mikhail Grinshpon was an adviser to the Ukrainian Minister of Defense Oleksandr Kuzmuk.[2]

Location

Locations of teams home grounds in Ukrainian Premier League 1996-97

Managers

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

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

League table

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

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

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

References

  1. ^ a b 6-й национальный чемпионат украины - футбольный клуб. wildstat.ru (FC Zorya Luhansk)
  2. ^ a b Varis, S. Mikhail Grinshpon: astronomical "partitioner" of Ukraine. Part 1. (Михаил Гриншпон: космический «распильщик» Украины. ЧАСТЬ 1). Skelet Info. 17 July 2017
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