1996–97 Ukrainian Second League

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Ukrainian Second League
Season1996–97
Champions(A) - Desna Chernihiv
(B) - Avanhard-Inter Rovenky

The 1996–97 Ukrainian Second League is the sixth season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competition commenced on 10 August 1996 and ended on 21 June 1997.

Teams[]

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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 Rin[1][2] (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Withdrawn teams[]

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 Avanhard-Metalist Kharkiv.

Location map[]

1996–97 Ukrainian Second League is located in Ukraine
Haray
Halychyna
Ros
Nerafa
Nerafa
Nyva
Kalush
Karpaty
Karpaty
Systema-Boreks
Systema-Boreks
Pokuttia
Pokuttia
Hazovyk
Hazovyk
Papirnyk
Fakel
Obolon
Desna
Keramik
Tysmenytsia
Tysmenytsia
Portovyk
Portovyk
Dynamo
Oskil
Lokomotyv
Torpedo
Torpedo
Petrivtsi
Petrivtsi
Olimpia FC
Shakhtar-2
Avanhard-Metalist
Avanhard-Metalist
Hirnyk
Hirnyk
Krystal
Viktor
Viktor
Metalurh
Tytan
Tytan
Avanhard
Avanhard
Portovyk
Shakhtar St
Shakhtar St
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Locations of team home grounds in Ukrainian Second League 1996-97

Group A[]

Final standings[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Desna Chernihiv (C, P) 30 20 6 4 39 12 +27 66 Promoted to Persha Liha
2 Fakel Varva 30 18 7 5 40 20 +20 61
3 Tysmenytsia 30 17 7 6 41 21 +20 58
4 Obolon-PPO Kyiv 30 15 11 4 34 17 +17 56
5 Karpaty Mukacheve 30 15 7 8 43 24 +19 52
6 Halychyna Drohobych 30 12 10 8 34 27 +7 46
7 Pokuttia Kolomyia 30 12 8 10 21 29 −8 44
8 Systema-Boreks Borodianka 30 11 8 11 28 31 −3 41
9 Nyva Bershad 30 11 6 13 31 36 −5 39 second team of Nyva Vinnytsia
10 Haray Zhovkva 30 10 7 13 29 28 +1 37
11 Kalush 30 9 8 13 32 29 +3 35
12 Hazovyk Komarno 30 9 7 14 23 26 −3 34
13 Papirnyk Malyn 30 8 7 15 16 32 −16 31
14 Nerafa Slavutych 30 8 3 19 24 56 −32 27
15 Ros Bila Tserkva 30 6 4 20 14 49 −35 22 Avoided relegation[a]
16 (D) 30 4 4 22 15 27 −12 16 Withdrew[b]
Source: uafootball.net.ua
(C) Champion; (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ FC Ros Bila Tserkva was allowed to stay, but was reformed into FC Ryhonda for the next season.
  2. ^ FC Keramik Baranivka stopped its participation after the first half.

Top goalscorers[]

Scorer Goals (Pen.) Team
1 Orest Atamanchuk 11 (3) Tysmenytsia
2 10 Kalush
Yuriy Ovcharenko 10 Ros / Desna
4 9 Fakel Varva
5 8 Halychyna Drohobych
8 Desna Chernihiv
8 Nyva Bershad

Group B[]

Final standings[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Avanhard-Industria Rovenky (C, P) 32 24 4 4 50 17 +33 76 Promoted to Persha Liha
2 Tytan Armyansk 32 17 6 9 51 29 +22 57
3 Oskil Kupyansk 32 15 10 7 38 23 +15 55
4 Petrivtsi 32 15 8 9 46 36 +10 53
5 Metalurh Novomoskovsk 32 15 5 12 52 34 +18 50
6 Krystal Kherson 32 13 8 11 44 34 +10 47
7 Shakhtar Stakhanov 32 14 4 14 42 42 0 46
8 Viktor Zaporizhzhia 32 12 8 12 46 48 −2 44
9 Shakhtar-2 Donetsk 32 10 11 11 43 39 +4 41
10 Torpedo Melitopol 32 9 14 9 26 32 −6 41
11 Portovyk Illichivsk 32 11 7 14 27 28 −1 40
12 Olimpia FC AES 32 9 12 11 25 33 −8 39
13 Lokomotyv Smila 32 9 10 13 29 37 −8 37
14 Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk 32 10 6 16 20 32 −12 36
15 Avanhard-Metalist Merefa[a] 32 9 6 17 24 49 −25 33
16 Dynamo Saky (R) 32 8 8 16 23 43 −20 32 Relegated
17 Portovyk Kerch (D) 32 6 5 21 27 57 −30 23 Dissolved[b]
Source: uafootball.net.ua
(C) Champion; (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Avanhard-Metalist Merefa in the first half of the season was called Avanhard Merefa.
  2. ^ Portovyk Kerch became the third post Soviet club that was relegated to amateurs.

Top goalscorers[]

Scorer Goals (Pen.) Team
1 15 (3) Hirnyk-Sport / Petrivtsi
2 13 Metalurh Novomoskovsk
3 Kostyantyn Vizyonok 12 (1) Tytan Armyansk
4 11 Oskil Kupyansk
11 (5) Krystal Kherson

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Клуби, які зникли. Ч.1. sport.ua. 1 October 2010
  2. ^ Чемпионат Украины 1996/97 - Вторая лига. odesskiy.com.

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