1996–97 Vyshcha Liha
Season | 1996–97 |
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Champions | Dynamo Kyiv 5th title |
Relegated | Nyva Vinnytsia, Kremin Kremenchuk |
Champions League | Dynamo Kyiv |
Cup Winners' Cup | Shakhtar Donetsk |
UEFA Cup | Vorskla Poltava, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
Top goalscorer | (21) Oleh Matveyev (Shakhtar) |
← 1995–96 1997–98 → |
The 1996–97 Vyshcha Liha season was the 6th since its establishment. FC Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions.
Preseason changes[]
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[]
Promotions[]
- Vorskla Poltava, the champion of the 1995–96 Ukrainian First League – (debut)
Renamed[]
Before the start of season CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv was renamed to CSKA Kyiv. Just before the start of new 1996–97 season a scandal took place related to ownership. 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 "Kiev–Donbass".[1] Concurrently, Mikhail Grinshpon was an adviser to the Ukrainian Minister of Defense Oleksandr Kuzmuk.[1]
Location[]
CSKA
Managers[]
Club | Coach | Replaced Coach | Home stadium |
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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 7 games |
Lokomotyv Stadium |
FC Chornomorets Odessa | Leonid Buriak | Black Sea Shipping Stadium | |
FC Metalurh Zaporizhia | Oleksandr Tomakh | Metalurh Stadium | |
FC Nyva Ternopil | Ihor Yavorskyi | City Stadium | |
FC Zirka Kirovohrad | Oleksandr Dovbiy | Oleksandr Ischenko 22 games 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 Zaporizhia | 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 | Table |
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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 | pre-season | ||||
FC Nyva Vinnytsia | Serhiy Morozov | pre-season | Pasha Kasanov | pre-season |
League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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 |
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goal scored
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Jump up to: a b Participant of the 1997 Ukrainian Cup Final
Results[]
Top goalscorers[]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals (Pen.) |
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1 | Oleh Matviiv | Shakhtar Donetsk | 21 (6) |
2 | Serhiy 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 Zaporizhia | 11 | |
Yakiv Kripak | Metalurh Zaporizhia | 11 (3) | |
10 | Hennadiy Moroz | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 10 |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Varis, S. Mikhail Grinshpon: astronomical "partitioner" of Ukraine. Part 1. (Михаил Гриншпон: космический «распильщик» Украины. ЧАСТЬ 1). Skelet Info. 17 July 2017
External links[]
- Ukrainian Premier League seasons
- 1996–97 in Ukrainian association football leagues
- 1996–97 in European association football leagues