1996–97 Ukrainian Second League

The 1996–97 Ukrainian Second League is the 6th season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competition commenced on 10 August 1996 and ended on 21 June 1997.

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

Group A

Location map
Locations of team home grounds in Ukrainian Second League 1992-93

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[lower-alpha 1]
16 Keramik Baranivka (D) 30 4 4 22 15 27 −12 16 Withdrew[lower-alpha 2]
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 Volodymyr Kryzhanivsky 10 Kalush
Yuriy Ovcharenko 10 Ros / Desna
4 Valeriy Sanytsky 9 Fakel Varva
5 Vasyl Klymko 8 Halychyna Drohobych
Petro Pylypeiko 8 Desna Chernihiv
Oleksandr Shevchenko 8 Nyva Bershad
8 Mykhailo Sapovych 7 Pokuttia Kolomyia
Serhiy Turiansky 7 Tysmenytsia
Vitaliy Shukatka 7 (4) Halychyna Drohobych

Group B

Location map
Locations of team home grounds in Ukrainian Second League 1992-93

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 40 20 +20 61[lower-alpha 1]
3 Oskil Kupyansk 30 17 7 6 51 29 +22 57[lower-alpha 2]
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 Zaporizhia 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[lower-alpha 3] 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[lower-alpha 4]
Source:
(C) Champion; (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  3. Avanhard-Metalist Merefa in the first half of the season was called Avanhard Merefa.
  4. Portovyk Kerch became the third post Soviet club that was relegated to amateurs.

Top goalscorers
Scorer Goals (Pen.) Team
1 Ihor Tolstov 11 (3) Hirnyk-Sport / Petrivtsi
2 Oleh Pokusa 13 Metalurh Novomoskovsk
3 Kostyantyn Vizyonok 12 (1) Tytan Armyansk
4 Oleksandr Kryvoruchko 11 Oskil Kupyansk
Oleksandr Lyubynsky 11 (5) Krystal Kherson
6 Andriy But 10 Shakhtar Stakhanov
7 Yuriy Morenko 9 Metalurh Novomoskovsk
Valeriy Shazhko 9 Avanhard Rovenky
9 Ihor Hnezdilov 8 Shakhtar Stakhanov

See also
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