The sixth Ukrainian football championship was played from July 20, 1996 to June 22, 1997 . The winner was Kiev Dynamo .
| Ukrainian Football Championship | |
|---|---|
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| Tournament Details | |
| Time spending | July 20, 1996 - June 22, 1997 |
| Number of participants | sixteen |
| Cities | 14 |
| Stadiums | nineteen |
| Top places | |
| Winner |  Dynamo (Kiev) (5th time) |
| Second place |  Shakhtar Donetsk) |
| Third place |  Vorskla (Poltava) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 239 |
| Goals scored | 622 (2.6 per game) |
| Bombardier (s) |  Oleg Matveev (Shakhtar) (21 goals) |
| Total attendance | 1,390,700 (5,819 per game) |
Content
History
Dynamo Kyiv, which, after a 7-year break, was again headed by Valery Lobanovsky , did not meet any serious competition on the way to the championship and continued its hegemony in Ukrainian football. Shakhtar Donetsk won silver medals, rehabilitating themselves for failing in the previous season (10th place). The third unexpectedly was the debutant team of the major league - Poltava Vorskla. In turn, the winners of last season - βChernomoretsβ and βDneprβ - took only 7th and 4th places respectively.
Members
The layout of the teams of the Higher League 1996/1997
| Club | City | Stadium | Capacity | Main coach | Coaching changes during the season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vorskla | Poltava | Vorskla (14 games) | 24,795 | Victor Pozhechevsky | |
| Lokomotiv (1 game) | |||||
| Dynamo | Kiev | Dynamo (14 games) | 16,873 | Valery Lobanovsky | Jozsef Szabo |
| NSC "Olympic" (1 game) | 83,450 | ||||
| Dnepr | Dnepropetrovsk | "Meteor" | 30,000 | Vyacheslav the Terrible | |
| Star-NIBAS | Kirovograd | Star-NIBAS | 14 628 | Alexander Dovbiy | Alexander Ishchenko Mikhail Kalita |
| " Carpathians " | Lviv | "Ukraine" | 28 051 | Miron Markevich | |
| Flint | Kremenchug | "Dnieper" | 11 300 | Mikhail Belykh | |
| Krivbass | Krivoy Rog | "Metallurgist" | 29,783 | Alexander Lysenko | Alexey Cherednik |
| Metallurg | Zaporozhye | "Metallurgist" | 25,000 | Alexander Tomah | |
| Niva | Vinnitsa | "Locomotive" | 24,000 | Alexander Ishchenko | Pasha Kasanov Vladimir Reva |
| Niva | Ternopil | City stadium | 17,000 | Igor Yavorsky | |
| "Carpathian" | Ivano-Frankivsk | Rukh (10 games) | 15,000 | Igor Yurchenko | Boris Streltsov Victor Kolotov |
| Electron (5 games) | 10,000 | ||||
| Tavria | Simferopol | "Locomotive" | 26,000 | Valery Shvedyuk | Ivan Balan Sergey Shevchenko Nikolay Pavlov |
| Torpedo | Zaporozhye | Stadium of ZAZ CJSC | 15,000 | Victor Matvienko | Igor Nadein Alexey Cherednik |
| CSKA | Kiev | Stadium CSK APU (14 games) | 12,000 | Vladimir Lozinsky | |
| NSC "Olympic" (1 game) | 83,450 | ||||
| " Chernomorets " | Odessa | TS CMP | 43,000 | Leonid Buryak | |
| Shakhtar | Donetsk | CS "Miner" | 31,545 | Valery Yaremchenko |
During the reformation, the CSKA-Borisfen team was divided and the CSKA team played in the Premier League from the beginning of the season.
Regional distribution
| Region | Number of teams | Teams |
|---|---|---|
| Kiev | 2 | Dynamo , CSKA |
| Dnipropetrovsk region | 2 | Dnipro , Kryvbas |
| Zaporozhye region | 2 | Metallurg , Torpedo |
| Poltava region | 2 | Flint , Vorskla |
| Autonomous Republic of Crimea | one | Tavria |
| Vinnytsia region | one | Niva V |
| Donetsk region | one | Miner |
| Ivano-Frankivsk region | one | Carpathian |
| Kirovograd region | one | NIBAS Star |
| Lviv region | one | Carpathians |
| Odessa region | one | Chernomorets |
| Ternopil region | one | Niva T |
Compositions
Results
| M | Team | Din | SHAH | THIEF | DAY | CAR | Tav | CHER | MET | NIT | STE | CSK | KRI | At | TOP | CRE | NIV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | "Dynamo" | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 6: 1 | 2: 2 | 5: 0 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 5: 0 | 2-0 | |
| 2 | "Miner" | 1: 3 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 0: 0 | 4-0 | 3-0 | 4: 2 | 5: 0 | 3: 1 | 3-0 | 6: 0 | 2-0 | 9: 1 | 4: 2 | 1-0 | |
| 3 | Vorskla | 4: 3 | 1: 1 | 0: 0 | 0: 0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | |
| four | "Dnieper" | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 0 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 4-0 | 4-0 | 3-0 | 4-0 | |
| five | "Carpathians" | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0: 0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 5: 1 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 1: 2 | |
| 6 | Tavria | 1: 3 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 0: 0 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | |
| 7 | "Chernomorets" | 1: 3 | 1: 1 | 0: 3 | 3-0 | 0: 0 | 5: 1 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 5: 1 | 0: 0 | 0: 0 | 0: 0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0: 0 | |
| eight | "Metallurgist" | 0: 0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 8: 1 | 1-0 | 4: 2 | 0: 1 | 4: 2 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 2-0 | 3: 2 | 2-0 | |
| 9 | "Niva" Tr | 1-0 | 1: 4 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 5: 1 | 0: 0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 3-0 | |
| ten | Star-NIBAS | 0: 4 | 2: 3 | 2-0 | 0: 0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 4 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | |
| eleven | CSKA | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 0 | 0: 0 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 5: 1 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | |
| 12 | Kryvbas | 0: 2 | 1: 3 | 1: 1 | 0: 0 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 3-0 | |
| 13 | "Carpathian" | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 2: 4 | 3: 2 | 0: 0 | 0: 0 | 0: 0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | |
| 14 | "Torpedo" | 0: 0 | 2: 1 | 2: 3 | 1: 3 | 1-0 | 1: 3 | 1: 2 | 0: 4 | 0: 0 | 3: 1 | +: - [1] | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | |
| 15 | "Flint" | 1: 4 | 0: 1 | 0: 4 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 3 | 1-0 | 4: 1 | 3: 2 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | |
| sixteen | Niva VTs | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 4 | 0: 2 | 0: 1 | 0: 0 | 0: 1 | 0: 0 | 0: 0 | 3: 1 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 0: 0 | 2: 1 |
Summary table
| M | Team | AND | AT | N | P | Balls | Β± | ABOUT | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dynamo Kiev | thirty | 23 | four | 3 | 69 - 20 | +49 | 73 | Admission to the UEFA Champions League | |
| "Shakhtar Donetsk | thirty | nineteen | five | 6 | 72 - 28 | +44 | 62 | Admission to the UEFA Cup Winners Cup | |
| "Vorskla" Poltava | thirty | 17 | 7 | 6 | 50 - 26 | +24 | 58 | UEFA Cup entry | |
| four | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | thirty | 14 | 13 | 3 | 48 - nineteen | +29 | 55 | |
| five | "Carpathians" Lviv | thirty | 15 | 7 | eight | 36 - 23 | +13 | 52 | |
| 6 | "Tavria" Simferopol | thirty | 13 | five | 12 | 36 - 46 | β10 | 44 | |
| 7 | "Chernomorets" Odessa | thirty | 12 | 6 | 12 | 36 - 31 | +5 | 42 | |
| eight | Metallurg Zaporozhye | thirty | 12 | five | 13 | 48 - 44 | +4 | 41 | |
| 9 | "Niva" Ternopil | thirty | eleven | 6 | 13 | 34 - 37 | β3 | 39 | |
| ten | "Star-NIBAS" Kirovograd | thirty | eleven | 3 | sixteen | 31 - 55 | β24 | 36 | |
| eleven | CSKA Kiev | thirty | 9 | eight | 13 | 33 - 35 | β2 | 35 | |
| 12 | Krivbass Kryvyi Rih | thirty | 9 | 6 | 15 | 24 - 48 | β24 | 33 | |
| 13 | "Carpathian" Ivano-Frankivsk | thirty | eight | 7 | 15 | 33 - 49 | β16 | 31 | |
| 14 | Torpedo Zaporozhye | thirty | eight | five | 17 | 25 - 56 | β31 | 29th | |
| 15 | "Flint" Kremenchug | thirty | 7 | 3 | 20 | 28 - 57 | β29 | 24 | Departure to First league |
| sixteen | "Niva" Vinnytsia | thirty | four | 6 | 20 | nineteen - 48 | β29 | 18 |
Tour Leaders
Summary
At the end of the season, Dynamo Kiev won the right to play in the UEFA Champions League , Vorskla Poltava and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the UEFA Cup , and Shakhtar Donetsk in the UEFA Cup Holders . Kremenchug β Flint β and Vinnytsia β Niva β left the major league. From the first league , 2 clubs with the name βMetallurgβ came out to the Premier League : Donetsk and Mariupol .
Top scorers
| A place | Player | Club | Matches | Goals (pen.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Oleg Matveev | Miner | 25 | 21 (6) |
| 2 | Sergey Rebrov | Dynamo | thirty | 20 (6) |
| 3 | Sergey Chuychenko | Vorskla | 28 | 14 (2) |
| four | Alexander Gaidash | Tavria | 26 | 13 |
| five | Andrey Fedkov | Flint | 28 | 13 (3) |
| 6 | Sergey Mizin | CSKA / Chernomorets | 22 | 12 (3) |
| 7 | Sergey Atelkin | Miner | 24 | eleven |
| eight | Jacob Kripak | Metallurgist | 25 | 11 (3) |
| 9 | Valentin Poltavets | Metallurgist | 28 | eleven |
| ten | Gennady Moroz | Dnieper | 29th | ten |
Referees
| Arbitrator | City | Matches | Penalty | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valery Avdysh | Simferopol | 14 | 22 | 2 | 2 |
| Anatoly Aranovsky | Kiev | 13 | 24 | - | one |
| Vasily Babich | Uzhhorod | five | ten | - | one |
| Igor Gorozhankin | Kirovograd | 6 | 25 | one | eight |
| Yaroslav Grisyo | Lviv | eleven | 21 | - | 3 |
| Victor Derdo | Illichivsk | 9 | 28 | one | one |
| Sergey Dzyuba | Kiev | 12 | 21 | - | 2 |
| Victor Dogadailo | Kiev | eleven | 32 | 3 | 2 |
| Anatoly Zhosan | Kherson | ten | thirty | 3 | 2 |
| Yuri Isaev | Zaporozhye | one | five | - | - |
| Igor Ishchenko | Khmelnitsky | ten | 27 | - | eight |
| Vladimir Kutsev | Donetsk | 7 | eleven | - | one |
| Vasily Melnichuk | Simferopol | 13 | 60 | five | four |
| Valery Onufer | Uzhhorod | 14 | 32 | - | one |
| Konstantin Panchik | Simferopol | ten | 34 | 3 | four |
| Vladimir Pyanykh | Donetsk | sixteen | 49 | one | 7 |
| Stepan Selmensky | Uzhhorod | ten | 33 | 3 | five |
| Sergey Tatulyan | Kiev | 17 | 67 | five | eight |
| Igor Khiblin | Khmelnitsky | five | ten | - | 2 |
| Sergey Shebek | Kiev | 12 | 32 | one | 2 |
| Vadim Shevchenko | Kiev | eleven | 23 | one | 6 |
| Vadim Shelmenko | Kiev | ten | 24 | one | 3 |
| Igor Yarmenchuk | Kiev | 12 | 28 | - | 7 |
Statistics
General statistics
| Attendance
|
Most-visited match
| September 29, 1996 |
| "Vorskla" , Poltava Spectators: 26,000 |
Least-visited match
| September 7, 1996 |
| Lokomotiv , Simferopol Spectators: 150 |
Notes
- β Absenteeism of CSKA
Links
- Major League 1996/1997 on the official website of the FFU
- Major League 1996/1997 on the site "Ukrainian Football by Alexei Kobyzev"
- Major League 1996/1997 on the site "Ukrainian Football from Dmitri Troshchiya"
- Championship 1996/1997 on the RSSSF website
- Championship 1996/1997 on wildstat.ru
- Season 1996/1997 on allplayers.in.ua
- Major League Stats 1996/1997 on stat-football.com