Wyschtscha Liha 1996/97

Wyschtscha Liha 1996/97
master	Dynamo Kiev
Champions League qualification	Dynamo Kiev
UEFA Cup qualification	Vorskla Poltava Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Cup winners	Shakhtar Donetsk
European Cup Winners' Cup	Shakhtar Donetsk
Relegated	Kremin Kremenchuk Nyva Vinnytsia
Teams	16
Games	240  (including 1 criminally verified)
Gates	622  (ø 2.6 per game) (excluding penalty-verified games)
spectator	1,390,700  (ø 5819 per game) (excluding criminally verified games)
Top scorer	Oleh Matveev (Shakhtar Donetsk)
← Wyschtscha Liha 1995/96 Wyschtscha Liha 1997/98 →
Perscha Liha 1996/97 ↓

The Wyschtscha Liha 1996/97 ( Ukrainian Вища ліга ) was the 6th edition of the highest Ukrainian league in men's football . The season began on July 20, 1996 and ended on June 23, 1997.

mode

The league was reduced to sixteen clubs for the 1996/97 season. They played against each other twice on a total of 30 match days, divided into a first half and a second half. Defending champions Dynamo Kiev won the championship for the fifth time. The teams in the last two places were relegated to the Perscha Liha .

societies

Kiev Donetsk Odessa Dnipro Lviv Ternopil Simferopol Poltava Kremenchuk Kryvyi Rih Zaporizhia Vinnytsia Ivano-Frankivsk Kirovohrad

Associations of the Wyschtscha Liha 1996/97

society	city	Stadion	capacity
Shakhtar Donetsk	Donetsk	Shakhtar Central Stadium	31,718
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Kryvyi Rih	Metalurh Stadium	29,783
Chornomorets Odessa	Odessa	Chornomorets Central Stadium	28.164
Karpaty Lviv	Lviv	Ukrajina Stadium	28.051
Vorskla Poltava	Poltava	Worskla Stadium	24,586
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Dnepropetrovsk	Meteor Stadium	24,381
Tavriya Simferopol	Simferopol	RSC Lokomotiv Stadium	19,978
Nyva Vinnytsia	Vinnytsia	Lokomotiv Stadium	17,000
Dynamo Kiev	Kiev	Dynamo Stadium	16,873
Nywa Ternopil	Ternopil	Central Stadium	15,150
Prikarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk	Ivano-Frankivsk	Electron stadium	15,000
Sirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad	Kirovohrad	Sirka Stadium	14,628
Metalurh Zaporizhia	Zaporizhia	Zaporizhia Central Stadium	11,983
CSKA Kiev	Kiev	CSKA Stadium Kolos	12,000
Kremin Kremenchuk	Kremenchuk	Dnipro Stadium	11,300
Torpedo Zaporizhia	Zaporizhia	AvtoZAZ stadium	06,619

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Dynamo Kiev (M)	30th	23	4th	3	069:200	+49	73
2.	Shakhtar Donetsk (P)	30th	19th	5	6th	072:280	+44	62
3.	Vorskla Poltava (N)	30th	17th	7th	6th	050:260	+24	58
4th	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	30th	14th	13	3	048:190	+29	55
5.	Karpaty Lviv	30th	15th	7th	8th	036:230	+13	52
6th	Tavriya Simferopol	30th	13	5	12	036:460	−10	44
7th	Chornomorets Odessa	30th	12	6th	12	036:310	+5	42
8th.	Metalurh Zaporizhia	30th	12	5	13	048:440	+4	41
9.	Nywa Ternopil	30th	11	6th	13	034:370	−3	39
10.	Sirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad	30th	11	3	16	031:550	−24	36
11.	CSKA Kiev	30th	9	8th	13	033:350	−2	35
12.	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	30th	9	6th	15th	024:480	−24	33
13.	Prikarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk	30th	8th	7th	15th	033:490	−16	31
14th	Torpedo Zaporizhia	30th	8th	5	17th	025:560	−31	29
15th	Kremin Kremenchuk	30th	7th	3	20th	028:570	−29	24
16.	Nyva Vinnytsia	30th	4th	6th	20th	019:480	−29	18th

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

Ukrainian champion and participation in the 1st qualifying round for the 1997/98 UEFA Champions League

Cup winners and participants in the qualifying round of the 1997/98 European Cup Winners' Cup

Participation in the first qualifying round of the 1996/97 UEFA Cup

Relegated to the Perscha Liha 1997/98

(M)	reigning Ukrainian champion
(P)	reigning Ukrainian cup winner
(N)	Newcomers from the Perscha Liha

Crosstab

1996/97
Dynamo Kiev		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
Shakhtar Donetsk	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
Vorskla Poltava	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
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	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
Karpaty Lviv	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
Tavriya Simferopol	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
Chornomorets Odessa	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
Metalurh Zaporizhia	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
Nywa Ternopil	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
Sirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad	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
CSKA Kiev	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
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	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
Prikarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk	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
Torpedo Zaporizhia	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
Kremin Kremenchuk	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
Nyva Vinnytsia	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

¹ The game Torpedo Zaporizhzhya - CSKA Kiev was considered a victory for Torpedo.

The championship team from Dynamo Kiev

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Dynamo Kiev

Goal : Oleksandr Schowkowskyj (24 / -), Ihor Kutepow (4 / -), Vyacheslav Kernosenko (2 / -) Defense : Oleh Luschnyi (28/2), Serhij Beschenar (29/2), Olexandr Holowko (23/1), Jurij Dmytrulin (18/1), Mykola Wolosjanko (7/1), Serhij Schmatowalenko (6 / -) Midfield : Jurij Kalytwynzew (28/5), Dmytro Mychajlenko (25/4), Aljaksandr Chatskewitsch (23/1), Vitalij Kosowskyj (21/1), Valjanzin Bjalkewitsch (13/3), Andrij Hussin (13/3), Yevgen Pochlabajew (7/2), Witalij Samojlow (5 / -), Ihor Kostjuk (3 / -) Storm : Serhij Rebrow (30/20), Andrij Shevchenko (20/6), Wasyl Kardasch (17/3), Pavlo Schkapenko (14/1), Viktor Leonenko (9/5), Olexij Antjochin (6 / -), Serhiy Dazenko (1 / -) Coach : József Szabó (1st – 15th matchday), Valerij Lobanowskyj (16th –30th matchday)

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
1.	Oleh Matveev	Shakhtar Donetsk	21st
2.	Serhiy Rebrow	Dynamo Kiev	20th
3.	Serhiy Chuchenko	Vorskla Poltava	14th
4th	Andrei Fedkov	Torpedo Zaporizhia	13
	Olexandr Hajdasch	Tavriya Simferopol
6th	Serhiy Misin	Chornomorets Odessa (2) CSKA Kiev (10)	12
7th	Serhiy Atelkin	Shakhtar Donetsk	11
	Jakiw Kripak	Metalurh Zaporizhia
	Walentyn Poltavets	Metalurh Zaporizhia
10.	Hennadyj Moros	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	10

Web links

• Results with goal scorers ukranianfootball.narod.ru (ukrainian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ukraine 1996/97. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved January 14, 2017 .