1996–97 Ukrainian Second League

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.

Ukrainian Second League

Season	1996–97
Champions	(A) - Desna Chernihiv (B) - Avanhard-Inter Rovenky
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

Teams

Promoted teams

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Withdrawn teams

• Ratusha Kamyanets-Podilskyi
• Skala Stryi
• Chayka Sevastopol
• Druzhba Berdiansk
• Dnistrovets Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi
• Nyva-Kosmos Myronivka
• Avanhard Zhydachiv

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 to Avanhard-Metalist Kharkiv.

Location map

 

 

Haray

 

Halychyna

 

Ros

 

Nerafa

 

Nyva

 

Kalush

 

Karpaty

 

Systema-Boreks

 

Pokuttia

 

Hazovyk

 

Papirnyk

 

Fakel

 

Obolon

 

Desna

 

Keramik

 

Tysmenytsia

 

Portovyk

 

Dynamo

 

Oskil

 

Lokomotyv

 

Torpedo

 

Petrivtsi

 

Olimpia FC

 

Shakhtar-2

 

Avanhard-Metalist

 

Hirnyk

 

Krystal

 

Viktor

 

Metalurh

 

Tytan

 

Avanhard

 

Portovyk

 

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	Keramik Baranivka (D)	30	4	4	22	15	27	−12	16	Withdrew^[b]

Source: uafootball.net.ua
(C) Champions; (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

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 Kupiansk	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) Champions; (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	Ihor Tolstov	15 (3)	Hirnyk-Sport / Petrivtsi
2	Oleh Pokusa	13	Metalurh Novomoskovsk
3	Kostyantyn Vizyonok	12 (1)	Tytan Armyansk
4	Oleksandr Kryvoruchko	11	Oskil Kupiansk
	Oleksandr Lyubynsky	11 (5)	Krystal Kherson

See also

• 1996–97 Ukrainian Premier League
• 1996–97 Ukrainian First League
• 1996–97 Ukrainian Cup

References

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

External links

• Druha Liha and (ukr-football.org)
• Second League by Alexei Kobyzev
• Druha Liha Group A and Group B by Dmitriy Troshchiy
• 1996-97 Ukrainian professional football at RSSSF