1996–97 Ukrainian Second League

Football league season

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.

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Withdrawn teams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

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

Group B

Final standings

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

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 Group A and Group B (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