1996–97 Vyshcha Liha

Number of teams in the league was reduced from 18 to 16. Vyshcha Liha became a member of the newly established Professional Football League of Ukraine.

• Vorskla Poltava, the champion of the 1995–96 Ukrainian First League – (debut)

Before the start of season CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv was replaced with CSKA Kyiv which played in tier 3.[http://wildstat.ru/prg/492707.pdf 6-й национальный чемпионат украины - футбольный клуб]. wildstat.ru (FC Zorya Luhansk) Just before the start of new 1996–97 season a scandal took place related to ownership.[http://wildstat.ru/prg/492707.pdf 6-й национальный чемпионат украины - футбольный клуб]. wildstat.ru (FC Zorya Luhansk) Dmytro Zlobenko was removed from the club which with help of the Army was passed to some businessman by name of Mikhail Grinshpon, a president of "Kyiv–Donbas".Varis, S. [https://web.archive.org/web/20180313235042/https://skelet-info.org/mixail-grinshpon-kosmicheskij-raspilshhik-ukrainy-chast-1/ Mikhail Grinshpon: astronomical "partitioner" of Ukraine. Part 1. (Михаил Гриншпон: космический «распильщик» Украины. ЧАСТЬ 1)]. Skelet Info. 17 July 2017 Concurrently, Mikhail Grinshpon was an adviser to the Ukrainian Minister of Defense Oleksandr Kuzmuk.

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{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=46.466667 |long=30.733333 |label=Chornomorets|position=top}}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=48.515833 |long=32.266667|label=Zirka-NIBAS|mark=|position=top}}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=48.450000 |long=34.983333 |label=Dnipro|mark=|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=50.433439 |long=30.522114 |label=Dynamo
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{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=47.895118 |long=33.392462 |label=Kryvbas|position=top}}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=49.819167 |long=24.048056 |label=Karpaty}}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=49.040000 |long=33.250000 |label=Kremin|position=left}}

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{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=47.833333 |long=35.166667 |label=Metalurh
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{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=48.002778 |long=37.805278 |label=Shakhtar}}

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Notes: Games between Dynamo Kyiv and CSKA Kyiv were played at the Republican Stadium.

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|result2=CWCQR

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{{#invoke:Sports results|main

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| update = complete

| matches_style = FBR

| team1 =CHO|name_CHO=Chornomorets Odesa

| team2 =CSK|name_CSK=CSKA Kyiv

| team3 =DNI|name_DNI=Dnipro

| team4 =DYN|name_DYN=Dynamo Kyiv

| team5 =KAR|name_KAR=Karpaty Lviv

| team6 =KRE|name_KRE=Kremin Kremenchuk

| team7 =KRY|name_KRY=Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih

| team8 =MZA|name_MZA=Metalurh Zaporizhzhia

| team9 =NVT|name_NVT=Nyva Ternopil

| team10=NYV|name_NYV=Nyva Vinnytsia

| team11=PRY|name_PRY=Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk

| team12=SHA|name_SHA=Shakhtar Donetsk

| team13=TAV|name_TAV=Tavriya Simferopol

| team14=TZA|name_TZA=Torpedo Zaporizhzhia

| team15=VOR|name_VOR=Vorskla Poltava

| team16=ZIR|name_ZIR=Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad

| match_DYN_SHA=3–1

| match_DYN_VOR=2–1

| match_DYN_DNI=2–2

| match_DYN_KAR=2–0

| match_DYN_TAV=3–0

| match_DYN_CHO=2–0

| match_DYN_MZA=1–2

| match_DYN_NVT=1–0

| match_DYN_ZIR=6–1

| match_DYN_CSK=2–2

| match_DYN_KRY=5–0

| match_DYN_PRY=2–1

| match_DYN_TZA=2–1

| match_DYN_KRE=5–0

| match_DYN_NYV=2–0

| match_SHA_DYN=1–3

| match_SHA_VOR=4–0

| match_SHA_DNI=1–0

| match_SHA_KAR=0–0

| match_SHA_TAV=4–0

| match_SHA_CHO=3–0

| match_SHA_MZA=4–2

| match_SHA_NVT=5–0

| match_SHA_ZIR=3–1

| match_SHA_CSK=3–0

| match_SHA_KRY=6–0

| match_SHA_PRY=2–0

| match_SHA_TZA=9–1

| match_SHA_KRE=4–2

| match_SHA_NYV=1–0

| match_VOR_DYN=4–3

| match_VOR_SHA=1–1

| match_VOR_DNI=0–0

| match_VOR_KAR=0–0

| match_VOR_TAV=1–0

| match_VOR_CHO=2–1

| match_VOR_MZA=3–0

| match_VOR_NVT=2–1

| match_VOR_ZIR=3–0

| match_VOR_CSK=1–0

| match_VOR_KRY=4–0

| match_VOR_PRY=2–0

| match_VOR_TZA=2–0

| match_VOR_KRE=2–0

| match_VOR_NYV=3–0

| match_DNI_DYN=0–1

| match_DNI_SHA=2–0

| match_DNI_VOR=1–1

| match_DNI_KAR=0–0

| match_DNI_TAV=1–0

| match_DNI_CHO=3–2

| match_DNI_MZA=4–0

| match_DNI_NVT=1–0

| match_DNI_ZIR=4–0

| match_DNI_CSK=2–1

| match_DNI_KRY=2–1

| match_DNI_PRY=4–0

| match_DNI_TZA=4–0

| match_DNI_KRE=3–0

| match_DNI_NYV=4–0

| match_KAR_DYN=0–2

| match_KAR_SHA=1–0

| match_KAR_VOR=2–0

| match_KAR_DNI=0–0

| match_KAR_TAV=1–1

| match_KAR_CHO=1–0

| match_KAR_MZA=1–0

| match_KAR_NVT=3–1

| match_KAR_ZIR=2–0

| match_KAR_CSK=1–2

| match_KAR_KRY=5–1

| match_KAR_PRY=3–1

| match_KAR_TZA=2–0

| match_KAR_KRE=4–0

| match_KAR_NYV=1–2

| match_TAV_DYN=1–3

| match_TAV_SHA=0–2

| match_TAV_VOR=1–1

| match_TAV_DNI=0–0

| match_TAV_KAR=3–1

| match_TAV_CHO=1–0

| match_TAV_MZA=3–0

| match_TAV_NVT=2–1

| match_TAV_ZIR=1–0

| match_TAV_CSK=2–1

| match_TAV_KRY=1–0

| match_TAV_PRY=2–0

| match_TAV_TZA=2–1

| match_TAV_KRE=1–1

| match_TAV_NYV=3–2

| match_CHO_DYN=1–3

| match_CHO_SHA=1–1

| match_CHO_VOR=0–3

| match_CHO_DNI=3–0

| match_CHO_KAR=0–0

| match_CHO_TAV=5–1

| match_CHO_MZA=2–1

| match_CHO_NVT=2–0

| match_CHO_ZIR=5–1

| match_CHO_CSK=0–0

| match_CHO_KRY=0–0

| match_CHO_PRY=0–0

| match_CHO_TZA=2–0

| match_CHO_KRE=1–0

| match_CHO_NYV=0–0

| match_MZA_DYN=0–0

| match_MZA_SHA=1–1

| match_MZA_VOR=2–0

| match_MZA_DNI=1–1

| match_MZA_KAR=2–0

| match_MZA_TAV=8–1

| match_MZA_CHO=1–0

| match_MZA_NVT=4–2

| match_MZA_ZIR=0–1

| match_MZA_CSK=4–2

| match_MZA_KRY=1–1

| match_MZA_PRY=3–2

| match_MZA_TZA=2–0

| match_MZA_KRE=3–2

| match_MZA_NYV=2–0

| match_NVT_DYN=1–0

| match_NVT_SHA=1–4

| match_NVT_VOR=1–0

| match_NVT_DNI=2–2

| match_NVT_KAR=1–1

| match_NVT_TAV=1–0

| match_NVT_CHO=2–0

| match_NVT_MZA=2–1

| match_NVT_ZIR=5–1

| match_NVT_CSK=0–0

| match_NVT_KRY=2–0

| match_NVT_PRY=3–0

| match_NVT_TZA=2–1

| match_NVT_KRE=1–0

| match_NVT_NYV=3–0

| match_ZIR_DYN=0–4

| match_ZIR_SHA=2–3

| match_ZIR_VOR=2–0

| match_ZIR_DNI=0–0

| match_ZIR_KAR=2–0

| match_ZIR_TAV=2–1

| match_ZIR_CHO=0–2

| match_ZIR_MZA=1–0

| match_ZIR_NVT=1–0

| match_ZIR_CSK=2–0

| match_ZIR_KRY=1–1

| match_ZIR_PRY=2–4

| match_ZIR_TZA=1–2

| match_ZIR_KRE=2–0

| match_ZIR_NYV=2–1

| match_CSK_DYN=0–1

| match_CSK_SHA=1–1

| match_CSK_VOR=0–0

| match_CSK_DNI=0–0

| match_CSK_KAR=0–1

| match_CSK_TAV=2–1

| match_CSK_CHO=1–2

| match_CSK_MZA=2–1

| match_CSK_NVT=1–0

| match_CSK_ZIR=1–2

| match_CSK_KRY=1–2

| match_CSK_PRY=2–1

| match_CSK_TZA=5–1

| match_CSK_KRE=3–1

| match_CSK_NYV=1–0

| match_KRY_DYN=0–2

| match_KRY_SHA=1–3

| match_KRY_VOR=1–1

| match_KRY_DNI=0–0

| match_KRY_KAR=1–2

| match_KRY_TAV=1–0

| match_KRY_CHO=1–0

| match_KRY_MZA=1–0

| match_KRY_NVT=2–0

| match_KRY_ZIR=0–2

| match_KRY_CSK=2–1

| match_KRY_PRY=1–1

| match_KRY_TZA=2–1

| match_KRY_KRE=1–0

| match_KRY_NYV=3–0

| match_PRY_DYN=0–2

| match_PRY_SHA=2–1

| match_PRY_VOR=0–2

| match_PRY_DNI=2–2

| match_PRY_KAR=1–2

| match_PRY_TAV=1–2

| match_PRY_CHO=2–4

| match_PRY_MZA=3–2

| match_PRY_NVT=0–0

| match_PRY_ZIR=0–0

| match_PRY_CSK=0–0

| match_PRY_KRY=2–0

| match_PRY_TZA=2–1

| match_PRY_KRE=2–0

| match_PRY_NYV=2–1

| match_TZA_DYN=0–0

| match_TZA_SHA=2–1

| match_TZA_VOR=2–3

| match_TZA_DNI=1–3

| match_TZA_KAR=1–0

| match_TZA_TAV=1–3

| match_TZA_CHO=1–2

| match_TZA_MZA=0–4

| match_TZA_NVT=0–0

| match_TZA_ZIR=3–1

| match_TZA_CSK=+:-

| match_TZA_KRY=1–0

| match_TZA_PRY=1–1

| match_TZA_KRE=1–0

| match_TZA_NYV=1–0

| match_KRE_DYN=1–4

| match_KRE_SHA=0–1

| match_KRE_VOR=0–4

| match_KRE_DNI=1–1

| match_KRE_KAR=0–1

| match_KRE_TAV=2–3

| match_KRE_CHO=1–0

| match_KRE_MZA=4–1

| match_KRE_NVT=3–2

| match_KRE_ZIR=1–0

| match_KRE_CSK=0–2

| match_KRE_KRY=2–1

| match_KRE_PRY=2–1

| match_KRE_TZA=1–1

| match_KRE_NYV=3–0

| match_NYV_DYN=0–1

| match_NYV_SHA=1–2

| match_NYV_VOR=2–4

| match_NYV_DNI=0–2

| match_NYV_KAR=0–1

| match_NYV_TAV=0–0

| match_NYV_CHO=0–1

| match_NYV_MZA=0–0

| match_NYV_NVT=0–0

| match_NYV_ZIR=3–1

| match_NYV_CSK=2–2

| match_NYV_KRY=2–0

| match_NYV_PRY=1–2

| match_NYV_TZA=0–0

| match_NYV_KRE=2–1

}}

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

{{Reflist}}

• [http://www.ukrsoccerhistory.com/sources/pages.aspx?language=eng&page=ua_domestic/ ukrsoccerhistory.com - source of information]

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