1995–96 Ukrainian First League

1995–96 Ukrainian First League was the fifth season of the Ukrainian First League which was easily won by Vorskla Poltava. The season started on August 4, 1995, and finished on July 1, 1996.

Ukrainian First League
Season1995–96
ChampionsVorskla Poltava
PromotedVorskla Poltava
Relegated(all withdrew) - Naftokhimik, Ratusha, Skala
Top goalscorer(36) Serhiy Chuychenko (Polihraftekhnika/Vorskla)
Biggest home win(8:0) Khimik S/d - Ratusha
Biggest away win(0:7) Ratusha - Lviv
Highest scoring(8:1) Polihraftekhnika - Zakarpattia

Promotion and relegation

Two clubs promoted from the 1994–95 Ukrainian Second League.

Relegated teams

Two clubs were relegated from the 1994-95 Ukrainian Top League:

Renamed teams

Teams

In 1995-96 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:

Locations of teams in First League
ClubCityStadiumCoachReplaced coach(es)
Metalist KharkivKharkivMetalist StadiumViktor UdovenkoViktor Kamarzayev
Veres RivneRivneAvanhard StadiumVyacheslav KobeletskyiVolodymyr Vusatyi
Polihraftekhnika OleksandriyaOleksandriyaOlimp StadiumAnatoliy Buznyk
Podillya KhmelnytskyiKhmelnytskyi
Krasyliv		Podillya Stadium
Yunist Stadium		Volodymyr BulhakovVolodymyr Stryzhevskyi
Krystal ChortkivChortkivKharchovyk StadiumSemen OsynovskyiIvan Hamaliy
FC LvivLvivYunist StadiumStepan Yurchyshyn
Dynamo-2 KyivKyivDynamo StadiumVolodymyr OnyshchenkoAnatoliy Kroshchenko
Yavir KrasnopilliaKrasnopillyaKolos Stadium
Yavir Stadium		Valeriy DushkovValeriy Bermudes
Stal AlchevskAlchevskStal StadiumAnatoliy Volobuyev
Dnipro CherkasyCherkasyCentral Stadium
Spartak Stadium		Ihor ChuprynaSemen Osynovskyi
Bazhanovets MakiivkaMakiivkaAvanhard StadiumViktor Pyshchev
Bukovyna ChernivtsiChernivtsiBukovyna StadiumYukhym Shkolnykov
Khimik ZhytomyrZhytomyrCity StadiumAndriy BibaVolodymyr Nechayev
Naftovyk OkhtyrkaOkhtyrkaNaftovyk StadiumOleksandr DovbiyAndriy Biba
Metalurh NikopolNikopolElektrometalurh StadiumHryhoriy VerzhelenkoPavlo Yakovenko
Temp-Advis Khmelnytskyi
Ratusha Kamianets-Podilskyi		Khmelnytskyi
Kamianets-Podilskyi		Podillya Stadium
Tonkocheyev CS		Oleksandr PetrovValeriy Dushkov
Zakarpattia UzhhorodUzhhorodAvanhard StadiumMatviy Bobal
FC Skala StryjStryiSokil StadiumYuriy ShulyatytskyiRoman Pokora
Vorskla PoltavaPoltavaVorskla Stadium
Lokomotyv Stadium		Viktor Pozhechevskyi
Khimik SeverodonetskSieverodonetskKhimik StadiumYuriy KovalYuriy Vankevych
SC OdesaOdesaSKA StadiumSerhiy Marusyn
Naftokhimik KremenchukKremenchukNaftokhimik Stadium
Dnipro Stadium		Mykhailo Byelykh

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Vorskla Poltava (C, P) 42 32 7 3 92 37 +55 103 Promoted to Vyshcha Liha
2 Bukovyna Chernivtsi 42 30 5 7 83 34 +49 95
3 Stal Alchevsk 42 26 5 11 73 40 +33 83
4 Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria 42 23 7 12 69 37 +32 76
5 Metalurh Nikopol 42 23 5 14 59 40 +19 74
6 Dynamo-2 Kyiv 42 20 12 10 64 42 +22 72
7 Khimik Severodonetsk 42 20 11 11 68 32 +36 71
8 Naftovyk Okhtyrka 42 18 12 12 52 37 +15 66
9 Shakhtar Makiivka 42 19 7 16 63 55 +8 64
10 Krystal Chortkiv 42 19 6 17 70 54 +16 63
11 FC Lviv 42 18 8 16 55 42 +13 62
12 Podillia Khmelnytskyi 42 17 11 14 57 50 +7 62
13 Yavir Krasnopillia 42 17 9 16 53 43 +10 60
14 Khimik Zhytomyr 42 16 10 16 55 57 −2 58
15 Naftokhimik Kremenchuk (D) 42 16 7 19 43 45 −2 55 Withdrew
16 Veres Rivne 42 15 9 18 39 49 −10 54
17 Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 42 14 8 20 49 67 −18 50
18 SC Odesa 42 11 11 20 35 63 −28 44
19 Metalist Kharkiv 42 10 9 23 40 54 −14 39
20 Dnipro Cherkasy 42 6 4 32 26 91 −65 22
21 Ratusha Kamyanets-Podilskyi (R) 42 6 2 34 14 103 −89 20 Relegation to Druha Liha
22 Skala Stryi (R) 42 2 3 37 21 108 −87 9
Source:
(C) Champions; (D) Withdrew; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Note:
FC Temp Shepetivka at first united with FC Advis Khmelnytskyi. At winter break the club withdrew and was dissolved. To save the situation in the place of former Temp there was formed completely new team out of random amateur players based in Kamyanets-Podilskyi was given the name of Ratusha. The club folded at the end of the season.

Persha Liha 1995-96 Winners
FC Vorskla Poltava
First title

Top scorers

Statistics are taken from here.[1]

Scorer Goals (Pen.) Team
1 Ukraine Serhiy Chuichenko 35 (9) Polihraftekhnika / Vorskla
2 Ukraine Viktor Diak 21 (4) Shakhtar Makiivka
3 Ukraine Borys Finkel 20 (1) Bukovyna Chernivtsi
Ukraine Vadym Plotnikov 20 (5) Stal Alchevsk
5 Ukraine Ivan Shariy 18 (2) Vorskla Poltava
6 Ukraine Vitaliy Samoilov 17 Dynamo-2 Kyiv
7 Ukraine Oleksandr Prudkyi 15 (1) Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
Ukraine Mykola Fedorko 15 (4) Podillya Khmelnytskyi
9 Ukraine Serhiy Chernoshvets 14 (4) Naftovyk Okhtyrka
Kyrgyzstan Oleksandr Agarin 14 (5) Dnipro / Krystal

References
  1. Statistics (in Russian)
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