1995–96 in Ukrainian football

The 1995–96 season was the fourth season of competitive football in Ukraine.

National team

6 September 1995 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying	Lithuania	1–3	Ukraine	Vilnius, Lithuania
	Sukristov 10' Maciulevičius 17'	Report^[1]	Kalitvintsev 4' Horilyi 53' Huseinov 66', 70' Holovko 81' Husin 83'	Stadium: Zalgiris Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Brendan Shorte (Ireland)

11 October 1995 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying	Slovenia	3–2	Ukraine	Ljubljana, Slovenia
	Udovič 33' Milanič 48' Udovic 50', 90' Zahovic 73' Galič 74'	Report^[2]	Zhabchenko 16' Skrypnyk 21' Skrypnyk 23' Huseinov 44' Holovko 45' Nahornyak 80'	Stadium: Stadion za Bežigradom Attendance: 2,750 Referee: Alain Hammer (Luxembourg)

11 November 1995 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying	Italy	3–1	Ukraine	Bari, Italy
	Ravanelli 21', 49' Baggio 32' Maldini 53' Crippa 70'	Report^[3]	Bezhenar 11' Polunin 19' Luzhnyi 57'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 43,999 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)

9 April 1996 Friendly	Moldova	2–2	Ukraine	Chişinău, Moldova
17:00 (UTC+03:00)	Testemitanu 72' Popovici 83'	Report	Huseinov 49', 66'	Stadium: Stadionul Republican Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)

1 May 1996 Friendly	Turkey	3–2	Ukraine	Samsun, Turkey
20:00 (UTC+03:00)	Şükür 7' Yiğit 13' Kerimoğlu 32'	Report	Shevchenko 10' Huseinov 34'	Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Otar Guntadze (Georgia)

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dynamo Kyiv^[a] (C)	34	24	7	3	65	17	+48	79	Qualification to Champions League qualifying round
2	Chornomorets Odesa	34	22	7	5	56	25	+31	73	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	34	19	6	9	65	34	+31	63
4	CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv	34	15	11	8	47	27	+20	56
5	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	34	16	4	14	49	42	+7	52
6	Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad	34	14	8	12	37	33	+4	50
7	Torpedo Zaporizhzhia	34	15	3	16	40	46	−6	48
8	Karpaty Lviv	34	12	10	12	39	39	0	46
9	Kremin Kremenchuk	34	14	4	16	46	56	−10	46
10	Shakhtar Donetsk	34	13	6	15	44	43	+1	45	Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
11	Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk	34	12	8	14	49	49	0	44
12	Tavriya Simferopol	34	12	8	14	46	46	0	44
13	Nyva Ternopil	34	13	3	18	37	42	−5	42
14	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	34	11	9	14	43	52	−9	42
15	Nyva Vinnytsia^[a]	34	11	7	16	28	36	−8	40	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
16	SC Mykolaiv (R)	34	10	8	16	37	53	−16	38	Relegated to Ukrainian First League
17	Volyn Lutsk (R)	34	9	7	18	34	58	−24	34
18	Zorya Luhansk (R)	34	4	4	26	16	80	−64	16

Source: uafootball.net.ua
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goal scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Participant of the 1996 Ukrainian Cup Final

First League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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	Relegation to Druha Liha

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (D) Withdrew; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Second League

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	CSKA Kyiv (C, P)	40	27	8	5	61	27	+34	89	Promoted to Persha Liha
2	Krystal Kherson	40	24	7	9	75	29	+46	79	Play off
3	Khutrovyk Tysmenytsia	40	24	3	13	66	33	+33	75
4	Obolon Kyiv	40	22	9	9	60	35	+25	75
5	Kalush	40	22	8	10	64	31	+33	74
6	Nyva-Cosmos Myronivka	40	21	10	9	59	36	+23	73
7	Desna Chernihiv	40	21	9	10	55	30	+25	72
8	Haray Zhovkva	40	20	7	13	49	35	+14	67
9	Systema-Boreks Borodianka	40	17	12	11	34	31	+3	63
10	Hazovyk Komarno	40	18	8	14	47	38	+9	62
11	Avanhard Zhydachiv	40	18	8	14	44	44	0	62
12	Karpaty Mukacheve	40	17	8	15	39	35	+4	59
13	Keramik Baranivka	40	18	5	17	38	41	−3	59
14	Halychyna Drohobych	40	16	8	16	39	40	−1	56
15	Skhid Slavutych	40	14	10	16	43	51	−8	52
16	Olimpiya Yuzhnoukrainsk	40	12	7	21	34	67	−33	43
17	Ros Bila Tserkva	40	10	9	21	28	61	−33	39
18	Ahrotekhservis Sumy (D)	40	8	6	26	25	77	−52	30	Dissolved
19	Skify Lviv^[a] (D)	40	6	5	29	20	28	−8	23	Withdrew
20	Dynamo-Flesh Odesa (D)	40	3	6	31	12	85	−73	15	Dissolved
21	Kakhovka^[a] (D)	40	3	3	34	11	49	−38	12	Withdrew
22	Temp-Advis-2 Shepetivka^[b] (D)	7	0	0	7	2	15	−13	0	Withdrew

Source: uafootball.net.ua
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ ^a ^b SC Skify Lviv and FC Kakhovka quit the League after the first half.
^ FC Temp-Advis-2 Shepetivka stopped its participation after the 7th round (results were scratched).

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Metalurh Mariupol (C, P)	38	30	4	4	70	24	+46	94	Promoted to Persha Liha
2	Metalurh Donetsk (O, P)	38	24	7	7	53	27	+26	79	Play off
3	Metalurh Novomoskovsk	38	23	6	9	53	33	+20	75
4	Oskil Kupiansk	38	21	7	10	45	28	+17	70
5	Avanhard-Industria Rovenky	38	19	11	8	45	36	+9	68
6	Tytan Armyansk	38	19	10	9	59	38	+21	67
7	Shakhtar Stakhanov	38	19	9	10	41	33	+8	66
8	Viktor Zaporizhzhia	38	19	5	14	54	34	+20	62
9	Shakhtar-2 Donetsk	38	18	7	13	44	32	+12	61
10	Dynamo Saky	38	17	8	13	42	36	+6	59
11	Druzhba Berdiansk	38	17	8	13	41	38	+3	59
12	Chaika Sevastopol	38	17	7	14	55	39	+16	58
13	Torpedo Melitopol	38	12	14	12	44	35	+9	50
14	Portovyk Illichivsk	38	14	5	19	30	56	−26	47
15	Dnistrovets B.-Dnistrovskyi (D)	38	13	7	18	25	54	−29	46	Withdrew
16	Hirnyk Komsomolsk	38	10	8	20	33	71	−38	38
17	Sportinvest Kryvyi Rih^[a] (D)	38	6	2	30	20	33	−13	20	Withdrew
18	Shakhtar Sverdlovsk^[b] (D)	38	5	4	29	24	37	−13	19
19	Dynamo Slovyansk^[a] (D)	38	1	8	29	13	36	−23	11
20	Prometey Dniprodzerzhynsk^[a] (D)	38	1	1	36	10	81	−71	4
21	Kosmos Pavlohrad^[c] (D)	11	0	6	5	10	20	−10	6

Source: uafootball.net.ua
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c After the winter break three other teams stopped their participation: Prometey Dniprodzerzhynsk, Dynamo Slovyansk, Sportinvest Kryvyi Rih.
^ Shakhtar Sverdlovsk withdrew after the 25th round.
^ Kosmos Pavlohrad quit competition after the 11th round. All its results were annulled.

References

^ Some different time of goals scored (in Russian)
^ Different report (in Russian)
^ Different report (in Russian)

External links

Complete results of all national team matches

[table_note_DYK0.93317410719263-4] Participant of the 1996 Ukrainian Cup Final

[table_note_SLV0.91138534895675-5] SC Skify Lviv and FC Kakhovka quit the League after the first half.

[table_note_AKH0.91138534895675-6] FC Temp-Advis-2 Shepetivka stopped its participation after the 7th round (results were scratched).

[table_note_PDN0.23668443608875-7] After the winter break three other teams stopped their participation: Prometey Dniprodzerzhynsk, Dynamo Slovyansk, Sportinvest Kryvyi Rih.

[table_note_SHS0.23668443608875-8] Shakhtar Sverdlovsk withdrew after the 25th round.

[table_note_PVL0.23668443608875-9] Kosmos Pavlohrad quit competition after the 11th round. All its results were annulled.

[1] Some different time of goals scored (in Russian)

[2] Different report (in Russian)

[3] Different report (in Russian)

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v t e Ukraine squad for 1996 UEFA Euro qualification
Footballers	Oleh Suslov (6, -7), Dmytro Tyapushkin (4, -8), Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (1), Dmytro Shutkov (0) — Oleh Luzhnyi (8), Hennadiy Orbu (8), Tymerlan Huseinov (7, 5), Serhiy Konovalov (6, 1), Yuriy Kalitvintsev (6, 1), Oleksandr Yevtushok (6), Viktor Skrypnyk (5, 1), Serhiy Nahornyak (5), Yevhen Pokhlebayev (5), Oleksandr Holovko (4), Ihor Zhabchenko (4), Serhiy Shmatovalenko (4), Serhiy Bezhenar (4), Serhiy Kovalets (3), Ihor Petrov (3), Viktor Leonenko (3), Yuriy Maksymov (3), Volodymyr Horilyi (3), Serhiy Popov (3), Andriy Husyn (2, 1), Andriy Polunin (2, 1), Oleh Kuznetsov (2), Serhiy Lezhentsev (2), Yuriy Bukel (2), Andriy Telesnenko (2), Serhiy Mizin (2), Andriy Shevchenko (2), Serhiy Diryavka (2), Yuriy Sak (1), Borys Finkel (1), Oleh Protasov (1), Oleksiy Mykhailychenko (1), Dmytro Mykhailenko (1), Hennadiy Lytovchenko (1), Serhiy Skachenko (1), Yuriy Martynov (1), Andriy Khomyn (1), Oleh Naduda (1), Oleksandr Palianytsia (1), Pavlo Shkapenko (1), Volodymyr Sharan (1), Oleksiy Antyukhin (0)
Managers	Oleh Bazylevych 0-0-1/0-2, Yozhef Sabo 1-1-0/3-0, Anatoliy Konkov 3-0-4/8-13
Own goals	Urmas Kirs (Estonia for Ukraine)

v t e 1995–96 in Ukrainian football
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Domestic leagues	Premier League First League Second League Amateur League Women '95 '96
Domestic cups	Ukrainian Cup Final
International cups	Commonwealth of Independent States Cup Torneo di Viareggio
Related to the national team	1995 results 1996 results UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying Group 4

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