1995–96 Ukrainian First League

Ukrainian First League

Season	1995–96
Champions	Vorskla Poltava
Promoted	Vorskla 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
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Ukrainian First League 1995–96 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.

Teams

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

Metalist

Khimik

Dynamo-2

Veres

Lviv

Podillya

Krystal

Yavir

Ratusha

Dnipro

Naftovyk

Shakhtar

Polihraftekhnika

Stal

Zakarpattia

Metalurh

Skala

Vorskla

Naftokhimik

Khimik

Odessa

Bukovyna

Locations of teams in First League

Club	City	Stadium	Coach	Replaced coach(es)
Metalist Kharkiv	Kharkiv	Metalist Stadium	Viktor Udovenko	V.Kamarzayev
Veres Rivne	Rivne	Avanhard Stadium	Viacheslav Kobeletsky	V.Usatyi
Poligraftechnika Olexandria	Oleksandriya	Olimp Stadium	An.Buznyk
Podillya Khmelnytskyi	Khmelnytskyi Krasyliv	Podillya Stadium Yunist Stadium	Vl.Bulhakov	Vl.Stryzhevsky
Krystal Chortkiv	Chortkiv	Kharchovyk Stadium	S.Osynovsky	I.Hamaliy
Lviv	Lviv	Yunist Stadium	Stepan Yurchyshyn
Dynamo-2 Kyiv	Kyiv	Dynamo Stadium	Volodymyr Onyshchenko	Anatoliy Kroshchenko
Yavir Krasnopillia	Krasnopillya	Kolos Stadium Yavir Stadium	V.Dushkov	V.Bermudes
Stal Alchevsk	Alchevsk	Stal Stadium	Anatoliy Volobuyev
Dnipro Cherkasy	Cherkasy	Central Stadium Spartak Stadium	Ihor Chupryna	S.Osynovsky
Bazhanovets Makiivka	Makiivka	Avanhard Stadium	V.Pyshchev
Bukovyna Chernivtsi	Chernivtsi	Bukovyna Stadium	Yukhym Shkolnykov
Khimik Zhytomyr	Zhytomyr	City Stadium	Andriy Biba	Vl.Nechayev
Naftovyk Okhtyrka	Okhtyrka	Naftovyk Stadium	A.Dovbiy	Andriy Biba
Metalurh Nikopol	Nikopol	Elektrometalurh Stadium	H.Verzhelenko	Pavlo Yakovenko
Temp-Advis Khmelnytskyi	Khmelnytskyi Kamianets-Podilsky	Podillya Stadium Tonkocheyev CS	A.Petrov	V.Dushko
Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	Uzhhorod	Avanhard Stadium	M.Bobal
FC Skala Stryj	Stryi	Sokil Stadium	Yuriy Shulyatytsky	Roman Pokora
Vorskla Poltava	Poltava	Vorskla Stadium Lokomotyv Stadium	Viktor Pozhychevsky
Khimik Severodonetsk	Sieverodonetsk	Khimik Stadium	Yu.Koval	Yu.Vankevych
Odessa	Odessa	SKA Stadium	Serhiy Marusyn
Naftokhimik Kremenchuk	Kremenchuk	Naftokhimik Stadium Dnipro Stadium	M.Belykh

Final table

P	Team	G	W	D	L	Dif	Pts	Misc
1	Vorskla Poltava	42	32	7	3	92:37	103	Vyscha Liha
2	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	42	30	5	7	83:34	95
3	Stal Alchevsk	42	26	5	11	73:40	83
4	Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria	42	23	7	12	69:37	76
5	Metalurh Nikopol	42	23	5	14	59:40	74
6	Dynamo-2 Kyiv	42	20	12	10	64:42	72
7	Khimik Syeverodonetsk	42	20	11	11	68:32	71
8	Naftovyk Okhtyrka	42	18	12	12	52:37	66
9	Shakhtar Makiivka	42	19	7	16	63:55	64
10	Krystal Chortkiv	42	19	6	17	70:54	63
11	FC Lviv	42	18	8	16	55:42	62	(+) new
12	Podillia Khmelnytskyi	42	17	11	14	57:50	62
13	Yavir Krasnopillia	42	17	9	16	53:43	60	(+) new
14	Khimik Zhytomyr	42	16	10	16	55:57	58
15	Naftokhimik Kremenchuk	42	16	7	19	43:45	55	Folded
16	Veres Rivne	42	15	9	18	39:49	54	(-) new
17	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	42	14	8	20	49:67	50
18	Odessa	42	11	11	20	35:63	44
19	Metalist Kharkiv	42	10	9	23	40:54	39
20	Dnipro Cherkasy	42	6	4	32	26:91	22
21	Ratusha Kamyanets-Podilskyi	42	6	2	34	14:103	20	(-) new Folded
22	Skala Stryi	42	2	3	37	21:108	9	Folded

Note:
FC Temp Shepetivka at first united with FC Advis Khmelnytskyi, but in the second half it relocated to Kamyanets-Podilskyi and was renamed to Ratusha (townhall -eng.). The club folded at the end of the season.
Skala Stryi that was formed out of FC Karpaty Kamyanka-Buzka in 1992 to reinstate a Polish club of 70 years ago upon the conclusion of the season folded. Later another club from Komarne will move to Stryi and will be called as FC Hazovyk-Skala.
No clubs were relegated this season as three participants withdrew out of competition at the end of the season.

Legend:

	- Promoted
	- Relegated

Persha Liha 1995-96 Winners
FC Vorskla Poltava First title

Top scorers

Statistics are taken from here.^[1]

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

References

1. Statistics (Russian)