1995–96 Vyshcha Liha

The 1995–96 Vyshcha Liha season was the 5th since its establishment. FC Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions.

Vyshcha Liha
Season1995–96
ChampionsDynamo Kyiv
4th title
RelegatedVolyn Lutsk
Zorya Luhansk
SK Mykolaiv
Champions LeagueDynamo Kyiv
Cup Winners' CupNyva Vinnytsia
UEFA CupChornomorets Odesa
Intertoto CupShakhtar Donetsk
Top goalscorer(20) Timerlan Huseinov (Chornomorets)

Teams

Promotions

Renamed

  • Before the start of the season Zorya-MALS Luhansk changed its name to Zorya Luhansk.

Location

Locations of teams home grounds in Ukrainian Premier League 1995-96
Kyiv city home venues of teams in the League

Managers

ClubCoachReplaced CoachHome stadium
FC Dynamo Kyiv Yozhef SaboRepublican Stadium
Dynamo Stadium
FC Chornomorets Odesa Leonid BuriakBlack Sea Shipping Stadium
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Bernd StangeMeteor Stadium
FC CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv Viktor Chanov Mykhailo Fomenko 29 gamesCSK ZSU Stadium
FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Oleksandr TomakhMetalurh Stadium
FC Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad Oleksandr IschenkoZirka Stadium
FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia Ihor NadeinAvtoZAZ Stadium
FC Karpaty Lviv Volodymyr ZhuravchakUkraina Stadium
FC Kremin Kremenchuk Valery Yaremchenko Tiberiy Korponay 13 games
Anatoliy Skurskyi 4 games
Dnipro Stadium
FC Shakhtar Donetsk Valeriy Rudakov Vladimir Salkov 6 gamesShakhtar Stadium
FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Ihor YurchenkoElektron Stadium
SC Tavriya Simferopol Anatoliy Zayaev Yuriy Kerman 17 gamesLokomotyv Stadium
FC Nyva Ternopil Ihor YavorskyiCity Stadium
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Myron Markevych Yuriy Koval 12 games
Yuriy Hruznov 3 games
Metalurh Stadium
FC Nyva Vinnytsia Serhiy MorozovCentral City Stadium
SC Mykolaiv Yevhen KucherevskyiCentral City Stadium
FC Volyn Lutsk Yuriy Dyachuk-Stavytskyi Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi 22 games
Oleksiy Yeschenko 1 game
Avanhard Stadium
FC Zorya-MALS Viktor Aristov Oleksandr Zhuravliov 14 games
Anatoliy Korshykov 3 games
Avanhard Stadium

Changes

TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming head coachDate of appointmentTable
FC Dynamo Kyiv Mykola Pavlovpre-season Yozhef Szabopre-season
SC Tavriya Simferopol Pavlo Kostinpre-season Yuriy Kermanpre-season
CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv  ?pre-season Mykhailo Fomenkopre-season
FC Karpaty Lviv Myron Markevychpre-season Volodymyr Zhuravchakpre-season

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Dynamo Kyiv[a] (C)3424736517+4879Qualification to Champions League qualifying round
2Chornomorets Odesa3422755625+3173Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk3419696534+3163
4CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv34151184727+2056
5Metalurh Zaporizhzhia34164144942+752
6Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad34148123733+450
7Torpedo Zaporizhzhia34153164046−648
8Karpaty Lviv341210123939046
9Kremin Kremenchuk34144164656−1046
10Shakhtar Donetsk34136154443+145Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
11Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk34128144949044
12Tavriya Simferopol34128144646044
13Nyva Ternopil34133183742−542
14Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih34119144352−942
15Nyva Vinnytsia[a]34117162836−840Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
16SC Mykolaiv (R)34108163753−1638Relegated to Ukrainian First League
17Volyn Lutsk (R)3497183458−2434
18Zorya Luhansk (R)3444261680−6416
Source: uafootball.net.ua
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goal scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayCHOCSKDNIDYNKARKREKRYMZAMYKNVTNYVPRYSHATAVTZAVOLZIRZOR
Chornomorets Odesa1–02–11–01–06–12–04–31–02–02–00–02–14–33–14–11–12–0
CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv1–00–01–22–11–12–00–20–01–11–03–04–02–02–03–10–14–0
Dnipro0–22–00–03–02–04–25–05–02–11–21–02–22–02–02–13–13–1
Dynamo Kyiv3–00–05–12–02–03–02–03–02–01–01–13–12–02–04–05–11–0
Karpaty Lviv3–21–12–11–12–02–21–03–03–03–00–01–01–11–22–12–02–1
Kremin Kremenchuk0–11–10–30–16–11–11–03–23–00–14–23–21–03–23–12–11–0
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih0–02–01–02–21–32–12–11–11–01–12–11–02–02–35–15–42–0
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia0–00–12–10–21–11–02–13–21–03–02–12–03–02–02–01–15–0
SC Mykolaiv1–20–20–20–20–02–02–11–02–02–03–00–01–22–10–30–04–1
Nyva Ternopil0–11–00–11–01–00–03–12–14–12–03–11–31–02–01–20–03–1
Nyva Vinnytsia0–01–12–00–20–00–21–10–12–13–21–00–01–32–02–00–15–0
Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk1–13–21–12–31–05–21–04–12–23–12–12–04–34–03–00–04–0
Shakhtar Donetsk2–02–31–02–32–04–14–01–20–12–41–21–00–02–11–11–03–0
Tavriya Simferopol0–02–23–30–22–01–21–11–15–20–21–03–01–32–0+:-0–03–0
Torpedo Zaporizhzhia2–10–11–31–11–13–13–11–02–11–01–02–03–02–31–11–03–0
Volyn Lutsk0–31–11–50–21–02–00–02–13–33–10–02–00–00–30–11–03–1
Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad0–20–01–12–12–13–02–04–10–11–01–03–00–12–11–01–02–0
Zorya Luhansk0–31–50–30–01–11–31–01–50–0+:-0–11–10–20–20–13–22–1
Source: uafootball.net.ua
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Timerlan Huseinov
RankPlayerClubGoals
(Pen.)
1 Timerlan HuseinovChornomorets Odesa20 (1)
2 Andriy ShevchenkoDynamo Kyiv16 (2)
3 Oleksandr PalyanytsiaDnipro Dnipropetrovsk13
Andriy PokladokKarpaty Lviv13 (1)
Oleh MatviivShakhtar / Kremin13 (5)
6 Volodymyr MozolyukVolyn Lutsk12 (3)
7 Volodymyr SharanDnipro Dnipropetrovsk11
Ivan KorponayKremin Kremenchuk11 (1)
9 Serhiy BorysenkoZirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad10
Mikhail PotskhveriaMetalurh / Shakhtar10
Oleh YaschukNyva Ternopil10
Roman HryhorchukKryvbas Kryvyi Rih10 (6)
Yuriy VernydubTorpedo Zaporizhzhia10 (8)