1995–96 Vyshcha Liha

Vyshcha Liha

Season	1995–96
Champions	Dynamo Kyiv
Relegated	Volyn Lutsk Zorya Luhansk SK Mykolaiv
Champions League	Dynamo Kyiv
Cup Winners' Cup	Nyva Vinnytsia
UEFA Cup	Chornomorets Odessa
Intertoto Cup	Shakhtar Donetsk
Top goalscorer	(20) Timerlan Huseinov (Chornomorets)
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

Preseason changes

Managers

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment	Table
FC Dynamo Kyiv	Mykola Pavlov			pre-season	Yozhef Szabo		pre-season
SC Tavriya Simferopol	Pavlo Kostin			pre-season	Yuriy Kerman		pre-season
CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv	?			pre-season	Mykhailo Fomenko		pre-season
FC Karpaty Lviv	Myron Markevych			pre-season	Volodymyr Zhuravchak		pre-season

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Comments
1	Dynamo Kyiv (C)	34	24	7	3	65	17	+48	79	CL Qualifying Round
2	Chornomorets Odessa	34	22	7	5	56	25	+31	73	UC 2nd 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	new
5	Metalurh Zaporizhzhya	34	16	4	14	49	42	+7	52
6	Zirka Kirovohrad	34	14	8	12	37	33	+4	50	new
7	Torpedo Zaporizhzhya	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	IC 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	34	11	7	16	28	36	−8	40	CWC Qualifying Round
16	SK Mykolaiv	34	10	8	16	37	53	−16	38	Persha Liha
17	Volyn Lutsk	34	9	7	18	34	58	−24	34	Persha Liha
18	Zorya Luhansk	34	4	4	26	16	80	−64	16	Persha Liha

Source:
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goal scored

Note:

• In bold are the participants of the 1996 Ukrainian Cup Final.

Top goalscorers

Timerlan Huseinov	Chornomorets Odessa	20
Andriy Shevchenko	Dynamo Kyiv	16
Oleh Matviiv	Shakhtar Donetsk	13
Oleksandr Palyanytsia	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	13
Andriy Pokladok	Karpaty Lviv	13
Volodymyr Mozolyuk	Volyn Lutsk	12
Ivan Korponay	Kremin Kremenchuk	11
Volodymyr Sharan	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	11
Serhiy Borysenko	Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad	10
Roman Hryhorchuk	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	10
Mikhail Potskhveria	Metalurh Zaporizhia / Shakhtar Donetsk	10
Yuriy Vernydub	Torpedo Zaporizhia	10
Oleh Yaschuk	Nyva Ternopil	10

Notable Transfers

• Oleksandr Palyanytsia, FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk to FC Karpaty Lviv
• Roman Hryhorchuk, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih to FC Saturn Ramenskoe
• Oleh Yaschuk, Nyva Ternopil to R.S.C. Anderlecht

European competitions

Club Ranking in Europe

Rank	Club	Points	Notes
1	Dynamo Kyiv	12.5
2	Chornomorets Odessa	11
3	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	6
4	Shakhtar Donetsk	4
5	Tavriya Simferopol	1.5
6	Karpaty Lviv	1

Club Ranking in Europe (prorated)

Rank	Club	Points	Notes
1	Dynamo Kyiv	26.5
2	Chornomorets Odessa	11
3	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	6
4	Shakhtar Donetsk	4
5	Tavriya Simferopol	1.5
6	Karpaty Lviv	1

Champion's Cup (FC Dynamo Kyiv)

Round	Country	Club	Home	Away
Q round		Aalborg BK	1-0	3-1
Group A		Panathinaikos FC	1-0	n/a

Cup Winners' Cup (FC Shakhtar Donetsk)

Round	Country	Club	Home	Away
Q round		Linfield FC	4-1	1-0
1st round		Club Brugge	1-1	0-1

UEFA Cup (FC Chornomorets Odessa)

Round	Country	Club	Home	Away
Pre round		Hibernians FC	2-0	5-2
1st round		Widzew Łódź	1-0	0-1
2nd round		RC Lens	0-0	0-4

Managers

Club	Coach	Replaced Coach	Home stadium
FC Dynamo Kyiv	Yozhef Sabo		Republican Stadium Dynamo Stadium
FC Chornomorets Odessa	Leonid Buriak		Black Sea Shipping Stadium
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Bernd Stange		Meteor Stadium
FC CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv	Viktor Chanov	Mykhailo Fomenko 29 games	CSK ZSU Stadium
FC Metalurh Zaporizhia	Oleksandr Tomakh		Metalurh Stadium
FC Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad	Oleksandr Ischenko		Zirka Stadium
FC Torpedo Zaporizhia	Ihor Nadein		AvtoZAZ Stadium
FC Karpaty Lviv	Volodymyr Zhuravchak		Ukraina Stadium
FC Kremin Kremenchuk	Valery Yaremchenko	Tiberiy Korponay 13 games Anatoliy Skurskyi 4 games	Dnipro Stadium
FC Shakhtar Donetsk	Valeriy Rudakov	Vladimir Salkov 6 games	Shakhtar Stadium
FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	Ihor Yurchenko		Elektron Stadium
SC Tavriya Simferopol	Anatoliy Zayaev	Yuriy Kerman 17 games	Lokomotyv Stadium
FC Nyva Ternopil	Ihor Yavorskyi		City Stadium
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Myron Markevych	Yuriy Koval 12 games Yuriy Hruznov 3 games	Metalurh Stadium
FC Nyva Vinnytsia	Serhiy Morozov		Central City Stadium
SC Mykolaiv	Yevhen Kucherevskyi		Central 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

Medal squads

(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

1. FC Dynamo Kyiv

Goalkeepers: . Defenders: . Midfielders: . Forwards: . Manager: Yozhef Sabo. Transferred out during the season: ?.

2. FC Chornomorets Odessa

Goalkeepers: . Defenders: . Midfielders: . Forwards: . Manager: Leonid Buriak. Transferred out during the season: ?.

3. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Goalkeepers: . Defenders: . Midfielders: . Forwards: . Manager: Bernd Stange. Transferred out during the season: ?.

Note: Players in italic are whose playing position is uncertain.

External links

• ukrsoccerhistory.com - source of information