The 1996–97 Ukrainian Second League was the sixth season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competition commenced on 10 August 1996 and ended on 21 June 1997.
Teams Promoted teams Six teams have been promoted from the 1995–96 Ukrainian Football Amateur League: Pokuttya Kolomyia - Group 1 winner (debut) Papirnyk Malyn - Group 3 winner (debut) Fakel Varva - Group 4 winner (debut) Lokomotyv Smila - Group 3 runner-up (debut) Avanhard Merefa - Group 4 third (debut) Portovyk Kerch - Group 6 winner (debut)
Two teams were added also without participation in the Ukrainian Football Amateur League: Nyva Bershad - undetermined (debut), supposedly instead of Sportinvest Kryvyi RinКлуби, які зникли. Ч.1. sport.ua. 1 October 2010Чемпионат Украины 1996/97 - Вторая лига. odesskiy.com. (withdrew at the last season winter break, yet placed above the 18th position) FC Petrivtsi - undetermined (debut)
Relegated teams Two teams have been relegated from the 1995–96 Ukrainian First League: Ratusha Kamyanets-Podilskyi – 21st place (debut) Skala Stryi – 22nd place (debut)
Withdrawn teams Ratusha Kamyanets-Podilskyi Skala Stryi Chayka Sevastopol Druzhba Berdiansk Dnistrovets Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Nyva-Kosmos Myronivka Avanhard Zhydachiv
Merged and renamed teams Skhid Slavutch changed its name to Nerafa Slavutych. Khutrovyk Tysmenytsia changed its name to FC Tysmenytsia. Obolon Kyiv changed its name to Obolon-PPO Kyiv in cooperation with the Ukrainian Armed Forces (PPO is an abbreviation for Anti-Air Defense). During winter break, Avanhard Merefa moved to Kharkiv and changed its name to Avanhard-Metalist Kharkiv.
Location map
Group A Final standings
Top goalscorers
ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team1Orest Atamanchuk11 (3)Tysmenytsia2Volodymyr Kryzhanivsky10KalushYuriy Ovcharenko10Ros / Desna4Valeriy Sanytsky9Fakel Varva 5Vasyl Klymko8Halychyna DrohobychPetro Pylypeiko8Desna ChernihivOleksandr Shevchenko8Nyva Bershad
Group B Final standings
Top goalscorers
ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team1Ihor Tolstov15 (3)Hirnyk-Sport / Petrivtsi2Oleh Pokusa13Metalurh Novomoskovsk3Kostyantyn Vizyonok12 (1)Tytan Armyansk4Oleksandr Kryvoruchko11Oskil Kupiansk Oleksandr Lyubynsky11 (5)Krystal Kherson
See also 1996–97 Ukrainian Premier League 1996–97 Ukrainian First League 1996–97 Ukrainian Cup
References
External links Druha Liha Group A and Group B (ukr-football.org) Second League by Alexei Kobyzev Druha Liha Group A and Group B by Dmitriy Troshchiy 1996-97 Ukrainian professional football at RSSSF