The 1995–96 Vyshcha Liha season was the 5th since its establishment. FC Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions.
Teams Promotions Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad, the champion of the 1994–95 Ukrainian First League – (debut) CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv, the runner-up of the 1994–95 Ukrainian First League – (debut)
Renamed Before the start of the season Zorya-MALS Luhansk changed its name to Zorya Luhansk.
Location
Managers Club Coach Replaced Coach Home stadium FC Dynamo Kyiv Yozhef Sabo Republican StadiumDynamo Stadium FC Chornomorets Odesa 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 Zaporizhzhia Oleksandr Tomakh Metalurh Stadium FC Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad Oleksandr Ischenko Zirka Stadium FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia 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
Changes TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming head coachDate of appointmentTableFC Dynamo Kyiv Mykola Pavlovpre-season Yozhef Szabopre-seasonSC Tavriya Simferopol Pavlo Kostinpre-season Yuriy Kermanpre-seasonCSKA-Borysfen Kyiv ?pre-season Mykhailo Fomenkopre-seasonFC Karpaty Lviv Myron Markevychpre-season Volodymyr Zhuravchakpre-season
League table
Results
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals(Pen.)1 Timerlan Huseinov Chornomorets Odesa 20 (1)2 Andriy Shevchenko Dynamo Kyiv 16 (2)3 Oleksandr Palyanytsia Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 13 Andriy Pokladok Karpaty Lviv 13 (1) Oleh Matviiv Shakhtar / Kremin 13 (5)6 Volodymyr Mozolyuk Volyn Lutsk 12 (3)7 Volodymyr Sharan Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 11 Ivan Korponay Kremin Kremenchuk 11 (1)9 Serhiy Borysenko Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad 10 Mikhail Potskhveria Metalurh / Shakhtar 10 Oleh Yaschuk Nyva Ternopil 10 Roman Hryhorchuk Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 10 (6) Yuriy Vernydub Torpedo Zaporizhzhia 10 (8)
External links ukrsoccerhistory.com - source of information