1995–96 Ukrainian First League 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.
Promotion and relegation Promoted teams Two clubs promoted from the 1994–95 Ukrainian Second League. FC Yavir Krasnopillia – champion (debut) FC Lviv – 2nd place (debut)
Relegated teams Two clubs were relegated from the 1994-95 Ukrainian Top League: FC Temp Shepetivka – 18th place (returning after two seasons) FC Veres Rivne – 18th place (returning after three seasons)
Renamed teams FC Bazhanovets Makiivka was renamed to FC Shakhtar Makiivka before the season FC Temp Shepetivka merged with FC Advis Khmelnytskyi before the season and was renamed to FC Temp-Advis Khmelnytskyi
Teams In 1995-96 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:
Club City Stadium Coach Replaced coach(es) Metalist Kharkiv Kharkiv Metalist Stadium Viktor Udovenko Viktor Kamarzayev Veres Rivne Rivne Avanhard Stadium Vyacheslav Kobeletskyi Volodymyr Vusatyi Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya Oleksandriya Olimp Stadium Anatoliy Buznyk Podillya Khmelnytskyi KhmelnytskyiKrasyliv Podillya StadiumYunist Stadium Volodymyr Bulhakov Volodymyr Stryzhevskyi Krystal Chortkiv Chortkiv Kharchovyk Stadium Semen Osynovskyi Ivan Hamaliy FC Lviv Lviv Yunist Stadium Stepan Yurchyshyn Dynamo-2 Kyiv Kyiv Dynamo Stadium Volodymyr Onyshchenko Anatoliy Kroshchenko Yavir Krasnopillia Krasnopillya Kolos StadiumYavir Stadium Valeriy Dushkov Valeriy Bermudes Stal Alchevsk Alchevsk Stal Stadium Anatoliy Volobuyev Dnipro Cherkasy Cherkasy Central StadiumSpartak Stadium Ihor Chupryna Semen Osynovskyi Bazhanovets Makiivka Makiivka Avanhard Stadium Viktor Pyshchev Bukovyna Chernivtsi Chernivtsi Bukovyna Stadium Yukhym Shkolnykov Khimik Zhytomyr Zhytomyr City Stadium Andriy Biba Volodymyr Nechayev Naftovyk Okhtyrka Okhtyrka Naftovyk Stadium Oleksandr Dovbiy Andriy Biba Metalurh Nikopol Nikopol Elektrometalurh Stadium Hryhoriy Verzhelenko Pavlo Yakovenko Temp-Advis KhmelnytskyiRatusha Kamianets-Podilskyi KhmelnytskyiKamianets-Podilskyi Podillya StadiumTonkocheyev CS Oleksandr Petrov Valeriy Dushkov Zakarpattia Uzhhorod Uzhhorod Avanhard Stadium Matviy Bobal FC Skala Stryj Stryi Sokil Stadium Yuriy Shulyatytskyi Roman Pokora Vorskla Poltava Poltava Vorskla StadiumLokomotyv Stadium Viktor Pozhechevskyi Khimik Severodonetsk Sieverodonetsk Khimik Stadium Yuriy Koval Yuriy Vankevych SC Odesa Odesa SKA Stadium Serhiy Marusyn Naftokhimik Kremenchuk Kremenchuk Naftokhimik StadiumDnipro Stadium Mykhailo Byelykh
Final table
Note:FC Temp Shepetivka at first united with FC Advis Khmelnytskyi. At winter break the club withdrew and was dissolved. To save the situation in the place of former Temp there was formed completely new team out of random amateur players based in Kamyanets-Podilskyi was given the name of Ratusha. The club folded at the end of the season.
Persha Liha 1995-96 WinnersFC Vorskla PoltavaFirst title
Top scorers Statistics are taken from here.Statistics ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team1 Serhiy Chuichenko35 (9)Polihraftekhnika / Vorskla2 Viktor Diak21 (4)Shakhtar Makiivka3 Borys Finkel20 (1)Bukovyna Chernivtsi Vadym Plotnikov20 (5)Stal Alchevsk5 Ivan Shariy18 (2)Vorskla Poltava6 Vitaliy Samoilov17Dynamo-2 Kyiv7 Oleksandr Prudkyi15 (1)Zakarpattia Uzhhorod Mykola Fedorko15 (4)Podillya Khmelnytskyi9 Serhiy Chernoshvets14 (4)Naftovyk Okhtyrka Oleksandr Agarin14 (5)Dnipro / Krystal
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