# 1995–96 in Ukrainian football

The 1995–96 season was the fourth season of competitive football in Ukraine.

## Premier League
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv (C) | 34 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 65 | 17 | +48 | 79 | Qualification to Champions League qualifying round |
| 2 | Chornomorets Odesa | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 56 | 25 | +31 | 73 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second 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 | |
| 5 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 34 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 49 | 42 | +7 | 52 | |
| 6 | Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 50 | |
| 7 | Torpedo Zaporizhzhia | 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 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup 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 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round |
| 16 | SC Mykolaiv (R) | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 38 | Relegated to Ukrainian First League |
| 17 | Volyn Lutsk (R) | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 34 | 58 | −24 | 34 | Relegated to Ukrainian First League |
| 18 | Zorya Luhansk (R) | 34 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 80 | −64 | 16 | Relegated to Ukrainian First League |
* 1 2 Participant of the 1996 Ukrainian Cup Final

## First League
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Vorskla Poltava (C, P) | 42 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 92 | 37 | +55 | 103 | Promoted to Vyshcha Liha |
| 2 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 42 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 83 | 34 | +49 | 95 | |
| 3 | Stal Alchevsk | 42 | 26 | 5 | 11 | 73 | 40 | +33 | 83 | |
| 4 | Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria | 42 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 69 | 37 | +32 | 76 | |
| 5 | Metalurh Nikopol | 42 | 23 | 5 | 14 | 59 | 40 | +19 | 74 | |
| 6 | Dynamo-2 Kyiv | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 64 | 42 | +22 | 72 | |
| 7 | Khimik Severodonetsk | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 68 | 32 | +36 | 71 | |
| 8 | Naftovyk Okhtyrka | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 52 | 37 | +15 | 66 | |
| 9 | Shakhtar Makiivka | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 63 | 55 | +8 | 64 | |
| 10 | Krystal Chortkiv | 42 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 70 | 54 | +16 | 63 | |
| 11 | FC Lviv | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 55 | 42 | +13 | 62 | |
| 12 | Podillia Khmelnytskyi | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 57 | 50 | +7 | 62 | |
| 13 | Yavir Krasnopillia | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 60 | |
| 14 | Khimik Zhytomyr | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 55 | 57 | −2 | 58 | |
| 15 | Naftokhimik Kremenchuk (D) | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 55 | Withdrew |
| 16 | Veres Rivne | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 39 | 49 | −10 | 54 | |
| 17 | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 49 | 67 | −18 | 50 | |
| 18 | SC Odesa | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 35 | 63 | −28 | 44 | |
| 19 | Metalist Kharkiv | 42 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 40 | 54 | −14 | 39 | |
| 20 | Dnipro Cherkasy | 42 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 26 | 91 | −65 | 22 | |
| 21 | Ratusha Kamyanets-Podilskyi (R) | 42 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 103 | −89 | 20 | Relegation to Druha Liha |
| 22 | Skala Stryi (R) | 42 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 21 | 108 | −87 | 9 | Relegation to Druha Liha |

## Second League
### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | CSKA Kyiv (C, P) | 40 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 61 | 27 | +34 | 89 | Promoted to Persha Liha |
| 2 | Krystal Kherson | 40 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 75 | 29 | +46 | 79 | Play off |
| 3 | Khutrovyk Tysmenytsia | 40 | 24 | 3 | 13 | 66 | 33 | +33 | 75 | |
| 4 | Obolon Kyiv | 40 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 60 | 35 | +25 | 75 | |
| 5 | Kalush | 40 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 64 | 31 | +33 | 74 | |
| 6 | Nyva-Cosmos Myronivka | 40 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 59 | 36 | +23 | 73 | |
| 7 | Desna Chernihiv | 40 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 30 | +25 | 72 | |
| 8 | Haray Zhovkva | 40 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 67 | |
| 9 | Systema-Boreks Borodianka | 40 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 34 | 31 | +3 | 63 | |
| 10 | Hazovyk Komarno | 40 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 47 | 38 | +9 | 62 | |
| 11 | Avanhard Zhydachiv | 40 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 62 | |
| 12 | Karpaty Mukacheve | 40 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 59 | |
| 13 | Keramik Baranivka | 40 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 59 | |
| 14 | Halychyna Drohobych | 40 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 56 | |
| 15 | Skhid Slavutych | 40 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 52 | |
| 16 | Olimpiya Yuzhnoukrainsk | 40 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 34 | 67 | −33 | 43 | |
| 17 | Ros Bila Tserkva | 40 | 10 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 61 | −33 | 39 | |
| 18 | Ahrotekhservis Sumy (D) | 40 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 77 | −52 | 30 | Dissolved |
| 19 | Skify Lviv (D) | 40 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 28 | −8 | 23 | Withdrew |
| 20 | Dynamo-Flesh Odesa (D) | 40 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 12 | 85 | −73 | 15 | Dissolved |
| 21 | Kakhovka (D) | 40 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 11 | 49 | −38 | 12 | Withdrew |
| 22 | Temp-Advis-2 Shepetivka (D) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 0 | Withdrew |
* 1 2 SC Skify Lviv and FC Kakhovka quit the League after the first half.
* ↑ FC Temp-Advis-2 Shepetivka stopped its participation after the 7th round (results were scratched).

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Metalurh Mariupol (C, P) | 38 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 70 | 24 | +46 | 94 | Promoted to Persha Liha |
| 2 | Metalurh Donetsk (O, P) | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 53 | 27 | +26 | 79 | Play off |
| 3 | Metalurh Novomoskovsk | 38 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 53 | 33 | +20 | 75 | |
| 4 | Oskil Kupiansk | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 45 | 28 | +17 | 70 | |
| 5 | Avanhard-Industria Rovenky | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 45 | 36 | +9 | 68 | |
| 6 | Tytan Armyansk | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 59 | 38 | +21 | 67 | |
| 7 | Shakhtar Stakhanov | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 66 | |
| 8 | Viktor Zaporizhzhia | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 54 | 34 | +20 | 62 | |
| 9 | Shakhtar-2 Donetsk | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 44 | 32 | +12 | 61 | |
| 10 | Dynamo Saky | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 59 | |
| 11 | Druzhba Berdiansk | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 59 | |
| 12 | Chaika Sevastopol | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 58 | |
| 13 | Torpedo Melitopol | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 44 | 35 | +9 | 50 | |
| 14 | Portovyk Illichivsk | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 30 | 56 | −26 | 47 | |
| 15 | Dnistrovets B.-Dnistrovskyi (D) | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 54 | −29 | 46 | Withdrew |
| 16 | Hirnyk Komsomolsk | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 33 | 71 | −38 | 38 | |
| 17 | Sportinvest Kryvyi Rih (D) | 38 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 20 | 33 | −13 | 20 | Withdrew |
| 18 | Shakhtar Sverdlovsk (D) | 38 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 24 | 37 | −13 | 19 | Withdrew |
| 19 | Dynamo Slovyansk (D) | 38 | 1 | 8 | 29 | 13 | 36 | −23 | 11 | Withdrew |
| 20 | Prometey Dniprodzerzhynsk (D) | 38 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 10 | 81 | −71 | 4 | Withdrew |
| 21 | Kosmos Pavlohrad (D) | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 20 | −10 | 6 | Withdrew |
* 1 2 3 After the winter break three other teams stopped their participation: Prometey Dniprodzerzhynsk, Dynamo Slovyansk, Sportinvest Kryvyi Rih.
* ↑ Shakhtar Sverdlovsk withdrew after the 25th round.
* ↑ Kosmos Pavlohrad quit competition after the 11th round. All its results were annulled.