# 1995–96 Ukrainian First League

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 | Khmelnytskyi Krasyliv | Podillya Stadium Yunist 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 Stadium Yavir Stadium | Valeriy Dushkov | Valeriy Bermudes |
| Stal Alchevsk | Alchevsk | Stal Stadium | Anatoliy Volobuyev | |
| Dnipro Cherkasy | Cherkasy | Central Stadium Spartak 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 Khmelnytskyi Ratusha Kamianets-Podilskyi | Khmelnytskyi Kamianets-Podilskyi | Podillya Stadium Tonkocheyev 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 Stadium Lokomotyv Stadium | Viktor Pozhechevskyi | |
| Khimik Severodonetsk | Sieverodonetsk | Khimik Stadium | Yuriy Koval | Yuriy Vankevych |
| SC Odesa | Odesa | SKA Stadium | Serhiy Marusyn | |
| Naftokhimik Kremenchuk | Kremenchuk | Naftokhimik Stadium Dnipro Stadium | Mykhailo Byelykh | |

## Final table

| Pos | Team | 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 |
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 Winners
* FC Vorskla Poltava First title

## Top scorers

Statistics are taken from here.
| | Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team |
| 1 | Serhiy Chuichenko | 35 (9) | Polihraftekhnika / Vorskla |
| 2 | Viktor Diak | 21 (4) | Shakhtar Makiivka |
| 3 | Borys Finkel | 20 (1) | Bukovyna Chernivtsi |
| 3 | Vadym Plotnikov | 20 (5) | Stal Alchevsk |
| 5 | Ivan Shariy | 18 (2) | Vorskla Poltava |
| 6 | Vitaliy Samoilov | 17 | Dynamo-2 Kyiv |
| 7 | Oleksandr Prudkyi | 15 (1) | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod |
| 7 | Mykola Fedorko | 15 (4) | Podillya Khmelnytskyi |
| 9 | Serhiy Chernoshvets | 14 (4) | Naftovyk Okhtyrka |
| 9 | Oleksandr Agarin | 14 (5) | Dnipro / Krystal |