1996–97 Ukrainian Football Amateur League

1996–97 Amateur championship of Ukraine was the fifth amateur championship of Ukraine and the 33rd since the establishment of championship among fitness clubs (KFK) in 1964. The format of competitions was preserved as in the Soviet competitions where winner of six regional groups advanced to the final (second) stage.

Ukrainian Football Amateur League

Season	1996–97
Champions	Elektron Romny (1st title) Tsementnyk-Khorda Mykolaiv (losing finalist)
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

First stage competitions were played in double round robin format where each team played with others four times. There were total of 33 teams competing. Final stage was introduced this season for group winners to identify the champion of the league.

Teams

Location map

Zoria

Naftovyk

Promin

Medyk

Berkut

Izotop

Tsementnyk-Khorda

Kovel

Dynamo

Berd

Budivelnyk

Elektron

Budivelnyk

Dynamo-3

Slovianets

Kharchovyk

Nyva

Pivdenstal

Shakhtar

Shakhtar

Enerhetyk

Krystal

Blyskavka

Lokomotyv

Avers

Silur-Dynamo

Lokomotyv

Sotel

Metalurh

Kryvbas-Ruda

Chornomorets

Obriy

Mykolaiv-2

Tavria-Metalurh

Locations of team home grounds in the 1994-95 Ukrainian Championship among amateur teams

First stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Naftovyk Dolyna (Q)	12	7	4	1	16	4	+12	25	Finals
2	Promin Sambir	12	5	3	4	11	12	−1	18
3	Zoria Khorostkiv	12	4	1	7	8	6	+2	13	withdrew
4	Medyk Morshyn	12	2	2	8	5	18	−13	8
5	Berkut Bedevlia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	withdrew

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tsementnyk-Khorda Mykolaiv (Q)	12	11	0	1	15	5	+10	33	Finals
2	Izotop Kuznetsovsk	12	6	0	6	7	11	−4	18
3	Dynamo Manevychi	12	5	0	7	3	5	−2	15
4	Berd Berdychiv	12	2	0	10	2	6	−4	6	withdrew
5	Budivelnyk Zhytomyr	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Notes:

• Dynamo Manevychi replaced FC Kovel during the mid-season.

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Elektron Romny (Q)	16	14	0	2	26	5	+21	42	Finals
2	Slovianets Konotop	16	7	5	4	18	12	+6	26	Promoted
3	Dynamo-3 Kyiv	16	6	4	6	22	18	+4	22
4	Kharchovyk Popivka	16	5	2	9	17	28	−11	17
5	Nyva Myronivka	16	1	3	12	7	27	−20	6
6	Budivelnyk Brovary	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	withdrew

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pivdenstal Yenakiyeve (Q)	16	10	2	4	24	8	+16	32	Finals
2	Shakhtar Krasnyi Luch	16	8	0	8	14	17	−3	24
3	Shakhtar Torez	16	6	3	7	21	21	0	21
4	Enerhetyk Komsomolske	16	6	2	8	15	24	−9	20
5	Krystal Parkhomivka	16	5	3	8	17	21	−4	18

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Metalurh Komsomolske (Q)	20	13	4	3	21	15	+6	43	Finals
2	Avers Bakhmach	20	13	4	3	21	15	+6	43	Promoted
3	Lokomotyv Znamianka	20	10	4	6	22	16	+6	34
4	Silur-Dynamo Khartsyzk	20	6	6	8	16	21	−5	24
5	Lokomotyv Dnipropetrovsk	20	6	4	10	18	26	−8	22
6	Sotel Kirovohrad	20	0	2	18	7	15	−8	2	withdrew
7	Blyskavka Berdiansk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Notes:

• Game for the first place in Kremenchuk

Metalurh – Avers 3:2

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chornomorets Sevastopol (Q)	8	7	1	0	5	2	+3	22	Finals
2	Obriy Nikopol	8	2	1	5	5	3	+2	7	withdrew
3	Mykolaiv-2	8	0	0	8	0	5	−5	0
4	Tavria-Metalurh Prymorsk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Kryvbas-Ruda Kryvyi Rih	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Finals

The second stage was finals that took place in Romny, Sumy Oblast on June 11–15, 1997.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Elektron Romny	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6
2	Naftovyk Dolyna	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3
3	Metalurh Komsomolske	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Tsementnyk-Khorda Mykolaiv	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	6
2	Chornomorets Sevastopol	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
3	Pivdenstal Yenakiyeve	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Cup participants

Krystal Parkhomivka, Silur-Dynamo Khartsyzk, Dynamo Manevychi, Slovianets Konotop

Number of teams by region

Number	Region	Team(s)
5	Donetsk Oblast	Metalurh Komsomolske, Pivdenstal Yenakieve, Shakhtar Torez, Silur-Dynamo Khartsyzk
3	Dnipropetrovsk Oblast	Kryvbas-Ruda Kryvyi Rih, Lokomotyv Dnipropetrovsk, Obriy Nikopol
	Lviv Oblast	Medyk Morshyn, Promin Sambir, Tsementnyk-Khorda Mykolaiv
	Sumy Oblast	Elektron Romny, Kharchovyk Popivka, Slovianets Konotop
2	Kharkiv Oblast	Enerhetyk Komsomolske, Krystal Parkhomivka
	Kirovohrad Oblast	Lokomotyv Znamianka, Sotel Kirovohrad
	Kyiv Oblast	Budivelnyk Brovary, Nyva Myronivka
	Volyn Oblast	Dynamo Manevychi, FC Kovel
	Zaporizhia Oblast	Blyskavka Berdiansk, Tavria-Metalurh Prymorsk
	Zhytomyr Oblast	Berd Berdychiv, Budivelnyk Zhytomyr
1	Autonomous Republic of Crimea	Chernomorets Sevastopol
	Chernihiv Oblast	Avers Bakhmach
	Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast	Naftovyk Dolyna
	Kyiv	Dynamo-3
	Luhansk Oblast	Shakhtar Krasnyi Luch
	Mykolaiv Oblast	SC Mykolaiv-2
	Rivne Oblast	Izotop Kuznetsovsk
	Ternopil Oblast	Zorya Khorostkiv
	Zakarpattia Oblast	Berkut Bedevlia

See also

• 1996–97 Ukrainian Amateur Cup

External links

• Information on the competition