1996–97 Ukrainian Second League
The 1996–97 Ukrainian Second League is the 6th season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competition commenced on 10 August 1996 and ended on 21 June 1997.Group A
Location map
Final standings
Top goalscorers
| Scorer | Goals | Team |
| 1 | Orest Atamanchuk | 11 | Tysmenytsia |
| 2 | Volodymyr Kryzhanivsky | 10 | Kalush |
| 2 | Yuriy Ovcharenko | 10 | Ros / Desna |
| 4 | Valeriy Sanytsky | 9 | Fakel Varva |
| 5 | Vasyl Klymko | 8 | Halychyna Drohobych |
| 5 | Petro Pylypeiko | 8 | Desna Chernihiv |
| 5 | Oleksandr Shevchenko | 8 | Nyva Bershad |
| 8 | Mykhailo Sapovych | 7 | Pokuttia Kolomyia |
| 8 | Serhiy Turiansky | 7 | Tysmenytsia |
| 8 | Vitaliy Shukatka | 7 | Halychyna Drohobych |
Group B
Location map
Final standings
Top goalscorers
| Scorer | Goals | Team |
| 1 | Ihor Tolstov | 11 | Hirnyk-Sport / Petrivtsi |
| 2 | Oleh Pokusa | 13 | Metalurh Novomoskovsk |
| 3 | Kostyantyn Vizyonok | 12 | Tytan Armyansk |
| 4 | Oleksandr Kryvoruchko | 11 | Oskil Kupyansk |
| 4 | Oleksandr Lyubynsky | 11 | Krystal Kherson |
| 6 | Andriy But | 10 | Shakhtar Stakhanov |
| 7 | Yuriy Morenko | 9 | Metalurh Novomoskovsk |
| 7 | Valeriy Shazhko | 9 | Avanhard Rovenky |
| 9 | Ihor Hnezdilov | 8 | Shakhtar Stakhanov |
