1996–97 Ukrainian Amateur Cup

The 1996–97 Ukrainian Amateur Cup  was the inaugural annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition for amateur football teams. The competition started on 29 September 1996 and concluded on 8 June 1997.

This was the first season since similar competition for teams of physical culture (KFK) that was conducted in the Soviet Ukraine in 1957 – 1989.

Participated clubs
In bold are clubs that are active at the same season AAFU championship (parallel round-robin competition).


 * Chernihiv Oblast (1): Domobudivnyk Chernihiv
 * Chernivtsi Oblast (1): Kolos Luzhany
 * Donetsk Oblast (1): Silur-Trubnyk Khartsyzk
 * Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (1): Druzhba-Elevator Mahdalynivka
 * Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (1): Probiy Horodenka
 * Kharkiv Oblast (1): Krystal Parkhomivka
 * Khmelnytskyi Oblast (1): Advis Khmelnytskyi
 * Kyiv Oblast (1): Refryzherator Fastiv
 * Kyiv (1): Interkas


 * Kirovohrad Oblast (1): Burevisnyk Kirovohrad
 * Lviv Oblast (1): Budivelnyk Pustomyty
 * Mykolaiv Oblast (1): Hidroliznyk Olshanske
 * Odesa Oblast (1): Monolit Illichivsk
 * Sumy Oblast (1): Slovyanets Konotop
 * Ternopil Oblast (1): Nyva Terebovlya
 * Volyn Oblast (1): Dynamo Manevychi
 * Zakarpattia Oblast (1): Vyzhybu Berehove
 * Zhytomyr Oblast (1): Zvyahel-93 Novohrad-Volynskyi


 * Notes:

First qualification round
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 * Byes: Druzhba-Elevator Mahdalynivka, Probiy Horodenka, Dynamo Manevychi, Hidroliznyk Olshanske, Monolit Illichivsk, Silur-Trubnyk Khartsyzk, Burevisnyk-Elbrus Kirovohrad

Second qualification round
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Quarterfinals (1/4)

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Semifinals (1/2)

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Final

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