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