1996 Russian Top League

In 1996 the Russian Top League was extended to 18 clubs. The following is a summary of 1996 teams and people.

Russian Top League
Season1996
1995
1997

Overview

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Team Head coach
FC Spartak Moscow Georgi Yartsev
FC Alania Vladikavkaz Valery Gazzaev
FC Rotor Volgograd   Viktor Prokopenko
FC Dynamo Moscow Adamas Golodets
PFC CSKA Moscow Aleksandr Tarkhanov
FC Lokomotiv Moscow Yuri Syomin
FC Baltika Kaliningrad Leonid Tkachenko
FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod Valeri Ovchinnikov
FC Krylia Sovetov Samara Aleksandr Averyanov
FC Zenit St. Petersburg Pavel Sadyrin
FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don Sergey Andreyev
FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow Valentin Ivanov
FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk Oleg Dolmatov
FC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny Valeri Chetverik (until August)
Ivan Butaliy (caretaker, from August)
FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi Arsen Naydyonov
FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg Valeri Voytenko (until April)
Vitaliy Shevchenko (from May)
FC Energiya-Tekstilshchik Kamyshin Sergei Pavlov
FC Lada Togliatti Viktor Tishchenko

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Spartak Moscow (C) 34 21 9 4 70 34 +36 72 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round[a]
2 Alania Vladikavkaz[b] 34 22 6 6 64 35 +29 72 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3 Rotor Volgograd 34 21 7 6 58 27 +31 70
4 Dynamo Moscow 34 20 7 7 60 35 +25 67 Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
5 CSKA Moscow 34 20 6 8 58 35 +23 66
6 Lokomotiv Moscow 34 15 10 9 46 31 +15 55 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
7 Baltika Kaliningrad 34 12 10 12 44 35 +9 46
8 Lokomotiv N.N. 34 13 6 15 39 50 −11 45 Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
9 Krylia Sovetov Samara 34 12 9 13 31 38 −7 45
10 Zenit St. Petersburg 34 13 4 17 32 37 −5 43
11 Rostselmash 34 11 8 15 58 60 −2 41
12 Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow[c] 34 10 11 13 42 51 −9 41 Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
13 Chernomorets Novorossiysk 34 11 6 17 38 51 −13 39
14 KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny 34 10 6 18 43 57 −14 36
15 Zhemchuzhina Sochi 34 10 6 18 38 57 −19 36
16 Uralmash Yekaterinburg (R) 34 8 9 17 38 57 −19 33 Relegation to First League
17 Energiya-Tekstilshchik Kamyshin[d] (R) 34 4 12 18 25 48 −23 24
18 Lada-Togliatti (R) 34 4 6 24 18 64 −46 18
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ The title was decided in a championship playoff as Spartak Moscow and Alania Vladikavkaz finished with equal points.
  2. ^ FC Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz renamed to FC Alania
  3. ^ FC Torpedo Moscow renamed to FC Torpedo-Luzhniki
  4. ^ FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin renamed to FC Energiya-Tekstilshchik

Championship play-off

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Spartak Moscow2–1Alania Vladikavkaz
Tsymbalar   6'
Tikhonov   84'
Report Kanishchev   88'

Results

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Home \ Away ALA BAL CHE CSK DYN ETK KAM KRY LAD LOK LNN ROS ROT SPA TOR URA ZEN ZHE
Alania Vladikavkaz 4–0 2–1 0–1 4–2 2–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–1 3–2 3–2 2–2 4–1 3–0 3–1 3–1
Baltika Kaliningrad 2–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 4–1 0–0 5–0 2–0 0–1 1–3 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–0
Chernomorets Novorossiysk 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 4–1 0–1 4–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 0–3 0–1 2–2 0–2 3–1
CSKA Moscow 2–0 0–0 1–3 1–1 2–2 4–2 1–2 3–1 1–3 2–0 4–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–0
Dynamo Moscow 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–3 2–0 1–0 2–1 4–0 4–2 4–1 2–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1
Energiya-Tekstilshchik Kamyshin 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–4 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–1
KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny 0–1 0–0 5–0 0–2 3–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 2–7 0–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–1 4–0
Krylia Sovetov Samara 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 0–3 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–3
Lada-Togliatti 0–3 0–5 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–4 1–1 0–2 3–2 1–0 0–3
Lokomotiv Moscow 0–0 3–1 3–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 2–1 5–1 3–1 2–1
Lokomotiv N.N. 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–3 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–3 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 4–1
Rostselmash 1–2 0–1 4–0 0–5 1–2 2–1 4–5 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–3 0–2 2–4 2–2 2–1 2–0 1–1
Rotor Volgograd 3–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 4–2 4–3 2–2 2–1 1–0 4–1
Spartak Moscow 4–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 4–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 4–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 3–0 0–2 2–0
Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow 2–2 2–2 0–2 2–3 2–5 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–4 1–1 2–1 1–0
Uralmash Yekaterinburg 1–3 2–1 4–0 0–1 1–4 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–4 0–2 1–0 1–3 2–1
Zenit St. Petersburg 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–0
Zhemchuzhina Sochi 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–1 3–0 2–2 2–1 1–3 1–0 3–3 0–0 1–3 1–2 3–2 1–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

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Top goalscorers

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As of matches played on 3 November 1996.[1]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Aleksandr Maslov Rostselmash 23
2   Oleg Veretennikov Rotor 19
3   Dmitri Cheryshev Dynamo 17
4    Vladimir Niederhaus Rotor 16
  Andrey Tikhonov Spartak Moscow
6   Valery Kechinov Spartak Moscow 13
  Oleg Teryokhin Dynamo
8   Sergei Bulatov Baltika 12
  Andrey Kobelev Dynamo
10    Mirjalol Qosimov Alania 11
   Mukhsin Mukhamadiev Lokomotiv N.N.
  Nazim Suleymanov Alania
  Bakhva Tedeyev Alania

Medal squads

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1. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Aleksandr Filimonov (26), Ruslan Nigmatullin (10).
Defenders: Sergei Gorlukovich (31 / 2), Dmitri Ananko (30 / 1), Vadim Evseev (27 / 2), Aleksandr Lipko (24), Vladislav Duyun (18 / 1), Yuriy Nikiforov (14 / 5), Ramiz Mamedov (14), Konstantin Golovskoy (9), Sergei Chudin (6).
Midfielders: Andrey Tikhonov (34 / 16), Dmitri Alenichev (32 / 7), Yegor Titov (31 / 5), Valery Kechinov (30 / 13), Aleksei Melyoshin (24 / 2), Ilya Tsymbalar (21 / 9), Andrei Piatnitski (13), Andrei Konovalov (11), Artyom Bezrodny (10), Aleksandr Pavlenko (2), Yevgeni Toloknov (1).
Forwards: Vladimir Dzhubanov (25 / 3), Aleksandr Shirko (22 / 5), Valeri Shmarov (3), Konstantin Kovalenko   (2 / 1), Serhiy Nahornyak   (2).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Georgi Yartsev.

Transferred out during the season: Yuriy Nikiforov (to   Sporting Gijón), Valeri Shmarov (to   Chunnam Dragons), Serhiy Nahornyak   (to   FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk).

2. FC Alania Vladikavkaz

Goalkeepers: Dmitriy Kramarenko   (22), Zaur Khapov (16).
Defenders: Omari Tetradze (31 / 1), Artur Pagayev (30 / 1), Alan Agayev (29 / 3), Inal Dzhioyev (29 / 1), Murtaz Shelia   (27 / 5), Oleg Kornienko   (22), Aslan Datdeyev (11 / 1).
Midfielders: Igor Yanovskiy (34 / 5), Bakhva Tedeyev (28 / 11), Sergey Timofeev   (25), Zaza Revishvili   (19 / 1), Mirjalol Qosimov   (17 / 11), Georgi Botsiyev (16), Robert Bitarov (13 / 1), Sergei Derkach (12 / 1), Gocha Jamarauli   (9), Vitaliy Skysh   (6).
Forwards: Anatoli Kanishchev (33 / 7), Nazim Suleymanov   (25 / 11), Oleg Sergeyev (13 / 2), Tamerlan Sikoyev (8 / 1), Valeri Klimov (6 / 1).

One own goal scored by Albert Oskolkov (FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod).

Manager: Valery Gazzaev.

Transferred out during the season: Gocha Jamarauli   (to   FC Dinamo Tbilisi), Valeri Klimov (to FC Arsenal Tula).

3. FC Rotor Volgograd

Goalkeepers: Andrei Samorukov (34).
Defenders: Albert Borzenkov (33), Valeri Burlachenko (28 / 1), Aleksandr Shmarko (28 / 1), Volodymyr Gerashchenko   (21), Sergei Zhunenko   (16), Ihor Zhabchenko   (3), Aleksandr Yeshchenko (1), Sergei Khramtsov (1).
Midfielders: Oleg Veretennikov (33 / 19), Aleksandr Berketov (33 / 5), Valery Yesipov (33 / 1), Ihor Korniyets   (33), Maksim Tishchenko (31 / 4), Hennadiy Orbu   (20 / 2), Vitaliy Abramov   (11 / 1), Aleksandr Tsarenko (7), Andrei Krivov (6 / 1), Ilya Borodin (3 / 1), Emil Tsatskin (3).
Forwards: Vladimir Niederhaus   (31 / 16), Aleksandr Zernov (30 / 3), Sergei Ilyushin (18 / 2), Mikhail Potylchak (3).

One own goal scored by Sergei Makeyev (FC Krylia Sovetov Samara).

Manager: Viktor Prokopenko  .

Transferred out during the season: Aleksandr Tsarenko (to FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin), Emil Tsatskin (to FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don), Mikhail Potylchak (to FC Torpedo Volzhsky), Aleksandr Yeshchenko (to FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Russia 1996". RSSSF. The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
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