1996 Russian Top League

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

Contents

Overview

TeamHead coach
FC Spartak Moscow Georgi Yartsev
FC Alania Vladikavkaz Valery Gazzaev
FC Rotor Volgograd Flag of Ukraine.svg 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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Spartak Moscow (C)3421947034+3672Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round [lower-alpha 1]
2 Alania Vladikavkaz [lower-alpha 2] 3422666435+2972Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3 Rotor Volgograd 3421765827+3170
4 Dynamo Moscow 3420776035+2567Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
5 CSKA Moscow 3420685835+2366
6 Lokomotiv Moscow 34151094631+1555Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
7 Baltika Kaliningrad 341210124435+946
8 Lokomotiv N.N. 34136153950−1145Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
9 Krylia Sovetov Samara 34129133138−745
10 Zenit St. Petersburg 34134173237−543
11 Rostselmash 34118155860−241
12 Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow [lower-alpha 3] 341011134251−941Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
13 Chernomorets Novorossiysk 34116173851−1339
14 KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny 34106184357−1436
15 Zhemchuzhina Sochi 34106183857−1936
16 Uralmash Yekaterinburg (R)3489173857−1933Relegation to First League
17 Energiya-Tekstilshchik Kamyshin [lower-alpha 4] (R)34412182548−2324
18 Lada-Togliatti (R)3446241864−4618
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

Spartak Moscow 2–1 Alania Vladikavkaz
Tsymbalar Soccerball shade.svg6'
Tikhonov Soccerball shade.svg84'		 Report Kanishchev Soccerball shade.svg88'
Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Taras Bezubyak

Results

Home \ Away ALA BAL CHE CSK DYN ETK KAM KRY LAD LOK LNN ROS ROT SPA TOR URA ZEN ZHE
Alania Vladikavkaz 4–02–10–14–22–13–01–03–01–03–13–23–22–24–13–03–13–1
Baltika Kaliningrad 2–02–22–10–04–10–05–02–00–11–30–00–11–02–22–02–02–0
Chernomorets Novorossiysk 1–21–02–11–21–04–10–14–11–13–02–10–00–30–12–20–23–1
CSKA Moscow 2–00–01–31–12–24–21–23–11–32–04–21–00–02–01–11–03–0
Dynamo Moscow 1–13–11–12–32–01–02–14–04–24–12–20–12–11–02–01–02–1
Energiya-Tekstilshchik Kamyshin 0–20–20–11–20–02–22–11–00–02–11–11–41–11–10–02–00–1
KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny 0–10–05–00–23–21–00–02–00–03–12–70–01–22–12–13–14–0
Krylia Sovetov Samara 1–13–11–01–00–21–02–03–11–02–10–20–31–13–01–11–00–3
Lada-Togliatti 0–30–51–10–20–11–11–00–01–01–20–21–41–10–23–21–00–3
Lokomotiv Moscow 0–03–13–11–20–01–02–01–10–00–02–12–00–22–15–13–12–1
Lokomotiv N.N. 1–21–02–01–32–03–12–11–01–00–02–30–01–11–02–22–14–1
Rostselmash 1–20–14–00–51–22–14–51–02–10–22–30–22–42–22–12–01–1
Rotor Volgograd 3–01–03–12–00–10–03–11–12–02–12–04–24–32–22–11–04–1
Spartak Moscow 4–10–01–03–13–14–23–12–01–03–24–01–12–02–23–00–22–0
Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow 2–22–20–22–32–52–12–11–03–11–20–00–01–03–41–12–11–0
Uralmash Yekaterinburg 1–32–14–00–11–40–01–01–10–02–13–02–12–40–21–01–32–1
Zenit St. Petersburg 1–02–21–01–11–02–02–11–02–11–12–00–20–11–20–01–02–0
Zhemchuzhina Sochi 0–02–11–00–11–31–13–02–22–11–31–03–30–01–31–23–21–0
Source: [ citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

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

Medal squads

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 Flag of Belarus.svg (2 / 1), Serhiy Nahornyak Flag of Ukraine.svg (2).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Georgi Yartsev.

Transferred out during the season: Yuriy Nikiforov (to Flag of Spain.svg Sporting Gijón), Valeri Shmarov (to Flag of South Korea.svg Chunnam Dragons), Serhiy Nahornyak Flag of Ukraine.svg (to Flag of Ukraine.svg FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk).

2. FC Alania Vladikavkaz

Goalkeepers: Dmitriy Kramarenko Flag of Azerbaijan.svg (22), Zaur Khapov (16).
Defenders: Omari Tetradze (31 / 1), Artur Pagayev (30 / 1), Alan Agayev (29 / 3), Inal Dzhioyev (29 / 1), Murtaz Shelia Flag of Georgia.svg (27 / 5), Oleg Kornienko Flag of Kazakhstan.svg (22), Aslan Datdeyev (11 / 1).
Midfielders: Igor Yanovskiy (34 / 5), Bakhva Tedeyev (28 / 11), Sergey Timofeev Flag of Kazakhstan.svg (25), Zaza Revishvili Flag of Georgia.svg (19 / 1), Mirjalol Qosimov Flag of Uzbekistan.svg (17 / 11), Georgi Botsiyev (16), Robert Bitarov (13 / 1), Sergei Derkach (12 / 1), Gocha Jamarauli Flag of Georgia.svg (9), Vitaliy Skysh Flag of Ukraine.svg (6).
Forwards: Anatoli Kanishchev (33 / 7), Nazim Suleymanov Flag of Azerbaijan.svg (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 Flag of Georgia.svg (to Flag of Georgia.svg 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 Flag of Ukraine.svg (21), Sergei Zhunenko Flag of Kazakhstan.svg (16), Ihor Zhabchenko Flag of Ukraine.svg (3), Aleksandr Yeshchenko (1), Sergei Khramtsov (1).
Midfielders: Oleg Veretennikov (33 / 19), Aleksandr Berketov (33 / 5), Valery Yesipov (33 / 1), Ihor Korniyets Flag of Ukraine.svg (33), Maksim Tishchenko (31 / 4), Hennadiy Orbu Flag of Ukraine.svg (20 / 2), Vitaliy Abramov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg (11 / 1), Aleksandr Tsarenko (7), Andrei Krivov (6 / 1), Ilya Borodin (3 / 1), Emil Tsatskin (3).
Forwards: Vladimir Niederhaus Flag of Kazakhstan.svg (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 Flag of Ukraine.svg .

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).

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References

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