1999 Russian Top Division

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Russian Top Division
Season1999
1998
2000

In this year, Spartak Moscow won their fourth consecutive Russian title, and seventh overall.

Contents

Overview

TeamHead coach
FC Spartak Moscow Oleg Romantsev
FC Lokomotiv Moscow Yuri Syomin
PFC CSKA Moscow Oleg Dolmatov
FC Torpedo Moscow Vitaly Shevchenko
FC Dynamo Moscow Georgi Yartsev (until June)
Aleksei Petrushin (from June)
FC Alania Vladikavkaz Valery Gazzaev
FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don Sergey Andreyev
FC Zenit St. Petersburg Anatoli Davydov
FC Uralan Elista Pavlo Yakovenko Flag of Ukraine.svg (until May)
Aleksandr Skrynnikov (caretaker) (May to June)
Yevhen Kucherevskyi Flag of Ukraine.svg (June)
Aleksandr Skrynnikov (caretaker) (June)
Aleksandr Averyanov (from June)
FC Saturn Ramenskoye Sergei Pavlov
FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod Valeri Ovchinnikov
FC Krylia Sovetov Samara Aleksandr Tarkhanov
FC Rotor Volgograd Viktor Prokopenko Flag of Ukraine.svg
FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk Sergei Butenko (until July)
Vladimir Fedotov (from July)
FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi Anatoly Baidachny (until May)
Gennadi Afanasyev (caretaker) (May to June)
Viktor Antikhovich (from June)
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl Aleksandr Averyanov (until April)
Aleksandr Pobegalov (caretaker) (April to June)
Benjaminas Zelkevičius Flag of Lithuania.svg (June to October)
Aleksandr Pobegalov (caretaker) (from October)

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Spartak Moscow (C)3022627524+5172Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Lokomotiv Moscow 3020556230+3265Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 CSKA Moscow 30151055629+2755Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 Torpedo Moscow 30131163833+550
5 Dynamo Moscow 30128104441+344
6 Alania Vladikavkaz [lower-alpha 1] 30127115445+943
7 Rostselmash 30118113237541Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
8 Zenit St. Petersburg 3091293634+239Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
9 Uralan Elista 30106142734736
10 Saturn 30810123038834
11 Lokomotiv N.N. 30961533481533
12 Krylia Sovetov Samara 30871539491031
13 Rotor Volgograd 307101336511531
14 Chernomorets Novorossiysk 30781530491929
15 Zhemchuzhina Sochi (R)305111429552626Relegation to First Division
16 Shinnik Yaroslavl (R)30591621452424
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Alania qualified for the UEFA Cup thanks to Lokomotiv winning the Russian Cup in 2000.

Results

Home \ Away ALA CHE CSK DYN KRY LOK LNN ROS ROT SAT SHI SPA TOR URE ZEN ZHE
Alania Vladikavkaz 3–10–15–11–10–25–23–13–0 [lower-alpha 1] 2–03–10–16–14–22–22–2
Chernomorets Novorossiysk 1–02–12–11–11–40–11–01–11–11–11–11–20–01–03–0
CSKA Moscow 4–15–24–11–11–03–12–05–11–05–00–40–02–02–23–0
Dynamo Moscow 0–00–11–03–32–42–14–02–10–03–11–11–11–00–13–0
Krylia Sovetov Samara 0–31–11–11–21–23–00–00–12–04–23–11–20–13–24–2
Lokomotiv Moscow 4–12–11–02–12–03–13–05–13–04–10–31–21–01–11–1
Lokomotiv N.N. 2–13–20–21–33–00–00–01–10–11–02–40–11–21–02–1
Rostselmash 4–21–01–31–32–11–11–01–14–10–00–30–02–02–12–1
Rotor Volgograd 0–25–21–11–22–11–02–30–11–12–03–30–23–12–20–0
Saturn 0–13–02–33–32–01–11–11–11–00–00–32–22–01–03–0
Shinnik Yaroslavl 1–11–00–03–11–22–40–10–32–00–01–21–01–00–00–0
Spartak Moscow 3–02–01–02–23–03–02–21–04–13–14–10–13–04–14–0
Torpedo Moscow 1–13–12–20–13–12–43–21–22–10–20–00–03–11–01–0
Uralan Elista 3–03–11–11–02–10–13–02–10–12–01–00–11–10–01–1
Zenit St. Petersburg 2–21–11–10–03–11–21–01–01–12–12–11–20–02–03–1
Zhemchuzhina Sochi 2–02–02–21–00–21–41–11–12–22–01–03–71–10–01–3
Source: [ citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. In the match of the 17th round between Alania and Rotor, the Volgograd team left the field in the 66th minute with the score 1:1 as a sign of disagreement with the referee's decision. "Rotor" was awarded a technical loss of 3:0. [1] [2] [3]

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 8 November 1999. [4]
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg Georgi Demetradze Alania 21
2 Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Tikhonov Spartak Moscow 19
3 Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Kulik CSKA 15
4 Flag of Russia.svg Dmitri Loskov Lokomotiv Moscow 14
Flag of Russia.svg Oleg Teryokhin Dynamo
6 Flag of Tajikistan.svg Arsen Avakov Lokomotiv N.N. 13
7 Flag of Russia.svg Vyacheslav Kamoltsev Torpedo 12
Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Semak CSKA
Flag of Russia.svg Oleg Veretennikov Rotor
10 Flag of Russia.svg Egor Titov Spartak Moscow 11

Awards

On December 2 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players: [5]

Goalkeepers
  1. Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Filimonov (Spartak Moscow)
  2. Flag of Russia.svg Ruslan Nigmatullin (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  3. Flag of Armenia.svg Roman Berezovsky (Zenit)

Medal squads

1. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Aleksandr Filimonov (28), Andrei Smetanin (5).
Defenders: Dmitri Khlestov (27 / 1), Yuri Kovtun (26 / 2), Eduard Mor (23), Dmytro Parfenov Flag of Ukraine.svg (17), Vadim Evseev (11 / 1), Yevgeni Bushmanov (9), Dmitri Ananko (7).
Midfielders: Andrey Tikhonov (29 / 19), Yegor Titov (29 / 11), Valery Kechinov (26 / 4), Viktor Bulatov (29 / 4), Vasili Baranov Flag of Belarus.svg (24 / 4), Artyom Bezrodny (19 / 5), Ilya Tsymbalar (11 / 2), Aleksei Zlydnev (2), Aleksei Melyoshin (2), Peniche Flag of Brazil.svg (2).
Forwards: Aleksandr Shirko (27 / 9), Luis Robson Flag of Brazil.svg (20 / 7), Sergei Yuran (18 / 3), Maksim Buznikin (6 / 1), Anatoli Kanishchev (1).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

One own goal each scored by Aleksandr Berketov (FC Rotor Volgograd) and Igor Cherevchenko Flag of Tajikistan.svg (FC Lokomotiv Moscow).

Manager: Oleg Romantsev.

Transferred out during the season: Sergei Yuran (to Flag of Austria.svg SK Sturm Graz), Ilya Tsymbalar (to FC Lokomotiv Moscow), Maksim Buznikin (to FC Saturn Ramenskoye).

2. FC Lokomotiv Moscow

Goalkeepers: Ruslan Nigmatullin (29), Aleksey Polyakov Flag of Uzbekistan.svg (1).
Defenders: Igor Chugainov (29 / 4), Andrei Lavrik Flag of Belarus.svg (26), Oleg Pashinin Flag of Uzbekistan.svg (25 / 1), Yuri Drozdov (21), Igor Cherevchenko Flag of Tajikistan.svg (20 / 2), Sargis Hovhannisyan Flag of Armenia.svg (16 / 2), Aleksei Arifullin (16), Andrei Solomatin (13), Sergei Gurenko Flag of Belarus.svg (6 / 2), Semyon Semenenko (6).
Midfielders: Alexey Smertin (29 / 6), Dmitri Loskov (28 / 14), Yevgeni Kharlachyov (27 / 9), Albert Sarkisyan Flag of Armenia.svg (26 / 4), Vladimir Maminov Flag of Uzbekistan.svg (22 / 3), Sergei Neretin (3), Aleksandr Borodyuk (1).
Forwards: Dmitri Bulykin (26 / 8), Zaza Janashia Flag of Georgia.svg (20 / 6), Ruslan Pimenov (4 / 1), Mikalay Ryndzyuk Flag of Belarus.svg (4).

Manager: Yuri Syomin.

Transferred out during the season: Sergei Gurenko Flag of Belarus.svg (to Flag of Italy.svg A.S. Roma), Mikalay Ryndzyuk Flag of Belarus.svg (to Flag of Belarus.svg FC BATE Borisov), Aleksandr Borodyuk (to FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow).

3. PFC CSKA Moscow

Goalkeepers: Dmitri Goncharov (18), Andrei Novosadov (12).
Defenders: Maksim Bokov (28 / 1), Valeri Minko (28 / 1), Oleg Kornaukhov (26), Yevgeni Varlamov (21 / 5), Igor Aksyonov (16), Denis Pervushin (4), Ante Pešić Flag of Croatia.svg (4), Denis Yevsikov (3).
Midfielders: Dmitri Khomukha Flag of Turkmenistan.svg (30 / 8), Sergei Semak (29 / 12), Sergei Filippenkov (29 / 6), Andrei Tsaplin (25), Aleksei Savelyev (24 / 2), Oleg Shishkin Flag of Moldova.svg (15 / 3), Marek Hollý Flag of Slovakia.svg (14 / 1), Aleksandr Borodkin (13), Viktor Navochenko (13), Aleksandr Grishin (12), Magomed Adiev (4), Maksim Nizovtsev Flag of Kazakhstan.svg (2), Artyom Kovalenko (1), Andrei Krasnopjorov Flag of Estonia.svg (1), Aleksandr Lebedev (1).
Forwards: Vladimir Kulik (30 / 14), Goran Gutalj Flag of Serbia.svg (2 / 1), Sergei Rodin (2), Aleksandr Suchkov (2).

One own goal each scored by Konstantin Golovskoy (FC Dynamo Moscow) and Dmitriy Lyapkin Flag of Kazakhstan.svg (FC Saturn Ramenskoye).

Manager: Oleg Dolmatov.

Transferred out during the season: Aleksandr Borodkin (to FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow), Magomed Adiev (to FC Sokol Saratov), Ante Pešić Flag of Croatia.svg (to Flag of Croatia.svg NK Vukovar '91), Maksim Nizovtsev Flag of Kazakhstan.svg (to FC Baltika Kaliningrad), Goran Gutalj Flag of Serbia.svg (to Flag of Slovenia.svg HIT Gorica), Andrei Krasnopjorov Flag of Estonia.svg (to Flag of Estonia.svg FC Lantana Tallinn).

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