1994 Russian First League

The Russian First League 1994 was the 3rd edition of Russian First Division. It was the first season after conversion from 3 zones in the First League into one zone of 22 teams.

Russian First League
Season1994
← 1993
1995 →

Overview
Team Head coach
FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk Oleg Dolmatov
FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don Enver Yulgushov
FC Baltika Kaliningrad Anatoli Ivanov
FC Sokol Saratov Aleksandr Koreshkov
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl Igor Volchok
FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Gennadi Sarychev
FC Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky Sergei Vasyutin
FC Druzhba Maykop Soferbi Yeshugov
FC Lokomotiv Chita Aleksandr Kovalyov
FC Asmaral Moscow Valentin Ivanov (until August)
Vladimir Belousov (from August)
FC Uralan Elista Viktor Lidzhiyev
FC Luch Vladivostok Igor Sayenko
FC Zenit St. Petersburg Vyacheslav Melnikov
FC Zvezda Irkutsk Sergei Muratov
FC Okean Nakhodka Ishtvan Sekech
FC Irtysh Omsk Artyom Amirdzhanov
FC Smena-Saturn St. Petersburg Oleg Tereshonkov
FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz Igor Tsakoyev
FC Torpedo Vladimir Yuri Pyanov
FC Erzu Grozny Vait Talgayev
FC Zvezda Perm Viktor Slesarev
FC Tekhinvest-M Moskovsky Aleksandr Novikov

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Chernomorets Novorossiysk (P) 42 29 7 6 103 31 +72 65 Promotion to Top League
2 Rostselmash (P) 42 27 8 7 92 44 +48 62
3 Baltika Kaliningrad 42 26 10 6 89 41 +48 62
4 Sokol Saratov 42 21 11 10 65 48 +17 53
5 Shinnik Yaroslavl 42 21 8 13 69 44 +25 50
6 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 42 18 11 13 56 40 +16 47
7 Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky 42 20 4 18 80 64 +16 44
8 Druzhba Maykop 42 18 8 16 51 57 −6 44
9 Lokomotiv Chita 42 17 10 15 59 56 +3 44
10 Asmaral Moscow 42 17 8 17 57 55 +2 42
11 Uralan Elista 42 16 9 17 69 67 +2 41
12 Luch Vladivostok 42 15 11 16 44 53 −9 41
13 Zenit St. Petersburg 42 14 12 16 44 49 −5 40
14 Zvezda Irkutsk[lower-alpha 1] 42 15 9 18 57 64 −7 39
15 Okean Nakhodka 42 16 6 20 58 60 −2 38
16 Irtysh Omsk 42 15 7 20 50 79 −29 37
17 Smena-Saturn St. Petersburg 42 16 4 22 47 66 −19 36
18 Avtodor Vladikavkaz[lower-alpha 2] (R) 42 13 6 23 48 67 −19 32 Relegation to Second League
19 Torpedo Vladimir (R) 42 13 5 24 52 81 −29 31
20 Erzu Grozny[lower-alpha 3] (R) 42 11 8 23 33 73 −40 30
21 Zvezda Perm (R) 42 11 5 26 46 81 −35 27
22 Tekhinvest-M Moskovsky[lower-alpha 4] (R) 42 4 11 27 55 104 −49 19 Relegation to Third League
Source: RSSSF
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. FC Zvezda-Yunis-Sib Irkutsk renamed to FC Zvezda Irkutsk
  2. FC Avtodor-Olaf Vladikavkaz renamed to FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz
    FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz were awarded 2 home wins when opponents did not arrive for the game.
  3. FC Erzu Grozny was excluded from the league after playing 19 games (4 more games scheduled to be played in Grozny before Erzu's exclusion were awarded to Erzu with a score of 3:0 because the opponents did not arrive to the game due to security concerns on the brink of First Chechen War). Erzu did not play professionally in 1995.
  4. FC Interros Moscow renamed to FC Tekhinvest-M and moved to Moskovsky

Top goalscorers
35 goals
32 goals
30 goals
  • Sergei Burdin (FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk)
24 goals
21 goals
19 goals
17 goals
16 goals

See also
  • Russian Top League 1994
  • Russian Second League 1994
  • Russian Third League 1994
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