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
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Overview
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
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
2 Alania Vladikavkaz[lower-alpha 1] 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[lower-alpha 2] 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[lower-alpha 3] (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) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. FC Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz renamed to FC Alania
  2. FC Torpedo Moscow renamed to FC Torpedo-Luzhniki
  3. FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin renamed to FC Energiya-Tekstilshchik

As Alania and Spartak finished at the top of the table with equal points, the title was decided in a championship play-off.

Spartak Moscow2–1Alania Vladikavkaz
Tsymbalar 6'
Tikhonov 84'		 Report Kanishchev 88'
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Bezubyak

Top goalscorers
RankNameGoalsTeam
1Aleksandr Maslov23Rostselmash
2Oleg Veretennikov19Rotor
3Dmitri Cheryshev17Dynamo
4Vladimir Niederhaus/16Rotor
Andrey Tikhonov16Spartak
6Valery Kechinov13Spartak
Oleg Teryokhin13Dynamo
8Sergei Bulatov12Baltika
Andrey Kobelev12Dynamo
10Mirjalol Qosimov /11Alania
Mukhsin Mukhamadiev/11Lokomotiv NN
Nazim Suleymanov 11Alania
Bakhva Tedeyev11Alania

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 (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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