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.

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	1997–98 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Alania Vladikavkaz	34	22	6	6	64	35	+29	72	1997–98 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
5	CSKA Moscow	34	20	6	8	58	35	+23	66
6	Lokomotiv Moscow	34	15	10	9	46	31	+15	55	1997–98 UEFA 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
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	34	10	11	13	42	51	−9	41
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 Russian First League 1997
17	Energiya-Tekstilshchik Kamyshin (R)	34	4	12	18	25	48	−23	24
18	Lada Togliatti (R)	34	4	6	24	18	64	−46	18

Source: rsssf.com {{{2}}}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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

Spartak Moscow v Alania Vladikavkaz

16 November 1996

Spartak Moscow	2–1	Alania Vladikavkaz
Tsymbalar 6' Tikhonov 84'	Report	Kanishchev 88'

Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Bezubyak

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.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals	Team
1	Aleksandr Maslov	23	Rostselmash
2	Oleg Veretennikov	19	Rotor
3	Dmitri Cheryshev	17	Dynamo
4	Vladimir Niederhaus/	16	Rotor
	Andrey Tikhonov	16	Spartak
6	Valery Kechinov	13	Spartak
	Oleg Teryokhin	13	Dynamo
8	Sergei Bulatov	12	Baltika
	Andrey Kobelev	12	Dynamo
10	Mirjalol Qosimov /	11	Alania
	Mukhsin Mukhamadiev/	11	Lokomotiv NN
	Nazim Suleymanov	11	Alania
	Bakhva Tedeyev	11	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 (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), Vitali 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

• Russian First League 1996
• Russian Second League 1996
• Russian Third League 1996

External links

• RSSSF