1996 in Russian football

1996 in Russian football returned the fifth national title to Spartak Moscow, while the Russian Cup was taken by Lokomotiv Moscow.

Club competitions

FC Spartak Moscow won the title for the fourth time.

For more details, see:

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

Cup competitions

The fourth edition of the Russian Cup, 1995–96 Russian Cup was won by FC Lokomotiv Moscow, who beat FC Spartak Moscow in the finals with a score of 3–2.

Early stages of the 1996–97 Russian Cup were played later in the year.

European club competitions

1995–96 UEFA Champions League

FC Spartak Moscow was knocked out in the quarterfinals.^[1]

Several key players (Stanislav Cherchesov, Viktor Onopko, Vasili Kulkov and Sergei Yuran) who played in the group stage where Spartak did not lose a single point left the club to move to Western European clubs in the winter before the quarterfinals.

Nicolas Ouédec was instrumental again, after scoring 7 goals in 4 games against the Russian teams in the 1994–95 UEFA Cup, this time he scored 3 goals in two games against Spartak.

• March 6, 1996 / Quarterfinals, First Leg / FC Nantes - FC Spartak Moscow 2-0 (N'Doram 28' Ouédec 69' Pedros  77' ) / Nantes, Stade de la Beaujoire / Attendance: 32,500

FC Spartak Moscow:

Evseev, Kechinov, Tikhonov

.

• March 20, 1996 / Quarterfinals, Return Leg / FC Spartak Moscow - FC Nantes 2-2 (Nikiforov 33' 39' - Ouédec 63' 86') / Moscow, Lokomotiv Stadium / Attendance: 22,000

FC Spartak Moscow:

Piatnitski, 60), Kechinov, Tikhonov

.

1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

FC Dynamo Moscow were eliminated in the quarterfinals.^[2]

• March 7, 1996 / FC Dynamo Moscow - SK Rapid Wien 0-1 (Stumpf 35') / Moscow, Lokomotiv Stadium / Attendance: 8,300

FC Dynamo Moscow:

Kuznetsov, Teryokhin

.

• March 21, 1996 / SK Rapid Wien - FC Dynamo Moscow 3-0 (Jancker 49' 74' Stöger 63' (pen.) - Cheryshev  29' Teryokhin  82') / Vienna, Ernst-Happel-Stadion / Attendance: 44,000

FC Dynamo Moscow:

Kobelev, Samatov (Lemeshko, 65), Cheryshev, A. Grishin (Tishkov, 56), Podpaly, Teryokhin

.

1995–96 UEFA Cup

All the Russian teams were eliminated in 1995.

1996–97 UEFA Champions League

• August 7, 1996 / Qualifying Round, First Leg /
  Yanovskiy missed the goal from a penalty kick in the 81st minute / Glasgow, Ibrox Stadium
  / Attendance: 42,000

FC Alania Vladikavkaz:

Yanovskiy, Qosimov (Skysh, 65), Agayev, Suleymanov (Sergeyev

, 77).

• August 21, 1996 / Qualifying Round, Return Leg / FC Alania Vladikavkaz - Rangers F.C. 2-7 (
  Yanovskiy 15' Suleymanov 23' (pen.) - McCoist 1' 14' 18' van Vossen 40' Laudrup 56' 83' Miller 87') / Vladikavkaz, Republican Spartak Stadium
  / Attendance: 37,000

FC Alania Vladikavkaz:

Yanovskiy, Kornienko (Skysh, 79), Kanishchev, Suleymanov

.

1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

FC Lokomotiv Moscow went out in the second round.^[4]

• September 12, 1996 / First round, first leg / FC Lokomotiv Moscow – NK Varteks 1–0 (Cherevchenko 12') / Moscow, Lokomotiv Stadium / Attendance: 1,500

FC Lokomotiv Moscow:

Elyshev, Garin (Snigiryov, 55, Maminov

, 73).

• September 26, 1996 / First round, second leg / NK Varteks – FC Lokomotiv Moscow 2–1 (
  Kosolapov 41') / Varaždin, Stadion Varteks
  / Attendance: 3,000

• October 17, 1996 / Second round, first leg /
  João Pinto 8') / Lisbon, Estádio da Luz
  / Attendance: 10,000

FC Lokomotiv Moscow:

Kosolapov (captain), Gurenko, Pashinin, Maminov (Smirnov, 59), Haras (Veselov

, 70).

• October 31, 1996 / Second round, second leg / FC Lokomotiv Moscow – S.L. Benfica 2–3 (
  João Pinto 89') / Moscow, Lokomotiv Stadium
  / Attendance: 7,000

FC Lokomotiv Moscow:

Kosolapov (captain), Gurenko, Solomatin, Maminov, Haras (Veselov

, 76).

1996–97 UEFA Cup

• August 6, 1996 / Qualifying Round, First Leg / ÍA - PFC CSKA Moscow 0-2 (Karsakov 34' Jankauskas 37') / Akranes, Akranesvöllur / Attendance: 1,100

PFC CSKA Moscow:

Leonidas (Pervushin, 79), Jankauskas

.

FC Dynamo Moscow:

Artyomov (R. Gusev

, 33).

FC Spartak Moscow:

Evseev, Mamedov (Duyun, 76), Kovalenko (Dzhubanov, 46), Melyoshin (Konovalov, 66), Alenichev, Titov, Kechinov, Tikhonov

.

PFC CSKA Moscow:

Leonidas, Jankauskas

.

FC Dynamo Moscow:

Artyomov, 54), Tochilin (Nekrasov

, 73).

• August 20, 1996 / Qualifying Round, Return Leg / FC Spartak Moscow - NK Croatia Zagreb 2-0 (Melyoshin 28' Alenichev 56') / Moscow, Lokomotiv Stadium / Attendance: 18,000

FC Spartak Moscow:

Ananko, 73), Mamedov, Shirko, Melyoshin, Alenichev, Titov (Dzhubanov, 54), Kechinov, Tikhonov

.

• August 20, 1996 / Qualifying Round, Return Leg / FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow (renamed from FC Torpedo) - HNK Hajduk Split 2-0 (Kamoltsev 17' Vostrosablin 82' (pen.)) / Moscow, Torpedo Stadium / Attendance: 6,800

FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow:

Agashkov

.

• September 10, 1996 / First Round, First Leg / PFC CSKA Moscow -
  Dynamo Stadium
  / Attendance: 6,000

PFC CSKA Moscow:

Leonidas (Pervushin, 62), Jankauskas

.

• September 10, 1996 / First Round, First Leg /
  A.S. Roma - FC Dynamo Moscow 3-0 (Tommasi 7' Fonseca 18' 40' (pen.)) / Rome, Stadio Olimpico
  / Attendance: 60,000

FC Dynamo Moscow:

Kuznetsov (R. Gusev, 67), A. Grishin, Tochilin (Tishkov

, 24).

• September 10, 1996 / First Round, First Leg / FC Spartak Moscow - Silkeborg IF 3-2 (Tikhonov 14' 37' Kechinov 20' Nigmatullin  89' - Thygesen 53' Reese 72') / Moscow, Lokomotiv Stadium / Attendance: 10,000

FC Spartak Moscow:

Ananko, 82), Shirko (Duyun, 57), Golovskoy, Alenichev (Bezrodny, 78), Titov, Kechinov, Tikhonov

.

• September 10, 1996 / First Round, First Leg / FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow - FC Dinamo Tbilisi 0-1 (Jamarauli 35') / Moscow, Torpedo Stadium / Attendance: 7,300

FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow:

Agashkov (Prokopenko

, 65).

• September 10, 1996 / First Round, First Leg / FC Alania Vladikavkaz -
  Yanovskiy 19' Shelia 48' - Pagayev 3' (o.g)) / Vladikavkaz, Republican Spartak Stadium
  / Attendance: 37,000

FC Alania Vladikavkaz:

Yanovskiy, Agayev, Kanishchev, Suleymanov

.

PFC CSKA Moscow:

Leonidas, 46), Minko, Jankauskas, Gerasimov

.

FC Dynamo Moscow:

Kuznetsov (Kutsenko, 46), A. Grishin, Teryokhin

.

FC Spartak Moscow:

Ananko, Gorlukovich, Tsymbalar (captain), Mamedov, Shirko, Golovskoy, Alenichev (Dzhubanov, 55), Titov (Duyun, 70), Kechinov, Tikhonov

.

• September 24, 1996 / R.S.C. Anderlecht - FC Alania Vladikavkaz 4-0 (
  Johnson 28' De Bilde 39' Zetterberg 63' 68') / Brussels, Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
  / Attendance: 24,000

FC Alania Vladikavkaz:

Yanovskiy, Agayev (Datdeyev, 64), Kanishchev, Derkach (Sergeyev

, 32).

• October 16, 1996 / Second Round, First Leg / Hamburger SV - FC Spartak Moscow 3-0 (Breitenreiter 8' Bäron 38' Kovačević 58') / (Hamburg, Volksparkstadion) / Attendance: 17,347

FC Spartak Moscow:

Evseev, Golovskoy (Titov, 27), Alenichev, Melyoshin (Shirko, 75), Kechinov (Bezrodny, 45), Tikhonov

.

• October 29, 1996 / Second Round, Second Leg / FC Spartak Moscow - Hamburger SV 2-2 (Melyoshin 10' Tikhonov 42' (pen.) - Schupp 29' Hartmann 72') / Moscow, Lokomotiv Stadium / Attendance: 10,000

FC Spartak Moscow:

Evseev (Dzhubanov, 35), Lipko (Golovskoy, 67), Duyun, Melyoshin (Bezrodny, 61), Alenichev, Titov, Shirko, Tikhonov

.

1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Russian clubs participated in the Intertoto Cup for the first time.

FC Rotor Volgograd: Samorukov, Shmarko, Burlachenko (Potylchak, 46), Tishchenko, Zhabchenko, Borzenkov (Zernov, 46), Korniyets, Abramov, Veretennikov (captain), Yesipov, Orbu (Ilyushin, 83).

• June 22, 1996 / Group 8, Day 1 / FC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny -
  KAMAZ stadium
  / Attendance: 5,000

FC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny:

Aleksanenkov, Al-Shaqran, Baryshev (Prygunov, 72), Zubkov, Yevdokimov (captain), Babenko, Jishkariani

.

FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg:

Bakunin, Bluzhin, Yamlikhanov, Bakhtin (Danilov, 46), Khankeyev (Vasikov, 89), Perednya (Kokarev, 70), Osinov, Mochulyak

.

• June 29, 1996 / Group 8, Day 2 /
  Aleksanenkov  89') / Ostrava
  , Nová huť Stadium / Attendance: 3,000

FC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny:

Aleksanenkov, Al-Shaqran (Vinnikov, 87), Baryshev (Varlamov, 46), Zubkov, Yevdokimov (captain), Babenko, Jishkariani

.

• July 6, 1996 / Group 7, Day 3 / FC Rotor Volgograd - FC Shakhtar Donetsk 4-1 (Zernov 7' Abramov 48' Veretennikov 59' 89' - Kovalyov 44') / Volgograd, Central Stadium / Attendance: 15,000

FC Rotor Volgograd:

Zhunenko, 46), Tishchenko, Berketov, Borzenkov, Orbu (Korniyets, 46), Abramov, Veretennikov (captain), Yesipov, Zernov (Niederhaus

, 59).

• July 6, 1996 / Group 11, Day 3 / FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg - PFC CSKA Sofia 2-1 (Litvinov 34' 58' - Slavchev 23') / Yekaterinburg, Central Stadium / Attendance: 4,000

FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg: Shukhovtsev, Fedotov (captain), Morozov, Litvinov, Reshetnikov, Yamlikhanov, Bakhtin, Danilov, Perednya (Vasikov, 87), Osinov, Mochulyak.

• July 13, 1996 / Group 8, Day 4 / FC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny -
  KAMAZ stadium
  / Attendance: 6,000

FC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny:

Tropanet, 46), Zayarnyi, Baryshev (Prygunov, 78), Zubkov, Yevdokimov (captain), Babenko, Jishkariani (Vinnikov

, 60).

• July 13, 1996 / Group 11, Day 4 /
  RC Strasbourg - FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg 1-1 (Baticle 35' Bruno Rodriguez  85'  - Litvinov 41') / Strasbourg, Stade de la Meinau
  / Attendance: 8,000

FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg:

Bakunin, Yamlikhanov, Osinov, Danilov (Bakhtin, 46), Perednya, Romaschenko (Ratnichkin, 68), Mochulyak (Kokarev

, 74).

• July 14, 1996 / Group 7, Day 4 /
  Khuse 22' - Veretennikov 70' Berketov  90') / Isparta, Isparta Atatürk Stadium
  / Attendance: 6,000

FC Rotor Volgograd:

Zhunenko (Orbu, 60), Tishchenko, Berketov, Borzenkov, Korniyets, Niederhaus (Zhabchenko, 72), Veretennikov (captain), Yesipov, Abramov (Zernov

, 55).

• July 20, 1996 / Group 7, Day 5 / FC Rotor Volgograd - FC Basel 3-2 (Niederhaus 18' Yesipov 38' Veretennikov 57' - Orlando 28' Giallanza 29') / Volgograd, Central Stadium / Attendance: 20,000

FC Rotor Volgograd:

Zhunenko, Burlachenko, Tishchenko, Zhabchenko (Zernov, 46), Borzenkov, Korniyets, Niederhaus (Ilyushin, 75), Veretennikov (captain), Yesipov, Orbu (Abramov

, 68).

• July 20, 1996 / Group 8, Day 5 /
  TSV 1860 München - FC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny 0-1 (Jishkariani 70') / Munich, Grünwalder Stadion
  / Attendance: 20,600

FC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny:

Tropanet, Zubkov, Yevdokimov (captain), Prygunov, Jishkariani

.

• July 20, 1996 / Group 11, Day 5 / FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg - Kocaelispor 2-0 (Osinov 2' Kokarev 56') / Yekaterinburg, Central Stadium / Attendance: 3,000

FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg:

Bakunin, Yamlikhanov, Osinov, Danilov (Khankeyev, 46), Perednya, Romaschenko (Bakhtin, 73), Kokarev

.

• July 27, 1996 / Semi-finals, First Leg /
  LASK Linz - FC Rotor Volgograd 2-2 (Westerthaler 1' Duspara 60' - Veretennikov 25' 29' Yesipov  73') / Linz, Linzer Stadion
  / Attendance: 5,000

FC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny:

Tropanet, Zubkov, Yevdokimov (captain) (Baryshev, 83), Babenko (Tikhonov, 79), Jishkariani (Prygunov

, 64).

• July 27, 1996 / Semi-finals, First Leg / FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg - Silkeborg IF 1-2 (Bakhtin 15' - Bruun 17' Knudsen 18') / Yekaterinburg, Central Stadium / Attendance: 5,500

FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg:

Bakunin (Bluzhin, 63), Yamlikhanov (Danilov, 71), Osinov, Khankeyev, Bakhtin, Romaschenko (Perednya, 51), Kokarev

.

• July 31, 1996 / Semi-finals, Return Leg / FC Rotor Volgograd - LASK Linz 5-0 (Berketov 40' Veretennikov 42' 86' Zernov 54' Abramov 72') / Volgograd, Central Stadium / Attendance: 22,000

FC Rotor Volgograd:

Gerashchenko, 68), Orbu

.

FC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny:

Tropanet (Al-Shaqran, 33), Zubkov, Yevdokimov (captain), Babenko, Jishkariani (Baryshev

, 86).

FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg:

Bakunin, 81), Khankeyev, Perednya, Romaschenko, Kokarev (Ratnichkin

, 70).

• August 6, 1996 / Finals, First Leg / FC Rotor Volgograd -
  Guingamp 2-1 (Zernov 53' Tishchenko 80' - Horlaville 45') / Volgograd, Central Stadium
  / Attendance: 29,000

FC Rotor Volgograd:

Gerashchenko, 84), Veretennikov (captain), Zernov (Ilyushin, 74), Orbu

.

FC Rotor Volgograd:

Zhunenko, 70), Niederhaus, Veretennikov, Yesipov, Zernov (Abramov

, 64).

Russia: Cherchesov, Mamedov, Nikiforov, Shalimov, Kovtun, Karpin, Onopko (captain), Tikhonov (Beschastnykh, 46), Mostovoi, Yuran, Kiriakov.

• February 9, 1996 / Rothmans Cup /
  Ta' Qali National Stadium
  / Attendance: 1,000

Russia: Kharine, Radimov, Nikiforov (Chugainov, 76), Tetradze, Kovtun (Kanchelskis, 10), Karpin, Onopko (captain) (Bushmanov, 46), Beschastnykh, Mostovoi (Simutenkov, 46), Dobrovolski (Alenichev, 76), Radchenko.

• February 11, 1996 / Rothmans Cup /
  Ta' Qali National Stadium
  / Attendance: 4,000

Russia: Cherchesov (Kharine, 46), Radimov (Mamedov, 70), Nikiforov (captain), Tetradze, Bushmanov (Chugainov, 78), Kanchelskis, Alenichev, Beschastnykh (Tikhonov, 78), Kechinov, Simutenkov, Radchenko.

• March 27, 1996 / Friendly / Ireland - Russia 0-2 (Keane  89' - Mostovoi 34' Kolyvanov 53') / Dublin, Lansdowne Road / Attendance: 47,000

Russia: Cherchesov, Radimov (Tetradze, 46), Nikiforov, Tsymbalar (Radchenko, 46), Kovtun, Karpin, Onopko (captain), Kanchelskis, Kolyvanov (Shalimov, 70), Mostovoi, Kiriakov (Simutenkov, 66).

• April 24, 1996 / Friendly / Belgium - Russia 0-0 / Brussels, King Baudouin Stadium / Attendance: 16,000

Russia: Cherchesov (Kharine, 46), Kanchelskis, Nikiforov, Onopko (captain), Kovtun, Karpin, Radimov, Mostovoi, Beschastnykh, Kolyvanov (Simutenkov, 79), Kiriakov (Radchenko, 69).

• May 24, 1996 / Friendly /
  Abdulaziz Hassan 89' - Kiriakov 2' 58' Kanchelskis 5' Kolyvanov 27' Mostovoi 78' Nikiforov  88') / Doha, Khalifa International Stadium
  / Attendance: 2,500

Russia:

Ovchinnikov, 85), Gorlukovich, Nikiforov, Tsymbalar (Dobrovolski, 46), Tetradze, Karpin (Shalimov, 59), Onopko (captain) (Bushmanov, 69), Kanchelskis, Kolyvanov (Yuran, 46), Mostovoi, Kiriakov

.

Russia:

Yanovskiy, Kiriakov

.

Russia:

Yanovskiy, Kiriakov (Beschastnykh

, 46).

• June 11, 1996 / UEFA Euro 1996, First Round, Group C / Italy - Russia 2-1 (Casiraghi 5' 52' - Tsymbalar 21' / Liverpool, Anfield / Attendance: 35,120

Russia:

Yanovskiy, 46), Onopko (captain), Kovtun, Kanchelskis, Karpin (Kiriakov, 63), Mostovoi, Tsymbalar (Dobrovolski, 71), Kolyvanov, Radimov

.

• June 16, 1996 / UEFA Euro 1996, First Round, Group C / Russia - Germany 0-3 (Kovtun  71' - Sammer 56' Klinsmann 77' 90') / Manchester, Old Trafford / Attendance: 50,760

Russia: Kharine, Tetradze, Nikiforov, Tsymbalar, Kovtun, Onopko (captain), Kanchelskis, Kolyvanov, Mostovoi, Radimov (Karpin, 46), Khokhlov (Simutenkov, 66).

• June 19, 1996 / UEFA Euro 1996, First Round, Group C / Russia - Czech Republic 3-3 (Mostovoi 49' Tetradze 54' Beschastnykh 84' - Suchopárek 6' Kuka 19' Šmicer 88') / Liverpool, Anfield / Attendance: 21,128

Russia:

Yanovskiy, Radimov, Khokhlov, Kolyvanov (Beschastnykh, 46), Simutenkov (Mostovoi

, 46).

Russia:

Ternavski, Tetradze, Onopko (captain), Kanchelskis, Veretennikov (Radimov, 15), Kolyvanov (Kechinov, 77), Radchenko (Beschastnykh

, 66).

Russia:

Ternavski, Kanchelskis, Radimov (Kharlachyov, 66), Tetradze, Beschastnykh, Kolyvanov (Tikhonov, 60), Radchenko (Kanishchev

, 46).

• October 9, 1996 / 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier / Israel - Russia 1-1 (G. Brumer 63' - Kolyvanov 80') / Ramat Gan, Ramat Gan Stadium / Attendance: 48,000

Russia: Cherchesov, Minko, Nikiforov, Bushmanov (Radimov, 67), Karpin, Tetradze, Onopko (captain), Kanchelskis, Beschastnykh, Kolyvanov, Radchenko (Tikhonov, 46).

• November 10, 1996 /
  Luxembourg, Stade Josy Barthel
  / Attendance: 5,660

Russia:

Ovchinnikov, 75), Minko, Nikiforov, Tikhonov, Karpin, Tetradze, Onopko (captain), Kanchelskis, Beschastnykh (Radimov, 81), Kolyvanov, Mostovoi (Bushmanov

, 46).

• League and cup results
• League top scorers (in Russian)