1997 Russian First League

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Russian First League
Season1997
1996

The 1997 Russian First League was the 6th edition of the Russian First Division.

Overview

Team Head coach
FC Uralan Elista
Ukraine Pavlo Yakovenko
FC Metallurg Lipetsk Valeri Tretyakov
FC Sokol-PZhD Saratov
Nikolay Kiselyov
PFC Spartak Nalchik Viktor Kumykov
FC Lokomotiv St. Petersburg
Georgia (country) Givi Nodia
FC Lada-Grad Dimitrovgrad
Vladimir Yevsyukov
FC CSK VVS-Kristall Smolensk
Valeri Nenenko
FC Lokomotiv Chita
Aleksandr Kovalyov
FC Saturn Ramenskoye
Vladimir Mukhanov (until April)
Vladimir Shevchuk (from April)
FC Dynamo Stavropol
Sergei Zimenkov (until June)
Boris Stukalov (from July)
FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Viktor Antikhovich (until July)
FC Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk
Vitaliy Shevchenko (until September)
Aleksandr Kishinevsky
(from September)
FC Anzhi Makhachkala Belarus Eduard Malofeyev
FC Lada-Togliatti-VAZ Togliatti
Viktor Tishchenko (until June)
Vladimir Dergach (from June)
FC Druzhba Maykop Soferbi Yeshugov (until August)
Vitali Aksyonov (from August)
FC Kuban Krasnodar Vladimir Brazhnikov
FC Irtysh Omsk Aleksandr Ivchenko
FC Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky Sergei Vasyutin
FC Energiya Kamyshin
Sergei Pavlov
FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg
Viktor Yerokhin
FC Torpedo Volzhsky
Oleg Dudarin
FC Luch Vladivostok Vitali Koberskiy

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Uralan Elista (P) 42 29 5 8 67 22 +45 92 Promotion to Top Division
2 Metallurg Lipetsk 42 26 6 10 80 41 +39 84
3
Sokol-PZhD Saratov
42 21 11 10 58 35 +23 74
4 Spartak Nalchik 42 23 3 16 74 53 +21 72
5 Lokomotiv St. Petersburg 42 19 13 10 55 38 +17 70
6
Lada-Grad Dimitrovgrad[a]
42 20 9 13 80 71 +9 69
7
CSK VVS-Kristall Smolensk
42 19 11 12 70 45 +25 68
8 Lokomotiv Chita 42 21 2 19 62 63 −1 65[b]
9
Saturn Ramenskoye
42 19 6 17 65 55 +10 63
10
Dynamo Stavropol
42 18 8 16 54 58 −4 62
11 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 42 19 4 19 53 54 −1 61
12
Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk
42 18 7 17 42 39 +3 61
13 Anzhi Makhachkala 42 18 6 18 66 72 −6 60
14
Lada-Togliatti-VAZ Togliatti[c]
42 16 12 14 61 56 +5 60
15 Druzhba Maykop 42 17 6 19 51 62 −11 57
16 Kuban Krasnodar 42 16 9 17 63 66 −3 57
17 Irtysh Omsk 42 15 12 15 52 53 −1 57
18 Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky (R) 42 12 9 21 39 58 −19 45 Relegation to Second Division
19
Energiya Kamyshin[d]
(R)
42 10 8 24 46 67 −21 38
20 Uralmash Yekaterinburg (R) 42 9 8 25 43 77 −34 35
21
Torpedo Volzhsky
(R)
42 9 3 30 29 72 −43 30
22 Luch Vladivostok (R) 42 3 12 27 23 76 −53 21[e]
Source: RSSSF
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ FC Lada Dimitrovgrad renamed to FC Lada-Grad
  2. ^ FC Lokomotiv Chita awarded 2 home wins
  3. ^ FC Lada Togliatti renamed to FC Lada-Togliatti-VAZ
  4. ^ FC Energiya-Tekstilshchik Kamyshin renamed to FC Energiya
  5. ^ FC Luch Vladivostok awarded 1 home win.

Results

Home \ Away ANZ DRU
DST
ENE
GGI
IRT
KRI
KUB
LGD
LTV
LCH LSP LUC MTL NEF
SAT
SOK
SPN
TVO
URE URA ZAR
Anzhi Makhachkala 5–1 3–2 4–1 2–1 3–2 4–2 0–0 4–4 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 4–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 5–2 4–0
Druzhba Maykop 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–4 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–3 1–0 3–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–4 2–0 1–1
Dynamo Stavropol
0–3 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 2–2 3–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 4–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 3–0 1–2 1–0 0–0
Energiya Kamyshin
2–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–2 0–2 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 5–0 0–1 2–1 4–2 2–2 1–1 0–2
Gazovik-Gazprom
1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–0
Irtysh Omsk 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 4–2 3–2 0–0 3–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 5–2 2–0 0–2 4–0 1–0
CSK VVS-Kristall Smolensk
5–3 2–0 6–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–3 3–0 5–1 0–0 4–0 5–2 3–0 2–0 0–0 4–1 4–2 2–0 2–0 1–1
Kuban Krasnodar 3–0 1–1 1–3 5–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 5–0 2–2 1–1 0–3 2–1 2–0 1–1 4–2 1–0 2–0 5–3 3–0
Lada-Grad Dimitrovgrad
1–1 5–2 1–0 4–1 2–0 1–0 5–2 2–0 3–3 1–0 2–2 6–0 0–2 2–2 3–1 1–2 3–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 3–1
Lada-Togliatti-VAZ
2–2 3–1 0–0 1–2 0–2 5–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–2 5–0 2–1 0–1 4–2 0–1 2–0 3–0 0–4 1–1 2–1
Lokomotiv Chita 3–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 4–2 4–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 5–3 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–0
Lokomotiv St. Petersburg 7–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 4–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–0
Luch Vladivostok 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–2 0–1
Metallurg Lipetsk 5–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–2 1–1 3–1 6–0 3–0 3–0 5–2 4–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 4–2 3–1
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–2 2–1 3–1 1–2 4–1 3–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–5 3–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 3–1
Saturn Ramenskoye
4–0 5–0 2–0 4–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 3–0 3–3 3–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 5–0 2–0
Sokol-PZhD Saratov
1–0 3–0 6–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–3 2–2 0–0 2–0 0–1 5–0 0–1 3–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0
Spartak Nalchik 5–2 0–3 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 6–0 4–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 4–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 7–0 3–1
Torpedo Volzhsky
1–0 0–1 3–1 0–3 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–2 0–2 0–1 3–2 1–2 1–3 0–2 3–2
Uralan Elista 3–0 2–1 4–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 4–0 3–2 2–0 2–0 1–0
Uralmash Yekaterinburg 1–2 0–1 4–1 3–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–3 2–3 1–1 0–0 3–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–0
Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky 1–0 1–1 0–1 3–3 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 0–2 2–0 3–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 0–0 3–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Russia Aleksei Chernov
Lada-Grad
29
2 Russia Valeri Solyanik
CSK VVS-Kristall
23
3 Russia Marat Mulashev Irtysh 18
4 Russia Rustyam Fakhrutdinov Neftekhimik 17
Azerbaijan Ibragim Gasanbekov Anzhi
Aleksandrs Jelisejevs
Metallurg
Russia Oleg Nechayev
Lada-Grad
8 Russia Igor Menshchikov Metallurg 15
Russia Valeri Shushlyakov Kuban
Narvik Sirkhayev
Anzhi

See also