1997 Russian Top League

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Russian Top League
Season1997
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In the 1997 season of the Russian Top League, the football team Spartak Moscow successfully defended the championship, winning their fifth Russian title.

Overview

Team Head coach
FC Spartak Moscow Oleg Romantsev
FC Rotor Volgograd Ukraine Viktor Prokopenko
FC Dynamo Moscow Adamas Golodets
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl Anatoli Polosin (until August)
Pyotr Shubin (from August)
FC Lokomotiv Moscow
Yuri Syomin
FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk Oleg Dolmatov
FC Krylia Sovetov Samara
 Aleksandr Averyanov
FC Zenit St. Petersburg
 Ukraine Anatoliy Byshovets
FC Baltika Kaliningrad Leonid Tkachenko
FC Alania Vladikavkaz
 Valery Gazzaev
FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow
 Aleksandr Tarkhanov
PFC CSKA Moscow Pavel Sadyrin
FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don
 Sergey Andreyev
FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi
 Arsen Naydyonov
FC Tyumen Aleksandr Irkhin (until April)
Aleksandr Ignatenko (from April)
FC Fakel Voronezh Sergei Savchenkov
FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod Valeri Ovchinnikov
FC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny
 Lithuania Benjaminas Zelkevičius

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Spartak Moscow (C) 34 22 7 5 67 30 +37 73 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Rotor Volgograd 34 20 8 6 54 27 +27 68 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3 Dynamo Moscow 34 19 11 4 50 20 +30 68
4 Shinnik Yaroslavl 34 15 10 9 38 35 +3 55 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
5 Lokomotiv Moscow 34 15 9 10 47 37 +10 54 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
6 Chernomorets Novorossiysk 34 13 14 7 40 26 +14 53
7
Krylia Sovetov Samara
 34 14 7 13 32 30 +2 49
8 Zenit St. Petersburg 34 13 10 11 28 29 −1 49
9 Baltika Kaliningrad 34 11 16 7 38 33 +5 49 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
10
Alania Vladikavkaz
 34 14 4 16 52 42 +10 46
11 Torpedo Moscow 34 13 6 15 50 46 +4 45
12 CSKA Moscow 34 11 9 14 31 42 −11 42
13 Rostselmash 34 9 14 11 34 38 −4 41
14
Zhemchuzhina Sochi
 34 11 7 16 38 51 −13 40
15 Tyumen 34 9 7 18 28 46 −18 34
16 Fakel Voronezh (R) 34 7 5 22 25 49 −24 26 Relegation to First Division
17 Lokomotiv N.N. (R) 34 6 5 23 26 60 −34 23
18 KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny[a] (R) 34 8 3 23 38 75 −37 21
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ KAMAZ-Chally were docked 6 points for failing to pay a transfer fee.

Results

Home \ Away
ALA
 BAL CHE CSK DYN FAK KAM
KRY
 LOK LNN ROS ROT SHI SPA TOR TYU ZEN
ZHE
Alania Vladikavkaz
 0–0 1–3 3–0 0–1 2–0 5–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 0–0 3–2 5–2 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–2 4–1
Baltika Kaliningrad 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 4–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–1
Chernomorets Novorossiysk 1–2 2–2 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 4–0 2–0 2–2
CSKA Moscow 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 3–0 2–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–5 0–3 2–0 1–1
Dynamo Moscow 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 4–1 6–1 0–1 3–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0
Fakel Voronezh 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 4–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 2–3 1–0 0–1 2–1
KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny 4–2 3–3 0–0 0–3 1–3 3–0 3–0 0–2 1–1 3–2 0–5 3–0 2–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 2–3
Krylia Sovetov Samara
 1–3 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–0 1–0 4–0 3–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–1
Lokomotiv Moscow 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–3 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–3 3–0 3–1 0–0 4–1
Lokomotiv N.N. 1–3 1–4 2–3 3–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–3 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–0
Rostselmash 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–3 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–1 1–2 3–5 1–1 3–1 2–3 0–0
Rotor Volgograd 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–2 1–2 5–2 3–0 3–1
Shinnik Yaroslavl 3–0 4–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 2–0 2–1
Spartak Moscow 2–1 4–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 4–2 6–2 2–0 4–2 1–0 2–0 3–2 3–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 2–0
Torpedo Moscow 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 0–1 4–2 2–0 0–1 1–3 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–3 1–1 1–2 3–1
Tyumen 1–4 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 2–2 2–1 0–1 2–2
Zenit St. Petersburg 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–3 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 3–2 2–0 2–0
Zhemchuzhina Sochi
 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–3 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 0–1 4–3 1–3 1–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 9 November 1997.[1]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Russia Oleg Veretennikov Rotor 22
2 Russia Oleg Teryokhin Dynamo 17
3
Igor Yanovskiy
 Alania 13
4 Russia Lev Berezner Chernomorets 11
Russia Aleksandr Zernov Rotor
Russia Valery Kechinov Spartak Moscow
7 Russia Andrey Tikhonov Spartak Moscow 10
Lithuania Edgaras Jankauskas Torpedo-Luzhniki
9 Russia Aleksandr Gerasimov Shinnik 9
Russia Aleksei Kosolapov Lokomotiv Moscow
Russia Vladimir Kulik CSKA
Dmitry Khokhlov
 Torpedo-Luzhniki

Medal squads

1. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Aleksandr Filimonov (33), Ruslan Nigmatullin (2).
Defenders:

Vadim Evseev (18), Konstantin Golovskoy (14), Vasili Kulkov
(6).
Midfielders: Dmitri Alenichev (33 / 2), Yegor Titov (31 / 8), Aleksei Bakharev (30 / 2), Aleksei Melyoshin (26 / 2), Andrey Tikhonov (24 / 10), Valery Kechinov (22 / 11), Ilya Tsymbalar (11 / 4), Andrei Konovalov (11 / 1), Robert Yevdokimov (4 / 1).
Forwards:
Sergey Dmitriev (6 / 1), Sergei Lutovinov
(6).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

One own goal scored by

FC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny
).

Manager: Oleg Romantsev.

Transferred out during the season:

FC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny
).

2. FC Rotor Volgograd

Goalkeepers: Platon Zakharchuk (34).
Defenders:

Sergei Zhunenko Kazakhstan (23), Valeri Burlachenko (22 / 1), Nikolai Olenikov (19), Albert Borzenkov
(15).
Midfielders:
Vladimir Smirnov (4), Mikhail Mysin (1), Hennadiy Orbu Ukraine
(1).
Forwards: Denis Zubko (34 / 4), Vladimir Niederhaus Kazakhstan (33 / 8), Aleksandr Zernov (31 / 11), Sergei Ilyushin (1).

One own goal scored by

FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi
).

Manager: Viktor Prokopenko Ukraine.

Transferred out during the season: Ihor Korniyets Ukraine, Sergei Ilyushin (both to FC Arsenal Tula), Hennadiy Orbu Ukraine (to Ukraine FC Shakhtar Donetsk).

3. FC Dynamo Moscow

Goalkeepers: Dmytro Tyapushkin Ukraine (23), Andrei Smetanin (14).
Defenders:

Andrei Ostrovskiy Belarus (32 / 4), Yuri Kovtun (28), Erik Yakhimovich Belarus (16), Mikhail Zharinov (9), Yevgeni Korablyov (9), Vyacheslav Tsaryov (4), Maksim Povorov
(1).
Midfielders:
Yuri Kuznetsov
(4).
Forwards:
Sergei Artyomov (2), Andrei Dyomkin (1), Oleg Sergeyev
(1).

Manager: Adamas Golodets.

Transferred out during the season: Erik Yakhimovich Belarus (on loan to Turkey Vanspor), Andrei Dyomkin (to Belgium R.S.C. Anderlecht).

See also

References

  1. ^ "Russia 1997". RSSSF. The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 23 February 2024.

External links

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