1997 Russian Top League

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

TeamHead coach
FC Spartak MoscowOleg Romantsev
FC Rotor VolgogradUkraine Viktor Prokopenko
FC Dynamo MoscowAdamas Golodets
FC Shinnik YaroslavlAnatoli Polosin (until August)
Pyotr Shubin (from August)
FC Lokomotiv MoscowYuri Syomin
FC Chernomorets NovorossiyskOleg Dolmatov
FC Krylia Sovetov SamaraAleksandr Averyanov
FC Zenit St. PetersburgUkraine Anatoliy Byshovets
FC Baltika KaliningradLeonid Tkachenko
FC Alania VladikavkazValery Gazzaev
FC Torpedo-Luzhniki MoscowAleksandr Tarkhanov
PFC CSKA MoscowPavel Sadyrin
FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-DonSergey Andreyev
FC Zhemchuzhina SochiArsen Naydyonov
FC TyumenAleksandr Irkhin (until April)
Aleksandr Ignatenko (from April)
FC Fakel VoronezhSergei Savchenkov
FC Lokomotiv Nizhny NovgorodValeri Ovchinnikov
FC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye ChelnyLithuania Benjaminas Zelkevičius

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Spartak Moscow (C)3422756730+3773Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2Rotor Volgograd3420865427+2768Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3Dynamo Moscow34191145020+3068
4Shinnik Yaroslavl34151093835+355Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
5Lokomotiv Moscow34159104737+1054Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
6Chernomorets Novorossiysk34131474026+1453
7Krylia Sovetov Samara34147133230+249
8Zenit St. Petersburg341310112829−149
9Baltika Kaliningrad34111673833+549Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
10Alania Vladikavkaz34144165242+1046
11Torpedo Moscow34136155046+445
12CSKA Moscow34119143142−1142
13Rostselmash34914113438−441
14Zhemchuzhina Sochi34117163851−1340
15Tyumen3497182846−1834
16Fakel Voronezh (R)3475222549−2426Relegation to First Division
17Lokomotiv N.N. (R)3465232660−3423
18KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny[a] (R)3483233875−3721
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 \ AwayALABALCHECSKDYNFAKKAMKRYLOKLNNROSROTSHISPATORTYUZENZHE
Alania Vladikavkaz0–01–33–00–12–05–01–11–23–10–03–25–22–02–10–00–24–1
Baltika Kaliningrad1–21–11–10–21–04–12–00–01–00–00–11–11–11–02–02–22–1
Chernomorets Novorossiysk1–22–20–11–13–01–03–01–13–00–02–11–01–02–14–02–02–2
CSKA Moscow2–11–10–11–11–01–01–21–23–02–00–20–00–00–50–32–01–1
Dynamo Moscow1–01–10–02–04–16–10–13–13–01–00–03–01–11–12–00–01–0
Fakel Voronezh2–10–20–01–10–14–02–21–02–00–00–01–20–12–31–00–12–1
KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny4–23–30–00–31–33–03–00–21–13–20–53–02–11–32–10–12–3
Krylia Sovetov Samara1–30–01–01–00–11–04–01–04–03–01–20–01–20–11–01–00–1
Lokomotiv Moscow1–01–12–11–32–12–02–02–11–12–10–11–11–33–03–10–04–1
Lokomotiv N.N.1–31–42–33–10–11–02–10–11–30–11–20–12–31–01–02–21–0
Rostselmash1–00–00–01–11–32–02–11–12–23–11–11–23–51–13–12–30–0
Rotor Volgograd1–02–11–11–03–12–03–11–11–02–00–21–00–21–25–23–03–1
Shinnik Yaroslavl3–04–01–00–10–02–11–01–02–10–01–11–11–11–31–02–02–1
Spartak Moscow2–14–13–00–01–24–26–22–04–21–02–03–23–00–12–02–02–0
Torpedo Moscow2–11–00–03–00–14–22–00–11–32–20–11–11–20–31–11–23–1
Tyumen1–40–10–02–01–01–01–01–00–02–10–10–01–22–22–10–12–2
Zenit St. Petersburg1–00–10–02–00–00–10–30–02–01–00–00–11–10–03–22–02–0
Zhemchuzhina Sochi1–00–03–12–32–21–01–00–10–02–02–10–22–10–14–31–31–0
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]
RankPlayerClubGoals
1Russia Oleg VeretennikovRotor22
2Russia Oleg TeryokhinDynamo17
3Russia Igor YanovskiyAlania13
4Russia Lev BereznerChernomorets11
Russia Aleksandr ZernovRotor
Russia Valery KechinovSpartak Moscow
7Russia Andrey TikhonovSpartak Moscow10
Lithuania Edgaras JankauskasTorpedo-Luzhniki
9Russia Aleksandr GerasimovShinnik9
Russia Aleksei KosolapovLokomotiv Moscow
Russia Vladimir KulikCSKA
Russia Dmitry KhokhlovTorpedo-Luzhniki

Medal squads

1. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Aleksandr Filimonov (33), Ruslan Nigmatullin (2).
Defenders: Sergei Gorlukovich (31 / 2), Dmitri Khlestov (27 / 1), Dmitri Ananko (25), Miroslav Romaschenko Belarus (24 / 4), Ramiz Mamedov (19 / 1), 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: Aleksandr Shirko (26 / 7), Maksim Buznikin (20 / 8), Luis Robson Brazil (10 / 1), Sergey Dmitriev (6 / 1), Sergei Lutovinov (6).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

One own goal scored by Vladimir Klontsak (FC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny).

Manager: Oleg Romantsev.

Transferred out during the season: Vasili Kulkov (to FC Zenit St. Petersburg), Robert Yevdokimov (to FC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny).

2. FC Rotor Volgograd

Goalkeepers: Platon Zakharchuk (34).
Defenders: Aleksandr Shmarko (33), Volodymyr Gerashchenko Ukraine (27), Sergei Zhunenko Kazakhstan (23), Valeri Burlachenko (22 / 1), Nikolai Olenikov (19), Albert Borzenkov (15).
Midfielders: Oleg Veretennikov (34 / 22), Aleksandr Berketov (33 / 3), Valery Yesipov (32 / 3), Vitaliy Abramov Kazakhstan (30 / 1), Andrei Krivov (25), Maksim Tishchenko (20), Ihor Korniyets Ukraine (12), 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 Denis Koberskiy (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: Sergei Shtanyuk Belarus (33 / 2), 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: Andrey Kobelev (33 / 7), Vladimir Skokov (32 / 5), Sergei Nekrasov (32 / 1), Sergey Grishin (28 / 1), Aliaksandr Kulchiy Belarus (26 / 3), Aleksandr Tochilin (23), Andrei Gordeyev (7 / 1), Rolan Gusev (7), Vitali Kulyov (6), Maksim Romaschenko Belarus (4 / 4), Yuri Kuznetsov (4).
Forwards: Oleg Teryokhin (33 / 17), Aleksei Kutsenko (19 / 4), Eduard Kosolapov (8 / 1), Yuri Tishkov (4), 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).

Attendances

RankClubAverage
1Alania27,176
2Rotor20,529
3Krylia Sovetov18,294
4Fakel17,253
5Baltika17,059
6Spartak Moscow11,941
7Novorossiysk11,882
8Shinnik10,741
9Rostov10,653
10Zenit10,471
11KAMAZ7,618
12Nizhny Novgorod6,312
13Dynamo Moscow6,000
14PFC CSKA5,176
15Zhemchuzhina5,118
16Tyumen4,029
17Torpedo Moscow3,606
18Lokomotiv Moscow3,118

Source:[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Russia 1997". RSSSF. The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  2. ^ https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/rus/averus97.htm
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