1997 Russian Top League

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

Russian Top League
Season1997
1996
1998

Overview

TeamHead coach
FC Spartak MoscowOleg Romantsev
FC Rotor Volgograd 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. Petersburg 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 Chelny 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:

Results

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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
1 Oleg VeretennikovRotor22
2 Oleg TeryokhinDynamo17
3 Igor YanovskiyAlania13
4 Lev BereznerChernomorets11
Aleksandr ZernovRotor
Valery KechinovSpartak Moscow
7 Andrey TikhonovSpartak Moscow10
Edgaras JankauskasTorpedo-Luzhniki
9 Aleksandr GerasimovShinnik9
Aleksei KosolapovLokomotiv Moscow
Vladimir KulikCSKA
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 (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 (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 (27), Sergei Zhunenko (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 (30 / 1), Andrei Krivov (25), Maksim Tishchenko (20), Ihor Korniyets (12), Vladimir Smirnov (4), Mikhail Mysin (1), Hennadiy Orbu (1).
Forwards: Denis Zubko (34 / 4), Vladimir Niederhaus (33 / 8), Aleksandr Zernov (31 / 11), Sergei Ilyushin (1).

One own goal scored by Denis Koberskiy (FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi).

Manager: Viktor Prokopenko .

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

3. FC Dynamo Moscow

Goalkeepers: Dmytro Tyapushkin (23), Andrei Smetanin (14).
Defenders: Sergei Shtanyuk (33 / 2), Andrei Ostrovskiy (32 / 4), Yuri Kovtun (28), Erik Yakhimovich (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 (26 / 3), Aleksandr Tochilin (23), Andrei Gordeyev (7 / 1), Rolan Gusev (7), Vitali Kulyov (6), Maksim Romaschenko (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 (on loan to Vanspor), Andrei Dyomkin (to R.S.C. Anderlecht).

See also

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