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
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Overview
Team Head coach
FC Spartak Moscow Oleg Romantsev
FC Rotor Volgograd 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 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 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[lower-alpha 1] (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) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. KAMAZ-Chally were docked 6 points for failing to pay a transfer fee.

Top goalscorers
RankNameGoalsTeam
1Oleg Veretennikov22Rotor
2Oleg Teryokhin17Dynamo
3Igor Yanovskiy13Alania
4Lev Berezner11Chernomorets
Aleksandr Zernov11Rotor
Valery Kechinov11Spartak
7Andrey Tikhonov10Spartak
Edgaras Jankauskas 10Torpedo-Luzhniki
9Aleksandr Gerasimov9Shinnik
Aleksei Kosolapov9Lokomotiv M
Vladimir Kulik9CSKA
Dmitry Khokhlov9Torpedo-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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