1996 Russian Top League Explained

Competition:Russian Top League
Season:1996
Prevseason:1995
Nextseason:1997

In 1996 the Russian Top League was extended to 18 clubs. The following is a summary of 1996 teams and people.

Overview

TeamHead coach
FC Spartak MoscowGeorgi Yartsev
FC Alania VladikavkazValery Gazzaev
FC Rotor Volgograd Viktor Prokopenko
FC Dynamo MoscowAdamas Golodets
PFC CSKA MoscowAleksandr Tarkhanov
FC Lokomotiv MoscowYuri Syomin
FC Baltika KaliningradLeonid Tkachenko
FC Lokomotiv Nizhny NovgorodValeri Ovchinnikov
FC Krylia Sovetov SamaraAleksandr Averyanov
FC Zenit St. PetersburgPavel Sadyrin
FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-DonSergey Andreyev
FC Torpedo-Luzhniki MoscowValentin Ivanov
FC Chernomorets NovorossiyskOleg Dolmatov
FC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye ChelnyValeri Chetverik (until August)
Ivan Butaliy (caretaker, from August)
FC Zhemchuzhina SochiArsen Naydyonov
FC Uralmash YekaterinburgValeri Voytenko (until April)
Vitaliy Shevchenko (from May)
FC Energiya-Tekstilshchik KamyshinSergei Pavlov
FC Lada TogliattiViktor Tishchenko

Standings

Championship play-off

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

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RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Aleksandr MaslovRostselmash23
2 Oleg VeretennikovRotor19
3 Dmitri CheryshevDynamo17
4 Vladimir NiederhausRotor16
Andrey TikhonovSpartak Moscow
6 Valery KechinovSpartak Moscow13
Oleg TeryokhinDynamo
8 Sergei BulatovBaltika12
Andrey KobelevDynamo
10 Mirjalol QosimovAlania11
Mukhsin MukhamadievLokomotiv N.N.
Nazim SuleymanovAlania
Bakhva TedeyevAlania

Medal squads

1. FC Spartak Moscow
Goalkeepers: Aleksandr Filimonov (26), Ruslan Nigmatullin (10).
Defenders: Sergei Gorlukovich (31 / 2), Dmitri Ananko (30 / 1), Vadim Evseev (27 / 2), Aleksandr Lipko (24), Vladislav Duyun (18 / 1), Yuriy Nikiforov (14 / 5), Ramiz Mamedov (14), Konstantin Golovskoy (9), Sergei Chudin (6).
Midfielders: Andrey Tikhonov (34 / 16), Dmitri Alenichev (32 / 7), Yegor Titov (31 / 5), Valery Kechinov (30 / 13), Aleksei Melyoshin (24 / 2), Ilya Tsymbalar (21 / 9), Andrei Piatnitski (13), Andrei Konovalov (11), Artyom Bezrodny (10), Aleksandr Pavlenko (2), Yevgeni Toloknov (1).
Forwards: Vladimir Dzhubanov (25 / 3), Aleksandr Shirko (22 / 5), Valeri Shmarov (3), Konstantin Kovalenko (2 / 1), Serhiy Nahornyak (2).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Georgi Yartsev.

Transferred out during the season: Yuriy Nikiforov (to Sporting Gijón), Valeri Shmarov (to Chunnam Dragons), Serhiy Nahornyak (to FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk).

2. FC Alania Vladikavkaz
Goalkeepers: Dmitriy Kramarenko (22), Zaur Khapov (16).
Defenders: Omari Tetradze (31 / 1), Artur Pagayev (30 / 1), Alan Agayev (29 / 3), Inal Dzhioyev (29 / 1), Murtaz Shelia (27 / 5), Oleg Kornienko (22), Aslan Datdeyev (11 / 1).
Midfielders: Igor Yanovskiy (34 / 5), Bakhva Tedeyev (28 / 11), Sergey Timofeev (25), Zaza Revishvili (19 / 1), Mirjalol Qosimov (17 / 11), Georgi Botsiyev (16), Robert Bitarov (13 / 1), Sergei Derkach (12 / 1), Gocha Jamarauli (9), Vitaliy Skysh (6).
Forwards: Anatoli Kanishchev (33 / 7), Nazim Suleymanov (25 / 11), Oleg Sergeyev (13 / 2), Tamerlan Sikoyev (8 / 1), Valeri Klimov (6 / 1).

One own goal scored by Albert Oskolkov (FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod).

Manager: Valery Gazzaev.

Transferred out during the season: Gocha Jamarauli (to FC Dinamo Tbilisi), Valeri Klimov (to FC Arsenal Tula).

3. FC Rotor Volgograd
Goalkeepers: Andrei Samorukov (34).
Defenders: Albert Borzenkov (33), Valeri Burlachenko (28 / 1), Aleksandr Shmarko (28 / 1), Volodymyr Gerashchenko (21), Sergei Zhunenko (16), Ihor Zhabchenko (3), Aleksandr Yeshchenko (1), Sergei Khramtsov (1).
Midfielders: Oleg Veretennikov (33 / 19), Aleksandr Berketov (33 / 5), Valery Yesipov (33 / 1), Ihor Korniyets (33), Maksim Tishchenko (31 / 4), Hennadiy Orbu (20 / 2), Vitaliy Abramov (11 / 1), Aleksandr Tsarenko (7), Andrei Krivov (6 / 1), Ilya Borodin (3 / 1), Emil Tsatskin (3).
Forwards: Vladimir Niederhaus (31 / 16), Aleksandr Zernov (30 / 3), Sergei Ilyushin (18 / 2), Mikhail Potylchak (3).

One own goal scored by Sergei Makeyev (FC Krylia Sovetov Samara).

Manager: Viktor Prokopenko .

Transferred out during the season: Aleksandr Tsarenko (to FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin), Emil Tsatskin (to FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don), Mikhail Potylchak (to FC Torpedo Volzhsky), Aleksandr Yeshchenko (to FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi).

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Russia 1996 . . The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . 23 February 2024.