1996 Russian First League Explained

The 1996 Russian First League was the 5th edition of Russian First Division

Overview

Team	Head coach
FC Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen	Aleksandr Irkhin
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl	Anatoli Polosin
FC Fakel Voronezh	Sergei Savchenkov
FC Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk	Viktor Slesarev
FC Dynamo Stavropol	Pyotr Shubin
FC Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky	Sergei Vasyutin
FC Uralan Elista	Pavlo Yakovenko
FC Sokol-PZhD Saratov	Aleksandr Koreshkov (until July) Nikolay Kiselyov (from July)
PFC Spartak Nalchik	Viktor Kumykov
FC Kuban Krasnodar	Vladimir Brazhnikov
FC Saturn Ramenskoye	Vladimir Mukhanov
FC Lokomotiv St. Petersburg	Givi Nodia (until October) Viktor Nikitenko (caretaker, from October)
FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	Gennadi Sarychev (until July) Viktor Antikhovich (from August)
FC Torpedo Volzhsky	Vladimir Dergach
FC Luch Vladivostok	Ishtvan Sekech (until July) Boris Kolokolov (from August)
FC Druzhba Maykop	Soferbi Yeshugov
FC Lokomotiv Chita	Aleksandr Kovalyov
FC Torpedo Arzamas	Valeri Tikhonov (until July) Valeri Sinau (from August)
FC Okean Nakhodka	Sergei Bondarenko
FC Zvezda Irkutsk	Sergei Muratov
FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk	Aleksandr Kishinevsky
FC Chkalovets Novosibirsk	Leonid Shevchenko (until September) Vladimir Zaburdayev (from September)

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Varlam Kilasonia	Lokomotiv (SPb)	22
2	Karapet Mikaelyan	Sokol-PZhD	20
3	Sergei Toporov	Zarya	19
4	Nail Galimov	Lokomotiv (Ch)	18
Sergey Maslov	Dynamo (St)
Oleksandr Pryzetko	Dynamo-Gazovik
7	Vladislav Yarkin	Zarya	17
8	Mikhail Zubchuk	Fakel	16
9	Valeri Shushlyakov	Kuban	15
Valeriy Yablochkin	Shinnik