1997 Russian First League Explained

The 1997 Russian First League was the 6th edition of the Russian First Division.

Overview

Team	Head coach
FC Uralan Elista	Pavlo Yakovenko
FC Metallurg Lipetsk	Valeri Tretyakov
FC Sokol-PZhD Saratov	Nikolay Kiselyov
PFC Spartak Nalchik	Viktor Kumykov
FC Lokomotiv St. Petersburg	Givi Nodia
FC Lada-Grad Dimitrovgrad	Vladimir Yevsyukov
FC CSK VVS-Kristall Smolensk	Valeri Nenenko
FC Lokomotiv Chita	Aleksandr Kovalyov
FC Saturn Ramenskoye	Vladimir Mukhanov (until April) Vladimir Shevchuk (from April)
FC Dynamo Stavropol	Sergei Zimenkov (until June) Boris Stukalov (from July)
FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	Viktor Antikhovich (until July)
FC Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk	Vitaliy Shevchenko (until September) Aleksandr Kishinevsky (from September)
FC Anzhi Makhachkala	Eduard Malofeyev
FC Lada-Togliatti-VAZ Togliatti	Viktor Tishchenko (until June) Vladimir Dergach (from June)
FC Druzhba Maykop	Soferbi Yeshugov (until August) Vitali Aksyonov (from August)
FC Kuban Krasnodar	Vladimir Brazhnikov
FC Irtysh Omsk	Aleksandr Ivchenko
FC Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky	Sergei Vasyutin
FC Energiya Kamyshin	Sergei Pavlov
FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg	Viktor Yerokhin
FC Torpedo Volzhsky	Oleg Dudarin
FC Luch Vladivostok	Vitali Koberskiy

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Aleksei Chernov	Lada-Grad	29
2	Valeri Solyanik	CSK VVS-Kristall	23
3	Marat Mulashev	Irtysh	18
4	Rustyam Fakhrutdinov	Neftekhimik	17
Ibragim Gasanbekov	Anzhi
Aleksandrs Jelisejevs	Metallurg
Oleg Nechayev	Lada-Grad
8	Igor Menshchikov	Metallurg	15
Valeri Shushlyakov	Kuban
Narvik Sirkhayev	Anzhi