1993 Russian Top League Explained
Statistics of Russian Top League in season 1993.
Teams
18 teams are played in the 1993 season. After the 1992 season, Zenit St.Petersburg, Fakel Voronezh, Kuban Krasnodar, Shinnik Yaroslavl and Dinamo-Gazovik were relegated to the 1993 Russian First League. They were replaced by Zhemchuzhina-Sochi, winners of the 1992 Russian First League.
Venues
| Asmaral Moscow | CSKA Moscow | Dynamo Moscow | Dynamo Stavropol |
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| Krasnaya Presnya Stadium | Grigory Fedotov Stadium | Central Dynamo Stadium | Dynamo Stadium |
| Capacity: | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 36,540 | Capacity: 15,589 |
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| KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | | Krylia Sovetov |
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| KAMAZ Stadium | Metallurg Stadium |
| Capacity: 9,056 | Capacity: 33,001 |
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| Lokomotiv Moscow | Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod |
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| Lokomotiv Stadium | Lokomotiv Stadium |
| Capacity: 27,084 | Capacity: 17,856 |
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| Luch Vladivostok | Okean Nakhodka |
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| Dynamo Stadium | Vodnik Stadium |
| Capacity: 10,200 | Capacity: 4,000 |
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| Rostselmash | Rotor Volgograd |
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| Olimp-2 | Central Stadium |
| Capacity: 15,840 | Capacity: 32,120 |
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| Spartak Moscow | Spartak Vladikavkaz |
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| Luzhniki Stadium | Republican Spartak Stadium |
| Capacity: 81,029 | Capacity: 32,464 |
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| Tekstilshchik Kamyshin | Torpedo Moscow | Uralmash Yekaterinburg | Zhemchuzhina-Sochi |
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| Tekstilshchik Stadium | Luzhniki Stadium | SKB-Bank Arena | Sochi Central Stadium |
| Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 81,029 | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 10,200 |
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Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
League standings
Promotion tournament
FC Rostselmash and FC Asmaral were relegated. FC Krylia Sovetov, FC Luch and FC Okean played in a promotion tournament against the winners of the three zones of the 1993 Russian First League, in which three spots in 1994 Russian Top League were contested. FC Krylia Sovetov kept their spot and FC Luch and FC Okean were relegated.
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
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Medal squads
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
| 1. FC Spartak Moscow |
Goalkeepers: Gintaras Staučė  (13), Stanislav Cherchesov (13), Oleksandr Pomazun  (8).
Defenders: Viktor Onopko (30 / 9), Ramiz Mamedov (30), Andrei Ivanov (29), Yuriy Nikiforov (23), Dmitri Khlestov (19 / 1), Dmitri Popov (13 / 1), Dmitri Ananko (11), Andrei Chernyshov (4), Aleksandr Bondar (2), Sergei Chudin (2), Dmitri Gradilenko (1).
Midfielders: Valery Karpin (30 / 13), Igor Lediakhov (29 / 6), Andrei Piatnitski (29 / 6), Ilya Tsymbalar (26 / 3), Andrei Gashkin (11), Serhiy Pohodin (2), Valery Kechinov (1).
Forwards: Nikolai Pisarev (33 / 14), Fyodor Cherenkov (32 / 6), Vladimir Beschastnykh (29 / 18), Dmitri Radchenko (14 / 2), Sergey Rodionov (8), Andrey Tikhonov (7 / 2), Andrei Konovalov (1).Manager: Oleg Romantsev.
Transferred out during the season: Dmitri Radchenko, Dmitri Popov (both to  Racing de Santander), Stanislav Cherchesov (to Dynamo Dresden), Andrei Chernyshov (to FC Dynamo Moscow), Aleksandr Bondar (to FC Terek Grozny), Dmitri Gradilenko (to FC Interros Moskovsky).
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| 2. FC Rotor Volgograd |
Goalkeepers: Andrei Manannikov  (34), Sergei Gritsenko (1).
Defenders: Sergei Nechay (33 / 2), Volodymyr Gerashchenko (32 / 2), Aleksandr Shmarko (31 / 1), Valeri Burlachenko (29 / 1), Aleksandr Yeshchenko (5), Sergey Kuznetsov (4).
Midfielders: Oleg Veretennikov (33 / 19), Igor Menshchikov (31), Aleksandr Tsarenko (29 / 5), Andrei Kovalenko  (29 / 3), Aleksandr Zhidkov (29 / 2), Oleg Stogov (21), Aleksei Gerasimenko (14), Andrei Miroshnichenko  (2).
Forwards: Valery Yesipov (31 / 8), Vladimir Niederhaus (30 / 13), Oleg Nechayev (13), Aleksandr Nikitin (11), Yevgeni Shkilov (8), Yuri Konovalov (3).Manager: Vladimir Salkov.
Transferred out during the season: Yevgeni Shkilov (to  Hapoel Haifa F.C.), Andrei Miroshnichenko (to FC Aktyubinets Aktyubinsk).
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| 3. FC Dynamo Moscow |
Goalkeepers: Valeri Kleymyonov (29), Andrei Smetanin (8), Dmitriy Kramarenko  (1).
Defenders: Yuri Kovtun (27 / 1), Sergey Timofeev (21 / 2), Vyacheslav Tsaryov (19), Aleksei Selezov (18), Andrei Chernyshov (14 / 1), Igor Varlamov (8), Sargis Hovhannisyan  (8), Igor Sklyarov (7 / 1), Maksim Layushkin (1).
Midfielders: Omari Tetradze (32 / 4), Bakhva Tedeyev (30 / 8), Yuriy Kalitvintsev (26 / 3), Yevgeni Smertin (23 / 1), Sergei Krutov (22 / 3), Igor Dobrovolski (18 / 6), Sergei Derkach (12 / 1), Aleksei Savchenko (11), Sergei Nekrasov (10), Aleksei Filippov (6), Igor Gavrilin (2 / 1), Vladimir Kostyuk  (2).
Forwards: Igor Simutenkov (33 / 16), Dmitri Cheryshev (22 / 7), Kirill Rybakov (19 / 5), Yuri Tishkov (16 / 4), Yuriy Hudymenko (9 / 1), Nikolai Kovardayev (1).Manager: Valery Gazzaev (until September), Adamas Golodets (caretaker, from September).
Transferred out during the season: Sergei Derkach (to FC Basel), Nikolai Kovardayev (to FC Interros Moskovsky).
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External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Russia 1993 . . The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . 23 February 2024.
Gennadi Kostylev