Russian Top League 1996
Encyclopedia
In 1996 the Top League
Russian Premier League
The Russian Premier League , currently called SOGAZ Russian Football Championship due to sponsorship reasons, is the top division of Russian football. There are 16 teams in the competition...

 was extended to 18 clubs.

Overview

Team Head coach
FC Spartak Moscow
FC Spartak Moscow
FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...

Georgi Yartsev
Georgi Yartsev
Georgi Aleksandrovich Yartsev is a soccer coach and former player, until 2005 the head coach of the Russian national team....

FC Alania Vladikavkaz Valery Gazzaev
Valery Gazzaev
Valery Georgievich Gazzaev is a Russian football manager and former footballer who is currently the president of FC Alania Vladikavkaz. As a Soviet footballer he played the position of a striker enjoying successes with his team FC Dynamo Moscow as well as the USSR national football team in the...

FC Rotor Volgograd   Viktor Prokopenko
Viktor Prokopenko
Viktor Prokopenko was a football player and coach who played in GDR and Ukrainian SSR and later worked as a coach in Soviet Union and the post Soviet countries. He was born in Zhdanov, Soviet Union, which is now known as Mariupol and is part of Ukraine.Prokopenko was the first ever manager of...

FC Dynamo Moscow
FC Dynamo Moscow
Dynamo Moscow is a Russian football club based in Moscow, currently playing in the Russian Premier League. Dynamo's traditional kit colours are blue and white...

Adamas Golodets
Adamas Golodets
Adamas Solomonovich Golodets was a was a Soviet football player and manager, who played forward for Neftchi Baku PFC, FC Dynamo Moscow, and FC Dynamo Kiev between 1954 and 1964. He later was a manager for Dynamo Moscow as well from 1995–98. He was classified as a Master of Sport of the USSR in...

PFC CSKA Moscow Aleksandr Tarkhanov
Aleksandr Tarkhanov
Aleksandr Fyodorovich Tarkhanov is a retired Soviet football player and a current Russian coach. He last managed FC Krylia Sovetov Samara.His son Yuri Tarkhanov is a professional footballer.-International career:...

FC Lokomotiv Moscow
FC Lokomotiv Moscow
The following years were rather successful as Lokomotiv were consistent in the national championships. However, performances after World War II suffered and actually in the space of five year Lokomotiv were relegated to the Soviet First League twice. In 1951, Lokomotiv came second and eventually...

Yuri Syomin
FC Baltika Kaliningrad
FC Baltika Kaliningrad
Baltika is an association football club based in Kaliningrad, Russia. Currently the club plays in the Football Championship of the National League.-History:The club was founded on 22 December 1954 as Pishchevik Kaliningrad...

Leonid Tkachenko
Leonid Tkachenko
Leonid Ivanovich Tkachenko is a former Soviet player and the Ukrainian-Russian coach.Together with Mykola Pavlov served as an interim coach for Ukrainian national football team when it traveled to Belarus for a friendly against the Belarusian national football team. Him and Pavlov were assistant...

FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod
FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod
FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod was a Russian football club based in Nizhny Novgorod. They spent eight seasons in the Russian Premier League.-History:...

Valeri Ovchinnikov
Valeri Ovchinnikov
Valeri Viktorovich Ovchinnikov is a Russian professional football coach. As of 2009, he works as a vice-president of FC Levadia Tallinn.-External links:*...

FC Krylia Sovetov Samara Aleksandr Averyanov
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Averyanov
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Averyanov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. In 2010, he managed FC Dynamo St. Petersburg. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1966 for FC Chornomorets Odessa....

FC Zenit St. Petersburg Pavel Sadyrin
Pavel Sadyrin
Pavel Sadyrin was a Soviet and Russian footballer and manager.Sadyrin played as a midfielder for Zvezda Perm and Zenit Leningrad....

FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don Sergey Andreyev
FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow Valentin Ivanov
Valentin Kozmich Ivanov
Valentin Kozmich Ivanov was a football winger/striker, co-leading scorer at the 1962 World Cup and co-1960 European Nations' Cup top scorer.Ivanov appeared 59 times for the Soviet Union, scoring 26 goals...

FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk
FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk
FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk is a Russian association football club based in Novorossiysk. In 2011, the club will play in the Russian First Division after winning their zone of the Russian Second Division....

Oleg Dolmatov
Oleg Dolmatov
Oleg Vasilyevich Dolmatov is a former Russian footballer and a current manager.- Honors :* Soviet Top League winner: 1976 .* Soviet Cup winner: 1977....

FC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny Valeri Chetverik
Valeri Chetverik
Valeri Vasilyevich Chetverik is a Russian professional football coach.-External links:*...

 (until August)
Ivan Butaliy
Ivan Butaliy
Ivan Nikolayevich Butaliy is a Russian professional football coach and a former player.-External links:*...

 (caretaker, from August)
FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi
FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi
FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi is a Russian association football club based in Sochi, Krasnodar Krai founded in 1991.-History:Zhemchuzhina Sochi was founded in 1991 and named after a hotel which was one of the founders. Zhemchuzhina is Russian for "a pearl"...

Arsen Naydyonov
Arsen Naydyonov
Arseniy Yudilyevich Naydyonov commonly known as Arsen Naydyonov was a Russian professional football coach...

FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg Valeri Voytenko
Valeri Voytenko
Valeri Ivanovich Voytenko is a Russian professional football coach and a former player.As of 2009, he works as a Professional Football League delegate at the Russian First Division and Russian Second Division matches .-External links:*...

 (until April)
Vitaliy Shevchenko
Vitaliy Shevchenko
Vitaliy Viktorovich Shevchenko is a Russian coach and former Soviet footballer, currently head-coach of FC Rotor Volgograd. He finished the Institute of Physical Education and the Supreme school of coaches in Moscow....

 (from May)
FC Energiya-Tekstilshchik Kamyshin Sergei Pavlov
Sergei Pavlov
Sergei Aleksandrovich Pavlov is a Russian professional football coach who currently manages FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok.-External links:...

FC Lada Togliatti
FC Lada Togliatti
FC Lada Tolyatti was a Russian football club based in Tolyatti. In March 2010, the club was excluded from the Second Division, along with another Toylatti team, FC Togliatti, with Tolyatti now represented by FC Akademiya Togliatti.-History:...

Viktor Tishchenko
Viktor Tishchenko
Viktor Grigoryevich Tishchenko is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Currently, he is a director of sports with FC Lokomotiv Moscow.-External links:*...


Standings

As Alania and Spartak finished at the top of the table with equal points, the title was decided in a championship play-off.
Tikhonov
Andrey Tikhonov
Andrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...

 84'
|goals2 = Kanishchev 88'
|stadium = Petrovsky Stadium
Petrovsky Stadium
The Petrovsky Stadium is a sport complex that consists of a number of sport buildings. One of them is the Grand Sport Arena which is the home of FC Zenit of Saint Petersburg, Russia and for simplicity referred by everyone as Petrovsky Stadium. The complex also contains another football stadium,...

, Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...


| attendance = 24,000
| referee = Bezubyak
}}


Notes.
  1. FC Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz renamed to FC Alania.
  2. FC Torpedo Moscow renamed to FC Torpedo-Luzhniki.
  3. FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin renamed to FC Energiya-Tekstilshchik.

Top goalscorers

RankNameGoalsTeam
1 Aleksandr Maslov
Aleksandr Maslov
Aleksandr Maslov is a Russian ex-footballer. He played as a striker for Russian, Spanish and Swiss professional clubs, most notably for FC Rostov. Currently he is an assistant coach at Rostov....

23 Rostselmash
2 Oleg Veretennikov
Oleg Veretennikov
Oleg Veretennikov is a professional association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records...

19 Rotor
3 Dmitri Cheryshev
Dmitri Cheryshev
Dmitri Nikolayevich Cheryshev is an association football player. Since 2008 to 2010, he worked as a coach for one of children's team in Real Madrid C.F. Currently, he is a manager of FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod in the Russian Premier League...

17 Dynamo
4 Vladimir Niederhaus
Vladimir Niederhaus
Vladimir Viktorovich Niederhaus is a retired Russian and Kazakhstani footballer of German descent.-Career:Niederhaus is best remembered for his time at Russian club, FC Rotor Volgograd, where he was the leading striker. To this day he is considered an iconic figure of FC Rotor Volgograd from the...

 / 
16 Rotor
Andrey Tikhonov
Andrey Tikhonov
Andrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...

16 Spartak
6 Valery Kechinov
Valery Kechinov
Valery Kechinov is a former Russia international footballer, who spent the majority of his playing career at Spartak Moscow.Kechinov was born in Uzbekistan and started his professional career at local Pakhtakor, with whom he won the Uzbek League title, before moving to Moscow...

13 Spartak
Oleg Teryokhin
Oleg Teryokhin
Oleg Ivanovich Teryokhin is a retired Russian football player. He last worked as a scout for FC Kuban Krasnodar.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 2000.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1997....

13 Dynamo
8 Sergei Bulatov
Sergei Bulatov
Sergei Aleksandrovich Bulatov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Second League in 1989 for FC Uralmash Sverdlovsk.-References:...

12 Baltika
Andrey Kobelev
Andrey Kobelev
Andrey Nikolayevich Kobelev is a former association footballer, who played as a midfielder, and coach. He manages FC Krylia Sovetov Samara.-Football career:...

12 Dynamo
10 Mirjalol Qosimov  /  11 Alania
Mukhsin Mukhamadiev
Mukhsin Mukhamadiev
Mukhsin Muslimovich Mukhamadiev is a retired football player who represented both Tajikistan and Russia at international level...

 / 
11 Lokomotiv NN
Nazim Suleymanov
Nazim Suleymanov
Nazim Suleymanov is a Soviet and Azerbaijani footballer best known as a striker for Alania Vladikavkaz in the 1990s. He is currently coach of AZAL PFC Baku....

  
11 Alania
Bakhva Tedeyev
Bakhva Tedeyev
Bakhva Otarovich Tedeyev is a retired Russian football player. He was the head coach of FC Alania Vladikavkaz in 2002, 2003 and 2005.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner: 1995....

11 Alania

Medal squads

1. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Aleksandr Filimonov
Aleksandr Filimonov
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Filimonov is a retired association football goalkeeper who currently plays for the beach soccer club Lokomotiv Moscow and the Russia national beach soccer team, with which he won the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup....

 (26), Ruslan Nigmatullin
Ruslan Nigmatullin
Ruslan Karimovich Nigmatullin is a retired association footballer who played goalkeeper of Tatar ethnicity. He has appeared for the Russian national team 24 times and was their starting keeper at the 2002 World Cup...

 (10).

Defenders: Sergei Gorlukovich
Sergei Gorlukovich
Sergei Vadimovich Gorlukovich is an association footballer who played manager and former international player.-International career:In international football, Gorlukovich played at the 1990 and 1994 FIFA World Cups, and also in Euro 1996. He made his debut for USSR on 19 October 1988 in a 1990...

 (31 / 2), Dmitri Ananko (30 / 1), Vadim Evseev
Vadim Evseev
Vadim Valentinovich Evseev is a Russian footballer, who is currently playing for Belarusian Premier League side Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino and is a former Russian international....

 (27 / 2), Aleksandr Lipko
Aleksandr Lipko
Aleksandr Valeryevich Lipko is a retired Russian footballer. Currently, he is a head scout for FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1994, 1996.* Russian Cup winner: 2004.* Russian Cup finalist: 1996....

 (24), Vladislav Duyun
Vladislav Duyun
Vladislav Nikolayevich Duyun is a Ukrainian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Petrotrest Saint Petersburg. He also holds Russian citizenship...

 (18 / 1), Yuriy Nikiforov (14 / 5), Ramiz Mamedov
Ramiz Mamedov
Ramiz Mikhmanovich Mamedov is a retired Russian football player with Azerbaijanians roots. Sometimes he is confused with his Azeri colleague Ramiz Mammadov from Agdam.-International career:...

 (14), Konstantin Golovskoy
Konstantin Golovskoy
Konstantin Yuryevich Golovskoy is a Russian footballer currently playing for FC Aktobe in Kazakhstan. He also holds Kazakhstani citizenship.-Achievements:* Russian Premier League winner: 1996, 1997, 1998.* Russian Cup winner: 1998....

 (9), Sergei Chudin
Sergei Chudin
Sergei Sergeyevich Chudin is a Russian professional footballer. As of May 2009, he plays for an Amateur Football League team FC Fortuna Mytishchi...

 (6).

Midfielders: Andrey Tikhonov
Andrey Tikhonov
Andrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...

 (34 / 16), Dmitri Alenichev
Dmitri Alenichev
Dmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...

 (32 / 7), Yegor Titov (31 / 5), Valery Kechinov
Valery Kechinov
Valery Kechinov is a former Russia international footballer, who spent the majority of his playing career at Spartak Moscow.Kechinov was born in Uzbekistan and started his professional career at local Pakhtakor, with whom he won the Uzbek League title, before moving to Moscow...

 (30 / 13), Aleksei Melyoshin
Aleksei Melyoshin
Aleksei Vladislavovich Melyoshin is a retired Russian footballer. Currently, he works as a coach at FC Spartak Moscow football academy.-Achievements:* Russian Premier League winner: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999....

 (24 / 2), Ilya Tsymbalar (21 / 9), Andrei Piatnitski (13), Andrei Konovalov
Andrei Konovalov
Andrei Stepanovich Konovalov is a Russian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Torpedo Moscow. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1993 for FC Spartak Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997....

 (11), Artyom Bezrodny
Artyom Bezrodny
Artyom Anatolyevich Bezrodny is an association footballer who is a free agent.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001.* Russian Cup winner: 2003.* Russian Premier League bronze: 2002....

 (10), Aleksandr Pavlenko
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Pavlenko
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Pavlenko is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of 2009, he works as a coach for FC FShM-Torpedo Moscow. He made his professional debut in the Russian Third Division in 1994 for FC Spartak-d Moscow.-Honours:...

 (2), Yevgeni Toloknov
Yevgeni Toloknov
Yevgeni Nikolayevich Toloknov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Russian Third Division in 1995 for FC Spartak-d Moscow.-References:...

 (1).

Forwards: Vladimir Dzhubanov
Vladimir Dzhubanov
Vladimir Vyacheslavovich Dzhubanov |Domodedovo]]) is a Russian professional footballer. In 2008, he played for FC Olimp-SKOPA Zheleznodorozhny. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Spartak Moscow.-Honours:...

 (25 / 3), Aleksandr Shirko
Aleksandr Shirko
Aleksandr Petrovich Shirko is association footballer.Shirko started his professional career with Spartak Moscow, with whom he won six Russian Premier League titles, from 1996 to 2001, and become one of the top scorers of the UEFA Cup in the 1997/1998 season, before leaving for city-rivals...

 (22 / 5), Valeri Shmarov
Valeri Shmarov (footballer)
Valeri Valentinovich Shmarov is a retired Soviet football player and currently a coach.His son Denis Shmarov is a professional footballer.-Honours:* Soviet Top League winner: 1987, 1989....

 (3), Konstantin Kovalenko
Konstantin Kovalenko
Konstantin Valeryevich Kovalenko is a Belarusian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1991 for FC Kuban Barannikovsky...

   (2 / 1), Serhiy Nahornyak
Serhiy Nahornyak
Serhiy Mykolayovych Nahornyak is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Ukrainian First League in 1992 for FC Vorskla Poltava...

   (2).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Georgi Yartsev
Georgi Yartsev
Georgi Aleksandrovich Yartsev is a soccer coach and former player, until 2005 the head coach of the Russian national team....

.

Transferred out during the season: Yuriy Nikiforov (to   Sporting Gijón
Sporting de Gijón
Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club from Gijón, Asturias. Founded in 1 June 1905, it currently plays in Spanish first division....

), Valeri Shmarov
Valeri Shmarov (footballer)
Valeri Valentinovich Shmarov is a retired Soviet football player and currently a coach.His son Denis Shmarov is a professional footballer.-Honours:* Soviet Top League winner: 1987, 1989....

 (to   Chunnam Dragons
Chunnam Dragons
Chunnam Dragons is a football club founded in 1995 in the Korean city of Gwangyang, which joined the K-League for the 1995 season at the same time as Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, their Jeolla province rivals.-History:...

), Serhiy Nahornyak
Serhiy Nahornyak
Serhiy Mykolayovych Nahornyak is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Ukrainian First League in 1992 for FC Vorskla Poltava...

   (to   FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Football Club Dnipro is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Dnipropetrovsk.-BRIT:The club's franchise traces its history all the way back when the first team that was formed in 1918 by the Petrovsky factory and was called as BRIT . The team participated in the regional competition...

).
2. FC Alania Vladikavkaz

Goalkeepers: Dmitriy Kramarenko
Dmitriy Kramarenko
Dmitriy Sergeyevich Kramarenko is an Azerbaijani football goalkeeper playing currently for FK Khazar Lenkoran. His father is the former long-time goalkeeper for PFC Neftchi Baku, Sergey Kramarenko. He also holds Russian citizenship.-National team...

   (22), Zaur Khapov
Zaur Khapov
Zaur Zalimbiyevich Khapov is a retired football goalkeeper who won two international caps for Russia in 1994.He was Alania Vladikavkaz's goalkeeper during their Russian league title-winning season of 1995...

 (16).

Defenders: Omari Tetradze
Omari Tetradze
Omari Mikhailovich Tetradze is a former football player of Georgian Greek descent who, during his playing career, represented Russia at international level.-Early life:...

 (31 / 1), Artur Pagayev
Artur Pagayev
Artur Sardionovich Pagayev is a retired association football player who played the bulk of his career for FC Alania Vladikavkaz.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner: 1995....

 (30 / 1), Alan Agayev
Alan Agayev
Alan Khazbiyevich Agayev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1994 for FC Iriston Vladikavkaz.-European club competitions:With FC Alania Vladikavkaz....

 (29 / 3), Inal Dzhioyev
Inal Dzhioyev
Inal Grigoryevich Dzhioyev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1991 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1995.* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1992, 1996....

 (29 / 1), Murtaz Shelia
Murtaz Shelia
Murtaz Shelia is a former football defender who was capped 29 times for Georgia between 1994 and 1998.His clubs included Dinamo Tbilisi, 1. FC Saarbrücken, Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz, Manchester City and Lokomotivi Tbilisi. With Dinamo Tbilisi, Shelia formed part of a Georgian league championship...

   (27 / 5), Oleg Kornienko
Oleg Kornienko
Oleg Valeryevich Korniyenko is a retired Kazakhstani professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz...

   (22), Aslan Datdeyev
Aslan Datdeyev
Aslan Tambiyevich Datdeyev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz.-European club competitions:* UEFA Cup 1996–97 with FC Alania Vladikavkaz: 1 game....

 (11 / 1).

Midfielders: Igor Yanovskiy
Igor Yanovskiy
Igor Yanovskiy is a retired association football player.He played for a few clubs, including Alania Vladikavkaz, Paris Saint-Germain , CSKA Moscow, and LB Châteauroux ....

 (34 / 5), Bakhva Tedeyev
Bakhva Tedeyev
Bakhva Otarovich Tedeyev is a retired Russian football player. He was the head coach of FC Alania Vladikavkaz in 2002, 2003 and 2005.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner: 1995....

 (28 / 11), Sergey Timofeev
Sergey Timofeev
Sergey Anatolyevich Timofeev is a former Kazakh professional football player. Currently, he manages FC Mostovik-Primorye Ussuriysk.He played for Kairat Almaty in the Soviet Top League as well as FC Dynamo Moscow and FC Alania Vladikavkaz in the Russian Premier League.Timofeev made five appearances...

   (25), Zaza Revishvili
Zaza Revishvili
Zaza Revishvili is a retired Georgian professional football player.-Honours:* Umaglesi Liga champion: 1990, 1994, 1995.* Russian Premier League champion: 1995.* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1996....

   (19 / 1), Mirjalol Qosimov   (17 / 11), Georgi Botsiyev
Georgi Botsiyev
Georgi Beslanovich Botsiyev is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. In 2009, he manages FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz. As a player, he made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz.-References:...

 (16), Robert Bitarov
Robert Bitarov
Robert Arkadyevich Bitarov is a Russian professional footballer. As of August 2009, he is a free agent. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Alania Vladikavkaz...

 (13 / 1), Sergei Derkach
Sergei Derkach
Sergei Petrovich Derkach is a retired Russian professional footballer and a current football manager. He made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1986 for FC Dinamo Minsk.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1995....

 (12 / 1), Gocha Jamarauli
Gocha Jamarauli
Gocha Jamarauli is a former Georgian football midfielder.He collected 62 caps and as of 2008 is the fourth most capped player in Georgia.-Career:...

   (9), Vitaliy Skysh
Vitaliy Skysh
Vitaliy Volodymyrovych Skysh is a retired Ukrainian professional football player. He played 2 games in the 1996–97 UEFA Champions League qualification for FC Alania Vladikavkaz.-External links:*...

   (6).

Forwards: Anatoli Kanishchev
Anatoli Kanishchev
Anatoli Anatolyevich Kanishchev is a retired professional association footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1995 for FC Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1995, 1998, 1999....

 (33 / 7), Nazim Suleymanov
Nazim Suleymanov
Nazim Suleymanov is a Soviet and Azerbaijani footballer best known as a striker for Alania Vladikavkaz in the 1990s. He is currently coach of AZAL PFC Baku....

   (25 / 11), Oleg Sergeyev
Oleg Sergeyev
Oleg Vyacheslavovich Sergeyev is a retired Russian football player. Currently, he works as an assistant coach with FC Salyut Belgorod.-Honours:* Soviet Premier League winner: 1991.* Soviet Premier League runner-up: 1990....

 (13 / 2), Tamerlan Sikoyev
Tamerlan Sikoyev
Tamerlan Sergeyevich Sikoyev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Russian First Division in 1994 for FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz. He played one game in the UEFA Cup 1997–98 for FC Alania Vladikavkaz.-References:...

 (8 / 1), Valeri Klimov
Valeri Klimov (footballer)
Valeri Aleksandrovich Klimov is a Russian professional footballer. He currently plays for FC Tom Tomsk, which he is the team captain of. Klimov is a midfielder, who can play either in the centre or on the wings. In Tom he wears a T-shirt with number 3...

 (6 / 1).

One own goal scored by Albert Oskolkov
Albert Oskolkov
Albert Nikolayevich Oskolkov is a Russian professional footballer. In 2009, he played for FC Rusichi Oryol. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1992 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod. He played 2 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod.-External links:...

 (FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod
FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod
FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod was a Russian football club based in Nizhny Novgorod. They spent eight seasons in the Russian Premier League.-History:...

).

Manager: Valery Gazzaev
Valery Gazzaev
Valery Georgievich Gazzaev is a Russian football manager and former footballer who is currently the president of FC Alania Vladikavkaz. As a Soviet footballer he played the position of a striker enjoying successes with his team FC Dynamo Moscow as well as the USSR national football team in the...

.

Transferred out during the season: Gocha Jamarauli
Gocha Jamarauli
Gocha Jamarauli is a former Georgian football midfielder.He collected 62 caps and as of 2008 is the fourth most capped player in Georgia.-Career:...

   (to   FC Dinamo Tbilisi
FC Dinamo Tbilisi
FC Dinamo Tbilisi is a Georgian football team, based in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the most prominent clubs in Soviet football and a major contender in the Soviet Top League almost immediately after it was established in 1936...

), Valeri Klimov
Valeri Klimov (footballer)
Valeri Aleksandrovich Klimov is a Russian professional footballer. He currently plays for FC Tom Tomsk, which he is the team captain of. Klimov is a midfielder, who can play either in the centre or on the wings. In Tom he wears a T-shirt with number 3...

 (to FC Arsenal Tula).
3. FC Rotor Volgograd

Goalkeepers: Andrei Samorukov
Andrei Samorukov
Andrei Nikolayevich Samorukov is a retired Russian professional footballer. As of May 2009, he works as a goalkeepers coach for the reserve team of PFC CSKA Moscow...

 (34).

Defenders: Albert Borzenkov
Albert Borzenkov
Albert Valentinovich Borzenkov is a Russian football player currently playing for FC Dynamo Kostroma.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1997.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1996....

 (33), Valeri Burlachenko
Valeri Burlachenko
Valeri Ivanovich Burlachenko is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1993, 1997....

 (28 / 1), Aleksandr Shmarko
Aleksandr Shmarko
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Shmarko is a retired Soviet and Russian football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1993, 1997.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1996.* Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 2000....

 (28 / 1), Volodymyr Herashchenko
Volodymyr Herashchenko
Volodymyr Vasylyovych Herashchenko is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1985 for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.-Honours:* Soviet Top League champion: 1988....

   (21), Sergei Zhunenko
Sergei Zhunenko
Sergey Nikolayevich Zhunenko is a retired Kazakhstani professional footballer. As of June 2009, he works as a director with FC FSA Voronezh. He made his professional debut in the Soviet First League in 1989 for FC Kairat.-Honours:...

   (16), Ihor Zhabchenko
Ihor Zhabchenko
Ihor Zhabchenko is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player. As of 2009, he manages FC Zirka Kirovohrad. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1989 for FC Dynamo Bila Tserkva...

   (3), Aleksandr Yeshchenko
Aleksandr Yeshchenko
Aleksandr Alekseyevich Yeshchenko is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1987 for FC Torpedo Lutsk.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1993.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1996....

 (1), Sergei Khramtsov
Sergei Khramtsov
Sergei Nikolayevich Khramtsov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Rotor Volgograd.-References:...

 (1).

Midfielders: Oleg Veretennikov
Oleg Veretennikov
Oleg Veretennikov is a professional association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records...

 (33 / 19), Aleksandr Berketov
Aleksandr Berketov
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Berketov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of May 2009, he works as an assistant coach with FC Rostov. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1992 for FC Tekstilshchik-d Kamyshin...

 (33 / 5), Valery Yesipov
Valery Yesipov
Valery Yesipov is a retired association footballer and a current manager, who is currently an assistant manager for FC Rotor Volgograd. He holds the record for most appearances in the Russian Premier League...

 (33 / 1), Ihor Korniyets
Ihor Korniyets
Ihor Vasylyovych Korniyets is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player. As of June 2009, he works as an assistant coach with FC Kharkiv...

   (33), Maksim Tishchenko
Maksim Tishchenko
Maksim Viktorovich Tishchenko is a Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Rotor Volgograd...

 (31 / 4), Hennadiy Orbu
Hennadiy Orbu
Hennadiy Hryhorovych Orbu is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Ukrainian Premier League in 1991 for FC Shakhtar Donetsk...

   (20 / 2), Vitali Abramov
Vitali Abramov
Vitaliy Sergeyevich Abramov is a retired Kazakhstani professional footballer. In 2009, he played for FC Avangard Kursk. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1995 for FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin...

   (11 / 1), Aleksandr Tsarenko
Aleksandr Tsarenko
Aleksandr Anatolyevich Tsarenko is a retired Russian professional footballer. As of June 2009, he works as an administrator for FC Volgograd. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1989 for FC Zvezda Gorodishche.-Honours:...

 (7), Andrei Krivov
Andrei Krivov
Andrei Vladimirovich Krivov is a Russian professional football functionary and a former defender who played for FC Rotor Volgograd in Russia and Gaziantepspor in the Turkish Süper Lig.He currently works as a general director of FC Rotor Volgograd....

 (6 / 1), Ilya Borodin
Ilya Borodin
Ilya Aleksandrovich Borodin is a Russian professional footballer. Currently, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Kaluga. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1995 for FC Rotor Volgograd...

 (3 / 1), Emil Tsatskin
Emil Tsatskin
Emil Vasilyevich Tsatskin is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1992 for FC Rostselmash-d Rostov-on-Don.-References:...

 (3).

Forwards: Vladimir Niederhaus
Vladimir Niederhaus
Vladimir Viktorovich Niederhaus is a retired Russian and Kazakhstani footballer of German descent.-Career:Niederhaus is best remembered for his time at Russian club, FC Rotor Volgograd, where he was the leading striker. To this day he is considered an iconic figure of FC Rotor Volgograd from the...

   (31 / 16), Aleksandr Zernov
Aleksandr Zernov
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Zernov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Rotor Volgograd.-European competition history:* UEFA Cup 1995–96 with FC Rotor Volgograd: 4 games....

 (30 / 3), Sergei Ilyushin
Sergei Ilyushin (footballer)
Sergei Vladimirovich Ilyushin is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Russian First Division in 2002 for FC Torpedo Volzhsky.-European club competitions:With FC Rotor Volgograd.* UEFA Cup 1995–96: 3 games....

 (18 / 2), Mikhail Potylchak
Mikhail Potylchak
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Potylchak is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1991 for FC Torpedo Volzhsky. He played 1 game in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1996 for FC Rotor Volgograd.-References:...

 (3).

One own goal scored by Sergei Makeyev
Sergei Makeyev
Sergei Ivanovich Makeyev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1982 for FC Lokomotiv Kaluga.-References:...

 (FC Krylia Sovetov Samara).

Manager: Viktor Prokopenko
Viktor Prokopenko
Viktor Prokopenko was a football player and coach who played in GDR and Ukrainian SSR and later worked as a coach in Soviet Union and the post Soviet countries. He was born in Zhdanov, Soviet Union, which is now known as Mariupol and is part of Ukraine.Prokopenko was the first ever manager of...

  .

Transferred out during the season: Aleksandr Tsarenko
Aleksandr Tsarenko
Aleksandr Anatolyevich Tsarenko is a retired Russian professional footballer. As of June 2009, he works as an administrator for FC Volgograd. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1989 for FC Zvezda Gorodishche.-Honours:...

 (to FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin
FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin
FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin was a Russian football club based in Kamyshin, Volgograd Oblast. In 1990s the club spent five seasons in the Russian Top Division and played in the UEFA Cup, but now plays in the Amateur Football League....

), Emil Tsatskin
Emil Tsatskin
Emil Vasilyevich Tsatskin is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1992 for FC Rostselmash-d Rostov-on-Don.-References:...

 (to FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don), Mikhail Potylchak
Mikhail Potylchak
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Potylchak is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1991 for FC Torpedo Volzhsky. He played 1 game in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1996 for FC Rotor Volgograd.-References:...

 (to FC Torpedo Volzhsky), Aleksandr Yeshchenko
Aleksandr Yeshchenko
Aleksandr Alekseyevich Yeshchenko is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1987 for FC Torpedo Lutsk.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1993.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1996....

 (to FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi
FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi
FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi is a Russian association football club based in Sochi, Krasnodar Krai founded in 1991.-History:Zhemchuzhina Sochi was founded in 1991 and named after a hotel which was one of the founders. Zhemchuzhina is Russian for "a pearl"...

).

See also

  • Russian First League 1996
    Russian First League 1996
    -Overview:-Standings:Notes:# FC Dynamo Stavropol awarded one home win.# FC Lokomotiv St. Petersburg was called FC Lokomotiv-Saturn for the first 24 game days of the season.- Top goalscorers :22 goals...

  • Russian Second League 1996
    Russian Second League 1996
    The Russian Second League 1996 was the 5th edition of Russian Second Division. There were 3 zones with 60 teams starting the competition .-Overview:-Standings:Notes:...

  • Russian Third League 1996
    Russian Third League 1996
    The Russian Third League 1996 was the 3rd time competition on the fourth level of Russian football was professional. There were 6 zones with 102 teams starting the competition .-Overview:-Standings:...


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