6th season of top-tier football league in Russia
Football league season
In the 1997 season of the Russian Top League , the football team Spartak Moscow successfully defended the championship, winning their fifth Russian title.
Overview
Standings
Source:
rsssf.com Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions;
(R) Relegated
Notes:
^ KAMAZ-Chally were docked 6 points for failing to pay a transfer fee.
Results
Source:
[citation needed ] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
As of matches played on 9 November 1997. [ 1]
Medal squads
1. FC Spartak Moscow
Goalkeepers: Aleksandr Filimonov (33), Ruslan Nigmatullin (2).
Defenders: Sergei Gorlukovich (31 / 2), Dmitri Khlestov (27 / 1), Dmitri Ananko (25), Miroslav Romaschenko (24 / 4), Ramiz Mamedov (19 / 1), Vadim Evseev (18), Konstantin Golovskoy (14), Vasili Kulkov (6).
Midfielders: Dmitri Alenichev (33 / 2), Yegor Titov (31 / 8), Aleksei Bakharev (30 / 2), Aleksei Melyoshin (26 / 2), Andrey Tikhonov (24 / 10), Valery Kechinov (22 / 11), Ilya Tsymbalar (11 / 4), Andrei Konovalov (11 / 1), Robert Yevdokimov (4 / 1).
Forwards: Aleksandr Shirko (26 / 7), Maksim Buznikin (20 / 8), Luis Robson (10 / 1), Sergey Dmitriev (6 / 1), Sergei Lutovinov (6).(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
One own goal scored by Vladimir Klontsak (FC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny ).
Manager: Oleg Romantsev .
Transferred out during the season: Vasili Kulkov (to FC Zenit St. Petersburg ), Robert Yevdokimov (to FC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny ).
2. FC Rotor Volgograd
Goalkeepers: Platon Zakharchuk (34).
Defenders: Aleksandr Shmarko (33), Volodymyr Gerashchenko (27), Sergei Zhunenko (23), Valeri Burlachenko (22 / 1), Nikolai Olenikov (19), Albert Borzenkov (15).
Midfielders: Oleg Veretennikov (34 / 22), Aleksandr Berketov (33 / 3), Valery Yesipov (32 / 3), Vitaliy Abramov (30 / 1), Andrei Krivov (25), Maksim Tishchenko (20), Ihor Korniyets (12), Vladimir Smirnov (4), Mikhail Mysin (1), Hennadiy Orbu (1).
Forwards: Denis Zubko (34 / 4), Vladimir Niederhaus (33 / 8), Aleksandr Zernov (31 / 11), Sergei Ilyushin (1).
One own goal scored by Denis Koberskiy (FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi ).
Manager: Viktor Prokopenko .
Transferred out during the season: Ihor Korniyets , Sergei Ilyushin (both to FC Arsenal Tula ), Hennadiy Orbu (to FC Shakhtar Donetsk ).
3. FC Dynamo Moscow
Goalkeepers: Dmytro Tyapushkin (23), Andrei Smetanin (14).
Defenders: Sergei Shtanyuk (33 / 2), Andrei Ostrovskiy (32 / 4), Yuri Kovtun (28), Erik Yakhimovich (16), Mikhail Zharinov (9), Yevgeni Korablyov (9), Vyacheslav Tsaryov (4), Maksim Povorov (1).
Midfielders: Andrey Kobelev (33 / 7), Vladimir Skokov (32 / 5), Sergei Nekrasov (32 / 1), Sergey Grishin (28 / 1), Aliaksandr Kulchiy (26 / 3), Aleksandr Tochilin (23), Andrei Gordeyev (7 / 1), Rolan Gusev (7), Vitali Kulyov (6), Maksim Romaschenko (4 / 4), Yuri Kuznetsov (4).
Forwards: Oleg Teryokhin (33 / 17), Aleksei Kutsenko (19 / 4), Eduard Kosolapov (8 / 1), Yuri Tishkov (4), Sergei Artyomov (2), Andrei Dyomkin (1), Oleg Sergeyev (1).
Manager: Adamas Golodets .
Transferred out during the season: Erik Yakhimovich (on loan to Vanspor ), Andrei Dyomkin (to R.S.C. Anderlecht ).
See also
References
^ "Russia 1997" . RSSSF . The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 23 February 2024 .
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