Russian First League
Season1997
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1998 →

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

Overview

Team Head coach
FC Uralan Elista Ukraine Pavlo Yakovenko
FC Metallurg Lipetsk Valeri Tretyakov
FC Sokol-PZhD Saratov Nikolay Kiselyov
PFC Spartak Nalchik Viktor Kumykov
FC Lokomotiv St. Petersburg Georgia (country) 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 Belarus 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

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Uralan Elista (P) 42 29 5 8 67 22 +45 92 Promotion to Top Division
2 Metallurg Lipetsk 42 26 6 10 80 41 +39 84
3 Sokol-PZhD Saratov 42 21 11 10 58 35 +23 74
4 Spartak Nalchik 42 23 3 16 74 53 +21 72
5 Lokomotiv St. Petersburg 42 19 13 10 55 38 +17 70
6 Lada-Grad Dimitrovgrad[a] 42 20 9 13 80 71 +9 69
7 CSK VVS-Kristall Smolensk 42 19 11 12 70 45 +25 68
8 Lokomotiv Chita 42 21 2 19 62 63 −1 65[b]
9 Saturn Ramenskoye 42 19 6 17 65 55 +10 63
10 Dynamo Stavropol 42 18 8 16 54 58 −4 62
11 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 42 19 4 19 53 54 −1 61
12 Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk 42 18 7 17 42 39 +3 61
13 Anzhi Makhachkala 42 18 6 18 66 72 −6 60
14 Lada-Togliatti-VAZ Togliatti[c] 42 16 12 14 61 56 +5 60
15 Druzhba Maykop 42 17 6 19 51 62 −11 57
16 Kuban Krasnodar 42 16 9 17 63 66 −3 57
17 Irtysh Omsk 42 15 12 15 52 53 −1 57
18 Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky (R) 42 12 9 21 39 58 −19 45 Relegation to Second Division
19 Energiya Kamyshin[d] (R) 42 10 8 24 46 67 −21 38
20 Uralmash Yekaterinburg (R) 42 9 8 25 43 77 −34 35
21 Torpedo Volzhsky (R) 42 9 3 30 29 72 −43 30
22 Luch Vladivostok (R) 42 3 12 27 23 76 −53 21[e]
Source: RSSSF
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ FC Lada Dimitrovgrad renamed to FC Lada-Grad
  2. ^ FC Lokomotiv Chita awarded 2 home wins
  3. ^ FC Lada Togliatti renamed to FC Lada-Togliatti-VAZ
  4. ^ FC Energiya-Tekstilshchik Kamyshin renamed to FC Energiya
  5. ^ FC Luch Vladivostok awarded 1 home win.

Results

Home \ Away ANZ DRU DST ENE GGI IRT KRI KUB LGD LTV LCH LSP LUC MTL NEF SAT SOK SPN TVO URE URA ZAR
Anzhi Makhachkala 5–1 3–2 4–1 2–1 3–2 4–2 0–0 4–4 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 4–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 5–2 4–0
Druzhba Maykop 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–4 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–3 1–0 3–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–4 2–0 1–1
Dynamo Stavropol 0–3 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 2–2 3–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 4–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 3–0 1–2 1–0 0–0
Energiya Kamyshin 2–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–2 0–2 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 5–0 0–1 2–1 4–2 2–2 1–1 0–2
Gazovik-Gazprom 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–0
Irtysh Omsk 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 4–2 3–2 0–0 3–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 5–2 2–0 0–2 4–0 1–0
CSK VVS-Kristall Smolensk 5–3 2–0 6–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–3 3–0 5–1 0–0 4–0 5–2 3–0 2–0 0–0 4–1 4–2 2–0 2–0 1–1
Kuban Krasnodar 3–0 1–1 1–3 5–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 5–0 2–2 1–1 0–3 2–1 2–0 1–1 4–2 1–0 2–0 5–3 3–0
Lada-Grad Dimitrovgrad 1–1 5–2 1–0 4–1 2–0 1–0 5–2 2–0 3–3 1–0 2–2 6–0 0–2 2–2 3–1 1–2 3–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 3–1
Lada-Togliatti-VAZ 2–2 3–1 0–0 1–2 0–2 5–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–2 5–0 2–1 0–1 4–2 0–1 2–0 3–0 0–4 1–1 2–1
Lokomotiv Chita 3–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 4–2 4–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 5–3 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–0
Lokomotiv St. Petersburg 7–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 4–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–0
Luch Vladivostok 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–2 0–1
Metallurg Lipetsk 5–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–2 1–1 3–1 6–0 3–0 3–0 5–2 4–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 4–2 3–1
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–2 2–1 3–1 1–2 4–1 3–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–5 3–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 3–1
Saturn Ramenskoye 4–0 5–0 2–0 4–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 3–0 3–3 3–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 5–0 2–0
Sokol-PZhD Saratov 1–0 3–0 6–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–3 2–2 0–0 2–0 0–1 5–0 0–1 3–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0
Spartak Nalchik 5–2 0–3 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 6–0 4–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 4–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 7–0 3–1
Torpedo Volzhsky 1–0 0–1 3–1 0–3 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–2 0–2 0–1 3–2 1–2 1–3 0–2 3–2
Uralan Elista 3–0 2–1 4–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 4–0 3–2 2–0 2–0 1–0
Uralmash Yekaterinburg 1–2 0–1 4–1 3–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–3 2–3 1–1 0–0 3–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–0
Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky 1–0 1–1 0–1 3–3 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 0–2 2–0 3–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 0–0 3–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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

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