1993 Russian Top League

Statistics of Russian Top League in season 1993.

Overview

18 teams participated, and FC Spartak Moscow won the championship.

Club	Head coach
FC Spartak Moscow	Oleg Romantsev
FC Rotor Volgograd	Vladimir Salkov
FC Dynamo Moscow	Valery Gazzaev (until September) Adamas Golodets (from September)
FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin	Sergei Pavlov
FC Lokomotiv Moscow	Yuri Semin
FC Spartak Vladikavkaz	Aleksandr Novikov (until September) Aleksandr Yanovskiy (September to October) Vladimir Fedotov (from October)
FC Torpedo Moscow	Yury Mironov
FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg	Viktor Shishkin
FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny	Valeri Chetverik
PFC CSKA Moscow	Gennadi Kostylev (until August) Boris Kopeikin (from August)
FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod	Valeri Ovchinnikov
FC Dynamo Stavropol	Sergei Zimenkov
FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi	Arsen Naydyonov
FC Krylia Sovetov Samara	Viktor Antikhovich
FC Luch Vladivostok	Aleksandr Ivchenko
FC Okean Nakhodka	Aleksandr Averyanov
FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don	Enver Yulgushov
FC Asmaral Moscow	Nikolai Khudiyev

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Spartak Moscow (C)	34	21	11	2	81	18	+63	53	1994–95 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Rotor Volgograd	34	17	8	9	56	35	+21	42	1994–95 UEFA Cup First round
3	Dynamo Moscow	34	16	10	8	65	38	+27	42
4	Tekstilshchik Kamyshin	34	14	11	9	45	34	+11	39
5	Lokomotiv Moscow	34	14	11	9	45	29	+16	39
6	Spartak Vladikavkaz	34	16	6	12	49	45	+4	38
7	Torpedo Moscow	34	15	8	11	35	40	−5	38
8	Uralmash Yekaterinburg	34	16	4	14	51	52	−1	36
9	KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny	34	12	6	16	45	53	−8	30
10	CSKA Moscow	34	12	6	16	43	45	−2	30	1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round
11	Lokomotiv N.N.	34	12	6	16	34	49	−15	30
12	Dynamo Stavropol	34	11	8	15	39	49	−10	30
13	Zhemchuzhina Sochi	34	10	10	14	52	62	−10	30
14	Krylia Sovetov Samara	34	9	12	13	37	47	−10	30	Promotion tournament
15	Luch Vladivostok	34	11	7	16	29	56	−27	29
16	Okean Nakhodka	34	10	8	16	28	40	−12	28
17	Rostselmash	34	8	12	14	35	52	−17	28	Relegation to First League
18	Asmaral Moscow	34	7	6	21	28	53	−25	20

Source: rsssf.com {{{2}}}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from 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 Russian First League 1993, in which three spots in Russian Top League 1994 were contested. FC Krylia Sovetov kept their spot and FC Luch and FC Okean were relegated.

Promotion tournament

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Krylia Sovetov Samara	5	3	1	1	10	8	+2	7	Promotion to Top League
2	Lada Togliatti	5	2	3	0	8	3	+5	7
3	Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen	5	3	0	2	8	5	+3	6
4	Luch Vladivostok	5	2	2	1	11	9	+2	6	Relegation to First League
5	Chernomorets Novorossiysk	5	1	1	3	7	10	−3	3
6	Okean Nakhodka	5	0	1	4	5	14	−9	1

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: unknown
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Top scorers

21 goals

• Victor Panchenko (KAMAZ)

19 goals

• Oleg Veretennikov (Rotor)

18 goals

• Vladimir Beschastnykh (Spartak Moscow)

16 goals

• Igor Simutenkov (Dynamo Moscow)

14 goals

• Mikhail Markhel (Spartak Vladikavkaz)
• Nikolai Pisarev (Spartak Moscow)
• Nazim Suleymanov (Spartak Vladikavkaz)

13 goals

• Gocha Gogrichiani (Zhemchuzhina)
• Valeri Karpin (Spartak Moscow)
• /Vladimir Niederhaus (Rotor)

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).

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).

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).

References

• Russia - List of final tables (RSSSF)