1992 Russian Top League


Statistics of Russian Top League in season 1992.

Overview

Twenty clubs of the former Soviet competition took place in this season. The league was combined out of six clubs of the Soviet Top League, 11 - Soviet First League, and the rest out of the promoted from the Buffer League. FC Spartak Moscow won the championship.
The composition of groups may seem kind of uneven with four Top League clubs in Group A and two — in Group B. However the seeding was done upon the completion of the previous Soviet season with Rotor being conditionally promoted to the top level.

First stage

Group A

Group B

Final stage

The results of games played in the first stage were counted in the final stage.
By political agreement with UEFA and Ukraine, Russia inherited the access right of Soviet Union to the European competitions, while Ukraine obtained part of the rights of disbanded East Germany.

Championship Round

Tournament for places 1 to 8

Relegation Round

Tournament for places 9 to 20

Top scorers

Gasimov was the official top scorer as Matveyev and Garin did not play in the Championship Round.
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1. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Stanislav Cherchesov, Gintaras Staučė , Valeri Chizhov.

Defenders: Dmitri Khlestov, Viktor Onopko, Dmitri Popov, Andrei Chernyshov, Andrei Ivanov, Ramiz Mamedov, Kakhaber Tskhadadze , Dmitri Ananko, Sergei Chudin, Aleksandr Shibayev.

Midfielders: Valery Karpin, Igor Lediakhov, Andrei Piatnitski, Rashid Rakhimov , Oleg Kuzhlev, Yevgeni Bushmanov, Vladimir Baksheyev, Aleksandr Karatayev, Alexei Kosolapov, Hennadiy Perepadenko .

Forwards: Vladimir Beschastnykh, Dmitri Radchenko, Mikhail Rusyayev, Nikolai Pisarev, Aleksandr Tatarkin, Vali Gasimov , Yuri Petrov, Andrey Tikhonov.
One own goal scored by Yuri Kovtun.
Manager: Oleg Romantsev.
Transferred out during the season: Rashid Rakhimov , Kakhaber Tskhadadze , Vali Gasimov , Yuri Petrov, Yevgeni Bushmanov, Aleksandr Shibayev, Alexei Kosolapov, Hennadiy Perepadenko .
2. FC Spartak Vladikavkaz

Goalkeepers: Zaur Khapov.

Defenders: Inal Dzhioyev, Gennadi Denisov , Ali Alchagirov, Sergei Kozhanov, Artur Pagayev, Sergei Gazdanov, Sergei Bodak, Boris Dobashin, Andrei Sosnitskiy .

Midfielders: Mirjalol Qosimov , Shamil Isayev, Marat Dzoblayev, Bakhva Tedeyev, Igor B. Kachmazov.

Forwards: Nazim Suleymanov , Igor A. Kachmazov, Anri Bestayev, Igor Shkvyrin , Stanislav Tskhovrebov, Grigori Ivanov, Ruslan Suanov, Georgi Takhokhov .
One own goal scored by Yevgeni Zarva.
Manager: Aleksandr Novikov.
Transferred out during the season: Igor Shkvyrin , Grigori Ivanov, Peter Neustädter .
3. FC Dynamo Moscow

Goalkeepers: Valeri Kleymyonov, Andrei Smetanin.

Defenders: Igor Sklyarov, Vyacheslav Tsaryov, Igor Varlamov, Sergey Timofeev , Yevgeni Dolgov, Sargis Hovhannisyan , Kakhaber Tskhadadze , Viktor Losev, Aleksei Selezov.

Midfielders: Omari Tetradze, Yuriy Kalitvintsev, Sergei Derkach, Yevgeni Smertin, Andrey Kobelev, Yuri Alekseevich Drozdov, Vladimir Kostyuk , Vitali But, Badri Spanderashvili, Igor Gavrilin, Aleksei Savchenko, Yegor Kiryakov.

Forwards: Igor Simutenkov, Vali Gasimov , Sergei Kiriakov, Viktor Leonenko, Platon Krivoshchyokov, Nikolai Kovardayev.
Manager: Valery Gazzaev.
Transferred out during the season:''' Viktor Losev, Sergei Kiriakov, Viktor Leonenko.