1996 Russian Top League


In 1996 the Russian Top League was extended to 18 clubs. The following is a summary of 1996 teams and people.

Overview

Standings


As Alania and Spartak finished at the top of the table with equal points, the title was decided in a championship play-off.

Top goalscorers

Medal squads

1. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Aleksandr Filimonov, Ruslan Nigmatullin.

Defenders: Sergei Gorlukovich, Dmitri Ananko, Vadim Evseev, Aleksandr Lipko, Vladislav Duyun, Yuriy Nikiforov, Ramiz Mamedov, Konstantin Golovskoy, Sergei Chudin.

Midfielders: Andrey Tikhonov, Dmitri Alenichev, Yegor Titov, Valery Kechinov, Aleksei Melyoshin, Ilya Tsymbalar, Andrei Piatnitski, Andrei Konovalov, Artyom Bezrodny, Aleksandr Pavlenko, Yevgeni Toloknov.

Forwards: Vladimir Dzhubanov, Aleksandr Shirko, Valeri Shmarov, Konstantin Kovalenko , Serhiy Nahornyak .
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Manager: Georgi Yartsev.
Transferred out during the season: Yuriy Nikiforov, Valeri Shmarov, Serhiy Nahornyak .
2. FC Alania Vladikavkaz

Goalkeepers: Dmitriy Kramarenko , Zaur Khapov.

Defenders: Omari Tetradze, Artur Pagayev, Alan Agayev, Inal Dzhioyev, Murtaz Shelia , Oleg Kornienko , Aslan Datdeyev.

Midfielders: Igor Yanovskiy, Bakhva Tedeyev, Sergey Timofeev , Zaza Revishvili , Mirjalol Qosimov , Georgi Botsiyev, Robert Bitarov, Sergei Derkach, Gocha Jamarauli , Vitaliy Skysh .

Forwards: Anatoli Kanishchev, Nazim Suleymanov , Oleg Sergeyev, Tamerlan Sikoyev, Valeri Klimov.
One own goal scored by Albert Oskolkov.
Manager: Valery Gazzaev.
Transferred out during the season: Gocha Jamarauli , Valeri Klimov.
3. FC Rotor Volgograd

Goalkeepers: Andrei Samorukov.

Defenders: Albert Borzenkov, Valeri Burlachenko, Aleksandr Shmarko, Volodymyr Gerashchenko , Sergei Zhunenko , Ihor Zhabchenko , Aleksandr Yeshchenko, Sergei Khramtsov.

Midfielders: Oleg Veretennikov, Aleksandr Berketov, Valery Yesipov, Ihor Korniyets , Maksim Tishchenko, Hennadiy Orbu , Vitaliy Abramov , Aleksandr Tsarenko, Andrei Krivov, Ilya Borodin, Emil Tsatskin.

Forwards: Vladimir Niederhaus , Aleksandr Zernov, Sergei Ilyushin, Mikhail Potylchak.
One own goal scored by Sergei Makeyev.
Manager: Viktor Prokopenko .
Transferred out during the season:''' Aleksandr Tsarenko, Emil Tsatskin, Mikhail Potylchak, Aleksandr Yeshchenko.