1997 Russian Top League


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

Top goalscorers

Medal squads

1. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Aleksandr Filimonov, Ruslan Nigmatullin.

Defenders: Sergei Gorlukovich, Dmitri Khlestov, Dmitri Ananko, Miroslav Romaschenko , Ramiz Mamedov, Vadim Evseev, Konstantin Golovskoy, Vasili Kulkov.

Midfielders: Dmitri Alenichev, Yegor Titov, Aleksei Bakharev, Aleksei Melyoshin, Andrey Tikhonov, Valery Kechinov, Ilya Tsymbalar, Andrei Konovalov, Robert Yevdokimov.

Forwards: Aleksandr Shirko, Maksim Buznikin, Luis Robson , Sergey Dmitriev, Sergei Lutovinov.
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One own goal scored by Vladimir Klontsak.
Manager: Oleg Romantsev.
Transferred out during the season: Vasili Kulkov, Robert Yevdokimov.
2. FC Rotor Volgograd

Goalkeepers: Platon Zakharchuk.

Defenders: Aleksandr Shmarko, Volodymyr Gerashchenko , Sergei Zhunenko , Valeri Burlachenko, Nikolai Olenikov, Albert Borzenkov.

Midfielders: Oleg Veretennikov, Aleksandr Berketov, Valery Yesipov, Vitaliy Abramov , Andrei Krivov, Maksim Tishchenko, Ihor Korniyets , Vladimir Smirnov, Mikhail Mysin, Hennadiy Orbu .

Forwards: Denis Zubko, Vladimir Niederhaus , Aleksandr Zernov, Sergei Ilyushin.
One own goal scored by Denis Koberskiy.
Manager: Viktor Prokopenko .
Transferred out during the season: Ihor Korniyets , Sergei Ilyushin, Hennadiy Orbu .
3. FC Dynamo Moscow

Goalkeepers: Dmytro Tyapushkin , Andrei Smetanin.

Defenders: Sergei Shtanyuk , Andrei Ostrovskiy , Yuri Kovtun, Erik Yakhimovich , Mikhail Zharinov, Yevgeni Korablyov, Vyacheslav Tsaryov, Maksim Povorov.

Midfielders: Andrey Kobelev, Vladimir Skokov, Sergei Nekrasov, Sergey Grishin, Aliaksandr Kulchiy , Aleksandr Tochilin, Andrei Gordeyev, Rolan Gusev, Vitali Kulyov, Maksim Romaschenko , Yuri Kuznetsov.

Forwards: Oleg Teryokhin, Aleksei Kutsenko, Eduard Kosolapov, Yuri Tishkov, Sergei Artyomov, Andrei Dyomkin, Oleg Sergeyev.
Manager: Adamas Golodets.
Transferred out during the season:''' Erik Yakhimovich , Andrei Dyomkin.