1994 Russian Top League

Statistics of Russian Top League in the 1994 season.

Overview

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

Team	Head coach
FC Spartak Moscow	Oleg Romantsev
FC Dynamo Moscow	Konstantin Beskov
FC Lokomotiv Moscow	Yuri Syomin
FC Rotor Volgograd	Vladimir Salkov (until May) Viktor Prokopenko (from July)
FC Spartak Vladikavkaz	Valery Gazzaev
FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny	Valeri Chetverik
FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin	Sergei Pavlov
FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod	Valeri Ovchinnikov
FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi	Arsen Naydyonov
PFC CSKA Moscow	Boris Kopeikin (until May) Aleksandr Tarkhanov (from June)
FC Torpedo Moscow	Yury Mironov (until July) Sergei Petrenko (caretaker, July to August) Valentin Ivanov (from August)
FC Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen	Eduard Malofeyev
FC Krylia Sovetov Samara	Valeri Bogdanov (until April) Anatoli Kikin (caretaker, April to May) Aleksandr Averyanov (from May)
FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg	Viktor Shishkin (until August) Vladimir Kalashnikov (from September)
FC Dynamo Stavropol	Sergei Zimenkov (until July) Vladimir Yulygin (caretaker, July to August) Boris Stukalov (from August)
FC Lada Togliatti	Aleksandr Irkhin (until March) Aleksandr Garmashov (caretaker, March to June) Viktor Tishchenko (from July)

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Spartak Moscow (C)	30	21	8	1	73	21	+52	50	1995–96 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Dynamo Moscow	30	13	13	4	55	35	+20	39	1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round
3	Lokomotiv Moscow	30	12	12	6	49	28	+21	36	1995–96 UEFA Cup First round
4	Rotor Volgograd	30	10	16	4	39	23	+16	36
5	Spartak Vladikavkaz	30	11	11	8	32	34	−2	33
6	KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny	30	11	9	10	38	38	0	31
7	Tekstilshchik Kamyshin	30	12	6	12	32	36	−4	30
8	Lokomotiv N.N.	30	11	8	11	34	34	0	30
9	Zhemchuzhina Sochi	30	8	11	11	44	48	−4	27
10	CSKA Moscow	30	8	10	12	30	32	−2	26
11	Torpedo Moscow	30	7	12	11	28	37	−9	26
12	Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen	30	7	10	13	24	49	−25	24
13	Krylia Sovetov Samara	30	6	12	12	30	51	−21	24
14	Uralmash Yekaterinburg	30	7	9	14	33	49	−16	23
15	Dynamo Stavropol	30	6	11	13	25	34	−9	23	Relegation to Russian First League 1995
16	Lada Togliatti	30	6	10	14	24	41	−17	22

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.

Notes.

1. FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi was called FC Zhemchuzhina-Kuban Sochi for part of the season.

Top scorers

21 goals

• Igor Simutenkov (Dynamo Moscow)

20 goals

• Oleg Garin (Lokomotiv Moscow)

12 goals

• Oleg Veretennikov (Rotor)

10 goals

• Vladimir Beschastnykh (Spartak Moscow)

9 goals

• Vladimir Filimonov (Zhemchuzhina)
• Yuri Matveyev (Uralmash)
• / Vladimir Niederhaus (Rotor)
• Andrei Tikhonov (Spartak Moscow)

8 goals

• Andrei Afanasyev (Torpedo Moscow)
• Timur Bogatyryov (Zhemchuzhina)
• Dmitri Cheryshev (Dynamo Moscow)
• Yuri Kalitvintsev (Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod)
• Aleksandr Smirnov (Dynamo Moscow)

Medal squads

1. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Gintaras Staučė (16), Dmytro Tyapushkin (14), Valeri Chizhov (1). Defenders: Yuriy Nikiforov (26 / 2), Viktor Onopko (26 / 2), Ramiz Mamedov (22 / 1), Vladislav Ternavski (20 / 1), Dmitri Khlestov (17), Sergei Chudin (6 / 1), Dmitri Ananko (6), Andrei Ivanov (2), Yuriy Sak (2), Aleksandr Lipko (1). Midfielders: Ilya Tsymbalar (27 / 6), Andrei Piatnitski (25 / 6), Dmitri Alenichev (17 / 3), Rashid Rakhimov (15 / 1), Valery Karpin (12 / 5), Igor Lediakhov (12 / 5), Oleh Naduda (11 / 1), Valery Kechinov (9 / 3), Serhiy Pohodin (1). Forwards: Andrey Tikhonov (20 / 9), Nikolai Pisarev (19 / 5), Mukhsin Mukhamadiev (15 / 6), Vladimir Beschastnykh (13 / 10), Sergey Rodionov (7 / 2), Valeri Masalitin (6 / 5), Andrei Konovalov (3). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Oleg Romantsev. Transferred out during the season: Gintaras Staučė (to Galatasaray S.K.), Vladimir Beschastnykh (to SV Werder Bremen), Valery Karpin (to Real Sociedad), Igor Lediakhov (to Sporting Gijón), Andrei Ivanov (to FC Dynamo Moscow), Yuriy Sak (to FC Chornomorets Odesa), Serhiy Pohodin (to FC Shakhtar Donetsk).

2. FC Dynamo Moscow

Goalkeepers: Andrei Smetanin (29), Valeri Kleymyonov (3), Dmitriy Kramarenko (3). Defenders: Andrei Chernyshov (24 / 1), Yuri Kovtun (22 / 2), Sergei Shulgin (20), Andrei Ivanov (16 / 1), Vagiz Khidiyatullin (15 / 1), Sergey Timofeev (10), Aleksandr Borodkin (6), Yevgeni Smertin (4). Midfielders: Sergei Nekrasov (29 / 5), Denis Klyuyev (28 / 1), Oleg Samatov (25 / 1), Omari Tetradze (23 / 1), Aleksandr Smirnov (22 / 8), Igor Dobrovolski (13 / 3), Erik Yakhimovich (11), Sergei Derkach (5), Aleksei Filippov (3). Forwards: Igor Simutenkov (28 / 21), Dmitri Cheryshev (24 / 8), Aleksei Kutsenko (6 / 1), Kirill Rybakov (2), Yuri Tishkov (2), Igor Nekrasov (1). One own goal scored by Vladimir Shcherbak (FC Krylia Sovetov Samara). Manager: Konstantin Beskov. Transferred out during the season: Igor Simutenkov (to Reggiana), Igor Dobrovolski (to Atlético Madrid), Yevgeni Smertin (to FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod), Valeri Kleymyonov (to Maccabi Herzliya F.C.).

3. FC Lokomotiv Moscow

Goalkeepers: Sergei Ovchinnikov (28), Khasanbi Bidzhiyev (3). Defenders: Aleksei Arifullin (27), Sargis Hovhannisyan (26 / 3), Igor Chugainov (22 / 2), Oleg Pashinin (11), Sergei Podpaly (11), Rashid Rakhimov (11), Vladimir Leonchenko (9), Khakim Fuzailov (8), Andrei Mulikov (2). Midfielders: Alexei Kosolapov (29 / 5), Oleg Elyshev (26 / 3), Yuri Alekseevich Drozdov (21 / 2), Yevgeni Kharlachyov (20 / 3), Ansar Ayupov (19), Vladimir Maminov (11 / 1), Yuri Baturenko (10), Dmitri Gorkov (2 / 1). Forwards: Oleg Garin (30 / 20), Aleksandr Tatarkin (21 / 5), Aleksandr Katasonov (21 / 2), Serhiy Perepadenko (10 / 1), Vitali Nikulkin (3), Yuri Petrov (1). One own goal scored by Gennadi Filimonov (FC Torpedo Moscow). Manager: Yuri Syomin. Transferred out during the season: Sergei Podpaly (to Hapoel Haifa F.C.), Rashid Rakhimov (to FC Spartak Moscow), Vitali Nikulkin (to FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod).

References

• Russia - List of final tables (RSSSF)