1999 Russian First Division

The Russian First Division 1999 was the eighth edition of the Russian First Division.

Overview

Team	Head coach
FC Anzhi Makhachkala	Gadzhi Gadzhiyev
FC Fakel Voronezh	Valeri Nenenko
FC Sokol Saratov	Leonid Tkachenko
FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow	Boris Ignatyev
FC Baltika Kaliningrad	Vladimir Dergach (until August) Anatoli Ivanov (from August)
FC Amkar Perm	Sergei Oborin
FC Rubin Kazan	Pavel Sadyrin
FC Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk	Aleksandr Ivchenko
FC Arsenal Tula	Yevhen Kucherevskyi (until May) Vladimir Afonsky (caretaker, May to June) Leonid Buryak (June to September) Vladimir Afonsky (caretaker, from September)
FC Lokomotiv Chita	Aleksandr Kovalyov
FC Kristall Smolensk	Aleksandr Ignatenko (until September) Lev Platonov (from September)
FC Tom Tomsk	Vladimir Yurin (until June) Vladimir Puzanov (from June)
PFC Spartak Nalchik	Aslanbek Khantsev
FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk	Ishtvan Sekech
FC Metallurg Lipetsk	Stanislav Bernikov (until August) Sergei Savchenkov (from September)
FC Lokomotiv St. Petersburg	Givi Nodia
FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan	Enver Yulgushov
FC Tyumen	Viktor Knyazhev
FC Torpedo-Viktoriya Nizhny Novgorod	Leonid Nazarenko (until June) valeri Tretyakov (June to September) Anatoli Nefyodov (from September)
FC Lada-Simbirsk Dimitrovgrad	Vladimir Yevsyukov (until May) Vladimir Mukhanov (May to September) Valeri Denisov (from September)
FC Dynamo Stavropol	Fyodor Gagloyev (until September) Sergei Gorb (from September)
FC Spartak-Orekhovo Orekhovo-Zuyevo	Sergey Frantsev (until October) Vadim Khnykin (from October)

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Anzhi Makhachkala (P)	42	26	8	8	55	20	+35	86	Promotion to Top Division
2	Fakel Voronezh (P)	42	26	7	9	65	31	+34	85
3	Sokol Saratov	42	25	7	10	74	39	+35	82
4	Torpedo-ZIL Moscow	42	23	13	6	67	27	+40	82
5	Baltika Kaliningrad	42	22	8	12	60	37	+23	74
6	Amkar Perm	42	20	10	12	65	49	+16	70
7	Rubin Kazan	42	18	12	12	56	49	+7	66
8	Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk	42	18	6	18	53	58	−5	60
9	Arsenal Tula	42	19	7	16	61	51	+10	64
10	Lokomotiv Chita	42	19	5	18	48	50	−2	62
11	Kristall Smolensk	42	17	7	18	44	49	−5	58
12	Tom Tomsk	42	17	7	18	48	54	−6	58
13	Spartak Nalchik	42	17	5	20	49	61	−12	56
14	Metallurg Krasnoyarsk	42	14	12	16	38	43	−5	54
15	Metallurg Lipetsk	42	15	8	19	51	53	−2	53
16	Lokomotiv St. Petersburg	42	14	9	19	35	51	−16	51
17	Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan	42	14	8	20	41	49	−8	50
18	Tyumen (R)	42	13	9	20	43	59	−16	48	Relegation to Second Division
19	Torpedo-Viktoriya Nizhny Novgorod (R)	42	11	10	21	47	67	−20	43
20	Lada-Simbirsk Dimitrovgrad (R)	42	12	4	26	37	66	−29	40
21	Dynamo Stavropol (R)	42	10	9	23	28	50	−22	39
22	Spartak-Orekhovo Orekhovo-Zuyevo (R)	42	2	7	33	25	85	−60	13

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.

Notes.

1. Dynamo Stavropol awarded 3-0 victory in their home game against Lada-Simbirsk Dimitrovgrad. Lada-Simbirsk did not arrive for the game as they were considering dropping out of the league altogether at the time before receiving last-second financing commitments.
2. FC Lada-Grad Dimitrovgrad renamed to FC Lada-Simbirsk.

Top goalscorers

23 goals

• Konstantin Paramonov (Amkar)

20 goals

• Mikheil Jishkariani (Sokol)

18 goals

• Andradina (Arsenal)

16 goals

• Andrei Fedkov (Baltika)

14 goals

• Andrei Bakalets (Torpedo-Viktoriya)
• Vadim Belokhonov (Metallurg Krasnoyarsk)
• Sergei Bulatov (Fakel)
• Vaso Sepashvili (Spartak)

13 goals

• Nail Galimov (Lokomotiv Chita)
• Andrei Knyazev (Rubin / Torpedo-ZIL)

See also

• Russian Top Division 1999
• Russian Second Division 1999

External links

• 1999 Russian First Division by Footballfacts