1993 Russian First League

The Russian First League 1993 was the 2nd edition of Russian First Division. There were 3 zones with 58 teams in total. The winner of each zone qualified for the promotion tournament to play against the teams that took places 14 to 16 in the 18-team Russian Top League 1993, 3 top teams from the tournament qualified for the Russian Top League 1994. For 1994 the Russian league system was reorganized, with First League reduced to one zone of 22 teams, so most of the 1993 Russian First League teams were relegated at the end of the season.

West

Overview

Team	Head coach
FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk	Oleg Dolmatov
FC Avtodor-Olaf Vladikavkaz	Igor Tsakoyev
FC Erzu Grozny	Vait Talgayev
FC Baltika Kaliningrad	Kornei Shperling
FC Smena-Saturn St. Petersburg	Viktor Vinogradov
FC Torpedo Vladimir	Yuri Pyanov
FC Druzhba Maykop	Nurbiy Khakunov
FC Uralan Elista	Arnold Lendengolts
FC Fakel Voronezh	Valeri Nenenko (until October) Sergei Savchenkov (from October)
FC Metallurg Lipetsk	Aleksandr Ignatenko
FC Terek Grozny	Khaidar Alkhanov
FC Spartak Anapa	Mikhail Skachkov
FC Torpedo Taganrog	Aleksandr Skotarenko (until June) Vladimir Novik (from July)
FC Kolos Krasnodar	Viktor Tishchenko (until April) Adolf Poskotin (May to June) Yevgeni Tikhomirov (July to August) Yuri Kotov (September to October) Fyodor Novikov (from October)
FC Kuban Krasnodar	Leonid Nazarenko
PFC Spartak Nalchik	Kazbek Tlyarugov
FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo	Vladimir Belkov
FC Orekhovo Orekhovo-Zuyevo	Vladimir Yermichev
FC Dynamo Vologda	Leon Yagubyants
FC Asmaral Kislovodsk	Yuri Dyachenko
FC Nart Cherkessk	Aleksandr Perepelkin (until May) Nikolai Shvydkiy (June to September) Nurbiy Lakhov (from October)
FC APK Azov	Yuri Zakharov (until June) Sergei Stetyukha (from July)

Standings

Notes:

1. FC Gekris Novorossiysk was renamed to FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk.
2. FC Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo was renamed to FC Orekhovo Orekhovo-Zuyevo
3. FC APK Azov played in the amateur leagues in 1994 under the name of FC APK Morozovsk

Top goalscorers

25 goals

• Sergei Burdin (FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk)

24 goals

• Yuri Vostrukhin (FC Torpedo Taganrog)

22 goals

• Andrei Lapushkin (FC Smena-Saturn St. Petersburg)

21 goals

• Khazret Dyshekov (FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk)

19 goals

• Valeri Borisov (FC Kolos Krasnodar)
• Murat Gomleshko (FC Kuban Krasnodar)

18 goals

• Lev Berezner (FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk)
• Gennadi Korkin (FC Metallurg Lipetsk)
• Igor Tikhonov (FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo)
• Tamazi Yenik (FC Druzhba Maykop)

Center

Standings

Pos	Table	Pl	W	D	L	Goals	Diff	Pts	Head coach
1.	FC Lada Togliatti	38	25	10	3	80-29	+51	60	Vladimir Yevsyukov
2.	FC Zenit St. Petersburg	38	25	8	5	87-33	+54	58	Vyacheslav Melnikov
3.	FC Interros Moscow	38	21	8	9	89-42	+57	50	Aleksandr Irkhin (until July)
4.	FC Zvezda Perm	38	18	11	9	93-50	+43	47	Viktor Slesarev
5.	FC Sokol Saratov	38	18	10	10	76-41	+35	46	Aleksandr Koreshkov
6.	FC Shinnik Yaroslavl	38	17	12	9	78-47	+31	46	Igor Volchok
7.	FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	38	18	9	11	45-33	+12	45	Gennadi Sarychev
8.	FC Rubin-TAN Kazan	38	19	6	13	48-46	0+2	44	Viktor Lukashenko (until July) Murat Zadikashvili (from July)
9.	FC Lada Dimitrovgrad	38	18	5	15	46-32	+14	41	Vladimir Yurin
10.	FC Torpedo Volzhsky	38	17	7	14	54-49	0+5	41	Oleg Dudarin
11.	FC Gazovik Izhevsk	38	17	7	14	57-56	0+1	41	Aleksandr Salnov
12.	FC Uralets Nizhny Tagil	38	14	6	18	42-48	0-6	34	Viktor Konshin
13.	FC Svetotekhnika Saransk	38	12	8	18	51-66	-15	32	Vladimir Solovyov
14.	FC Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola	38	10	9	19	41-70	-29	29	Valeri Volodin
15.	FC Torpedo Ryazan	38	10	8	20	37-56	-19	28	Sergei Nedosekin
16.	FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk	38	10	7	21	41-70	-29	27	Boris Kopeikin (until July) Arkadi Shestayev (from August)
17.	FC Avangard Kamyshin	38	8	10	20	38-73	-35	26	Vladimir Nemchenko
18.	FC Torpedo Miass	38	8	9	21	28-71	-43	25	Gennadi Nedelkin
19.	FC Zenit Chelyabinsk	38	7	8	23	40-84	-44	22	Valeri Znarok
20.	FC Zenit Izhevsk	38	7	4	27	31-106	-75	18	Valeri Salnikov (until June) Nikolai Gorshkov (from June)

Key
Qualified for the promotion tournament
Relegated to the Russian Second League 1994
Relegated to the Russian Third League 1994

Notes:

1. FC Interros Moskovskiy moved to Moscow.
2. FC Zenit Chelyabinsk did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1994, including the Amateur Football League.

Top goalscorers

37 goals

• Vladimir Filimonov (FC Zvezda Perm)

36 goals

• Vladimir Kulik (FC Zenit St. Petersburg)

31 goals

• Sergei Chesnakas (FC Lada Togliatti)

29 goals

• Oleg Teryokhin (FC Sokol Saratov)

25 goals

• Oleg Smirnov (FC Shinnik Yaroslavl)

21 goals

• Andrei Ivanov (FC Gazovik Izhevsk)
• Aleksei Snigiryov (FC Interros Moscow)

20 goals

• Mikhail Nikitin (FC Sokol Saratov)

17 goals

• Igor Kozlov (FC Interros Moscow)

15 goals

• Yuri Bavykin (FC Lada Togliatti)
• Lev Matveyev (FC Zvezda Perm)

East

Standings

Pos	Table	Pl	W	D	L	Goals	Diff	Pts	Head coach
1.	FC Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen	30	19	5	6	55-26	+29	43	Eduard Malofeyev
2.	FC Irtysh Omsk	30	16	7	7	52-33	+19	39	Artyom Amirdzhanov
3.	FC Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky	30	15	9	6	47-24	+23	39	Sergei Vasyutin
4.	FC Lokomotiv Chita	30	15	8	7	39-33	0+6	38	Aleksandr Kovalyov
5.	FC Zvezda-Yunis-Sib Irkutsk	30	16	5	9	51-38	+13	37	Sergei Muratov
6.	FC Kuzbass Kemerovo	30	15	5	10	53-38	+15	35	Geliy Shershevskiy
7.	FC Dynamo Yakutsk	30	14	7	9	41-27	+14	35	Anatoli Samkov
8.	FC Metallurg Aldan	30	11	8	11	31-29	0+2	30	Vladimir Nomirovskiy
9.	FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk	30	11	7	12	33-35	0-2	29	Aleksandr Kishinevsky
10.	FC Sakhalin Kholmsk	30	11	5	14	38-60	-22	27	B. Tibilov
11.	FC Metallurg Novokuznetsk	30	11	3	16	35-54	-19	25	Valeri Suldin
12.	FC Tom Tomsk	30	9	7	14	41-40	0+1	25	Vladimir Pomeshchikov
13.	FC Dynamo Barnaul	30	9	5	16	47-56	0-9	23	Stanislav Kaminskiy
14.	FC Chkalovets Novosibirsk	30	8	7	15	39-43	0-4	23	Valeri Yerkovich
15.	FC Selenga Ulan-Ude	30	8	6	16	25-48	-23	22	Yuri Zubkov
16.	FC SKA Khabarovsk	30	2	6	22	16-59	-43	10	Vladimir Bychek

Key
Qualified for the promotion tournament
Relegated to the Russian Second League 1994
Relegated to the Russian Third League 1994

Notes:

1. FC Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk moved to Kholmsk
2. FC Chkalovets-FoKuMiS Novosibirsk renamed to FC Chkalovets Novosibirsk
3. FC Metallurg Aldan did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1994, including the Amateur Football League.

Top goalscorers

22 goals

• Vyacheslav Kamoltsev (FC Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen)

16 goals

• Andrei Dementyev (FC Kuzbass Kemerovo)

15 goals

• Vyacheslav Kartashov (FC Irtysh Omsk)
• Vladimir Vekvart (FC Lokomotiv Chita)

14 goals

• Oleg Razzamazov (FC Tom Tomsk)

13 goals

• Yevgeni Burdinskiy (FC Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky)

11 goals

• Karapet Mikaelyan (FC Zvezda-Yunis-Sib Irkutsk)

10 goals

• Vladislav Kadyrov (FC Sakhalin Kholmsk)
• Andrei Skovpen (FC Kuzbass Kemerovo)

9 goals

• Vadim Bazhenov (FC Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky)
• Sergei Chernov (FC Metallurg Novokuznetsk)
• Valeri Matyunin (FC Kuzbass Kemerovo)
• Aleksandr Muzyka (FC Dynamo Yakutsk)
• Oleg Nikulin (FC Chkalovets Novosibirsk)
• Yevgeni Sadovnikov (FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk)
• Nikolai Tarakanov (FC Sakhalin Kholmsk)

Promotion tournament

Pos	Table	Pl	W	D	L	Goals	Diff	Pts
1.	FC Krylia Sovetov Samara	5	3	1	1	10-8	+2	7
2.	FC Lada Togliatti	5	2	3	0	8-3	+5	7
3.	FC Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen	5	3	0	2	8-5	+3	6
4.	FC Luch Vladivostok	5	2	2	1	11-9	+2	6
5.	FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk	5	1	1	3	7-10	-3	3
6.	FC Okean Nakhodka	5	0	1	4	5-14	-9	1

Key
Qualified for the Russian Top League 1994
Qualified for the Russian First League 1994

See also

• Russian Top League 1993
• Russian Second League 1993

References

• Russian First League 1993 on KLISF