1999 Russian Top Division

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Russian Top Division
Season1999
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In this year, Spartak Moscow won their fourth consecutive Russian title, and seventh overall.

Overview[edit]

Team Head coach
FC Spartak Moscow Oleg Romantsev
FC Lokomotiv Moscow Yuri Syomin
PFC CSKA Moscow Oleg Dolmatov
FC Torpedo Moscow Vitaly Shevchenko
FC Dynamo Moscow Georgi Yartsev (until June)
Aleksei Petrushin (from June)
FC Alania Vladikavkaz Valery Gazzaev
FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don Sergey Andreyev
FC Zenit St. Petersburg Anatoli Davydov
FC Uralan Elista Pavlo Yakovenko Ukraine (until May)
Aleksandr Skrynnikov (caretaker) (May to June)
Yevhen Kucherevskyi Ukraine (June)
Aleksandr Skrynnikov (caretaker) (June)
Aleksandr Averyanov (from June)
FC Saturn Ramenskoye Sergei Pavlov
FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod Valeri Ovchinnikov
FC Krylia Sovetov Samara Aleksandr Tarkhanov
FC Rotor Volgograd Viktor Prokopenko Ukraine
FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk Sergei Butenko (until July)
Vladimir Fedotov (from July)
FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi Anatoly Baidachny (until May)
Gennadi Afanasyev (caretaker) (May to June)
Viktor Antikhovich (from June)
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl Aleksandr Averyanov (until April)
Aleksandr Pobegalov (caretaker) (April to June)
Benjaminas Zelkevičius Lithuania (June to October)
Aleksandr Pobegalov (caretaker) (from October)

Standings[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Spartak Moscow (C) 30 22 6 2 75 24 +51 72 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Lokomotiv Moscow 30 20 5 5 62 30 +32 65 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 CSKA Moscow 30 15 10 5 56 29 +27 55 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 Torpedo Moscow 30 13 11 6 38 33 +5 50
5 Dynamo Moscow 30 12 8 10 44 41 +3 44
6 Alania Vladikavkaz[a] 30 12 7 11 54 45 +9 43
7 Rostselmash 30 11 8 11 32 37 −5 41 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
8 Zenit St. Petersburg 30 9 12 9 36 34 +2 39 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
9 Uralan Elista 30 10 6 14 27 34 −7 36
10 Saturn 30 8 10 12 30 38 −8 34
11 Lokomotiv N.N. 30 9 6 15 33 48 −15 33
12 Krylia Sovetov Samara 30 8 7 15 39 49 −10 31
13 Rotor Volgograd 30 7 10 13 36 51 −15 31
14 Chernomorets Novorossiysk 30 7 8 15 30 49 −19 29
15 Zhemchuzhina Sochi (R) 30 5 11 14 29 55 −26 26 Relegation to First Division
16 Shinnik Yaroslavl (R) 30 5 9 16 21 45 −24 24
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Alania qualified for the UEFA Cup thanks to Lokomotiv winning the Russian Cup in 2000.

Results[edit]

Home \ Away ALA CHE CSK DYN KRY LOK LNN ROS ROT SAT SHI SPA TOR URE ZEN ZHE
Alania Vladikavkaz 3–1 0–1 5–1 1–1 0–2 5–2 3–1 3–0[a] 2–0 3–1 0–1 6–1 4–2 2–2 2–2
Chernomorets Novorossiysk 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–4 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 3–0
CSKA Moscow 4–1 5–2 4–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 5–1 1–0 5–0 0–4 0–0 2–0 2–2 3–0
Dynamo Moscow 0–0 0–1 1–0 3–3 2–4 2–1 4–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–0
Krylia Sovetov Samara 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 4–2 3–1 1–2 0–1 3–2 4–2
Lokomotiv Moscow 4–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 3–0 5–1 3–0 4–1 0–3 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–1
Lokomotiv N.N. 2–1 3–2 0–2 1–3 3–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–4 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–1
Rostselmash 4–2 1–0 1–3 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 4–1 0–0 0–3 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–1
Rotor Volgograd 0–2 5–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–3 0–1 1–1 2–0 3–3 0–2 3–1 2–2 0–0
Saturn 0–1 3–0 2–3 3–3 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–3 2–2 2–0 1–0 3–0
Shinnik Yaroslavl 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–2 2–4 0–1 0–3 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0
Spartak Moscow 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 3–0 3–0 2–2 1–0 4–1 3–1 4–1 0–1 3–0 4–1 4–0
Torpedo Moscow 1–1 3–1 2–2 0–1 3–1 2–4 3–2 1–2 2–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–0
Uralan Elista 3–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1
Zenit St. Petersburg 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 3–1
Zhemchuzhina Sochi 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–2 1–4 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 3–7 1–1 0–0 1–3
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ In the match of the 17th round between Alania and Rotor, the Volgograd team left the field in the 66th minute with the score 1:1 as a sign of disagreement with the referee's decision. "Rotor" was awarded a technical loss of 3:0.[1][2][3]

Season statistics[edit]

Top goalscorers[edit]

As of matches played on 8 November 1999.[4]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Georgia (country) Georgi Demetradze Alania 21
2 Russia Andrey Tikhonov Spartak Moscow 19
3 Russia Vladimir Kulik CSKA 15
4 Russia Dmitri Loskov Lokomotiv Moscow 14
Russia Oleg Teryokhin Dynamo
6 Tajikistan Arsen Avakov Lokomotiv N.N. 13
7 Russia Vyacheslav Kamoltsev Torpedo 12
Russia Sergei Semak CSKA
Russia Oleg Veretennikov Rotor
10 Russia Egor Titov Spartak Moscow 11

Awards[edit]

On December 2 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:[5]

Goalkeepers
  1. Russia Aleksandr Filimonov (Spartak Moscow)
  2. Russia Ruslan Nigmatullin (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  3. Armenia Roman Berezovsky (Zenit)

Medal squads[edit]

1. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Aleksandr Filimonov (28), Andrei Smetanin (5).
Defenders: Dmitri Khlestov (27 / 1), Yuri Kovtun (26 / 2), Eduard Mor (23), Dmytro Parfenov Ukraine (17), Vadim Evseev (11 / 1), Yevgeni Bushmanov (9), Dmitri Ananko (7).
Midfielders: Andrey Tikhonov (29 / 19), Yegor Titov (29 / 11), Valery Kechinov (26 / 4), Viktor Bulatov (29 / 4), Vasili Baranov Belarus (24 / 4), Artyom Bezrodny (19 / 5), Ilya Tsymbalar (11 / 2), Aleksei Zlydnev (2), Aleksei Melyoshin (2), Peniche Brazil (2).
Forwards: Aleksandr Shirko (27 / 9), Luis Robson Brazil (20 / 7), Sergei Yuran (18 / 3), Maksim Buznikin (6 / 1), Anatoli Kanishchev (1).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

One own goal each scored by Aleksandr Berketov (FC Rotor Volgograd) and Igor Cherevchenko Tajikistan (FC Lokomotiv Moscow).

Manager: Oleg Romantsev.

Transferred out during the season: Sergei Yuran (to Austria SK Sturm Graz), Ilya Tsymbalar (to FC Lokomotiv Moscow), Maksim Buznikin (to FC Saturn Ramenskoye).

2. FC Lokomotiv Moscow

Goalkeepers: Ruslan Nigmatullin (29), Aleksey Polyakov Uzbekistan (1).
Defenders: Igor Chugainov (29 / 4), Andrei Lavrik Belarus (26), Oleg Pashinin Uzbekistan (25 / 1), Yuri Drozdov (21), Igor Cherevchenko Tajikistan (20 / 2), Sargis Hovhannisyan Armenia (16 / 2), Aleksei Arifullin (16), Andrei Solomatin (13), Sergei Gurenko Belarus (6 / 2), Semyon Semenenko (6).
Midfielders: Alexey Smertin (29 / 6), Dmitri Loskov (28 / 14), Yevgeni Kharlachyov (27 / 9), Albert Sarkisyan Armenia (26 / 4), Vladimir Maminov Uzbekistan (22 / 3), Sergei Neretin (3), Aleksandr Borodyuk (1).
Forwards: Dmitri Bulykin (26 / 8), Zaza Janashia Georgia (country) (20 / 6), Ruslan Pimenov (4 / 1), Mikalay Ryndzyuk Belarus (4).

Manager: Yuri Syomin.

Transferred out during the season: Sergei Gurenko Belarus (to Italy A.S. Roma), Mikalay Ryndzyuk Belarus (to Belarus FC BATE Borisov), Aleksandr Borodyuk (to FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow).

3. PFC CSKA Moscow

Goalkeepers: Dmitri Goncharov (18), Andrei Novosadov (12).
Defenders: Maksim Bokov (28 / 1), Valeri Minko (28 / 1), Oleg Kornaukhov (26), Yevgeni Varlamov (21 / 5), Igor Aksyonov (16), Denis Pervushin (4), Ante Pešić Croatia (4), Denis Yevsikov (3).
Midfielders: Dmitri Khomukha Turkmenistan (30 / 8), Sergei Semak (29 / 12), Sergei Filippenkov (29 / 6), Andrei Tsaplin (25), Aleksei Savelyev (24 / 2), Oleg Shishkin Moldova (15 / 3), Marek Hollý Slovakia (14 / 1), Aleksandr Borodkin (13), Viktor Navochenko (13), Aleksandr Grishin (12), Magomed Adiev (4), Maksim Nizovtsev Kazakhstan (2), Artyom Kovalenko (1), Andrei Krasnopjorov Estonia (1), Aleksandr Lebedev (1).
Forwards: Vladimir Kulik (30 / 14), Goran Gutalj Serbia (2 / 1), Sergei Rodin (2), Aleksandr Suchkov (2).

One own goal each scored by Konstantin Golovskoy (FC Dynamo Moscow) and Dmitriy Lyapkin Kazakhstan (FC Saturn Ramenskoye).

Manager: Oleg Dolmatov.

Transferred out during the season: Aleksandr Borodkin (to FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow), Magomed Adiev (to FC Sokol Saratov), Ante Pešić Croatia (to Croatia NK Vukovar '91), Maksim Nizovtsev Kazakhstan (to FC Baltika Kaliningrad), Goran Gutalj Serbia (to Slovenia HIT Gorica), Andrei Krasnopjorov Estonia (to Estonia FC Lantana Tallinn).

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ ""Алания" – "Ротор"" (in Russian). 100bombardirov.ru. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Скандал во Владикавказе: хозяин "Ротора" уводит свою команду с поля" (in Russian). sport-express.ru. 22 July 1999. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  3. ^ "9 технических поражений в истории чемпионатов России" (in Russian). sports.ru. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Russia 1999". RSSSF. The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  5. ^ НАЗВАНЫ 33 ЛУЧШИХ ИГРОКА ЧЕМПИОНАТА РОССИИ (in Russian). Sport Express. 1999-12-03. Archived from the original on 2012-09-13.

External links[edit]

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