1999 Russian Top Division

Spartak Moscow won their fourth consecutive Russian title, and seventh overall.

Overview

Team Head coach
FC Spartak Moscow Oleg Romantsev
FC Lokomotiv Moscow Yuri Syomin
PFC CSKA Moscow Oleg Dolmatov
FC Torpedo Moscow Vitaliy 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 Alexander 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)
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 2000–01 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Lokomotiv Moscow 30 20 5 5 62 30+32 65 2000–01 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3 CSKA Moscow 30 15 10 5 56 29+27 55 2000–01 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 30 12 7 11 54 45+9 43
7 Rostselmash 30 11 8 11 32 37−5 41
8 Zenit St. Petersburg 30 9 12 9 36 34+2 39
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 Russian First Division 2000
16 Shinnik Yaroslavl (R) 30 5 9 16 21 45−24 24

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.

Alania qualified for the UEFA Cup thanks to Lokomotiv winning the Russian Cup in 2000.

Top goalscorers

RankNameGoalsTeam
1Georgi Demetradze Georgia (country)21Alania
2Andrey Tikhonov19Spartak
3Vladimir Kulik15CSKA
4Dmitri Loskov14Lokomotiv M
Oleg Teryokhin14Dynamo
6Arsen Avakov Tajikistan13Lokomotiv NN
7Vyacheslav Kamoltsev12Torpedo
Sergei Semak12CSKA
Oleg Veretennikov12Rotor
10Egor Titov11Spartak

Awards

On December 2 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:[1]

Goalkeepers
  1. Russia Aleksandr Filimonov (Spartak Moscow)
  2. Russia Ruslan Nigmatullin (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  3. Armenia Roman Berezovsky (Zenit)
Right backs
  1. Ukraine Dmytro Parfenov (Spartak Moscow)
  2. Russia Valeri Minko (CSKA Moscow)
  3. Russia Aleksei Arifullin (Lokomotiv Moscow)
Right-centre backs
  1. Russia Dmitri Khlestov (Spartak Moscow)
  2. Tajikistan Igor Cherevchenko (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  3. Russia Vyacheslav Dayev (Torpedo Moscow)
Left-centre backs
  1. Russia Igor Chugainov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  2. Russia Viktor Bulatov (Spartak Moscow)
  3. Russia Yevgeni Varlamov (CSKA Moscow)
Left backs
  1. Belarus Sergei Gurenko (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  2. Russia Yuri Kovtun (Spartak Moscow)
  3. Russia Oleg Kornaukhov (CSKA Moscow)

Right wingers
  1. Russia Sergei Semak (CSKA Moscow)
  2. Armenia Albert Sarkisyan (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  3. Ukraine Olexandr Gorshkov (Zenit)
Right-center midfielders
  1. Russia Alexey Smertin (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  2. Russia Yuri Alekseevich Drozdov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  3. Turkmenistan Dmitri Khomukha (CSKA Moscow)
Left-center midfielders
  1. Russia Yegor Titov (Spartak Moscow)
  2. Russia Dmitri Loskov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  3. Russia Artyom Bezrodny (Spartak Moscow)
Left wingers
  1. Russia Andrey Tikhonov (Spartak Moscow)
  2. Russia Rolan Gusev (Dynamo Moscow)
  3. Russia Yevgeni Kharlachyov (Lokomotiv Moscow)

Right forwards
  1. Russia Aleksandr Panov (Zenit)
  2. Georgia (country) Zaza Janashia (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  3. Russia Aleksandr Shirko (Spartak Moscow)
Left forwards
  1. Georgia (country) Giorgi Demetradze (Alania)
  2. Russia Vladimir Kulik (CSKA Moscow)
  3. Russia Oleg Teryokhin (Dynamo Moscow)

Medal squads

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), Aleksei Poliakov Uzbekistan (1).
Defenders: Igor Chugainov (29 / 4), Andrei Lavrik Belarus (26), Oleg Pashinin Uzbekistan (25 / 1), Yuri Alekseevich 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

1999 in Russian football

References

  1. ↑ НАЗВАНЫ 33 ЛУЧШИХ ИГРОКА ЧЕМПИОНАТА РОССИИ (in Russian). Sport Express. 1999-12-03.

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