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)
• Gennady Korkin (FC Metallurg Lipetsk)
• Igor Tikhonov (FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo)
• Tamazi Yenik (FC Druzhba Maykop)

Center

Overview

Team	Head coach
FC Lada Togliatti	Vladimir Yevsyukov
FC Zenit St. Petersburg	Vyacheslav Melnikov
FC Interros Moscow	Aleksandr Irkhin (until July)
FC Zvezda Perm	Viktor Slesarev
FC Sokol Saratov	Aleksandr Koreshkov
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl	Igor Volchok
FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	Gennadi Sarychev
FC Rubin-TAN Kazan	Viktor Lukashenko (until July) Murat Zadikashvili (from July)
FC Lada Dimitrovgrad	Vladimir Yurin
FC Torpedo Volzhsky	Oleg Dudarin
FC Gazovik Izhevsk	Aleksandr Salnov
FC Uralets Nizhny Tagil	Viktor Konshin
FC Svetotekhnika Saransk	Vladimir Solovyov
FC Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola	Valeri Volodin
FC Torpedo Ryazan	Sergei Nedosekin
FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk	Boris Kopeikin (until July) Arkadi Shestayev (from August)
FC Avangard Kamyshin	Vladimir Nemchenko
FC Torpedo Miass	Gennadi Nedelkin
FC Zenit Chelyabinsk	Valeri Znarok
FC Zenit Izhevsk	Valeri Salnikov (until June) Nikolai Gorshkov (from June)

Standings

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

Overview

Team	Head coach
FC Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen	Eduard Malofeyev
FC Irtysh Omsk	Artyom Amirdzhanov
FC Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky	Sergei Vasyutin
FC Lokomotiv Chita	Aleksandr Kovalyov
FC Zvezda-Yunis-Sib Irkutsk	Sergei Muratov
FC Kuzbass Kemerovo	Geliy Shershevskiy
FC Dynamo Yakutsk	Anatoli Samkov
FC Metallurg Aldan	Vladimir Nomirovskiy
FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk	Aleksandr Kishinevsky
FC Sakhalin Kholmsk	B. Tibilov
FC Metallurg Novokuznetsk	Valeri Suldin
FC Tom Tomsk	Vladimir Pomeshchikov
FC Dynamo Barnaul	Stanislav Kaminskiy
FC Chkalovets Novosibirsk	Valeri Yerkovich
FC Selenga Ulan-Ude	Yuri Zubkov
FC SKA Khabarovsk	Vladimir Bychek

Standings

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

• Andrey 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)

See also

• Russian Top League 1993
• Russian Second League 1993

References

• Russian First League 1993 on KLISF