1992 Russian Top League

Russian Top League
Season	1992
Champions	Spartak Moscow
	← 1992 Soviet Union 1993 →

Statistics of Russian Top League in season 1992.

Overview

Twenty clubs of the former Soviet competition took place in this season. The league was combined out of six clubs of the Soviet Top League, 11 - Soviet First League, and the rest out of the promoted from the Buffer League (Center and East). FC Spartak Moscow won the championship.

The composition of groups may seem kind of uneven with four Top League clubs in Group A and two — in Group B. However the seeding was done upon the completion of the previous Soviet season with Rotor being conditionally promoted to the top level.

Group	Team	Head coach	League and position in 1991
A	PFC CSKA Moscow	Pavel Sadyrin (until July) Gennadi Kostylev (from July)	Soviet Top League	1
B	FC Spartak Moscow	Oleg Romantsev		2
B	FC Torpedo Moscow	Yevgeni Skomorokhov (until August) Yury Mironov (from August)		3
A	FC Dynamo Moscow	Valery Gazzaev		6
A	FC Spartak Vladikavkaz	Aleksandr Novikov		11
A	FC Lokomotiv Moscow	Yuri Syomin		16
B	FC Rotor Volgograd	Viktor Papayev (until May) Vladimir Faizulin (from May)	Soviet First League	1
A	FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg	Nikolai Agafonov (until August) Viktor Shishkin (from August)		3
B	FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don	Enver Yulgushov		4
B	FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod	Valeri Ovchinnikov		8
A	FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin	Sergei Pavlov		11
B	FC Shinnik Yaroslavl	Stanislav Vorotilin (until July) Valeri Frolov (from August)		12
A	FC Fakel Voronezh	Fyodor Novikov (until July) Valeri Nenenko (from July)		13
A	FC Dynamo Stavropol	Boris Stukalov (until July) Aleksandr Irkhin (from July)		16
B	FC Zenit Saint Petersburg	Vyacheslav Melnikov		18
A	FC Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen	Serhiy Morozov (until May) Aleksei Petrushin (from May)		20
B	FC Kuban Krasnodar	Yuri Marushkin (until July) Igor Kaleshin (from July)		21
B	FC Asmaral Moscow	Konstantin Beskov	Soviet Second League, Center	1
B	FC Krylia Sovetov Samara	Viktor Antikhovich	Soviet Second League, Center	2
A	FC Okean Nakhodka	Aleksandr Averyanov	Soviet Second League, East	1

First stage

Group A

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dynamo Moscow	18	10	4	4	35	16	+19	24	Qualification to Championship Round
2	Lokomotiv Moscow	18	9	6	3	23	14	+9	24
3	Spartak Vladikavkaz	18	9	5	4	31	18	+13	23
4	CSKA Moscow	18	9	5	4	29	20	+9	23
5	Tekstilshchik Kamyshin	18	8	5	5	20	17	+3	21	Qualification to Relegation Round
6	Uralmash Yekaterinburg	18	8	3	7	28	29	−1	19
7	Okean Nakhodka	18	7	4	7	24	25	−1	18
8	Fakel Voronezh	18	4	6	8	10	19	−9	14
9	Dynamo Stavropol	18	4	1	13	14	31	−17	9
10	Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen	18	2	1	15	11	36	−25	5

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	CSK	DYN	DST	DGT	FAK	LOK	OKN	SPV	TEK	URA
CSKA Moscow		4–1	3–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–4	1–0	2–1
Dynamo Moscow	2–1		3–1	1–0	5–0	0–0	3–0	3–1	4–0	6–2
Dynamo Stavropol	1–2	0–3		3–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–2	0–0	2–1
Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen	0–1	0–1	1–0		0–1	0–3	3–3	1–0	0–2	2–3
Fakel Voronezh	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0		1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–1
Lokomotiv Moscow	0–0	2–0	3–0	3–1	0–0		2–1	0–3	1–0	1–0
Okean Nakhodka	5–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–3		2–1	2–0	1–1
Spartak Vladikavkaz	2–0	0–0	2–1	4–1	2–1	0–0	3–1		2–2	2–0
Tekstilshchik Kamyshin	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	3–2		3–0
Uralmash Yekaterinburg	1–1	2–1	4–1	5–2	1–0	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spartak Moscow	18	11	6	1	35	9	+26	28	Qualification to Championship Round
2	Asmaral Moscow	18	11	4	3	34	21	+13	26
3	Lokomotiv N.N.	18	7	9	2	16	11	+5	23
4	Rostselmash	18	7	6	5	20	17	+3	20
5	Krylia Sovetov Samara	18	5	8	5	12	19	−7	18	Qualification to Relegation Round
6	Torpedo Moscow	18	7	3	8	20	20	0	17
7	Rotor Volgograd	18	6	4	8	23	19	+4	16
8	Zenit St. Petersburg	18	4	6	8	21	35	−14	14
9	Kuban Krasnodar	18	3	6	9	19	30	−11	12
10	Shinnik Yaroslavl	18	1	4	13	11	30	−19	6

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	ASM	KRY	KUB	LNN	ROS	ROT	SHI	SPA	TOR	ZEN
Asmaral Moscow		0–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	8–3
Krylia Sovetov Samara	1–2		1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0
Kuban Krasnodar	1–2	0–0		0–0	0–2	0–1	2–1	1–5	1–3	2–2
Lokomotiv N.N.	2–1	1–0	3–3		1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–0
Rostselmash	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0		1–3	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–0
Rotor Volgograd	0–0	3–0	1–3	3–0	1–3		1–0	1–3	0–1	6–1
Shinnik Yaroslavl	0–3	2–2	2–3	0–2	2–3	1–1		0–1	0–2	1–1
Spartak Moscow	5–1	5–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0		1–1	4–0
Torpedo Moscow	1–2	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–3		1–2
Zenit St. Petersburg	2–4	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final stage

The results of games played in the first stage were counted in the final stage.

By political agreement with UEFA and Ukraine, Russia inherited the access right of Soviet Union to the European competitions, while Ukraine obtained part of the rights of disbanded East Germany.

Championship Round

Tournament for places 1 to 8

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spartak Moscow (C)	14	10	4	0	36	12	+24	24	Qualification to Champions League first round
2	Spartak Vladikavkaz	14	7	3	4	26	20	+6	17	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Dynamo Moscow	14	6	4	4	26	21	+5	16
4	Lokomotiv Moscow	14	5	5	4	14	15	−1	15
5	CSKA Moscow	14	5	4	5	25	19	+6	14
6	Lokomotiv N.N.	14	2	7	5	10	18	−8	11
7	Asmaral Moscow	14	3	3	8	17	36	−19	9
8	Rostselmash	14	1	4	9	3	16	−13	6

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ASM	CSK	DYN	LOK	LNN	ROS	SPA	SPV
Asmaral Moscow		2–5	1–3	0–3				3–3
CSKA Moscow	4–1				0–2	4–0	1–2
Dynamo Moscow	6–1				1–1	1–1	2–5
Lokomotiv Moscow	1–4				1–1	1–0	0–1
Lokomotiv N.N.		1–1	0–2	1–3				1–3
Rostselmash		0–1	0–2	0–1				1–0
Spartak Moscow		1–1	4–3	4–1				5–0
Spartak Vladikavkaz	3–0				4–0	1–0	2–5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation Round

Tournament for places 9 to 20

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
9	Uralmash Yekaterinburg	22	12	6	4	40	21	+19	30
10	Tekstilshchik Kamyshin	22	12	4	6	23	13	+10	28
11	Torpedo Moscow	22	12	4	6	27	17	+10	28	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
12	Rotor Volgograd	22	11	4	7	35	22	+13	26
13	Okean Nakhodka	22	10	5	7	26	26	0	25
14	Krylia Sovetov Samara	22	9	7	6	22	16	+6	25
15	Dynamo Stavropol	22	10	4	8	27	23	+4	24
16	Zenit St. Petersburg (R)	22	9	6	7	30	25	+5	24	Relegation to First League
17	Fakel Voronezh (R)	22	9	4	9	17	17	0	22
18	Kuban Krasnodar (R)	22	4	6	12	16	35	−19	14
19	Shinnik Yaroslavl (R)	22	3	5	14	19	34	−15	11
20	Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen (R)	22	3	1	18	16	49	−33	7

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	DST	DGT	FAK	KRY	KUB	OKN	ROT	SHI	TEK	TOR	URA	ZEN
Dynamo Stavropol				0–3	3–0		4–2	1–0		1–0		3–0
Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen				1–0	1–0		0–3	1–2		1–2		1–3
Fakel Voronezh				1–0	2–0		1–0	1–0		1–1		1–0
Krylia Sovetov Samara	0–0	4–0	1–0			3–1			2–0		1–1
Kuban Krasnodar	2–2	2–1	0–2			1–1			0–2		0–0
Okean Nakhodka				1–0	2–0		0–2	3–2		0–0		3–2
Rotor Volgograd	2–1	3–2	2–0			2–0			2–1		2–2
Shinnik Yaroslavl	0–0	3–0	1–1			1–2			2–0		0–4
Tekstilshchik Kamyshin				1–1	1–0		1–0	3–1		3–0		0–0
Torpedo Moscow	0–1	3–0	2–1			2–0			1–0		1–1
Uralmash Yekaterinburg				2–0	6–0		2–1	2–0		1–0		1–1
Zenit St. Petersburg	2–0	4–0	2–0			3–0			0–1		1–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Gasimov was the official top scorer as Matveyev and Garin did not play in the Championship Round.

As of matches played on 8 November 1992.^[1]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Yuri Matveyev	Uralmash	20
2	Oleg Garin	Okean	16
2	Vali Gasimov	Dynamo Moscow	16
4	Vladimir Kulik	Zenit	13
4	Kirill Rybakov	Asmaral	13
6	Dmitri Radchenko	Spartak Moscow	12
6	Nazim Suleymanov	Spartak Vladikavkaz	12
8	Rustyam Fakhrutdinov	Krylia Sovetov	10
	Aleksandr Grishin	CSKA
	Gennadi Grishin	Torpedo
	Igor Lediakhov	Spartak Moscow
	Oleg Veretennikov	Rotor

Medal squads

(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

1. FC Spartak Moscow
Goalkeepers: Stanislav Cherchesov (24), Gintaras Staučė (3), Valeri Chizhov (1). Defenders: Dmitri Khlestov (24), Viktor Onopko (23 / 6), Dmitri Popov (23 / 1), Andrei Chernyshov (22 / 3), Andrei Ivanov (22), Ramiz Mamedov (10 / 1), Kakhaber Tskhadadze (7), Dmitri Ananko (2), Sergei Chudin (1), Aleksandr Shibayev (1). Midfielders: Valery Karpin (26 / 7), Igor Lediakhov (24 / 10), Andrei Piatnitski (23 / 5), Rashid Rakhimov (11), Oleg Kuzhlev (5), Yevgeni Bushmanov (2), Vladimir Baksheyev (1), Aleksandr Karatayev (1), Alexei Kosolapov (1), Hennadiy Perepadenko (1). Forwards: Vladimir Beschastnykh (20 / 7), Dmitri Radchenko (18 / 12), Mikhail Rusyayev (15 / 6), Nikolai Pisarev (10 / 1), Aleksandr Tatarkin (9 / 1), Vali Gasimov (6), Yuri Petrov (5 / 1), Andrey Tikhonov (2). One own goal scored by Yuri Kovtun (FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don). Manager: Oleg Romantsev. Transferred out during the season: Rashid Rakhimov (to Real Valladolid), Kakhaber Tskhadadze , Vali Gasimov (both to FC Dynamo Moscow), Yuri Petrov (to FC Lokomotiv Moscow), Yevgeni Bushmanov (to PFC CSKA Moscow), Aleksandr Shibayev, Alexei Kosolapov (both to FC Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen), Hennadiy Perepadenko (to Badajoz).
2. FC Spartak Vladikavkaz
Goalkeepers: Zaur Khapov (26). Defenders: Inal Dzhioyev (24 / 2), Gennadi Denisov (23), Ali Alchagirov (22 / 1), Sergei Kozhanov (20), Artur Pagayev (17 / 1), Sergei Gazdanov (16 / 1), Sergei Bodak (7), Boris Dobashin (6), Andrei Sosnitskiy (1). Midfielders: Mirjalol Qosimov (25 / 3), Shamil Isayev (24 / 1), Marat Dzoblayev (23 / 3), Bakhva Tedeyev (20 / 8), Igor B. Kachmazov (20 / 1). Forwards: Nazim Suleymanov (26 / 12), Igor A. Kachmazov (19 / 7), Anri Bestayev (13 / 1), Igor Shkvyrin (10 / 5), Stanislav Tskhovrebov (8), Grigori Ivanov (3), Ruslan Suanov (1), Georgi Takhokhov (1). One own goal scored by Yevgeni Zarva (FC Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen). Manager: Aleksandr Novikov. Transferred out during the season: Igor Shkvyrin (to Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.), Grigori Ivanov (to FC Avtodor-Olaf Vladikavkaz), Peter Neustädter (to Karlsruher SC).
3. FC Dynamo Moscow
Goalkeepers: Valeri Kleymyonov (14), Andrei Smetanin (14). Defenders: Igor Sklyarov (23 / 3), Vyacheslav Tsaryov (22 / 1), Igor Varlamov (13), Sergey Timofeev (12 / 1), Yevgeni Dolgov (12), Sargis Hovhannisyan (12), Kakhaber Tskhadadze (12), Viktor Losev (11), Aleksei Selezov (1). Midfielders: Omari Tetradze (25 / 6), Yuriy Kalitvintsev (22 / 5), Sergei Derkach (21 / 3), Yevgeni Smertin (19 / 2), Andrey Kobelev (16 / 8), Yuri Alekseevich Drozdov (12), Vladimir Kostyuk (11), Vitali But (7), Badri Spanderashvili (7), Igor Gavrilin (6), Aleksei Savchenko (4), Yegor Kiryakov (1). Forwards: Igor Simutenkov (24 / 4), Vali Gasimov (17 / 16), Sergei Kiriakov (8 / 1), Viktor Leonenko (4 / 5), Platon Krivoshchyokov (4), Nikolai Kovardayev (2). Manager: Valery Gazzaev. Transferred out during the season: Viktor Losev (retired), Sergei Kiriakov (to Karlsruher SC), Viktor Leonenko (to FC Dynamo Kyiv).