1997 in Russian football

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1997 in Russian football brought the fifth national title to Spartak Moscow, and the second Russian Cup victory to Lokomotiv Moscow.

Contents 1 National team 2 Leagues 2.1 Top League 2.2 First League 2.3 Second League 3 Cup 4 UEFA club competitions 4.1 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 4.2 UEFA Champions League 1997-98 4.3 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1997-98 4.4 UEFA Cup 1997-98 5 References

[edit] National team

Russia national football team failed to qualify for the 1998 FIFA World Cup final tournament, losing on aggregate to Italy in the play-offs.

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score1	Competition	Russia scorers	Match Report
7 February 1997	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong (N)	Yugoslavia	1–1 (6–5 pen)	CC	Dmitry Popov	RussiaTeam
10 February 1997	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong (N)	Switzerland	2–1	CC	Igor Simutenkov (2)	RussiaTeam
12 March 1997	Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade (A)	Yugoslavia	0–0	F		RussiaTeam
29 March 1997	Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni (A)	Cyprus	1–1	WCQ	Igor Simutenkov	RussiaTeam
30 April 1997	Dynamo Stadium, Moscow (H)	Luxembourg	3–0	WCQ	Valery Kechinov, Sergey Grishin, Igor Simutenkov	RussiaTeam
8 June 1997	Dynamo Stadium, Moscow (H)	Israel	2–0	WCQ	Vladislav Radimov, Aleksei Kosolapov	RussiaTeam
20 August 1997	Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg (H)	Yugoslavia	0–1	F		RussiaTeam
10 September 1997	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia (A)	Bulgaria	0–1	WCQ		RussiaTeam
11 October 1997	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow (H)	Bulgaria	4–2	WCQ	Dmitry Alenichev (2), Igor Kolyvanov, Sergey Yuran	RussiaTeam
29 October 1997	Dynamo Stadium, Moscow (H)	Italy	1–1	WCQP	own goal	RussiaTeam
15 November 1997	Stadio San Paolo, Naples (A)	Italy	0–1	WCQP		RussiaTeam

[edit] Leagues

[edit] Top League

[edit] First League

Due to reduction of the Top League to 16 clubs, only the was only one promotion place in the First League, which was taken by Uralan.

			P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
P	1	Uralan	42	29	5	8	67	22	+45	92
	2	Metallurg	42	26	6	10	80	41	+39	84
	3	Sokol-PZhD	42	21	11	10	58	35	+23	74
	4	Spartak Nalchik	42	23	3	16	74	53	+21	72
	5	Lokomotiv Saint Petersburg	42	19	13	10	55	38	+17	70
	6	Lada-Grad	42	20	9	13	80	71	+9	69
	7	CSK VVS Kristall	42	19	11	12	70	45	+25	68
	8	Lokomotiv Chita	42	21	2	19	62	63	–1	65
	9	Saturn	42	19	6	17	65	55	+10	63
	10	Dynamo	42	18	8	16	54	58	–4	62
	11	Neftekhimik	42	19	4	19	53	54	–1	61
	12	Gazovik-Gazprom	42	18	7	17	42	39	+3	61
	13	Anzhi	42	18	6	18	66	72	–6	60
	14	Lada-Togliatti-VAZ	42	16	12	14	61	56	+5	60
	15	Druzhba	42	17	6	19	51	62	–11	57
	16	Kuban	42	16	9	17	63	66	–3	57
	17	Irtysh	42	15	12	15	52	53	–1	57
R	18	Zarya	42	12	9	21	39	58	–19	45
R	19	Energia	42	10	8	24	46	67	–21	38
R	20	Uralmash	42	9	8	25	43	77	–34	35
R	21	Torpedo	42	9	3	30	29	69	–40	30
R	22	Luch	42	3	12	27	20	76	–56	21

Aleksey Chernov of Lada-Grad became the top goalscorer with 29 goals.

[edit] Second League

The following clubs have earned promotion by winning tournaments in their respective Second League zones:

• FC Arsenal Tula (West)
• FC Rubin Kazan (Centre)
• FC Tom Tomsk (East)

[edit] Cup

The Russian Cup was won by Lokomotiv Moscow, who beat Dynamo Moscow 2–0 in the final.

[edit] UEFA club competitions

[edit] UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997

Dynamo Moscow, Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod, and Torpedo Moscow, the Russian clubs in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1998, started the campaign well, winning their respective groups. However, all three clubs were knocked out in the semifinals by MSV Duisburg, Halmstads BK, and AJ Auxerre, respectively.

[edit] UEFA Champions League 1997-98

Spartak Moscow failed to qualify for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League 1997-98, losing to FC Košice 1–2 on aggregate.

[edit] UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1997-98

Lokomotiv Moscow overcame FC Belshina Bobruisk and Kocaelispor, reaching the spring stage of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1997-98.

[edit] UEFA Cup 1997-98

Rotor Volgograd eliminated Odra Wodzisław in the second qualifying round of UEFA Cup 1998-99. In the first round they knocked out Örebro SK, but in the second round they lost to S.S. Lazio.

Alania Vladikavkaz reached the first round by defeating FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and lost there to MTK Hungária FC.

Spartak Moscow reached the spring stage of the cup, eliminating FC Sion, Real Valladolid, and Karlsruher SC in the first three rounds.

[edit] References

• National team fixtures (Russian)
• League and cup results
• League top scorers (Russian)
• UEFA Champions League results
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup results
• UEFA Cup results
• UEFA Intertoto Cup results

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