1996 in Russian football

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1996 in Russian football returned the fifth national title to Spartak Moscow, while the Russian Cup was taken by Lokomotiv Moscow.

1 National team
2 Leagues
3 Cup
4 UEFA club competitions
5 References

[edit] National team

Russia national football team finished last in Group C at Euro 96.

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score¹	Competition	Russia scorers	Match Report
7 February 1996	Ta'Qali Stadium, Valletta (A)	Malta	2–0	RT	Valery Karpin, Sergey Kiryakov	RussiaTeam
9 February 1996	Ta'Qali Stadium, Valletta (N)	Iceland	3–0	RT	Andrey Kanchelskis, Valery Karpin (2)	RussiaTeam
11 February 1996	Ta'Qali Stadium, Valletta (N)	Slovenia	3–1	RT	Igor Simutenkov (2), Dmitry Alenichev	RussiaTeam
27 March 1996	Lansdowne Road, Dublin (A)	Republic of Ireland	2–0	F	Aleksandr Mostovoi, Igor Kolyvanov	RussiaTeam
24 April 1996	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels (A)	Belgium	0–0	F		RussiaTeam
24 May 1996	Khalifa Stadium, Doha (A)	Qatar	5–2	F	Sergey Kiryakov (2), Andrey Kanchelskis, Igor Kolyvanov, Aleksandr Mostovoi	RussiaTeam
29 May 1996	Dynamo Stadium, Moscow (H)	United Arab Emirates	1–0	F	Igor Simutenkov	RussiaTeam
2 June 1996	Dynamo Stadium, Moscow (H)	Poland	0–1	F	Yury Kovtun, Vladimir Beschastnykh	RussiaTeam
11 June 1996	Anfield, Liverpool (N)	Italy	1–2	EC	Ilya Tsymbalar	RussiaTeam
16 June 1996	Old Trafford, Manchester (N)	Germany	0–3	EC		RussiaTeam
19 June 1996	Anfield, Liverpool (N)	Czech Republic	3–3	EC	Aleksandr Mostovoi, Omari Tetradze, Vladimir Beschastnykh	RussiaTeam
28 August 1996	Dynamo Stadium, Moscow (H)	Brazil	2–2	F	Yury Nikiforov, Vladislav Radimov	RussiaTeam
1 September 1996	Dynamo Stadium, Moscow (H)	Cyprus	4–0	WCQ	Yury Nikiforov, Igor Kolyvanov, Vladimir Beschastnykh	RussiaTeam
9 October 1996	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan (A)	Israel	1–1	WCQ	Igor Kolyvanov	RussiaTeam
10 November 1996	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg (A)	Luxembourg	4–0	WCQ	Andrey Tikhonov, Andrey Kanchelskis, Vladimir Beschastnykh, Valery Karpin	RussiaTeam

Russia score given first

Key

H = Home match
A = Away match
A = Neutral ground
F = Friendly
RT = Rothmans Tournament
EC = 1996 UEFA European Football Championship, Group C
WCQ = 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying, UEFA Group 5

[edit] Leagues

[edit] Top League

Main article: Russian Top League 1996

[edit] First League

Dynamo-Gazovik, Shinnik, and Fakel won promotion from the First League.

			P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
P	1	Dynamo-Gazovik	42	24	12	6	82	34	+48	84
P	2	Shinnik	42	24	11	7	66	32	+34	83
P	3	Fakel	42	23	13	6	72	33	+39	82
	4	Gazovik-Gazprom	42	24	7	11	69	44	+25	79
	5	Dynamo	42	21	9	12	61	45	+16	72
	6	Zarya	42	19	9	14	63	54	+9	66
	7	Uralan	42	19	9	14	47	41	+6	66
	8	Sokol-PZhD	42	18	8	16	56	49	+7	62
	9	Spartak	42	17	8	17	62	59	+3	59
	10	Kuban	42	15	14	13	65	60	+5	59
	11	Saturn	42	16	9	17	48	48	0	57
	12	Lokomotiv Saint Petersburg	42	15	10	17	57	46	+11	55
	13	Neftekhimik	42	15	10	17	45	55	–10	55
	14	Luch	42	14	13	15	39	46	–7	55
	15	Torpedo Volzhsky	42	15	9	18	57	71	–14	54
	16	Druzhba	42	15	8	19	50	47	+3	53
	17	Lokomotiv Chita	42	13	12	17	50	56	–6	51
R	18	Torpedo Arzamas	42	15	5	22	47	64	–17	50
R	19	Okean	42	10	9	23	42	76	–34	39
R	20	Zvezda	42	10	8	24	31	63	–32	38
R	21	Metallurg	42	8	11	23	33	61	–28	35
R	22	Chkalovets	42	7	6	29	44	102	–58	27

Varlam Kilasoniya of Lokomotiv SPb became the top goalscorer with 22 goals.

[edit] Second League

The following clubs of the Second League won promotion:

FC Metallurg Lipetsk (West champions)
FC Anzhi Makhachkala (West runners-up)
FC Lada Dimitrovgrad (Centre winners)
FC CSK VVS-Kristall Smolensk (Centre runners-up)
FC Irtysh Omsk (East champions)

[edit] Cup

The Russian Cup was won by Lokomotiv Moscow, who beat Spartak Moscow 3–2 in the final.

[edit] UEFA club competitions

[edit] UEFA Champions League 1995-96

Spartak Moscow played in the quarterfinal of the UEFA Champions League 1995-96, where they lost 2–4 on aggregate to FC Nantes Atlantique.

[edit] UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1995-96

Dynamo Moscow were in the quarterfinal of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1995-96, where they were beaten twice by SK Rapid Wien.

[edit] UEFA Intertoto Cup 1996

Rotor Volgograd, KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny, and Uralmash Yekaterinburg, the Russian clubs in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1996, started the campaign well, winning their respective groups. In the semifinals Uralmash were eliminated by Silkeborg IF, and KAMAZ by En Avant Guingamp. Rotor qualified to the finals by defeating LASK Linz, only to lose to Guingamp on away goals.

[edit] UEFA Champions League 1996-97

1995 champions Alania Vladikavkaz were thrashed 10–3 on aggregate by Rangers F.C. in the qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League 1996-97.

[edit] UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1996-97

Lokomotiv Moscow overcame NK Varteks on away goals in the first round of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1996-97, but lost twice to SL Benfica in the second round.

[edit] UEFA Cup 1996-97

Russian clubs performed well in the qualifying round of the UEFA Cup 1996-97, with Dynamo Moscow, CSKA Moscow, Spartak Moscow, and Torpedo Moscow eliminating FC Jazz, Íþróttabandalag Akraness, NK Croatia Zagreb, and Hajduk Split, respectively. In the first round they were joined by Alania Vladikavkaz. Only Spartak were able to get part the first round. CSKA were eliminated by Feyenoord Rotterdam, Dynamo by A.S. Roma, Alania by R.S.C. Anderlecht, and Torpedo by FC Dinamo Tbilisi.

Spartak overcame Silkeborg IF in the first round, and were eliminated by Hamburger SV in the second round.

[edit] References

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