Russian Top League 1996

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In 1996 the Top League was extended to 18 clubs.

			P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
C	1	Spartak	34	21	9	4	70	34	+36	72
	2	Alania	34	22	6	6	64	35	+29	72
	3	Rotor	34	21	7	6	58	27	+31	70
	4	Dynamo	34	20	7	7	60	35	+25	67
	5	CSKA	34	20	6	8	58	35	+23	66
	6	Lokomotiv Moscow	34	15	10	9	46	31	+15	55
	7	Baltika	34	12	10	12	44	35	+9	46
	8	Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod	34	13	6	15	39	50	–11	45
	9	Krylya Sovetov	34	12	9	13	31	38	–7	45
	10	Zenit	34	13	4	17	32	37	–5	43
	11	Rostselmash	34	11	8	15	58	60	–2	41
	12	Torpedo-Luzhniki	34	10	11	13	42	51	–9	41
	13	Chernomorets	34	11	6	17	38	51	–13	39
	14	KAMAZ-Chally	34	10	6	18	43	57	–14	36
	15	Zhemchuzhina	34	10	6	18	38	57	–19	36
R	16	Uralmash	34	8	9	17	38	57	–19	33
R	17	Energia-Tekstilshchik	34	4	12	18	25	48	–23	24
R	18	Lada	34	4	6	24	18	64	–46	18

As Alania and Spartak finished at the top of the table with equal points, the title was decided in a championship play-off.

Spartak qualified for the UEFA Champions League 1997-98. Alania and Rotor qualified for the UEFA Cup 1997-98.

[edit] Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals	Team
1	Aleksandr Maslov	23	Rostselmash
2	Oleg Veretennikov	19	Rotor
3	Dmitry Cheryshev	17	Dynamo
4	Vladimir Nidergaus	16	Rotor
	Andrey Tikhonov	16	Spartak
6	Valery Kechinov	13	Spartak
	Oleg Teryokhin	13	Dynamo
8	Sergey Bulatov	12	Baltika
	Andrey Kobelev	12	Dynamo
10	Mirjalol Kasymov	11	Alania
	Mukhsin Mukhamadiyev	11	Lokomotiv NN
	Nazim Suleymanov	11	Alania
	Bakhva Tedeyev	11	Alania

[edit] See also

1996 in Russian football

[edit] External links

• RSSSF

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