1999 Russian Top Division

Spartak Moscow won their fourth consecutive Russian title, and seventh overall.

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Spartak Moscow (C) 30 22 6 2 75 24 +51 72 2000–01 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Lokomotiv Moscow 30 20 5 5 62 30 +32 65 2000–01 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3 CSKA Moscow 30 15 10 5 42 29 +13 55 2000–01 UEFA Cup First round
4 Torpedo Moscow 30 13 11 6 38 33 +5 50
5 Dynamo Moscow 30 12 8 10 44 31 +13 44
6 Alania Vladikavkaz 30 12 7 11 54 45 +9 43
7 Rostselmash 30 11 8 11 32 37 −5 41
8 Zenit St. Petersburg 30 9 12 9 36 34 +2 39
9 Uralan Elista 30 10 6 14 27 34 −7 36
10 Saturn Moscow Oblast 30 8 10 12 30 38 −8 34
11 Lokomotiv N.N. 30 9 6 15 33 48 −15 33
12 Krylia Sovetov Samara 30 8 7 15 39 49 −10 31
13 Rotor Volgograd 30 7 10 13 36 51 −15 31
14 Chernomorets Novorossiysk 30 7 8 15 30 49 −19 29
15 Zhemchuzhina Sochi (R) 30 5 11 14 29 55 −26 26 Relegation to the Russian First Division 2000
16 Shinnik Yaroslavl (R) 30 5 9 16 21 45 −24 24

Source: rsssf.com {{{2}}}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Alania qualified for the UEFA Cup thanks to Lokomotiv winning the Russian Cup in 2000.

Contents

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Goals Team
1 Georgi Demetradze 21 Alania
2 Andrey Tikhonov 19 Spartak
3 Vladimir Kulik 15 CSKA
4 Dmitri Loskov 14 Lokomotiv M
Oleg Teryokhin 14 Dynamo
6 Arsen Avakov 13 Lokomotiv NN
7 Vyacheslav Kamoltsev 12 Torpedo
Sergei Semak 12 CSKA
Oleg Veretennikov 12 Rotor
10 Egor Titov 11 Spartak

Awards

On December 2 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players: [1]

Goalkeepers
  1. Aleksandr Filimonov (Spartak Moscow)
  2. Ruslan Nigmatullin (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  3. Roman Berezovsky (Zenit)
Right backs
  1. Dmytro Parfenov (Spartak Moscow)
  2. Valeri Minko (CSKA Moscow)
  3. Aleksei Arifullin (Lokomotiv Moscow)
Right-centre backs
  1. Dmitri Khlestov (Spartak Moscow)
  2. Igor Cherevchenko (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  3. Vyacheslav Dayev (Torpedo Moscow)
Left-centre backs
  1. Igor Chugainov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  2. Viktor Bulatov (Spartak Moscow)
  3. Yevgeni Varlamov (CSKA Moscow)
Left backs
  1. Sergei Gurenko (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  2. Yuri Kovtun (Spartak Moscow)
  3. Oleg Kornaukhov (CSKA Moscow)
Right wingers
  1. Sergei Semak (CSKA Moscow)
  2. Albert Sarkisyan (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  3. Olexandr Gorshkov (Zenit)
Right-center midfielders
  1. Alexey Smertin (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  2. Yuri Drozdov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  3. Dmitri Khomukha (CSKA Moscow)
Left-center midfielders
  1. Yegor Titov (Spartak Moscow)
  2. Dmitri Loskov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  3. Artyom Bezrodny (Spartak Moscow)
Left wingers
  1. Andrey Tikhonov (Spartak Moscow)
  2. Rolan Gusev (Dynamo Moscow)
  3. Yevgeni Kharlachyov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
Right forwards
  1. Aleksandr Panov (Zenit)
  2. Zaza Janashia (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  3. Aleksandr Shirko (Spartak Moscow)
Left forwards
  1. Giorgi Demetradze (Alania)
  2. Vladimir Kulik (CSKA Moscow)
  3. Oleg Teryokhin (Dynamo Moscow)

Medal squads

1. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Aleksandr Filimonov (28), Andrei Smetanin (5).
Defenders: Dmitri Khlestov (27 / 1), Yuri Kovtun (26 / 2), Eduard Mor (23), Dmytro Parfenov (17), Vadim Evseev (11 / 1), Yevgeni Bushmanov (9), Dmitri Ananko (7).
Midfielders: Andrey Tikhonov (29 / 19), Yegor Titov (29 / 11), Valery Kechinov (26 / 4), Viktor Bulatov (29 / 4), Vasili Baranov (24 / 4), Artyom Bezrodny (19 / 5), Ilya Tsymbalar (11 / 2), Aleksei Zlydnev (2), Aleksei Melyoshin (2), Peniche (2).
Forwards: Aleksandr Shirko (27 / 9), Luis Robson (20 / 7), Sergei Yuran (18 / 3), Maksim Buznikin (6 / 1), Anatoli Kanishchev (1).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

One own goal each scored by Aleksandr Berketov (FC Rotor Volgograd) and Igor Cherevchenko (FC Lokomotiv Moscow).

Manager: Oleg Romantsev.

Transferred out during the season: Sergei Yuran (to SK Sturm Graz), Ilya Tsymbalar (to FC Lokomotiv Moscow), Maksim Buznikin (to FC Saturn Ramenskoye).

2. FC Lokomotiv Moscow

Goalkeepers: Ruslan Nigmatullin (29), Aleksei Poliakov (1).
Defenders: Igor Chugainov (29 / 4), Andrei Lavrik (26), Oleg Pashinin (25 / 1), Yuri Drozdov (21), Igor Cherevchenko (20 / 2), Sargis Hovhannisyan (16 / 2), Aleksei Arifullin (16), Andrei Solomatin (13), Sergei Gurenko (6 / 2), Semyon Semenenko (6).
Midfielders: Alexey Smertin (29 / 6), Dmitri Loskov (28 / 14), Yevgeni Kharlachyov (27 / 9), Albert Sarkisyan (26 / 4), Vladimir Maminov (22 / 3), Sergei Neretin (3), Aleksandr Borodyuk (1).
Forwards: Dmitri Bulykin (26 / 8), Zaza Janashia (20 / 6), Ruslan Pimenov (4 / 1), Mikalay Ryndzyuk (4).

Manager: Yuri Syomin.

Transferred out during the season: Sergei Gurenko (to A.S. Roma), Mikalay Ryndzyuk (to FC BATE Borisov), Aleksandr Borodyuk (to FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow).

3. PFC CSKA Moscow

Goalkeepers: Dmitri Goncharov (18), Andrei Novosadov (12).
Defenders: Maksim Bokov (28 / 1), Valeri Minko (28 / 1), Oleg Kornaukhov (26), Yevgeni Varlamov (21 / 5), Igor Aksyonov (16), Denis Pervushin (4), Ante Pešić (4), Denis Yevsikov (3).
Midfielders: Dmitri Khomukha (30 / 8), Sergei Semak (29 / 12), Sergei Filippenkov (29 / 6), Andrei Tsaplin (25), Aleksei Savelyev (24 / 2), Oleg Shishkin (15 / 3), Marek Hollý (14 / 1), Aleksandr Borodkin (13), Viktor Navochenko (13), Aleksandr Grishin (12), Magomed Adiev (4), Maksim Nizovtsev (2), Artyom Kovalenko (1), Andrei Krasnopjorov (1), Aleksandr Lebedev (1).
Forwards: Vladimir Kulik (30 / 14), Goran Gutalj (2 / 1), Sergei Rodin (2), Aleksandr Suchkov (2).

One own goal each scored by Konstantin Golovskoy (FC Dynamo Moscow) and Dmitriy Lyapkin (FC Saturn Ramenskoye).

Manager: Oleg Dolmatov.

Transferred out during the season: Aleksandr Borodkin (to FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow), Magomed Adiev (to FC Sokol Saratov), Ante Pešić (to NK Vukovar '91), Maksim Nizovtsev (to FC Baltika Kaliningrad), Goran Gutalj (to HIT Gorica), Andrei Krasnopjorov (to FC Lantana Tallinn).

References

See also

1999 in Russian football

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