# 1992 Russian First League

The 1992 Russian First League was the 1st edition of Russian First Division. There were 3 zones with 52 teams in total.

## West
### Overview

| Team | 1991 league and position | Head coach |
| FC Zhemchuzhina-Amerus Enterprises Sochi | Soviet Second League B, Zone 4, 1st (as FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi) | Arsen Naydyonov |
| FC Uralan Elista | Soviet Second League B, Zone 4, 2nd | Arnold Lendengolts |
| FC Gekris Novorossiysk | Soviet Second League, Center, 13th (as FC Tsement Novorossiysk) | Oleg Dolmatov |
| FC Druzhba Maykop | Soviet Second League, Center, 15th | Nurbiy Khakunov |
| FC Terek Grozny | Soviet Second League, Center, 5th | Khaydar Alkhanov |
| FC Dynamo Vologda | Soviet Second League B, Zone 6, 4th | Leon Agubyants |
| FC Metallurg Lipetsk | Soviet Second League, Center, 4th | Aleksandr Ignatenko |
| PFC Spartak Nalchik | Soviet Second League, West, 17th | Kazbek Tlyarugov |
| FC Spartak Anapa | Soviet Second League B, Zone 5, 1st | Akop Kalandzhan |
| FC Torpedo Vladimir | Soviet Second League, Center, 3rd | Yuri Pyanov |
| FC Asmaral Kislovodsk | Soviet Second League B, Zone 4, 3rd (as FC Narzan Kislodovsk) | Gennadi Sarychev (until July) Eduard Malofeyev (from July) |
| FC Torpedo Taganrog | Soviet Second League, West, 6th | Valeri Volodin (until July) Anatoly Bulgakov (from August) |
| FC Nart Cherkessk | Soviet Second League, Center, 17th | Leonid Shlyak |
| FC APK Azov | Soviet Second League, Center, 16th | Aleksandr Irkhin (until July) Vladimir Inyutin (from September) |
| FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo | Soviet Second League B, Zone 6, 2nd | Vladimir Belkov |
| FC Energomash Belgorod | Soviet Second League B, Zone 5, 4th | Viktor Prokhorov |
| FC Prometey-Dynamo St. Petersburg | Soviet Second League B, Zone 6, 1st | Vladimir Pronin (until May) Vladimir Goncharov (from June) |
| FC Trion-Volga Tver | Soviet Second League, Center, 20th (as FC Volga Tver) | Viktor Arzhanykh (until August) Boris Zhuravlyov (from September) |

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Zhemchuzhina-Amerus Enterprises Sochi (P) | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 84 | 40 | +44 | 53 | Promotion to Top League |
| 2 | Uralan Elista | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 65 | 49 | +16 | 43 | |
| 3 | Gekris Novorossiysk | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 63 | 35 | +28 | 43 | |
| 4 | Druzhba Maykop | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 57 | 42 | +15 | 42 | |
| 5 | Terek Grozny | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 63 | 43 | +20 | 41 | |
| 6 | Dynamo Vologda | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 51 | 43 | +8 | 37 | |
| 7 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 49 | 41 | +8 | 36 | |
| 8 | Spartak Nalchik | 34 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 58 | 47 | +11 | 35 | |
| 9 | Spartak Anapa | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 35 | |
| 10 | Torpedo Vladimir | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 33 | |
| 11 | Asmaral Kislovodsk | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 31 | |
| 12 | Torpedo Taganrog | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 47 | 39 | +8 | 30 | |
| 13 | Nart Cherkessk | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 55 | −18 | 30 | |
| 14 | APK Azov | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 37 | 60 | −23 | 28 | |
| 15 | Tekstilshchik Ivanovo | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 58 | 57 | +1 | 28 | |
| 16 | Energomash Belgorod (R) | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 44 | 68 | −24 | 27 | Relegation to Second League |
| 17 | Prometey-Dynamo St. Petersburg (R) | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 36 | 65 | −29 | 21 | Relegation to Second League |
| 18 | Trion-Volga Tver (R) | 34 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 31 | 85 | −54 | 19 | Relegation to Second League |

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Gocha Gogrichiani | Zhemchuzhina-Amerus | 26 |
| 2 | Eduard Kugotov | Spartak (Nch) | 19 |
| 3 | Nikolai Sukhov | Torpedo (Vl) | 17 |
| 4 | Konstantin Kamnev | Terek | 16 |
| 5 | Artur Shamrin | Metallurg (Lp) | 14 |
| 6 | Yuri Bobryshev | Uralan | 13 |
| 6 | Yuri Krivolapov | Tekstilshchik | 13 |
| 6 | Yevgeni Saprykin | Spartak (An) | 13 |
| 6 | Igor Tikhonov | Tekstilshchik | 13 |
| 10 | Valeri Popov | Torpedo (Tg) | 12 |

## Center
### Overview

| Team | 1991 league and position | Head coach |
| FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | Soviet Second League, Center, 10th | Valeri Chetverik |
| FC Torpedo Ryazan | Soviet Second League, Center, 12th | Sergei Nedosekin |
| FC Zvezda Perm | Soviet Second League, Center, 14th | Viktor Slesarev |
| FC Torpedo Volzhsky | Soviet Second League, Center, 7th | Oleg Dudarin |
| FC Rubin-TAN Kazan | Soviet Second League B, Zone 7, 1st (as FC Rubin Kazan) | Aleksandr Ivchenko (until August) |
| FC Lada Togliatti | Soviet Second League, Center, 6th | Anatoli Tyryatkin (until August) Vladimir Yevsyukov (from September) |
| FC Sokol Saratov | Soviet Second League, Center, 8th | Aleksandr Koreshkov |
| FC Uralets Nizhny Tagil | Soviet Second League B, Zone 7, 3rd | Viktor Konshin |
| FC Torpedo Miass | Soviet Second League B, Zone 7, 4th | Vladimir Khitrin |
| FC Zenit Izhevsk | Soviet Second League, Center, 9th | Valeri Salnikov |
| FC Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola | Soviet Second League B, Zone 7, 5th | Geliy Putevskoy |
| FC Zenit Chelyabinsk | Soviet Second League B, Zone 7, 6th | Mirgarifan Shafigulin |
| FC Svetotekhnika Saransk | Soviet Second League B, Zone 5, 2nd | Vladimir Solovyov |
| FC Lada Dimitrovgrad | first professional season | Aleksandr Samygin |
| FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk | Soviet Second League B, Zone 7, 2nd | Viktor Lukashenko |
| FC Atommash Volgodonsk | Soviet Second League B, Zone 4, 5th | Aleksandr Rakov |
| FC Gastello Ufa | Soviet Second League, Center, 18th | Yuri Surenskiy |
| FC Dynamo Kirov | Soviet Second League B, Zone 7, 7th | Aleksandr Vozhegov (until August) Boris Ulitin (from September) |

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny (P) | 34 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 78 | 19 | +59 | 55 | Promotion to Top League |
| 2 | Torpedo Ryazan | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 55 | 38 | +17 | 46 | |
| 3 | Zvezda Perm | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 59 | 36 | +23 | 45 | |
| 4 | Torpedo Volzhsky | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 65 | 37 | +28 | 40 | |
| 5 | Rubin-TAN Kazan | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 30 | +13 | 39 | |
| 6 | Lada-Togliatti | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 57 | 40 | +17 | 38 | |
| 7 | Sokol Saratov | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 70 | 47 | +23 | 37 | |
| 8 | Uralets Nizhny Tagil | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 41 | 27 | +14 | 37 | |
| 9 | Torpedo Miass | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 35 | |
| 10 | Zenit Izhevsk | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 34 | |
| 11 | Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 47 | 52 | −5 | 31 | |
| 12 | Zenit Chelyabinsk | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 44 | 58 | −14 | 30 | |
| 13 | Svetotekhnika Saransk | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 50 | 66 | −16 | 29 | |
| 14 | Lada Dimitrovgrad | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 34 | 62 | −28 | 28 | |
| 15 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 43 | −13 | 28 | |
| 16 | Atommash Volgodonsk (R) | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 26 | 59 | −33 | 27 | Relegation to Second League |
| 17 | Gastello Ufa (R) | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 61 | −34 | 19 | Relegation to Second League |
| 18 | Dynamo Kirov (R) | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 64 | −43 | 14 | Relegation to Second League |

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Oleg Teryokhin | Sokol | 27 |
| 2 | Sergei Chesnakas | Lada-Tg | 26 |
| 2 | Viktor Panchenko | KAMAZ | 26 |
| 4 | Vladimir Filimonov | Zvezda (P) | 21 |
| 5 | Dmitri Petrenko | Torpedo (Vlzh) | 19 |
| 6 | Marat Mulashev | Rubin-TAN | 18 |
| 7 | Andrei Ivanov | Zenit (Izh) | 16 |
| 8 | Garnik Avalyan | Torpedo (Rz) | 14 |
| 8 | Mikhail Potylchak | Torpedo (Vlzh) | 14 |
| 10 | Salekh Abdulkayumov | Torpedo (Rz) | 13 |

## East
### Overview

| Team | 1991 league and position | Head coach |
| FC Luch Vladivostok | Soviet Second League B, Zone 10, 8th | Lev Burchalkin (until August) Aleksandr Ivchenko (from August) |
| FC Irtysh Omsk | Soviet Second League B, Zone 10, 3rd | Vyacheslav Martynov |
| FC Lokomotiv Chita | Soviet Second League B, Zone 10, 1st | Aleksandr Kovalyov |
| FC Chkalovets-FoKuMiS Novosibirsk | Soviet Second League B, Zone 10, 4th (as FC Chkalovets Novosibirsk) | Valeri Yerkovich |
| FC Selenga Ulan-Ude | Soviet Second League B, Zone 10, 12th | Yuri Zubkov |
| FC Zvezda-Yunis-Sib Irkutsk | Soviet Second League, East, 6th (as FC Zvezda Irkutsk) | Sergey Muratov |
| FC Tom Tomsk | Soviet Second League B, Zone 10, 6th | Vladimir Pomeshchikov |
| FC Dynamo Yakutsk | Soviet Second League B, Zone 10, 10th | Yuri Pudyshev |
| FC Metallurg Novokuznetsk | Soviet Second League B, Zone 10, 5th | Vladislav Sosnov |
| FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk | Soviet Second League B, Zone 10, 7th | Aleksandr Kishinyovskiy |
| FC Kuzbass Kemerovo | Soviet Second League, East, 7th | Aleksandr Krasnozhyonov |
| FC Dynamo Barnaul | Soviet Second League, East, 15th | Viktor Volynkin |
| FC Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | Soviet Second League, East, 19th | B. Tibilov |
| FC SKA Khabarovsk | Soviet Second League B, Zone 10, 2nd | Vladimir Bychek |
| FC Amur Blagoveshchensk | Soviet Second League, East, 13th | Anatoli Kulik |
| FC Amur Komsomolsk-na-Amure | Soviet Second League B, Zone 10, 11th | Yevgeni Kozhemyako |

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Luch Vladivostok (P) | 30 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 44 | 14 | +30 | 44 | Promotion to Top League |
| 2 | Irtysh Omsk | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 25 | +20 | 42 | |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Chita | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 59 | 36 | +23 | 39 | |
| 4 | Chkalovets-FoKuMiS Novosibirsk | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 36 | |
| 5 | Selenga Ulan-Ude | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 35 | |
| 6 | Zvezda-Yunis-Sib Irkutsk | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 28 | +11 | 34 | |
| 7 | Tom Tomsk | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 32 | |
| 8 | Dynamo Yakutsk | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 41 | 32 | +9 | 31 | |
| 9 | Metallurg Novokuznetsk | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 27 | |
| 10 | Metallurg Krasnoyarsk | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 26 | |
| 11 | Kuzbass Kemerovo | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 25 | |
| 12 | Dynamo Barnaul | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 26 | 36 | −10 | 25 | |
| 13 | Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 24 | |
| 14 | SKA Khabarovsk | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 23 | |
| 15 | Amur Blagoveshchensk (R) | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 58 | −30 | 21 | Relegation to Second League |
| 16 | Amur Komsomolsk-na-Amure (R) | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 16 | 49 | −33 | 16 | Relegation to Second League |

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Vyacheslav Kartashov | Irtysh | 19 |
| 2 | Vladimir Misyuchenko | Dynamo (Yak) | 13 |
| 2 | Vladislav Yarkin | Kuzbass | 13 |
| 4 | Aleksandr Alfyorov | Zvezda-Yunis-Sib | 12 |
| 5 | Vadim Bogdanov | Metallurg (Kr) | 11 |
| 5 | Sergei Kovalyov | Chkalovets-FoKuMiS | 11 |
| 7 | Vladislav Kadyrov | Sakhalin | 10 |
| 8 | Maksim Dubovik | Luch | 9 |
| 8 | Yevgeni Kasyanenko | Luch | 9 |
| 8 | Vladimir Puzanov | Chkalovets-FoKuMiS | 9 |
| 8 | Sergei Rogalevskiy | Kuzbass | 9 |
| 8 | Andrei Seroshtan | Metallurg (Nk) | 9 |
| 8 | Andrei Skovpen | Kuzbass | 9 |