# 1994 Russian Top League

Statistics of Russian Top League in the 1994 season.

## Overview

16 teams participated, and FC Spartak Moscow won the championship.
| Team | Head coach |
| FC Spartak Moscow | Oleg Romantsev |
| FC Dynamo Moscow | Konstantin Beskov |
| FC Lokomotiv Moscow | Yuri Syomin |
| FC Rotor Volgograd | Vladimir Salkov (until May) Viktor Prokopenko (from July) |
| FC Spartak Vladikavkaz | Valery Gazzaev |
| FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | Valeri Chetverik |
| FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin | Sergei Pavlov |
| FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod | Valeri Ovchinnikov |
| FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi | Arsen Naydyonov |
| PFC CSKA Moscow | Boris Kopeikin (until May) Aleksandr Tarkhanov (from June) |
| FC Torpedo Moscow | Yury Mironov (until July) Sergei Petrenko (caretaker, July to August) Valentin Ivanov (from August) |
| FC Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen | Eduard Malofeyev |
| FC Krylia Sovetov Samara | Valeri Bogdanov (until April) Anatoli Kikin (caretaker, April to May) Aleksandr Averyanov (from May) |
| FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg | Viktor Shishkin (until August) Vladimir Kalashnikov (from September) |
| FC Dynamo Stavropol | Sergei Zimenkov (until July) Vladimir Yulygin (caretaker, July to August) Boris Stukalov (from August) |
| FC Lada Togliatti | Aleksandr Irkhin (until March) Aleksandr Garmashov (caretaker, March to June) Viktor Tishchenko (from July) |

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Spartak Moscow (C) | 30 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 73 | 21 | +52 | 50 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Dynamo Moscow | 30 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 55 | 35 | +20 | 39 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 49 | 28 | +21 | 36 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Rotor Volgograd | 30 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 39 | 23 | +16 | 36 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Spartak Vladikavkaz | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 32 | 34 | −2 | 33 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 31 | |
| 7 | Tekstilshchik Kamyshin | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 30 | |
| 8 | Lokomotiv N.N. | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 30 | |
| 9 | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 27 | |
| 10 | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 26 | |
| 11 | Torpedo Moscow | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 26 | |
| 12 | Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 24 | 49 | −25 | 24 | |
| 13 | Krylia Sovetov Samara | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 30 | 51 | −21 | 24 | |
| 14 | Uralmash Yekaterinburg | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 33 | 49 | −16 | 23 | |
| 15 | Dynamo Stavropol (R) | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 23 | Relegation to First League |
| 16 | Lada-Togliatti (R) | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 41 | −17 | 22 | Relegation to First League |
* ↑ FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi was called FC Zhemchuzhina-Kuban Sochi for part of the season.

## Results

| Home \ Away | CSK | DYN | DST | DGT | KAM | KRY | LAD | LOK | LNN | ROT | SPA | SPV | TEK | TOR | URA | ZHE |
| CSKA Moscow | | 2–3 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Dynamo Moscow | 2–4 | | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 5–3 |
| Dynamo Stavropol | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 |
| Krylia Sovetov Samara | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–6 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Lada-Togliatti | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 8–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Lokomotiv N.N. | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Rotor Volgograd | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Spartak Moscow | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 5–2 |
| Spartak Vladikavkaz | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Tekstilshchik Kamyshin | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Torpedo Moscow | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Uralmash Yekaterinburg | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–6 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 |
| Zhemchuzhina Sochi | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | |

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

    As of matches played on 6 November 1994.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Igor Simutenkov | Dynamo Moscow | 21 |
| 2 | Oleg Garin | Lokomotiv Moscow | 20 |
| 3 | Oleg Veretennikov | Rotor | 12 |
| 4 | Vladimir Beschastnykh | Spartak Moscow | 10 |
| 5 | Vladimir Filimonov | Zhemchuzhina | 9 |
| 5 | Yuri Matveyev | Uralmash | 9 |
| 5 | Vladimir Niederhaus | Rotor | 9 |
| 5 | Andrei Tikhonov | Spartak Moscow | 9 |
| 9 | Andrei Afanasyev | Torpedo | 8 |
| 9 | Timur Bogatyryov | Zhemchuzhina | 8 |
| 9 | Dmitri Cheryshev | Dynamo Moscow | 8 |
| 9 | Yuri Kalitvintsev | Lokomotiv N.N. | 8 |
| 9 | Aleksandr Smirnov | Dynamo Moscow | 8 |

## Medal squads

* 1. FC Spartak Moscow
* Goalkeepers: Gintaras Staučė (16), Dmytro Tyapushkin (14), Valeri Chizhov (1).
* Defenders: Yuriy Nikiforov (26 / 2), Viktor Onopko (26 / 2), Ramiz Mamedov (22 / 1), Vladislav Ternavski (20 / 1), Dmitri Khlestov (17), Sergei Chudin (6 / 1), Dmitri Ananko (6), Andrei Ivanov (2), Yuriy Sak (2), Aleksandr Lipko (1).
* Midfielders: Ilya Tsymbalar (27 / 6), Andrei Piatnitski (25 / 6), Dmitri Alenichev (17 / 3), Rashid Rakhimov (15 / 1), Valery Karpin (12 / 5), Igor Lediakhov (12 / 5), Oleh Naduda (11 / 1), Valery Kechinov (9 / 3), Serhiy Pohodin (1).
* Forwards: Andrey Tikhonov (20 / 9), Nikolai Pisarev (19 / 5), Mukhsin Mukhamadiev (15 / 6), Vladimir Beschastnykh (13 / 10), Sergey Rodionov (7 / 2), Valeri Masalitin (6 / 5), Andrei Konovalov (3). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
* Manager: Oleg Romantsev.
* Transferred out during the season: Gintaras Staučė (to Galatasaray S.K.), Vladimir Beschastnykh (to SV Werder Bremen), Valery Karpin (to Real Sociedad), Igor Lediakhov (to Sporting Gijón), Andrei Ivanov (to FC Dynamo Moscow), Yuriy Sak (to FC Chornomorets Odesa), Serhiy Pohodin (to FC Shakhtar Donetsk).
* 2. FC Dynamo Moscow
* Goalkeepers: Andrei Smetanin (29), Valeri Kleymyonov (3), Dmitriy Kramarenko (3).
* Defenders: Andrei Chernyshov (24 / 1), Yuri Kovtun (22 / 2), Sergei Shulgin (20), Andrei Ivanov (16 / 1), Vagiz Khidiyatullin (15 / 1), Sergey Timofeev (10), Aleksandr Borodkin (6), Yevgeni Smertin (4).
* Midfielders: Sergei Nekrasov (29 / 5), Denis Klyuyev (28 / 1), Oleg Samatov (25 / 1), Omari Tetradze (23 / 1), Aleksandr Smirnov (22 / 8), Igor Dobrovolski (13 / 3), Erik Yakhimovich (11), Sergei Derkach (5), Aleksei Filippov (3).
* Forwards: Igor Simutenkov (28 / 21), Dmitri Cheryshev (24 / 8), Aleksei Kutsenko (6 / 1), Kirill Rybakov (2), Yuri Tishkov (2), Igor Nekrasov (1).
* One own goal scored by Vladimir Shcherbak (FC Krylia Sovetov Samara).
* Manager: Konstantin Beskov.
* Transferred out during the season: Igor Simutenkov (to Reggiana), Igor Dobrovolski (to Atlético Madrid), Yevgeni Smertin (to FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod), Valeri Kleymyonov (to Maccabi Herzliya F.C.).
* 3. FC Lokomotiv Moscow
* Goalkeepers: Sergei Ovchinnikov (28), Khasanbi Bidzhiyev (3).
* Defenders: Aleksei Arifullin (27), Sargis Hovhannisyan (26 / 3), Igor Chugainov (22 / 2), Oleg Pashinin (11), Sergei Podpaly (11), Rashid Rakhimov (11), Vladimir Leonchenko (9), Khakim Fuzailov (8), Andrei Mulikov (2).
* Midfielders: Alexei Kosolapov (29 / 5), Oleg Elyshev (26 / 3), Yuri Alekseevich Drozdov (21 / 2), Yevgeni Kharlachyov (20 / 3), Ansar Ayupov (19), Vladimir Maminov (11 / 1), Yuri Baturenko (10), Dmitri Gorkov (2 / 1).
* Forwards: Oleg Garin (30 / 20), Aleksandr Tatarkin (21 / 5), Aleksandr Katasonov (21 / 2), Serhiy Perepadenko (10 / 1), Vitali Nikulkin (3), Yuri Petrov (1).
* One own goal scored by Gennadi Filimonov (FC Torpedo Moscow).
* Manager: Yuri Syomin.
* Transferred out during the season: Sergei Podpaly (to Hapoel Haifa F.C.), Rashid Rakhimov (to FC Spartak Moscow), Vitali Nikulkin (to FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod).