# 1999 Russian Top Division

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

## Overview

| Team | Head coach |
| FC Spartak Moscow | Oleg Romantsev |
| FC Lokomotiv Moscow | Yuri Syomin |
| PFC CSKA Moscow | Oleg Dolmatov |
| FC Torpedo Moscow | Vitaly Shevchenko |
| FC Dynamo Moscow | Georgi Yartsev (until June) Aleksei Petrushin (from June) |
| FC Alania Vladikavkaz | Valery Gazzaev |
| FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don | Sergey Andreyev |
| FC Zenit St. Petersburg | Anatoli Davydov |
| FC Uralan Elista | Pavlo Yakovenko (until May) Aleksandr Skrynnikov (caretaker) (May to June) Yevhen Kucherevskyi (June) Aleksandr Skrynnikov (caretaker) (June) Aleksandr Averyanov (from June) |
| FC Saturn Ramenskoye | Sergei Pavlov |
| FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod | Valeri Ovchinnikov |
| FC Krylia Sovetov Samara | Aleksandr Tarkhanov |
| FC Rotor Volgograd | Viktor Prokopenko |
| FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk | Sergei Butenko (until July) Vladimir Fedotov (from July) |
| FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi | Anatoly Baidachny (until May) Gennadi Afanasyev (caretaker) (May to June) Viktor Antikhovich (from June) |
| FC Shinnik Yaroslavl | Aleksandr Averyanov (until April) Aleksandr Pobegalov (caretaker) (April to June) Benjaminas Zelkevičius (June to October) Aleksandr Pobegalov (caretaker) (from October) |

## Standings

| 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 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 62 | 30 | +32 | 65 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 56 | 29 | +27 | 55 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Torpedo Moscow | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 50 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Dynamo Moscow | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 44 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Alania Vladikavkaz | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 54 | 45 | +9 | 43 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Rostselmash | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 41 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 8 | Zenit St. Petersburg | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 39 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 9 | Uralan Elista | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 34 | −7 | 36 | |
| 10 | Saturn | 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 First Division |
| 16 | Shinnik Yaroslavl (R) | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 45 | −24 | 24 | Relegation to First Division |
* ↑ Alania qualified for the UEFA Cup thanks to Lokomotiv winning the Russian Cup in 2000.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALA | CHE | CSK | DYN | KRY | LOK | LNN | ROS | ROT | SAT | SHI | SPA | TOR | URE | ZEN | ZHE |
| Alania Vladikavkaz | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Chernomorets Novorossiysk | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| CSKA Moscow | 4–1 | 5–2 | | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| Dynamo Moscow | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 3–3 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Krylia Sovetov Samara | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Lokomotiv N.N. | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Rostselmash | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Rotor Volgograd | 0–2 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Saturn | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Shinnik Yaroslavl | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Spartak Moscow | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 |
| Torpedo Moscow | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Uralan Elista | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Zenit St. Petersburg | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 3–1 |
| Zhemchuzhina Sochi | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–7 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | |
* ↑ In the match of the 17th round between Alania and Rotor, the Volgograd team left the field in the 66th minute with the score 1:1 as a sign of disagreement with the referee's decision. "Rotor" was awarded a technical loss of 3:0.

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

    As of matches played on 8 November 1999.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Georgi Demetradze | Alania | 21 |
| 2 | Andrey Tikhonov | Spartak Moscow | 19 |
| 3 | Vladimir Kulik | CSKA | 15 |
| 4 | Dmitri Loskov | Lokomotiv Moscow | 14 |
| 4 | Oleg Teryokhin | Dynamo | 14 |
| 6 | Arsen Avakov | Lokomotiv N.N. | 13 |
| 7 | Vyacheslav Kamoltsev | Torpedo | 12 |
| 7 | Sergei Semak | CSKA | 12 |
| 7 | Oleg Veretennikov | Rotor | 12 |
| 10 | Egor Titov | Spartak Moscow | 11 |

## Awards

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

### Goalkeepers

* Aleksandr Filimonov (Spartak Moscow)
* Ruslan Nigmatullin (Lokomotiv Moscow)
* Roman Berezovsky (Zenit)

## 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), Aleksey Polyakov (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).