# 1993 Russian First League

The 1993 Russian First League was the 2nd edition of Russian First Division. There were 3 zones with 58 teams in total. The winner of each zone qualified for the promotion tournament to play against the teams that took places 14 to 16 in the 18-team 1993 Russian Top League, 3 top teams from the tournament qualified for the 1994 Russian Top League. For 1994 the Russian league system was reorganized, with First League reduced to one zone of 22 teams, so most of the 1993 Russian First League teams were relegated at the end of the season.

## West
### Overview

| Team | Head coach |
| FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk | Oleg Dolmatov |
| FC Avtodor-Olaf Vladikavkaz | Igor Tsakoyev |
| FC Erzu Grozny | Vait Talgayev |
| FC Baltika Kaliningrad | Kornei Shperling |
| FC Smena-Saturn St. Petersburg | Viktor Vinogradov |
| FC Torpedo Vladimir | Yuri Pyanov |
| FC Druzhba Maykop | Nurbiy Khakunov |
| FC Uralan Elista | Arnold Lendengolts |
| FC Fakel Voronezh | Valeri Nenenko (until October) Sergei Savchenkov (from October) |
| FC Metallurg Lipetsk | Aleksandr Ignatenko |
| FC Terek Grozny | Khaidar Alkhanov |
| FC Spartak Anapa | Mikhail Skachkov |
| FC Torpedo Taganrog | Aleksandr Skotarenko (until June) Vladimir Novik (from July) |
| FC Kolos Krasnodar | Viktor Tishchenko (until April) Adolf Poskotin (May to June) Yevgeni Tikhomirov (July to August) Yuri Kotov (September to October) Fyodor Novikov (from October) |
| FC Kuban Krasnodar | Leonid Nazarenko |
| PFC Spartak Nalchik | Kazbek Tlyarugov |
| FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo | Vladimir Belkov |
| FC Orekhovo Orekhovo-Zuyevo | Vladimir Yermichev |
| FC Dynamo Vologda | Leon Yagubyants |
| FC Asmaral Kislovodsk | Yuri Dyachenko |
| FC Nart Cherkessk | Aleksandr Perepelkin (until May) Nikolai Shvydkiy (June to September) Nurbiy Lakhov (from October) |
| FC APK Azov | Yuri Zakharov (until June) Sergei Stetyukha (from July) |

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Chernomorets Novorossiysk (A) | 42 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 121 | 33 | +88 | 65 | Qualification to Promotion tournament |
| 2 | Avtodor-Olaf Vladikavkaz | 42 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 76 | 45 | +31 | 59 | |
| 3 | Erzu Grozny | 42 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 72 | 26 | +46 | 55 | |
| 4 | Baltika Kaliningrad | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 67 | 44 | +23 | 53 | |
| 5 | Smena-Saturn St. Petersburg | 42 | 24 | 4 | 14 | 70 | 50 | +20 | 52 | |
| 6 | Torpedo Vladimir | 42 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 67 | 53 | +14 | 51 | |
| 7 | Druzhba Maykop | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 70 | 55 | +15 | 49 | |
| 8 | Uralan Elista | 42 | 23 | 2 | 17 | 60 | 64 | −4 | 48 | |
| 9 | Fakel Voronezh (R) | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 58 | 38 | +20 | 47 | Relegation to Second League |
| 10 | Metallurg Lipetsk (R) | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 68 | 50 | +18 | 46 | Relegation to Second League |
| 11 | Terek Grozny (R) | 42 | 20 | 4 | 18 | 76 | 63 | +13 | 44 | Relegation to Second League |
| 12 | Spartak Anapa (R) | 42 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 59 | 65 | −6 | 43 | Relegation to Second League |
| 13 | Torpedo Taganrog (R) | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 62 | 65 | −3 | 43 | Relegation to Second League |
| 14 | Kolos Krasnodar (R) | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 47 | 57 | −10 | 42 | Relegation to Second League |
| 15 | Kuban Krasnodar (R) | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 62 | 82 | −20 | 38 | Relegation to Second League |
| 16 | Spartak Nalchik (R) | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 52 | 73 | −21 | 34 | Relegation to Second League |
| 17 | Tekstilshchik Ivanovo (R) | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 49 | 58 | −9 | 32 | Relegation to Second League |
| 18 | Orekhovo Orekhovo-Zuyevo (R) | 42 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 42 | 64 | −22 | 31 | Relegation to Second League |
| 19 | Dynamo Vologda (R) | 42 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 36 | 65 | −29 | 30 | Relegation to Second League |
| 20 | Asmaral Kislovodsk (R) | 42 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 33 | 68 | −35 | 26 | Relegation to Third League |
| 21 | Nart Cherkessk (R) | 42 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 30 | 84 | −54 | 23 | Relegation to Third League |
| 22 | APK Azov (R) | 42 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 98 | −73 | 13 | Relegation to Third League |
* ↑ FC Gekris Novorossiysk was renamed to FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk.
* ↑ FC Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo was renamed to FC Orekhovo Orekhovo-Zuyevo
* ↑ FC APK Azov played in the amateur leagues in 1994 under the name of FC APK Morozovsk

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Sergei Burdin | Chernomorets | 25 |
| 2 | Yuri Vostrukhin | Torpedo (Tg) | 24 |
| 3 | Andrei Lapushkin | Smena-Saturn | 22 |
| 4 | Khazret Dyshekov | Chernomorets | 21 |
| 5 | Valeri Borisov | Kolos | 19 |
| 5 | Murat Gomleshko | Kuban | 19 |
| 7 | Lev Berezner | Chernomorets | 18 |
| 7 | Gennady Korkin | Metallurg (Lp) | 18 |
| 7 | Igor Tikhonov | Tekstilshchik | 18 |
| 7 | Tamazi Yenik | Druzhba | 18 |

## Center
### Overview

| Team | Head coach |
| FC Lada Togliatti | Vladimir Yevsyukov |
| FC Zenit St. Petersburg | Vyacheslav Melnikov |
| FC Interros Moscow | Aleksandr Irkhin (until July) |
| FC Zvezda Perm | Viktor Slesarev |
| FC Sokol Saratov | Aleksandr Koreshkov |
| FC Shinnik Yaroslavl | Igor Volchok |
| FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | Gennadi Sarychev |
| FC Rubin-TAN Kazan | Viktor Lukashenko (until July) Murat Zadikashvili (from July) |
| FC Lada Dimitrovgrad | Vladimir Yurin |
| FC Torpedo Volzhsky | Oleg Dudarin |
| FC Gazovik Izhevsk | Aleksandr Salnov |
| FC Uralets Nizhny Tagil | Viktor Konshin |
| FC Svetotekhnika Saransk | Vladimir Solovyov |
| FC Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola | Valeri Volodin |
| FC Torpedo Ryazan | Sergei Nedosekin |
| FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk | Boris Kopeikin (until July) Arkadi Shestayev (from August) |
| FC Avangard Kamyshin | Vladimir Nemchenko |
| FC Torpedo Miass | Gennadi Nedelkin |
| FC Zenit Chelyabinsk | Valeri Znarok |
| FC Zenit Izhevsk | Valeri Salnikov (until June) Nikolai Gorshkov (from June) |

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Lada-Togliatti (A) | 38 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 80 | 29 | +51 | 60 | Qualification to Promotion tournament |
| 2 | Zenit St. Petersburg | 38 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 87 | 33 | +54 | 58 | |
| 3 | Interros Moscow | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 89 | 42 | +47 | 50 | |
| 4 | Zvezda Perm | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 93 | 50 | +43 | 47 | |
| 5 | Sokol Saratov | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 76 | 41 | +35 | 46 | |
| 6 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 78 | 47 | +31 | 46 | |
| 7 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 45 | |
| 8 | Rubin-TAN Kazan (R) | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 48 | 46 | +2 | 44 | Relegation to Second League |
| 9 | Lada Dimitrovgrad (R) | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 46 | 32 | +14 | 41 | Relegation to Second League |
| 10 | Torpedo Volzhsky (R) | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 54 | 49 | +5 | 41 | Relegation to Second League |
| 11 | Gazovik Izhevsk (R) | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 57 | 56 | +1 | 41 | Relegation to Second League |
| 12 | Uralets Nizhny Tagil (R) | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 34 | Relegation to Second League |
| 13 | Svetotekhnika Saransk (R) | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 51 | 66 | −15 | 32 | Relegation to Second League |
| 14 | Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola (R) | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 41 | 70 | −29 | 29 | Relegation to Second League |
| 15 | Torpedo Ryazan (R) | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 37 | 56 | −19 | 28 | Relegation to Second League |
| 16 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk (R) | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 41 | 70 | −29 | 27 | Relegation to Second League |
| 17 | Avangard Kamyshin (R) | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 38 | 73 | −35 | 26 | Relegation to Third League |
| 18 | Torpedo Miass (R) | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 71 | −43 | 25 | Relegation to Second League |
| 19 | Zenit Chelyabinsk (R) | 38 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 40 | 84 | −44 | 22 | Relegation to Third League |
| 20 | Zenit Izhevsk (R) | 38 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 31 | 106 | −75 | 18 | Relegation to Third League |
* ↑ FC Interros Moskovskiy moved to Moscow.
* ↑ FC Zenit Chelyabinsk did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1994, including the Amateur Football League.

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Vladimir Filimonov | Zvezda (P) | 37 |
| 2 | Vladimir Kulik | Zenit | 36 |
| 3 | Sergei Chesnakas | Lada | 31 |
| 4 | Oleg Teryokhin | Sokol | 29 |
| 5 | Oleg Smirnov | Shinnik | 25 |
| 6 | Andrei Ivanov | Gazovik | 21 |
| 6 | Aleksei Snigiryov | Interros | 21 |
| 8 | Mikhail Nikitin | Sokol | 20 |
| 9 | Igor Kozlov | Interros | 17 |
| 10 | Yuri Bavykin | Lada | 15 |
| 10 | Lev Matveyev | Zvezda (P) | 15 |

## East
### Overview

| Team | Head coach |
| FC Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen | Eduard Malofeyev |
| FC Irtysh Omsk | Artyom Amirdzhanov |
| FC Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky | Sergei Vasyutin |
| FC Lokomotiv Chita | Aleksandr Kovalyov |
| FC Zvezda-Yunis-Sib Irkutsk | Sergei Muratov |
| FC Kuzbass Kemerovo | Geliy Shershevskiy |
| FC Dynamo Yakutsk | Anatoli Samkov |
| FC Metallurg Aldan | Vladimir Nomirovskiy |
| FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk | Aleksandr Kishinevsky |
| FC Sakhalin Kholmsk | B. Tibilov |
| FC Metallurg Novokuznetsk | Valeri Suldin |
| FC Tom Tomsk | Vladimir Pomeshchikov |
| FC Dynamo Barnaul | Stanislav Kaminskiy |
| FC Chkalovets Novosibirsk | Valeri Yerkovich |
| FC Selenga Ulan-Ude | Yuri Zubkov |
| FC SKA Khabarovsk | Vladimir Bychek |

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen (A) | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 55 | 26 | +29 | 43 | Qualification to Promotion tournament |
| 2 | Irtysh Omsk | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 52 | 33 | +19 | 39 | |
| 3 | Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 47 | 24 | +23 | 39 | |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Chita | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 38 | |
| 5 | Zvezda-Yunis-Sib Irkutsk | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 37 | |
| 6 | Kuzbass Kemerovo (R) | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 35 | Relegation to Second League |
| 7 | Dynamo Yakutsk (R) | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 41 | 27 | +14 | 35 | Relegation to Second League |
| 8 | Metallurg Aldan (R) | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 30 | Relegation to Second League |
| 9 | Metallurg Krasnoyarsk (R) | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 29 | Relegation to Second League |
| 10 | Sakhalin Kholmsk (R) | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 38 | 60 | −22 | 27 | Relegation to Second League |
| 11 | Metallurg Novokuznetsk (R) | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 35 | 54 | −19 | 25 | Relegation to Second League |
| 12 | Tom Tomsk (R) | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 25 | Relegation to Second League |
| 13 | Dynamo Barnaul (R) | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 47 | 56 | −9 | 23 | Relegation to Second League |
| 14 | Chkalovets Novosibirsk (R) | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 23 | Relegation to Second League |
| 15 | Selenga Ulan-Ude (R) | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 48 | −23 | 22 | Relegation to Second League |
| 16 | SKA Khabarovsk (R) | 30 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 59 | −43 | 10 | Relegation to Second League |
* ↑ FC Metallurg Aldan did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1994, including the Amateur Football League.
* ↑ FC Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk moved to Kholmsk
* ↑ FC Chkalovets-FoKuMiS Novosibirsk renamed to FC Chkalovets Novosibirsk

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Vyacheslav Kamoltsev | Dynamo-Gazovik | 22 |
| 2 | Andrey Dementyev | Kuzbass | 16 |
| 3 | Vyacheslav Kartashov | Irtysh Omsk | 15 |
| 3 | Vladimir Vekvart | Lokomotiv (Ch) | 15 |
| 5 | Oleg Razzamazov | Tom | 14 |
| 6 | Yevgeni Burdinskiy | Zarya | 13 |
| 7 | Karapet Mikaelyan | Zvezda-Yunis-Sib | 11 |
| 8 | Vladislav Kadyrov | Sakhalin | 10 |
| 8 | Andrei Skovpen | Kuzbass | 10 |
| 10 | Vadim Bazhenov | Zarya | 9 |
| 10 | Sergei Chernov | Metallurg (Nk) | 9 |
| 10 | Valeri Matyunin | Kuzbass | 9 |
| 10 | Aleksandr Muzyka | Dynamo (Yak) | 9 |
| 10 | Oleg Nikulin | Chkalovets | 9 |
| 10 | Yevgeni Sadovnikov | Metallurg (Kr) | 9 |
| 10 | Nikolai Tarakanov | Sakhalin | 9 |

## Promotion tournament

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Krylia Sovetov Samara | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 7 | Promotion to Top League |
| 2 | Lada-Togliatti | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 7 | Promotion to Top League |
| 3 | Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 | Promotion to Top League |
| 4 | Luch Vladivostok | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 6 | Relegation to First League |
| 5 | Chernomorets Novorossiysk | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 3 | Relegation to First League |
| 6 | Okean Nakhodka | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 1 | Relegation to First League |