Russian Top League 1997

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Spartak Moscow successfully defended the championship, winning their fifth Russian title.

P W D L F A GD Pts
C 1 Spartak 34 22 7 5 67 30 +47 73
2 Rotor 34 20 8 6 54 27 +27 68
3 Dynamo 34 19 11 4 50 20 +30 68
4 Shinnik 34 15 10 9 38 35 +3 55
5 Lokomotiv Moscow 34 15 9 10 47 37 +10 54
6 Chernomorets 34 13 14 7 40 26 +14 53
7 Krylya Sovetov 34 14 7 13 32 30 +2 49
8 Zenit 34 13 10 11 28 29 –1 49
9 Baltika 34 11 16 7 38 33 +5 49
10 Alania 34 14 4 16 52 42 +10 46
11 Torpedo-Luzhniki 34 13 6 15 50 46 +4 45
12 CSKA 34 11 9 14 31 42 –11 42
13 Rostselmash 34 9 14 11 34 38 –4 41
14 Zhemchuzhina 34 11 7 16 38 51 –13 40
15 Tyumen 34 9 7 18 28 46 –18 34
R 16 Fakel 34 7 5 22 25 49 –24 26
R 17 Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod 34 6 5 23 26 60 –34 23
R 18 KAMAZ-Chally 34 8 3 23 38 75 –37 211

1KAMAZ-Chally were deducted 6 points for failing to pay a transfer fee

Spartak qualified for the UEFA Champions League 1998-99. Rotor and Dynamo qualified for the UEFA Cup 1998-99.

[edit] Top goalscorers

Rank Name Goals Team
1 Oleg Veretennikov 22 Rotor
2 Oleg Teryokhin 17 Dynamo
3 Igor Yanovsky 13 Alania
4 Lev Berezner 11 Chernomorets
Aleksandr Zernov 11 Rotor
Valery Kechinov 11 Spartak
7 Andrey Tikhonov 10 Spartak
Edgaras Jankauskas Flag of Lithuania 10 Torpedo-Luzhniki
9 Aleksandr Gerasimov 9 Shinnik
Aleksey Kosolapov 9 Lokomotiv M
Vladimir Kulik 9 CSKA
Dmitry Khokhlov 9 Torpedo-Luzhniki

[edit] See also

1997 in Russian football

[edit] External links

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