IV Russian Championship Premier League Statistics and Trophies

Trophies :

33 best players

Traditionally (starting from the year 1933) by the end of each season the list of 33 best players being published. The number 33 means 3 best players on each of 11 positions (nowadays according to the scheme 4+4+2). This year the Coaches Council named following players :
Goalkeepres
  1. Sergey Ovchinnikov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  2. Zaur Khapov (Spartak-Alaniya Vladikavkaz)
  3. Andrey Smetanin (Dinamo Moscow)

Defenders
  1. Omari Tetradze (Spartak-Alaniya)
  2. Ramiz Mamedov (Spartak Moscow)
  3. Andrey Solomatin (Lokomotiv M)

  1. Yury Nikiforov (Spartak)
  2. Yevgeny Bushmanov (CSKA Moscow)
  3. Igor Chugaynov (Torpedo Moscow)

  1. Viktor Onopko (Spartak)
  2. Yury Kovtun (Dinamo)
  3. Inal Dzhioyev (Spartak-Alaniya)

  1. Dmitry Khlestov (Spartak)
  2. Murtazi Sheliya (Spartak-Alaniya)
  3. Yury Drozdov (Lokomotiv M)

Midfielders
  1. Yevgeny Kharlachyov (Lokomotiv M)
  2. Andrey Tikhonov (Spartak)
  3. Valery Yesipov (Rotor Volgograd)

  1. Oleg Veretennikov (Rotor)
  2. Mirdzhalol Kasymov (Spartak-Alaniya)
  3. Alexey Kosolapov (Lokomotiv M)

  1. Vladislav Radimov (CSKA)
  2. Sergey Shustikov (Torpedo)
  3. Igor Yanovsky (Spartak-Alaniya)

  1. Ilya Tsymbalar' (Spartak)
  2. Bakhva Tedeyev (Spartak-Alaniya)
  3. Dmitry Alenichev (Spartak)

Forwards
  1. Anatoly Kanischev (Spartak-Alaniya)
  2. Oleg Garin (Lokomotiv M)
  3. Vladimir Niederhaus (Rotor)

  1. Mikhail Kavelashvili (Spartak-Alaniya)
  2. Valery Shmarov (Spartak)
  3. Alexandr Maslov (Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu)

Top scorers

  1. Oleg Veretennikov (Rotor) : 25
  2. Alexandr Maslov (Rostselmash) : 18
  3. Valery Shmarov (Spartak) : 16
  4. Vladimir Niederhaus (Rotor) : 14
  5. Oleg Garin (Lokomotiv Moscow) : 13
  6. Mikhail Kavelashvili (Spartak-Alaniya) : 12
  7. Yevgeny Kharlachyov (Lokomotiv Moscow) : 11
    Oleg Teryokhin (Dinamo Moscow) : 11
  8. Garnik Avalyan (Kryliya Sovetov) : 10
    Timur Bogatyryov (Zhemchuzhina) : 10
    Dmitry Karsakov (CSKA) : 10
    Mirdzhalol Kasymov (Spartak-Alaniya) : 10
    Sergey Natalushko (Tesktilschik) : 10
    Bakhva Tedeyev (Spartak-Alaniya) : 10

Top scorers for club

Assistances

  1. Vladislav Radimov (CSKA) : 15
  2. Iliya Tsymbalar (Spartak) : 12
  3. Mirdzhalol Kasymov (Spartak-Alaniya) : 11
    Alexey Kosolapov (Lokomotiv Moscow) : 11
  4. Dmitry Los'kov (Rostsel'mash) : 10

Goal + assistance

  1. Veretenikov : 32
  2. Niederhaus : 21
  3. Kasymov : 21
  4. Tedeyev : 20
  5. Kosolapov : 20
  6. Tsymbalar' : 20
  7. Radimov : 20
  8. Maslov : 19
  9. Shmarov : 19
  10. Garin : 19

Other statistics

                            1995  1994  1993  1992  total

Games_______________________240   239   306   282   1067
Goals_______________________699   587   797   708   2791
  average per game__________2.91  2.46  2.60  2.51  2.62
Draws_______________________48    84    75    68    275
  average per game__________0.20  0.35  0.25  0.24  0.26
Attendance (thousands)______2380  1670  2273  1690  8013
  average per game__________9920  6990  7430  5990  7510
Booked offenses_____________604   583   546   526   2259
  average per game__________2.52  2.44  1.78  1.87  2.12
Expulsions__________________39    44    25    26    134
  average per game__________0.16  0.18  0.08  0.09  0.13
Penalty kicks_______________93    76    117   89    375
  average per game__________0.39  0.32  0.38  0.31  0.76
Scored penalty kicks________73    54    84    74    285
  scoring ratio_____________0.78  0.71  0.72  0.83  0.76
High score wins (GD > +2)___51    29    59    49    188
  average per game__________0.21  0.12  0.19  0.17  0.18
Recoverings_________________18    17    22    21    78
Hat-tricks__________________10    9     12    12    43

Average attendance per team in 1995.

Spartak-Alaniya      35 000
Rotor                17 500
KamAZ-Chally         12 100
Spartak              12 000
Tekstilschik         10 300
CSKA                 10 000
Chernomorets          9 400
Uralmash              9 100
Rostselmash           8 600
Kryliya Sovetov       7 100
Dinamo                6 600
Lokomotiv NN          6 400
Torpedo               4 400
Lokomotiv M           4 200
Dinamo-Gazovik        3 300
Zhemchuzhina          3 200
Trophies

High score

For a team that won biggest number of games with goal difference more than +2. Given by the "Futbol" weekly.

Grigory Fedotov Trophy

Being given by the CSKA football club to team that scored biggest number of goals (named after late CSKA forward Grigory Fedotov).

Will to Win Trophy

Being given by the "Krasnaya Zvezda" daily to team that won biggest number of matches during which it was losing.

Top scorer

Being given by the "Trud" daily (see "Top Scorers" section for complete list.)

Knight of Attack

Being given by the "Voin" magazine to the player which made biggest amount of hat-tricks in championship.

Giant-killer

Is given by the "Moskovskaya Pravda" daily to the team which took most points from Top 3 teams.

Best Goalkeeper

Is given by the "Ogonyok" magazine.

Top Moscow Scorer

Is given by the "Vechernyaya Moskva" daily to the best scorer among Moscow teams.

Comments to : Oxana Smirnova, oxana@quark.lu.se