1994 Russian First League

The Russian First League 1994 was the 3rd edition of Russian First Division. It was the first season after conversion from 3 zones in the First League into one zone of 22 teams.

Russian First League

Season	1994
← 1993 1995 →

Overview

Team	Head coach
FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk	Oleg Dolmatov
FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don	Enver Yulgushov
FC Baltika Kaliningrad	Anatoli Ivanov
FC Sokol Saratov	Aleksandr Koreshkov
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl	Igor Volchok
FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	Gennadi Sarychev
FC Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky	Sergei Vasyutin
FC Druzhba Maykop	Soferbi Yeshugov
FC Lokomotiv Chita	Aleksandr Kovalyov
FC Asmaral Moscow	Valentin Ivanov (until August) Vladimir Belousov (from August)
FC Uralan Elista	Viktor Lidzhiyev
FC Luch Vladivostok	Igor Sayenko
FC Zenit St. Petersburg	Vyacheslav Melnikov
FC Zvezda Irkutsk	Sergei Muratov
FC Okean Nakhodka	Ishtvan Sekech
FC Irtysh Omsk	Artyom Amirdzhanov
FC Smena-Saturn St. Petersburg	Oleg Tereshonkov
FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz	Igor Tsakoyev
FC Torpedo Vladimir	Yuri Pyanov
FC Erzu Grozny	Vait Talgayev
FC Zvezda Perm	Viktor Slesarev
FC Tekhinvest-M Moskovsky	Aleksandr Novikov

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Chernomorets Novorossiysk (P)	42	29	7	6	103	31	+72	65	Promotion to Top League
2	Rostselmash (P)	42	27	8	7	92	44	+48	62
3	Baltika Kaliningrad	42	26	10	6	89	41	+48	62
4	Sokol Saratov	42	21	11	10	65	48	+17	53
5	Shinnik Yaroslavl	42	21	8	13	69	44	+25	50
6	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	42	18	11	13	56	40	+16	47
7	Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky	42	20	4	18	80	64	+16	44
8	Druzhba Maykop	42	18	8	16	51	57	−6	44
9	Lokomotiv Chita	42	17	10	15	59	56	+3	44
10	Asmaral Moscow	42	17	8	17	57	55	+2	42
11	Uralan Elista	42	16	9	17	69	67	+2	41
12	Luch Vladivostok	42	15	11	16	44	53	−9	41
13	Zenit St. Petersburg	42	14	12	16	44	49	−5	40
14	Zvezda Irkutsk[lower-alpha 1]	42	15	9	18	57	64	−7	39
15	Okean Nakhodka	42	16	6	20	58	60	−2	38
16	Irtysh Omsk	42	15	7	20	50	79	−29	37
17	Smena-Saturn St. Petersburg	42	16	4	22	47	66	−19	36
18	Avtodor Vladikavkaz[lower-alpha 2] (R)	42	13	6	23	48	67	−19	32	Relegation to Second League
19	Torpedo Vladimir (R)	42	13	5	24	52	81	−29	31
20	Erzu Grozny[lower-alpha 3] (R)	42	11	8	23	33	73	−40	30
21	Zvezda Perm (R)	42	11	5	26	46	81	−35	27
22	Tekhinvest-M Moskovsky[lower-alpha 4] (R)	42	4	11	27	55	104	−49	19	Relegation to Third League

Source: RSSSF
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. FC Zvezda-Yunis-Sib Irkutsk renamed to FC Zvezda Irkutsk
2. FC Avtodor-Olaf Vladikavkaz renamed to FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz
   FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz were awarded 2 home wins when opponents did not arrive for the game.
3. FC Erzu Grozny was excluded from the league after playing 19 games (4 more games scheduled to be played in Grozny before Erzu's exclusion were awarded to Erzu with a score of 3:0 because the opponents did not arrive to the game due to security concerns on the brink of First Chechen War). Erzu did not play professionally in 1995.
4. FC Interros Moscow renamed to FC Tekhinvest-M and moved to Moskovsky

Top goalscorers

35 goals

• Dmitri Silin (FC Baltika Kaliningrad)

32 goals

• Aleksandr Maslov (FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don)

30 goals

• Sergei Burdin (FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk)

24 goals

• Dmitri Vyazmikin (FC Torpedo Vladimir)

21 goals

• Sergei Toporov (FC Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky)
• Valeriy Yablochkin (FC Shinnik Yaroslavl)

19 goals

• Khazret Dyshekov (FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk)

17 goals

• Lev Matveyev (FC Zvezda Perm)

16 goals

• Leonid Markevich (FC Sokol Saratov)
• Yevgeni Yastrebinskiy (FC Uralan Elista)

See also

• Russian Top League 1994
• Russian Second League 1994
• Russian Third League 1994