The 1997 Russian First League was the 6th edition of the Russian First Division.
Overview
Team Head coach FC Uralan Elista Pavlo Yakovenko FC Metallurg Lipetsk Valeri Tretyakov FC Sokol-PZhD Saratov Nikolay Kiselyov PFC Spartak Nalchik Viktor Kumykov FC Lokomotiv St. Petersburg Givi Nodia FC Lada-Grad Dimitrovgrad Vladimir Yevsyukov FC CSK VVS-Kristall Smolensk Valeri Nenenko FC Lokomotiv Chita Aleksandr Kovalyov FC Saturn Ramenskoye Vladimir Mukhanov (until April)Vladimir Shevchuk (from April) FC Dynamo Stavropol Sergei Zimenkov (until June)Boris Stukalov (from July) FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Viktor Antikhovich (until July) FC Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk Vitaliy Shevchenko (until September)Aleksandr Kishinevsky (from September) FC Anzhi Makhachkala Eduard Malofeyev FC Lada-Togliatti-VAZ Togliatti Viktor Tishchenko (until June)Vladimir Dergach (from June) FC Druzhba Maykop Soferbi Yeshugov (until August)Vitali Aksyonov (from August) FC Kuban Krasnodar Vladimir Brazhnikov FC Irtysh Omsk Aleksandr Ivchenko FC Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky Sergei Vasyutin FC Energiya Kamyshin Sergei Pavlov FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg Viktor Yerokhin FC Torpedo Volzhsky Oleg Dudarin FC Luch Vladivostok Vitali Koberskiy
Standings
Results
Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Aleksei ChernovLada-Grad292 Valeri SolyanikCSK VVS-Kristall233 Marat MulashevIrtysh184 Rustyam FakhrutdinovNeftekhimik17 Ibragim GasanbekovAnzhi Aleksandrs JelisejevsMetallurg Oleg NechayevLada-Grad8 Igor MenshchikovMetallurg15 Valeri ShushlyakovKuban Narvik SirkhayevAnzhi
See also 1997 Russian Top League 1997 Russian Second League 1997 Russian Third League