1992 football season
1992 was the first season Russia held its own national football competition since the breakup of the
Soviet Union .
Club competitions
The teams participating came mostly from the Soviet Union leagues. New Top League had 20 teams, second-level First League had 3 zones and 52 teams in total and third-level Second League had 6 zones with 115 teams.
FC Spartak Moscow won the championship.
For more details, see:
Cup competitions
The last, 1991/92 edition of the
Soviet Cup was won by
FC Spartak Moscow who beat
PFC CSKA Moscow in the final game 2–0 on 10 May 1992. Ukrainian teams who were scheduled to play in the quarterfinals,
FC Dynamo Kyiv ,
FC Metalist Kharkiv and
FC Chornomorets Odesa all withdrew, giving Spartak, CSKA and
FC Pamir Dushanbe spots in the semifinals.
The early stages of the
1992–93 Russian Cup were played later in the year.
European club competitions
All the Russian teams participating in the 1991–92 seasons of their respective competitions were eliminated in 1991.
The Russian league was not finished by the time of the 1992–93 season, therefore the Russian teams qualified for that season based on the
Soviet Top League 1991 results.
PFC CSKA Moscow , surprisingly, qualified for the group stage, unexpectedly knocking out
FC Barcelona in the qualification round. They came last in their group though, only gaining 2 points in 6 games. They could not play their home games in
Moscow due to the lack of a stadium meeting the Champions League standards at the time.
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PFC CSKA Moscow:
Kharine ,
Guschin (
Bavykin , 70),
Kolotovkin ,
Bystrov ,
Fokin (
captain ),
Ivanov ,
Mashkarin ,
Grishin ,
Sergeyev ,
Bushmanov (
Karsakov , 57),
Faizulin .
PFC CSKA Moscow:
Kharine ,
Guschin (
Mashkarin , 69),
Malyukov ,
Bystrov ,
Fokin (
captain ),
Ivanov ,
Minko ,
Grishin ,
Sergeyev ,
Karsakov ,
Faizulin (
Kolesnikov , 61).
PFC CSKA Moscow:
Kharine ,
Guschin ,
Kolotovkin ,
Bystrov ,
Fokin (
captain ),
Ivanov ,
Mashkarin (
Bushmanov , 68),
Grishin ,
Sergeyev ,
Karsakov (
Faizulin , 63),
Minko .
PFC CSKA Moscow:
Kharine ,
Guschin ,
Kolotovkin ,
Malyukov ,
Fokin ,
Kolesnikov (
captain ) (
Ivanov , 75),
Mashkarin ,
Grishin (
Karsakov , 38),
Sergeyev ,
Bushmanov ,
Faizulin .
PFC CSKA Moscow:
Kharine (
Guteyev , 46),
Guschin ,
Kolotovkin ,
Bystrov ,
Malyukov ,
Kolesnikov (
captain ),
Mashkarin ,
Grishin (
Karsakov , 30),
Sergeyev ,
Bushmanov ,
Faizulin .
PFC CSKA Moscow:
Guteyev ,
Guschin (
Ivanov , 68),
Kolotovkin ,
Bystrov ,
Fokin (
captain ),
Malyukov ,
Valeri Minko (
Grishin , 61),
Karsakov ,
Sergeyev ,
Bushmanov ,
Faizulin .
Despite stumbling in the first game against the low-rated
FC Avenir Beggen ,
FC Spartak Moscow had quite a successful run, eventually reaching the semifinals.
FC Spartak Moscow:
Cherchesov (
captain ),
Khlestov ,
Ivanov (
Beschastnykh , 50),
Rusyayev ,
Chernyshov ,
Onopko ,
Karpin ,
Piatnitski ,
Lediakhov ,
Radchenko .
FC Spartak Moscow:
Cherchesov (
captain ),
Khlestov ,
Ivanov (
Kuzhlev , 74),
Popov ,
Rusyayev (
Beschastnykh , 26),
Chernyshov ,
Onopko ,
Karpin ,
Piatnitski ,
Lediakhov ,
Radchenko .
FC Spartak Moscow:
Cherchesov (
captain ),
Khlestov ,
Ivanov ,
Pisarev ,
Beschastnykh (
Rusyayev , 53),
Chernyshov ,
Onopko ,
Karpin ,
Piatnitski ,
Lediakhov ,
Radchenko .
FC Spartak Moscow:
Cherchesov (
captain ),
Khlestov ,
Ivanov ,
Pisarev (
Rusyayev , 64),
Beschastnykh ,
Chernyshov ,
Onopko ,
Karpin ,
Piatnitski ,
Lediakhov (
Baksheyev , 85),
Radchenko .
Both
FC Dynamo Moscow and
FC Torpedo Moscow had impressive wins, beating
Torino F.C. and
Manchester United F.C. respectively, before being eliminated.
FC Dynamo Moscow:
Kleimyonov ,
Timofeev ,
Sklyarov (
captain ),
Tskhadadze ,
Kalitvintsev (
Spanderashvili , 88),
Hovhannisyan ,
Smertin (
Drozdov , 71),
Tsaryov ,
Tetradze ,
Gasimov ,
Simutenkov .
FC Torpedo Moscow:
Podshivalov (
captain ),
Filimonov ,
Cheltsov ,
Afanasyev ,
Vostrosablin ,
Shustikov (
Skachenko , 80),
Grishin ,
Martynov ,
Talalayev (
Ulyanov , 75),
Chugainov ,
Arefyev .
FC Torpedo Moscow:
Podshivalov (
captain ),
Filimonov ,
Cheltsov ,
Afanasyev ,
Vostrosablin (
Borisov , 100),
Shustikov ,
Grishin ,
Talalayev ,
Arefyev ,
Chugainov ,
Pazemov (
Ulyanov , 84).
FC Dynamo Moscow:
Kleimyonov ,
Tsaryov ,
Sklyarov ,
Tskhadadze ,
Kalitvintsev ,
Kobelev (
captain ),
Smertin ,
Derkach ,
Hovhannisyan ,
Gasimov (
Spanderashvili , 88),
Simutenkov (
Drozdov , 70).
FC Torpedo Moscow:
Podshivalov (
captain ),
Filimonov ,
Cheltsov ,
Afanasyev ,
Ulyanov ,
Shustikov ,
Grishin ,
Tishkov ,
Vostrosablin (
Savichev , 46),
Chugainov ,
Arefyev .
FC Dynamo Moscow:
Kleimyonov ,
Timofeev ,
Sklyarov (
Varlamov , 84),
Tskhadadze ,
Tsaryov ,
Kobelev (
captain ),
Smertin ,
Derkach ,
Tetradze ,
Gasimov (
Hovhannisyan , 88),
Simutenkov .
FC Torpedo Moscow:
Podshivalov (
captain ),
Filimonov ,
Cheltsov ,
Afanasyev ,
Murashov ,
Shustikov ,
Grishin ,
Tishkov ,
Talalayev (
Pazemov , 80),
Chugainov ,
Arefyev (
Ulyanov , 73).
FC Dynamo Moscow:
Kleimyonov ,
Timofeev ,
Sklyarov ,
Tskhadadze ,
Kalitvintsev (
Tsaryov , 66),
Kobelev (
captain ),
Varlamov ,
Derkach ,
Tetradze ,
Gasimov (
Hovhannisyan , 87),
Simutenkov .
FC Dynamo Moscow:
Kleimyonov ,
Hovhannisyan (
Kovardayev , 55),
Sklyarov ,
Tskhadadze ,
Kalitvintsev ,
Kobelev (
captain ),
Smertin (
Savchenko , 84),
Derkach ,
Tetradze ,
Gasimov ,
Varlamov .
FC Dynamo Moscow:
Kleimyonov ,
Timofeev ,
Sklyarov ,
Tskhadadze ,
Kalitvintsev ,
Kobelev (
captain ) (
Varlamov , 69),
Smertin (
Savchenko , 75),
Derkach ,
Tetradze ,
Gasimov ,
Tsaryov .
National team
Soviet Union has qualified for the
UEFA Euro 1992 . Because the country was dissolved by the time of the competition, a unified team called
CIS national football team participated in that tournament. That team played 10 games, with many players representing Russia.
On 16 August 1992, the
Russia national football team played its first game in a friendly against
Mexico . The head coach was
Pavel Sadyrin .
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Matches
Russia:
Cherchesov (
captain ),
Khlestov ,
Kulkov (
Beschastnykh , 63),
Popov ,
Kolotovkin (
Chernyshov , 85),
Onopko ,
Tetradze (
Podpaly , 85),
Karpin ,
Lediakhov (
Kobelev , 46;
Ivanov , 76),
Matveyev (
Lemish , 80),
Radchenko .
Russia:
Cherchesov (
captain ),
Khlestov ,
Kulkov ,
Onopko ,
Kolotovkin ,
Shalimov ,
Dobrovolski ,
Karpin ,
Lediakhov (
Tatarchuk , 46),
Yuran (
Kolyvanov , 77),
Kiriakov .
Russia:
Cherchesov (
captain ),
Khlestov ,
Kulkov ,
Onopko ,
Mostovoi ,
Shalimov ,
Dobrovolski ,
Karpin ,
Radchenko (
Tatarchuk , 79),
Yuran ,
Kiriakov (
Borodyuk , 60).
References
External links
Domestic leagues Domestic cups European competitions
European Cup
UEFA Champions League
Cup Winners' Cup
UEFA Cup