1993 in Russian football

1993 was the second season Russia held its own national football competition since the breakup of the Soviet Union.

Club competitions[]

FC Spartak Moscow won the league for the second time in a row.

For more details, see:

• 1993 Russian Top League
• 1993 Russian First League
• 1993 Russian Second League

Cup competitions[]

The first ever edition of the Russian Cup, 1992–93 Russian Cup was won by FC Torpedo Moscow, who beat PFC CSKA Moscow in the finals in a shootout 5-3 after finishing extra time at 1-1.

Early stages of the 1993–94 Russian Cup were played later in the year.

European club competitions[]

1992–93 UEFA Champions League[]

PFC CSKA Moscow continued their group campaign and finished it without much success, only gaining 2 points in 6 games, coming in last in the group and suffering a 0-6 defeat against Marseille.^[1] They could not play their home games in Moscow due to the lack of a stadium meeting the Champions League standards at the time.

• March 3, 1993 / Group A, Day 3 / PFC CSKA Moscow - Marseille (France) 1-1 (Faizulin 54' - Pelé 27') / Berlin, Olympic Stadium / Attendance: 10,000

PFC CSKA Moscow: Plotnikov, Mamchur, Kolotovkin (captain), Bystrov, Malyukov, Antonovich, Minko (Karsakov, 55), Ivanov (Dudnyk, 46), Sergeyev, Bushmanov, Faizulin.

• March 17, 1993 / Group A, Day 4 / Marseille - PFC CSKA Moscow 6-0 (Sauzée 4' (pen.) 34' 48' Pelé 42' Ferreri 72' Desailly 79') / Marseille, Stade Vélodrome / Attendance: 35,000

PFC CSKA Moscow: Guteyev, Mamchur, Kolotovkin (captain), Bystrov, Malyukov, Antonovich, Minko, Mashkarin (Karsakov, 40), Sergeyev, Bushmanov (Grishin, 46), Faizulin.

• April 7, 1993 / Group A, Day 5 / PFC CSKA Moscow - Club Brugge (Belgium) 1-2 (Sergeyev 19' - 44' Verheyen 84') / Berlin, Olympic Stadium / Attendance: 2,500

PFC CSKA Moscow: Plotnikov, Guschin, Kolotovkin (captain), Mashkarin, Malyukov, Bushmanov, Minko, Karsakov (Mamchur, 70), Ivanov (Antonovich, 32), Faizulin, Sergeyev.

• April 21, 1993 / Group A, Day 6 / Rangers (Scotland) - PFC CSKA Moscow 0-0 / Glasgow, Ibrox Stadium / Attendance: 43,142

PFC CSKA Moscow: Plotnikov, Guschin, Mamchur, Mashkarin, Malyukov (captain), Bushmanov, Minko, Karsakov, Antonovich, Sergeyev, Faizulin (Dudnyk, 60).

1992–93 European Cup Winners' Cup[]

FC Spartak Moscow reached the semifinals, tying the best European result in club's history.^[2]

• March 2, 1993 / Quarterfinals, First Leg / Feyenoord (Netherlands - FC Spartak Moscow 0-1 (Piatnitski 36') / Rotterdam, de Kuip / Attendance: 33,187

FC Spartak Moscow: Cherchesov (captain), Khlestov, Ivanov, Popov (Gashkin, 89), Beschastnykh, Chernyshov, Onopko, Karpin (Pisarev, 72), Piatnitski, Lediakhov, Radchenko.

• March 18, 1993 / Quarterfinals, Return Leg / FC Spartak Moscow - Feyenoord 3-1 (Karpin 7' 83' Radchenko 90' Cherenkov  85' - Kiprich 14' van Gobbel  85') / Moscow, Torpedo Stadium / Attendance: 15,000

FC Spartak Moscow: Cherchesov, Khlestov (Mamedov, 62), Ivanov, Popov, Bondar, Lediakhov, Onopko (captain), Karpin, Piatnitski, Cherenkov, Radchenko.

• April 7, 1993 / Semifinals, First Leg / FC Spartak Moscow - Royal Antwerp FC (Belgium) 1-0 (Piatnitski 36') / Moscow, Luzhniki Stadium / Attendance: 75,000

FC Spartak Moscow: Cherchesov, Khlestov, Ivanov, Popov, Beschastnykh, Chernyshov, Mamedov, Karpin (captain), Piatnitski, Lediakhov, Radchenko (Pisarev, 57).

• April 22, 1993 / Semifinals, Return Leg / Royal Antwerp FC - FC Spartak Moscow 3-1 (Czerniatynski 38' Jakovljević 67' Lehnhoff 78' (pen.) - Radchenko 9' Onopko  77' ) / Antwerp, Bosuilstadion / Attendance: 27,000

FC Spartak Moscow: Cherchesov, Khlestov, Ivanov, Popov (Gashkin, 42), Pisarev, Chernyshov, Onopko (captain), Karpin, Piatnitski, Lediakhov, Radchenko (Baksheyev, 44).

1993–94 UEFA Champions League[]

FC Spartak Moscow qualified for the group stage and continued to play in the group into the 1994.^[3]

• September 15, 1993 / First Round, First Leg / Skonto FC (Latvia) - FC Spartak Moscow 0-5 (Pohodin 2' Rodionov 7' 39' 41' Beschastnykh 65') / Riga, Daugava Stadium / Attendance: 2,900

FC Spartak Moscow: Staučė (Pomazun, 33), Khlestov, Mamedov, Tsymbalar, Rodionov, Nikiforov, Onopko (captain), Karpin, Pohodin, Lediakhov, Beschastnykh.

• September 29, 1993 / First Round, Return Leg / FC Spartak Moscow - Skonto FC 4-0 (Tsymbalar 7' 39' Pisarev 14' Onopko 89') / Moscow, Luzhniki Stadium / Attendance: 3,500

FC Spartak Moscow: Pomazun, Khlestov, Mamedov, Tsymbalar, Pisarev (Tikhonov, 70), Ananko, Onopko (captain), Karpin, Piatnitski, Rodionov, Beschastnykh (Lediakhov, 60).

• October 20, 1993 / Second Round, First Leg / Lech Poznań (Poland) - FC Spartak Moscow 1-5 (Podbrożny 44' (pen.) - Pisarev 8' 62' Karpin 10' Onopko 30' 53') / Poznań, Miejski / Attendance: 12,000

FC Spartak Moscow: Pomazun, Khlestov, Mamedov, Tsymbalar, Pisarev, Nikiforov, Onopko (captain), Karpin, Ananko, Cherenkov (Lediakhov, 51), Beschastnykh (Tikhonov, 75).

• November 3, 1993 / Second Round, Return Leg / FC Spartak Moscow - Lech Poznań 2-1 (Karpin 7' Khlestov 81' - Dembiński 30') / Moscow, Luzhniki Stadium / Attendance: 10,000

FC Spartak Moscow: Pomazun, Khlestov, Mamedov, Tsymbalar, Pisarev, Nikiforov, Onopko (captain), Karpin, Ananko (Cherenkov, 40), Lediakhov, Beschastnykh.

• November 24, 1993 / Group A, Day 1 / AS Monaco (France) - FC Spartak Moscow 4-1 (Klinsmann 17' Ikpeba 40' Djorkaeff 62' (pen.) Thuram 89' - Pisarev 48') / Monaco, Stade Louis II / Attendance: 20,000

FC Spartak Moscow: Pomazun, Khlestov, Ivanov, Tsymbalar, Pisarev, Nikiforov, Onopko (captain), Karpin, Mamedov, Lediakhov (Piatnitski, 46), Beschastnykh (Rodionov, 74).

• December 8, 1993 / Group A, Day 2 / FC Spartak Moscow - Galatasaray S.K. (Turkey) 0-0 (Mamedov  26' - Stumpf  73' ) / Moscow, Luzhniki Stadium / Attendance: 50,000

FC Spartak Moscow: Pomazun, Khlestov (Ivanov, 33), Mamedov, Tsymbalar, Pisarev, Nikiforov, Onopko (captain), Karpin, Piatnitski, Lediakhov, Beschastnykh (Ananko, 58).

1993–94 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup[]

FC Torpedo Moscow went out in the first round.^[4]

• September 15, 1993 / First Round, First Leg / FC Torpedo Moscow - Maccabi Haifa (Israel) 1-0 (Borisov 88') / Moscow, Torpedo Stadium / Attendance: 4,000

FC Torpedo Moscow: Podshivalov (captain), Kalaychev, Cheltsov, Afanasyev, Borisov, Chumachenko (Prokopenko, 79), Grishin, Filimonov (Ulyanov, 14), Talalayev, Chugainov, Pazemov.

• September 28, 1993 / First Round, Return Leg / Maccabi Haifa - FC Torpedo Moscow 3-1 (Mizrahi 6' Pets 72' Holtzman 75' - Kalaychev 12') / Haifa, Kiryat Eliezer Stadium / Attendance: 9,000

FC Torpedo Moscow: Podshivalov (captain), Kalaychev (Savichev, 46), Cheltsov, Afanasyev, Ulyanov (Solovyov, 82), Shustikov, Grishin, Vostrosablin, Talalayev, Chugainov, Borisov.

1993–94 UEFA Cup[]

All three participating Russian teams drew very tough opponents in the first round and all were eliminated.^[5] FC Spartak Vladikavkaz and FC Lokomotiv Moscow played in Europe for the first time in their history.

• September 14, 1993 / First round, first leg / FC Dynamo Moscow – Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany) 0–6 (Gaudino 9' Weber 25' Furtok 45' Bein 48' Okocha 81' Yeboah 89') / Moscow, Dynamo Stadium / Attendance: 14,000

FC Dynamo Moscow: Smetanin, Selezov, Kovtun, Smertin, Kalitvintsev, Chernyshov, Tedeyev, Cheryshev, Tetradze, Dobrovolski (captain), Rybakov (Nekrasov, 46).

• September 15, 1993 / First round, first leg / Borussia Dortmund (Germany) – FC Spartak Vladikavkaz 0–0 / Dortmund, Westfalenstadion / Attendance: 35,539

FC Spartak Vladikavkaz: Khapov, Pagayev, Denisov, Yanovskiy, Dzhioyev (captain), Alchagirov, Kostin (Saprykin, 90), Markhel (Isayev, 65), Dzoblayev, Suleymanov, Gazdanov.

• September 15, 1993 / First round, first leg / Juventus (Italy) – FC Lokomotiv Moscow 3–0 (Baggio 49' 86' Ravanelli 69') / Turin, Stadio delle Alpi / Attendance: 26,267

FC Lokomotiv Moscow: Ovchinnikov, Arifullin, Rakhimov, Podpaly (captain), Sabitov, Drozdov, Kosolapov, Alenichev, Samatov, Smirnov (Gorkov, 65), Petrov (Garin, 54).

• September 28, 1993 / First round, return leg / Eintracht Frankfurt – FC Dynamo Moscow 1–2 (Furtok 65' – Simutenkov 23' Dobrovolski 53') / Frankfurt am Main, Waldstadion / Attendance: 4,900

FC Dynamo Moscow: Kleimyonov, Selezov, Krutov (Nekrasov, 71), Smertin, Kalitvintsev, Chernyshov, Tedeyev, Cheryshev (Savchenko, 86), Tetradze, Dobrovolski (captain), Simutenkov.

• September 28, 1993 / First round, return leg / FC Spartak Vladikavkaz – Borussia Dortmund 0–1 (Chapuisat 62' Kutowski  88' ) / Vladikavkaz, Republican Spartak Stadium / Attendance: 33,000

FC Spartak Vladikavkaz: Khapov, Pagayev, Denisov, Yanovskiy, Dzhioyev (captain), Alchagirov, Kostin (Igor B. Kachmazov, 52), Markhel, Dzoblayev, Suleymanov, Gazdanov.

• September 28, 1993 / First round, return leg / FC Lokomotiv Moscow – Juventus 0–1 (Marocchi 53') / Moscow, Lokomotiv Stadium / Attendance: 7,000

FC Lokomotiv Moscow: Ovchinnikov, Arifullin, Rakhimov, Podpaly (captain), Sabitov, Fuzailov (Gorkov, 59), Kosolapov, Alenichev, Samatov, Smirnov, Nikulkin.

National team[]

Russia national football team qualified for 1994 FIFA World Cup after coming second in the qualifying group behind the winners Greece. Pavel Sadyrin was the manager in 1993.^[6]

• February 13, 1993 / Friendly / United States - Russia 0-1 (Sergeyev 12') / Orlando, Citrus Bowl / Attendance: 13,650

Russia: Cherchesov (captain), Khlestov, Chernyshov, Ivanov, Onopko, Lediakhov (Afanasyev, 58), Popov (Tedeyev, 33), Karpin, Beschastnykh, Sergeyev (Matveyev, 70), Radchenko.

• February 17, 1993 / Friendly / El Salvador - Russia 1-2 (Díaz Arce 60' - Onopko 53' (pen.) Tedeyev 55' Radchenko  40') / Pasadena, Rose Bowl / Attendance: 16,000

Russia: Ovchinnikov, Khlestov, Sklyarov, Ivanov, Afanasyev, Onopko (captain), Karpin (Sergeyev, 46), Lediakhov, Tedeyev, Beschastnykh (Matveyev, 78), Radchenko.

• February 21, 1993 / Friendly / United States - Russia 0-0 / Palo Alto, Stanford Stadium / Attendance: 26,450.

Russia: Cherchesov (captain), Khlestov, Chernyshov, Ivanov, Onopko, Lediakhov, Karpin, Popov (Tedeyev, 46), Beschastnykh (Matveyev, 46), Sergeyev, Radchenko.

• March 24, 1993 / Friendly / Israel - Russia 2-2 (Mizrahi 64' 70' - Popov 50' 62' Kiriakov  41' Onopko  73' ) / Haifa, Kiryat Eliezer Stadium / Attendance: 3,000

Russia: Cherchesov, Kuznetsov, Gorlukovich, Mokh, Ivanov, Kulkov, Onopko (captain), Karpin, Korneev, Radchenko (Popov, 46), Kiriakov.

• April 14, 1993 / 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier / Luxembourg - Russia 0-4 (Kiriakov 11' 46' Shalimov 58' Kulkov 90') / Luxembourg, Stade Josy Barthel / Attendance: 3,200

Russia: Cherchesov, Gorlukovich, Ivanov, Onopko, Kanchelskis, Shalimov (captain), Dobrovolski, Korneev (Kulkov, 66), Kolyvanov, Yuran, Kiriakov (Popov, 77).

• April 28, 1993 / 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier / Russia - Hungary 3-0 (Kanchelskis 55' Kolyvanov 61' Yuran 85') / Moscow, Luzhniki Stadium / Attendance: 25,000

Russia: Kharine, Onopko, Ivanov, Gorlukovich, Kanchelskis, Shalimov (captain), Dobrovolski, Korneev (Kulkov, 56), Kolyvanov, Yuran, Kiriakov (Mostovoi, 74).

• May 23, 1993 / 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier / Russia - Greece 1-1 (Dobrovolski 70' (pen.) - Mitropoulos 45') / Moscow, Luzhniki Stadium / Attendance: 45,000

Russia: Kharine, Gorlukovich, Onopko, Ivanov, Kanchelskis, Shalimov (captain), Dobrovolski, Kulkov (Tatarchuk, 65), Kolyvanov, Yuran, Kiriakov.

• June 2, 1993 / 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier / Iceland - Russia 1-1 (Sverrisson 26' - Kiriakov 39') / Reykjavík, Laugardalsvöllur / Attendance: 12,500

Russia: Kharine, Gorlukovich, Onopko (captain), Ivanov, Kanchelskis, Tatarchuk (Korneev, 68), Dobrovolski, Kulkov, Kolyvanov, Yuran (Lediakhov, 75), Kiriakov.

• July 28, 1993 / Friendly / France - Russia 3-1 (Sauzée 17' Cantona 20' Papin 37' - Blanc 23' (o.g.)) / Caen, Stade Michel d'Ornano / Attendance: 22,000

Russia: Cherchesov, Khlestov (Popov, 46), Onopko (captain), Ivanov, Kanchelskis, Gorlukovich, Lediakhov, Karpin (Tetradze, 70), Piatnitski, Yuran, Radchenko (Faizulin, 65).

• September 8, 1993 / 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier / Hungary - Russia 1-3 (Nikiforov 20' (o.g.) - Piatnitski 15' Kiriakov 52' Borodyuk 90') / Budapest, Stadion Üllői Út / Attendance: 15,000

Russia: Kharine, Gorlukovich, Onopko, Ivanov, Kanchelskis, Shalimov (captain), Piatnitski (Dobrovolski, 70), Nikiforov, Kolyvanov, Yuran (Borodyuk, 55), Kiriakov.

• October 6, 1993 / Friendly / Saudi Arabia - Russia 4-2 (Al-Muwallid 33' (pen.) Galiamin 60' (o.g.) Idris 65' Al-Mehallel 88' - Mostovoi 23' 72') / Dammam, Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium / Attendance: 20,000

Russia: Ovchinnikov (Podshivalov, 63), Galiamin, Onopko (captain), Kulkov, Khlestov, Karpin (Kosolapov, 63), Piatnitski, Tetradze, Mostovoi, Yuran, Beschastnykh (Tedeyev, 63).

• November 17, 1993 / 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier / Greece - Russia 1-0 (Machlas 70') / Athens, Olympic Stadium / Attendance: 70,000

Russia: Cherchesov, Khlestov, Onopko, Nikiforov, Kulkov, Shalimov (captain), Dobrovolski, Popov (Mostovoi, 82), Kolyvanov, Yuran (Salenko, 46), Kiriakov.

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