1994 football season
1994 was the third season Russia held its own national football competition since the breakup of the Soviet Union.
FC Spartak Moscow won the league for the third time in a row.
Lower leagues were re-organized, with second-highest First League converted to one zone and a new professional Third League started.
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The second edition of the Russian Cup,
1993–94 Russian Cup was won by
FC Spartak Moscow , who beat
PFC CSKA Moscow in the finals in a shootout 4-2 after finishing extra time at 2-2.
Early stages of the
1994–95 Russian Cup were played later in the year.
European club competitions
FC Spartak Moscow finished the group stage in third place, not qualifying for the semifinals.
[1]
FC Spartak Moscow:
Staučė ,
Khlestov ,
Ivanov ,
Tsymbalar ,
Pisarev (
Rodionov , 46),
Nikiforov ,
Ternavski ,
Karpin (
captain ),
Piatnitski ,
Lediakhov ,
Beschastnykh .
FC Spartak Moscow:
Staučė ,
Khlestov ,
Ivanov ,
Tsymbalar ,
Ternavski ,
Nikiforov ,
Onopko (
captain ),
Karpin ,
Piatnitski ,
Lediakhov (
Rodionov , 46),
Beschastnykh (
Pisarev , 73).
FC Spartak Moscow:
Staučė ,
Mamedov ,
Ternavski (
Khlestov , 75),
Tsymbalar ,
Rodionov (
Pisarev , 61),
Nikiforov ,
Onopko (
captain ),
Karpin ,
Piatnitski ,
Lediakhov ,
Beschastnykh .
FC Spartak Moscow:
Staučė ,
Mamedov ,
Ternavski ,
Tsymbalar (
Lediakhov , 77),
Pisarev ,
Nikiforov ,
Onopko (
captain ),
Karpin ,
Piatnitski ,
Masalitin (
Alenichev , 80),
Beschastnykh .
All the Russian participants were eliminated in 1993.
FC Spartak Moscow qualified directly for the group stage. It did not qualify from the group, coming in third place.
[2]
Dynamo penalty kick by
Mykhaylenko in the 24th minute was saved by
Tyapushkin .
FC Spartak Moscow:
Tyapushkin ,
Mamedov ,
Ternavski ,
Tsymbalar ,
Rakhimov ,
Chudin ,
Naduda ,
Alenichev (
Mukhamadiev , 61),
Piatnitski (
captain ),
Pisarev ,
Tikhonov (
Rodionov , 43).
FC Spartak Moscow:
Tyapushkin ,
Mamedov ,
Tikhonov ,
Tsymbalar ,
Rakhimov ,
Nikiforov ,
Onopko (
captain ),
Khlestov ,
Piatnitski ,
Pisarev ,
Mukhamadiev (
Alenichev , 68).
FC Spartak Moscow:
Tyapushkin ,
Ananko ,
Kechinov ,
Tsymbalar ,
Rakhimov ,
Nikiforov (
Ternavski , 85),
Onopko (
captain ),
Tikhonov ,
Piatnitski ,
Pisarev ,
Mukhamadiev (
Konovalov , 75).
FC Spartak Moscow:
Tyapushkin ,
Ananko ,
Khlestov ,
Alenichev ,
Rakhimov ,
Nikiforov ,
Onopko (
captain ),
Tikhonov ,
Piatnitski ,
Pisarev (
Naduda , 85),
Kechinov .
November 23, 1994 / Group B, Day 5 / FC Spartak Moscow - FC Dynamo Kyiv 1-0 (
Mukhamadiev 53' ) / Moscow,
Luzhniki Stadium / Attendance: 35,000
FC Spartak Moscow:
Tyapushkin ,
Khlestov ,
Lipko ,
Alenichev ,
Rakhimov ,
Nikiforov ,
Onopko (
captain ),
Tikhonov ,
Piatnitski (
Naduda , 88),
Pisarev (
Konovalov , 64),
Mukhamadiev .
Spartak penalty kick by
Kechinov came off the post in the 57th minute.
FC Spartak Moscow:
Tyapushkin ,
Khlestov ,
Lipko ,
Alenichev ,
Kechinov (
Konovalov , 74),
Nikiforov ,
Onopko (
captain ),
Tikhonov ,
Piatnitski ,
Pisarev ,
Mukhamadiev (
Rodionov , 46).
PFC CSKA Moscow were eliminated in the first round.
PFC CSKA Moscow:
Novosadov ,
Radimov ,
Kolotovkin ,
Mashkarin ,
Mamchur ,
Shoukov (
Semak , 62),
Antonovich ,
Broshin ,
Sinyov ,
Tatarchuk (
Sergeyev , 46),
Faizulin .
PFC CSKA Moscow:
Novosadov ,
Radimov ,
Kolotovkin ,
Bystrov ,
Mamchur ,
Mashkarin (
Bushmanov , 46),
Sinyov (
Demchenko , 71),
Broshin ,
Minko ,
Shoukov ,
Faizulin .
FC Rotor Volgograd and
FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin were both eliminated by
FC Nantes in the first and second round respectively, with
Nicolas Ouédec scoring 7 goals in 4 games.
FC Dynamo Moscow were eliminated in the second round.
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FC Dynamo Moscow:
Smetanin ,
Timofeev ,
Samatov ,
Shulgin ,
Smirnov ,
Chernyshov (
captain ),
Klyuyev ,
Cheryshev ,
Tetradze (
Borodkin , 69),
Ivanov ,
Simutenkov .
FC Rotor Volgograd:
Samorukov ,
Zhunenko ,
Burlachenko ,
Gerashchenko (
captain ),
Nechay ,
Tsarenko ,
Yeshchenko (
Shmarko , 69),
Niederhaus (
Berketov , 87),
Veretennikov ,
Yesipov ,
Nechayev .
FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin:
Filimonov ,
A. Morozov ,
Minayev (
captain ),
Yudin ,
Zhabko ,
O. Morozov ,
Navochenko ,
Tsygankov (
Rozin , 72),
Filippov ,
Volgin ,
Gusakov (
Polstyanov , 51).
September 27, 1994 / first round, return leg / FC Dynamo Moscow – R.F.C. Seraing 0–1 (
Schaessens 89' ) / Moscow,
Dynamo Stadium / attendance: 5,000
FC Dynamo Moscow:
Smetanin ,
Timofeev ,
Samatov ,
S. Nekrasov ,
Smirnov (
Kutsenko , 41),
Chernyshov (
captain ),
Klyuyev ,
Cheryshev ,
Yakhimovich ,
Ivanov ,
Simutenkov .
September 27, 1994 / first round, return leg / FC Nantes – FC Rotor Volgograd 3–0 (
Ouédec 29' 61'
Loko 75' ) /
Nantes ,
La Beaujoire / attendance: 36,000
Nantes penalty kick by
Ouédec in the 72nd minute missed the goal.
FC Rotor Volgograd:
Samorukov ,
Zhunenko ,
Burlachenko ,
Gerashchenko (
captain ),
Nechay ,
Tsarenko ,
Yeshchenko (
Khuzin , 60),
Niederhaus ,
Veretennikov (
Troynin , 75),
Yesipov ,
Nechayev .
September 27, 1994 / first round, return leg / Békéscsaba – FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin 1–0 (
Csató 77' (
pen. ) ) / attendance: 2,000
FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin:
Filimonov ,
A. Morozov ,
Minayev (
captain ),
Prokhorov ,
Tsygankov ,
O. Morozov ,
Navochenko ,
Rozin ,
Pimenov (
Natalushko , 46),
Volgin ,
Filippov (
Kuznetsov , 72).
FC Dynamo Moscow:
Smetanin ,
Timofeev ,
Kovtun ,
S. Nekrasov ,
Samatov ,
Chernyshov (
captain ),
Klyuyev ,
Cheryshev ,
Yakhimovich ,
Ivanov ,
Simutenkov .
October 19, 1994 / second round, first leg / FC Nantes – FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin 2–0 (
Ouédec 32' (
pen. ) 61' ) /
Nantes ,
La Beaujoire / attendance: 34,000
FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin:
Filimonov ,
A. Morozov ,
Minayev (
captain ),
Yudin ,
Zhabko ,
O. Morozov (
Rozin , 87),
Navochenko ,
Tsygankov ,
Filippov ,
Volgin ,
Natalushko (
Pimenov , 84).
FC Dynamo Moscow:
Smetanin ,
Samatov ,
Kovtun ,
Khidiyatullin (
Borodkin , 61),
Shulgin ,
S. Nekrasov ,
Filippov (
Klyuyev , 12),
Cheryshev ,
Yakhimovich ,
Ivanov ,
Simutenkov .
November 1, 1994 / second round, return leg / FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin – FC Nantes 1–2 (
Polstyanov 68' –
Ouédec 47' 64' ) / Moscow,
Dynamo Stadium / attendance: 7,000
FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin:
Filimonov ,
A. Morozov (
Polstyanov , 64),
Minayev (
captain ),
Yudin ,
Zhabko ,
O. Morozov ,
Navochenko ,
Rozin ,
Filippov ,
Pimenov ,
Natalushko .
Russia national football team played at the
1994 FIFA World Cup , not qualifying from the group, even though
Oleg Salenko became the top scorer of the competition. In late 1993, 14 players signed a letter demanding the resignation of
Pavel Sadyrin and appointment of
Anatoliy Byshovets as the manager. Sadyrin stayed as the manager. Some of the players who signed returned to the team, but several (
Igor Dobrovolski ,
Igor Shalimov ,
Igor Kolyvanov ,
Sergei Kiriakov ,
Vasili Kulkov ,
Andrei Kanchelskis and
Andrei Ivanov ) did not play at the World Cup. After the tournament, Sadyrin was replaced by
Oleg Romantsev for the subsequent games.
[4]
Russia:
Khapov ,
Gorlukovich ,
Galiamin ,
Popov ,
D. Kuznetsov (
Cheryshev , 74),
Tetradze ,
Tatarchuk (
Tedeyev , 57),
Korneev (
Rakhimov , 83),
Salenko ,
Borodyuk (
captain ),
Radchenko .
Russia:
Khapov ,
Gorlukovich ,
Galiamin ,
Popov (
Podpaly , 79),
D. Kuznetsov ,
Tetradze ,
Korneev ,
Tedeyev (
Cheryshev , 70),
Salenko ,
Borodyuk (
captain ),
Radchenko (
Tatarchuk , 85).
Russia:
Kharine ,
Gorlukovich ,
Rakhimov ,
Kovtun ,
Tetradze ,
Korneev (
Cheryshev , 58),
Popov ,
D. Kuznetsov ,
Salenko ,
Borodyuk (
captain ),
Radchenko (
Kosolapov , 87).
Russia:
Kharine ,
Galiamin ,
Nikiforov (
Tatarchuk , 81),
Tsymbalar ,
Gorlukovich ,
Ternavski ,
D. Kuznetsov ,
Popov ,
Borodyuk (
captain ) (
Beschastnykh , 60),
Yuran (
Onopko , 46),
Radchenko (
Lediakhov , 87).
Russia:
Kharine (
captain ),
Galiamin ,
Onopko ,
Nikiforov ,
D. Kuznetsov ,
Ternavski ,
Piatnitski ,
Tsymbalar ,
Salenko ,
Mostovoi ,
Radchenko .
Russia:
Kharine (
captain ),
Nikiforov ,
Gorlukovich ,
Khlestov ,
D. Kuznetsov ,
Ternavski ,
Piatnitski ,
Karpin ,
Tsymbalar ,
Yuran (
Salenko , 56),
Radchenko (
Borodyuk , 76).
Russia:
Kharine (
captain ),
Gorlukovich ,
Nikiforov ,
D. Kuznetsov ,
Khlestov ,
Popov (
Karpin , 40),
Onopko ,
Mostovoi ,
Borodyuk (
Galiamin , 50),
Salenko ,
Radchenko .
Russia:
Cherchesov ,
Khlestov ,
Nikiforov ,
Ternavski ,
Onopko (
captain ),
Tsymbalar ,
Tetradze ,
Korneev (
Radchenko , 65),
Karpin ,
Lediakhov (
Beschastnykh , 77),
Salenko .
Russia:
Cherchesov (
Kharine , 46),
Mamedov ,
Ternavski (
Kulkov , 59),
Tsymbalar ,
Rakhimov (
Radimov , 46),
Nikiforov ,
Onopko (
captain ),
Yesipov (
Mandreko , 46),
Beschastnykh ,
Tetradze (
Kosolapov , 83),
Simutenkov (
Niederhaus , 83).
Russia:
Cherchesov ,
Mamedov ,
Kulkov ,
Tsymbalar ,
Shalimov (
Tetradze , 46),
Nikiforov ,
Onopko (
captain ),
Kanchelskis (
Karpin , 46),
Piatnitski ,
Kolyvanov (
Radchenko , 46),
Kiriakov .
Russia:
Cherchesov ,
Kulkov (
Tetradze , 62),
Nikiforov ,
Tsymbalar (
Kolyvanov , 55),
Shalimov ,
Karpin ,
Onopko (
captain ),
Kanchelskis ,
Radchenko ,
Piatnitski ,
Kiriakov .
Russia:
Cherchesov ,
Kulkov ,
Nikiforov ,
Gorlukovich ,
Shalimov ,
Karpin ,
Onopko (
captain ),
Kanchelskis ,
Piatnitski (
Tetradze , 75),
Radchenko ,
Radimov .
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