1993 in Russian football

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

1993 season
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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' - Schaessens   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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