1993 Russian First League
Introduction The '''Russian First League 1993''' was the 2nd edition of Russian First Division. There were 3 zones with 58 teams in total. The winner of each zone qualified for the promotion tournament to play against the teams that took places 14 to 16 in the 18-team Russian Top League 1993, 3 top teams from the tournament qualified for the Russian Top League 1994.For 1994 the Russian league system was reorganized, with First League reduced to one zone of 22 teams, so most of the 1993 Russian First League teams were relegated at the end of the season.
West ===Overview=== Team Head coach FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk Oleg Dolmatov FC Avtodor-Olaf Vladikavkaz Igor Tsakoyev FC Erzu Grozny Vait Talgayev FC Baltika Kaliningrad Kornei Shperling FC Smena-Saturn St. Petersburg Viktor Vinogradov FC Torpedo Vladimir Yuri Pyanov FC Druzhba Maykop Nurbiy Khakunov FC Uralan Elista Arnold Lendengolts FC Fakel Voronezh Valeri Nenenko (until October)Sergei Savchenkov (from October) FC Metallurg Lipetsk Aleksandr Ignatenko FC Terek Grozny Khaidar Alkhanov FC Spartak Anapa Mikhail Skachkov FC Torpedo Taganrog Aleksandr Skotarenko (until June)Vladimir Novik (from July) FC Kolos Krasnodar Viktor Tishchenko (until April)Adolf Poskotin (May to June)Yevgeni Tikhomirov (July to August)Yuri Kotov (September to October)Fyodor Novikov (from October) FC Kuban Krasnodar Leonid Nazarenko PFC Spartak Nalchik Kazbek Tlyarugov FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo Vladimir Belkov FC Orekhovo Orekhovo-Zuyevo Vladimir Yermichev FC Dynamo Vologda Leon Yagubyants FC Asmaral Kislovodsk Yuri Dyachenko FC Nart Cherkessk Aleksandr Perepelkin (until May)Nikolai Shvydkiy (June to September)Nurbiy Lakhov (from October) FC APK Azov Yuri Zakharov (until June)Sergei Stetyukha (from July)=== Standings ====== Top goalscorers ===;25 goals* Sergei Burdin (FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk);24 goals* Yuri Vostrukhin (FC Torpedo Taganrog);22 goals* Andrei Lapushkin (FC Smena-Saturn St. Petersburg);21 goals* Khazret Dyshekov (FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk);19 goals* Valeri Borisov (FC Kolos Krasnodar)* Murat Gomleshko (FC Kuban Krasnodar);18 goals*Lev Berezner (FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk)*Gennady Korkin (FC Metallurg Lipetsk)*Igor Tikhonov (FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo)*Tamazi Yenik (FC Druzhba Maykop)
Center ===Overview=== Team Head coach FC Lada Togliatti Vladimir Yevsyukov FC Zenit St. Petersburg Vyacheslav Melnikov FC Interros Moscow Aleksandr Irkhin (until July) FC Zvezda Perm Viktor Slesarev FC Sokol Saratov Aleksandr Koreshkov FC Shinnik Yaroslavl Igor Volchok FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Gennadi Sarychev FC Rubin-TAN Kazan Viktor Lukashenko (until July)Murat Zadikashvili (from July) FC Lada Dimitrovgrad Vladimir Yurin FC Torpedo Volzhsky Oleg Dudarin FC Gazovik Izhevsk Aleksandr Salnov FC Uralets Nizhny Tagil Viktor Konshin FC Svetotekhnika Saransk Vladimir Solovyov FC Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola Valeri Volodin FC Torpedo Ryazan Sergei Nedosekin FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk Boris Kopeikin (until July)Arkadi Shestayev (from August) FC Avangard Kamyshin Vladimir Nemchenko FC Torpedo Miass Gennadi Nedelkin FC Zenit Chelyabinsk Valeri Znarok FC Zenit Izhevsk Valeri Salnikov (until June)Nikolai Gorshkov (from June)===Standings====== Top goalscorers ===;37 goals* Vladimir Filimonov (FC Zvezda Perm);36 goals* Vladimir Kulik (FC Zenit St. Petersburg);31 goals* Sergei Chesnakas (FC Lada Togliatti);29 goals* Oleg Teryokhin (FC Sokol Saratov);25 goals* Oleg Smirnov (FC Shinnik Yaroslavl);21 goals* Andrei Ivanov (FC Gazovik Izhevsk)* Aleksei Snigiryov (FC Interros Moscow);20 goals* Mikhail Nikitin (FC Sokol Saratov);17 goals* Igor Kozlov (FC Interros Moscow);15 goals* Yuri Bavykin (FC Lada Togliatti)* Lev Matveyev (FC Zvezda Perm)
East ===Overview=== Team Head coach FC Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen Eduard Malofeyev FC Irtysh Omsk Artyom Amirdzhanov FC Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky Sergei Vasyutin FC Lokomotiv Chita Aleksandr Kovalyov FC Zvezda-Yunis-Sib Irkutsk Sergei Muratov FC Kuzbass Kemerovo Geliy Shershevskiy FC Dynamo Yakutsk Anatoli Samkov FC Metallurg Aldan Vladimir Nomirovskiy FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk Aleksandr Kishinevsky FC Sakhalin Kholmsk B. Tibilov FC Metallurg Novokuznetsk Valeri Suldin FC Tom Tomsk Vladimir Pomeshchikov FC Dynamo Barnaul Stanislav Kaminskiy FC Chkalovets Novosibirsk Valeri Yerkovich FC Selenga Ulan-Ude Yuri Zubkov FC SKA Khabarovsk Vladimir Bychek===Standings====== Top goalscorers ===;22 goals* Vyacheslav Kamoltsev (FC Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen);16 goals* Andrey Dementyev (FC Kuzbass Kemerovo);15 goals* Vyacheslav Kartashov (FC Irtysh Omsk)* Vladimir Vekvart (FC Lokomotiv Chita);14 goals* Oleg Razzamazov (FC Tom Tomsk);13 goals* Yevgeni Burdinskiy (FC Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky);11 goals*  Karapet Mikaelyan (FC Zvezda-Yunis-Sib Irkutsk);10 goals* Vladislav Kadyrov (FC Sakhalin Kholmsk)* Andrei Skovpen (FC Kuzbass Kemerovo);9 goals* Vadim Bazhenov (FC Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky)* Sergei Chernov (FC Metallurg Novokuznetsk)* Valeri Matyunin (FC Kuzbass Kemerovo)* Aleksandr Muzyka (FC Dynamo Yakutsk)* Oleg Nikulin (FC Chkalovets Novosibirsk)* Yevgeni Sadovnikov (FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk)* Nikolai Tarakanov (FC Sakhalin Kholmsk)
Promotion tournament
See also *Russian Top League 1993*Russian Second League 1993
References *  Russian First League 1993 on KLISF