1st League (Russia) 1996

1st League (Russia) 1996
master	Dinamo-Gazowik Tyumen
Climbers	Dinamo-Gasowik Tyumen, Shinnik Yaroslavl Fakel Voronezh
Relegated	Arsamas torpedo , Okean Nachodka , Zvezda Irkutsk , Metallurg Krasnoyarsk , Chkalovets Novosibirsk
Teams	22nd
Games	462
Gates	1,189  (ø 2.57 per game)
← 1st league 1995 1st league 1997 →
↑ Supreme League 1996 2nd league 1996 ↓

The 1st league in 1996 was the fifth season of the second highest Russian league in football. It started on April 7, 1996 and ended on November 2, 1996.

mode

The 22 teams played against each other twice, divided into a first half and a second half. So each team played 42 games. The best three clubs rose to the top league in 1997 , while the last five were relegated to the third-class second division .

Attendees

The relegated from the upper league in 1995

• Dinamo-Gazowik Tyumen

The 15 clubs that ranked 4th to 18th in the 1st league in 1995

Shinnik Yaroslavl Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk Chkalovets Novosibirsk Spartak Nalchik Fakel Voronezh Arsamas torpedo Luck Vladivostok Okean Nachodka Locomotive St. Petersburg Uralan Elista Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk Dinamo-Gazowik Tyumen Torpedo Wolschski Chita locomotive Saturn Ramenskoye Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky Zvezda Irkutsk Metallurg Krasnoyarsk 1 2 3 4th 1 = Kuban Krasnodar 2 = Druzhba Maikop 3 = Dynamo Stavropol 4 = Sokol-PSD Saratov

Clubs 1st League 1996

• Zvezda Irkutsk
• Shinnik Yaroslavl
• Luck Vladivostok
• FK Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk
• Chita locomotive
• Dynamo Stavropol
• Sokol PSD Saratov
• Locomotive Saturn Saint Petersburg ²
• Chkalovets Novosibirsk
• Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky
• Fakel Voronezh
• Arsamas torpedo
• Uralan Elista
• Torpedo Wolschski
• Okean Nachodka
• Druzhba Maykop

as well as the five newcomers of the 2nd division

• Spartak Nalchik (First Zone West)
• Kuban Krasnodar (Second Zone West)
• Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk (First Zone Center)
• Saturn Ramenskoye (second zone middle)
• Metallurg Krasnoyarsk (First Zone East)

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Dinamo-Gasowik Tyumen (A)	42	24	12	6th	082:340	+48	84
2.	Shinnik Yaroslavl	42	24	11	7th	066:320	+34	83
3.	Fakel Voronezh	42	23	13	6th	072:330	+39	82
4th	Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk (N)	42	24	7th	11	069:440	+25	79
5.	Dynamo Stavropol 1	42	22nd	8th	12	064:450	+19	74
6th	Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky	42	19th	9	14th	063:540	+9	66
7th	Uralan Elista	42	19th	9	14th	047:410	+6	66
8th.	Sokol PSD Saratov	42	18th	8th	16	056:490	+7	62
9.	Spartak Nalchik (N)	42	17th	8th	17th	062:590	+3	59
10.	Kuban Krasnodar (N)	42	15th	14th	13	065:600	+5	59
11.	Saturn Ramenskoye (N)	42	16	9	17th	048:480	± 0	57
12.	Locomotive Saturn Saint Petersburg 2	42	23	4th	15th	061:500	+11	73
13.	FK Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk	42	15th	10	17th	045:550	−10	55
14th	Torpedo Wolschski	42	15th	9	18th	057:710	−14	54
15th	Luck Vladivostok	42	14th	12	16	039:490	−10	54
16.	Druzhba Maykop	42	15th	8th	19th	050:470	+3	53
17th	Chita locomotive	42	13	12	17th	050:560	−6	51
18th	Arsamas torpedo	42	15th	5	22nd	047:640	−17	50
19th	Okean Nachodka	42	10	9	23	042:760	−34	39
20th	Zvezda Irkutsk	42	10	8th	24	031:630	−32	38
21st	Metallurg Krasnoyarsk (N)	42	8th	11	23	033:610	−28	35
22nd	Chkalovets Novosibirsk	42	7th	6th	29	044: 102	−58	27

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd wins - 3rd direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 4th goal difference - 5th goals scored

Promoted to the top division in 1997

Relegation to the 2nd division in 1997

(A)	Relegated from the upper league in 1995
(N)	Promoted from the 2nd division in 1995

¹ The game Dynamo Stavropol against Luch Vladivostok (0: 0) was rated 3: 0.

² Saturn-1991 Saint Petersburg merged with the fifth of the Western Zone Lokomotive Saint Petersburg to form Lokomotive-Saturn Saint Petersburg

Web links

• Season on rsssf.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1996 season results and table. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved August 17, 2019 .