1994 in Russian football

1994 was the third 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 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.

For more details, see:

• Russian Top League 1994
• Russian First League 1994
• Russian Second League 1994
• Russian Third League 1994

Cup competitions

The second edition of the Russian Cup, Russian Cup 1993–94 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 Russian Cup 1994–95 were played later in the year.

European club competitions

1993–94 UEFA Champions League

FC Spartak Moscow finished the group stage in third place, not qualifying for the semifinals.^[1]

• March 2, 1994 / Group A, Day 3 / FC Spartak Moscow - FC Barcelona 2-2 (Rodionov  79' Karpin  87' - Stoichkov  10' Romário  68') / Moscow, Luzhniki Stadium / Attendance: 60,000

FC Spartak Moscow: Staučė, Khlestov, Ivanov, Tsymbalar, Pisarev (Rodionov, 46), Nikiforov, Ternavski, Karpin (captain), Piatnitski, Lediakhov, Beschastnykh.

• March 15, 1994 / Group A, Day 4 / FC Barcelona - FC Spartak Moscow 5-1 (Stoichkov  34' Amor  76' Koeman  78'  81' Romário  87' - Karpin  3') / Barcelona, Camp Nou / Attendance: 100,000

FC Spartak Moscow: Staučė, Khlestov, Ivanov, Tsymbalar, Ternavski, Nikiforov, Onopko (captain), Karpin, Piatnitski, Lediakhov (Rodionov, 46), Beschastnykh (Pisarev, 73).

• March 30, 1994 / Group A, Day 5 / FC Spartak Moscow - AS Monaco FC 0-0 / Moscow, Luzhniki Stadium / Attendance: 30,000

FC Spartak Moscow: Staučė, Mamedov, Ternavski (Khlestov, 75), Tsymbalar, Rodionov (Pisarev, 61), Nikiforov, Onopko (captain), Karpin, Piatnitski, Lediakhov, Beschastnykh.

• April 13, 1994 / Group A, Day 6 / Galatasaray - FC Spartak Moscow 1-2 (Cihat  87' - Onopko  53' Karpin  85') / Istanbul, Ali Sami Yen Stadium / Attendance: 17,000

FC Spartak Moscow: Staučė, Mamedov, Ternavski, Tsymbalar (Lediakhov, 77), Pisarev, Nikiforov, Onopko (captain), Karpin, Piatnitski, Masalitin (Alenichev, 80), Beschastnykh.

1993–94 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and 1993–94 UEFA Cup

All the Russian participants were eliminated in 1993.

1994–95 UEFA Champions League

FC Spartak Moscow qualified directly for the group stage. It did not qualify from the group, coming in third place.^[2]

• September 14, 1994 / Group B, Day 1 / FC Dynamo Kyiv - FC Spartak Moscow 3-2 (Leonenko  48'  76' Rebrov  86' - Pisarev  12' Tikhonov  38') / Kiev, Republican Stadium / Attendance: 90,500

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).

• September 28, 1994 / Group B, Day 2 / FC Spartak Moscow - Paris Saint-Germain F.C. 1-2 (Rakhimov  40' Mamedov  60' - Le Guen  54' Valdo  61') / Moscow, Luzhniki Stadium / Attendance: 47,000

FC Spartak Moscow: Tyapushkin, Mamedov, Tikhonov, Tsymbalar, Rakhimov, Nikiforov, Onopko (captain), Khlestov, Piatnitski, Pisarev, Mukhamadiev (Alenichev, 68).

• October 19, 1994 / Group B, Day 3 / FC Spartak Moscow - FC Bayern Munich 1-1 (Pisarev  78' - Babbel  90') / Moscow, Luzhniki Stadium / Attendance: 25,000

FC Spartak Moscow: Tyapushkin, Ananko, Kechinov, Tsymbalar, Rakhimov, Nikiforov (Ternavski, 85), Onopko (captain), Tikhonov, Piatnitski, Pisarev, Mukhamadiev (Konovalov, 75).

• November 2, 1994 / Group B, Day 4 / FC Bayern Munich - FC Spartak Moscow 2-2 (Nerlinger  29' Kuffour  37' - Tikhonov  4' Alenichev  33') / Munich, Olympic Stadium / Attendance: 31,000

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.

• December 7, 1994 / Group B, Day 6 / Paris Saint-Germain F.C. - FC Spartak Moscow 4-1 (Weah  27'  52' Ginola  42' Raí  60' - Rodionov  67') / Paris, Parc des Princes / Attendance: 31,461

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).

1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

PFC CSKA Moscow were eliminated in the first round.

• September 15, 1994 / First Round, First Leg / PFC CSKA Moscow - Ferencvárosi TC 2-1 (Mamchur  50' Sergeyev  74' - Kenneth Christiansen  58') / Moscow, Dynamo Stadium / Attendance: 9,000

PFC CSKA Moscow: Novosadov, Radimov, Kolotovkin, Mashkarin, Mamchur, Shoukov (Semak, 62), Antonovich, Broshin, Sinyov, Tatarchuk (Sergeyev, 46), Faizulin.

• September 29, 1994 / First Round, Return Leg / Ferencvárosi TC - PFC CSKA Moscow 2-1 (Lipcsei  36' Neagoe  45' - Radimov  15' Faizulin  53'); 7-6 in shootout (Gregor Lisztes Kenneth Christiansen Telek Lipcsei Zavadszky Hrutka - Bystrov Bushmanov Demchenko Mamchur Minko Broshin Kolotovkin ) / Budapest, Üllői úti stadion / Attendance: 18,000

PFC CSKA Moscow: Novosadov, Radimov, Kolotovkin, Bystrov, Mamchur, Mashkarin (Bushmanov, 46), Sinyov (Demchenko, 71), Broshin, Minko, Shoukov, Faizulin.

1994–95 UEFA Cup

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.^[3]

• September 13, 1994 / first round, first leg / R.F.C. Seraing – FC Dynamo Moscow 3–4 (Wamberto  68' Schaessens  74' Edmilson  88' – Smirnov  18' Cheryshev  28'  61' Simutenkov  43' (pen.)) / Seraing, Pairay Stadium / attendance: 7,172

FC Dynamo Moscow: Smetanin, Timofeev, Samatov, Shulgin, Smirnov, Chernyshov (captain), Klyuyev, Cheryshev, Tetradze (Borodkin, 69), Ivanov, Simutenkov.

• September 13, 1994 / first round, first leg / FC Rotor Volgograd – FC Nantes 3–2 (Gerashchenko  42' Nechay  65' Veretennikov  77' – Ouédec  28' N'Doram  83') / Volgograd, Central Stadium / attendance: 38,000

FC Rotor Volgograd: Samorukov, Zhunenko, Burlachenko, Gerashchenko (captain), Nechay, Tsarenko, Yeshchenko (Shmarko, 69), Niederhaus (Berketov, 87), Veretennikov, Yesipov, Nechayev.

• September 13, 1994 / first round, first leg / FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin – Békéscsaba 6–1 (Gusakov  38' Polstyanov  55'  90' Volgin  58' Filippov  80'  90' – Szarvas  15') / Moscow, Dynamo Stadium / attendance: 2,000

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).

• October 18, 1994 / second round, first leg / FC Dynamo Moscow – Real Madrid 2–2 (Simutenkov  65' Cheryshev  69' – Sandro  21' Zamorano  73') / Moscow, Dynamo Stadium / attendance: 7,000

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).

• November 1, 1994 / second round, return leg / Real Madrid – FC Dynamo Moscow 4–0 (Zamorano  48' Redondo  75' Dani  88'  90') / Madrid, Santiago Bernabéu Stadium / attendance: 60,000

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.

National team

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]

• January 29, 1994 / Friendly / United States - Russia 1-1 (Lalas  86' - Radchenko  52') / Seattle, Kingdome / Attendance: 43,700

Russia: Khapov, Gorlukovich, Galiamin, Popov, D. Kuznetsov (Cheryshev, 74), Tetradze, Tatarchuk (Tedeyev, 57), Korneev (Rakhimov, 83), Salenko, Borodyuk (captain), Radchenko.

• February 2, 1994 / Friendly / Mexico - Russia 1-4 (García Aspe  26' (pen.) - Borodyuk  4'  45'  56' Radchenko  38') / Oakland, The Oakland Coliseum / Attendance: 18,162

Russia: Khapov, Gorlukovich, Galiamin, Popov (Podpaly, 79), D. Kuznetsov, Tetradze, Korneev, Tedeyev (Cheryshev, 70), Salenko, Borodyuk (captain), Radchenko (Tatarchuk, 85).

• March 23, 1994 / Friendly / Ireland - Russia 0-0 / Dublin, Lansdowne Road / Attendance: 36,000

Russia: Kharine, Gorlukovich, Rakhimov, Kovtun, Tetradze, Korneev (Cheryshev, 58), Popov, D. Kuznetsov, Salenko, Borodyuk (captain), Radchenko (Kosolapov, 87).

• April 20, 1994 / Friendly / Turkey - Russia 0-1 (Radchenko  10') / Bursa, Bursa Atatürk Stadium / Attendance: 28,000

Russia: Kharine, Galiamin, Nikiforov (Tatarchuk, 81), Tsymbalar, Gorlukovich, Ternavski, D. Kuznetsov, Popov, Borodyuk (captain) (Beschastnykh, 60), Yuran (Onopko, 46), Radchenko (Lediakhov, 87).

• May 29, 1994 / Friendly / Russia - Slovakia 2-1 (Piatnitski  49' Tsymbalar  59' - Tittel  34') / Moscow, Luzhniki Stadium / Attendance: 8,000

Russia: Kharine (captain), Galiamin, Onopko, Nikiforov, D. Kuznetsov, Ternavski, Piatnitski, Tsymbalar, Salenko, Mostovoi, Radchenko.

• June 20, 1994 / 1994 FIFA World Cup, Group B / Brazil - Russia 2-0 (Romário  27' Raí  54' (pen.)) / Stanford Stadium, Stanford / Attendance: 81,061

Russia: Kharine (captain), Nikiforov, Gorlukovich, Khlestov, D. Kuznetsov, Ternavski, Piatnitski, Karpin, Tsymbalar, Yuran (Salenko, 56), Radchenko (Borodyuk, 76).

• June 24, 1994 / 1994 FIFA World Cup, Group B / Sweden - Russia 3-1 (Brolin  37' (pen.) Dahlin  60'  82' - Salenko  5' (pen) Gorlukovich  49') / Pontiac, Pontiac Silverdome / Attendance: 71,528

Russia: Kharine (captain), Gorlukovich, Nikiforov, D. Kuznetsov, Khlestov, Popov (Karpin, 40), Onopko, Mostovoi, Borodyuk (Galiamin, 50), Salenko, Radchenko.

• June 28, 1994 / 1994 FIFA World Cup, Group B / Cameroon - Russia 1-6 (Milla  47' - Salenko  16'  41'  45' (pen.)  73'  75' Radchenko  82') / Stanford Stadium, Stanford / Attendance: 74,914

Russia: Cherchesov, Khlestov, Nikiforov, Ternavski, Onopko (captain), Tsymbalar, Tetradze, Korneev (Radchenko, 65), Karpin, Lediakhov (Beschastnykh, 77), Salenko.

• August 17, 1994 / Friendly / Austria - Russia 0-3 (Beschastnykh  42' Nikiforov  52' Simutenkov  82' (pen.)) / Klagenfurt, Wörtherseestadion / Attendance: 11,000

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).

• September 7, 1994 / Friendly / Russia - Germany 0-1 (Kuntz  7') / Moscow, Luzhniki Stadium / Attendance: 40,000

Russia: Cherchesov, Mamedov, Kulkov, Tsymbalar, Shalimov (Tetradze, 46), Nikiforov, Onopko (captain), Kanchelskis (Karpin, 46), Piatnitski, Kolyvanov (Radchenko, 46), Kiriakov.

• October 12, 1994 / UEFA Euro 1996 qualifier / Russia - San Marino 4-0 (Karpin  43' Kolyvanov  64' Nikiforov  65' Radchenko  67') / Moscow, Luzhniki Stadium / Attendance: 10,000

Russia: Cherchesov, Kulkov (Tetradze, 62), Nikiforov, Tsymbalar (Kolyvanov, 55), Shalimov, Karpin, Onopko (captain), Kanchelskis, Radchenko, Piatnitski, Kiriakov.

• November 16, 1994 / UEFA Euro 1996 qualifier / Scotland - Russia 1-1 (Booth  20' - Radchenko  25') / Glasgow, Hampden Park / Attendance: 31,254

Russia: Cherchesov, Kulkov, Nikiforov, Gorlukovich, Shalimov, Karpin, Onopko (captain), Kanchelskis, Piatnitski (Tetradze, 75), Radchenko, Radimov.

References

1. "Champions League 93/94 results summary by KLISF". Archived from the original on 2009-10-09. Retrieved 2009-10-06.
2. Champions League 94/95 results summary by KLISF
3. UEFA Cup 94/95 results summary by KLISF
4. Кашинцев Александр. "National team games in 1994". Archived from the original on 2009-10-09. Retrieved 2009-10-06.