1997 in Russian football
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1997 was the sixth season Russia held its own national football competition since the breakup of the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

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Club competitions

FC Spartak Moscow
FC Spartak Moscow
FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...

 won the title for the fifth time. This was the last season fourth tier of the Russian football was a professional Russian Third League.

For more details, see:
  • Russian Top League 1997
  • Russian First League 1997
    Russian First League 1997
    -Overview:-Standings:Notes.# FC Lokomotiv Chita awarded 2 home wins, FC Luch Vladivostok awarded 1 home win.# FC Lada Dimitrovgrad renamed to FC Lada-Grad.# FC Lada Togliatti renamed to FC Lada-Togliatti-VAZ....

  • Russian Second League 1997
    Russian Second League 1997
    The Russian Second League 1997 was the 6th edition of the Second Division. There were 3 zones with 61 teams starting the competition . This was the last season that the professional Russian Third League existed...

  • Russian Third League 1997
    Russian Third League 1997
    The Russian Third League 1997 was the 4th and, so far, final time competition on the fourth level of Russian football was professional. In 1998 Russian Third League was disbanded and the Amateur Football League moved back to fourth level of the Russian football pyramid...


Cup competitions

The fifth edition of the Russian Cup, Russian Cup 1996–97
Russian Cup 1996–97
The Russian Cup 1996–97 was the fifth season of the Russian football knockout tournament since the dissolution of Soviet Union.-First round:April 17, 1996.April 21, 1996.April 22, 1996.-Second round:May 1, 1996.May 2, 1996.-Third round:...

 was won by FC Lokomotiv Moscow
FC Lokomotiv Moscow
The following years were rather successful as Lokomotiv were consistent in the national championships. However, performances after World War II suffered and actually in the space of five year Lokomotiv were relegated to the Soviet First League twice. In 1951, Lokomotiv came second and eventually...

, who beat FC Dynamo Moscow
FC Dynamo Moscow
Dynamo Moscow is a Russian football club based in Moscow, currently playing in the Russian Premier League. Dynamo's traditional kit colours are blue and white...

 in the finals with a score of 2-0.

Early stages of the Russian Cup 1997–98 were played later in the year.

1996–97 UEFA Champions League, 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, 1996–97 UEFA Cup 

Russian teams were eliminated in 1996.

1997–98 UEFA Champions League

FC Spartak Moscow
FC Spartak Moscow
FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...

 were eliminated in the second qualifying round and went on to the UEFA Cup.
  • August 13, 1997 / Second qualifying round, First leg / 1. FC Košice - FC Spartak Moscow 2-1 (Kožlej
    Jozef Kožlej
    Jozef Kožlej is a retired Slovak international professional footballer who played for clubs in Czechoslovakia, Germany, Greece and Cyprus.-Club career:...

      Kozák
    Ivan Kozák
    Ivan Kozák is a former Slovak footballer who played for FK Dukla Banská Bystrica, 1. FC Košice, MFK Ružomberok and German teams Tennis Borussia Berlin and 1. FC Union Berlin. He played for Slovakia 38 matches....

      - Dmitriev
    Sergey Dmitriev
    Sergey Igorevich Dmitriev is a former Russian footballer. Currently, he manages FC Karelia Petrozavodsk.-Honours:* Soviet Top League winner: 1984, 1991.* Soviet Cup winner: 1991....

     ) / Košice
    Košice
    Košice is a city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary...

    , Lokomotíva Stadium / Attendance: 12,600
FC Spartak Moscow: Filimonov
Aleksandr Filimonov
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Filimonov is a retired association football goalkeeper who currently plays for the beach soccer club Lokomotiv Moscow and the Russia national beach soccer team, with which he won the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup....

, Gorlukovich
Sergei Gorlukovich
Sergei Vadimovich Gorlukovich is an association footballer who played manager and former international player.-International career:In international football, Gorlukovich played at the 1990 and 1994 FIFA World Cups, and also in Euro 1996. He made his debut for USSR on 19 October 1988 in a 1990...

, Khlestov
Dmitri Khlestov
Dmitri Alekseyevich Khlestov is a retired Russian football player.He played for FC Spartak Moscow, Beşiktaş J.K. , FC Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow and Sokol Saratov....

, Tsymbalar (captain), Mamedov
Ramiz Mamedov
Ramiz Mikhmanovich Mamedov is a retired Russian football player with Azerbaijanians roots. Sometimes he is confused with his Azeri colleague Ramiz Mammadov from Agdam.-International career:...

 (Evseev
Vadim Evseev
Vadim Valentinovich Evseev is a Russian footballer, who is currently playing for Belarusian Premier League side Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino and is a former Russian international....

, 77), Ananko
Dimitri Ananko
Dmitri Vasilyevich Ananko is a retired association football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001* Russian Cup winner in 1992, 1994, 1998...

, Bakharev
Aleksei Bakharev
Aleksei Aleksandrovich Bakharev is a retired Russian and Ukrainian football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner: 1997.* Russian Cup winner: 1998.* Ukrainian Premier League winner: 2002, 2005....

 (Melyoshin
Aleksei Melyoshin
Aleksei Vladislavovich Melyoshin is a retired Russian footballer. Currently, he works as a coach at FC Spartak Moscow football academy.-Achievements:* Russian Premier League winner: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999....

, 45), Alenichev
Dmitri Alenichev
Dmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...

, Titov, Dmitriev
Sergey Dmitriev
Sergey Igorevich Dmitriev is a former Russian footballer. Currently, he manages FC Karelia Petrozavodsk.-Honours:* Soviet Top League winner: 1984, 1991.* Soviet Cup winner: 1991....

 (Robson
Luis Robson
Luis Pereira Robson is a Brazilian football forward, widely considered as the first successful import in the Russian Premier League. Luis Robson started his professional career at Matsubara. Having played for various small clubs in Brazil, he finally moved to Brazilian Série A club Goias in 1996...

, 81), Tikhonov
Andrey Tikhonov
Andrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...

.

  • August 27, 1997 / Second qualifying round, Return leg / FC Spartak Moscow - 1. FC Košice 0-0 / Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , Lokomotiv Stadium
    Lokomotiv Stadium (Moscow)
    Lokomotiv Stadium is a football stadium in Moscow, Russia. It is the home stadium of Lokomotiv Moscow and was the home ground of the Russian National Team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. The stadium was reconstructed in 2002 and holds 28,800 people, all seated...

     / Attendance: 20,000
FC Spartak Moscow: Filimonov
Aleksandr Filimonov
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Filimonov is a retired association football goalkeeper who currently plays for the beach soccer club Lokomotiv Moscow and the Russia national beach soccer team, with which he won the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup....

, Gorlukovich
Sergei Gorlukovich
Sergei Vadimovich Gorlukovich is an association footballer who played manager and former international player.-International career:In international football, Gorlukovich played at the 1990 and 1994 FIFA World Cups, and also in Euro 1996. He made his debut for USSR on 19 October 1988 in a 1990...

, Khlestov
Dmitri Khlestov
Dmitri Alekseyevich Khlestov is a retired Russian football player.He played for FC Spartak Moscow, Beşiktaş J.K. , FC Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow and Sokol Saratov....

, Tsymbalar (captain), Ananko
Dimitri Ananko
Dmitri Vasilyevich Ananko is a retired association football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001* Russian Cup winner in 1992, 1994, 1998...

 (Golovskoy
Konstantin Golovskoy
Konstantin Yuryevich Golovskoy is a Russian footballer currently playing for FC Aktobe in Kazakhstan. He also holds Kazakhstani citizenship.-Achievements:* Russian Premier League winner: 1996, 1997, 1998.* Russian Cup winner: 1998....

, 46), Evseev
Vadim Evseev
Vadim Valentinovich Evseev is a Russian footballer, who is currently playing for Belarusian Premier League side Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino and is a former Russian international....

, Robson
Luis Robson
Luis Pereira Robson is a Brazilian football forward, widely considered as the first successful import in the Russian Premier League. Luis Robson started his professional career at Matsubara. Having played for various small clubs in Brazil, he finally moved to Brazilian Série A club Goias in 1996...

 (Lutovinov
Sergei Lutovinov
Sergei Aleksandrovich Lutovinov is a Russian professional footballer. As of May 2009, he plays for an Amateur Football League FC Oka Stupino. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1992 for FC Oka Kolomna.-Honours:...

, 75), Alenichev
Dmitri Alenichev
Dmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...

, Titov, Dmitriev
Sergey Dmitriev
Sergey Igorevich Dmitriev is a former Russian footballer. Currently, he manages FC Karelia Petrozavodsk.-Honours:* Soviet Top League winner: 1984, 1991.* Soviet Cup winner: 1991....

 (Kechinov
Valery Kechinov
Valery Kechinov is a former Russia international footballer, who spent the majority of his playing career at Spartak Moscow.Kechinov was born in Uzbekistan and started his professional career at local Pakhtakor, with whom he won the Uzbek League title, before moving to Moscow...

, 32), Tikhonov
Andrey Tikhonov
Andrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...

.

1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

FC Lokomotiv Moscow
FC Lokomotiv Moscow
The following years were rather successful as Lokomotiv were consistent in the national championships. However, performances after World War II suffered and actually in the space of five year Lokomotiv were relegated to the Soviet First League twice. In 1951, Lokomotiv came second and eventually...

 qualified for the quarterfinals stage that was played in 1998.
  • September 18, 1997 / First round, First leg / FC Belshyna Babruisk
    FC Belshyna Babruisk
    FC Belshina Bobruisk is a Belarusian football club based in Bobruisk.-Achievements:* Belarusian SSR League** 1978, 1987* Belarusian Premier League** 2001* Belarusian Cup: 3** 1997, 1999, 2001-Current squad:As of September 2011...

     - FC Lokomotiv Moscow (Hlebasolaw
    Andrey Hlebasolaw
    Andrey Hlebasolaw is a Belarusian professional football coach and a former player.-External links:...

      - Loskov
    Dmitri Loskov
    Dmitri Vyacheslavovich Loskov is an association footballer currently playing for Lokomotiv Moscow.He was often considered Russia's best playmaker in the late 1990s – early 2000s, along with Spartak Moscow's Egor Titov. This is because he is double footed and has a wide range of passing...

      Borodyuk
    Aleksandr Borodyuk
    Aleksandr Genrikhovich Borodyuk is a Russian football manager and former international player for USSR and Russia ....

     ) / Minsk
    Minsk
    - Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...

    , Dinamo Stadium
    Dinamo Stadium (Minsk)
    Dynama Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Minsk, Belarus. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Dynama Minsk. The stadium has a seating capacity for 40,000 people. Dynama Stadium was constructed in 1934, but was destroyed during World War II and rebuilt in...

     / Attendance: 4,000
FC Lokomotiv Moscow: Podshivalov
Aleksandr Podshivalov
Aleksandr Viktorovich Podshivalov is an association football coach and a former player. As of 2009, he works as an assistant coach with FC Tom Tomsk....

, Solomatin
Andrei Solomatin
Andrei Yuryevich Solomatin is a retired Russian football player.He played mostly for Lokomotiv Moskva and CSKA Moskva.He played for Russia national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.-Honours:...

, Drozdov
Yuri Drozdov
Yuri Alekseevich Drozdov is an association football coach and a former midfielder, who spent the majority of his playing career at Lokomotiv Moscow. Currently, he is an assistant manager with FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow. Before Lokomotiv, Drozdov used to play for their city rivals FC Dynamo Moscow...

, Kharlachyov
Yevgeni Kharlachyov
Yevgeni Valeryevich Kharlachyov is an association football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1999, 2000....

, Arifullin
Aleksei Arifullin
Aleksei Sayarovich Arifullin is a retired association footballer.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1999.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1994, 1998.* Russian Cup winner: 1996, 1997, 2000....

, Chugainov
Igor Chugainov
Igor Valeryevich Chugainov is a retired Russian football defender and a current coach. Currently, he manages FC Torpedo Moscow.He played mostly for FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Torpedo Moscow and then for FC Uralan Elista....

 (captain), Smirnov
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Smirnov
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Smirnov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player who last managed FC Dynamo Bryansk. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1988 for FC Dynamo Moscow.-Honours:* Soviet Top League bronze: 1990....

, Borodyuk
Aleksandr Borodyuk
Aleksandr Genrikhovich Borodyuk is a Russian football manager and former international player for USSR and Russia ....

, Janashia
Zaza Janashia
Zaza Janashia is a retired Georgian professional football player. Currently, Janashia works in children's sports school "Lokomotiv-Perovo" in Moscow.-Career:...

 (Bulykin
Dmitri Bulykin
Dmitri Olegovich Bulykin is an association footballer who plays for AFC Ajax in the Dutch Eredivisie.Before joining Ajax, he played for Anderlecht, Bayer Leverkusen, Lokomotiv Moscow and Dynamo Moscow. In 2003–2005, he played regularly in the Russian national team.-Lokomotiv Moscow:Bulykin began...

, 79), Loskov
Dmitri Loskov
Dmitri Vyacheslavovich Loskov is an association footballer currently playing for Lokomotiv Moscow.He was often considered Russia's best playmaker in the late 1990s – early 2000s, along with Spartak Moscow's Egor Titov. This is because he is double footed and has a wide range of passing...

, Cherevchenko
Igor Cherevchenko
Igor Cherevchenko is a retired football player who represented Tajikistan. He also holds Russian Citizenship.He is currently one of the coaching staff at Lokomotiv Moscow.-External links:****...

.

  • October 2, 1997 / First round, Return leg / FC Lokomotiv Moscow - FC Belshyna Babruisk 3-0 (Maminov
    Vladimir Maminov
    Vladimir Aleksandrovich Maminov is a retired Russian footballer who also has Uzbekistan citizenship. He is currently assistant coach of FC Lokomotiv Moscow.-Career:...

      Kharlachyov
    Yevgeni Kharlachyov
    Yevgeni Valeryevich Kharlachyov is an association football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1999, 2000....

      Loskov
    Dmitri Loskov
    Dmitri Vyacheslavovich Loskov is an association footballer currently playing for Lokomotiv Moscow.He was often considered Russia's best playmaker in the late 1990s – early 2000s, along with Spartak Moscow's Egor Titov. This is because he is double footed and has a wide range of passing...

     ) / Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , Lokomotiv Stadium
    Lokomotiv Stadium (Moscow)
    Lokomotiv Stadium is a football stadium in Moscow, Russia. It is the home stadium of Lokomotiv Moscow and was the home ground of the Russian National Team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. The stadium was reconstructed in 2002 and holds 28,800 people, all seated...

     / Attendance: 1,500
FC Lokomotiv Moscow: Bidzhiyev
Khasanbi Bidzhiyev
Khasanbi Eduardovich Bidzhiyev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1983 for PFC Spartak Nalchik...

, Solomatin
Andrei Solomatin
Andrei Yuryevich Solomatin is a retired Russian football player.He played mostly for Lokomotiv Moskva and CSKA Moskva.He played for Russia national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.-Honours:...

, Drozdov
Yuri Drozdov
Yuri Alekseevich Drozdov is an association football coach and a former midfielder, who spent the majority of his playing career at Lokomotiv Moscow. Currently, he is an assistant manager with FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow. Before Lokomotiv, Drozdov used to play for their city rivals FC Dynamo Moscow...

, Kharlachyov
Yevgeni Kharlachyov
Yevgeni Valeryevich Kharlachyov is an association football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1999, 2000....

, Arifullin
Aleksei Arifullin
Aleksei Sayarovich Arifullin is a retired association footballer.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1999.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1994, 1998.* Russian Cup winner: 1996, 1997, 2000....

, Chugainov
Igor Chugainov
Igor Valeryevich Chugainov is a retired Russian football defender and a current coach. Currently, he manages FC Torpedo Moscow.He played mostly for FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Torpedo Moscow and then for FC Uralan Elista....

 (captain), Smirnov
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Smirnov
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Smirnov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player who last managed FC Dynamo Bryansk. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1988 for FC Dynamo Moscow.-Honours:* Soviet Top League bronze: 1990....

 (Sarkisyan
Albert Sarkisyan
Albert Sarkisyan is a retired Armenian football midfielder. Albert was a member of the Armenia national team, participated in 33 international matches and scored 3 goals since his debut in away 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Ukraine, on 5 May 1997.-National team...

, 64), Cherevchenko
Igor Cherevchenko
Igor Cherevchenko is a retired football player who represented Tajikistan. He also holds Russian Citizenship.He is currently one of the coaching staff at Lokomotiv Moscow.-External links:****...

 (Pashinin
Oleg Pashinin
Oleg Alekseyevich Pashinin is a Russian and Uzbekistani football defender.He got 11 caps for the national team between 2001 and 2005....

, 75), Janashia
Zaza Janashia
Zaza Janashia is a retired Georgian professional football player. Currently, Janashia works in children's sports school "Lokomotiv-Perovo" in Moscow.-Career:...

 (Veselov
Vitali Veselov
Vitali Aleksandrovich Veselov is a retired Russian professional football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League bronze: 1998.* Russian Cup winner: 1996, 1997.* Russian Cup finalist: 1998.-European club competitions:With FC Lokomotiv Moscow....

, 69), Loskov
Dmitri Loskov
Dmitri Vyacheslavovich Loskov is an association footballer currently playing for Lokomotiv Moscow.He was often considered Russia's best playmaker in the late 1990s – early 2000s, along with Spartak Moscow's Egor Titov. This is because he is double footed and has a wide range of passing...

, Maminov
Vladimir Maminov
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Maminov is a retired Russian footballer who also has Uzbekistan citizenship. He is currently assistant coach of FC Lokomotiv Moscow.-Career:...

.

  • October 23, 1997 / Second round, First leg / FC Lokomotiv Moscow - Kocaelispor
    Kocaelispor
    Kocaelispor, is the football team of İzmit, Turkey. They were founded in 1966 and played in the Turkish football league between 1980–1988 and 1992–2003. The best result for them was the 4th position in 1992–93 season...

     2-1 (Kharlachyov
    Yevgeni Kharlachyov
    Yevgeni Valeryevich Kharlachyov is an association football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1999, 2000....

      Janashia
    Zaza Janashia
    Zaza Janashia is a retired Georgian professional football player. Currently, Janashia works in children's sports school "Lokomotiv-Perovo" in Moscow.-Career:...

      - Turan ) / Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , Lokomotiv Stadium
    Lokomotiv Stadium (Moscow)
    Lokomotiv Stadium is a football stadium in Moscow, Russia. It is the home stadium of Lokomotiv Moscow and was the home ground of the Russian National Team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. The stadium was reconstructed in 2002 and holds 28,800 people, all seated...

     / Attendance: 3,500
FC Lokomotiv Moscow: Bidzhiyev
Khasanbi Bidzhiyev
Khasanbi Eduardovich Bidzhiyev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1983 for PFC Spartak Nalchik...

, Solomatin
Andrei Solomatin
Andrei Yuryevich Solomatin is a retired Russian football player.He played mostly for Lokomotiv Moskva and CSKA Moskva.He played for Russia national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.-Honours:...

, Drozdov
Yuri Drozdov
Yuri Alekseevich Drozdov is an association football coach and a former midfielder, who spent the majority of his playing career at Lokomotiv Moscow. Currently, he is an assistant manager with FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow. Before Lokomotiv, Drozdov used to play for their city rivals FC Dynamo Moscow...

 (Pashinin
Oleg Pashinin
Oleg Alekseyevich Pashinin is a Russian and Uzbekistani football defender.He got 11 caps for the national team between 2001 and 2005....

, 89), Kharlachyov
Yevgeni Kharlachyov
Yevgeni Valeryevich Kharlachyov is an association football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1999, 2000....

, Cherevchenko
Igor Cherevchenko
Igor Cherevchenko is a retired football player who represented Tajikistan. He also holds Russian Citizenship.He is currently one of the coaching staff at Lokomotiv Moscow.-External links:****...

, Chugainov
Igor Chugainov
Igor Valeryevich Chugainov is a retired Russian football defender and a current coach. Currently, he manages FC Torpedo Moscow.He played mostly for FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Torpedo Moscow and then for FC Uralan Elista....

 (captain), Maminov
Vladimir Maminov
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Maminov is a retired Russian footballer who also has Uzbekistan citizenship. He is currently assistant coach of FC Lokomotiv Moscow.-Career:...

 (Sarkisyan
Albert Sarkisyan
Albert Sarkisyan is a retired Armenian football midfielder. Albert was a member of the Armenia national team, participated in 33 international matches and scored 3 goals since his debut in away 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Ukraine, on 5 May 1997.-National team...

, 81), Gurenko
Sergei Gurenko
Sergei Gurenko or Syarhey Hurenka is a retired Belarusian football player and currently works as Head Coach for FC Torpedo Zhodino.-Clubs:...

, Janashia
Zaza Janashia
Zaza Janashia is a retired Georgian professional football player. Currently, Janashia works in children's sports school "Lokomotiv-Perovo" in Moscow.-Career:...

, Loskov
Dmitri Loskov
Dmitri Vyacheslavovich Loskov is an association footballer currently playing for Lokomotiv Moscow.He was often considered Russia's best playmaker in the late 1990s – early 2000s, along with Spartak Moscow's Egor Titov. This is because he is double footed and has a wide range of passing...

, Veselov
Vitali Veselov
Vitali Aleksandrovich Veselov is a retired Russian professional football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League bronze: 1998.* Russian Cup winner: 1996, 1997.* Russian Cup finalist: 1998.-European club competitions:With FC Lokomotiv Moscow....

 (Smirnov
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Smirnov
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Smirnov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player who last managed FC Dynamo Bryansk. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1988 for FC Dynamo Moscow.-Honours:* Soviet Top League bronze: 1990....

, 46).

  • November 6, 1997 / Second round, Return leg / Kocaelispor - FC Lokomotiv Moscow 0-0 / İzmit
    Izmit
    İzmit is a city in Turkey, administrative center of Kocaeli Province as well as the Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality. It is located at the Gulf of İzmit in the Sea of Marmara, about east of Istanbul, on the northwestern part of Anatolia. The city center has a population of 294.875...

    , Ismet Pasa Stadium
    Ismet Pasa Stadium
    İsmet Paşa Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in İzmit, Turkey. It is currently used mostly for football matches and currently hosts the home matches of Kocaelispor. The stadium holds 12,710 spectators, and was built in 1978. It is named after the Turkish statesman İsmet İnönü.-External links:*...

     / Attendance: 15,000.
FC Lokomotiv Moscow: Bidzhiyev
Khasanbi Bidzhiyev
Khasanbi Eduardovich Bidzhiyev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1983 for PFC Spartak Nalchik...

, Solomatin
Andrei Solomatin
Andrei Yuryevich Solomatin is a retired Russian football player.He played mostly for Lokomotiv Moskva and CSKA Moskva.He played for Russia national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.-Honours:...

, Drozdov
Yuri Drozdov
Yuri Alekseevich Drozdov is an association football coach and a former midfielder, who spent the majority of his playing career at Lokomotiv Moscow. Currently, he is an assistant manager with FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow. Before Lokomotiv, Drozdov used to play for their city rivals FC Dynamo Moscow...

, Kharlachyov
Yevgeni Kharlachyov
Yevgeni Valeryevich Kharlachyov is an association football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1999, 2000....

, Arifullin
Aleksei Arifullin
Aleksei Sayarovich Arifullin is a retired association footballer.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1999.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1994, 1998.* Russian Cup winner: 1996, 1997, 2000....

, Chugainov
Igor Chugainov
Igor Valeryevich Chugainov is a retired Russian football defender and a current coach. Currently, he manages FC Torpedo Moscow.He played mostly for FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Torpedo Moscow and then for FC Uralan Elista....

 (captain), Smirnov
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Smirnov
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Smirnov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player who last managed FC Dynamo Bryansk. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1988 for FC Dynamo Moscow.-Honours:* Soviet Top League bronze: 1990....

 (Sarkisyan
Albert Sarkisyan
Albert Sarkisyan is a retired Armenian football midfielder. Albert was a member of the Armenia national team, participated in 33 international matches and scored 3 goals since his debut in away 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Ukraine, on 5 May 1997.-National team...

, 82), Gurenko
Sergei Gurenko
Sergei Gurenko or Syarhey Hurenka is a retired Belarusian football player and currently works as Head Coach for FC Torpedo Zhodino.-Clubs:...

, Pashinin
Oleg Pashinin
Oleg Alekseyevich Pashinin is a Russian and Uzbekistani football defender.He got 11 caps for the national team between 2001 and 2005....

, Loskov
Dmitri Loskov
Dmitri Vyacheslavovich Loskov is an association footballer currently playing for Lokomotiv Moscow.He was often considered Russia's best playmaker in the late 1990s – early 2000s, along with Spartak Moscow's Egor Titov. This is because he is double footed and has a wide range of passing...

, Veselov
Vitali Veselov
Vitali Aleksandrovich Veselov is a retired Russian professional football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League bronze: 1998.* Russian Cup winner: 1996, 1997.* Russian Cup finalist: 1998.-European club competitions:With FC Lokomotiv Moscow....

 (Maminov
Vladimir Maminov
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Maminov is a retired Russian footballer who also has Uzbekistan citizenship. He is currently assistant coach of FC Lokomotiv Moscow.-Career:...

, 73).

1997–98 UEFA Cup

FC Spartak Moscow
FC Spartak Moscow
FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...

 qualified for the quarterfinals stage that was played in 1998. FC Rotor Volgograd reached the second round. FC Alania Vladikavkaz went out in the first round.
  • August 12, 1997 / Second qualifying round, First leg / FC Alania Vladikavkaz - FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
    FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
    Football Club Dnipro is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Dnipropetrovsk.-BRIT:The club's franchise traces its history all the way back when the first team that was formed in 1918 by the Petrovsky factory and was called as BRIT . The team participated in the regional competition...

     2-1 (Žutautas
    Raimondas Žutautas
    Raimondas Žutautas is a former Lithuanian footballer and former Lithuanian national football team head coach.He is the only Lithuanian player to score two goals in the UEFA Champions League. In 2002 while playing for Maccabi Haifa, he scored a goal against Manchester United...

      Ashvetia
    Mikheil Ashvetia
    Mikheil Ashvetia is a Georgian footballer. He has played mostly in Georgia and Russia, except for a short spell at FC København in 2001-2002 and a recent spell in Germany with FC Carl Zeiss Jena. In Russia he has played for Alania Vladikavkaz, Lokomotiv Moscow, Rubin Kazan and FC Rostov...

      - Palyanytsya ) / Vladikavkaz
    Vladikavkaz
    -Notable structures:In Vladikavkaz, there is a guyed TV mast, tall, built in 1961, which has six crossbars with gangways in two levels running from the mast structure to the guys.-Twin towns/sister cities:...

    , Republican Spartak Stadium
    Republican Spartak Stadium
    Republican Spartak Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Vladikavkaz, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium was built in 1962 and is able to hold 32,464 people. It is the home ground for FC Alania Vladikavkaz....

     / Attendance: 32,000
FC Alania Vladikavkaz: Kramarenko
Dmitriy Kramarenko
Dmitriy Sergeyevich Kramarenko is an Azerbaijani football goalkeeper playing currently for FK Khazar Lenkoran. His father is the former long-time goalkeeper for PFC Neftchi Baku, Sergey Kramarenko. He also holds Russian citizenship.-National team...

, Pagayev
Artur Pagayev
Artur Sardionovich Pagayev is a retired association football player who played the bulk of his career for FC Alania Vladikavkaz.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner: 1995....

, Timofeev
Sergey Timofeev
Sergey Anatolyevich Timofeev is a former Kazakh professional football player. Currently, he manages FC Mostovik-Primorye Ussuriysk.He played for Kairat Almaty in the Soviet Top League as well as FC Dynamo Moscow and FC Alania Vladikavkaz in the Russian Premier League.Timofeev made five appearances...

, Žutautas
Raimondas Žutautas
Raimondas Žutautas is a former Lithuanian footballer and former Lithuanian national football team head coach.He is the only Lithuanian player to score two goals in the UEFA Champions League. In 2002 while playing for Maccabi Haifa, he scored a goal against Manchester United...

, Agayev
Alan Agayev
Alan Khazbiyevich Agayev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1994 for FC Iriston Vladikavkaz.-European club competitions:With FC Alania Vladikavkaz....

 (Ashvetia
Mikheil Ashvetia
Mikheil Ashvetia is a Georgian footballer. He has played mostly in Georgia and Russia, except for a short spell at FC København in 2001-2002 and a recent spell in Germany with FC Carl Zeiss Jena. In Russia he has played for Alania Vladikavkaz, Lokomotiv Moscow, Rubin Kazan and FC Rostov...

, 32), Tsveiba
Akhrik Tsveiba
Akhrik Sokratovich Tsveiba is a retired Soviet association footballer.-Career:...

, Tedeyev
Bakhva Tedeyev
Bakhva Otarovich Tedeyev is a retired Russian football player. He was the head coach of FC Alania Vladikavkaz in 2002, 2003 and 2005.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner: 1995....

 (captain), Dzhioyev
Inal Dzhioyev
Inal Grigoryevich Dzhioyev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1991 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1995.* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1992, 1996....

, Yanovskiy
Igor Yanovskiy
Igor Yanovskiy is a retired association football player.He played for a few clubs, including Alania Vladikavkaz, Paris Saint-Germain , CSKA Moscow, and LB Châteauroux ....

, Kobiashvili
Levan Kobiashvili
Levan Kobiashvili is a Georgian footballer who plays in midfield for Hertha BSC.-Career:His career began in his hometown with Awasa Tbilisi. Moving to play for Metalurg Rustavi, Dinamo Tbilisi and Alania Vladikavkaz he was transferred to SC Freiburg in 1998, where he was one of several Georgians...

, Kanishchev
Anatoli Kanishchev
Anatoli Anatolyevich Kanishchev is a retired professional association footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1995 for FC Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1995, 1998, 1999....

, Gakhokidze
Giorgi Gakhokidze
Giorgi Gakhokidze is a former Georgian footballer. He played for clubs like PSV Eindhoven, Maccabi Haifa, FC Twente and Metalurh Donetsk...

.
  • August 12, 1997 / Second qualifying round, First leg / FC Rotor Volgograd - Odra Wodzisław 2-0 (Niederhaus
    Vladimir Niederhaus
    Vladimir Viktorovich Niederhaus is a retired Russian and Kazakhstani footballer of German descent.-Career:Niederhaus is best remembered for his time at Russian club, FC Rotor Volgograd, where he was the leading striker. To this day he is considered an iconic figure of FC Rotor Volgograd from the...

      Veretennikov
    Oleg Veretennikov
    Oleg Veretennikov is a professional association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records...

     ) / Volgograd
    Volgograd
    Volgograd , formerly called Tsaritsyn and Stalingrad is an important industrial city and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is long, north to south, situated on the western bank of the Volga River...

    , Central Stadium
    Central Stadium (Volgograd)
    Central Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Volgograd, Russia, that is home to SC Rotor Volgograd. The capacity of the stadium is 32,120 with plans to expand to 45,015 in time for the 2018 FIFA World Cup....

     / Attendance: 25,000
FC Rotor Volgograd: Zakharchuk
Platon Zakharchuk
Platon Platonovich Zakharchuk is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1989 for FC Torpedo Naberezhnye Chelny.-European club competitions:...

, Shmarko
Aleksandr Shmarko
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Shmarko is a retired Soviet and Russian football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1993, 1997.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1996.* Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 2000....

, Herashchenko
Volodymyr Herashchenko
Volodymyr Vasylyovych Herashchenko is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1985 for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.-Honours:* Soviet Top League champion: 1988....

 (captain) (Olenikov
Nikolai Olenikov
Nikolai Vladimirovich Olenikov is an association football defender who plays for FC Rotor Volgograd.-International career:Olenikov made his debut for Russia on 21 August 2002 in a friendly against Sweden....

, 46), Tishchenko
Maksim Tishchenko
Maksim Viktorovich Tishchenko is a Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Rotor Volgograd...

 (Krivov
Andrei Krivov
Andrei Vladimirovich Krivov is a Russian professional football functionary and a former defender who played for FC Rotor Volgograd in Russia and Gaziantepspor in the Turkish Süper Lig.He currently works as a general director of FC Rotor Volgograd....

, 27), Berketov
Aleksandr Berketov
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Berketov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of May 2009, he works as an assistant coach with FC Rostov. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1992 for FC Tekstilshchik-d Kamyshin...

, Borzenkov
Albert Borzenkov
Albert Valentinovich Borzenkov is a Russian football player currently playing for FC Dynamo Kostroma.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1997.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1996....

, Zubko
Denis Zubko
Denis Ivanovich Zubko is an association football player playing striker. Currently, he plays for FC Rotor Volgograd.-International career:...

 (Niederhaus
Vladimir Niederhaus
Vladimir Viktorovich Niederhaus is a retired Russian and Kazakhstani footballer of German descent.-Career:Niederhaus is best remembered for his time at Russian club, FC Rotor Volgograd, where he was the leading striker. To this day he is considered an iconic figure of FC Rotor Volgograd from the...

, 52), Zernov
Aleksandr Zernov
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Zernov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Rotor Volgograd.-European competition history:* UEFA Cup 1995–96 with FC Rotor Volgograd: 4 games....

, Veretennikov
Oleg Veretennikov
Oleg Veretennikov is a professional association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records...

, Yesipov
Valery Yesipov
Valery Yesipov is a retired association footballer and a current manager, who is currently an assistant manager for FC Rotor Volgograd. He holds the record for most appearances in the Russian Premier League...

, Abramov
Vitali Abramov
Vitaliy Sergeyevich Abramov is a retired Kazakhstani professional footballer. In 2009, he played for FC Avangard Kursk. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1995 for FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin...

.

  • August 26, 1997 / Second qualifying round, Return leg / FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk - FC Alania Vladikavkaz 1-4 (Sharan
    Volodymyr Sharan
    Volodymyr Bohdanovych Sharan is a Ukrainian football midfielder who represented Ukraine once at the national level and currently is a manager of PFC Oleksandria.He also capped for USSR U-20 team at 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship....

      - Gakhokidze
    Giorgi Gakhokidze
    Giorgi Gakhokidze is a former Georgian footballer. He played for clubs like PSV Eindhoven, Maccabi Haifa, FC Twente and Metalurh Donetsk...

      Yanovskiy
    Igor Yanovskiy
    Igor Yanovskiy is a retired association football player.He played for a few clubs, including Alania Vladikavkaz, Paris Saint-Germain , CSKA Moscow, and LB Châteauroux ....

      Kobiashvili
    Levan Kobiashvili
    Levan Kobiashvili is a Georgian footballer who plays in midfield for Hertha BSC.-Career:His career began in his hometown with Awasa Tbilisi. Moving to play for Metalurg Rustavi, Dinamo Tbilisi and Alania Vladikavkaz he was transferred to SC Freiburg in 1998, where he was one of several Georgians...

     ) / Dnipropetrovsk
    Dnipropetrovsk
    Dnipropetrovsk or Dnepropetrovsk formerly Yekaterinoslav is Ukraine's third largest city with one million inhabitants. It is located southeast of Ukraine's capital Kiev on the Dnieper River, in the south-central region of the country...

    , Stadium Meteor
    Stadium Meteor
    Stadium Meteor was a multi-purpose stadium in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine. It was used mostly for football matches, and was the home of FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. The stadium can hold 24,381 people. Currently its tenant, Dnipro was relocated to Dnipro Stadium after a long spell at this...

     / Attendance: 8,000
FC Alania Vladikavkaz: Khapov
Zaur Khapov
Zaur Zalimbiyevich Khapov is a retired football goalkeeper who won two international caps for Russia in 1994.He was Alania Vladikavkaz's goalkeeper during their Russian league title-winning season of 1995...

, Pagayev
Artur Pagayev
Artur Sardionovich Pagayev is a retired association football player who played the bulk of his career for FC Alania Vladikavkaz.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner: 1995....

, Avdeev
Igor Avdeev
Igor Gennadyevich Avdeev is a former Kazakhstani professional footballer. He last played for FC Lokomotiv Astana.-International career:Avdeev made 27 appearances and scored seven goals for the Kazakhstan national football team.-External links:...

 (Agayev
Alan Agayev
Alan Khazbiyevich Agayev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1994 for FC Iriston Vladikavkaz.-European club competitions:With FC Alania Vladikavkaz....

, 64), Tskhadadze
Kakhaber Tskhadadze
Kakhaber Tskhadadze is a Georgian football coach and former player.-Career:His club career started in 1986 in Dinamo Tbilisi. He became known in Western Europe with German team Eintracht Frankfurt, who he joined in 1992. After a couple of successful seasons he gradually found himself struggling...

, Dzhioyev
Inal Dzhioyev
Inal Grigoryevich Dzhioyev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1991 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1995.* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1992, 1996....

 (captain) (Kornienko
Oleg Kornienko
Oleg Valeryevich Korniyenko is a retired Kazakhstani professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz...

, 75), Tsveiba
Akhrik Tsveiba
Akhrik Sokratovich Tsveiba is a retired Soviet association footballer.-Career:...

, Žutautas
Raimondas Žutautas
Raimondas Žutautas is a former Lithuanian footballer and former Lithuanian national football team head coach.He is the only Lithuanian player to score two goals in the UEFA Champions League. In 2002 while playing for Maccabi Haifa, he scored a goal against Manchester United...

, Yanovskiy
Igor Yanovskiy
Igor Yanovskiy is a retired association football player.He played for a few clubs, including Alania Vladikavkaz, Paris Saint-Germain , CSKA Moscow, and LB Châteauroux ....

, Kobiashvili
Levan Kobiashvili
Levan Kobiashvili is a Georgian footballer who plays in midfield for Hertha BSC.-Career:His career began in his hometown with Awasa Tbilisi. Moving to play for Metalurg Rustavi, Dinamo Tbilisi and Alania Vladikavkaz he was transferred to SC Freiburg in 1998, where he was one of several Georgians...

 (Datdeyev
Aslan Datdeyev
Aslan Tambiyevich Datdeyev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz.-European club competitions:* UEFA Cup 1996–97 with FC Alania Vladikavkaz: 1 game....

, 84), Kanishchev
Anatoli Kanishchev
Anatoli Anatolyevich Kanishchev is a retired professional association footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1995 for FC Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1995, 1998, 1999....

, Gakhokidze
Giorgi Gakhokidze
Giorgi Gakhokidze is a former Georgian footballer. He played for clubs like PSV Eindhoven, Maccabi Haifa, FC Twente and Metalurh Donetsk...

.
  • August 26, 1997 / Second qualifying round, Return leg / Odra Wodzisław - FC Rotor Volgograd (Staniek  Zagórski  Brzoza  - Berketov
    Aleksandr Berketov
    Aleksandr Nikolayevich Berketov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of May 2009, he works as an assistant coach with FC Rostov. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1992 for FC Tekstilshchik-d Kamyshin...

      Abramov
    Vitali Abramov
    Vitaliy Sergeyevich Abramov is a retired Kazakhstani professional footballer. In 2009, he played for FC Avangard Kursk. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1995 for FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin...

      Veretennikov
    Oleg Veretennikov
    Oleg Veretennikov is a professional association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records...

      ) / Wodzisław Śląski, MOSiR Stadium
    MOSiR Stadium
    MOSiR Stadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Wodzisław Śląski, Poland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and served as the home stadium of Odra Wodzisław. The stadium has a capacity of 7,000 people. In 2011, Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała began using the stadium while their own ground...

     / Attendance: 8,000
FC Rotor Volgograd: Zakharchuk
Platon Zakharchuk
Platon Platonovich Zakharchuk is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1989 for FC Torpedo Naberezhnye Chelny.-European club competitions:...

, Shmarko
Aleksandr Shmarko
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Shmarko is a retired Soviet and Russian football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1993, 1997.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1996.* Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 2000....

, Veretennikov
Oleg Veretennikov
Oleg Veretennikov is a professional association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records...

, Niederhaus
Vladimir Niederhaus
Vladimir Viktorovich Niederhaus is a retired Russian and Kazakhstani footballer of German descent.-Career:Niederhaus is best remembered for his time at Russian club, FC Rotor Volgograd, where he was the leading striker. To this day he is considered an iconic figure of FC Rotor Volgograd from the...

 (Burlachenko
Valeri Burlachenko
Valeri Ivanovich Burlachenko is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1993, 1997....

, 46), Yesipov
Valery Yesipov
Valery Yesipov is a retired association footballer and a current manager, who is currently an assistant manager for FC Rotor Volgograd. He holds the record for most appearances in the Russian Premier League...

, Borzenkov
Albert Borzenkov
Albert Valentinovich Borzenkov is a Russian football player currently playing for FC Dynamo Kostroma.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1997.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1996....

, Herashchenko
Volodymyr Herashchenko
Volodymyr Vasylyovych Herashchenko is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1985 for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.-Honours:* Soviet Top League champion: 1988....

 (captain), Zubko
Denis Zubko
Denis Ivanovich Zubko is an association football player playing striker. Currently, he plays for FC Rotor Volgograd.-International career:...

 (Zernov
Aleksandr Zernov
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Zernov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Rotor Volgograd.-European competition history:* UEFA Cup 1995–96 with FC Rotor Volgograd: 4 games....

, 46), Berketov
Aleksandr Berketov
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Berketov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of May 2009, he works as an assistant coach with FC Rostov. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1992 for FC Tekstilshchik-d Kamyshin...

, Abramov
Vitali Abramov
Vitaliy Sergeyevich Abramov is a retired Kazakhstani professional footballer. In 2009, he played for FC Avangard Kursk. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1995 for FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin...

, Olenikov
Nikolai Olenikov
Nikolai Vladimirovich Olenikov is an association football defender who plays for FC Rotor Volgograd.-International career:Olenikov made his debut for Russia on 21 August 2002 in a friendly against Sweden....

 (Krivov
Andrei Krivov
Andrei Vladimirovich Krivov is a Russian professional football functionary and a former defender who played for FC Rotor Volgograd in Russia and Gaziantepspor in the Turkish Süper Lig.He currently works as a general director of FC Rotor Volgograd....

, 75).

  • September 16, 1997 / First round, First leg / MTK Hungária FC
    MTK Hungária FC
    MTK Budapest FC or just MTK is a football club from Budapest, Hungary. The team plays in the second division of the Hungarian League. The club's colours are blue and white. As one of the most successful Hungarian football clubs, MTK has won the Hungarian League 23 times and the Hungarian Cup 12...

     - FC Alania Vladikavkaz 3-0 (Illés
    Béla Illés
    Béla Illés is a retired Hungarian football player who has spent most of his career playing for MTK Hungária FC. He is considered to be the greatest Hungarian footballer of the 1990s....

      Preisinger
    Sandor Preisinger
    Sandor Preisinger is a Hungarian football player.Sandor was a member of the Hungary squad that reached the 1996 Summer Olympics finals in Atlanta, USA....

      Lörincz  - Pagayev
    Artur Pagayev
    Artur Sardionovich Pagayev is a retired association football player who played the bulk of his career for FC Alania Vladikavkaz.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner: 1995....

     ) / Budapest
    Budapest
    Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

    , Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium
    Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium
    Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Budapest, Hungary. The stadium can hold 12,700 people and was built in 1912...

     / Attendance: 3,000
FC Alania Vladikavkaz: Khapov
Zaur Khapov
Zaur Zalimbiyevich Khapov is a retired football goalkeeper who won two international caps for Russia in 1994.He was Alania Vladikavkaz's goalkeeper during their Russian league title-winning season of 1995...

, Pagayev
Artur Pagayev
Artur Sardionovich Pagayev is a retired association football player who played the bulk of his career for FC Alania Vladikavkaz.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner: 1995....

, Avdeev
Igor Avdeev
Igor Gennadyevich Avdeev is a former Kazakhstani professional footballer. He last played for FC Lokomotiv Astana.-International career:Avdeev made 27 appearances and scored seven goals for the Kazakhstan national football team.-External links:...

 (Datdeyev
Aslan Datdeyev
Aslan Tambiyevich Datdeyev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz.-European club competitions:* UEFA Cup 1996–97 with FC Alania Vladikavkaz: 1 game....

, 57), Kornienko
Oleg Kornienko
Oleg Valeryevich Korniyenko is a retired Kazakhstani professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz...

, Dzhioyev
Inal Dzhioyev
Inal Grigoryevich Dzhioyev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1991 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1995.* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1992, 1996....

 (captain), Tsveiba
Akhrik Tsveiba
Akhrik Sokratovich Tsveiba is a retired Soviet association footballer.-Career:...

, Žutautas
Raimondas Žutautas
Raimondas Žutautas is a former Lithuanian footballer and former Lithuanian national football team head coach.He is the only Lithuanian player to score two goals in the UEFA Champions League. In 2002 while playing for Maccabi Haifa, he scored a goal against Manchester United...

, Yanovskiy
Igor Yanovskiy
Igor Yanovskiy is a retired association football player.He played for a few clubs, including Alania Vladikavkaz, Paris Saint-Germain , CSKA Moscow, and LB Châteauroux ....

, Kobiashvili
Levan Kobiashvili
Levan Kobiashvili is a Georgian footballer who plays in midfield for Hertha BSC.-Career:His career began in his hometown with Awasa Tbilisi. Moving to play for Metalurg Rustavi, Dinamo Tbilisi and Alania Vladikavkaz he was transferred to SC Freiburg in 1998, where he was one of several Georgians...

, Kanishchev
Anatoli Kanishchev
Anatoli Anatolyevich Kanishchev is a retired professional association footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1995 for FC Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1995, 1998, 1999....

 (Ashvetia
Mikheil Ashvetia
Mikheil Ashvetia is a Georgian footballer. He has played mostly in Georgia and Russia, except for a short spell at FC København in 2001-2002 and a recent spell in Germany with FC Carl Zeiss Jena. In Russia he has played for Alania Vladikavkaz, Lokomotiv Moscow, Rubin Kazan and FC Rostov...

, 76), Gakhokidze
Giorgi Gakhokidze
Giorgi Gakhokidze is a former Georgian footballer. He played for clubs like PSV Eindhoven, Maccabi Haifa, FC Twente and Metalurh Donetsk...

.
  • September 16, 1997 / First round, First leg / FC Rotor Volgograd - Örebro SK
    Örebro SK
    Örebro SK, also known as ÖSK or just Örebro, is a Swedish football club based in Örebro. The club, formed on 28 October 1908, is currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan.-The first years:...

     2-0 (Berketov
    Aleksandr Berketov
    Aleksandr Nikolayevich Berketov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of May 2009, he works as an assistant coach with FC Rostov. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1992 for FC Tekstilshchik-d Kamyshin...

      Veretennikov
    Oleg Veretennikov
    Oleg Veretennikov is a professional association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records...

     ) / Volgograd
    Volgograd
    Volgograd , formerly called Tsaritsyn and Stalingrad is an important industrial city and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is long, north to south, situated on the western bank of the Volga River...

    , Central Stadium
    Central Stadium (Volgograd)
    Central Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Volgograd, Russia, that is home to SC Rotor Volgograd. The capacity of the stadium is 32,120 with plans to expand to 45,015 in time for the 2018 FIFA World Cup....

     / Attendance: 23,000
FC Rotor Volgograd: Zakharchuk
Platon Zakharchuk
Platon Platonovich Zakharchuk is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1989 for FC Torpedo Naberezhnye Chelny.-European club competitions:...

, Shmarko
Aleksandr Shmarko
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Shmarko is a retired Soviet and Russian football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1993, 1997.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1996.* Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 2000....

, Veretennikov
Oleg Veretennikov
Oleg Veretennikov is a professional association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records...

, Zubko
Denis Zubko
Denis Ivanovich Zubko is an association football player playing striker. Currently, he plays for FC Rotor Volgograd.-International career:...

 (Tishchenko
Maksim Tishchenko
Maksim Viktorovich Tishchenko is a Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Rotor Volgograd...

, 64), Yesipov
Valery Yesipov
Valery Yesipov is a retired association footballer and a current manager, who is currently an assistant manager for FC Rotor Volgograd. He holds the record for most appearances in the Russian Premier League...

 (Krivov
Andrei Krivov
Andrei Vladimirovich Krivov is a Russian professional football functionary and a former defender who played for FC Rotor Volgograd in Russia and Gaziantepspor in the Turkish Süper Lig.He currently works as a general director of FC Rotor Volgograd....

, 81), Borzenkov
Albert Borzenkov
Albert Valentinovich Borzenkov is a Russian football player currently playing for FC Dynamo Kostroma.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1997.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1996....

, Herashchenko
Volodymyr Herashchenko
Volodymyr Vasylyovych Herashchenko is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1985 for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.-Honours:* Soviet Top League champion: 1988....

 (captain), Burlachenko
Valeri Burlachenko
Valeri Ivanovich Burlachenko is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1993, 1997....

, Berketov
Aleksandr Berketov
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Berketov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of May 2009, he works as an assistant coach with FC Rostov. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1992 for FC Tekstilshchik-d Kamyshin...

, Zhunenko
Sergei Zhunenko
Sergey Nikolayevich Zhunenko is a retired Kazakhstani professional footballer. As of June 2009, he works as a director with FC FSA Voronezh. He made his professional debut in the Soviet First League in 1989 for FC Kairat.-Honours:...

 (Zernov
Aleksandr Zernov
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Zernov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Rotor Volgograd.-European competition history:* UEFA Cup 1995–96 with FC Rotor Volgograd: 4 games....

, 46), Olenikov
Nikolai Olenikov
Nikolai Vladimirovich Olenikov is an association football defender who plays for FC Rotor Volgograd.-International career:Olenikov made his debut for Russia on 21 August 2002 in a friendly against Sweden....

.
  • September 16, 1997 / First round, First leg / FC Sion
    FC Sion
    FC Sion is a Swiss football team from the city of Sion. The club was founded in 1909, and play their home games at the Stade Tourbillon. They have won the Swiss Super League twice, and the Swiss Cup in each of their twelve appearances in the final, the most recent being in 2011.The first team also...

     - FC Spartak Moscow 0-1 (Kechinov
    Valery Kechinov
    Valery Kechinov is a former Russia international footballer, who spent the majority of his playing career at Spartak Moscow.Kechinov was born in Uzbekistan and started his professional career at local Pakhtakor, with whom he won the Uzbek League title, before moving to Moscow...

      Khlestov
    Dmitri Khlestov
    Dmitri Alekseyevich Khlestov is a retired Russian football player.He played for FC Spartak Moscow, Beşiktaş J.K. , FC Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow and Sokol Saratov....

     ) / Sion
    Sion, Switzerland
    Sion is the capital of the Swiss canton of Valais. it had a population of .Landmarks include the Basilique de Valère and Château de Tourbillon. Sion has an airfield for civilian and military use, which, because of its location in a valley, causes a reasonable amount of noise pollution. FC Sion...

    , Stade Tourbillon
    Stade Tourbillon
    Stade Tourbillon is a multi-purpose stadium in Sion, Switzerland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Sion. The stadium holds 16,000 people and was built in 1968 and renovated in 1989. At the time of the renovation, its capacity was 19,600....

     / Attendance: 6,000
FC Spartak Moscow: Filimonov
Aleksandr Filimonov
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Filimonov is a retired association football goalkeeper who currently plays for the beach soccer club Lokomotiv Moscow and the Russia national beach soccer team, with which he won the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup....

, Gorlukovich
Sergei Gorlukovich
Sergei Vadimovich Gorlukovich is an association footballer who played manager and former international player.-International career:In international football, Gorlukovich played at the 1990 and 1994 FIFA World Cups, and also in Euro 1996. He made his debut for USSR on 19 October 1988 in a 1990...

 (captain), Khlestov
Dmitri Khlestov
Dmitri Alekseyevich Khlestov is a retired Russian football player.He played for FC Spartak Moscow, Beşiktaş J.K. , FC Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow and Sokol Saratov....

, Golovskoy
Konstantin Golovskoy
Konstantin Yuryevich Golovskoy is a Russian footballer currently playing for FC Aktobe in Kazakhstan. He also holds Kazakhstani citizenship.-Achievements:* Russian Premier League winner: 1996, 1997, 1998.* Russian Cup winner: 1998....

, Ananko
Dimitri Ananko
Dmitri Vasilyevich Ananko is a retired association football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001* Russian Cup winner in 1992, 1994, 1998...

, Lutovinov
Sergei Lutovinov
Sergei Aleksandrovich Lutovinov is a Russian professional footballer. As of May 2009, he plays for an Amateur Football League FC Oka Stupino. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1992 for FC Oka Kolomna.-Honours:...

 (Buznikin
Maksim Buznikin
Maksim Buznikin is former Russia international midfielder, who plays FC Nizhny Novgorod. Buznikin spent his prime years playing for Spartak Moscow and Lokomotiv Moscow...

, 66), Robson
Luis Robson
Luis Pereira Robson is a Brazilian football forward, widely considered as the first successful import in the Russian Premier League. Luis Robson started his professional career at Matsubara. Having played for various small clubs in Brazil, he finally moved to Brazilian Série A club Goias in 1996...

 (Konovalov
Andrei Konovalov
Andrei Stepanovich Konovalov is a Russian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Torpedo Moscow. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1993 for FC Spartak Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997....

, 59), Alenichev
Dmitri Alenichev
Dmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...

, Bakharev
Aleksei Bakharev
Aleksei Aleksandrovich Bakharev is a retired Russian and Ukrainian football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner: 1997.* Russian Cup winner: 1998.* Ukrainian Premier League winner: 2002, 2005....

, Kechinov
Valery Kechinov
Valery Kechinov is a former Russia international footballer, who spent the majority of his playing career at Spartak Moscow.Kechinov was born in Uzbekistan and started his professional career at local Pakhtakor, with whom he won the Uzbek League title, before moving to Moscow...

 (Shirko
Aleksandr Shirko
Aleksandr Petrovich Shirko is association footballer.Shirko started his professional career with Spartak Moscow, with whom he won six Russian Premier League titles, from 1996 to 2001, and become one of the top scorers of the UEFA Cup in the 1997/1998 season, before leaving for city-rivals...

, 75), Tikhonov
Andrey Tikhonov
Andrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...

.

  • September 30, 1997 / First round, Return leg / FC Alania Vladikavkaz - MTK Hungária FC 1-1 (Moroz
    Yuriy Moroz
    Yuriy Leontiyovych Moroz is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player. As of May 2009, he manages the Ukraine national under-19 football team...

      - Halmai
    Gábor Halmai
    Gábor Halmai is a retired Hungarian football player.He made his debut for the Hungarian national team in 1993, and got 57 caps and 4 goals until 2001.-Honours:* Hungarian League: 1993, 1997, 1999; Runner up 2000...

     ) / Vladikavkaz
    Vladikavkaz
    -Notable structures:In Vladikavkaz, there is a guyed TV mast, tall, built in 1961, which has six crossbars with gangways in two levels running from the mast structure to the guys.-Twin towns/sister cities:...

    , Republican Spartak Stadium
    Republican Spartak Stadium
    Republican Spartak Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Vladikavkaz, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium was built in 1962 and is able to hold 32,464 people. It is the home ground for FC Alania Vladikavkaz....

     / Attendance: 31,000
FC Alania Vladikavkaz: Khapov
Zaur Khapov
Zaur Zalimbiyevich Khapov is a retired football goalkeeper who won two international caps for Russia in 1994.He was Alania Vladikavkaz's goalkeeper during their Russian league title-winning season of 1995...

, Gakhokidze
Giorgi Gakhokidze
Giorgi Gakhokidze is a former Georgian footballer. He played for clubs like PSV Eindhoven, Maccabi Haifa, FC Twente and Metalurh Donetsk...

, Avdeev
Igor Avdeev
Igor Gennadyevich Avdeev is a former Kazakhstani professional footballer. He last played for FC Lokomotiv Astana.-International career:Avdeev made 27 appearances and scored seven goals for the Kazakhstan national football team.-External links:...

 (Bazayev
Jambulad Bazayev
Jambulad Vasilyevich Bazayev is a Russian Ossetian football midfielder currently playing for FC Alania Vladikavkaz. He is the brother of Georgi Bazayev.-External links:* *...

, 75), Kornienko
Oleg Kornienko
Oleg Valeryevich Korniyenko is a retired Kazakhstani professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz...

, Dzhioyev
Inal Dzhioyev
Inal Grigoryevich Dzhioyev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1991 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1995.* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1992, 1996....

 (captain), Moroz
Yuriy Moroz
Yuriy Leontiyovych Moroz is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player. As of May 2009, he manages the Ukraine national under-19 football team...

, Žutautas
Raimondas Žutautas
Raimondas Žutautas is a former Lithuanian footballer and former Lithuanian national football team head coach.He is the only Lithuanian player to score two goals in the UEFA Champions League. In 2002 while playing for Maccabi Haifa, he scored a goal against Manchester United...

, Yanovskiy
Igor Yanovskiy
Igor Yanovskiy is a retired association football player.He played for a few clubs, including Alania Vladikavkaz, Paris Saint-Germain , CSKA Moscow, and LB Châteauroux ....

, Datdeyev
Aslan Datdeyev
Aslan Tambiyevich Datdeyev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz.-European club competitions:* UEFA Cup 1996–97 with FC Alania Vladikavkaz: 1 game....

 (Agayev
Alan Agayev
Alan Khazbiyevich Agayev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1994 for FC Iriston Vladikavkaz.-European club competitions:With FC Alania Vladikavkaz....

, 46), Kanishchev
Anatoli Kanishchev
Anatoli Anatolyevich Kanishchev is a retired professional association footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1995 for FC Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1995, 1998, 1999....

, Ashvetia
Mikheil Ashvetia
Mikheil Ashvetia is a Georgian footballer. He has played mostly in Georgia and Russia, except for a short spell at FC København in 2001-2002 and a recent spell in Germany with FC Carl Zeiss Jena. In Russia he has played for Alania Vladikavkaz, Lokomotiv Moscow, Rubin Kazan and FC Rostov...

 (Sikoyev
Tamerlan Sikoyev
Tamerlan Sergeyevich Sikoyev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Russian First Division in 1994 for FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz. He played one game in the UEFA Cup 1997–98 for FC Alania Vladikavkaz.-References:...

, 55).
  • September 30, 1997 / First round, Return leg / Örebro SK - FC Rotor Volgograd 1-4 (E. Karlsson  - Niederhaus
    Vladimir Niederhaus
    Vladimir Viktorovich Niederhaus is a retired Russian and Kazakhstani footballer of German descent.-Career:Niederhaus is best remembered for his time at Russian club, FC Rotor Volgograd, where he was the leading striker. To this day he is considered an iconic figure of FC Rotor Volgograd from the...

      Zernov
    Aleksandr Zernov
    Aleksandr Sergeyevich Zernov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Rotor Volgograd.-European competition history:* UEFA Cup 1995–96 with FC Rotor Volgograd: 4 games....

      Veretennikov
    Oleg Veretennikov
    Oleg Veretennikov is a professional association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records...

     ) / Örebro
    Örebro
    -Sites of interest:Örebro's old town Wadköping is located on the banks of Svartån . It contains many 18th and 19th century wooden houses, along with museums and exhibitions....

    , Eyravallen / Attendance: 8,000
FC Rotor Volgograd: Zakharchuk
Platon Zakharchuk
Platon Platonovich Zakharchuk is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1989 for FC Torpedo Naberezhnye Chelny.-European club competitions:...

, Shmarko
Aleksandr Shmarko
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Shmarko is a retired Soviet and Russian football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1993, 1997.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1996.* Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 2000....

, Veretennikov
Oleg Veretennikov
Oleg Veretennikov is a professional association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records...

, Niederhaus
Vladimir Niederhaus
Vladimir Viktorovich Niederhaus is a retired Russian and Kazakhstani footballer of German descent.-Career:Niederhaus is best remembered for his time at Russian club, FC Rotor Volgograd, where he was the leading striker. To this day he is considered an iconic figure of FC Rotor Volgograd from the...

 (Mysin
Mikhail Mysin
Mikhail Viktorovich Mysin is a Russian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Ufa. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1997 for FC Rotor Volgograd. He played one game in the UEFA Cup 1997–98 for FC Rotor Volgograd.-External links:...

, 78), Smirnov
Vladimir Anatolyevich Smirnov
Vladimir Anatolyevich Smirnov is a Russian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Dynamo Kostroma. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1997 for FC Rotor Volgograd.-European club competitions:With FC Rotor Volgograd....

, Zernov
Aleksandr Zernov
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Zernov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Rotor Volgograd.-European competition history:* UEFA Cup 1995–96 with FC Rotor Volgograd: 4 games....

 (Zubko
Denis Zubko
Denis Ivanovich Zubko is an association football player playing striker. Currently, he plays for FC Rotor Volgograd.-International career:...

, 68), Herashchenko
Volodymyr Herashchenko
Volodymyr Vasylyovych Herashchenko is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1985 for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.-Honours:* Soviet Top League champion: 1988....

 (captain), Burlachenko
Valeri Burlachenko
Valeri Ivanovich Burlachenko is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1993, 1997....

, Berketov
Aleksandr Berketov
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Berketov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of May 2009, he works as an assistant coach with FC Rostov. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1992 for FC Tekstilshchik-d Kamyshin...

, Abramov
Vitali Abramov
Vitaliy Sergeyevich Abramov is a retired Kazakhstani professional footballer. In 2009, he played for FC Avangard Kursk. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1995 for FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin...

, Olenikov
Nikolai Olenikov
Nikolai Vladimirovich Olenikov is an association football defender who plays for FC Rotor Volgograd.-International career:Olenikov made his debut for Russia on 21 August 2002 in a friendly against Sweden....

 (Matiola
Denis Matiola
Denis Nikolayevich Matiola is a Russian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Sever Murmansk . He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1999 for FC Rotor Volgograd. He played one game in the UEFA Cup 1997–98 for FC Rotor Volgograd....

, 80).
  • September 30, 1997 / First round, Return leg / FC Spartak Moscow - FC Sion 2-2 (Shirko
    Aleksandr Shirko
    Aleksandr Petrovich Shirko is association footballer.Shirko started his professional career with Spartak Moscow, with whom he won six Russian Premier League titles, from 1996 to 2001, and become one of the top scorers of the UEFA Cup in the 1997/1998 season, before leaving for city-rivals...

      Alenichev
    Dmitri Alenichev
    Dmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...

      - Lota
    Dennis Lota
    Dennis Lota was a Zambian football striker who.He started his professional career with Zanaco FC of Zambia in 1989 before leaving for Nchanga Rangers at the beginning of the 1991 season. At Nchanga Rangers he established a midfield partnership with Abeauty Kunda. He later left Nchanga to join...

      ) / Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , Lokomotiv Stadium
    Lokomotiv Stadium (Moscow)
    Lokomotiv Stadium is a football stadium in Moscow, Russia. It is the home stadium of Lokomotiv Moscow and was the home ground of the Russian National Team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. The stadium was reconstructed in 2002 and holds 28,800 people, all seated...

     / Attendance: 12,000
FC Spartak Moscow: Filimonov
Aleksandr Filimonov
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Filimonov is a retired association football goalkeeper who currently plays for the beach soccer club Lokomotiv Moscow and the Russia national beach soccer team, with which he won the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup....

, Gorlukovich
Sergei Gorlukovich
Sergei Vadimovich Gorlukovich is an association footballer who played manager and former international player.-International career:In international football, Gorlukovich played at the 1990 and 1994 FIFA World Cups, and also in Euro 1996. He made his debut for USSR on 19 October 1988 in a 1990...

 (captain), Ananko
Dimitri Ananko
Dmitri Vasilyevich Ananko is a retired association football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001* Russian Cup winner in 1992, 1994, 1998...

, Golovskoy
Konstantin Golovskoy
Konstantin Yuryevich Golovskoy is a Russian footballer currently playing for FC Aktobe in Kazakhstan. He also holds Kazakhstani citizenship.-Achievements:* Russian Premier League winner: 1996, 1997, 1998.* Russian Cup winner: 1998....

, Romaschenko
Miroslav Romaschenko
Miroslav Yuryevich Romaschenko is a Belarussian professional football coach and a former player.He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg. He is the brother of Maksim Romaschenko...

, Shirko
Aleksandr Shirko
Aleksandr Petrovich Shirko is association footballer.Shirko started his professional career with Spartak Moscow, with whom he won six Russian Premier League titles, from 1996 to 2001, and become one of the top scorers of the UEFA Cup in the 1997/1998 season, before leaving for city-rivals...

, Buznikin
Maksim Buznikin
Maksim Buznikin is former Russia international midfielder, who plays FC Nizhny Novgorod. Buznikin spent his prime years playing for Spartak Moscow and Lokomotiv Moscow...

 (Robson
Luis Robson
Luis Pereira Robson is a Brazilian football forward, widely considered as the first successful import in the Russian Premier League. Luis Robson started his professional career at Matsubara. Having played for various small clubs in Brazil, he finally moved to Brazilian Série A club Goias in 1996...

, 68), Alenichev
Dmitri Alenichev
Dmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...

, Titov, Kechinov
Valery Kechinov
Valery Kechinov is a former Russia international footballer, who spent the majority of his playing career at Spartak Moscow.Kechinov was born in Uzbekistan and started his professional career at local Pakhtakor, with whom he won the Uzbek League title, before moving to Moscow...

, Tikhonov
Andrey Tikhonov
Andrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...

.


The goal in the stadium was measured before the game and turned out to be 2.46 meters high instead of regulation 2.44. The referee decided to play the game anyway. After FC Sion's protest, UEFA decided to replay the return leg.
  • October 15, 1997 / First round, Return leg / FC Spartak Moscow - FC Sion 5-1 (Buznikin
    Maksim Buznikin
    Maksim Buznikin is former Russia international midfielder, who plays FC Nizhny Novgorod. Buznikin spent his prime years playing for Spartak Moscow and Lokomotiv Moscow...

      Titov  Kechinov
    Valery Kechinov
    Valery Kechinov is a former Russia international footballer, who spent the majority of his playing career at Spartak Moscow.Kechinov was born in Uzbekistan and started his professional career at local Pakhtakor, with whom he won the Uzbek League title, before moving to Moscow...

      Tikhonov
    Andrey Tikhonov
    Andrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...

      Romaschenko
    Miroslav Romaschenko
    Miroslav Yuryevich Romaschenko is a Belarussian professional football coach and a former player.He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg. He is the brother of Maksim Romaschenko...

      - Camadini
    Pascal Camadini
    Pascal Camadini is a retired French footballer.-External links:*...

     ) / Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , Lokomotiv Stadium
    Lokomotiv Stadium (Moscow)
    Lokomotiv Stadium is a football stadium in Moscow, Russia. It is the home stadium of Lokomotiv Moscow and was the home ground of the Russian National Team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. The stadium was reconstructed in 2002 and holds 28,800 people, all seated...

     / Attendance: 24,000
FC Spartak Moscow: Filimonov
Aleksandr Filimonov
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Filimonov is a retired association football goalkeeper who currently plays for the beach soccer club Lokomotiv Moscow and the Russia national beach soccer team, with which he won the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup....

, Gorlukovich
Sergei Gorlukovich
Sergei Vadimovich Gorlukovich is an association footballer who played manager and former international player.-International career:In international football, Gorlukovich played at the 1990 and 1994 FIFA World Cups, and also in Euro 1996. He made his debut for USSR on 19 October 1988 in a 1990...

 (captain), Ananko
Dimitri Ananko
Dmitri Vasilyevich Ananko is a retired association football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001* Russian Cup winner in 1992, 1994, 1998...

 (Golovskoy
Konstantin Golovskoy
Konstantin Yuryevich Golovskoy is a Russian footballer currently playing for FC Aktobe in Kazakhstan. He also holds Kazakhstani citizenship.-Achievements:* Russian Premier League winner: 1996, 1997, 1998.* Russian Cup winner: 1998....

, 84), Evseev
Vadim Evseev
Vadim Valentinovich Evseev is a Russian footballer, who is currently playing for Belarusian Premier League side Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino and is a former Russian international....

, Romaschenko
Miroslav Romaschenko
Miroslav Yuryevich Romaschenko is a Belarussian professional football coach and a former player.He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg. He is the brother of Maksim Romaschenko...

, Shirko
Aleksandr Shirko
Aleksandr Petrovich Shirko is association footballer.Shirko started his professional career with Spartak Moscow, with whom he won six Russian Premier League titles, from 1996 to 2001, and become one of the top scorers of the UEFA Cup in the 1997/1998 season, before leaving for city-rivals...

 (Tsymbalar, 46), Buznikin
Maksim Buznikin
Maksim Buznikin is former Russia international midfielder, who plays FC Nizhny Novgorod. Buznikin spent his prime years playing for Spartak Moscow and Lokomotiv Moscow...

 (Melyoshin
Aleksei Melyoshin
Aleksei Vladislavovich Melyoshin is a retired Russian footballer. Currently, he works as a coach at FC Spartak Moscow football academy.-Achievements:* Russian Premier League winner: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999....

, 65), Alenichev
Dmitri Alenichev
Dmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...

, Titov, Kechinov
Valery Kechinov
Valery Kechinov is a former Russia international footballer, who spent the majority of his playing career at Spartak Moscow.Kechinov was born in Uzbekistan and started his professional career at local Pakhtakor, with whom he won the Uzbek League title, before moving to Moscow...

, Tikhonov
Andrey Tikhonov
Andrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...

.

  • October 21, 1997 / Second round, First leg / FC Rotor Volgograd - S.S. Lazio
    S.S. Lazio
    Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football...

     0-0 / Volgograd
    Volgograd
    Volgograd , formerly called Tsaritsyn and Stalingrad is an important industrial city and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is long, north to south, situated on the western bank of the Volga River...

    , Central Stadium
    Central Stadium (Volgograd)
    Central Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Volgograd, Russia, that is home to SC Rotor Volgograd. The capacity of the stadium is 32,120 with plans to expand to 45,015 in time for the 2018 FIFA World Cup....

     / Attendance: 25,000
FC Rotor Volgograd: Zakharchuk
Platon Zakharchuk
Platon Platonovich Zakharchuk is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1989 for FC Torpedo Naberezhnye Chelny.-European club competitions:...

, Shmarko
Aleksandr Shmarko
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Shmarko is a retired Soviet and Russian football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1993, 1997.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1996.* Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 2000....

, Veretennikov
Oleg Veretennikov
Oleg Veretennikov is a professional association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records...

, Niederhaus
Vladimir Niederhaus
Vladimir Viktorovich Niederhaus is a retired Russian and Kazakhstani footballer of German descent.-Career:Niederhaus is best remembered for his time at Russian club, FC Rotor Volgograd, where he was the leading striker. To this day he is considered an iconic figure of FC Rotor Volgograd from the...

, Yesipov
Valery Yesipov
Valery Yesipov is a retired association footballer and a current manager, who is currently an assistant manager for FC Rotor Volgograd. He holds the record for most appearances in the Russian Premier League...

, Zernov
Aleksandr Zernov
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Zernov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Rotor Volgograd.-European competition history:* UEFA Cup 1995–96 with FC Rotor Volgograd: 4 games....

 (Zubko
Denis Zubko
Denis Ivanovich Zubko is an association football player playing striker. Currently, he plays for FC Rotor Volgograd.-International career:...

, 76), Herashchenko
Volodymyr Herashchenko
Volodymyr Vasylyovych Herashchenko is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1985 for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.-Honours:* Soviet Top League champion: 1988....

 (captain), Burlachenko
Valeri Burlachenko
Valeri Ivanovich Burlachenko is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1993, 1997....

 (Krivov
Andrei Krivov
Andrei Vladimirovich Krivov is a Russian professional football functionary and a former defender who played for FC Rotor Volgograd in Russia and Gaziantepspor in the Turkish Süper Lig.He currently works as a general director of FC Rotor Volgograd....

, 63), Berketov
Aleksandr Berketov
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Berketov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of May 2009, he works as an assistant coach with FC Rostov. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1992 for FC Tekstilshchik-d Kamyshin...

, Abramov
Vitali Abramov
Vitaliy Sergeyevich Abramov is a retired Kazakhstani professional footballer. In 2009, he played for FC Avangard Kursk. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1995 for FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin...

 (Zhunenko
Sergei Zhunenko
Sergey Nikolayevich Zhunenko is a retired Kazakhstani professional footballer. As of June 2009, he works as a director with FC FSA Voronezh. He made his professional debut in the Soviet First League in 1989 for FC Kairat.-Honours:...

, 81), Olenikov
Nikolai Olenikov
Nikolai Vladimirovich Olenikov is an association football defender who plays for FC Rotor Volgograd.-International career:Olenikov made his debut for Russia on 21 August 2002 in a friendly against Sweden....

.
  • October 21, 1997 / Second round, First leg / FC Spartak Moscow - Real Valladolid
    Real Valladolid
    Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Valladolid, in the autonomous community of Castile and León, from where the nickname Pucela is derived....

     2-0 (Tikhonov
    Andrey Tikhonov
    Andrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...

      Titov ) / Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , Lokomotiv Stadium
    Lokomotiv Stadium (Moscow)
    Lokomotiv Stadium is a football stadium in Moscow, Russia. It is the home stadium of Lokomotiv Moscow and was the home ground of the Russian National Team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. The stadium was reconstructed in 2002 and holds 28,800 people, all seated...

     / Attendance: 10,000
FC Spartak Moscow: Filimonov
Aleksandr Filimonov
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Filimonov is a retired association football goalkeeper who currently plays for the beach soccer club Lokomotiv Moscow and the Russia national beach soccer team, with which he won the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup....

, Gorlukovich
Sergei Gorlukovich
Sergei Vadimovich Gorlukovich is an association footballer who played manager and former international player.-International career:In international football, Gorlukovich played at the 1990 and 1994 FIFA World Cups, and also in Euro 1996. He made his debut for USSR on 19 October 1988 in a 1990...

 (captain), Golovskoy
Konstantin Golovskoy
Konstantin Yuryevich Golovskoy is a Russian footballer currently playing for FC Aktobe in Kazakhstan. He also holds Kazakhstani citizenship.-Achievements:* Russian Premier League winner: 1996, 1997, 1998.* Russian Cup winner: 1998....

, Evseev
Vadim Evseev
Vadim Valentinovich Evseev is a Russian footballer, who is currently playing for Belarusian Premier League side Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino and is a former Russian international....

, Romaschenko
Miroslav Romaschenko
Miroslav Yuryevich Romaschenko is a Belarussian professional football coach and a former player.He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg. He is the brother of Maksim Romaschenko...

, Shirko
Aleksandr Shirko
Aleksandr Petrovich Shirko is association footballer.Shirko started his professional career with Spartak Moscow, with whom he won six Russian Premier League titles, from 1996 to 2001, and become one of the top scorers of the UEFA Cup in the 1997/1998 season, before leaving for city-rivals...

 (Lutovinov
Sergei Lutovinov
Sergei Aleksandrovich Lutovinov is a Russian professional footballer. As of May 2009, he plays for an Amateur Football League FC Oka Stupino. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1992 for FC Oka Kolomna.-Honours:...

, 54), Buznikin
Maksim Buznikin
Maksim Buznikin is former Russia international midfielder, who plays FC Nizhny Novgorod. Buznikin spent his prime years playing for Spartak Moscow and Lokomotiv Moscow...

 (Bakharev
Aleksei Bakharev
Aleksei Aleksandrovich Bakharev is a retired Russian and Ukrainian football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner: 1997.* Russian Cup winner: 1998.* Ukrainian Premier League winner: 2002, 2005....

, 61), Alenichev
Dmitri Alenichev
Dmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...

, Titov, Kechinov
Valery Kechinov
Valery Kechinov is a former Russia international footballer, who spent the majority of his playing career at Spartak Moscow.Kechinov was born in Uzbekistan and started his professional career at local Pakhtakor, with whom he won the Uzbek League title, before moving to Moscow...

, Tikhonov
Andrey Tikhonov
Andrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...

.

  • November 4, 1997 / Second round, Return leg / S.S. Lazio - FC Rotor Volgograd 3-0 (Casiraghi  Mancini
    Roberto Mancini
    Roberto Mancini is an Italian football manager, formerly an international player and current manager of Premier League club Manchester City.As a player Mancini was best known for his time at Sampdoria, where he played more than 550 matches, and helped them win the Serie A league title, four Coppa...

      Signori
    Giuseppe Signori
    Giuseppe "Beppe" Signori is a retired Italian football striker, one of the top scorers in Serie A history and widely regarded as one of the best football players to have never received a winners medal in competitive football. He was a fast, left footed striker who was prolific goalscorer...

     ) / Rome
    Rome
    Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

    , Stadio Olimpico
    Stadio Olimpico
    The Stadio Olimpico is the main and largest sports facility of Rome, Italy. It is located within the Foro Italico sports complex on the north of the city. An asset of the Italian National Olympic Committee, the structure is intended primarily for football...

     / Attendance: 40,000
FC Rotor Volgograd: Zakharchuk
Platon Zakharchuk
Platon Platonovich Zakharchuk is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1989 for FC Torpedo Naberezhnye Chelny.-European club competitions:...

, Shmarko
Aleksandr Shmarko
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Shmarko is a retired Soviet and Russian football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1993, 1997.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1996.* Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 2000....

, Veretennikov
Oleg Veretennikov
Oleg Veretennikov is a professional association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records...

 (captain), Niederhaus
Vladimir Niederhaus
Vladimir Viktorovich Niederhaus is a retired Russian and Kazakhstani footballer of German descent.-Career:Niederhaus is best remembered for his time at Russian club, FC Rotor Volgograd, where he was the leading striker. To this day he is considered an iconic figure of FC Rotor Volgograd from the...

, Yesipov
Valery Yesipov
Valery Yesipov is a retired association footballer and a current manager, who is currently an assistant manager for FC Rotor Volgograd. He holds the record for most appearances in the Russian Premier League...

, Zernov
Aleksandr Zernov
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Zernov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Rotor Volgograd.-European competition history:* UEFA Cup 1995–96 with FC Rotor Volgograd: 4 games....

 (Zubko
Denis Zubko
Denis Ivanovich Zubko is an association football player playing striker. Currently, he plays for FC Rotor Volgograd.-International career:...

, 46), Krivov
Andrei Krivov
Andrei Vladimirovich Krivov is a Russian professional football functionary and a former defender who played for FC Rotor Volgograd in Russia and Gaziantepspor in the Turkish Süper Lig.He currently works as a general director of FC Rotor Volgograd....

 (Burlachenko
Valeri Burlachenko
Valeri Ivanovich Burlachenko is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1993, 1997....

, 67), Abramov
Vitali Abramov
Vitaliy Sergeyevich Abramov is a retired Kazakhstani professional footballer. In 2009, he played for FC Avangard Kursk. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1995 for FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin...

, Berketov
Aleksandr Berketov
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Berketov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of May 2009, he works as an assistant coach with FC Rostov. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1992 for FC Tekstilshchik-d Kamyshin...

, Zhunenko
Sergei Zhunenko
Sergey Nikolayevich Zhunenko is a retired Kazakhstani professional footballer. As of June 2009, he works as a director with FC FSA Voronezh. He made his professional debut in the Soviet First League in 1989 for FC Kairat.-Honours:...

, Olenikov
Nikolai Olenikov
Nikolai Vladimirovich Olenikov is an association football defender who plays for FC Rotor Volgograd.-International career:Olenikov made his debut for Russia on 21 August 2002 in a friendly against Sweden....

.
  • November 4, 1997 / Real Valladolid - FC Spartak Moscow 1-2 (Juan Carlos  - Shirko
    Aleksandr Shirko
    Aleksandr Petrovich Shirko is association footballer.Shirko started his professional career with Spartak Moscow, with whom he won six Russian Premier League titles, from 1996 to 2001, and become one of the top scorers of the UEFA Cup in the 1997/1998 season, before leaving for city-rivals...

      ) / Valladolid
    Valladolid
    Valladolid is a historic city and municipality in north-central Spain, situated at the confluence of the Pisuerga and Esgueva rivers, and located within three wine-making regions: Ribera del Duero, Rueda and Cigales...

    , Estadio José Zorrilla
    Estadio José Zorrilla
    Estadio José Zorrilla is a football stadium in Valladolid, Spain. The stadium holds 26,512 people.The stadium was built in 1982 and is named after poet José Zorrilla y Moral...

     / Attendance: 16,700
FC Spartak Moscow: Filimonov
Aleksandr Filimonov
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Filimonov is a retired association football goalkeeper who currently plays for the beach soccer club Lokomotiv Moscow and the Russia national beach soccer team, with which he won the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup....

, Gorlukovich
Sergei Gorlukovich
Sergei Vadimovich Gorlukovich is an association footballer who played manager and former international player.-International career:In international football, Gorlukovich played at the 1990 and 1994 FIFA World Cups, and also in Euro 1996. He made his debut for USSR on 19 October 1988 in a 1990...

 (captain), Ananko
Dimitri Ananko
Dmitri Vasilyevich Ananko is a retired association football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001* Russian Cup winner in 1992, 1994, 1998...

, Evseev
Vadim Evseev
Vadim Valentinovich Evseev is a Russian footballer, who is currently playing for Belarusian Premier League side Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino and is a former Russian international....

, Romaschenko
Miroslav Romaschenko
Miroslav Yuryevich Romaschenko is a Belarussian professional football coach and a former player.He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg. He is the brother of Maksim Romaschenko...

, Shirko
Aleksandr Shirko
Aleksandr Petrovich Shirko is association footballer.Shirko started his professional career with Spartak Moscow, with whom he won six Russian Premier League titles, from 1996 to 2001, and become one of the top scorers of the UEFA Cup in the 1997/1998 season, before leaving for city-rivals...

, Robson
Luis Robson
Luis Pereira Robson is a Brazilian football forward, widely considered as the first successful import in the Russian Premier League. Luis Robson started his professional career at Matsubara. Having played for various small clubs in Brazil, he finally moved to Brazilian Série A club Goias in 1996...

 (Bakharev
Aleksei Bakharev
Aleksei Aleksandrovich Bakharev is a retired Russian and Ukrainian football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner: 1997.* Russian Cup winner: 1998.* Ukrainian Premier League winner: 2002, 2005....

, 46), Alenichev
Dmitri Alenichev
Dmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...

, Titov (Lutovinov
Sergei Lutovinov
Sergei Aleksandrovich Lutovinov is a Russian professional footballer. As of May 2009, he plays for an Amateur Football League FC Oka Stupino. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1992 for FC Oka Kolomna.-Honours:...

, 79), Kechinov
Valery Kechinov
Valery Kechinov is a former Russia international footballer, who spent the majority of his playing career at Spartak Moscow.Kechinov was born in Uzbekistan and started his professional career at local Pakhtakor, with whom he won the Uzbek League title, before moving to Moscow...

 (Melyoshin
Aleksei Melyoshin
Aleksei Vladislavovich Melyoshin is a retired Russian footballer. Currently, he works as a coach at FC Spartak Moscow football academy.-Achievements:* Russian Premier League winner: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999....

, 68), Tikhonov
Andrey Tikhonov
Andrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...

.

  • November 25, 1997 / Third round, First leg / Karlsruher SC
    Karlsruher SC
    Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg. KSC rose out of the consolidation of a number of predecessor clubs. They currently play in the 2...

     - FC Spartak Moscow 0-0 (Golovskoy
    Konstantin Golovskoy
    Konstantin Yuryevich Golovskoy is a Russian footballer currently playing for FC Aktobe in Kazakhstan. He also holds Kazakhstani citizenship.-Achievements:* Russian Premier League winner: 1996, 1997, 1998.* Russian Cup winner: 1998....

      / Karlsruhe
    Karlsruhe
    The City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states...

    , Wildparkstadion
    Wildparkstadion
    The Wildparkstadion is a football stadium located in Karlsruhe, Germany. It is the home of the football club Karlsruher SC.It is located northeast of the Karlsruhe castle and is located in part of the former deer park of the Grand Dukes of Baden in the Hardtwald, hence the name...

     / Attendance: 15,000
FC Spartak Moscow: Filimonov
Aleksandr Filimonov
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Filimonov is a retired association football goalkeeper who currently plays for the beach soccer club Lokomotiv Moscow and the Russia national beach soccer team, with which he won the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup....

, Gorlukovich
Sergei Gorlukovich
Sergei Vadimovich Gorlukovich is an association footballer who played manager and former international player.-International career:In international football, Gorlukovich played at the 1990 and 1994 FIFA World Cups, and also in Euro 1996. He made his debut for USSR on 19 October 1988 in a 1990...

 (captain), Ananko
Dimitri Ananko
Dmitri Vasilyevich Ananko is a retired association football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001* Russian Cup winner in 1992, 1994, 1998...

, Evseev
Vadim Evseev
Vadim Valentinovich Evseev is a Russian footballer, who is currently playing for Belarusian Premier League side Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino and is a former Russian international....

, Romaschenko
Miroslav Romaschenko
Miroslav Yuryevich Romaschenko is a Belarussian professional football coach and a former player.He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg. He is the brother of Maksim Romaschenko...

, Shirko
Aleksandr Shirko
Aleksandr Petrovich Shirko is association footballer.Shirko started his professional career with Spartak Moscow, with whom he won six Russian Premier League titles, from 1996 to 2001, and become one of the top scorers of the UEFA Cup in the 1997/1998 season, before leaving for city-rivals...

, Bakharev
Aleksei Bakharev
Aleksei Aleksandrovich Bakharev is a retired Russian and Ukrainian football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner: 1997.* Russian Cup winner: 1998.* Ukrainian Premier League winner: 2002, 2005....

 (Melyoshin
Aleksei Melyoshin
Aleksei Vladislavovich Melyoshin is a retired Russian footballer. Currently, he works as a coach at FC Spartak Moscow football academy.-Achievements:* Russian Premier League winner: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999....

, 45), Golovskoy
Konstantin Golovskoy
Konstantin Yuryevich Golovskoy is a Russian footballer currently playing for FC Aktobe in Kazakhstan. He also holds Kazakhstani citizenship.-Achievements:* Russian Premier League winner: 1996, 1997, 1998.* Russian Cup winner: 1998....

, Titov, Kechinov
Valery Kechinov
Valery Kechinov is a former Russia international footballer, who spent the majority of his playing career at Spartak Moscow.Kechinov was born in Uzbekistan and started his professional career at local Pakhtakor, with whom he won the Uzbek League title, before moving to Moscow...

, Tikhonov
Andrey Tikhonov
Andrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...

.

  • December 9, 1997 / Third round, Return leg / FC Spartak Moscow - Karlsruher SC 1-0 a.e.t. (Shirko
    Aleksandr Shirko
    Aleksandr Petrovich Shirko is association footballer.Shirko started his professional career with Spartak Moscow, with whom he won six Russian Premier League titles, from 1996 to 2001, and become one of the top scorers of the UEFA Cup in the 1997/1998 season, before leaving for city-rivals...

     ) / Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , Lokomotiv Stadium
    Lokomotiv Stadium (Moscow)
    Lokomotiv Stadium is a football stadium in Moscow, Russia. It is the home stadium of Lokomotiv Moscow and was the home ground of the Russian National Team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. The stadium was reconstructed in 2002 and holds 28,800 people, all seated...

     / Attendance: 10,000
FC Spartak Moscow: Filimonov
Aleksandr Filimonov
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Filimonov is a retired association football goalkeeper who currently plays for the beach soccer club Lokomotiv Moscow and the Russia national beach soccer team, with which he won the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup....

, Gorlukovich
Sergei Gorlukovich
Sergei Vadimovich Gorlukovich is an association footballer who played manager and former international player.-International career:In international football, Gorlukovich played at the 1990 and 1994 FIFA World Cups, and also in Euro 1996. He made his debut for USSR on 19 October 1988 in a 1990...

 (captain), Ananko
Dimitri Ananko
Dmitri Vasilyevich Ananko is a retired association football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001* Russian Cup winner in 1992, 1994, 1998...

, Khlestov
Dmitri Khlestov
Dmitri Alekseyevich Khlestov is a retired Russian football player.He played for FC Spartak Moscow, Beşiktaş J.K. , FC Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow and Sokol Saratov....

, Romaschenko
Miroslav Romaschenko
Miroslav Yuryevich Romaschenko is a Belarussian professional football coach and a former player.He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg. He is the brother of Maksim Romaschenko...

, Shirko
Aleksandr Shirko
Aleksandr Petrovich Shirko is association footballer.Shirko started his professional career with Spartak Moscow, with whom he won six Russian Premier League titles, from 1996 to 2001, and become one of the top scorers of the UEFA Cup in the 1997/1998 season, before leaving for city-rivals...

, Buznikin
Maksim Buznikin
Maksim Buznikin is former Russia international midfielder, who plays FC Nizhny Novgorod. Buznikin spent his prime years playing for Spartak Moscow and Lokomotiv Moscow...

 (Robson
Luis Robson
Luis Pereira Robson is a Brazilian football forward, widely considered as the first successful import in the Russian Premier League. Luis Robson started his professional career at Matsubara. Having played for various small clubs in Brazil, he finally moved to Brazilian Série A club Goias in 1996...

, 46), Alenichev
Dmitri Alenichev
Dmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...

, Titov, Kechinov
Valery Kechinov
Valery Kechinov is a former Russia international footballer, who spent the majority of his playing career at Spartak Moscow.Kechinov was born in Uzbekistan and started his professional career at local Pakhtakor, with whom he won the Uzbek League title, before moving to Moscow...

 (Melyoshin
Aleksei Melyoshin
Aleksei Vladislavovich Melyoshin is a retired Russian footballer. Currently, he works as a coach at FC Spartak Moscow football academy.-Achievements:* Russian Premier League winner: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999....

, 22), Tikhonov
Andrey Tikhonov
Andrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...

.

1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup

FC Dynamo Moscow
FC Dynamo Moscow
Dynamo Moscow is a Russian football club based in Moscow, currently playing in the Russian Premier League. Dynamo's traditional kit colours are blue and white...

, FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow and FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod
FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod
FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod was a Russian football club based in Nizhny Novgorod. They spent eight seasons in the Russian Premier League.-History:...

 all won their groups, but were knocked out in the semi-finals.
  • June 22, 1997 / Group 12, Day 1 / FC Merani-91 Tbilisi - FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow 0-2 (Gashkin
    Andrei Gashkin
    Andrei Aleksandrovich Gashkin is a retired Russian professional footballer and a current coach. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1993 for FC Spartak Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1993....

      Mashkarin
    Denis Mashkarin
    Denis Nikolayevich Mashkarin is a former Russian professional footballer.Post-retirement he works for a company organizing corporate events.-Honours:* Soviet Cup finalist: 1992.* Russian Cup finalist: 1993, 1994, 2005....

     ) / Tbilisi
    Tbilisi
    Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...

    , Boris Paichadze Stadium
    Boris Paichadze Stadium
    The Boris Paichadze National Stadium , also known as the Dinamo Stadium, is a football stadium in Tbilisi, Georgia. It is the home stadium of FC Dinamo Tbilisi. The stadium was built in 1976 by Georgian architect Gia Kurdiani. Before then Dinamo's stadium was a smaller ground with a maximum...

     / Attendance: 20,000
FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow: Vorobyov
Valeriy Vorobyov
Valeriy Oleksandrovych Vorobyov is a former professional Ukrainian football player. For several years since 1997 when he joined FC Torpedo Moscow he played in Russia where later ended his playing career...

, Kornaukhov
Oleg Kornaukhov
Oleg Dmitriyevich Kornaukhov is an association football player who is currently playing for FC Dmitrov.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1998.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1999....

 (Arlowski
Radaslaw Arlowski
Radzislaw Uladzimiravich Arlowski is a retired Belarusian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1987 for Nart Cherkessk.-Honours:* Belarusian Premier League champion: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995....

, 46), Khokhlov
Dmitri Khokhlov
Dmitri Valeryevich Khokhlov is a retired Russian football player. He played as a holding midfielder or playmaker....

, Mashkarin
Denis Mashkarin
Denis Nikolayevich Mashkarin is a former Russian professional footballer.Post-retirement he works for a company organizing corporate events.-Honours:* Soviet Cup finalist: 1992.* Russian Cup finalist: 1993, 1994, 2005....

 (captain), Makhmutov
Marat Makhmutov
Marat Maksutovich Makhmutov is a Russian professional footballer. As of June 2009, he is a free agent...

 (Burchenkov
Sergei Burchenkov
Sergei Nikolayevich Burchenkov is a Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow.-European competition history:* UEFA Cup 1996–97 with FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow: 3 games....

, 46), Bushmanov, Avakov
Arsen Avakov
Arsen Avakov is a former Tajik player. He won the top scorer award in the Ukrainian Premier League in 1995 while playing for FC Torpedo Zaporizhia, the first foreign player in history of the Ukrainian Premier League to do so....

 (Jankauskas
Edgaras Jankauskas
Edgaras Jankauskas is a retired Lithuanian footballer who works as a coach-interpreter for FC Lokomotiv Moscow.A tall, powerful striker who plays to the physical side of the game, he is also known for skill. Other than in his own, he played professionally in nine different countries, and...

, 71), Kamoltsev
Vyacheslav Kamoltsev
Vyacheslav Anatolyevich Kamoltsev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Torpedo Kurgan.-Honours:* Russian Premier League bronze: 2000....

, Gashkin
Andrei Gashkin
Andrei Aleksandrovich Gashkin is a retired Russian professional footballer and a current coach. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1993 for FC Spartak Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1993....

, Ražanauskas
Tomas Ražanauskas
Tomas Ražanauskas is a Lithuanian professional footballer, who plays in A lyga, for Tauras Tauragė. He plays the position of midfielder and is 1.79 m tall and weighs 78 kg. He is a former member of the Lithuania national football team....

, Preikšaitis
Aidas Preikšaitis
Aidas Preikšaitis is a retired Lithuanian professional football midfielder who last played for Lithuanian top division A Lyga club FK Vėtra. He is 181 cm tall and weighs 77 kg....

.

  • June 28, 1997 / Group 11, Day 2 / FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod - FK Proleter Zrenjanin
    FK Proleter Zrenjanin
    FK Proleter Zrenjanin was a football club from the city of Zrenjanin, Vojvodina, Serbia.-Early period:...

     1-0 (Bystrov
    Pyotr Bystrov
    Pyotr Aleksandrovich Bystrov is an association footballer, currently playing for FC Rubin Kazan. He usually plays as a central, left-sided or offensive midfielder. He has played for Russia. He has previously played for Saturn Ramenskoye , FC Dinamo Moskva , Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod and FC...

     ) / Nizhny Novgorod
    Nizhny Novgorod
    Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...

    , Lokomotiv Stadium
    Lokomotiv Stadium (Nizhny Novgorod)
    Lokomotiv Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was the home ground of FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod. The stadium holds 17,800 people and was opened in 2000....

     / Attendance: 10,860
FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod: Satsunkevich
Andrei Satsunkevich
Andrey Anatolyevich Satsunkevich is a Belarusian professional football coach and a former player. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1987 for FC Dinamo Minsk.-References:...

, Baltušnikas
Virginijus Baltušnikas
Virginijus Baltušnikas is a retired Lithuanian professional football player who played for FK Žalgiris Vilnius in the Soviet Top League and Lithuanian A Lyga as well as FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod the Russian Premier League.Baltušnikas made 42 appearances for the Lithuania national football...

, Nizhegorodov
Gennadiy Nizhegorodov
Gennadiy Nizhegorodov is an association footballer who currently plays for SC Rheindorf Altach.-Club career:Nizhegorodov began his career at FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan in Russia in 1993...

, Kurayev
Vladimir Kurayev
Vladimir Petrovich Kurayev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League B in 1990 for FC Znamya Arzamas. He played 3 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod.-References:...

, Lipko
Aleksandr Lipko
Aleksandr Valeryevich Lipko is a retired Russian footballer. Currently, he is a head scout for FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1994, 1996.* Russian Cup winner: 2004.* Russian Cup finalist: 1996....

, Kazakov
Vladimir Kazakov
Vladimir Valeryevich Kazakov is a Russian professional football player and a coach. He is currently managing FC Nizhny Novgorod. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Dynamo Vologda.-Honours:...

 (captain) (Kashentsev
Nikolai Kashentsev
Nikolai Nikolayevich Kashentsev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1991 for FC Dynamo Barnaul. He played 5 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod....

, 36), Bystrov
Pyotr Bystrov
Pyotr Aleksandrovich Bystrov is an association footballer, currently playing for FC Rubin Kazan. He usually plays as a central, left-sided or offensive midfielder. He has played for Russia. He has previously played for Saturn Ramenskoye , FC Dinamo Moskva , Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod and FC...

, Zubkov
Vladyslav Zubkov
Vladyslav Viktorovych Zubkov is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1990 for SKA Odessa.-Honours:* USSR Federation Cup winner: 1990.* Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1996....

, Rapeika
Andrei Rapeika
Andrei Albinovich Rapeika is a retired Belarusian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Belarusian Premier League in 1994 for FC Neman Grodno. He played 6 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod...

, Durnev
Yevgeni Durnev
Yevgeni Yevgenyevich Durnev is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC Torpedo Vladimir. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Second League in 1990 for FC Torpedo Vladimir.-References:...

 (Chudin
Sergei Chudin
Sergei Sergeyevich Chudin is a Russian professional footballer. As of May 2009, he plays for an Amateur Football League team FC Fortuna Mytishchi...

, 54; Perednya
Sergei Perednya
Sergei Aleksandrovich Perednya is a Russian football coach and a former player. Currently, he is a manager of FC Tom Tomsk in the Russian Premier League.-External links:...

, 75), Mukhamadiev
Mukhsin Mukhamadiev
Mukhsin Muslimovich Mukhamadiev is a retired football player who represented both Tajikistan and Russia at international level...

.
  • June 29, 1997 / Group 5, Day 2 / FC Dynamo Moscow - Panachaiki 2–1 (Shtanyuk
    Sergei Shtanyuk
    Syarhey Pyatrovich Shtanyuk also known as Sergei Shtanuk is a retired Belarusian footballer. He played in defence and was the captain for the Belarus national side....

     , Kutsenko
    Aleksei Kutsenko
    Aleksei Aleksandrovich Kutsenko is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1991 for FC Dynamo-2 Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1994.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1997....

      - Klejch
    Igor Klejch
    Igor Klejch is a retired footballer who played as a midfielder for clubs in Czechoslovakia and Greece.-Club career:Klejch began playing football in the Czechoslovakian first division, making 149 appearances before the league split in 1992, including 28 appearances for FC Nitra during the...

     ) / Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , Dynamo Stadium / Attendance: 3,500
FC Dynamo Moscow: Tiapushkin, Tochilin
Aleksandr Tochilin
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Tochilin is a retired Russian football player who played the most of his career for FC Dynamo Moscow and once represented Russia...

 (Zharinov
Mikhail Zharinov
Mikhail Valeryevich Zharinov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1993 for FC Dynamo-2 Moscow.-European club competitions:With FC Dynamo Moscow.* UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997: 4 games....

, 68), Kovtun, Ostrovskiy
Andrei Ostrovskiy
Andrey Mikalayavich Astrowski is a former Belarusian footballer.Astrowski made 52 appearances for the Belarus national football team from 1994 to 2005.-External links:...

 (Korablyov
Yevgeni Korablyov
Yevgeni Konstantinovich Korablyov is a Russian footballer who last played for FC Dynamo Kostroma.-External links:...

, 75), Shtanyuk
Sergei Shtanyuk
Syarhey Pyatrovich Shtanyuk also known as Sergei Shtanuk is a retired Belarusian footballer. He played in defence and was the captain for the Belarus national side....

, Kulchiy
Aliaksandr Kulchiy
Alyaksandr Kulchiy is a Belarusian footballer. He plays in midfield for FC Krasnodar and the Belarus national football team, for which he is the all-time most capped player, after surpassing Sergei Gurenko's record in 2009.-International goals:...

, Grishin
Sergei Grishin
Sergei Sergeyevich Grishin is a retired professional association footballer.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1997.* Russian Cup runner-up: 1997, 1999.* Kazakhstan Cup winner: 2005....

, Skokov
Vladimir Skokov
Vladimir Borisovich Skokov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of 2009, he works as an assistant coach for the reserves team of FC Saturn Moscow Oblast...

 (Gusev
Rolan Gusev
Rolan Gusev is a former Russian international association football player. He is a right midfielder and is known for his dribbling and crossing....

, 78), Kutsenko
Aleksei Kutsenko
Aleksei Aleksandrovich Kutsenko is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1991 for FC Dynamo-2 Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1994.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1997....

, Nekrasov
Sergei Nekrasov
Sergei Vladimirovich Nekrasov is a retired Russian football player.His younger brother Igor Nekrasov also played football professionally.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1994....

, Teryokhin
Oleg Teryokhin
Oleg Ivanovich Teryokhin is a retired Russian football player. He last worked as a scout for FC Kuban Krasnodar.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 2000.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1997....

.

  • July 5, 1997 / Group 5, Day 3 / B36 Tórshavn
    B36 Tórshavn
    B36 Tórshavn or F.C. Tórshavn is a Faroese football club, based in the capital, Tórshavn...

     - FC Dynamo Moscow 0–1 (Ostrovskiy
    Andrei Ostrovskiy
    Andrey Mikalayavich Astrowski is a former Belarusian footballer.Astrowski made 52 appearances for the Belarus national football team from 1994 to 2005.-External links:...

     ) / Toftir
    Toftir
    Toftir is a village in Nes Municipality on the island of Eysturoy, in the Faroe Islands .Toftir is part of a chain of villages stretching over a distance of 10 kilometres on the east side of Skálafjørður on Eysturoy....

    , Svangaskarð  / Attendance: 500
FC Dynamo Moscow: Tiapushkin, Tochilin
Aleksandr Tochilin
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Tochilin is a retired Russian football player who played the most of his career for FC Dynamo Moscow and once represented Russia...

, Kovtun, Ostrovskiy
Andrei Ostrovskiy
Andrey Mikalayavich Astrowski is a former Belarusian footballer.Astrowski made 52 appearances for the Belarus national football team from 1994 to 2005.-External links:...

, Shtanyuk
Sergei Shtanyuk
Syarhey Pyatrovich Shtanyuk also known as Sergei Shtanuk is a retired Belarusian footballer. He played in defence and was the captain for the Belarus national side....

, Kulchiy
Aliaksandr Kulchiy
Alyaksandr Kulchiy is a Belarusian footballer. He plays in midfield for FC Krasnodar and the Belarus national football team, for which he is the all-time most capped player, after surpassing Sergei Gurenko's record in 2009.-International goals:...

, Grishin
Sergei Grishin
Sergei Sergeyevich Grishin is a retired professional association footballer.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1997.* Russian Cup runner-up: 1997, 1999.* Kazakhstan Cup winner: 2005....

 (Tishkov
Yuri Tishkov
Yuri Ivanovich Tishkov was a Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1988 for FC Torpedo Moscow....

, 7), Skokov
Vladimir Skokov
Vladimir Borisovich Skokov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of 2009, he works as an assistant coach for the reserves team of FC Saturn Moscow Oblast...

, Kutsenko
Aleksei Kutsenko
Aleksei Aleksandrovich Kutsenko is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1991 for FC Dynamo-2 Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1994.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1997....

, Nekrasov
Sergei Nekrasov
Sergei Vladimirovich Nekrasov is a retired Russian football player.His younger brother Igor Nekrasov also played football professionally.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1994....

, Gusev
Rolan Gusev
Rolan Gusev is a former Russian international association football player. He is a right midfielder and is known for his dribbling and crossing....

 (Kulyov
Vitali Kulyov
Vitali Borisovich Kulyov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Russian First Division in 1994 for FC Tekhinvest-M Moskovsky. He played 3 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Dynamo Moscow.-Honours:...

, 57).
  • July 5, 1997 / Group 11, Day 3 / Publikum - FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod 1-2 (Sivko  - Duyun
    Vladislav Duyun
    Vladislav Nikolayevich Duyun is a Ukrainian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Petrotrest Saint Petersburg. He also holds Russian citizenship...

      Ionanidze
    Zurab Ionanidze
    Zurab Ionanidze is a retired footballer.Ionanidze previously played for FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi and FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod in the Russian Premier League.-External links:...

     ) / Celje
    Celje
    Celje is a typical Central European town and the third largest town in Slovenia. It is a regional center of Lower Styria and the administrative seat of the Urban Municipality of Celje . The town of Celje is located under Upper Celje Castle at the confluence of the Savinja, Ložnica, and Voglajna...

    , Skalna klet / Attendance: 2,000
FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod: Satsunkevich
Andrei Satsunkevich
Andrey Anatolyevich Satsunkevich is a Belarusian professional football coach and a former player. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1987 for FC Dinamo Minsk.-References:...

, Baltušnikas
Virginijus Baltušnikas
Virginijus Baltušnikas is a retired Lithuanian professional football player who played for FK Žalgiris Vilnius in the Soviet Top League and Lithuanian A Lyga as well as FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod the Russian Premier League.Baltušnikas made 42 appearances for the Lithuania national football...

, Nizhegorodov
Gennadiy Nizhegorodov
Gennadiy Nizhegorodov is an association footballer who currently plays for SC Rheindorf Altach.-Club career:Nizhegorodov began his career at FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan in Russia in 1993...

 (Kashentsev
Nikolai Kashentsev
Nikolai Nikolayevich Kashentsev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1991 for FC Dynamo Barnaul. He played 5 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod....

, 65), Kurayev
Vladimir Kurayev
Vladimir Petrovich Kurayev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League B in 1990 for FC Znamya Arzamas. He played 3 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod.-References:...

 (captain), Lipko
Aleksandr Lipko
Aleksandr Valeryevich Lipko is a retired Russian footballer. Currently, he is a head scout for FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1994, 1996.* Russian Cup winner: 2004.* Russian Cup finalist: 1996....

, Ionanidze
Zurab Ionanidze
Zurab Ionanidze is a retired footballer.Ionanidze previously played for FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi and FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod in the Russian Premier League.-External links:...

, Bystrov
Pyotr Bystrov
Pyotr Aleksandrovich Bystrov is an association footballer, currently playing for FC Rubin Kazan. He usually plays as a central, left-sided or offensive midfielder. He has played for Russia. He has previously played for Saturn Ramenskoye , FC Dinamo Moskva , Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod and FC...

, Zubkov
Vladyslav Zubkov
Vladyslav Viktorovych Zubkov is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1990 for SKA Odessa.-Honours:* USSR Federation Cup winner: 1990.* Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1996....

 (Duyun
Vladislav Duyun
Vladislav Nikolayevich Duyun is a Ukrainian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Petrotrest Saint Petersburg. He also holds Russian citizenship...

, 50), Rapeika
Andrei Rapeika
Andrei Albinovich Rapeika is a retired Belarusian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Belarusian Premier League in 1994 for FC Neman Grodno. He played 6 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod...

, Durnev
Yevgeni Durnev
Yevgeni Yevgenyevich Durnev is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC Torpedo Vladimir. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Second League in 1990 for FC Torpedo Vladimir.-References:...

, Mukhamadiev
Mukhsin Mukhamadiev
Mukhsin Muslimovich Mukhamadiev is a retired football player who represented both Tajikistan and Russia at international level...

 (Dzhubanov
Vladimir Dzhubanov
Vladimir Vyacheslavovich Dzhubanov |Domodedovo]]) is a Russian professional footballer. In 2008, he played for FC Olimp-SKOPA Zheleznodorozhny. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Spartak Moscow.-Honours:...

, 60).
  • July 5, 1997 / Group 12, Day 3 / FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow - Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. 4-1 (Jankauskas
    Edgaras Jankauskas
    Edgaras Jankauskas is a retired Lithuanian footballer who works as a coach-interpreter for FC Lokomotiv Moscow.A tall, powerful striker who plays to the physical side of the game, he is also known for skill. Other than in his own, he played professionally in nine different countries, and...

      Kamoltsev
    Vyacheslav Kamoltsev
    Vyacheslav Anatolyevich Kamoltsev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Torpedo Kurgan.-Honours:* Russian Premier League bronze: 2000....

      Khokhlov
    Dmitri Khokhlov
    Dmitri Valeryevich Khokhlov is a retired Russian football player. He played as a holding midfielder or playmaker....

      Preikšaitis
    Aidas Preikšaitis
    Aidas Preikšaitis is a retired Lithuanian professional football midfielder who last played for Lithuanian top division A Lyga club FK Vėtra. He is 181 cm tall and weighs 77 kg....

      - Hantzidis
    Minas Hantzidis
    Minas Hantzidis is a former Greek football player. He played for Bayer Leverkusen, VfL Bochum, Olympiacos, Iraklis, Veria, Wuppertaler SV, SV Elversberg, Union Solingen, 1. FC Kleve, TSV 05 Ronsdorf and SpVgg Radevormwald, as well as for the national side...

     ) / Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , Torpedo Stadium
    Eduard Streltsov Stadium
    Eduard Streltsov Stadium, formerly Torpedo Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Moscow, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Torpedo Moscow....

     / Attendance: 2,500
FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow: Vorobyov
Valeriy Vorobyov
Valeriy Oleksandrovych Vorobyov is a former professional Ukrainian football player. For several years since 1997 when he joined FC Torpedo Moscow he played in Russia where later ended his playing career...

, Arlowski
Radaslaw Arlowski
Radzislaw Uladzimiravich Arlowski is a retired Belarusian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1987 for Nart Cherkessk.-Honours:* Belarusian Premier League champion: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995....

, Khokhlov
Dmitri Khokhlov
Dmitri Valeryevich Khokhlov is a retired Russian football player. He played as a holding midfielder or playmaker....

, Mashkarin
Denis Mashkarin
Denis Nikolayevich Mashkarin is a former Russian professional footballer.Post-retirement he works for a company organizing corporate events.-Honours:* Soviet Cup finalist: 1992.* Russian Cup finalist: 1993, 1994, 2005....

 (captain), Eguavoen, Bushmanov, Ražanauskas
Tomas Ražanauskas
Tomas Ražanauskas is a Lithuanian professional footballer, who plays in A lyga, for Tauras Tauragė. He plays the position of midfielder and is 1.79 m tall and weighs 78 kg. He is a former member of the Lithuania national football team....

 (Kamoltsev
Vyacheslav Kamoltsev
Vyacheslav Anatolyevich Kamoltsev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Torpedo Kurgan.-Honours:* Russian Premier League bronze: 2000....

, 46), Preikšaitis
Aidas Preikšaitis
Aidas Preikšaitis is a retired Lithuanian professional football midfielder who last played for Lithuanian top division A Lyga club FK Vėtra. He is 181 cm tall and weighs 77 kg....

, Burchenkov
Sergei Burchenkov
Sergei Nikolayevich Burchenkov is a Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow.-European competition history:* UEFA Cup 1996–97 with FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow: 3 games....

 (Gashkin
Andrei Gashkin
Andrei Aleksandrovich Gashkin is a retired Russian professional footballer and a current coach. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1993 for FC Spartak Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1993....

, 65), Jankauskas
Edgaras Jankauskas
Edgaras Jankauskas is a retired Lithuanian footballer who works as a coach-interpreter for FC Lokomotiv Moscow.A tall, powerful striker who plays to the physical side of the game, he is also known for skill. Other than in his own, he played professionally in nine different countries, and...

, Carlos Alberto
Carlos Alberto Pinha da Rocha
Carlos Alberto Pinha da Rocha or simply Carlos Alberto is a retired Brazilian professional footballer.-European club competitions:* UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 with FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow: 5 games, 2 goals....

 (Makhmutov
Marat Makhmutov
Marat Maksutovich Makhmutov is a Russian professional footballer. As of June 2009, he is a free agent...

, 73).

  • July 12, 1997 / Group 5, Day 4 / FC Dynamo Moscow - Racing Genk
    K.R.C. Genk
    Koninklijke Racing Club Genk , usually referred to as Racing Genk or simply Genk, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Genk in Belgian Limburg. Racing Genk plays in the Belgian Pro League and they have won 3 Belgian champion titles in 1998–99, in 2001–02 and in 2010–11 as...

     3–2 (Teryokhin
    Oleg Teryokhin
    Oleg Ivanovich Teryokhin is a retired Russian football player. He last worked as a scout for FC Kuban Krasnodar.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 2000.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1997....

      Kulchiy
    Aliaksandr Kulchiy
    Alyaksandr Kulchiy is a Belarusian footballer. He plays in midfield for FC Krasnodar and the Belarus national football team, for which he is the all-time most capped player, after surpassing Sergei Gurenko's record in 2009.-International goals:...

      Korablyov
    Yevgeni Korablyov
    Yevgeni Konstantinovich Korablyov is a Russian footballer who last played for FC Dynamo Kostroma.-External links:...

      - Oulare
    Souleymane Oulare
    Souleymane Oulare , is a professional football player.-Career:He was elected Footballer of the Year in Belgium in 1999, when he won the Belgian Championship as a striker with Racing Genk, scoring 17 goals during the season. He then went on to play for Fenerbahçe SK , UD Las Palmas , Stoke City , K...

      Keita ) / Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , Dynamo Stadium / Attendance: 3,000
FC Dynamo Moscow: Tiapushkin, Tochilin
Aleksandr Tochilin
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Tochilin is a retired Russian football player who played the most of his career for FC Dynamo Moscow and once represented Russia...

 (Gusev
Rolan Gusev
Rolan Gusev is a former Russian international association football player. He is a right midfielder and is known for his dribbling and crossing....

, 38), Kovtun, Ostrovskiy
Andrei Ostrovskiy
Andrey Mikalayavich Astrowski is a former Belarusian footballer.Astrowski made 52 appearances for the Belarus national football team from 1994 to 2005.-External links:...

, Korablyov
Yevgeni Korablyov
Yevgeni Konstantinovich Korablyov is a Russian footballer who last played for FC Dynamo Kostroma.-External links:...

, Kobelev (captain), Zharinov
Mikhail Zharinov
Mikhail Valeryevich Zharinov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1993 for FC Dynamo-2 Moscow.-European club competitions:With FC Dynamo Moscow.* UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997: 4 games....

, Kutsenko
Aleksei Kutsenko
Aleksei Aleksandrovich Kutsenko is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1991 for FC Dynamo-2 Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1994.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1997....

 (Kulyov
Vitali Kulyov
Vitali Borisovich Kulyov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Russian First Division in 1994 for FC Tekhinvest-M Moskovsky. He played 3 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Dynamo Moscow.-Honours:...

, 61), Kulchiy
Aliaksandr Kulchiy
Alyaksandr Kulchiy is a Belarusian footballer. He plays in midfield for FC Krasnodar and the Belarus national football team, for which he is the all-time most capped player, after surpassing Sergei Gurenko's record in 2009.-International goals:...

, Nekrasov
Sergei Nekrasov
Sergei Vladimirovich Nekrasov is a retired Russian football player.His younger brother Igor Nekrasov also played football professionally.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1994....

, Teryokhin
Oleg Teryokhin
Oleg Ivanovich Teryokhin is a retired Russian football player. He last worked as a scout for FC Kuban Krasnodar.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 2000.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1997....

.
  • July 12, 1997 / Group 11, Day 4 / FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod - Antalyaspor
    Antalyaspor
    Antalyaspor, known as Medical Park Antalyaspor for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Antalya. The club colours are red and white and they play their home matches at Mardan Sports Complex...

     1-0 (Durnev
    Yevgeni Durnev
    Yevgeni Yevgenyevich Durnev is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC Torpedo Vladimir. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Second League in 1990 for FC Torpedo Vladimir.-References:...

     ) / Nizhny Novgorod
    Nizhny Novgorod
    Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...

    , Lokomotiv Stadium
    Lokomotiv Stadium (Nizhny Novgorod)
    Lokomotiv Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was the home ground of FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod. The stadium holds 17,800 people and was opened in 2000....

     / Attendance: 10,000
FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod: Satsunkevich
Andrei Satsunkevich
Andrey Anatolyevich Satsunkevich is a Belarusian professional football coach and a former player. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1987 for FC Dinamo Minsk.-References:...

, Baltušnikas
Virginijus Baltušnikas
Virginijus Baltušnikas is a retired Lithuanian professional football player who played for FK Žalgiris Vilnius in the Soviet Top League and Lithuanian A Lyga as well as FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod the Russian Premier League.Baltušnikas made 42 appearances for the Lithuania national football...

, Nizhegorodov
Gennadiy Nizhegorodov
Gennadiy Nizhegorodov is an association footballer who currently plays for SC Rheindorf Altach.-Club career:Nizhegorodov began his career at FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan in Russia in 1993...

, Kurayev
Vladimir Kurayev
Vladimir Petrovich Kurayev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League B in 1990 for FC Znamya Arzamas. He played 3 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod.-References:...

 (captain), Lipko
Aleksandr Lipko
Aleksandr Valeryevich Lipko is a retired Russian footballer. Currently, he is a head scout for FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1994, 1996.* Russian Cup winner: 2004.* Russian Cup finalist: 1996....

, Ionanidze
Zurab Ionanidze
Zurab Ionanidze is a retired footballer.Ionanidze previously played for FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi and FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod in the Russian Premier League.-External links:...

 (Dzhubanov
Vladimir Dzhubanov
Vladimir Vyacheslavovich Dzhubanov |Domodedovo]]) is a Russian professional footballer. In 2008, he played for FC Olimp-SKOPA Zheleznodorozhny. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Spartak Moscow.-Honours:...

, 40), Bystrov
Pyotr Bystrov
Pyotr Aleksandrovich Bystrov is an association footballer, currently playing for FC Rubin Kazan. He usually plays as a central, left-sided or offensive midfielder. He has played for Russia. He has previously played for Saturn Ramenskoye , FC Dinamo Moskva , Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod and FC...

, Zubkov
Vladyslav Zubkov
Vladyslav Viktorovych Zubkov is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1990 for SKA Odessa.-Honours:* USSR Federation Cup winner: 1990.* Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1996....

, Rapeika
Andrei Rapeika
Andrei Albinovich Rapeika is a retired Belarusian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Belarusian Premier League in 1994 for FC Neman Grodno. He played 6 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod...

, Durnev
Yevgeni Durnev
Yevgeni Yevgenyevich Durnev is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC Torpedo Vladimir. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Second League in 1990 for FC Torpedo Vladimir.-References:...

 (Duyun
Vladislav Duyun
Vladislav Nikolayevich Duyun is a Ukrainian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Petrotrest Saint Petersburg. He also holds Russian citizenship...

, 65), Mukhamadiev
Mukhsin Mukhamadiev
Mukhsin Muslimovich Mukhamadiev is a retired football player who represented both Tajikistan and Russia at international level...

 (Kashentsev
Nikolai Kashentsev
Nikolai Nikolayevich Kashentsev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1991 for FC Dynamo Barnaul. He played 5 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod....

, 63).
  • July 12, 1997 / Group 12, Day 4 / Floriana F.C. - FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow 0-1 (Botsiyev
    Georgi Botsiyev
    Georgi Beslanovich Botsiyev is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. In 2009, he manages FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz. As a player, he made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz.-References:...

     ) / Valletta
    Valletta
    Valletta is the capital of Malta, colloquially known as Il-Belt in Maltese. It is located in the central-eastern portion of the island of Malta, and the historical city has a population of 6,098. The name "Valletta" is traditionally reserved for the historic walled citadel that serves as Malta's...

    , Victor Tedesco Stadium
    Victor Tedesco Stadium
    The Victor Tedesco Stadium is a stadium in Ħamrun, Malta. It opened in 1996. It has a capacity of 6,000, with 1,800 seated. It is the home ground of Maltese football club Ħamrun Spartans, who currently play in the Maltese Premier League. It is used for matches from the Maltese Premier League, the...

     / Attendance: 1,000
FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow: Vorobyov
Valeriy Vorobyov
Valeriy Oleksandrovych Vorobyov is a former professional Ukrainian football player. For several years since 1997 when he joined FC Torpedo Moscow he played in Russia where later ended his playing career...

, Makhmutov
Marat Makhmutov
Marat Maksutovich Makhmutov is a Russian professional footballer. As of June 2009, he is a free agent...

, Kornaukhov
Oleg Kornaukhov
Oleg Dmitriyevich Kornaukhov is an association football player who is currently playing for FC Dmitrov.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1998.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1999....

, Samaroni
Leandro Samaroni
-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1998.* Russian Premier League bronze: 2003 .* Russian Cup winner: 2004 .-European club competitions:...

, Burchenkov
Sergei Burchenkov
Sergei Nikolayevich Burchenkov is a Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow.-European competition history:* UEFA Cup 1996–97 with FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow: 3 games....

 (Agashkov
Sergey Agashkov
Sergey Nikolaevich Agashkov is retired Turkmen footballer. He had spells at SKA Rostov-on-Don, Torpedo Moscow, Beitar Tel Aviv, POSCO Atoms and Ankaragücü....

, 90), Guzhov
Aleksandr Guzhov
Aleksandr Valeryevich Guzhov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Russian Third League in 1995 for FC TRASKO Moscow. He played 1 game in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow.-References:...

 (Carlos Alberto
Carlos Alberto Pinha da Rocha
Carlos Alberto Pinha da Rocha or simply Carlos Alberto is a retired Brazilian professional footballer.-European club competitions:* UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 with FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow: 5 games, 2 goals....

, 33), Ražanauskas
Tomas Ražanauskas
Tomas Ražanauskas is a Lithuanian professional footballer, who plays in A lyga, for Tauras Tauragė. He plays the position of midfielder and is 1.79 m tall and weighs 78 kg. He is a former member of the Lithuania national football team....

, Preikšaitis
Aidas Preikšaitis
Aidas Preikšaitis is a retired Lithuanian professional football midfielder who last played for Lithuanian top division A Lyga club FK Vėtra. He is 181 cm tall and weighs 77 kg....

 (Gashkin
Andrei Gashkin
Andrei Aleksandrovich Gashkin is a retired Russian professional footballer and a current coach. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1993 for FC Spartak Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1993....

, 46), Koshelyuk
Oleh Koshelyuk
Oleh Borysovych Koshelyuk is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1986 for FC Shakhtar Pavlohrad...

, Botsiyev
Georgi Botsiyev
Georgi Beslanovich Botsiyev is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. In 2009, he manages FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz. As a player, he made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz.-References:...

, Kamoltsev
Vyacheslav Kamoltsev
Vyacheslav Anatolyevich Kamoltsev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Torpedo Kurgan.-Honours:* Russian Premier League bronze: 2000....

 (captain).

  • July 19, 1997 / Group 5, Day 5 / Stabæk - FC Dynamo Moscow 1–1 (Skistad  - Kosolapov
    Eduard Kosolapov
    Eduard Viktorovich Kosolapov is a Russian professional footballer. As of May 2009, he plays for an amateur side FC Khimmash Ruzayevka. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1994 for FC Svetotekhnika Saransk. He played 3 games and scored 1 goal in the UEFA Intertoto Cup...

     ) / Bærum
    Bærum
    is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Sandvika. Bærum was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838. A suburb of Oslo, Bærum is located on the west coast of the city....

    , Nadderud stadion
    Nadderud stadion
    Nadderud stadion is a multi-purpose stadium at Nadderud near Bekkestua, in Bærum, Norway.-Association football:It is currently used mostly for track and field meets and football matches, and is the home ground of the Norwegian Toppserien team Stabæk Fotball...

     / Attendance: 2,000
FC Dynamo Moscow: Tiapushkin, Korablyov
Yevgeni Korablyov
Yevgeni Konstantinovich Korablyov is a Russian footballer who last played for FC Dynamo Kostroma.-External links:...

, Kozlov
Aleksei Kozlov (footballer)
Aleksei Vladimirovich Kozlov is a Russian footballer currently who is currently a free agent. He is the son of Vladimir Kozlov.-External links:...

, Tochilin
Aleksandr Tochilin
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Tochilin is a retired Russian football player who played the most of his career for FC Dynamo Moscow and once represented Russia...

, Povorov
Maksim Povorov
Maksim Yevgenyevich Povorov is a Russian footballer currently playing for FC Shinnik Yaroslavl.-External links:...

, Zharinov
Mikhail Zharinov
Mikhail Valeryevich Zharinov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1993 for FC Dynamo-2 Moscow.-European club competitions:With FC Dynamo Moscow.* UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997: 4 games....

, Likhobabenko
Valeri Likhobabenko
Valeri Valeryevich Likhobabenko is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Russian Third League in 1994 for FC Torgmash Lyubertsy. He played in one game in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Dynamo Moscow.-Honours:...

, Kulyov
Vitali Kulyov
Vitali Borisovich Kulyov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Russian First Division in 1994 for FC Tekhinvest-M Moskovsky. He played 3 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Dynamo Moscow.-Honours:...

, Kutsenko
Aleksei Kutsenko
Aleksei Aleksandrovich Kutsenko is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1991 for FC Dynamo-2 Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1994.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1997....

 (Gordeyev
Andrei Gordeyev
Andrei Lvovich Gordeyev is a Russian professional football coach and a former player who is currently an caretaker manager with FC Anzhi Makhachkala...

, 72), Gusev
Rolan Gusev
Rolan Gusev is a former Russian international association football player. He is a right midfielder and is known for his dribbling and crossing....

 (Sherstnyov
Aleksei Sherstnyov
Aleksei Mikhailovich Sherstnyov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of May 2009, he coaches one of FC Dynamo Moscow's youth teams. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1992 for FC Saturn Ramenskoye. He played one game in the UEFA Intertoto...

, 77), Kosolapov
Eduard Kosolapov
Eduard Viktorovich Kosolapov is a Russian professional footballer. As of May 2009, he plays for an amateur side FC Khimmash Ruzayevka. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1994 for FC Svetotekhnika Saransk. He played 3 games and scored 1 goal in the UEFA Intertoto Cup...

 (Artyomov
Sergei Artyomov
Sergei Nikolayevich Artyomov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Dynamo Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League bronze: 1997.* Russian Third League Zone 3 top scorer: 1996....

, 65).
  • July 19, 1997 / Group 11, Day 5 / Maccabi Haifa F.C.
    Maccabi Haifa F.C.
    Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups...

     - FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod 0-4 (Perednya
    Sergei Perednya
    Sergei Aleksandrovich Perednya is a Russian football coach and a former player. Currently, he is a manager of FC Tom Tomsk in the Russian Premier League.-External links:...

      Mordvinov
    Igor Mordvinov
    Igor Vladimirovich Mordvinov is a Russian professional footballer. In 2008, he played for an Amateur Football League side FC Dynamo Kostroma. He made his professional debut in the Russian Third Division in 1994 for FC Torpedo Pavlovo. He played 2 games and scored 1 goal in the UEFA Intertoto Cup...

      Ionanidze
    Zurab Ionanidze
    Zurab Ionanidze is a retired footballer.Ionanidze previously played for FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi and FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod in the Russian Premier League.-External links:...

      Mukhamadiev
    Mukhsin Mukhamadiev
    Mukhsin Muslimovich Mukhamadiev is a retired football player who represented both Tajikistan and Russia at international level...

     ) / Haifa
    Haifa
    Haifa is the largest city in northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country, with a population of over 268,000. Another 300,000 people live in towns directly adjacent to the city including the cities of the Krayot, as well as, Tirat Carmel, Daliyat al-Karmel and Nesher...

    , Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
    Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
    The Haifa Municipal Stadium , more commonly known as Kiryat Eliezer , is a multi-use stadium in the Kiryat Eliezer neighborhood of Haifa, Israel. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Haifa...

     / Attendance: 200
FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod: Mikhailov
Dmitri Mikhailov
Dmitri Valeryevich Mikhailov is a Russian professional footballer. In 2009, he played for FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod. He played two games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod.-External...

, Zubkov
Vladyslav Zubkov
Vladyslav Viktorovych Zubkov is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1990 for SKA Odessa.-Honours:* USSR Federation Cup winner: 1990.* Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1996....

, Oskolkov
Albert Oskolkov
Albert Nikolayevich Oskolkov is a Russian professional footballer. In 2009, he played for FC Rusichi Oryol. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1992 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod. He played 2 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod.-External links:...

, Rapeika
Andrei Rapeika
Andrei Albinovich Rapeika is a retired Belarusian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Belarusian Premier League in 1994 for FC Neman Grodno. He played 6 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod...

, Chudin
Sergei Chudin
Sergei Sergeyevich Chudin is a Russian professional footballer. As of May 2009, he plays for an Amateur Football League team FC Fortuna Mytishchi...

, Kazakov
Vladimir Kazakov
Vladimir Valeryevich Kazakov is a Russian professional football player and a coach. He is currently managing FC Nizhny Novgorod. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Dynamo Vologda.-Honours:...

 (captain) (Ignatyev, 46), Kashentsev
Nikolai Kashentsev
Nikolai Nikolayevich Kashentsev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1991 for FC Dynamo Barnaul. He played 5 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod....

, Mordvinov
Igor Mordvinov
Igor Vladimirovich Mordvinov is a Russian professional footballer. In 2008, he played for an Amateur Football League side FC Dynamo Kostroma. He made his professional debut in the Russian Third Division in 1994 for FC Torpedo Pavlovo. He played 2 games and scored 1 goal in the UEFA Intertoto Cup...

 (Mukhamadiev
Mukhsin Mukhamadiev
Mukhsin Muslimovich Mukhamadiev is a retired football player who represented both Tajikistan and Russia at international level...

, 46), Dzhubanov
Vladimir Dzhubanov
Vladimir Vyacheslavovich Dzhubanov |Domodedovo]]) is a Russian professional footballer. In 2008, he played for FC Olimp-SKOPA Zheleznodorozhny. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Spartak Moscow.-Honours:...

, Perednya
Sergei Perednya
Sergei Aleksandrovich Perednya is a Russian football coach and a former player. Currently, he is a manager of FC Tom Tomsk in the Russian Premier League.-External links:...

, Ionanidze
Zurab Ionanidze
Zurab Ionanidze is a retired footballer.Ionanidze previously played for FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi and FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod in the Russian Premier League.-External links:...

.
  • July 19, 1997 / Group 12, Day 5 / FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow - SV Ried
    SV Ried
    SV Ried is an Austrian association football club from Ried im Innkreis. The team plays its home matches at the 7,680 capacity Keine-Sorgen Arena. The club currently plays in the Bundesliga after winning promotion from the Erste Liga in the 2004/05 season...

     2-0 (Carlos Alberto
    Carlos Alberto Pinha da Rocha
    Carlos Alberto Pinha da Rocha or simply Carlos Alberto is a retired Brazilian professional footballer.-European club competitions:* UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 with FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow: 5 games, 2 goals....

      Gashkin
    Andrei Gashkin
    Andrei Aleksandrovich Gashkin is a retired Russian professional footballer and a current coach. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1993 for FC Spartak Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1993....

     ) / Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , Torpedo Stadium
    Eduard Streltsov Stadium
    Eduard Streltsov Stadium, formerly Torpedo Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Moscow, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Torpedo Moscow....

     / Attendance: 1,500
FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow: Vorobyov
Valeriy Vorobyov
Valeriy Oleksandrovych Vorobyov is a former professional Ukrainian football player. For several years since 1997 when he joined FC Torpedo Moscow he played in Russia where later ended his playing career...

, Arlowski
Radaslaw Arlowski
Radzislaw Uladzimiravich Arlowski is a retired Belarusian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1987 for Nart Cherkessk.-Honours:* Belarusian Premier League champion: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995....

 (Alomerović, 32), Khokhlov
Dmitri Khokhlov
Dmitri Valeryevich Khokhlov is a retired Russian football player. He played as a holding midfielder or playmaker....

, Mashkarin
Denis Mashkarin
Denis Nikolayevich Mashkarin is a former Russian professional footballer.Post-retirement he works for a company organizing corporate events.-Honours:* Soviet Cup finalist: 1992.* Russian Cup finalist: 1993, 1994, 2005....

 (captain), Burchenkov
Sergei Burchenkov
Sergei Nikolayevich Burchenkov is a Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow.-European competition history:* UEFA Cup 1996–97 with FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow: 3 games....

, Bushmanov, Preikšaitis
Aidas Preikšaitis
Aidas Preikšaitis is a retired Lithuanian professional football midfielder who last played for Lithuanian top division A Lyga club FK Vėtra. He is 181 cm tall and weighs 77 kg....

, Kamoltsev
Vyacheslav Kamoltsev
Vyacheslav Anatolyevich Kamoltsev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Torpedo Kurgan.-Honours:* Russian Premier League bronze: 2000....

, Gashkin
Andrei Gashkin
Andrei Aleksandrovich Gashkin is a retired Russian professional footballer and a current coach. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1993 for FC Spartak Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1993....

 (Botsiyev
Georgi Botsiyev
Georgi Beslanovich Botsiyev is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. In 2009, he manages FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz. As a player, he made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz.-References:...

, 46), Koshelyuk
Oleh Koshelyuk
Oleh Borysovych Koshelyuk is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1986 for FC Shakhtar Pavlohrad...

, Carlos Alberto
Carlos Alberto Pinha da Rocha
Carlos Alberto Pinha da Rocha or simply Carlos Alberto is a retired Brazilian professional footballer.-European club competitions:* UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 with FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow: 5 games, 2 goals....

 (Samaroni
Leandro Samaroni
-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1998.* Russian Premier League bronze: 2003 .* Russian Cup winner: 2004 .-European club competitions:...

, 66).

  • July 26, 1997 / Semi-finals, First leg / FC Dynamo Moscow - MSV Duisburg
    MSV Duisburg
    MSV Duisburg is a German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed "the Zebras" for their traditional striped jerseys, the club was one of the original members of the Bundesliga when it was formed in 1963.-Early years:...

     2–2 (Teryokhin
    Oleg Teryokhin
    Oleg Ivanovich Teryokhin is a retired Russian football player. He last worked as a scout for FC Kuban Krasnodar.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 2000.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1997....

      - Osthoff
    Markus Osthoff
    Markus Osthoff is a retired German football player.-External links:...

      Salou
    Bachirou Salou
    Bachirou Salou is a former Togolese footballer, who played as a centre forward.Due to the many years spent in Germany, where he played for five clubs, he possessed double nationality.-Club career:...

     ) / Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , Dynamo Stadium / Attendance: 5,000
FC Dynamo Moscow: Tiapushkin, Kutsenko
Aleksei Kutsenko
Aleksei Aleksandrovich Kutsenko is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1991 for FC Dynamo-2 Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1994.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1997....

 (Kosolapov
Eduard Kosolapov
Eduard Viktorovich Kosolapov is a Russian professional footballer. As of May 2009, he plays for an amateur side FC Khimmash Ruzayevka. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1994 for FC Svetotekhnika Saransk. He played 3 games and scored 1 goal in the UEFA Intertoto Cup...

, 75), Kovtun, Ostrovskiy
Andrei Ostrovskiy
Andrey Mikalayavich Astrowski is a former Belarusian footballer.Astrowski made 52 appearances for the Belarus national football team from 1994 to 2005.-External links:...

, Shtanyuk
Sergei Shtanyuk
Syarhey Pyatrovich Shtanyuk also known as Sergei Shtanuk is a retired Belarusian footballer. He played in defence and was the captain for the Belarus national side....

, Kobelev (captain), Zharinov
Mikhail Zharinov
Mikhail Valeryevich Zharinov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1993 for FC Dynamo-2 Moscow.-European club competitions:With FC Dynamo Moscow.* UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997: 4 games....

 (Tochilin
Aleksandr Tochilin
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Tochilin is a retired Russian football player who played the most of his career for FC Dynamo Moscow and once represented Russia...

, 66), Skokov
Vladimir Skokov
Vladimir Borisovich Skokov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of 2009, he works as an assistant coach for the reserves team of FC Saturn Moscow Oblast...

, Kulchiy
Aliaksandr Kulchiy
Alyaksandr Kulchiy is a Belarusian footballer. He plays in midfield for FC Krasnodar and the Belarus national football team, for which he is the all-time most capped player, after surpassing Sergei Gurenko's record in 2009.-International goals:...

, Nekrasov
Sergei Nekrasov
Sergei Vladimirovich Nekrasov is a retired Russian football player.His younger brother Igor Nekrasov also played football professionally.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1994....

, Teryokhin
Oleg Teryokhin
Oleg Ivanovich Teryokhin is a retired Russian football player. He last worked as a scout for FC Kuban Krasnodar.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 2000.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1997....

.
  • July 26, 1997 / Semi-finals, First leg / FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod - Halmstads BK
    Halmstads BK
    Halmstads Bollklubb, also called HBK or just Halmstad, is a Swedish football club located in Halmstad in the southwest of Sweden. The club, formed 6 March 1914, competes in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan, and has won 4 national championship titles and 1 national cup title...

     0-0 / Nizhny Novgorod
    Nizhny Novgorod
    Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...

    , Lokomotiv Stadium
    Lokomotiv Stadium (Nizhny Novgorod)
    Lokomotiv Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was the home ground of FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod. The stadium holds 17,800 people and was opened in 2000....

     / Attendance: 6,900
FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod: Mikhailov
Dmitri Mikhailov
Dmitri Valeryevich Mikhailov is a Russian professional footballer. In 2009, he played for FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod. He played two games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod.-External...

, Baltušnikas
Virginijus Baltušnikas
Virginijus Baltušnikas is a retired Lithuanian professional football player who played for FK Žalgiris Vilnius in the Soviet Top League and Lithuanian A Lyga as well as FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod the Russian Premier League.Baltušnikas made 42 appearances for the Lithuania national football...

, Oskolkov
Albert Oskolkov
Albert Nikolayevich Oskolkov is a Russian professional footballer. In 2009, he played for FC Rusichi Oryol. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1992 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod. He played 2 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod.-External links:...

 (Zubkov
Vladyslav Zubkov
Vladyslav Viktorovych Zubkov is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1990 for SKA Odessa.-Honours:* USSR Federation Cup winner: 1990.* Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1996....

, 75), Duyun
Vladislav Duyun
Vladislav Nikolayevich Duyun is a Ukrainian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Petrotrest Saint Petersburg. He also holds Russian citizenship...

, Vlasov
Dmitri Vlasov
Dmitri Nikolayevich Vlasov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. In 2009, he worked as an administrator for FC Zelenograd. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League B in 1990 for PFC CSKA-2 Moscow. He played 1 game in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC...

, Chudin
Sergei Chudin
Sergei Sergeyevich Chudin is a Russian professional footballer. As of May 2009, he plays for an Amateur Football League team FC Fortuna Mytishchi...

, Dzhubanov
Vladimir Dzhubanov
Vladimir Vyacheslavovich Dzhubanov |Domodedovo]]) is a Russian professional footballer. In 2008, he played for FC Olimp-SKOPA Zheleznodorozhny. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Spartak Moscow.-Honours:...

, Kashentsev
Nikolai Kashentsev
Nikolai Nikolayevich Kashentsev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1991 for FC Dynamo Barnaul. He played 5 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod....

, Mordvinov
Igor Mordvinov
Igor Vladimirovich Mordvinov is a Russian professional footballer. In 2008, he played for an Amateur Football League side FC Dynamo Kostroma. He made his professional debut in the Russian Third Division in 1994 for FC Torpedo Pavlovo. He played 2 games and scored 1 goal in the UEFA Intertoto Cup...

, Perednya
Sergei Perednya
Sergei Aleksandrovich Perednya is a Russian football coach and a former player. Currently, he is a manager of FC Tom Tomsk in the Russian Premier League.-External links:...

 (Bystrov
Pyotr Bystrov
Pyotr Aleksandrovich Bystrov is an association footballer, currently playing for FC Rubin Kazan. He usually plays as a central, left-sided or offensive midfielder. He has played for Russia. He has previously played for Saturn Ramenskoye , FC Dinamo Moskva , Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod and FC...

, 46), Ionanidze
Zurab Ionanidze
Zurab Ionanidze is a retired footballer.Ionanidze previously played for FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi and FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod in the Russian Premier League.-External links:...

 (Rapeika
Andrei Rapeika
Andrei Albinovich Rapeika is a retired Belarusian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Belarusian Premier League in 1994 for FC Neman Grodno. He played 6 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod...

, 46).
  • July 26, 1997 / Semi-finals, First leg / AJ Auxerre
    AJ Auxerre
    Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise is a French association football club based in the commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club was founded in 1905 and currently play in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. Auxerre plays its home matches at the Stade l'Abbé-Deschamps on the banks of the...

     - FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow 3-0 (Goma
    Alain Goma
    Alain Goma is a retired French footballer who played as a right or central defender.In a 16-year professional career, he played in 196 Ligue 1 games, almost all for Auxerre, adding 147 in the Premier League, namely with Fulham....

      Diomède
    Bernard Diomède
    Bernard Diomède is a retired French footballer of Guadeloupean descent. He played as a winger.-Club career:...

      Marlet
    Steve Marlet
    Steve Marlet is a French footballer who is currently playing for amateur club CM Aubervilliers. The forward was capped 23 times and scored six goals for the French national team....

     ) / Auxerre
    Auxerre
    Auxerre is a commune in the Bourgogne region in north-central France, between Paris and Dijon. It is the capital of the Yonne department.Auxerre's population today is about 45,000...

    , Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps
    Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps
    The Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps is the home of AJ Auxerre football club in Auxerre, France. It has a capacity of 24,493.The stadium is the only Ligue 1 team stadium owned by the team. Renovated in 1994, it was renamed the Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps after Abbe Deschamps, who founded the club in...

     / Attendance: 5,000
FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow: Vorobyov
Valeriy Vorobyov
Valeriy Oleksandrovych Vorobyov is a former professional Ukrainian football player. For several years since 1997 when he joined FC Torpedo Moscow he played in Russia where later ended his playing career...

, Arlowski
Radaslaw Arlowski
Radzislaw Uladzimiravich Arlowski is a retired Belarusian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1987 for Nart Cherkessk.-Honours:* Belarusian Premier League champion: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995....

 (Burchenkov
Sergei Burchenkov
Sergei Nikolayevich Burchenkov is a Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow.-European competition history:* UEFA Cup 1996–97 with FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow: 3 games....

, 83), Khokhlov
Dmitri Khokhlov
Dmitri Valeryevich Khokhlov is a retired Russian football player. He played as a holding midfielder or playmaker....

, Mashkarin
Denis Mashkarin
Denis Nikolayevich Mashkarin is a former Russian professional footballer.Post-retirement he works for a company organizing corporate events.-Honours:* Soviet Cup finalist: 1992.* Russian Cup finalist: 1993, 1994, 2005....

 (captain), Eguavoen, Alomerović, Kornaukhov
Oleg Kornaukhov
Oleg Dmitriyevich Kornaukhov is an association football player who is currently playing for FC Dmitrov.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1998.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1999....

, Kamoltsev
Vyacheslav Kamoltsev
Vyacheslav Anatolyevich Kamoltsev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Torpedo Kurgan.-Honours:* Russian Premier League bronze: 2000....

 (Carlos Alberto
Carlos Alberto Pinha da Rocha
Carlos Alberto Pinha da Rocha or simply Carlos Alberto is a retired Brazilian professional footballer.-European club competitions:* UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 with FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow: 5 games, 2 goals....

, 45), Botsiyev
Georgi Botsiyev
Georgi Beslanovich Botsiyev is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. In 2009, he manages FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz. As a player, he made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz.-References:...

, Koshelyuk
Oleh Koshelyuk
Oleh Borysovych Koshelyuk is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1986 for FC Shakhtar Pavlohrad...

, Samaroni
Leandro Samaroni
-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1998.* Russian Premier League bronze: 2003 .* Russian Cup winner: 2004 .-European club competitions:...

 (Preikšaitis
Aidas Preikšaitis
Aidas Preikšaitis is a retired Lithuanian professional football midfielder who last played for Lithuanian top division A Lyga club FK Vėtra. He is 181 cm tall and weighs 77 kg....

, 76).

  • July 30, 1997 / Semi-finals, Return leg / MSV Duisburg - FC Dynamo Moscow 3–1 (Wohlert
    Torsten Wohlert
    -External links:...

      Gill
    Thomas Gill (footballer)
    Thomas Gill is a retired Norwegian football goalkeeper.Gill was capped for Norway.-External links:...

      - Kobelev  Kovtun  Teryokhin
    Oleg Teryokhin
    Oleg Ivanovich Teryokhin is a retired Russian football player. He last worked as a scout for FC Kuban Krasnodar.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 2000.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1997....

     ) / Duisburg
    Duisburg
    - History :A legend recorded by Johannes Aventinus holds that Duisburg, was built by the eponymous Tuisto, mythical progenitor of Germans, ca. 2395 BC...

    , Wedaustadion
    Wedaustadion
    Wedaustadion was a multi-purpose stadium in Duisburg, Germany. It was the home ground for MSV Duisburg until the club moved to the new MSV-Arena after the 2003-04 season. The stadium held 30,112. It was built in 1921 and was the second biggest stadium in Germany at the time.-External links:***...

     / Attendance: 8,650
FC Dynamo Moscow: Tiapushkin, Tochilin
Aleksandr Tochilin
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Tochilin is a retired Russian football player who played the most of his career for FC Dynamo Moscow and once represented Russia...

 (Gusev
Rolan Gusev
Rolan Gusev is a former Russian international association football player. He is a right midfielder and is known for his dribbling and crossing....

, 56), Kovtun, Ostrovskiy
Andrei Ostrovskiy
Andrey Mikalayavich Astrowski is a former Belarusian footballer.Astrowski made 52 appearances for the Belarus national football team from 1994 to 2005.-External links:...

, Shtanyuk
Sergei Shtanyuk
Syarhey Pyatrovich Shtanyuk also known as Sergei Shtanuk is a retired Belarusian footballer. He played in defence and was the captain for the Belarus national side....

, Kobelev (captain), Kutsenko
Aleksei Kutsenko
Aleksei Aleksandrovich Kutsenko is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1991 for FC Dynamo-2 Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1994.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1997....

 (Kosolapov
Eduard Kosolapov
Eduard Viktorovich Kosolapov is a Russian professional footballer. As of May 2009, he plays for an amateur side FC Khimmash Ruzayevka. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1994 for FC Svetotekhnika Saransk. He played 3 games and scored 1 goal in the UEFA Intertoto Cup...

, 60), Skokov
Vladimir Skokov
Vladimir Borisovich Skokov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of 2009, he works as an assistant coach for the reserves team of FC Saturn Moscow Oblast...

, Kulchiy
Aliaksandr Kulchiy
Alyaksandr Kulchiy is a Belarusian footballer. He plays in midfield for FC Krasnodar and the Belarus national football team, for which he is the all-time most capped player, after surpassing Sergei Gurenko's record in 2009.-International goals:...

, Nekrasov
Sergei Nekrasov
Sergei Vladimirovich Nekrasov is a retired Russian football player.His younger brother Igor Nekrasov also played football professionally.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1994....

, Teryokhin
Oleg Teryokhin
Oleg Ivanovich Teryokhin is a retired Russian football player. He last worked as a scout for FC Kuban Krasnodar.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 2000.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1997....

.
  • July 30, 1997 / Semi-finals, Return leg / Halmstads BK - FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod 1-0 (F. Andersson ) / Halmstad
    Halmstad
    Halmstad is a port, university, industrial and recreational city at the mouth of Nissan in the province of Halland on the Swedish west coast. Halmstad is the seat of Halmstad Municipality and the capital of Halland County...

    , Örjans Vall
    Örjans Vall
    Örjans Vall is a football stadium in Halmstad, Sweden, built in 1922.- History :It was finished on 30 July 1922 and was then named Halmstads Idrottsplats , it was opened by HRH The Crown Prince of Sweden Gustaf Adolf, later king of Sweden, 12 000 people had been allowed entrance to see the opening,...

     / Attendance: 2,329
FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod: Satsunkevich
Andrei Satsunkevich
Andrey Anatolyevich Satsunkevich is a Belarusian professional football coach and a former player. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1987 for FC Dinamo Minsk.-References:...

, Nizhegorodov
Gennadiy Nizhegorodov
Gennadiy Nizhegorodov is an association footballer who currently plays for SC Rheindorf Altach.-Club career:Nizhegorodov began his career at FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan in Russia in 1993...

, Chudin
Sergei Chudin
Sergei Sergeyevich Chudin is a Russian professional footballer. As of May 2009, he plays for an Amateur Football League team FC Fortuna Mytishchi...

, Duyun
Vladislav Duyun
Vladislav Nikolayevich Duyun is a Ukrainian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Petrotrest Saint Petersburg. He also holds Russian citizenship...

, Lipko
Aleksandr Lipko
Aleksandr Valeryevich Lipko is a retired Russian footballer. Currently, he is a head scout for FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1994, 1996.* Russian Cup winner: 2004.* Russian Cup finalist: 1996....

, Rapeika
Andrei Rapeika
Andrei Albinovich Rapeika is a retired Belarusian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Belarusian Premier League in 1994 for FC Neman Grodno. He played 6 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod...

, Dzhubanov
Vladimir Dzhubanov
Vladimir Vyacheslavovich Dzhubanov |Domodedovo]]) is a Russian professional footballer. In 2008, he played for FC Olimp-SKOPA Zheleznodorozhny. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Spartak Moscow.-Honours:...

, Zubkov
Vladyslav Zubkov
Vladyslav Viktorovych Zubkov is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1990 for SKA Odessa.-Honours:* USSR Federation Cup winner: 1990.* Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1996....

, Ionanidze
Zurab Ionanidze
Zurab Ionanidze is a retired footballer.Ionanidze previously played for FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi and FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod in the Russian Premier League.-External links:...

, Perednya
Sergei Perednya
Sergei Aleksandrovich Perednya is a Russian football coach and a former player. Currently, he is a manager of FC Tom Tomsk in the Russian Premier League.-External links:...

, Mukhamadiev
Mukhsin Mukhamadiev
Mukhsin Muslimovich Mukhamadiev is a retired football player who represented both Tajikistan and Russia at international level...

.
  • July 30, 1997 / Semi-finals, Return leg / FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow - AJ Auxerre 4-1 (Gashkin
    Andrei Gashkin
    Andrei Aleksandrovich Gashkin is a retired Russian professional footballer and a current coach. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1993 for FC Spartak Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1993....

      Mashkarin
    Denis Mashkarin
    Denis Nikolayevich Mashkarin is a former Russian professional footballer.Post-retirement he works for a company organizing corporate events.-Honours:* Soviet Cup finalist: 1992.* Russian Cup finalist: 1993, 1994, 2005....

      Samaroni
    Leandro Samaroni
    -Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1998.* Russian Premier League bronze: 2003 .* Russian Cup winner: 2004 .-European club competitions:...

      Carlos Alberto
    Carlos Alberto Pinha da Rocha
    Carlos Alberto Pinha da Rocha or simply Carlos Alberto is a retired Brazilian professional footballer.-European club competitions:* UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 with FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow: 5 games, 2 goals....

      - Guivarc'h
    Stéphane Guivarc'h
    Stéphane Guivarc'h is a retired French footballer that played as striker. He featured in the France squad that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup on home soil....

     ) / Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , Eduard Streltsov Stadium
    Eduard Streltsov Stadium
    Eduard Streltsov Stadium, formerly Torpedo Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Moscow, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Torpedo Moscow....

     / Attendance: 3,000
FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow: Vorobyov
Valeriy Vorobyov
Valeriy Oleksandrovych Vorobyov is a former professional Ukrainian football player. For several years since 1997 when he joined FC Torpedo Moscow he played in Russia where later ended his playing career...

, Arlowski
Radaslaw Arlowski
Radzislaw Uladzimiravich Arlowski is a retired Belarusian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1987 for Nart Cherkessk.-Honours:* Belarusian Premier League champion: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995....

, Khokhlov
Dmitri Khokhlov
Dmitri Valeryevich Khokhlov is a retired Russian football player. He played as a holding midfielder or playmaker....

, Mashkarin
Denis Mashkarin
Denis Nikolayevich Mashkarin is a former Russian professional footballer.Post-retirement he works for a company organizing corporate events.-Honours:* Soviet Cup finalist: 1992.* Russian Cup finalist: 1993, 1994, 2005....

 (captain), Alomerović (Eguavoen, 71), Bushmanov, Preikšaitis
Aidas Preikšaitis
Aidas Preikšaitis is a retired Lithuanian professional football midfielder who last played for Lithuanian top division A Lyga club FK Vėtra. He is 181 cm tall and weighs 77 kg....

 (Botsiyev
Georgi Botsiyev
Georgi Beslanovich Botsiyev is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. In 2009, he manages FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz. As a player, he made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz.-References:...

, 46), Kamoltsev
Vyacheslav Kamoltsev
Vyacheslav Anatolyevich Kamoltsev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Torpedo Kurgan.-Honours:* Russian Premier League bronze: 2000....

 (Carlos Alberto
Carlos Alberto Pinha da Rocha
Carlos Alberto Pinha da Rocha or simply Carlos Alberto is a retired Brazilian professional footballer.-European club competitions:* UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 with FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow: 5 games, 2 goals....

, 69), Gashkin
Andrei Gashkin
Andrei Aleksandrovich Gashkin is a retired Russian professional footballer and a current coach. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1993 for FC Spartak Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1993....

, Koshelyuk
Oleh Koshelyuk
Oleh Borysovych Koshelyuk is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1986 for FC Shakhtar Pavlohrad...

, Samaroni
Leandro Samaroni
-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1998.* Russian Premier League bronze: 2003 .* Russian Cup winner: 2004 .-European club competitions:...

.

National team

Russia national football team
Russia national football team
The Russia national football team represents Russia in association football and is controlled by the Russian Football Union , the governing body for football in Russia. Russia's home grounds are Luzhniki Stadium, Lokomotiv Stadium , and Petrovsky Stadium in St.Petersburg and their head coach is...

 came second in their qualification group for the 1998 FIFA World Cup
1998 FIFA World Cup
The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...

. They lost to Italy in the playoffs for the second-placed teams and did not qualify for the World Cup. Boris Ignatyev
Boris Ignatyev
Boris Petrovich Ignatyev is a Russian football manager and former player. In 1996-1998 he coached the Russia national team. As of July 2009, he is an assistant manager with FC Lokomotiv Moscow....

 was the head coach, with Yuri Syomin assisting throughout and Leonid Pakhomov
Leonid Pakhomov
Leonid Aleksandrovich Pakhomov is a Russian football manager and a former player.-Honours:* Soviet Cup winner: 1968, 1972.* Soviet Top League bronze: 1968.* Top-33 year-end best players list: 1971 -External links:*...

 assisting from the third game on.
  • February 7, 1997 / Carlsberg Cup / Yugoslavia
    Serbia national football team
    The Serbia national football team represents Serbia in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Serbia, the governing body for football in Serbia. Serbia's home ground is Stadion Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade and their last head coach was Vladimir Petrović...

     - Russia 1-1 (Drobnjak  Kocić
    Aleksandar Kocic
    Aleksandar Kocić , is a Serbian former football goalkeeper....

      - Popov
    Dmitri Popov
    Dmitri Lvovich Popov is a retired Russian footballer who played as a left midfielder.-Football career:Popov started playing professionally at local FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, then signed with country giants FC Spartak Moscow....

     ) / Hong Kong
    Hong Kong
    Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

    , Hong Kong Stadium
    Hong Kong Stadium
    Hong Kong Stadium is the main sports venue of Hong Kong. Redeveloped from the old Government Stadium it reincarnated as Hong Kong Stadium in 1994...

     / Attendance: 25,430
Russia: Ovchinnikov
Sergei Ovchinnikov
Sergei Ivanovich Ovchinnikov or Boss is a manager and former association football goalkeeper who played for the Russian national team...

, Khlestov
Dmitri Khlestov
Dmitri Alekseyevich Khlestov is a retired Russian football player.He played for FC Spartak Moscow, Beşiktaş J.K. , FC Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow and Sokol Saratov....

 (Bokov
Maksim Bokov
Maksim Eduardovich Bokov is a Russian football player and coach.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1998.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1999.* Russian Cup winner: 2004.* Russian Cup runner-up: 2000....

, 78), Tsveiba
Akhrik Tsveiba
Akhrik Sokratovich Tsveiba is a retired Soviet association footballer.-Career:...

, Chugainov
Igor Chugainov
Igor Valeryevich Chugainov is a retired Russian football defender and a current coach. Currently, he manages FC Torpedo Moscow.He played mostly for FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Torpedo Moscow and then for FC Uralan Elista....

, Popov
Dmitri Popov
Dmitri Lvovich Popov is a retired Russian footballer who played as a left midfielder.-Football career:Popov started playing professionally at local FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, then signed with country giants FC Spartak Moscow....

, Kharlachyov
Yevgeni Kharlachyov
Yevgeni Valeryevich Kharlachyov is an association football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1999, 2000....

, Veretennikov
Oleg Veretennikov
Oleg Veretennikov is a professional association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records...

 (Alenichev
Dmitri Alenichev
Dmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...

, 46), Yanovskiy
Igor Yanovskiy
Igor Yanovskiy is a retired association football player.He played for a few clubs, including Alania Vladikavkaz, Paris Saint-Germain , CSKA Moscow, and LB Châteauroux ....

, Tikhonov
Andrey Tikhonov
Andrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...

 (captain), Simutenkov
Igor Simutenkov
Igor Vitalyevich Simutenkov is a retired association footballer. Currently, he works as an assistant coach at FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.- Club career :...

, Kanishchev
Anatoli Kanishchev
Anatoli Anatolyevich Kanishchev is a retired professional association footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1995 for FC Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1995, 1998, 1999....

 (Kechinov
Valery Kechinov
Valery Kechinov is a former Russia international footballer, who spent the majority of his playing career at Spartak Moscow.Kechinov was born in Uzbekistan and started his professional career at local Pakhtakor, with whom he won the Uzbek League title, before moving to Moscow...

, 88).


    Penalties  
Mihajlović
Siniša Mihajlovic
Siniša Mihajlović is a Serbian football manager and former player. He was in charge of Serie A club Fiorentina since June 2010 to November 2011....

 
Savićević
Dejan Savicevic
Dejan Savićević , is a Montenegrin former football player and is the president of the Montenegrin FA....

 
Drobnjak 
Ćurčić
Saša Curcic
Saša Ćurčić is a Serbian former football midfielder....

 
Mirković
Zoran Mirkovic
Zoran "Bata" Mirković is a former Serbian footballer.-Club career:Mirković made his first appearance for FK Rad during the 1990–91 season. But even before that he and his teammates won the Yugoslav title in the under-21 category, the biggest success this club ever had...

 
Govedarica
Dejan Govedarica
Dejan Govedarica is a Serbian former football player.He played 3 seasons for FK Proleter Zrenjanin , 3 and a half seasons for FK Vojvodina , little more than season and a half for FC Volendam , U.S...

 
5 – 6 Simutenkov
Igor Simutenkov
Igor Vitalyevich Simutenkov is a retired association footballer. Currently, he works as an assistant coach at FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.- Club career :...


Tikhonov
Andrey Tikhonov
Andrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...


Alenichev
Dmitri Alenichev
Dmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...


Popov
Dmitri Popov
Dmitri Lvovich Popov is a retired Russian footballer who played as a left midfielder.-Football career:Popov started playing professionally at local FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, then signed with country giants FC Spartak Moscow....


Bokov
Maksim Bokov
Maksim Eduardovich Bokov is a Russian football player and coach.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1998.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1999.* Russian Cup winner: 2004.* Russian Cup runner-up: 2000....


Kharlachyov
Yevgeni Kharlachyov
Yevgeni Valeryevich Kharlachyov is an association football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1999, 2000....

 


  • February 10, 1997 / Carlsberg Cup / Switzerland
    Switzerland national football team
    The Swiss national football team is the national football team of Switzerland...

     - Russia 1-2 (Thüler  - Simutenkov
    Igor Simutenkov
    Igor Vitalyevich Simutenkov is a retired association footballer. Currently, he works as an assistant coach at FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.- Club career :...

      ) / Hong Kong
    Hong Kong
    Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

    , Hong Kong Stadium
    Hong Kong Stadium
    Hong Kong Stadium is the main sports venue of Hong Kong. Redeveloped from the old Government Stadium it reincarnated as Hong Kong Stadium in 1994...

     / Attendance: 20,167
Russia: Cherchesov
Stanislav Cherchesov
Stanislav Salamovich Cherchesov is a Russian football manager and former international goalkeeper for USSR and Russia. He currently manages FC Terek Grozny....

 (captain), Bokov
Maksim Bokov
Maksim Eduardovich Bokov is a Russian football player and coach.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1998.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1999.* Russian Cup winner: 2004.* Russian Cup runner-up: 2000....

, Chugainov
Igor Chugainov
Igor Valeryevich Chugainov is a retired Russian football defender and a current coach. Currently, he manages FC Torpedo Moscow.He played mostly for FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Torpedo Moscow and then for FC Uralan Elista....

, Tsveiba
Akhrik Tsveiba
Akhrik Sokratovich Tsveiba is a retired Soviet association footballer.-Career:...

, Popov
Dmitri Popov
Dmitri Lvovich Popov is a retired Russian footballer who played as a left midfielder.-Football career:Popov started playing professionally at local FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, then signed with country giants FC Spartak Moscow....

, Alenichev
Dmitri Alenichev
Dmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...

, Tsymbalar (Veretennikov
Oleg Veretennikov
Oleg Veretennikov is a professional association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records...

, 88), Yanovskiy
Igor Yanovskiy
Igor Yanovskiy is a retired association football player.He played for a few clubs, including Alania Vladikavkaz, Paris Saint-Germain , CSKA Moscow, and LB Châteauroux ....

, Kharlachyov
Yevgeni Kharlachyov
Yevgeni Valeryevich Kharlachyov is an association football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1999, 2000....

, Gerasimenko
Aleksei Gerasimenko
Aleksei Petrovich Gerasimenko is a retired Russian football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1993.* Ukrainian Premier League winner: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001.* Ukrainian Cup winner: 1998, 1999, 2000....

 (Kanishchev
Anatoli Kanishchev
Anatoli Anatolyevich Kanishchev is a retired professional association footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1995 for FC Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1995, 1998, 1999....

, 77), Simutenkov
Igor Simutenkov
Igor Vitalyevich Simutenkov is a retired association footballer. Currently, he works as an assistant coach at FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.- Club career :...

.

  • March 12, 1997 / Friendly / Yugoslavia
    Serbia national football team
    The Serbia national football team represents Serbia in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Serbia, the governing body for football in Serbia. Serbia's home ground is Stadion Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade and their last head coach was Vladimir Petrović...

     - Russia 0-0 / Belgrade
    Belgrade
    Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...

    , Stadion Crvena Zvezda
    Stadion Crvena Zvezda
    The Red Star Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Belgrade, Serbia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Red Star Belgrade. The stadium is all-seated and the capacity is 51,328. It was opened in 1963 after construction which had started three years...

     / Attendance: 32,000
Russia: Ovchinnikov
Sergei Ovchinnikov
Sergei Ivanovich Ovchinnikov or Boss is a manager and former association football goalkeeper who played for the Russian national team...

, Khlestov
Dmitri Khlestov
Dmitri Alekseyevich Khlestov is a retired Russian football player.He played for FC Spartak Moscow, Beşiktaş J.K. , FC Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow and Sokol Saratov....

, Chugainov
Igor Chugainov
Igor Valeryevich Chugainov is a retired Russian football defender and a current coach. Currently, he manages FC Torpedo Moscow.He played mostly for FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Torpedo Moscow and then for FC Uralan Elista....

, Popov
Dmitri Popov
Dmitri Lvovich Popov is a retired Russian footballer who played as a left midfielder.-Football career:Popov started playing professionally at local FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, then signed with country giants FC Spartak Moscow....

 (Kharlachyov
Yevgeni Kharlachyov
Yevgeni Valeryevich Kharlachyov is an association football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1999, 2000....

, 64), Tetradze
Omari Tetradze
Omari Mikhailovich Tetradze is a former football player of Georgian Greek descent who, during his playing career, represented Russia at international level.-Early life:...

, Karpin
Valery Karpin
Valeri Georgievich Karpin is a former Russian professional association footballer who played midfielder and former manager of FC Spartak Moscow...

, Onopko
Viktor Onopko
Viktor Savelyevich Onopko is an association football coach and a former defender and holds the record for most international appearances for the Russian national team...

 (captain), Kanchelskis
Andrei Kanchelskis
Andrei Antanasovich Kanchelskis is a Ukrainian-born Russian football manager and former association footballer who played as a right winger. Kanchelskis is the only player in history to have scored in each of the Glasgow, Merseyside and Manchester local derbies.Currently, he is managing FC...

 (Alenichev
Dmitri Alenichev
Dmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...

, 74), Beschastnykh
Vladimir Beschastnykh
Vladimir Yevgenyevich Beschastnykh is a retired association footballer who played forward...

 (Tsveiba
Akhrik Tsveiba
Akhrik Sokratovich Tsveiba is a retired Soviet association footballer.-Career:...

, 46; Bokov
Maksim Bokov
Maksim Eduardovich Bokov is a Russian football player and coach.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1998.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1999.* Russian Cup winner: 2004.* Russian Cup runner-up: 2000....

, 85), Kolyvanov
Igor Kolyvanov
Igor Vladimirovich Kolyvanov is an association footballer and coach. During his playing career he accumulated 90 goals scored in 333 games at the Top level in the Soviet Union as well as in Italy....

, Simutenkov
Igor Simutenkov
Igor Vitalyevich Simutenkov is a retired association footballer. Currently, he works as an assistant coach at FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.- Club career :...

 (Gerasimenko
Aleksei Gerasimenko
Aleksei Petrovich Gerasimenko is a retired Russian football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1993.* Ukrainian Premier League winner: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001.* Ukrainian Cup winner: 1998, 1999, 2000....

, 86).

  • March 29, 1997 / 1998 FIFA World Cup
    1998 FIFA World Cup
    The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...

     qualifier / Cyprus
    Cyprus national football team
    The Cyprus national football team represents Cyprus in association football and is controlled by the Cyprus Football Association, the governing body for football in Cyprus. Cyprus' home ground is the GSP Stadium in Nicosia and the current coach is Nikos Nioplias...

     - Russia 1-1 (Gogić
    Siniša Gogic
    Siniša Gogić is a Cypriot football striker who played for Yugoslav clubs Radnički Niš and FK Rad, for the Greek football team Olympiacos from 1997 until 2000, the Cypriot teams APOEL FC, Anorthosis Famagusta and Olympiakos Nicosia and Cyprus national football team...

      - Simutenkov
    Igor Simutenkov
    Igor Vitalyevich Simutenkov is a retired association footballer. Currently, he works as an assistant coach at FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.- Club career :...

     ) / Paralimni
    Paralimni
    Paralimni is a town situated in the South East of Cyprus, a little way inland, within the Famagusta District. Since the Turkish invasion and occupation of the Republic of Cyprus in 1974, it has increased in size and status, due to the migration of many refugees fleeing from the North...

    , Paralimni Stadium
    Paralimni Stadium
    Paralimni Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Paralimni, Cyprus. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Enosis Neon Paralimni. The stadium holds 5,800 people....

     / Attendance: 3,199
Russia: Cherchesov
Stanislav Cherchesov
Stanislav Salamovich Cherchesov is a Russian football manager and former international goalkeeper for USSR and Russia. He currently manages FC Terek Grozny....

, Popov
Dmitri Popov
Dmitri Lvovich Popov is a retired Russian footballer who played as a left midfielder.-Football career:Popov started playing professionally at local FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, then signed with country giants FC Spartak Moscow....

, Chugainov
Igor Chugainov
Igor Valeryevich Chugainov is a retired Russian football defender and a current coach. Currently, he manages FC Torpedo Moscow.He played mostly for FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Torpedo Moscow and then for FC Uralan Elista....

, Tsymbalar (Gerasimenko
Aleksei Gerasimenko
Aleksei Petrovich Gerasimenko is a retired Russian football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1993.* Ukrainian Premier League winner: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001.* Ukrainian Cup winner: 1998, 1999, 2000....

, 69), Tetradze
Omari Tetradze
Omari Mikhailovich Tetradze is a former football player of Georgian Greek descent who, during his playing career, represented Russia at international level.-Early life:...

, Karpin
Valery Karpin
Valeri Georgievich Karpin is a former Russian professional association footballer who played midfielder and former manager of FC Spartak Moscow...

, Onopko
Viktor Onopko
Viktor Savelyevich Onopko is an association football coach and a former defender and holds the record for most international appearances for the Russian national team...

 (captain), Kanchelskis
Andrei Kanchelskis
Andrei Antanasovich Kanchelskis is a Ukrainian-born Russian football manager and former association footballer who played as a right winger. Kanchelskis is the only player in history to have scored in each of the Glasgow, Merseyside and Manchester local derbies.Currently, he is managing FC...

, Mostovoi, Kolyvanov
Igor Kolyvanov
Igor Vladimirovich Kolyvanov is an association footballer and coach. During his playing career he accumulated 90 goals scored in 333 games at the Top level in the Soviet Union as well as in Italy....

, Simutenkov
Igor Simutenkov
Igor Vitalyevich Simutenkov is a retired association footballer. Currently, he works as an assistant coach at FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.- Club career :...

.

  • April 30, 1997 / 1998 FIFA World Cup
    1998 FIFA World Cup
    The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...

     qualifier / Russia - Luxembourg
    Luxembourg national football team
    The Luxembourg national football team is the national football team of Luxembourg, and is controlled by the Luxembourg Football Federation. The team play most of their home matches at the Stade Josy Barthel, in Luxembourg.- History :...

     3-0 (Kechinov
    Valery Kechinov
    Valery Kechinov is a former Russia international footballer, who spent the majority of his playing career at Spartak Moscow.Kechinov was born in Uzbekistan and started his professional career at local Pakhtakor, with whom he won the Uzbek League title, before moving to Moscow...

      Grishin
    Sergei Grishin
    Sergei Sergeyevich Grishin is a retired professional association footballer.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1997.* Russian Cup runner-up: 1997, 1999.* Kazakhstan Cup winner: 2005....

      Simutenkov
    Igor Simutenkov
    Igor Vitalyevich Simutenkov is a retired association footballer. Currently, he works as an assistant coach at FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.- Club career :...

      - Strasser
    Jeff Strasser
    Jeff Strasser is a Luxembourgian footballer, who currently manages CS Fola Esch. - Club career :As one of the rare successful professional footballers from Luxembourg, Strasser has made a fairly successful career in French and German first divisions...

     ) / Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , Dynamo Stadium / Attendance: 10,000
Russia: Ovchinnikov
Sergei Ovchinnikov
Sergei Ivanovich Ovchinnikov or Boss is a manager and former association football goalkeeper who played for the Russian national team...

, Radimov
Vladislav Radimov
Vladislav Nikolayevich Radimov is a retired association footballer who played midfielder. Currently, he works as an assistant coach with FC Zenit St. Petersburg. He was previously the captain of FC Zenit Saint Petersburg and is a former Russian international player. He was a right-sided...

 (Zubko
Denis Zubko
Denis Ivanovich Zubko is an association football player playing striker. Currently, he plays for FC Rotor Volgograd.-International career:...

, 68), Kovtun, Kosolapov, Tetradze
Omari Tetradze
Omari Mikhailovich Tetradze is a former football player of Georgian Greek descent who, during his playing career, represented Russia at international level.-Early life:...

 (Popov
Dmitri Popov
Dmitri Lvovich Popov is a retired Russian footballer who played as a left midfielder.-Football career:Popov started playing professionally at local FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, then signed with country giants FC Spartak Moscow....

, 26), Chugainov
Igor Chugainov
Igor Valeryevich Chugainov is a retired Russian football defender and a current coach. Currently, he manages FC Torpedo Moscow.He played mostly for FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Torpedo Moscow and then for FC Uralan Elista....

, Onopko
Viktor Onopko
Viktor Savelyevich Onopko is an association football coach and a former defender and holds the record for most international appearances for the Russian national team...

 (captain), Alenichev
Dmitri Alenichev
Dmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...

, Beschastnykh
Vladimir Beschastnykh
Vladimir Yevgenyevich Beschastnykh is a retired association footballer who played forward...

 (Grishin
Sergei Grishin
Sergei Sergeyevich Grishin is a retired professional association footballer.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1997.* Russian Cup runner-up: 1997, 1999.* Kazakhstan Cup winner: 2005....

, 46), Kechinov
Valery Kechinov
Valery Kechinov is a former Russia international footballer, who spent the majority of his playing career at Spartak Moscow.Kechinov was born in Uzbekistan and started his professional career at local Pakhtakor, with whom he won the Uzbek League title, before moving to Moscow...

, Simutenkov
Igor Simutenkov
Igor Vitalyevich Simutenkov is a retired association footballer. Currently, he works as an assistant coach at FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.- Club career :...

.

  • June 8, 1997 / 1998 FIFA World Cup
    1998 FIFA World Cup
    The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...

     qualifier / Russia - Israel
    Israel national football team
    The Israel national football team is the national football team of Israel, controlled by the Israel Football Association .Israel National Football is the direct successor of the Eretz Yisrael National Team during British Mandate...

     2-0 (Radimov
    Vladislav Radimov
    Vladislav Nikolayevich Radimov is a retired association footballer who played midfielder. Currently, he works as an assistant coach with FC Zenit St. Petersburg. He was previously the captain of FC Zenit Saint Petersburg and is a former Russian international player. He was a right-sided...

      Kosolapov ) / Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , Dynamo Stadium / Attendance: 30,000
Russia: Ovchinnikov
Sergei Ovchinnikov
Sergei Ivanovich Ovchinnikov or Boss is a manager and former association football goalkeeper who played for the Russian national team...

, Radimov
Vladislav Radimov
Vladislav Nikolayevich Radimov is a retired association footballer who played midfielder. Currently, he works as an assistant coach with FC Zenit St. Petersburg. He was previously the captain of FC Zenit Saint Petersburg and is a former Russian international player. He was a right-sided...

, Nikiforov, Kosolapov, Yanovskiy
Igor Yanovskiy
Igor Yanovskiy is a retired association football player.He played for a few clubs, including Alania Vladikavkaz, Paris Saint-Germain , CSKA Moscow, and LB Châteauroux ....

, Tsveiba
Akhrik Tsveiba
Akhrik Sokratovich Tsveiba is a retired Soviet association footballer.-Career:...

, Onopko
Viktor Onopko
Viktor Savelyevich Onopko is an association football coach and a former defender and holds the record for most international appearances for the Russian national team...

 (captain), Alenichev
Dmitri Alenichev
Dmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...

, Grishin
Sergei Grishin
Sergei Sergeyevich Grishin is a retired professional association footballer.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1997.* Russian Cup runner-up: 1997, 1999.* Kazakhstan Cup winner: 2005....

 (Yesipov
Valery Yesipov
Valery Yesipov is a retired association footballer and a current manager, who is currently an assistant manager for FC Rotor Volgograd. He holds the record for most appearances in the Russian Premier League...

, 90), Cheryshev
Dmitri Cheryshev
Dmitri Nikolayevich Cheryshev is an association football player. Since 2008 to 2010, he worked as a coach for one of children's team in Real Madrid C.F. Currently, he is a manager of FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod in the Russian Premier League...

 (Kovtun, 83), Beschastnykh
Vladimir Beschastnykh
Vladimir Yevgenyevich Beschastnykh is a retired association footballer who played forward...

 (Tikhonov
Andrey Tikhonov
Andrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...

, 61).


The next game was officially billed as "Russia All Stars vs. FIFA World XI" and does not count as an official Russian national football team game. It was held to commemorate 100 years anniversary of football in Russia and 850 years anniversary of the founding of Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

. Uwe Gospodarek
Uwe Gospodarek
Uwe Gospodarek is a retired German footballer who played as a goalkeeper.-Football career:Gospodarek started playing professionally with FC Bayern Munich, but would only manage seven first team appearances during four seasons, being barred by two internationals: first Raimond Aumann, then Oliver...

, who played in this game, never actually played a game for Germany national football team
Germany national football team
The Germany national football team is the football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association , which was founded in 1900....

.
  • August 18, 1997 / Friendly / Russia All Stars - FIFA World XI 0-2 (Djorkaeff
    Youri Djorkaeff
    Youri Raffi Djorkaeff is a former French international footballer who played as a forward or as an attacking midfielder. With the French national team, Djorkaeff won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000...

      Guerrero
    Julen Guerrero
    Julen Guerrero López is a retired Spanish footballer who played solely for Athletic Club de Bilbao.Ambidextrous, the attacking midfielder was mainly known for his skills and shooting ability...

     ) / Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , Luzhniki Stadium
    Luzhniki Stadium
    The Grand Sports Arena of the Luzhniki Olympic Complex in Moscow, or briefly Luzhniki Stadium , is the biggest sports stadium in Russia. Its total seating capacity is 78,360 seats, all covered. The stadium is a part of the Luzhniki Olympic Complex, previously called the Central Lenin Stadium...

     / Attendance: 62,000
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
Pierluigi Collina
Pierluigi Collina is a former Italian football referee. He is still involved in football as non-paid consultant to the Italian Football Referees Association , and is a member of the UEFA Referees Committee...

.
Russia All Stars: Ovchinnikov
Sergei Ovchinnikov
Sergei Ivanovich Ovchinnikov or Boss is a manager and former association football goalkeeper who played for the Russian national team...

 (Cherchesov
Stanislav Cherchesov
Stanislav Salamovich Cherchesov is a Russian football manager and former international goalkeeper for USSR and Russia. He currently manages FC Terek Grozny....

, 46), Kovtun (Pagayev
Artur Pagayev
Artur Sardionovich Pagayev is a retired association football player who played the bulk of his career for FC Alania Vladikavkaz.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner: 1995....

, 46), Nikiforov (Chugainov
Igor Chugainov
Igor Valeryevich Chugainov is a retired Russian football defender and a current coach. Currently, he manages FC Torpedo Moscow.He played mostly for FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Torpedo Moscow and then for FC Uralan Elista....

, 46), Popov
Dmitri Popov
Dmitri Lvovich Popov is a retired Russian footballer who played as a left midfielder.-Football career:Popov started playing professionally at local FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, then signed with country giants FC Spartak Moscow....

, Kosolapov (Yanovskiy
Igor Yanovskiy
Igor Yanovskiy is a retired association football player.He played for a few clubs, including Alania Vladikavkaz, Paris Saint-Germain , CSKA Moscow, and LB Châteauroux ....

, 46), Kanchelskis
Andrei Kanchelskis
Andrei Antanasovich Kanchelskis is a Ukrainian-born Russian football manager and former association footballer who played as a right winger. Kanchelskis is the only player in history to have scored in each of the Glasgow, Merseyside and Manchester local derbies.Currently, he is managing FC...

 (Grishin
Sergei Grishin
Sergei Sergeyevich Grishin is a retired professional association footballer.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1997.* Russian Cup runner-up: 1997, 1999.* Kazakhstan Cup winner: 2005....

, 46), Onopko
Viktor Onopko
Viktor Savelyevich Onopko is an association football coach and a former defender and holds the record for most international appearances for the Russian national team...

 (captain), Alenichev
Dmitri Alenichev
Dmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...

 (Kharlachyov
Yevgeni Kharlachyov
Yevgeni Valeryevich Kharlachyov is an association football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1999, 2000....

, 46), Kolyvanov
Igor Kolyvanov
Igor Vladimirovich Kolyvanov is an association footballer and coach. During his playing career he accumulated 90 goals scored in 333 games at the Top level in the Soviet Union as well as in Italy....

 (Tikhonov
Andrey Tikhonov
Andrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...

, 46), Veretennikov
Oleg Veretennikov
Oleg Veretennikov is a professional association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records...

, Simutenkov
Igor Simutenkov
Igor Vitalyevich Simutenkov is a retired association footballer. Currently, he works as an assistant coach at FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.- Club career :...

 (Cheryshev
Dmitri Cheryshev
Dmitri Nikolayevich Cheryshev is an association football player. Since 2008 to 2010, he worked as a coach for one of children's team in Real Madrid C.F. Currently, he is a manager of FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod in the Russian Premier League...

, 46).
FIFA World XI: Zubizarreta
Andoni Zubizarreta
Andoni Zubizarreta Urreta is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.The all-time most capped player for the Spanish national team for several years, he played with individual and team success for Athletic Bilbao and FC Barcelona , appearing in more than 950...

 (Gospodarek
Uwe Gospodarek
Uwe Gospodarek is a retired German footballer who played as a goalkeeper.-Football career:Gospodarek started playing professionally with FC Bayern Munich, but would only manage seven first team appearances during four seasons, being barred by two internationals: first Raimond Aumann, then Oliver...

, 46), Vega
Ramon Vega
Ramon Vega is a former Swiss footballer of Spanish descent, who played as a central defender.During his 13-year professional career, he was best known for his spell in England at Tottenham Hotspur, but also had another stint in the United Kingdom, playing in Scotland for Glasgow Celtic.-Early...

, Suárez
Claudio Suárez
Luis Claudio Suárez Sánchez is a retired Mexican footballer. He last played for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer....

, Verlaat
Frank Verlaat
Frank Verlaat is a Dutch former international football defender, who retired in 2007, after a professional career of 21 years....

, Matthäus
Lothar Matthäus
Lothar Herbert Matthäus , is a German football manager and former player.In 1990, he was named European Footballer of the Year and World Soccer Player of the Year after captaining West Germany to victory in the 1990 World Cup...

  (captain), Djorkaeff
Youri Djorkaeff
Youri Raffi Djorkaeff is a former French international footballer who played as a forward or as an attacking midfielder. With the French national team, Djorkaeff won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000...

 (Tsveiba
Akhrik Tsveiba
Akhrik Sokratovich Tsveiba is a retired Soviet association footballer.-Career:...

, 78), Guerrero
Julen Guerrero
Julen Guerrero López is a retired Spanish footballer who played solely for Athletic Club de Bilbao.Ambidextrous, the attacking midfielder was mainly known for his skills and shooting ability...

, Winter
Aron Winter
Aron Mohamed Winter [VIN-ter] is a retired Dutch football midfielder and current head coach of Toronto FC...

, Papin
Jean-Pierre Papin
Jean-Pierre Papin is a former French professional football player who was European Footballer of the Year in 1991.Papin achieved his greatest success while playing for Olympique Marseille between 1986 and 1992...

 (Abédi Pelé
Abédi Pelé
Abedi Ayew, known professionally as Abedi Pele is a former Ghana International football player and captain. Having been given the nickname "Pelé" in recognition of his superior ability that evoked comparisons to Brazilian great Pelé, he found fame in France's Ligue 1 with Lille OSC and Olympique...

, 46), Effenberg
Stefan Effenberg
Stefan Effenberg is a retired German footballer. A central midfielder, he possessed leadership skills, powerful shooting ability, physical strength, but also a fearsome and controversial character....

, Shevchenko
Andriy Shevchenko
Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko is a Ukrainian footballer who plays for Dynamo Kyiv and the Ukraine national team as a striker. He is the third-highest scorer in the history of European club competition with 67 goals as of 2011-03-10, behind Filippo Inzaghi and Raúl. With 175 goals scored with A.C...

 (Beschastnykh
Vladimir Beschastnykh
Vladimir Yevgenyevich Beschastnykh is a retired association footballer who played forward...

, 58).
FIFA World XI coaches: Bobby Robson
Bobby Robson
Sir Robert William "Bobby" Robson, CBE was an English footballer and manager, who coached seven European clubs and the England national team during his career....

 and Bora Milutinović.

  • August 20, 1997 / Friendly / Russia - Yugoslavia
    Serbia national football team
    The Serbia national football team represents Serbia in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Serbia, the governing body for football in Serbia. Serbia's home ground is Stadion Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade and their last head coach was Vladimir Petrović...

     0-1 (Beschastnykh
    Vladimir Beschastnykh
    Vladimir Yevgenyevich Beschastnykh is a retired association footballer who played forward...

      - Jokanović
    Slaviša Jokanovic
    Slaviša Jokanović is a retired Serbian professional footballer who played in the 1990s and early 2000s....

     ) / St. Petersburg, Petrovsky Stadium
    Petrovsky Stadium
    The Petrovsky Stadium is a sport complex that consists of a number of sport buildings. One of them is the Grand Sport Arena which is the home of FC Zenit of Saint Petersburg, Russia and for simplicity referred by everyone as Petrovsky Stadium. The complex also contains another football stadium,...

     / Attendance: 9,000
Russia: Cherchesov
Stanislav Cherchesov
Stanislav Salamovich Cherchesov is a Russian football manager and former international goalkeeper for USSR and Russia. He currently manages FC Terek Grozny....

 (Ovchinnikov
Sergei Ovchinnikov
Sergei Ivanovich Ovchinnikov or Boss is a manager and former association football goalkeeper who played for the Russian national team...

, 46), Tsveiba
Akhrik Tsveiba
Akhrik Sokratovich Tsveiba is a retired Soviet association footballer.-Career:...

, Nikiforov, Yanovskiy
Igor Yanovskiy
Igor Yanovskiy is a retired association football player.He played for a few clubs, including Alania Vladikavkaz, Paris Saint-Germain , CSKA Moscow, and LB Châteauroux ....

, Kosolapov (Tikhonov
Andrey Tikhonov
Andrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...

, 46), Kanchelskis
Andrei Kanchelskis
Andrei Antanasovich Kanchelskis is a Ukrainian-born Russian football manager and former association footballer who played as a right winger. Kanchelskis is the only player in history to have scored in each of the Glasgow, Merseyside and Manchester local derbies.Currently, he is managing FC...

 (Beschastnykh
Vladimir Beschastnykh
Vladimir Yevgenyevich Beschastnykh is a retired association footballer who played forward...

, 46), Onopko
Viktor Onopko
Viktor Savelyevich Onopko is an association football coach and a former defender and holds the record for most international appearances for the Russian national team...

 (captain), Alenichev
Dmitri Alenichev
Dmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...

, Kolyvanov
Igor Kolyvanov
Igor Vladimirovich Kolyvanov is an association footballer and coach. During his playing career he accumulated 90 goals scored in 333 games at the Top level in the Soviet Union as well as in Italy....

 (Grishin
Sergei Grishin
Sergei Sergeyevich Grishin is a retired professional association footballer.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1997.* Russian Cup runner-up: 1997, 1999.* Kazakhstan Cup winner: 2005....

, 62), Khlestov
Dmitri Khlestov
Dmitri Alekseyevich Khlestov is a retired Russian football player.He played for FC Spartak Moscow, Beşiktaş J.K. , FC Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow and Sokol Saratov....

 (Kovtun, 62), Cheryshev
Dmitri Cheryshev
Dmitri Nikolayevich Cheryshev is an association football player. Since 2008 to 2010, he worked as a coach for one of children's team in Real Madrid C.F. Currently, he is a manager of FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod in the Russian Premier League...

 (Simutenkov
Igor Simutenkov
Igor Vitalyevich Simutenkov is a retired association footballer. Currently, he works as an assistant coach at FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.- Club career :...

, 46).

  • September 10, 1997 / 1998 FIFA World Cup
    1998 FIFA World Cup
    The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...

     qualifier / Bulgaria
    Bulgaria national football team
    The FIFA Bulgaria national football team is an association football team fielded by the Bulgarian Football Union, a member association of UEFA. The team's home ground is Vasil Levski in Sofia and Luboslav Penev is in charge manager after replacement of Lothar Matthäus...

     - Russia 1-0 (Ivanov
    Trifon Ivanov
    Trifon Marinov Ivanov is a former Bulgarian international football player.Sometimes known by his nickname "The Bulgarian Wolf" due to his unshaven appearance and mullet hairstyle, Ivanov started his career with the team Etar of Veliko Tarnovo...

     ) / Sofia
    Sofia
    Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...

    , Vasil Levski National Stadium
    Vasil Levski National Stadium
    Vasil Levski National Stadium , named after Bulgarian national hero Vasil Levski, is one of Bulgaria's largest sports venues and the country's second largest stadium...

     / Attendance: 55,000
Russia: Ovchinnikov
Sergei Ovchinnikov
Sergei Ivanovich Ovchinnikov or Boss is a manager and former association football goalkeeper who played for the Russian national team...

, Kovtun, Nikiforov, Kosolapov (Khokhlov
Dmitri Khokhlov
Dmitri Valeryevich Khokhlov is a retired Russian football player. He played as a holding midfielder or playmaker....

, 46), Yanovskiy
Igor Yanovskiy
Igor Yanovskiy is a retired association football player.He played for a few clubs, including Alania Vladikavkaz, Paris Saint-Germain , CSKA Moscow, and LB Châteauroux ....

, Tsveiba
Akhrik Tsveiba
Akhrik Sokratovich Tsveiba is a retired Soviet association footballer.-Career:...

, Onopko
Viktor Onopko
Viktor Savelyevich Onopko is an association football coach and a former defender and holds the record for most international appearances for the Russian national team...

 (captain), Kanchelskis
Andrei Kanchelskis
Andrei Antanasovich Kanchelskis is a Ukrainian-born Russian football manager and former association footballer who played as a right winger. Kanchelskis is the only player in history to have scored in each of the Glasgow, Merseyside and Manchester local derbies.Currently, he is managing FC...

, Alenichev
Dmitri Alenichev
Dmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...

, Kolyvanov
Igor Kolyvanov
Igor Vladimirovich Kolyvanov is an association footballer and coach. During his playing career he accumulated 90 goals scored in 333 games at the Top level in the Soviet Union as well as in Italy....

, Simutenkov
Igor Simutenkov
Igor Vitalyevich Simutenkov is a retired association footballer. Currently, he works as an assistant coach at FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.- Club career :...

 (Cheryshev
Dmitri Cheryshev
Dmitri Nikolayevich Cheryshev is an association football player. Since 2008 to 2010, he worked as a coach for one of children's team in Real Madrid C.F. Currently, he is a manager of FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod in the Russian Premier League...

, 76).

  • October 11, 1997 / 1998 FIFA World Cup
    1998 FIFA World Cup
    The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...

     qualifier / Russia - Bulgaria
    Bulgaria national football team
    The FIFA Bulgaria national football team is an association football team fielded by the Bulgarian Football Union, a member association of UEFA. The team's home ground is Vasil Levski in Sofia and Luboslav Penev is in charge manager after replacement of Lothar Matthäus...

     4-2 (Alenichev
    Dmitri Alenichev
    Dmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...

      Kolyvanov
    Igor Kolyvanov
    Igor Vladimirovich Kolyvanov is an association footballer and coach. During his playing career he accumulated 90 goals scored in 333 games at the Top level in the Soviet Union as well as in Italy....

      Yuran
    Sergei Yuran
    Sergei Nikolayevich Yuran is a Ukrainian-association football coach and a former striker.-Career:At club level he played in six different countries...

      - Gruev
    Iliya Gruev
    Iliya Gruev is a former Bulgarian footballer.Gruev had two stints with Altay S.K., making 57 appearances in the Turkish Super Lig for the club.-References:*...

      Kostadinov
    Emil Kostadinov
    Emil Lubtchov Kostadinov is a former Bulgarian football striker, former member of the Bulgaria national team for which he played in two World Cups. He shares his birthdate with another legendary Bulgarian footballer Dimitar Nikolov Yakimov...

     ) / Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , Luzhniki Stadium
    Luzhniki Stadium
    The Grand Sports Arena of the Luzhniki Olympic Complex in Moscow, or briefly Luzhniki Stadium , is the biggest sports stadium in Russia. Its total seating capacity is 78,360 seats, all covered. The stadium is a part of the Luzhniki Olympic Complex, previously called the Central Lenin Stadium...

     / Attendance: 21,000
Russia: Ovchinnikov
Sergei Ovchinnikov
Sergei Ivanovich Ovchinnikov or Boss is a manager and former association football goalkeeper who played for the Russian national team...

, Popov
Dmitri Popov
Dmitri Lvovich Popov is a retired Russian footballer who played as a left midfielder.-Football career:Popov started playing professionally at local FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, then signed with country giants FC Spartak Moscow....

, Chugainov
Igor Chugainov
Igor Valeryevich Chugainov is a retired Russian football defender and a current coach. Currently, he manages FC Torpedo Moscow.He played mostly for FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Torpedo Moscow and then for FC Uralan Elista....

, Tsveiba
Akhrik Tsveiba
Akhrik Sokratovich Tsveiba is a retired Soviet association footballer.-Career:...

, Yanovskiy
Igor Yanovskiy
Igor Yanovskiy is a retired association football player.He played for a few clubs, including Alania Vladikavkaz, Paris Saint-Germain , CSKA Moscow, and LB Châteauroux ....

, Tikhonov
Andrey Tikhonov
Andrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...

, Onopko
Viktor Onopko
Viktor Savelyevich Onopko is an association football coach and a former defender and holds the record for most international appearances for the Russian national team...

 (captain), Alenichev
Dmitri Alenichev
Dmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...

 (Kosolapov, 82), Yuran
Sergei Yuran
Sergei Nikolayevich Yuran is a Ukrainian-association football coach and a former striker.-Career:At club level he played in six different countries...

 (Veretennikov
Oleg Veretennikov
Oleg Veretennikov is a professional association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records...

, 67), Kolyvanov
Igor Kolyvanov
Igor Vladimirovich Kolyvanov is an association footballer and coach. During his playing career he accumulated 90 goals scored in 333 games at the Top level in the Soviet Union as well as in Italy....

, Simutenkov
Igor Simutenkov
Igor Vitalyevich Simutenkov is a retired association footballer. Currently, he works as an assistant coach at FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.- Club career :...

 (Radimov
Vladislav Radimov
Vladislav Nikolayevich Radimov is a retired association footballer who played midfielder. Currently, he works as an assistant coach with FC Zenit St. Petersburg. He was previously the captain of FC Zenit Saint Petersburg and is a former Russian international player. He was a right-sided...

, 46).

  • October 29, 1997 / 1998 FIFA World Cup
    1998 FIFA World Cup
    The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...

     qualifier, play-off first leg / Russia - Italy
    Italy national football team
    The Italy National Football Team , represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation , the governing body for football in Italy. Italy is the second most successful national team in the history of the World Cup having won four titles , just one fewer than...

     1-1 (Cannavaro
    Fabio Cannavaro
    Fabio Cannavaro, Ufficiale OMRI is a former Italian footballer considered one of the greatest defenders of all time and was given the name "Muro di Berlino" which means The Berlin wall by Italian supporters. He spent the majority of his career in Italy...

      - Vieri
    Christian Vieri
    Christian Vieri is a retired Italian footballer who played as a centre forward.Vieri was named in the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living footballers selected by Pelé as a part of FIFA's centenary celebrations...

     ) / Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , Dynamo Stadium / Attendance: 20,000
Russia: Ovchinnikov
Sergei Ovchinnikov
Sergei Ivanovich Ovchinnikov or Boss is a manager and former association football goalkeeper who played for the Russian national team...

, Radimov
Vladislav Radimov
Vladislav Nikolayevich Radimov is a retired association footballer who played midfielder. Currently, he works as an assistant coach with FC Zenit St. Petersburg. He was previously the captain of FC Zenit Saint Petersburg and is a former Russian international player. He was a right-sided...

, Chugainov
Igor Chugainov
Igor Valeryevich Chugainov is a retired Russian football defender and a current coach. Currently, he manages FC Torpedo Moscow.He played mostly for FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Torpedo Moscow and then for FC Uralan Elista....

, Popov
Dmitri Popov
Dmitri Lvovich Popov is a retired Russian footballer who played as a left midfielder.-Football career:Popov started playing professionally at local FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, then signed with country giants FC Spartak Moscow....

 (Tikhonov
Andrey Tikhonov
Andrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...

, 78), Yanovskiy
Igor Yanovskiy
Igor Yanovskiy is a retired association football player.He played for a few clubs, including Alania Vladikavkaz, Paris Saint-Germain , CSKA Moscow, and LB Châteauroux ....

, Kovtun, Onopko
Viktor Onopko
Viktor Savelyevich Onopko is an association football coach and a former defender and holds the record for most international appearances for the Russian national team...

 (captain) (Tsveiba
Akhrik Tsveiba
Akhrik Sokratovich Tsveiba is a retired Soviet association footballer.-Career:...

, 43), Alenichev
Dmitri Alenichev
Dmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...

, Yuran
Sergei Yuran
Sergei Nikolayevich Yuran is a Ukrainian-association football coach and a former striker.-Career:At club level he played in six different countries...

, Kolyvanov
Igor Kolyvanov
Igor Vladimirovich Kolyvanov is an association footballer and coach. During his playing career he accumulated 90 goals scored in 333 games at the Top level in the Soviet Union as well as in Italy....

, Kanchelskis
Andrei Kanchelskis
Andrei Antanasovich Kanchelskis is a Ukrainian-born Russian football manager and former association footballer who played as a right winger. Kanchelskis is the only player in history to have scored in each of the Glasgow, Merseyside and Manchester local derbies.Currently, he is managing FC...

 (Khokhlov
Dmitri Khokhlov
Dmitri Valeryevich Khokhlov is a retired Russian football player. He played as a holding midfielder or playmaker....

, 46).

  • November 15, 1997 / 1998 FIFA World Cup
    1998 FIFA World Cup
    The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...

     qualifier, play-off return leg / Italy
    Italy national football team
    The Italy National Football Team , represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation , the governing body for football in Italy. Italy is the second most successful national team in the history of the World Cup having won four titles , just one fewer than...

     - Russia / 1-0 (Casiraghi ) / Naples
    Naples
    Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...

    , Stadio San Paolo
    Stadio San Paolo
    Stadio San Paolo is a multi-purpose stadium in the western suburb of Fuorigrotta in Naples, Italy, and is the third largest football stadium in Italy after the San Siro and Stadio Olimpico. For the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, it hosted the football preliminaries. It is currently used mostly for...

     / Attendance: 76,500
Russia: Ovchinnikov
Sergei Ovchinnikov
Sergei Ivanovich Ovchinnikov or Boss is a manager and former association football goalkeeper who played for the Russian national team...

, Kovtun, Nikiforov, Onopko
Viktor Onopko
Viktor Savelyevich Onopko is an association football coach and a former defender and holds the record for most international appearances for the Russian national team...

 (captain), Popov
Dmitri Popov
Dmitri Lvovich Popov is a retired Russian footballer who played as a left midfielder.-Football career:Popov started playing professionally at local FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, then signed with country giants FC Spartak Moscow....

, Radimov
Vladislav Radimov
Vladislav Nikolayevich Radimov is a retired association footballer who played midfielder. Currently, he works as an assistant coach with FC Zenit St. Petersburg. He was previously the captain of FC Zenit Saint Petersburg and is a former Russian international player. He was a right-sided...

 (Semak
Sergei Semak
Sergei Bogdanovich Semak is a Russian international football midfielder of Ukrainian origins.-Early life:Semak was born in the selo Sychanskoye in the Voroshilovgradskaya Oblast into a peasant family of modest economical background. He was an excellent student and had an ideal behavior...

, 66), Khokhlov
Dmitri Khokhlov
Dmitri Valeryevich Khokhlov is a retired Russian football player. He played as a holding midfielder or playmaker....

, Yanovskiy
Igor Yanovskiy
Igor Yanovskiy is a retired association football player.He played for a few clubs, including Alania Vladikavkaz, Paris Saint-Germain , CSKA Moscow, and LB Châteauroux ....

 (Simutenkov
Igor Simutenkov
Igor Vitalyevich Simutenkov is a retired association footballer. Currently, he works as an assistant coach at FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.- Club career :...

, 60), Alenichev
Dmitri Alenichev
Dmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...

, Yuran
Sergei Yuran
Sergei Nikolayevich Yuran is a Ukrainian-association football coach and a former striker.-Career:At club level he played in six different countries...

 (Beschastnykh
Vladimir Beschastnykh
Vladimir Yevgenyevich Beschastnykh is a retired association footballer who played forward...

, 79), Kolyvanov
Igor Kolyvanov
Igor Vladimirovich Kolyvanov is an association footballer and coach. During his playing career he accumulated 90 goals scored in 333 games at the Top level in the Soviet Union as well as in Italy....

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