The 1996 Russian First League was the 5th edition of Russian First Division
Overview Team Head coach FC Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen Aleksandr Irkhin FC Shinnik Yaroslavl Anatoli Polosin FC Fakel Voronezh Sergei Savchenkov FC Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk Viktor Slesarev FC Dynamo Stavropol Pyotr Shubin FC Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky Sergei Vasyutin FC Uralan Elista Pavlo Yakovenko FC Sokol-PZhD Saratov Aleksandr Koreshkov (until July)Nikolay Kiselyov (from July) PFC Spartak Nalchik Viktor Kumykov FC Kuban Krasnodar Vladimir Brazhnikov FC Saturn Ramenskoye Vladimir Mukhanov FC Lokomotiv St. Petersburg Givi Nodia (until October)Viktor Nikitenko (caretaker, from October) FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Gennadi Sarychev (until July)Viktor Antikhovich (from August) FC Torpedo Volzhsky Vladimir Dergach FC Luch Vladivostok Ishtvan Sekech (until July)Boris Kolokolov (from August) FC Druzhba Maykop Soferbi Yeshugov FC Lokomotiv Chita Aleksandr Kovalyov FC Torpedo Arzamas Valeri Tikhonov (until July)Valeri Sinau (from August) FC Okean Nakhodka Sergei Bondarenko FC Zvezda Irkutsk Sergei Muratov FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk Aleksandr Kishinevsky FC Chkalovets Novosibirsk Leonid Shevchenko (until September)Vladimir Zaburdayev (from September)
Standings
Results
Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Varlam KilasoniaLokomotiv (SPb)222 Karapet MikaelyanSokol-PZhD203 Sergei ToporovZarya194 Nail GalimovLokomotiv (Ch)18 Sergey MaslovDynamo (St) Oleksandr PryzetkoDynamo-Gazovik7 Vladislav YarkinZarya178 Mikhail ZubchukFakel169 Valeri ShushlyakovKuban15 Valeriy YablochkinShinnik
See also 1996 Russian Top League 1996 Russian Second League 1996 Russian Third League