- 1997 in Russian football
1997 in Russian football brought the fifth national title to Spartak Moscow, and the second Russian Cup victory to Lokomotiv Moscow.
National team
Russia national football team failed to qualify for the1998 FIFA World Cup final tournament, losing on aggregate to Italy in the play-offs.
# Russia score given first;Key
* H = Home match
* A = Away match
* A = Neutral ground
* F = Friendly
* CC = Carlsberg Cup
* WCQ = 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying, UEFA Group 5
* WCQP = 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying, UEFA playoffsLeagues
Top League
First League
Due to reduction of the Top League to 16 clubs, only the was only one promotion place in the First League, which was taken by Uralan.
Aleksey Chernov of Lada-Grad became the top goalscorer with 29 goals.econd League
The following clubs have earned promotion by winning tournaments in their respective Second League zones:
*FC Arsenal Tula ("West")
*FC Rubin Kazan ("Centre")
*FC Tom Tomsk ("East")Cup
The
Russian Cup was won by Lokomotiv Moscow, who beat Dynamo Moscow 2–0 in the final.UEFA club competitions
UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997
Dynamo Moscow, Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod, and Torpedo Moscow, the Russian clubs in the
UEFA Intertoto Cup 1998 , started the campaign well, winning their respective groups. However, all three clubs were knocked out in the semifinals byMSV Duisburg ,Halmstads BK , andAJ Auxerre , respectively.UEFA Champions League 1997-98
Spartak Moscow failed to qualify for the group stage of the
UEFA Champions League 1997-98 , losing toFC Košice 1–2 on aggregate.UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1997-98
Lokomotiv Moscow overcame
FC Belshina Bobruisk andKocaelispor , reaching the spring stage of theUEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1997-98 .UEFA Cup 1997-98
Rotor Volgograd eliminated
Odra Wodzisław in the second qualifying round ofUEFA Cup 1998-99 . In the first round they knocked outÖrebro SK , but in the second round they lost toS.S. Lazio .Alania Vladikavkaz reached the first round by defeating
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and lost there toMTK Hungária FC .Spartak Moscow reached the spring stage of the cup, eliminating
FC Sion ,Real Valladolid , andKarlsruher SC in the first three rounds.References
* [http://rusteam.permian.ru/history/1997.html National team fixtures] ru icon
* [http://rsssf.com/tablesr/rus97.html League and cup results]
* [http://www.klisf.info/tourns/rus/1997/10.htm League top scorers] ru icon
* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/history/Season=1997/intro.html UEFA Champions League results]
* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ECWC/history/Season=1997/intro.html UEFA Cup Winners' Cup results]
* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UEFACup/history/Season=1997/intro.html UEFA Cup results]
* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/IntertotoCup/history/Season=1997/intro.html UEFA Intertoto Cup results]
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