1997 Russian First League

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The 1997 Russian First League was the 6th edition of the Russian First Division.

Overview

Team	Head coach
FC Uralan Elista	Template:Flagicon Pavlo Yakovenko
FC Metallurg Lipetsk	Valeri Tretyakov
FC Sokol-PZhD Saratov	Nikolay Kiselyov
PFC Spartak Nalchik	Viktor Kumykov
FC Lokomotiv St. Petersburg	Template:Flagicon Givi Nodia
FC Lada-Grad Dimitrovgrad	Vladimir Yevsyukov
FC CSK VVS-Kristall Smolensk	Valeri Nenenko
FC Lokomotiv Chita	Aleksandr Kovalyov
FC Saturn Ramenskoye	Vladimir Mukhanov (until April) Vladimir Shevchuk (from April)
FC Dynamo Stavropol	Sergei Zimenkov (until June) Boris Stukalov (from July)
FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	Viktor Antikhovich (until July)
FC Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk	Vitaliy Shevchenko (until September) Aleksandr Kishinevsky (from September)
FC Anzhi Makhachkala	Template:Flagicon Eduard Malofeyev
FC Lada-Togliatti-VAZ Togliatti	Viktor Tishchenko (until June) Vladimir Dergach (from June)
FC Druzhba Maykop	Soferbi Yeshugov (until August) Vitali Aksyonov (from August)
FC Kuban Krasnodar	Vladimir Brazhnikov
FC Irtysh Omsk	Aleksandr Ivchenko
FC Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky	Sergei Vasyutin
FC Energiya Kamyshin	Sergei Pavlov
FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg	Viktor Yerokhin
FC Torpedo Volzhsky	Oleg Dudarin
FC Luch Vladivostok	Vitali Koberskiy

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Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Template:Flagicon Aleksei Chernov	Lada-Grad	29
2	Template:Flagicon Valeri Solyanik	CSK VVS-Kristall	23
3	Template:Flagicon Marat Mulashev	Irtysh	18
4	Template:Flagicon Rustyam Fakhrutdinov	Neftekhimik	17
	Template:Flagicon Ibragim Gasanbekov	Anzhi
	Template:Flagicon Aleksandrs Jelisejevs	Metallurg
	Template:Flagicon Oleg Nechayev	Lada-Grad
8	Template:Flagicon Igor Menshchikov	Metallurg	15
	Template:Flagicon Valeri Shushlyakov	Kuban
	Template:Flagicon Narvik Sirkhayev	Anzhi