1999 in Russian football

1999 1998 2000 1999 in Russian football was marked by the national team's failure to qualify for the Euro 2000. Spartak Moscow won the league title, while Zenit were the victors of the Russian Cup. National team Russia national football team failed to qualify for the Euro 2000. After a run of six straight wins, a draw with Ukraine left Russia in the third position in the group. DateVenueOpponentsScore1CompetitionRussia scorersMatch report27 March 1999Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan (A)ARM3–0ECQValery Karpin (2), Vladimir Beschastnykhhttps://archive.today/20070504162110/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/EURO/history/Season=2000/Round=1165/Match=54949/index.html uefa31 March 1999Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow (H)AND6–1ECQEgor Titov, Vladimir Beschastnykh (2), Viktor Onopko, Ilya Tsymbalar, Dmitry Alenichevuefa19 May 1999Arsenal Stadium, Tula (H)BLR1–1FAlexander Mostovoihttps://archive.today/20130418022508/http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?3741 Sport-Express5 June 1999Stade de France, Saint-Denis (A)FRA3–2ECQAleksandr Panov (2), Valery Karpinuefa9 June 1999Dynamo Stadium, Moscow (H)ISL1–0ECQValery Karpinuefa18 August 1999Dinamo Stadium, Minsk (A)BLR2–0FVladimir Beschastnykh, Aleksandr Panovhttps://archive.today/20130418025333/http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?7604 Sport-Express4 September 1999Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow (H)ARM2–0ECQVladimir Beschastnykh, Valery Karpinuefa8 September 1999Estadi Communal, Andorra la Vella (A)AND2–1ECQViktor Onopko (2)uefa9 October 1999Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow (H)UKR1–1ECQValery Karpinuefa Russia score given first Key H = Home match A = Away match F = Friendly ECQ = 2000 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying, Group 4 Leagues Top Division 1999 Russian Top Division First Division 1999 Russian First Division Anzhi won the First Division, winning their first promotion to the Top Division. Runners-up Fakel made their return to the top flight. Top goalscorers RankNameGoalsTeam1Konstantin Paramonov23Amkar2Mikhail Jishkariani 20Sokol3Andradina18Arsenal4Andrei Fedkov16Baltika5Andrei Bakalets14Torpedo-Victoria Vadim Belokhonov14Metallurg Krasnoyarsk Sergei Bulatov14Fakel Vaso Sepashvili14Spartak9Nail Galimov13Lokomotiv Chita10Aleksei Kocharygin12Tyumen Second Division Of six clubs that finished first in their respective Second Division zones, three play-off winners were promoted to the First Division: FC Spartak-Chukotka Moscow (Centre) 5–2 FC Avtomobilist Noginsk (West) 1–1 4–1 FC Lada-Togliatti-VAZ Togliatti (Povolzhye) 3–2 FC Kuban Krasnodar (South) 2–1 1–1 FC Nosta Novotroitsk (Ural) 4–3 FC Metallurg Novokuznetsk (East) 3–1 1–2 Cup The Russian Cup was won by Zenit Saint Petersburg, who beat Dynamo Moscow 3–1 in the final. UEFA club competitions UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1998-99 Lokomotiv Moscow reached the semifinal of the last Cup Winners' Cup, defeating Maccabi Haifa in the quarterfinal 4–0 on aggregate. In the semifinal Lokomotiv were eliminated by eventual winners S.S. Lazio on away goals. UEFA Intertoto Cup 1999 FC Rostov eliminated Cementarnica 55 Skopje and NK Varteks in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1999, setting up a tie against Juventus FC Juventus comfortably won twice, recording a 9–1 aggregate score. UEFA Champions League 1999-00 CSKA Moscow began their campaign in the second qualifying round but lost to Molde F.K. Spartak Moscow successfully passed the third qualifying round, eliminating FK Partizan, and qualified for the main competition where they finished third in a group with AC Sparta Prague, FC Girondins de Bordeaux, and Willem II Tilburg. UEFA Cup 1999-00 Lokomotiv Moscow started 1999–00 UEFA Cup in the qualifying round. After eliminating BATE Borisov with the score 12–1 Lokomotiv defeated Lyngby Boldklub 5–1 on aggregate in the first round, but lost to Leeds United A.F.C. with the aggregate score of 1–7. Russia's second participants, Zenit Saint Petersburg were eliminated by Bologna F.C. 1909 in the first round. References National team fixtures ru League and cup results UEFA Champions League results UEFA Cup Winners' Cup results https://archive.today/20051211112606/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UEFACup/history/Season=1999/intro.html UEFA Cup results UEFA Intertoto Cup results Category:Seasons in Russian football