Additions
| from | Name | Pos | Team | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/1997 |  | Sergey Podpaliy | DF |  | Dinamo Stavropol | Dinamo Stavropol |
| 07/1997 |  | Dimitri Bushmanov | MF | |||
| 07/1997 | | Vladimir Dolbonosov | MF |  | FK Saturn | FK Saturn |
| 07/1997 | | Viktor Goncharov | MF |  | Spartak Moskva 2 | Spartak 2 |
| 07/1997 | | Valeri Smolkov | MF |  | Metallurg Lipetsk | Metallurg Lipetsk |
| 07/1997 | | Aleksandr Tsarenko | MF |  | Tekstilshchik Kamyshin | Teks. Kamyshin |
| 07/1997 | | Valentin Yegunov | FW |  | Zenit St. Petersburg | Zenit |
| 01/1997 | | Igor Kutepov | GK |  | Dynamo Kyiv | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 01/1997 | | Aleksandr Borodkin | DF |  | Torpedo Moskva | Torpedo |
| 01/1997 | | Aleksandr Burov | DF |  | Spartak Moskva | Spartak |
| 01/1997 |  | Emil Caras | DF |  | FC Zimbru | FC Zimbru |
| 01/1997 | | Sergey Kolotovkin | DF |  | Dinamo Moskva | Din. Moskva |
| 01/1997 | | Igor Kostyuk | MF | | Dynamo Kyiv | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 01/1997 | | Sergey Lemeshko | MF | | Tekstilshchik Kamyshin | Teks. Kamyshin |
| 01/1997 | | Aleksandr Pavlenko | MF | | Spartak Moskva | Spartak |
| 01/1997 | | Sergey Dmitriev | FW | | Zenit St. Petersburg | Zenit |
| 01/1997 | | Ivan Pazemov | FW | | Torpedo Moskva | Torpedo |
| 01/1997 | | Mikhail Potylchak | FW |  | FC Energiya Volzhsky | FC Energiya Volzhsky |
| 01/1997 |  | Andrey Seregin | FW |  | Neman Grodno | Grodno |
| 01/1997 | | Alexander Ignatenko | AS-CO |
Departures
| from | Name | Pos | Team | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/1997 | | Emil Caras | DF |  | Moldova-GAZ Chişinău | Moldova-GAZ Chişinău |
| 08/1997 | | Olexandr Pryzetko | MF | | Torpedo Moskva | Torpedo |
| 08/1997 | | Andrey Seregin | FW |  | Dinamo Brest | Dinamo Brest |
| 07/1997 | | Igor Kutepov | GK |  | CSKA Moskva | CSKA Moskva |
| 07/1997 | | Igor Kostyuk | MF |  | Vorskla Poltava | Vorskla |
| 07/1997 | | Sergey Zhukov | MF |  | FK Tom Tomsk | FK Tom Tomsk |
| 07/1997 | | Sergey Dmitriev | FW | | Spartak Moskva | Spartak |
| 05/1997 | | Andrey Talalaev | FW | | FK Tom Tomsk | FK Tom Tomsk |
| 01/1997 | | Ruslan Lyashchuk | GK |  | Torpedo-ZIL | Torpedo-ZIL |
| 01/1997 | | Vitaliy Ponomarenko | DF |  | FK Elista | Elista |
| 01/1997 | | Mikhail Solovyev | DF |  | FK Moskva | FK Moskva |
| 01/1997 | | Vladimir Dolbonosov | MF | | FK Saturn | FK Saturn |
| 01/1997 | | Roman Baranov | FW |  | Irtysh Tobolsk | Irtysh Tobolsk |
| 01/1997 | | Nikolay Kovardaev | FW | | FK Elista | Elista |