| date | time | Home | score | Away | HT | |
| Round 1. |
| Sat 02.03.96 | --:-- | Torpedo-Luzhniki | 1-1 | Uralmash Ekaterinburg | | |
| Sat 02.03.96 | --:-- | Rostselmash Rostov | 1-2 | Dinamo Moskva | | |
| Sat 02.03.96 | --:-- | Zenit St. Petersburg | 2-1 | KAMAZ-Chally | | |
| Sat 02.03.96 | --:-- | Spartak-Alania | 1-0 | Krylia Sovetov | | |
| Sat 02.03.96 | --:-- | Baltika Kaliningrad | 1-3 | Lok. Nizhni Novgorod | | |
| Sat 02.03.96 | --:-- | Chernomorets Novorossisk | 1-0 | FK Energiya-Tekstilschik Kamyshin | | |
| Sat 02.03.96 | --:-- | Rotor Volgograd (old) | 2-0 | CSKA Moskva | | |
| Sat 02.03.96 | --:-- | Lokomotiv Moskva | 0-0 | Lada Togliatti | 0-0 | |
| Tue 21.05.96 | --:-- | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | 1-3 | Spartak Moskva | | |
| Round 2. |
| Sat 09.03.96 | --:-- | Rostselmash Rostov | 2-1 | Uralmash Ekaterinburg | | |
| Sat 09.03.96 | --:-- | Zenit St. Petersburg | 0-0 | Torpedo-Luzhniki | 0-0 | |
| Sat 09.03.96 | --:-- | Spartak-Alania | 3-0 | KAMAZ-Chally | | |
| Sat 09.03.96 | --:-- | Rotor Volgograd (old) | 0-0 | FK Energiya-Tekstilschik Kamyshin | 0-0 | |
| Sat 09.03.96 | --:-- | CSKA Moskva | 3-1 | Lada Togliatti | | |
| Sat 09.03.96 | --:-- | Chernomorets Novorossisk | 0-1 | Krylia Sovetov | | |
| Sat 09.03.96 | --:-- | Lokomotiv Moskva | 0-0 | Lok. Nizhni Novgorod | 0-0 | |
| Sun 10.03.96 | --:-- | Baltika Kaliningrad | 1-0 | Spartak Moskva | | |
| Mon 11.03.96 | --:-- | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | 1-3 | Dinamo Moskva | | |
| Round 3. |
| Fri 15.03.96 | --:-- | Lokomotiv Moskva | 0-2 | Spartak Moskva | | |
| Sat 16.03.96 | --:-- | Lada Togliatti | 1-1 | FK Energiya-Tekstilschik Kamyshin | | |
| Sat 16.03.96 | --:-- | Zenit St. Petersburg | 1-0 | Uralmash Ekaterinburg | | |
| Sat 16.03.96 | --:-- | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | 3-3 | Rostselmash Rostov | | |
| Sat 16.03.96 | --:-- | Spartak-Alania | 4-1 | Torpedo-Luzhniki | | |
| Sat 16.03.96 | --:-- | Baltika Kaliningrad | 0-0 | Dinamo Moskva | 0-0 | |
| Sat 16.03.96 | --:-- | Chernomorets Novorossisk | 4-1 | KAMAZ-Chally | | |
| Sat 16.03.96 | --:-- | Rotor Volgograd (old) | 1-1 | Krylia Sovetov | | |
| Sat 16.03.96 | --:-- | CSKA Moskva | 2-0 | Lok. Nizhni Novgorod | | |
| Round 4. |
| Sat 23.03.96 | --:-- | Torpedo-Luzhniki | 1-0 | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | | |
| Sat 23.03.96 | --:-- | Rostselmash Rostov | 2-0 | Zenit St. Petersburg | | |
| Sat 23.03.96 | --:-- | FK Energiya-Tekstilschik Kamyshin | 1-2 | CSKA Moskva | | |
| Sat 23.03.96 | --:-- | Lok. Nizhni Novgorod | 0-0 | Rotor Volgograd (old) | 0-0 | |
| Sat 23.03.96 | --:-- | Krylia Sovetov | 1-0 | Lokomotiv Moskva | | |
| Sat 23.03.96 | --:-- | Spartak Moskva | 1-0 | Chernomorets Novorossisk | | |
| Sat 23.03.96 | --:-- | KAMAZ-Chally | 0-0 | Baltika Kaliningrad | 0-0 | |
| Sat 23.03.96 | --:-- | Uralmash Ekaterinburg | 0-0 | Lada Togliatti | 0-0 | |
| Sun 24.03.96 | --:-- | Dinamo Moskva | 1-1 | Spartak-Alania | | |
| Round 5. |
| Sat 30.03.96 | --:-- | Torpedo-Luzhniki | 0-0 | Rostselmash Rostov | 0-0 | |
| Sat 30.03.96 | --:-- | FK Energiya-Tekstilschik Kamyshin | 0-0 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 0-0 | |
| Sat 30.03.96 | --:-- | Lok. Nizhni Novgorod | 2-0 | Chernomorets Novorossisk | | |
| Sat 30.03.96 | --:-- | Krylia Sovetov | 3-1 | Baltika Kaliningrad | | |
| Sat 30.03.96 | --:-- | Spartak Moskva | 4-1 | Spartak-Alania | | |
| Sat 30.03.96 | --:-- | KAMAZ-Chally | 4-0 | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | | |
| Sat 30.03.96 | --:-- | Uralmash Ekaterinburg | 0-1 | CSKA Moskva | | |
| Sat 30.03.96 | --:-- | Lada Togliatti | 1-4 | Rotor Volgograd (old) | | |
| Sat 30.03.96 | --:-- | Dinamo Moskva | 1-0 | Zenit St. Petersburg | | |
| Round 6. |
| Sat 06.04.96 | --:-- | Torpedo-Luzhniki | 2-2 | Baltika Kaliningrad | | |
| Sat 06.04.96 | --:-- | Rostselmash Rostov | 1-2 | Spartak-Alania | | |
| Sat 06.04.96 | --:-- | Zenit St. Petersburg | 2-0 | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | | |
| Sat 06.04.96 | --:-- | Lok. Nizhni Novgorod | 1-0 | Lada Togliatti | | |
| Sat 06.04.96 | --:-- | Krylia Sovetov | 1-0 | CSKA Moskva | | |
| Sat 06.04.96 | --:-- | KAMAZ-Chally | 0-0 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 0-0 | |
| Sat 06.04.96 | --:-- | Uralmash Ekaterinburg | 0-0 | FK Energiya-Tekstilschik Kamyshin | 0-0 | |
| Sun 07.04.96 | --:-- | Spartak Moskva | 2-0 | Rotor Volgograd (old) | | |
| Mon 08.04.96 | --:-- | Dinamo Moskva | 1-1 | Chernomorets Novorossisk | | |
| Round 7. |
| Sat 13.04.96 | --:-- | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | 3-2 | Uralmash Ekaterinburg | | |
| Sat 13.04.96 | --:-- | Spartak-Alania | 3-1 | Zenit St. Petersburg | | |
| Sat 13.04.96 | --:-- | Baltika Kaliningrad | 0-0 | Rostselmash Rostov | 0-0 | |
| Sat 13.04.96 | --:-- | Chernomorets Novorossisk | 0-1 | Torpedo-Luzhniki | | |
| Sat 13.04.96 | --:-- | Rotor Volgograd (old) | 3-1 | KAMAZ-Chally | | |
| Sat 13.04.96 | --:-- | CSKA Moskva | 0-0 | Spartak Moskva | 0-0 | |
| Sat 13.04.96 | --:-- | Lada Togliatti | 0-0 | Krylia Sovetov | 0-0 | |
| Sat 13.04.96 | --:-- | FK Energiya-Tekstilschik Kamyshin | 2-1 | Lok. Nizhni Novgorod | | |
| Sun 14.04.96 | --:-- | Lokomotiv Moskva | 0-0 | Dinamo Moskva | 0-0 | |
| Round 8. |
| Sat 20.04.96 | --:-- | Torpedo-Luzhniki | 1-2 | Lokomotiv Moskva | | |
| Sat 20.04.96 | --:-- | Rostselmash Rostov | 4-0 | Chernomorets Novorossisk | | |
| Sat 20.04.96 | --:-- | Zenit St. Petersburg | 2-2 | Baltika Kaliningrad | | |
| Sat 20.04.96 | --:-- | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | 0-0 | Spartak-Alania | 0-0 | |
| Sat 20.04.96 | --:-- | Krylia Sovetov | 1-0 | FK Energiya-Tekstilschik Kamyshin | | |
| Sat 20.04.96 | --:-- | Spartak Moskva | 1-0 | Lada Togliatti | | |
| Sat 20.04.96 | --:-- | KAMAZ-Chally | 0-2 | CSKA Moskva | | |
| Sat 20.04.96 | --:-- | Uralmash Ekaterinburg | 3-0 | Lok. Nizhni Novgorod | | |
| Sun 21.04.96 | --:-- | Dinamo Moskva | 0-1 | Rotor Volgograd (old) | | |
| Round 9. |
| Sat 27.04.96 | --:-- | Spartak-Alania | 3-0 | Uralmash Ekaterinburg | | |
| Sat 27.04.96 | --:-- | Baltika Kaliningrad | 2-0 | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | | |
| Sat 27.04.96 | --:-- | Chernomorets Novorossisk | 0-2 | Zenit St. Petersburg | | |
| Sat 27.04.96 | --:-- | Lokomotiv Moskva | 2-1 | Rostselmash Rostov | | |
| Sat 27.04.96 | --:-- | Rotor Volgograd (old) | 2-2 | Torpedo-Luzhniki | | |
| Sat 27.04.96 | --:-- | CSKA Moskva | 1-1 | Dinamo Moskva | | |
| Sat 27.04.96 | --:-- | Lada Togliatti | 1-0 | KAMAZ-Chally | | |
| Sat 27.04.96 | --:-- | FK Energiya-Tekstilschik Kamyshin | 1-1 | Spartak Moskva | | |
| Sat 27.04.96 | --:-- | Lok. Nizhni Novgorod | 1-0 | Krylia Sovetov | | |
| Round 10. |
| Sat 04.05.96 | --:-- | Torpedo-Luzhniki | 2-3 | CSKA Moskva | | |
| Sat 04.05.96 | --:-- | Zenit St. Petersburg | 1-1 | Lokomotiv Moskva | | |
| Sat 04.05.96 | --:-- | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | 1-0 | Chernomorets Novorossisk | | |
| Sat 04.05.96 | --:-- | Spartak-Alania | 4-0 | Baltika Kaliningrad | | |
| Sat 04.05.96 | --:-- | Spartak Moskva | 4-0 | Lok. Nizhni Novgorod | | |
| Sat 04.05.96 | --:-- | KAMAZ-Chally | 1-0 | FK Energiya-Tekstilschik Kamyshin | | |
| Sat 04.05.96 | --:-- | Dinamo Moskva | 4-0 | Lada Togliatti | | |
| Sat 04.05.96 | --:-- | Uralmash Ekaterinburg | 1-1 | Krylia Sovetov | | |
| Sat 04.05.96 | --:-- | Rostselmash Rostov | 0-2 | Rotor Volgograd (old) | | |
| Round 11. |
| Wed 08.05.96 | --:-- | Baltika Kaliningrad | 2-0 | Uralmash Ekaterinburg | | |
| Wed 08.05.96 | --:-- | Chernomorets Novorossisk | 1-2 | Spartak-Alania | | |
| Wed 08.05.96 | --:-- | Lokomotiv Moskva | 2-1 | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | | |
| Wed 08.05.96 | --:-- | Rotor Volgograd (old) | 1-0 | Zenit St. Petersburg | | |
| Wed 08.05.96 | --:-- | CSKA Moskva | 4-2 | Rostselmash Rostov | | |
| Wed 08.05.96 | --:-- | Lada Togliatti | 0-2 | Torpedo-Luzhniki | | |
| Wed 08.05.96 | --:-- | FK Energiya-Tekstilschik Kamyshin | 0-0 | Dinamo Moskva | 0-0 | |
| Wed 08.05.96 | --:-- | Lok. Nizhni Novgorod | 2-1 | KAMAZ-Chally | | |
| Wed 08.05.96 | --:-- | Krylia Sovetov | 1-1 | Spartak Moskva | | |
| Round 12. |
| Wed 15.05.96 | --:-- | Torpedo-Luzhniki | 2-1 | FK Energiya-Tekstilschik Kamyshin | | |
| Wed 15.05.96 | --:-- | Rostselmash Rostov | 2-1 | Lada Togliatti | | |
| Wed 15.05.96 | --:-- | Zenit St. Petersburg | 1-1 | CSKA Moskva | | |
| Wed 15.05.96 | --:-- | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | 0-0 | Rotor Volgograd (old) | 0-0 | |
| Wed 15.05.96 | --:-- | Spartak-Alania | 1-0 | Lokomotiv Moskva | | |
| Wed 15.05.96 | --:-- | Baltika Kaliningrad | 2-2 | Chernomorets Novorossisk | | |
| Wed 15.05.96 | --:-- | KAMAZ-Chally | 0-0 | Krylia Sovetov | 0-0 | |
| Wed 15.05.96 | --:-- | Dinamo Moskva | 4-1 | Lok. Nizhni Novgorod | | |
| Wed 15.05.96 | --:-- | Uralmash Ekaterinburg | 0-2 | Spartak Moskva | | |
| Round 13. |
| Sat 18.05.96 | --:-- | Chernomorets Novorossisk | 2-2 | Uralmash Ekaterinburg | | |
| Sat 18.05.96 | --:-- | Lokomotiv Moskva | 3-1 | Baltika Kaliningrad | | |
| Sat 18.05.96 | --:-- | Rotor Volgograd (old) | 3-0 | Spartak-Alania | | |
| Sat 18.05.96 | --:-- | CSKA Moskva | 3-0 | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | | |
| Sat 18.05.96 | --:-- | Lada Togliatti | 1-0 | Zenit St. Petersburg | | |
| Sat 18.05.96 | --:-- | FK Energiya-Tekstilschik Kamyshin | 1-1 | Rostselmash Rostov | | |
| Sat 18.05.96 | --:-- | Lok. Nizhni Novgorod | 1-0 | Torpedo-Luzhniki | | |
| Sat 18.05.96 | --:-- | Krylia Sovetov | 0-2 | Dinamo Moskva | | |
| Sat 18.05.96 | --:-- | Spartak Moskva | 3-1 | KAMAZ-Chally | | |
| Round 14. |
| Tue 02.07.96 | --:-- | Baltika Kaliningrad | 0-1 | Rotor Volgograd (old) | | |
| Tue 02.07.96 | --:-- | Torpedo-Luzhniki | 1-0 | Krylia Sovetov | | |
| Wed 03.07.96 | --:-- | Rostselmash Rostov | 2-3 | Lok. Nizhni Novgorod | | |
| Wed 03.07.96 | --:-- | Zenit St. Petersburg | 2-0 | FK Energiya-Tekstilschik Kamyshin | | |
| Wed 03.07.96 | --:-- | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | 2-1 | Lada Togliatti | | |
| Wed 03.07.96 | --:-- | Alania Vladikavkaz | 0-1 | CSKA Moskva | | |
| Wed 03.07.96 | --:-- | Chernomorets Novorossisk | 1-1 | Lokomotiv Moskva | | |
| Wed 03.07.96 | --:-- | KAMAZ-Chally | 2-1 | Uralmash Ekaterinburg | | |
| Wed 03.07.96 | --:-- | Dinamo Moskva | 2-1 | Spartak Moskva | | |
| Round 15. |
| Tue 21.05.96 | --:-- | Rotor Volgograd (old) | 3-1 | Chernomorets Novorossisk | | |
| Tue 21.05.96 | --:-- | Lokomotiv Moskva | 5-1 | Uralmash Ekaterinburg | | |
| Sat 06.07.96 | --:-- | Lada Togliatti | 0-3 | Alania Vladikavkaz | | |
| Sat 06.07.96 | --:-- | FK Energiya-Tekstilschik Kamyshin | 0-1 | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | | |
| Sat 06.07.96 | --:-- | Lok. Nizhni Novgorod | 2-1 | Zenit St. Petersburg | | |
| Sat 06.07.96 | --:-- | Krylia Sovetov | 0-2 | Rostselmash Rostov | | |
| Sat 06.07.96 | --:-- | Spartak Moskva | 2-2 | Torpedo-Luzhniki | | |
| Sat 06.07.96 | --:-- | Dinamo Moskva | 1-0 | KAMAZ-Chally | | |
| Sun 07.07.96 | --:-- | CSKA Moskva | 0-0 | Baltika Kaliningrad | 0-0 | |
| Round 16. |
| Wed 10.07.96 | --:-- | Rostselmash Rostov | 2-4 | Spartak Moskva | | |
| Wed 10.07.96 | --:-- | Zenit St. Petersburg | 1-0 | Krylia Sovetov | | |
| Wed 10.07.96 | --:-- | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | 1-0 | Lok. Nizhni Novgorod | | |
| Wed 10.07.96 | --:-- | Alania Vladikavkaz | 2-1 | FK Energiya-Tekstilschik Kamyshin | | |
| Wed 10.07.96 | --:-- | Baltika Kaliningrad | 2-0 | Lada Togliatti | | |
| Wed 10.07.96 | --:-- | Chernomorets Novorossisk | 2-1 | CSKA Moskva | | |
| Wed 10.07.96 | --:-- | Rotor Volgograd (old) | 2-1 | Lokomotiv Moskva | | |
| Wed 10.07.96 | --:-- | Uralmash Ekaterinburg | 1-4 | Dinamo Moskva | | |
| Wed 10.07.96 | --:-- | Torpedo-Luzhniki | 2-1 | KAMAZ-Chally | | |
| Round 17. |
| Tue 16.07.96 | --:-- | Spartak Moskva | 0-2 | Zenit St. Petersburg | | |
| Tue 16.07.96 | --:-- | Dinamo Moskva | 1-0 | Torpedo-Luzhniki | | |
| Wed 17.07.96 | --:-- | CSKA Moskva | 1-3 | Lokomotiv Moskva | | |
| Wed 17.07.96 | --:-- | Lada Togliatti | 1-1 | Chernomorets Novorossisk | | |
| Wed 17.07.96 | --:-- | FK Energiya-Tekstilschik Kamyshin | 0-2 | Baltika Kaliningrad | | |
| Wed 17.07.96 | --:-- | Lok. Nizhni Novgorod | 1-2 | Alania Vladikavkaz | | |
| Wed 17.07.96 | --:-- | Krylia Sovetov | 0-3 | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | | |
| Wed 17.07.96 | --:-- | KAMAZ-Chally | 2-7 | Rostselmash Rostov | | |
| Wed 17.07.96 | --:-- | Uralmash Ekaterinburg | 2-4 | Rotor Volgograd (old) | | |
| Round 18. |
| Tue 23.07.96 | --:-- | Dinamo Moskva | 2-2 | Rostselmash Rostov | | |
| Wed 24.07.96 | --:-- | FK Energiya-Tekstilschik Kamyshin | 0-1 | Chernomorets Novorossisk | | |
| Wed 24.07.96 | --:-- | Lok. Nizhni Novgorod | 1-0 | Baltika Kaliningrad | | |
| Wed 24.07.96 | --:-- | Krylia Sovetov | 1-1 | Alania Vladikavkaz | | |
| Wed 24.07.96 | --:-- | Spartak Moskva | 2-0 | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | | |
| Wed 24.07.96 | --:-- | Uralmash Ekaterinburg | 1-0 | Torpedo-Luzhniki | | |
| Wed 24.07.96 | --:-- | KAMAZ-Chally | 3-1 | Zenit St. Petersburg | | |
| Wed 24.07.96 | --:-- | CSKA Moskva | 1-0 | Rotor Volgograd (old) | | |
| Wed 24.07.96 | --:-- | Lada Togliatti | 1-0 | Lokomotiv Moskva | | |
| Round 19. |
| Sat 27.07.96 | --:-- | Baltika Kaliningrad | 5-0 | Krylia Sovetov | | |
| Sat 27.07.96 | --:-- | Chernomorets Novorossisk | 3-0 | Lok. Nizhni Novgorod | | |
| Sat 27.07.96 | --:-- | Lokomotiv Moskva | 1-0 | FK Energiya-Tekstilschik Kamyshin | | |
| Sat 27.07.96 | --:-- | Rostselmash Rostov | 2-2 | Torpedo-Luzhniki | | |
| Sat 27.07.96 | --:-- | Zenit St. Petersburg | 1-0 | Dinamo Moskva | | |
| Sat 27.07.96 | --:-- | Alania Vladikavkaz | 2-2 | Spartak Moskva | | |
| Sat 03.08.96 | --:-- | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | 3-0 | KAMAZ-Chally | | |
| Sat 03.08.96 | --:-- | CSKA Moskva | 1-1 | Uralmash Ekaterinburg | | |
| Tue 03.09.96 | --:-- | Rotor Volgograd (old) | 2-0 | Lada Togliatti | | |
| Round 20. |
| Tue 21.05.96 | --:-- | KAMAZ-Chally | 0-1 | Spartak-Alania | | |
| Wed 31.07.96 | --:-- | Lok. Nizhni Novgorod | 0-0 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 0-0 | |
| Wed 31.07.96 | --:-- | Krylia Sovetov | 1-0 | Chernomorets Novorossisk | | |
| Wed 31.07.96 | --:-- | Dinamo Moskva | 2-1 | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | | |
| Wed 31.07.96 | --:-- | Spartak Moskva | 0-0 | Baltika Kaliningrad | 0-0 | |
| Wed 31.07.96 | --:-- | Torpedo-Luzhniki | 2-1 | Zenit St. Petersburg | | |
| Wed 31.07.96 | --:-- | Lada Togliatti | 0-2 | CSKA Moskva | | |
| Sat 03.08.96 | --:-- | FK Energiya-Tekstilschik Kamyshin | 1-4 | Rotor Volgograd (old) | | |
| Mon 02.09.96 | --:-- | Uralmash Ekaterinburg | 2-1 | Rostselmash Rostov | | |
| Round 21. |
| Sat 20.07.96 | --:-- | Chernomorets Novorossisk | 0-3 | Spartak Moskva | | |
| Sat 20.07.96 | --:-- | CSKA Moskva | 2-2 | FK Energiya-Tekstilschik Kamyshin | | |
| Sat 20.07.96 | --:-- | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | 1-2 | Torpedo-Luzhniki | | |
| Sat 20.07.96 | --:-- | Alania Vladikavkaz | 4-2 | Dinamo Moskva | | |
| Wed 07.08.96 | --:-- | Lada Togliatti | 3-2 | Uralmash Ekaterinburg | | |
| Wed 07.08.96 | --:-- | Lokomotiv Moskva | 1-1 | Krylia Sovetov | | |
| Wed 07.08.96 | --:-- | Baltika Kaliningrad | 0-0 | KAMAZ-Chally | 0-0 | |
| Wed 07.08.96 | --:-- | Zenit St. Petersburg | 0-2 | Rostselmash Rostov | | |
| Wed 14.08.96 | --:-- | Rotor Volgograd (old) | 2-0 | Lok. Nizhni Novgorod | | |
| Round 22. |
| Sat 10.08.96 | --:-- | Spartak Moskva | 3-2 | Lokomotiv Moskva | | |
| Sat 10.08.96 | --:-- | KAMAZ-Chally | 5-0 | Chernomorets Novorossisk | | |
| Sat 10.08.96 | --:-- | Dinamo Moskva | 3-1 | Baltika Kaliningrad | | |
| Sat 10.08.96 | --:-- | Uralmash Ekaterinburg | 1-3 | Zenit St. Petersburg | | |
| Sat 10.08.96 | --:-- | Rostselmash Rostov | 1-1 | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | | |
| Sat 10.08.96 | --:-- | FK Energiya-Tekstilschik Kamyshin | 1-0 | Lada Togliatti | | |
| Sat 10.08.96 | --:-- | Lok. Nizhni Novgorod | 1-3 | CSKA Moskva | | |
| Sat 10.08.96 | --:-- | Krylia Sovetov | 0-3 | Rotor Volgograd (old) | | |
| Sun 11.08.96 | --:-- | Torpedo-Luzhniki | 2-2 | Alania Vladikavkaz | | |
| Round 23. |
| Sat 17.08.96 | --:-- | Lokomotiv Moskva | 2-0 | KAMAZ-Chally | | |
| Sat 17.08.96 | --:-- | Rotor Volgograd (old) | 4-3 | Spartak Moskva | | |
| Sat 17.08.96 | --:-- | CSKA Moskva | 1-2 | Krylia Sovetov | | |
| Sat 17.08.96 | --:-- | Lada Togliatti | 1-2 | Lok. Nizhni Novgorod | | |
| Sat 17.08.96 | --:-- | FK Energiya-Tekstilschik Kamyshin | 0-0 | Uralmash Ekaterinburg | 0-0 | |
| Sat 17.08.96 | --:-- | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | 1-0 | Zenit St. Petersburg | | |
| Sat 17.08.96 | --:-- | Alania Vladikavkaz | 3-2 | Rostselmash Rostov | | |
| Sat 17.08.96 | --:-- | Baltika Kaliningrad | 2-2 | Torpedo-Luzhniki | | |
| Sat 17.08.96 | --:-- | Chernomorets Novorossisk | 1-2 | Dinamo Moskva | | |
| Round 24. |
| Wed 14.08.96 | --:-- | Dinamo Moskva | 4-2 | Lokomotiv Moskva | | |
| Wed 14.08.96 | --:-- | Torpedo-Luzhniki | 0-2 | Chernomorets Novorossisk | | |
| Wed 14.08.96 | --:-- | Spartak Moskva | 3-1 | CSKA Moskva | | |
| Wed 21.08.96 | --:-- | Krylia Sovetov | 3-1 | Lada Togliatti | | |
| Wed 21.08.96 | --:-- | Uralmash Ekaterinburg | 2-1 | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | | |
| Wed 21.08.96 | --:-- | Lok. Nizhni Novgorod | 3-1 | FK Energiya-Tekstilschik Kamyshin | | |
| Wed 21.08.96 | --:-- | Rostselmash Rostov | 0-1 | Baltika Kaliningrad | | |
| Tue 03.09.96 | --:-- | Zenit St. Petersburg | 1-0 | Alania Vladikavkaz | | |
| Wed 11.09.96 | --:-- | KAMAZ-Chally | 0-0 | Rotor Volgograd (old) | 0-0 | |
| Round 25. |
| Sat 24.08.96 | --:-- | Rotor Volgograd (old) | 0-1 | Dinamo Moskva | | |
| Sat 24.08.96 | --:-- | CSKA Moskva | 4-2 | KAMAZ-Chally | | |
| Sat 24.08.96 | --:-- | Lada Togliatti | 1-1 | Spartak Moskva | | |
| Sat 24.08.96 | --:-- | FK Energiya-Tekstilschik Kamyshin | 2-1 | Krylia Sovetov | | |
| Sat 24.08.96 | --:-- | Lok. Nizhni Novgorod | 2-2 | Uralmash Ekaterinburg | | |
| Sat 24.08.96 | --:-- | Alania Vladikavkaz | 3-1 | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | | |
| Sat 24.08.96 | --:-- | Baltika Kaliningrad | 2-0 | Zenit St. Petersburg | | |
| Sat 24.08.96 | --:-- | Chernomorets Novorossisk | 2-1 | Rostselmash Rostov | | |
| Sat 24.08.96 | --:-- | Lokomotiv Moskva | 2-1 | Torpedo-Luzhniki | | |
| Round 26. |
| Thu 05.09.96 | --:-- | Dinamo Moskva | 2-3 | CSKA Moskva | | |
| Fri 06.09.96 | --:-- | Uralmash Ekaterinburg | 1-3 | Alania Vladikavkaz | | |
| Fri 06.09.96 | --:-- | Torpedo-Luzhniki | 1-0 | Rotor Volgograd (old) | | |
| Fri 06.09.96 | --:-- | Rostselmash Rostov | 0-2 | Lokomotiv Moskva | | |
| Fri 06.09.96 | --:-- | Spartak Moskva | 4-2 | FK Energiya-Tekstilschik Kamyshin | | |
| Sat 07.09.96 | --:-- | Zenit St. Petersburg | 1-0 | Chernomorets Novorossisk | | |
| Sat 07.09.96 | --:-- | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | 2-1 | Baltika Kaliningrad | | |
| Sat 07.09.96 | --:-- | Krylia Sovetov | 2-1 | Lok. Nizhni Novgorod | | |
| Sat 07.09.96 | --:-- | KAMAZ-Chally | 2-0 | Lada Togliatti | | |
| Round 27. |
| Sat 14.09.96 | --:-- | Krylia Sovetov | 1-1 | Uralmash Ekaterinburg | | |
| Sat 14.09.96 | --:-- | Chernomorets Novorossisk | 3-1 | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | | |
| Sat 14.09.96 | --:-- | Rotor Volgograd (old) | 4-2 | Rostselmash Rostov | | |
| Sat 14.09.96 | --:-- | Lada Togliatti | 0-1 | Dinamo Moskva | | |
| Sat 14.09.96 | --:-- | FK Energiya-Tekstilschik Kamyshin | 2-2 | KAMAZ-Chally | | |
| Sun 15.09.96 | --:-- | Lok. Nizhni Novgorod | 1-1 | Spartak Moskva | | |
| Sun 15.09.96 | --:-- | Baltika Kaliningrad | 2-0 | Alania Vladikavkaz | | |
| Sun 15.09.96 | --:-- | CSKA Moskva | 2-0 | Torpedo-Luzhniki | | |
| Mon 16.09.96 | --:-- | Lokomotiv Moskva | 3-1 | Zenit St. Petersburg | | |
| Round 28. |
| Thu 19.09.96 | --:-- | Torpedo-Luzhniki | 3-1 | Lada Togliatti | | |
| Thu 19.09.96 | --:-- | Rostselmash Rostov | 0-5 | CSKA Moskva | | |
| Thu 19.09.96 | --:-- | Alania Vladikavkaz | 2-1 | Chernomorets Novorossisk | | |
| Fri 20.09.96 | --:-- | Spartak Moskva | 2-0 | Krylia Sovetov | | |
| Fri 20.09.96 | --:-- | Dinamo Moskva | 2-0 | FK Energiya-Tekstilschik Kamyshin | | |
| Fri 20.09.96 | --:-- | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | 1-3 | Lokomotiv Moskva | | |
| Sat 21.09.96 | --:-- | Zenit St. Petersburg | 0-1 | Rotor Volgograd (old) | | |
| Sat 21.09.96 | --:-- | KAMAZ-Chally | 3-1 | Lok. Nizhni Novgorod | | |
| Sat 21.09.96 | --:-- | Uralmash Ekaterinburg | 2-1 | Baltika Kaliningrad | | |
| Round 29. |
| Sat 28.09.96 | --:-- | Lok. Nizhni Novgorod | 2-0 | Dinamo Moskva | | |
| Sat 28.09.96 | --:-- | Krylia Sovetov | 2-0 | KAMAZ-Chally | | |
| Sat 28.09.96 | --:-- | Spartak Moskva | 3-0 | Uralmash Ekaterinburg | | |
| Sat 28.09.96 | --:-- | Chernomorets Novorossisk | 1-0 | Baltika Kaliningrad | | |
| Sat 28.09.96 | --:-- | Rotor Volgograd (old) | 4-1 | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | | |
| Sat 28.09.96 | --:-- | CSKA Moskva | 1-0 | Zenit St. Petersburg | | |
| Sat 28.09.96 | --:-- | Lada Togliatti | 0-2 | Rostselmash Rostov | | |
| Sat 28.09.96 | --:-- | FK Energiya-Tekstilschik Kamyshin | 1-1 | Torpedo-Luzhniki | | |
| Sun 29.09.96 | --:-- | Lokomotiv Moskva | 0-0 | Alania Vladikavkaz | 0-0 | |
| Round 30. |
| Wed 02.10.96 | --:-- | Alania Vladikavkaz | 3-2 | Rotor Volgograd (old) | | |
| Wed 02.10.96 | --:-- | Baltika Kaliningrad | 0-1 | Lokomotiv Moskva | | |
| Wed 02.10.96 | --:-- | KAMAZ-Chally | 1-2 | Spartak Moskva | | |
| Wed 02.10.96 | --:-- | Dinamo Moskva | 2-1 | Krylia Sovetov | | |
| Wed 02.10.96 | --:-- | Uralmash Ekaterinburg | 4-0 | Chernomorets Novorossisk | | |
| Wed 02.10.96 | --:-- | Torpedo-Luzhniki | 0-0 | Lok. Nizhni Novgorod | 0-0 | |
| Wed 02.10.96 | --:-- | Rostselmash Rostov | 2-1 | FK Energiya-Tekstilschik Kamyshin | | |
| Wed 02.10.96 | --:-- | Zenit St. Petersburg | 2-1 | Lada Togliatti | | |
| Wed 02.10.96 | --:-- | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | 0-1 | CSKA Moskva | | |
| Round 31. |
| Sat 12.10.96 | --:-- | Krylia Sovetov | 3-0 | Torpedo-Luzhniki | | |
| Sat 12.10.96 | --:-- | Spartak Moskva | 3-1 | Dinamo Moskva | | |
| Sat 12.10.96 | --:-- | Uralmash Ekaterinburg | 1-0 | KAMAZ-Chally | | |
| Sat 12.10.96 | --:-- | CSKA Moskva | 2-0 | Alania Vladikavkaz | | |
| Sat 12.10.96 | --:-- | Lokomotiv Moskva | 3-1 | Chernomorets Novorossisk | | |
| Sat 12.10.96 | --:-- | Lada Togliatti | 0-3 | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | | |
| Sat 12.10.96 | --:-- | Rotor Volgograd (old) | 1-0 | Baltika Kaliningrad | | |
| Sat 12.10.96 | --:-- | FK Energiya-Tekstilschik Kamyshin | 2-0 | Zenit St. Petersburg | | |
| Sat 12.10.96 | --:-- | Lok. Nizhni Novgorod | 2-3 | Rostselmash Rostov | | |
| Round 32. |
| Sat 19.10.96 | --:-- | Baltika Kaliningrad | 2-1 | CSKA Moskva | | |
| Sat 19.10.96 | --:-- | Chernomorets Novorossisk | 0-0 | Rotor Volgograd (old) | 0-0 | |
| Sat 19.10.96 | --:-- | KAMAZ-Chally | 3-2 | Dinamo Moskva | | |
| Sat 19.10.96 | --:-- | Rostselmash Rostov | 1-0 | Krylia Sovetov | | |
| Sat 19.10.96 | --:-- | Zenit St. Petersburg | 2-0 | Lok. Nizhni Novgorod | | |
| Sat 19.10.96 | --:-- | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | 1-1 | FK Energiya-Tekstilschik Kamyshin | | |
| Sun 20.10.96 | --:-- | Torpedo-Luzhniki | 3-4 | Spartak Moskva | | |
| Sun 20.10.96 | --:-- | Alania Vladikavkaz | 3-0 | Lada Togliatti | | |
| Mon 21.10.96 | --:-- | Uralmash Ekaterinburg | 2-1 | Lokomotiv Moskva | | |
| Round 33. |
| Fri 25.10.96 | --:-- | Krylia Sovetov | 1-0 | Zenit St. Petersburg | | |
| Fri 25.10.96 | --:-- | Spartak Moskva | 1-1 | Rostselmash Rostov | | |
| Fri 25.10.96 | --:-- | KAMAZ-Chally | 2-1 | Torpedo-Luzhniki | | |
| Fri 25.10.96 | --:-- | Dinamo Moskva | 2-0 | Uralmash Ekaterinburg | | |
| Fri 25.10.96 | --:-- | Lokomotiv Moskva | 2-0 | Rotor Volgograd (old) | | |
| Fri 25.10.96 | --:-- | CSKA Moskva | 1-3 | Chernomorets Novorossisk | | |
| Fri 25.10.96 | --:-- | Lada Togliatti | 0-5 | Baltika Kaliningrad | | |
| Fri 25.10.96 | --:-- | FK Energiya-Tekstilschik Kamyshin | 0-2 | Alania Vladikavkaz | | |
| Fri 25.10.96 | --:-- | Lok. Nizhni Novgorod | 4-1 | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | | |
| Round 34. |
| Sun 03.11.96 | --:-- | Baltika Kaliningrad | 4-1 | FK Energiya-Tekstilschik Kamyshin | | |
| Sun 03.11.96 | --:-- | Chernomorets Novorossisk | 4-1 | Lada Togliatti | | |
| Sun 03.11.96 | --:-- | Lokomotiv Moskva | 1-2 | CSKA Moskva | | |
| Sun 03.11.96 | --:-- | Rotor Volgograd (old) | 2-1 | Uralmash Ekaterinburg | | |
| Sun 03.11.96 | --:-- | Torpedo-Luzhniki | 2-5 | Dinamo Moskva | | |
| Sun 03.11.96 | --:-- | Rostselmash Rostov | 4-5 | KAMAZ-Chally | | |
| Sun 03.11.96 | --:-- | Zenit St. Petersburg | 1-2 | Spartak Moskva | | |
| Sun 03.11.96 | --:-- | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | 2-2 | Krylia Sovetov | | |
| Sun 03.11.96 | --:-- | Alania Vladikavkaz | 3-1 | Lok. Nizhni Novgorod | | |
