Russian First Division
Season1998
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The 1998 Russian First Division was the seventh edition of the Russian First Division. The competition was renamed from Russian First League to Russian First Division this year.

Overview

Team Head coach
FC Saturn Ramenskoye Sergei Pavlov
FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod Valeri Ovchinnikov
FC Sokol Saratov Anatoli Radenko Ukraine (until May)
Anatoli Aslamov (caretaker, May–June)
Vladimir Fedotov (from June)
FC Kristall Smolensk Valeri Nenenko
FC Arsenal Tula Yevhen Kucherevskyi Ukraine
FC Lada-Grad Dimitrovgrad Vladimir Yevsyukov
FC Rubin Kazan Igor Volchok (until May)
Miodrag Radanović Serbia and Montenegro (caretaker, May)
Aleksandr Irkhin (from June)
FC Dynamo Stavropol Boris Stukalov
FC Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk Vyacheslav Melnikov (until April)
Aleksandr Salnov (caretaker, April–August)
Viktor Slesarev (from August)
FC Fakel Voronezh Sergei Savchenkov
FC Lokomotiv Chita Aleksandr Kovalyov
FC Anzhi Makhachkala Eduard Malofeyev Belarus (until June)
Aleksandr Reshetnyak (caretaker, June–August)
Pyotr Shubin (September)
Aleksandr Reshetnyak (caretaker, from September)
FC Metallurg Lipetsk Vladimir Fedotov (until June)
Yuri Shishlov (caretaker, June)
Valeri Tretyakov (from June)
FC Tom Tomsk Vladimir Yurin
PFC Spartak Nalchik Viktor Kumykov (until July)
Viktor Zernov (July to October)
Aslanbek Khantsev (from October)
FC Lokomotiv St. Petersburg Givi Nodia Georgia (country)
FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Gennadi Sarychev (until June)
Vladimir Morozov (caretaker, June)
Boris Sinitsyn (from June)
FC Druzhba Maykop Vitali Aksyonov (until July)
Soferbi Yeshugov (from July)
FC Lada-Togliatti-VAZ Togliatti Vladimir Dergach (until October)
Igor Golubtsov (October)
Aleksandr Garmashov (from November)
FC Kuban Krasnodar Valeri Sinau (until May)
Adolf Poskotin (from May)
FC Irtysh Omsk Aleksandr Ivchenko (until July)
Gennadi Kostylev (from July)
FC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny Ivan Butaliy

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Saturn Ramenskoye (P) 42 24 12 6 73 34 +39 84 Promotion to Top Division
2 Lokomotiv N.N. (P) 42 23 8 11 65 34 +31 77
3 Sokol Saratov[a] 42 21 13 8 58 32 +26 76
4 Kristall Smolensk[b] 42 23 3 16 59 47 +12 72
5 Arsenal Tula 42 18 11 13 65 53 +12 65
6 Lada-Grad Dimitrovgrad 42 19 7 16 65 63 +2 64
7 Rubin Kazan 42 19 6 17 56 50 +6 63
8 Dynamo Stavropol 42 16 15 11 51 37 +14 63
9 Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk 42 18 6 18 53 58 −5 60
10 Fakel Voronezh 42 17 9 16 54 45 +9 60
11 Anzhi Makhachkala 42 17 6 19 47 56 −9 57
12 Metallurg Lipetsk 42 16 8 18 41 50 −9 56
13 Lokomotiv Chita 42 16 8 18 57 50 +7 56[c]
14 Tom Tomsk 42 15 11 16 54 45 +9 56
15 Spartak Nalchik 42 15 11 16 49 52 −3 56
16 Lokomotiv St. Petersburg 42 14 11 17 38 41 −3 53
17 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (R) 42 15 7 20 44 56 −12 52 Qualification for Promotion play-offs
18 Druzhba Maykop (R) 42 13 11 18 45 55 −10 50 Relegation to Second Division
19 Lada-Togliatti-VAZ Togliatti (R) 42 15 9 18 52 70 −18 48[d]
20 Kuban Krasnodar (R) 42 10 13 19 42 68 −26 43
21 Irtysh Omsk (R) 42 11 8 23 36 58 −22 41
22 KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny (R) 42 7 5 30 32 82 −50 26
Source: RSSSF
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ FC Sokol-PZhD Saratov renamed to FC Sokol.
  2. ^ FC CSK VVS-Kristall Smolensk renamed to FC Kristall after playing 6 games.
  3. ^ FC Lokomotiv Chita awarded 5 home wins.
  4. ^ FC Lada-Togliatti-VAZ Togliatti deducted 6 points and awarded 1 home win.

Results

Home \ Away ANZ ARS DST DRU FAK GGI IRT KAM KRI KUB LGD LTV LCH LNN LSP MTL NEF RUB SAT SOK SPN TOM
Anzhi Makhachkala 2–1 0–0 4–1 3–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 0–2 1–0 3–1 1–1 3–3 2–0
Arsenal Tula 5–2 0–2 0–1 2–0 4–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 3–1 3–1 4–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 2–1 4–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–3
Dynamo Stavropol 2–0 1–0 5–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–2 3–1 2–1 4–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 3–1 0–1
Druzhba Maykop 4–2 0–1 1–0 3–2 3–1 3–0 3–1 5–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–3 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0
Fakel Voronezh 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 4–1 3–1 3–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 4–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–0
Gazovik-Gazprom 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–3 1–0 1–2 2–1 4–0 1–1 3–0 4–1 3–2 3–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–0
Irtysh Omsk 0–1 0–1 1–0 4–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–3 2–1 0–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0
KAMAZ-Chally 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 5–2 1–1 1–0 3–5 1–2 0–2 1–2 0–4 0–2 0–3 2–1 0–2 2–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–0
Kristall Smolensk 2–1 2–0 0–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 4–1 1–0 6–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 3–2 2–0 2–1 0–0
Kuban Krasnodar 0–1 1–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 5–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 4–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–1
Lada-Grad Dimitrovgrad 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–6 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 7–2 4–2 3–2 2–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–3 1–0 2–0 3–1
Lada-Togliatti-VAZ 1–0 5–4 1–1 2–1 0–4 3–1 0–0 3–0 2–1 4–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–3 0–0 2–1 1–1
Lokomotiv Chita 2–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 4–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 3–0 0–1 3–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0
Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod 3–0 3–0 2–3 1–0 0–1 2–0 3–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 4–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 2–0
Lokomotiv St. Petersburg 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 0–2 0–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 2–0 3–0 0–2 0–2 1–0 3–0 1–3 0–0 1–0 3–0
Metallurg Lipetsk 1–0 2–2 0–0 3–2 0–2 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–3 3–3 0–1 1–0
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 2–1 3–2 3–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 2–4 2–1 3–1 2–1 0–4 1–2 0–1 1–0
Rubin Kazan 3–0 1–2 4–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–2 4–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0
Saturn Ramenskoye 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 3–0 4–3 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 0–0
Sokol Saratov 3–2 3–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 3–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–1
Spartak Nalchik 5–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 3–2 4–1 3–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 3–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 1–3 2–1 1–1
Tom Tomsk 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 4–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 4–0 2–2 0–3 1–2 8–0
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Brazil Andradina Arsenal 27
2 Russia Igor Gavrilin Saturn 19
3 Ukraine Vladyslav Zubkov Lokomotiv N.N. 18
4 Azerbaijan Gurban Gurbanov Dynamo (St) 17
Russia Valeri Shushlyakov Kristall
6 Russia Aleksei Chernov Lada-Grad 16
7 Russia Oleg Garin Lokomotiv N.N. 15
Azerbaijan Ibragim Gasanbekov Anzhi
Russia Aleksandr Kuzmichyov Rubin
Russia Vladimir Lebed Sokol

Promotion play-offs

Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk1–1Torpedo-ZIL Moscow
Zinovyev 15' Golikov 47'
Neftekhimik Stadium, Nizhnekamsk
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Taras Bezubyak (St. Petersburg)
Torpedo-ZIL Moscow2–0Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
Snigiryov 48'
Panfyorov 56'
Chernov Red card 89'
Eduard Streltsov Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Lom-Ali Ibragimov (Grozny)

FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow promoted to the Russian First Division for 1999 on aggregate, FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk relegated to the Russian Second Division.

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