1998 Russian First Division

Football league season

Russian First DivisionSeason| 1998

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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

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FC Saturn Ramenskoye | Sergei Pavlov
FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod | Valeri Ovchinnikov
FC Sokol Saratov | Anatoli Radenko (until May)
Anatoli Aslamov (caretaker, May–June)
Vladimir Fedotov (from June)
FC Kristall Smolensk | Valeri Nenenko
FC Arsenal Tula | Yevhen Kucherevskyi
FC Lada-Grad Dimitrovgrad | Vladimir Yevsyukov
FC Rubin Kazan | Igor Volchok (until May)
Miodrag Radanović (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 (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
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

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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

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Home \ Away  | ANZ | ARS | DST | DRU | FAK | GGI | IRT | KAM | KRI | KUB | LGD | LTV | LCH | LNN | LSP | MTL | NEF | RUB | SAT | SOK | SPN | TOM

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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  |

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Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

## Top goalscorers

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

## Promotion play-offs

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11 November 1998

Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk| 1–1| Torpedo-ZIL Moscow

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Zinovyev 15' |  | Golikov 47'

Neftekhimik Stadium, Nizhnekamsk

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Taras Bezubyak (St. Petersburg)

16 November 1998

Torpedo-ZIL Moscow| 2–0| Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk

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Snigiryov 48'
Panfyorov 56'
Chernov 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.

## See also

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* 1998 Russian Top Division
* 1998 Russian Second Division

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