1998 Russian Top Division

Spartak Moscow won their third consecutive Russian title, and sixth overall.

Russian Top Division
Season1998
1997
1999

Overview

TeamHead coach
FC Spartak MoscowOleg Romantsev
PFC CSKA MoscowPavel Sadyrin (until July)
Oleg Dolmatov (from July)
FC Lokomotiv MoscowYuri Syomin
FC Rotor VolgogradViktor Prokopenko
FC Zenit St. PetersburgAnatoliy Byshovets (until September)
Anatoli Davydov (caretaker, from September)
FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-DonSergey Andreyev
FC Uralan ElistaVitaliy Shevchenko
FC Alania VladikavkazValery Gazzaev
FC Dynamo MoscowAdamas Golodets (until June)
Georgi Yartsev (from June)
FC Chernomorets NovorossiyskOleg Dolmatov (until July)
Sergei Butenko (from July)
FC Torpedo MoscowAleksandr Tarkhanov (until May)
Valentin Ivanov (from May)
FC Krylia Sovetov SamaraAleksandr Averyanov
FC Zhemchuzhina SochiAnatoly Baidachny
FC Shinnik YaroslavlPyotr Shubin (until May)
David Kipiani (from May)
FC Baltika KaliningradLeonid Tkachenko
FC TyumenAleksandr Ignatenko

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Spartak Moscow (C)3017855827+3159Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2CSKA Moscow3017585022+2856Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3Lokomotiv Moscow3016774528+1755Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
4Rotor Volgograd30121265237+1548
5Zenit St. Petersburg30121174225+1747Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6Rostselmash30111184238+444Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
7Uralan Elista30126123941−242
8Alania Vladikavkaz30117124639+740
9Dynamo Moscow3081573130+139
10Chernomorets Novorossiysk30911103838038
11Torpedo Moscow[a]30910113834+437
12Krylia Sovetov Samara3098132537−1235
13Zhemchuzhina Sochi3098133148−1735
14Shinnik Yaroslavl3098133040−1035
15Baltika Kaliningrad (R)30711123243−1132Relegation to First Division
16Tyumen[b] (R)3022261789−728
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

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Alania Vladikavkaz2–03–10–12–25–01–20–13–11–22–10–26–01–00–03–0
Baltika Kaliningrad1–31–01–10–21–10–33–02–23–11–10–02–01–13–22–1
Chernomorets Novorossiysk1–22–11–11–14–01–21–11–12–13–11–14–12–00–00–0
CSKA Moscow0–02–04–11–13–00–11–02–00–14–11–33–13–01–23–0
Dynamo Moscow4–11–10–00–31–12–11–22–21–10–00–01–00–30–04–1
Krylia Sovetov Samara2–20–03–00–21–01–31–00–01–00–22–01–02–01–20–0
Lokomotiv Moscow0–02–01–12–11–01–01–10–10–00–22–04–03–13–14–3
Rostselmash1–00–13–21–00–03–02–22–23–23–32–34–00–01–12–0
Rotor Volgograd1–11–13–00–00–02–13–25–16–21–21–05–13–12–10–0
Shinnik Yaroslavl3–23–10–01–20–20–00–10–02–00–11–03–20–00–01–2
Spartak Moscow3–13–01–02–12–02–22–01–13–13–11–07–01–00–01–1
Torpedo Moscow2–00–02–30–22–21–00–03–12–20–11–15–11–11–30–1
Tyumen0–23–20–30–42–00–30–21–42–40–10–61–21–30–50–1
Uralan Elista3–32–11–11–20–11–01–01–32–12–11–03–22–10–32–0
Zenit St. Petersburg2–02–20–10–11–12–02–23–00–13–02–11–10–02–11–0
Zhemchuzhina Sochi3–02–13–12–11–20–22–00–01–12–21–40–40–02–62–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 30 October 1998.[1]
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Oleg VeretennikovRotor22
2 Georgi DemetradzeAlania14
Vladimir KulikCSKA
Yury MatveyevRostselmash
5 Oleg TeryokhinDynamo12
6 Valery YesipovRotor11
7 Ilya TsymbalarSpartak Moscow10
8 Sergei SemakCSKA9
Yevgeny DurnevUralan
Vyacheslav GeraschenkoChernomorets
Viktor BulatovTorpedo

Medal squads

1. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Aleksandr Filimonov (29), Andrei Smetanin (2).
Defenders: Dmytro Parfenov (29 / 1), Dmitri Khlestov (23 / 1), Sergei Gorlukovich (21 / 1), Dmitri Ananko (19), Miroslav Romaschenko (18 / 3), Yevgeni Bushmanov (14 / 1), Vadim Evseev (6), Konstantin Golovskoy (1).
Midfielders: Andrey Tikhonov (30 / 4), Ilya Tsymbalar (29 / 10), Yegor Titov (29 / 6), Aleksei Melyoshin (16 / 1), Vasili Baranov (14 / 3), Dmitri Alenichev (13 / 2), Leandro Samaroni (10).
Forwards: Anatoli Kanishchev (24 / 6), Luis Robson (20 / 3), Nikolai Pisarev (17 / 7), Maksim Buznikin (14 / 3), Aleksandr Shirko (13 / 5).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

One own goal scored by Aleksandr Yeshchenko (FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi).

Manager: Oleg Romantsev.

Transferred out during the season: Dmitri Alenichev (to A.S. Roma), Vadim Evseev (to FC Torpedo Moscow), Konstantin Golovskoy (to FC Dynamo Moscow).

2. PFC CSKA Moscow

Goalkeepers: Andrei Novosadov (20), Ihor Kutepov (10).
Defenders: Yevgeni Varlamov (29 / 1), Oleg Kornaukhov (28 / 3), Maksim Bokov (27 / 1), Valeri Minko (25 / 1), Aleksandr Shchyogolev (9), Dmitri Sennikov (7), Vladimir Isakov (1).
Midfielders: Dmitri Khomukha (30 / 8), Sergei Semak (29 / 9), Sergei Filippenkov (27 / 5), Aleksandr Grishin (27), Aleksandr Gerasimov (24 / 1), Aleksei Savelyev (20 / 2), Andrei Tsaplin (16 / 1), Aleksandr Borodkin (14 / 2), Dmitri Kuznetsov (12), Aleksei Babenko (11), Oleksandr Shutov (9 / 1), Sergei Shustikov (6).
Forwards: Vladimir Kulik (30 / 14), Sergey Korovushkin (4).

One own goal scored by Vyacheslav Tsaryov (FC Uralan Elista).

Manager: Pavel Sadyrin (until July), Oleg Dolmatov (from July).

Transferred out during the season: Dmitri Kuznetsov (to FC Arsenal Tula), Aleksandr Shchyogolev (to FC Fakel Voronezh), Dmitri Sennikov (to FC Shinnik Yaroslavl), Sergei Shustikov (to Racing Santander).

3. FC Lokomotiv Moscow

Goalkeepers: Ruslan Nigmatullin (30), Khasanbi Bidzhiyev (1).
Defenders: Igor Chugainov (30 / 4), Sergei Gurenko (29), Andrei Lavrik (24 / 1), Andrei Solomatin (23), Igor Cherevchenko (21 / 1), Aleksei Arifullin (13), Sargis Hovhannisyan (12 / 1), Oleg Pashinin (10).
Midfielders: Yevgeni Kharlachyov (27 / 1), Yuri Drozdov (26 / 1), Vladimir Maminov (19 / 3), Dmitri Loskov (18 / 4), Aleksandr Borodyuk (15 / 8), Bakhva Tedeyev (15 / 1), Aleksei Kosolapov (10 / 2), Albert Sarkisyan (9 / 3), Aleksandr Smirnov (3).
Forwards: Zaza Janashia (28 / 8), Oleh Haras (16 / 2), Dmitri Bulykin (14 / 3), Mikalay Ryndzyuk (8), Vitali Veselov (5 / 1), Oleg Sergeyev (1).

One own goal scored by Sergei Zhuravlyov (FC Tyumen).

Manager: Yuri Syomin.

Transferred out during the season: Alexei Kosolapov (to Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.).

See also

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