1998 Russian Top Division

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

Russian Top Division
Season1998
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Overview
Team Head coach
FC Spartak Moscow Oleg Romantsev
PFC CSKA Moscow Pavel Sadyrin (until July)
Oleg Dolmatov (from July)
FC Lokomotiv Moscow Yuri Syomin
FC Rotor Volgograd Viktor Prokopenko
FC Zenit St. Petersburg Anatoliy Byshovets (until September)
Anatoli Davydov (caretaker, from September)
FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don Sergey Andreyev
FC Uralan Elista Vitaliy Shevchenko
FC Alania Vladikavkaz Valery Gazzaev
FC Dynamo Moscow Adamas Golodets (until June)
Georgi Yartsev (from June)
FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk Oleg Dolmatov (until July)
Sergei Butenko (from July)
FC Torpedo Moscow Aleksandr Tarkhanov (until May)
Valentin Ivanov (from May)
FC Krylia Sovetov Samara Aleksandr Averyanov
FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi Anatoly Baidachny
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl Pyotr Shubin (until May)
David Kipiani (from May)
FC Baltika Kaliningrad Leonid Tkachenko
FC Tyumen Aleksandr Ignatenko

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Spartak Moscow (C) 30 17 8 5 58 27 +31 59 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 CSKA Moscow 30 17 5 8 50 22 +28 56 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Lokomotiv Moscow 30 16 7 7 45 28 +17 55 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
4 Rotor Volgograd 30 12 12 6 52 37 +15 48
5 Zenit St. Petersburg 30 12 11 7 42 25 +17 47 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6 Rostselmash 30 11 11 8 42 38 +4 44 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
7 Uralan Elista 30 12 6 12 39 41 −2 42
8 Alania Vladikavkaz 30 11 7 12 46 39 +7 40
9 Dynamo Moscow 30 8 15 7 31 30 +1 39
10 Chernomorets Novorossiysk 30 9 11 10 38 38 0 38
11 Torpedo Moscow[lower-alpha 1] 30 9 10 11 38 34 +4 37
12 Krylia Sovetov Samara 30 9 8 13 25 37 −12 35
13 Zhemchuzhina Sochi 30 9 8 13 31 48 −17 35
14 Shinnik Yaroslavl 30 9 8 13 30 40 −10 35
15 Baltika Kaliningrad (R) 30 7 11 12 32 43 −11 32 Relegation to First Division
16 Tyumen[lower-alpha 2] (R) 30 2 2 26 17 89 −72 8
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow renamed to FC Torpedo
  2. FC Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen renamed to FC Tyumen

Top goalscorers
RankNameGoalsTeam
1Oleg Veretennikov22Rotor
2Georgi Demetradze 14Alania
Vladimir Kulik14CSKA
Yury Matveyev14Rostselmash
5Oleg Teryokhin12Dynamo
6Valery Yesipov11Rotor
7Ilya Tsymbalar10Spartak
8Sergei Semak9CSKA
Yevgeny Durnev9Uralan
Vyacheslav Geraschenko 9Chernomorets
Viktor Bulatov9Torpedo

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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