2008 Russian First Division

The Russian First Division 2008 was the 17th edition of Russian First Division. There were 22 teams.

Russian First Division
Season2008
← 2007
2009 →

Teams

15 clubs placed 3–17 in 2007 Russian First Division, 2 clubs relegated from 2007 Russian Premier League and 5 zone winners from Russian Second Division 2007 took part in the league:

Location of teams in Russian First Division 2008

On 23 October 2008 FC Zvezda Irkutsk had to stop participation in the league due to lack of funds, their main sponsor Interavia airlines is having financial problems at the time.[1] Zvezda failed to fulfil four last fixtures.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Rostov (P) 42 29 9 4 78 29 +49 96 Promotion to Premier League
2 Kuban Krasnodar (P) 42 27 6 9 84 36 +48 87
3 KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny 42 23 10 9 68 41 +27 79
4 Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast 42 22 9 11 69 39 +30 75
5 Nosta Novotroitsk 42 20 13 9 59 37 +22 73
6 Anzhi Makhachkala 42 20 12 10 63 35 +28 72
7 Baltika Kaliningrad 42 17 14 11 43 34 +9 65
8 SKA-Khabarovsk 42 17 10 15 63 60 +3 61
9 Chernomorets Novorossiysk 42 16 13 13 51 38 +13 61
10 Alania Vladikavkaz 42 17 8 17 50 47 +3 59
11 Vityaz Podolsk 42 17 7 18 49 57 −8 58[lower-alpha 1]
12 Salyut-Energia Belgorod 42 17 7 18 51 51 0 58[lower-alpha 1]
13 SKA Rostov-on-Don 42 15 13 14 52 50 +2 58
14 Sibir Novosibirsk 42 14 16 12 51 41 +10 58
15 Sportakademklub Moscow 42 16 9 17 55 57 −2 57
16 Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk (R) 42 14 15 13 44 42 +2 57 Relegation to Second Division
17 Volga Ulyanovsk (R) 42 15 4 23 50 65 −15 49
18 Torpedo Moscow (R) 42 14 7 21 47 69 −22 49
19 Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk (R) 42 8 8 26 39 79 −40 32
20 Dynamo Barnaul (R) 42 6 9 27 31 80 −49 27
21 Dynamo Bryansk (R) 42 6 4 32 30 81 −51 22
22 Zvezda Irkutsk[lower-alpha 2] (R) 42 8 5 29 36 95 −59 11
Source: PFL
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. SAE 0–2 VIT; VIT 1–0 SAE
  2. Zvezda Irkutsk deducted 18 points for failing to pay for player transfers.

Season results
Home \ Away KUB ROS SIB KAM URL TOR NOS DBR SAE ANZ ZVE ALA SKE KMV BAL MTK SKA VIT DBN SAK CHE VOL
Kuban 1–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 3–2 0–1 3–0 2–2 4–0 5–0 3–0 2–0 5–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 0–1 3–0 3–0 4–2 4–2
Rostov 1–0 2–3 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 3–2 3–1 6–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 4–1 1–0 2–1 5–0
Sibir 4–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 0–1 1–0 5–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0
KAMAZ 3–4 1–0 2–3 2–1 3–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 4–2 1–1 1–0 7–0 1–0 2–2 2–0
Ural 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 5–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 4–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–1
Torpedo 1–3 0–2 1–4 1–1 2–2 1–3 1–0 1–2 4–2 3–0 2–2 2–1 3–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 2–4 2–1 1–3 0–0 3–1
Nosta 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–3 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–1
Dynamo Bryansk 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–3 0–1 1–4 1–1 1–5 1–3 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 4–0 0–1 1–2 1–2
Salyut-Energia 0–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 3–1 4–2 4–3 1–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–2 3–1 4–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–1
Anzhi 1–1 3–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 4–0 5–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 4–2 3–0 2–1
Zvezda 2–2 1–5 2–1 0–4 1–2 2–0 1–4 2–3 1–0 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–3 0–0 1–0 5–1 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 1–2 0–4
Alania 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–2
SKA-Energia 1–2 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–4 4–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–2 3–2 0–0 2–1 4–1 3–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–1
Mashuk-KMV 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–4 0–1 0–1 3–1 2–2 1–1 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 1–2 1–3 2–1 1–0 1–4 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1
Baltika 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–1 4–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0
Metallurg-Kuzbass 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 3–3 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 2–3 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0
FC SKA Rostov-on-Don 0–1 0–1 0–0 3–4 1–0 0–0 0–3 5–1 3–0 0–0 4–1 3–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0
Vityaz 1–3 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–3 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–3 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–3
Dynamo Barnaul 1–3 1–2 0–0 2–5 0–3 1–2 2–2 0–0 1–2 1–3 2–1 0–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–0
Sportakademklub 2–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–2 1–2 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 3–1 3–1 2–0 0–2 3–4 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–1
Chernomorets 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–3 4–1 1–0 4–0 0–1 0–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–2 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 4–2
Volga 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 4–2 0–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–3 1–2 4–0 2–0 2–3 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–2
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Zvezda were unable to play these matches and were awarded to the opposing team 3–0.

Top goalscorers
RankNameGoalsTeam
1Denis Popov24Chernomorets / Torpedo
2Vladimir Shishelov 23Zvezda / Ural
3Dmitri Akimov22Sibir / Rostov
4Vartan Mazalov21SKA
Aleksandr Yarkin21SKA-Energiya
6Vadim Yanchuk20Nosta
7Serghei Dadu 18Alania
Denis Zubko18Kuban
9Mikheil Ashvetia 17Anzhi
Spartak Gogniyev17KAMAZ

See also

References
  1. Interavia lets Irkutsk footballers down
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