1998 Russian Top Division

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

Contents

Overview

TeamHead 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 Flag of Ukraine.svg
FC Zenit St. Petersburg Anatoliy Byshovets Flag of Ukraine.svg (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 Flag of Georgia.svg (from May)
FC Baltika Kaliningrad Leonid Tkachenko
FC Tyumen Aleksandr Ignatenko

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Spartak Moscow (C)3017855827+3159Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 CSKA Moscow 3017585022+2856Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Lokomotiv Moscow 3016774528+1755Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
4 Rotor Volgograd 30121265237+1548
5 Zenit St. Petersburg 30121174225+1747Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6 Rostselmash 30111184238+444Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
7 Uralan Elista 30126123941−242
8 Alania Vladikavkaz 30117124639+740
9 Dynamo Moscow 3081573130+139
10 Chernomorets Novorossiysk 30911103838038
11 Torpedo Moscow [lower-alpha 1] 30910113834+437
12 Krylia Sovetov Samara 3098132537−1235
13 Zhemchuzhina Sochi 3098133148−1735
14 Shinnik Yaroslavl 3098133040−1035
15 Baltika Kaliningrad (R)30711123243−1132Relegation to First Division
16 Tyumen [lower-alpha 2] (R)3022261789−728
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow renamed to FC Torpedo
  2. ↑ FC Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen renamed to FC Tyumen

Results

Home \ Away ALA BAL CHE CSK DYN KRY LOK ROS ROT SHI SPA TOR TYU URE ZEN ZHE
Alania Vladikavkaz 2–03–10–12–25–01–20–13–11–22–10–26–01–00–03–0
Baltika Kaliningrad 1–31–01–10–21–10–33–02–23–11–10–02–01–13–22–1
Chernomorets Novorossiysk 1–22–11–11–14–01–21–11–12–13–11–14–12–00–00–0
CSKA Moscow 0–02–04–11–13–00–11–02–00–14–11–33–13–01–23–0
Dynamo Moscow 4–11–10–00–31–12–11–22–21–10–00–01–00–30–04–1
Krylia Sovetov Samara 2–20–03–00–21–01–31–00–01–00–22–01–02–01–20–0
Lokomotiv Moscow 0–02–01–12–11–01–01–10–10–00–22–04–03–13–14–3
Rostselmash 1–00–13–21–00–03–02–22–23–23–32–34–00–01–12–0
Rotor Volgograd 1–11–13–00–00–02–13–25–16–21–21–05–13–12–10–0
Shinnik Yaroslavl 3–23–10–01–20–20–00–10–02–00–11–03–20–00–01–2
Spartak Moscow 3–13–01–02–12–02–22–01–13–13–11–07–01–00–01–1
Torpedo Moscow 2–00–02–30–22–21–00–03–12–20–11–15–11–11–30–1
Tyumen 0–23–20–30–42–00–30–21–42–40–10–61–21–30–50–1
Uralan Elista 3–32–11–11–20–11–01–01–32–12–11–03–22–10–32–0
Zenit St. Petersburg 2–02–20–10–11–12–02–23–00–13–02–11–10–02–11–0
Zhemchuzhina Sochi 3–02–13–12–11–20–22–00–01–12–21–40–40–02–62–1
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 Flag of Russia.svg Oleg Veretennikov Rotor 22
2 Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg Georgi Demetradze Alania 14
Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Kulik CSKA
Flag of Russia.svg Yury Matveyev Rostselmash
5 Flag of Russia.svg Oleg Teryokhin Dynamo 12
6 Flag of Russia.svg Valery Yesipov Rotor 11
7 Flag of Russia.svg Ilya Tsymbalar Spartak Moscow 10
8 Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Semak CSKA 9
Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeny Durnev Uralan
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Vyacheslav Geraschenko Chernomorets
Flag of Russia.svg Viktor Bulatov Torpedo

Medal squads

1. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Aleksandr Filimonov (29), Andrei Smetanin (2).
Defenders: Dmytro Parfenov Flag of Ukraine.svg (29 / 1), Dmitri Khlestov (23 / 1), Sergei Gorlukovich (21 / 1), Dmitri Ananko (19), Miroslav Romaschenko Flag of Belarus.svg (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 Flag of Belarus.svg (14 / 3), Dmitri Alenichev (13 / 2), Leandro Samaroni Flag of Brazil.svg (10).
Forwards: Anatoli Kanishchev (24 / 6), Luis Robson Flag of Brazil.svg (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 Flag of Italy.svg 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 Flag of Ukraine.svg (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 Flag of Turkmenistan.svg (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 Flag of Ukraine.svg (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 Flag of Spain.svg Racing Santander).

3. FC Lokomotiv Moscow

Goalkeepers: Ruslan Nigmatullin (30), Khasanbi Bidzhiyev (1).
Defenders: Igor Chugainov (30 / 4), Sergei Gurenko Flag of Belarus.svg (29), Andrei Lavrik Flag of Belarus.svg (24 / 1), Andrei Solomatin (23), Igor Cherevchenko Flag of Tajikistan.svg (21 / 1), Aleksei Arifullin (13), Sargis Hovhannisyan Flag of Armenia.svg (12 / 1), Oleg Pashinin Flag of Uzbekistan.svg (10).
Midfielders: Yevgeni Kharlachyov (27 / 1), Yuri Drozdov (26 / 1), Vladimir Maminov Flag of Uzbekistan.svg (19 / 3), Dmitri Loskov (18 / 4), Aleksandr Borodyuk (15 / 8), Bakhva Tedeyev (15 / 1), Aleksei Kosolapov (10 / 2), Albert Sarkisyan Flag of Armenia.svg (9 / 3), Aleksandr Smirnov (3).
Forwards: Zaza Janashia Flag of Georgia.svg (28 / 8), Oleh Haras Flag of Ukraine.svg (16 / 2), Dmitri Bulykin (14 / 3), Mikalay Ryndzyuk Flag of Belarus.svg (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 Flag of Israel.svg Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.).

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References

  1. ↑ "Russia 1998". RSSSF . The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
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