1998 Russian Top Division

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

Contents

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) (Q) 30 17 8 5 58 27 +31 59 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2 CSKA Moscow (Q) 30 17 5 8 50 22 +28 56 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
3 Lokomotiv Moscow (Q) 30 16 7 7 45 28 +17 55 1999–2000 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
6 Rostselmash 30 11 11 8 42 38 +4 44
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 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 the Russian First Division 1999
16 Tyumen (R) 30 2 2 26 17 89 −72 8

Source: rsssf.com {{{2}}}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Notes.

  1. FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow renamed to FC Torpedo.
  2. FC Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen renamed to FC Tyumen.

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Goals Team
1 Oleg Veretennikov 22 Rotor
2 Georgi Demetradze 14 Alania
Vladimir Kulik 14 CSKA
Yury Matveyev 14 Rostselmash
5 Oleg Teryokhin 12 Dynamo
6 Valery Yesipov 11 Rotor
7 Ilya Tsymbalar 10 Spartak
8 Sergei Semak 9 CSKA
Yevgeny Durnev 9 Uralan
Vyacheslav Geraschenko 9 Chernomorets
Viktor Bulatov 9 Torpedo

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), Alexei 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.).

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