1998 Russian First Division

Russian First Division 1998 1997 1999 The 1998 Russian First Division was the seventh edition of the Russian First Division. The competition was renamed from Russian First League to Russian First Division this year. Overview Team Head coach FC Saturn Ramenskoye Sergei Pavlov FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod Valeri Ovchinnikov FC Sokol Saratov Anatoli Radenko Ukraine (until May)Anatoli Aslamov (caretaker, May–June)Vladimir Fedotov (from June) FC Kristall Smolensk Valeri Nenenko FC Arsenal Tula Yevhen Kucherevskyi UKR FC Lada-Grad Dimitrovgrad Vladimir Yevsyukov FC Rubin Kazan Igor Volchok (until May)Miodrag Radanović FRY (caretaker, May)Aleksandr Irkhin (from June) FC Dynamo Stavropol Boris Stukalov FC Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk Vyacheslav Melnikov (until April)Aleksandr Salnov (caretaker, April–August)Viktor Slesarev (from August) FC Fakel Voronezh Sergei Savchenkov FC Lokomotiv Chita Aleksandr Kovalyov FC Anzhi Makhachkala Eduard Malofeyev Belarus (until June)Aleksandr Reshetnyak (caretaker, June–August)Pyotr Shubin (September)Aleksandr Reshetnyak (caretaker, from September) FC Metallurg Lipetsk Vladimir Fedotov (until June)Yuri Shishlov (caretaker, June)Valeri Tretyakov (from June) FC Tom Tomsk Vladimir Yurin PFC Spartak Nalchik Viktor Kumykov (until July)Viktor Zernov (July to October)Aslanbek Khantsev (from October) FC Lokomotiv St. Petersburg Givi Nodia Georgia 1990 FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Gennadi Sarychev (until June)Vladimir Morozov (caretaker, June)Boris Sinitsyn (from June) FC Druzhba Maykop Vitali Aksyonov (until July)Soferbi Yeshugov (from July) FC Lada-Togliatti-VAZ Togliatti Vladimir Dergach (until October)Igor Golubtsov (October)Aleksandr Garmashov (from November) FC Kuban Krasnodar Valeri Sinau (until May)Adolf Poskotin (from May) FC Irtysh Omsk Aleksandr Ivchenko (until July)Gennadi Kostylev (from July) FC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny Ivan Butaliy Standings main WDL 5 PR SAT Saturn Ramenskoye LNN Lokomotiv N.N. SOK Sokol Saratov KRI Kristall Smolensk ARS Arsenal Tula LGD Lada-Grad Dimitrovgrad RUB Rubin Kazan DST Dynamo Stavropol GGI Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk FAK Fakel Voronezh ANZ Anzhi Makhachkala MTL Metallurg Lipetsk CHI Lokomotiv Chita TOM Tom Tomsk SPN Spartak Nalchik LSP Lokomotiv St. Petersburg NEF Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk DRU Druzhba Maykop LTV Lada-Togliatti-VAZ Togliatti KUB Kuban Krasnodar IRT Irtysh Omsk KNC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny 24 12 6 73 34 P 23 8 11 65 34 P 21 13 8 58 32 23 3 16 59 47 18 11 13 65 53 19 7 16 65 63 19 6 17 56 50 16 15 11 51 37 18 6 18 53 58 17 9 16 54 45 17 6 19 47 56 16 8 18 41 50 16 8 18 57 50 15 11 16 54 45 15 11 16 49 52 14 11 17 38 41 15 7 20 44 56 R 13 11 18 45 55 R 15 9 18 52 70 -6 R 10 13 19 42 68 R 11 8 23 36 58 R 7 5 30 32 82 R FC Sokol-PZhD Saratov renamed to FC Sokol. FC CSK VVS-Kristall Smolensk renamed to FC Kristall after playing 6 games. FC Lada-Togliatti-VAZ Togliatti deducted 6 points and awarded 1 home win. FC Lokomotiv Chita awarded 5 home wins. green1 Promotion to Top Division P P red2 Qualification for Promotion play-offs RP red1 Relegation to Second Division R R R R R complete RSSSF Results main FBR grey ANZ ARS DST DRU FAK GGI IRT KAM KRI KUB LGD LTV LCH LNN LSP MTL NEF RUB SAT SOK SPN TOM Saturn Ramenskoye 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 4–3 0–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 3–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod 0–0 2–2 2–0 3–0 3–1 1–0 2–3 2–0 0–1 3–0 4–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 3–1 3–0 Sokol Saratov 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 4–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–0 Kristall Smolensk 3–2 0–1 2–0 2–0 6–1 4–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 Arsenal Tula 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 4–1 0–2 4–1 2–0 5–2 0–0 1–1 2–3 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–1 4–0 3–1 3–2 1–1 Lada-Grad Dimitrovgrad 2–3 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–6 2–0 3–1 3–2 3–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 4–2 7–2 1–0 2–0 Rubin Kazan 1–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–2 2–2 4–2 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 2–0 4–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 Dynamo Stavropol 0–1 0–0 2–1 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 5–0 4–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 Gazovik-Gazprom 2–1 3–2 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–3 1–0 2–1 4–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 4–0 1–0 1–2 Fakel Voronezh 1–1 0–1 0–2 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 4–1 0–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 3–1 Anzhi Makhachkala 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 3–1 3–1 3–1 2–0 3–3 0–1 0–2 4–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 Metallurg Lipetsk 0–3 2–0 3–3 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 0–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–2 3–2 1–0 2–1 2–0 Lokomotiv Chita 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 3–1 3–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 3–0 2–0 2–2 4–0 2–0 3–0 Tom Tomsk 0–3 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 3–0 8–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 4–0 3–0 2–1 Spartak Nalchik 1–3 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–1 3–2 0–0 5–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 0–0 4–1 3–0 Lokomotiv St. Petersburg 1–3 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 3–0 2–2 0–2 2–1 0–0 0–2 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 0–1 3–1 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 0–4 2–4 1–2 3–2 3–2 1–0 2–1 3–2 0–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 Druzhba Maykop 1–1 1–3 1–1 5–0 0–1 0–0 1–3 1–0 3–1 3–2 4–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 3–1 Lada-Togliatti-VAZ 0–3 2–0 0–0 2–1 5–4 2–2 1–2 1–1 3–1 0–4 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 0–0 3–0 Kuban Krasnodar 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 4–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 5–1 3–0 Irtysh Omsk 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 4–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 KAMAZ-Chally 1–2 0–2 0–0 3–5 0–1 0–2 2–2 1–2 1–1 5–2 1–0 2–1 0–4 1–0 0–1 0–3 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 complete Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1BRA AndradinaArsenal272RUS Igor GavrilinSaturn193UKR Vladyslav ZubkovLokomotiv N.N.184AZE Gurban GurbanovDynamo (St)17RUS Valeri ShushlyakovKristall6RUS Aleksei ChernovLada-Grad167RUS Oleg GarinLokomotiv N.N.15AZE Ibragim GasanbekovAnzhiRUS Aleksandr KuzmichyovRubinRUS Vladimir LebedSokol Promotion play-offs 11 November 1998 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 1–1 Torpedo-ZIL Moscow Zinovyev 15 Golikov 47 Neftekhimik Stadium, Nizhnekamsk 1,000 Taras Bezubyak (St. Petersburg) 16 November 1998 Torpedo-ZIL Moscow 2–0 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Snigiryov 48Panfyorov 56Chernov 0 89 Eduard Streltsov Stadium, Moscow 5,000 Lom-Ali Ibragimov (Grozny) FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow promoted to the Russian First Division for 1999 on aggregate, FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk relegated to the Russian Second Division. See also 1998 Russian Top Division 1998 Russian Second Division 2 Category:Russian First League seasons Russia Russia