1998 Russian Top Division

7th season of top-tier football league in Russia Russian Top Division 1998 1997 1999 Spartak Moscow won their third consecutive Russian title, and sixth overall. 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 UKR FC Zenit St. Petersburg Anatoliy Byshovets UKR (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 Georgia (from May) FC Baltika Kaliningrad Leonid Tkachenko FC Tyumen Aleksandr Ignatenko Standings main WDL QR 5 SPA Spartak Moscow CSK CSKA Moscow LOK Lokomotiv Moscow ROT Rotor Volgograd ZEN Zenit St. Petersburg ROS Rostselmash ELI Uralan Elista ALA Alania Vladikavkaz DYN Dynamo Moscow CHE Chernomorets Novorossiysk TOR Torpedo Moscow FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow renamed to FC Torpedo KRY Krylia Sovetov Samara ZHE Zhemchuzhina Sochi SHI Shinnik Yaroslavl BAL Baltika Kaliningrad TYU Tyumen FC Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen renamed to FC Tyumen 17 8 5 58 27 C 17 5 8 50 22 16 7 7 45 28 12 12 6 52 37 12 11 7 42 25 11 11 8 42 38 12 6 12 39 41 11 7 12 46 39 8 15 7 31 30 9 11 10 38 38 9 10 11 38 34 9 8 13 25 37 9 8 13 31 48 9 8 13 30 40 7 11 12 32 43 R 2 2 26 17 89 R green1 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round CL3 green2 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue2 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round UCQR blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UC1 #CCCCFF Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round IC2 red1 Relegation to First Division R R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey ALA BAL CHE CSK DYN KRY LOK ROS ROT SHI SPA TOR TYU URE ZEN ZHE Spartak Moscow 2–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 3–1 3–0 7–0 CSKA Moscow 4–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 4–1 1–3 3–0 3–0 0–1 2–0 3–1 Lokomotiv Moscow 0–2 2–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 4–3 0–0 2–0 4–0 Rotor Volgograd 1–2 0–0 3–2 2–1 5–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 6–2 1–1 5–1 Zenit St. Petersburg 2–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–2 0–0 Rostselmash 3–3 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–2 2–3 3–0 2–0 3–2 0–1 4–0 Uralan Elista 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–3 1–3 3–3 0–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 Alania Vladikavkaz 2–1 0–1 1–2 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 3–1 0–2 5–0 3–0 1–2 2–0 6–0 Dynamo Moscow 0–0 0–3 2–1 2–2 0–0 1–2 0–3 4–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 Chernomorets Novorossiysk 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 4–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 Torpedo Moscow 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–2 1–3 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–3 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 5–1 Krylia Sovetov Samara 0–2 0–2 1–3 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 Zhemchuzhina Sochi 1–4 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–6 3–0 1–2 3–1 0–4 0–2 2–2 2–1 0–0 Shinnik Yaroslavl 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–2 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 3–1 3–2 Baltika Kaliningrad 1–1 1–1 0–3 2–2 3–2 3–0 1–1 1–3 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 Tyumen 0–6 0–4 0–2 2–4 0–5 1–4 1–3 0–2 2–0 0–3 1–2 0–3 0–1 0–1 3–2 complete Season statistics Top goalscorers matches played on 30 October 1998.Russia 1998 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/rus98.html RSSSF The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 23 February 2024 Rank Player Club Goals1RUS Oleg VeretennikovRotor222GEO 1990 Georgi DemetradzeAlania14RUS Vladimir KulikCSKARUS Yury MatveyevRostselmash5RUS Oleg TeryokhinDynamo126RUS Valery YesipovRotor117RUS Ilya TsymbalarSpartak Moscow108RUS Sergei SemakCSKA9RUS Yevgeny DurnevUralanBLR 1995 Vyacheslav GeraschenkoChernomoretsRUS Viktor BulatovTorpedo Medal squads 1. FC Spartak Moscow Goalkeepers: Aleksandr Filimonov (29), Andrei Smetanin (2). Defenders: Dmytro Parfenov UKR (29 / 1), Dmitri Khlestov (23 / 1), Sergei Gorlukovich (21 / 1), Dmitri Ananko (19), Miroslav Romaschenko BLR (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 BLR (14 / 3), Dmitri Alenichev (13 / 2), Leandro Samaroni BRA (10). Forwards: Anatoli Kanishchev (24 / 6), Luis Robson BRA (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 ITA 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 UKR (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 TKM (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 UKR (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 ESP Racing Santander). 3. FC Lokomotiv Moscow Goalkeepers: Ruslan Nigmatullin (30), Khasanbi Bidzhiyev (1). Defenders: Igor Chugainov (30 / 4), Sergei Gurenko BLR (29), Andrei Lavrik BLR (24 / 1), Andrei Solomatin (23), Igor Cherevchenko TJK (21 / 1), Aleksei Arifullin (13), Sargis Hovhannisyan ARM (12 / 1), Oleg Pashinin UZB (10). Midfielders: Yevgeni Kharlachyov (27 / 1), Yuri Drozdov (26 / 1), Vladimir Maminov UZB (19 / 3), Dmitri Loskov (18 / 4), Aleksandr Borodyuk (15 / 8), Bakhva Tedeyev (15 / 1), Aleksei Kosolapov (10 / 2), Albert Sarkisyan ARM (9 / 3), Aleksandr Smirnov (3). Forwards: Zaza Janashia GEO (28 / 8), Oleh Haras UKR (16 / 2), Dmitri Bulykin (14 / 3), Mikalay Ryndzyuk BLR (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 ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.). Attendances # Club Average 1 Alania 26,333 2 Baltika 16,933 3 Krylia Sovetov 16,667 4 Zenit 14,867 5 Spartak Moscow 11,667 6 Rostselmash 11,373 7 Rotor 10,747 8 Chernomorets 9,867 9 Shinnik 9,233 10 PFC CSKA 7,847 11 Torpedo 7,233 12 Zhemchuzhina 6,467 13 Elista 5,733 14 Dynamo Moscow 5,127 15 Lokomotiv Moscow 3,380 16 Tyumen 2,627 Source:Historical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/rus/averus98.htm 2026-08-10 www.european-football-statistics.co.uk See also 1998 in Russian football 1998 Russian First Division 1998 Russian Second Division References External links RSSSF 1998 1 Russia