1998 Russian Top Division

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Russian Top Division
Season1998
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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 Ukraine
FC Zenit St. Petersburg
 Anatoliy Byshovets Ukraine (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
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 (country) (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) 30 17 8 5 58 27 +31 59 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 CSKA Moscow 30 17 5 8 50 22 +28 56 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Lokomotiv Moscow 30 16 7 7 45 28 +17 55 Qualification to 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 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6 Rostselmash 30 11 11 8 42 38 +4 44 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
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[a] 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 First Division
16 Tyumen[b] (R) 30 2 2 26 17 89 −72 8
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
 2–0 3–1 0–1 2–2 5–0 1–2 0–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 0–2 6–0 1–0 0–0 3–0
Baltika Kaliningrad 1–3 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–3 3–0 2–2 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–2 2–1
Chernomorets Novorossiysk 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 4–1 2–0 0–0 0–0
CSKA Moscow 0–0 2–0 4–1 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 4–1 1–3 3–1 3–0 1–2 3–0
Dynamo Moscow 4–1 1–1 0–0 0–3 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–3 0–0 4–1
Krylia Sovetov Samara
 2–2 0–0 3–0 0–2 1–0 1–3 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–0
Lokomotiv Moscow 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 4–0 3–1 3–1 4–3
Rostselmash 1–0 0–1 3–2 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–2 2–2 3–2 3–3 2–3 4–0 0–0 1–1 2–0
Rotor Volgograd 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–2 5–1 6–2 1–2 1–0 5–1 3–1 2–1 0–0
Shinnik Yaroslavl 3–2 3–1 0–0 1–2 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 3–2 0–0 0–0 1–2
Spartak Moscow 3–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 7–0 1–0 0–0 1–1
Torpedo Moscow 2–0 0–0 2–3 0–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 5–1 1–1 1–3 0–1
Tyumen 0–2 3–2 0–3 0–4 2–0 0–3 0–2 1–4 2–4 0–1 0–6 1–2 1–3 0–5 0–1
Uralan Elista 3–3 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–3 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–2 2–1 0–3 2–0
Zenit St. Petersburg 2–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 3–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0
Zhemchuzhina Sochi
 3–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–2 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–4 0–4 0–0 2–6 2–1
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]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Russia Oleg Veretennikov Rotor 22
2
Georgi Demetradze
 Alania 14
Russia Vladimir Kulik CSKA
Yury Matveyev
 Rostselmash
5 Russia Oleg Teryokhin Dynamo 12
6 Russia Valery Yesipov Rotor 11
7 Russia Ilya Tsymbalar Spartak Moscow 10
8 Russia Sergei Semak CSKA 9
Yevgeny Durnev
 Uralan
Vyacheslav Geraschenko
 Chernomorets
Russia Viktor Bulatov Torpedo

Medal squads

1. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Aleksandr Filimonov (29), Andrei Smetanin (2).
Defenders:

Vadim Evseev (6), Konstantin Golovskoy
(1).
Midfielders:
Leandro Samaroni Brazil
(10).
Forwards: Anatoli Kanishchev (24 / 6), Luis Robson Brazil (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

FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi
).

Manager: Oleg Romantsev.

Transferred out during the season:

Vadim Evseev (to FC Torpedo Moscow), Konstantin Golovskoy (to FC Dynamo Moscow
).

2. PFC CSKA Moscow

Goalkeepers:

Ihor Kutepov Ukraine
(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:
Sergei Shustikov
(6).
Forwards: Vladimir Kulik (30 / 14), Sergey Korovushkin (4).

One own goal scored by

FC Uralan Elista
).

Manager: Pavel Sadyrin (until July), Oleg Dolmatov (from July).

Transferred out during the season:

Sergei Shustikov (to Spain Racing Santander
).

3. FC Lokomotiv Moscow

Goalkeepers: Ruslan Nigmatullin (30), Khasanbi Bidzhiyev (1).
Defenders:

Aleksei Arifullin (13), Sargis Hovhannisyan Armenia (12 / 1), Oleg Pashinin Uzbekistan
(10).
Midfielders: Yevgeni Kharlachyov (27 / 1), Yuri Drozdov (26 / 1), Vladimir Maminov Uzbekistan (19 / 3), Dmitri Loskov (18 / 4), Aleksandr Borodyuk (15 / 8), Bakhva Tedeyev (15 / 1), Aleksei Kosolapov (10 / 2), Albert Sarkisyan Armenia (9 / 3), Aleksandr Smirnov (3).
Forwards: Zaza Janashia Georgia (country) (28 / 8), Oleh Haras Ukraine (16 / 2), Dmitri Bulykin (14 / 3), Mikalay Ryndzyuk Belarus (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 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.
).

See also

References

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

External links

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