1998 Russian First Division
Football league season
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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.
| Season | 1998 |
|---|---|
← 1997 1999 → | |
Overview
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saturn Ramenskoye (P) | 42 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 73 | 34 | +39 | 84 | Promotion to Top Division |
| 2 | Lokomotiv N.N. (P) | 42 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 65 | 34 | +31 | 77 | |
| 3 | Sokol Saratov[a] | 42 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 58 | 32 | +26 | 76 | |
| 4 | Kristall Smolensk[b] | 42 | 23 | 3 | 16 | 59 | 47 | +12 | 72 | |
| 5 | Arsenal Tula | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 65 | 53 | +12 | 65 | |
| 6 | Lada-Grad Dimitrovgrad | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 65 | 63 | +2 | 64 | |
| 7 | Rubin Kazan | 42 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 56 | 50 | +6 | 63 | |
| 8 | Dynamo Stavropol | 42 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 51 | 37 | +14 | 63 | |
| 9 | Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 53 | 58 | −5 | 60 | |
| 10 | Fakel Voronezh | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 54 | 45 | +9 | 60 | |
| 11 | Anzhi Makhachkala | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 47 | 56 | −9 | 57 | |
| 12 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 56 | |
| 13 | Lokomotiv Chita | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 57 | 50 | +7 | 56[c] | |
| 14 | Tom Tomsk | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 54 | 45 | +9 | 56 | |
| 15 | Spartak Nalchik | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 56 | |
| 16 | Lokomotiv St. Petersburg | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 53 | |
| 17 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (R) | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 52 | Qualification for Promotion play-offs |
| 18 | Druzhba Maykop (R) | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 45 | 55 | −10 | 50 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 19 | Lada-Togliatti-VAZ Togliatti (R) | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 52 | 70 | −18 | 48[d] | |
| 20 | Kuban Krasnodar (R) | 42 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 42 | 68 | −26 | 43 | |
| 21 | Irtysh Omsk (R) | 42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 36 | 58 | −22 | 41 | |
| 22 | KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny (R) | 42 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 32 | 82 | −50 | 26 |
Results
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal | 27 | |
| 2 | Saturn | 19 | |
| 3 | Lokomotiv N.N. | 18 | |
| 4 | Dynamo (St) | 17 | |
| Kristall | |||
| 6 | Lada-Grad | 16 | |
| 7 | Lokomotiv N.N. | 15 | |
| Anzhi | |||
| Rubin | |||
| Sokol |
Promotion play-offs
| Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 1–1 | Torpedo-ZIL Moscow |
|---|---|---|
| Zinovyev |
Golikov |
| Torpedo-ZIL Moscow | 2–0 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk |
|---|---|---|
| Snigiryov Panfyorov Chernov |
FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow promoted to the Russian First Division for 1999 on aggregate, FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk relegated to the Russian Second Division.