1998 in Russian football

1998 season
1998 season
	← 1997 1999 →

1998 in Russian football was marked by Spartak Moscow's sixth national title.

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score¹	Competition	Russia scorers	Match Report
18 February 1998	Olympic Stadium, Athens (A)	Greece	1–1	F	Igor Kolyvanov	RussiaTeam
25 March 1998	Dynamo Stadium, Moscow (H)	France	1–0	F	Sergey Yuran	RussiaTeam
22 April 1998	Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow (H)	Turkey	1–0	F	Vladimir Beschastnykh	RussiaTeam
27 May 1998	Silesia Stadium, Chorzów (A)	Poland	1–3	F	Aleksey Gerasimenko	RussiaTeam
30 May 1998	Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi (A)	Georgia	1–1	F	Igor Simutenkov	RussiaTeam
19 August 1998	Eyravallen, Örebro (A)	Sweden	0–1	F		RussiaTeam
10 October 1998	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow (H)	France	2–3	ECQ	Igor Yanovskiy, Aleksandr Mostovoi	uefa
14 October 1998	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík (A)	Iceland	0–1	ECQ		uefa
18 November 1998	Estádio Plácido Castelo, Fortaleza (A)	Brazil	1–5	ECQ	Oleg Kornaukhov	RussiaTeam

Pos	Team v t e	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	Relegation to First Division

Pos	Team v t e	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	Promotion to Top Division
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

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