1998 Russian Top Division Explained

Competition:Russian Top Division
Season:1998
Prevseason:1997
Nextseason:1999

Spartak Moscow won their third consecutive Russian title, and sixth overall.

Overview

TeamHead coach
FC Spartak MoscowOleg Romantsev
PFC CSKA MoscowPavel Sadyrin (until July)
Oleg Dolmatov (from July)
FC Lokomotiv MoscowYuri Syomin
FC Rotor VolgogradViktor Prokopenko
FC Zenit St. PetersburgAnatoliy Byshovets (until September)
Anatoli Davydov (caretaker, from September)
FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-DonSergey Andreyev
FC Uralan ElistaVitaliy Shevchenko
FC Alania VladikavkazValery Gazzaev
FC Dynamo MoscowAdamas Golodets (until June)
Georgi Yartsev (from June)
FC Chernomorets NovorossiyskOleg Dolmatov (until July)
Sergei Butenko (from July)
FC Torpedo MoscowAleksandr Tarkhanov (until May)
Valentin Ivanov (from May)
FC Krylia Sovetov SamaraAleksandr Averyanov
FC Zhemchuzhina SochiAnatoly Baidachny
FC Shinnik YaroslavlPyotr Shubin (until May)
David Kipiani (from May)
FC Baltika KaliningradLeonid Tkachenko
FC TyumenAleksandr Ignatenko

Standings

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

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RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Oleg VeretennikovRotor22
2 Georgi DemetradzeAlania14
Vladimir KulikCSKA
Yury MatveyevRostselmash
5 Oleg TeryokhinDynamo12
6 Valery YesipovRotor11
7 Ilya TsymbalarSpartak Moscow10
8 Sergei SemakCSKA9
Yevgeny DurnevUralan
Vyacheslav GeraschenkoChernomorets
Viktor BulatovTorpedo

Medal squads

1. FC Spartak Moscow
Goalkeepers: Aleksandr Filimonov (29), Andrei Smetanin (2).
Defenders: Dmytro Parfenov (29 / 1), Dmitri Khlestov (23 / 1), Sergei Gorlukovich (21 / 1), Dmitri Ananko (19), Miroslav Romaschenko (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 (14 / 3), Dmitri Alenichev (13 / 2), Leandro Samaroni (10).
Forwards: Anatoli Kanishchev (24 / 6), Luis Robson (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 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 (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 (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 (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 Racing Santander).

3. FC Lokomotiv Moscow
Goalkeepers: Ruslan Nigmatullin (30), Khasanbi Bidzhiyev (1).
Defenders: Igor Chugainov (30 / 4), Sergei Gurenko (29), Andrei Lavrik (24 / 1), Andrei Solomatin (23), Igor Cherevchenko (21 / 1), Aleksei Arifullin (13), Sargis Hovhannisyan (12 / 1), Oleg Pashinin (10).
Midfielders: Yevgeni Kharlachyov (27 / 1), Yuri Drozdov (26 / 1), Vladimir Maminov (19 / 3), Dmitri Loskov (18 / 4), Aleksandr Borodyuk (15 / 8), Bakhva Tedeyev (15 / 1), Aleksei Kosolapov (10 / 2), Albert Sarkisyan (9 / 3), Aleksandr Smirnov (3).
Forwards: Zaza Janashia (28 / 8), Oleh Haras (16 / 2), Dmitri Bulykin (14 / 3), Mikalay Ryndzyuk (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 Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.).

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Russia 1998 . . The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . 23 February 2024.