| Competition: | Russian Second Division |
| Season: | 1998 |
| Prevseason: | 1997 |
| Nextseason: | 1999 |
The 1998 Russian Second Division was the seventh edition of the Russian Second Division. The competition was renamed from Russian Second League to Russian Second Division this year. Russian Third League was dissolved this season and Second Division became once again the lowest level of professional football in Russia. There were 6 zones with 119 teams starting the competition (5 were excluded before the end of the season).
(FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow)
(FC Arsenal-2 Tula)| Team | Head coach |
|---|---|
| FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan | Enver Yulgushov |
| FC Angusht Nazran | Timur Kuriyev |
| FC Lokomotiv-Taym Mineralnye Vody | Aleksandr Ikayev (until April) Yuri Dukhovnov (April to August) Aleksandr Babayan (from August) |
| FC Kavkazkabel Prokhladny | Sergei Razaryonov |
| FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz | Yuri Gazzaev (until May) Erik Berezov (from May) |
| FC Rostselmash-2 Rostov-on-Don | |
| FC Kuban Slavyansk-na-Kubani | Nikolai Smirnov |
| FC Mozdok | Ismail Yanbuktin (until May) I.P. Marushchak (May to August) Vladimir Arkalov (from August) |
| FC Torpedo Taganrog | Anatoly Bulgakov |
| FC Nart Nartkala | Vladimir Kurashinov |
| FC Venets Gulkevichi | Vasili Sidorenko |
| FC Torpedo Georgiyevsk | Aleksandr Ivanchenko |
| FC Anapa | Akop Kalandzhan |
| FC Dynamo Makhachkala | Magomed Isayev |
| FC Shakhtyor Shakhty | Valeri Dzolov |
| FC Iriston Vladikavkaz | Ruslan Merdenov |
| FC Nart Cherkessk | Nikolai Shvydkiy (until May) V.N. Lakhov (May) Nurbiy Lakhov (from May) |
| FC Zhemchuzhina-2 Sochi | Anatoli Lyz |
| FC Beshtau Lermontov | Valentin Lobachyov (until August) Sergei Shestakov (from August) |
| FC Alania-2 Vladikavkaz | Valeri Lipatov |
| FC Torpedo Armavir | S.S. Gorbachyov (until August) Viktor Zvyagin (from August) |
(FC Torpedo Taganrog)| Team | Head coach |
|---|---|
| FC Amkar Perm | Sergei Oborin |
| FC Nosta Novotroitsk | Viktor Antikhovich |
| FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg | Vladimir Kalashnikov (until August) Valentin Yerokhin (August) Nikolai Agafonov (from August) |
| FC Energiya Chaikovsky | Sergei Kleymyonov |
| FC UralAZ Miass | Pyotr Nagayev |
| FC Sodovik Sterlitamak | Sergei Maksimov |
| FC Zenit Chelyabinsk | Oleg Kudelin |
| FC Metallurg-Metiznik Magnitogorsk | Aleksandr Kukushkin |
| FC Dynamo Perm | Viktor Arkhapchev (until October) Andrei Boglayevskiy (from October) |
| FC Samotlor-XXI Nizhnevartovsk | Boris Zhuravlyov (until May) Vladimir Kovbiy (caretaker, from May) |
| FC Dynamo Omsk | Vyacheslav Martynov |
| FC Gazovik Orenburg | Valeri Bogdanov (until June) Nikolai Yelanev (June to August) Yevgeni Kasyan (August to October) Nikolai Yelanev (from October) |
| FC Irtysh Tobolsk | Vitali Alkhazov |
| FC Uralets Nizhny Tagil | Anatoli Garenskikh (until June) Lev Kutashov (from June) |
| FC Sibir Kurgan | Vladimir Solovadchenko |
| FC Neftyanik Pokhvistnevo | Dmitri Kirgeyev |
| FC Dynamo Izhevsk | Stanislav Korotayev |
| FC Trubnik Kamensk-Uralsky | Vasili Petrovich |
Serhiy Yakovenko (FC Energiya Chaikovsky)
(FC Zenit Chelyabinsk)| Team | Head coach |
|---|---|
| FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk | Ishtvan Sekech |
| FC Chkalovets Novosibirsk | Sergei Iromashvili |
| FC Zvezda Irkutsk | Boris Sinitsyn (until June) Sergei Muratov (June to August) Oleg Izmaylov (from August) |
| FC SKA Khabarovsk | Vladimir Susin |
| FC Metallurg Novokuznetsk | Vladislav Sosnov |
| FC Amur-Energiya Blagoveshchensk | Ivan Nikolayev (until August) |
| FC Luch Vladivostok | Andrei Fedyakin |
| FC Selenga Ulan-Ude | Valeri Mikhnov |
| FC Dynamo Barnaul | Aleksandr Gostenin |
| FC Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky | Sergei Vasyutin (until August) Vladimir Smorodikov (from August) |
| FC Kuzbass Kemerovo | Viktor Slesarev (until August) Sergei Vasyutin (from August) |
| FC Viktoriya Nazarovo | Aleksandr Kishinevsky (until August) Ivan Nikolayev (from August) |
| FC Okean Nakhodka | Pavel Palatin |
| FC Sibiryak Bratsk | Valeri Tolchev |
| FC Mezhdurechensk | Aleksandr Rakov |
| FC Torpedo Rubtsovsk | Nikolai Kopylov |