Russian_Second_Division_1998

1998 Russian Second Division

1998 Russian Second Division

Football league season


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).

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Zone West

Overview

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Standings

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Source: RSSSF
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. FC Dynamo-d Moscow renamed to FC Dynamo-2.
  2. FC Spartak-d Moscow renamed to FC Spartak-2.
  3. FC Zenit-d St. Petersburg renamed to FC Zenit-2.
  4. PFC CSKA-d Moscow renamed to PFC CSKA-2.
  5. FC Torpedo-Luzhniki-d Moscow renamed to FC Torpedo-2.
  6. FC Lokomotiv-d Moscow renamed to FC Lokomotiv-2.
  7. FC MChS-Selyatino Selyatino renamed to FC Krasnoznamensk-Selyatino and moved to Krasnoznamensk.
  8. FC Pskov was excluded from the league after playing 16 games and gaining 28 points. All their results were discarded. They played their first professional season and played in the Amateur Football League next season.

Top goalscorers

32 goals
23 goals
18 goals
17 goals
16 goals
15 goals
  • Yuri Bagdasaryan (FC Mosenergo Moscow)
  • Yuriy Yakovenko Ukraine (FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow)
14 goals
  • Dmitri Rudanov (FC Neftyanik Yaroslavl)

Zone Center

Overview

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Standings

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Source: RSSSF
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. FC Luch Tula renamed to FC Arsenal-2.
  2. FC Torgmash Lyubertsy was excluded from the league after playing 15 games and gaining 9 points. All their results were discarded. They played in the Amateur Football League in 1999.

Top goalscorers

24 goals
21 goals
19 goals
  • Andrei Boldin (FC Kolomna)
17 goals
  • Sergei Gavrilov (FC Spartak Tambov)
16 goals
  • Mikhail Filyunov (FC Oryol)
15 goals
14 goals
12 goals
  • Igor Grokhovskiy Kazakhstan (FC Arsenal-2 Tula)
  • Vladimir Kharin (FC Lokomotiv Liski)
  • Andrei Meshchaninov (FC Kosmos Dolgoprudny)
  • Aleksandr Rogachyov (FC Spartak Lukhovitsy)

Zone South

Overview

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Standings

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Source: RSSSF
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan, FC Dynamo Makhachkala and FC Shakhtyor Shakhty awarded 1 home win each.
  2. FC Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody renamed to FC Lokomotiv-Taym. They did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1999.
  3. FC Rostselmash-d Rostov-on-Don renamed to FC Rostselmash-2.
  4. FC Spartak Anapa renamed to FC Anapa. They did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1999.
  5. FC Dynamo-Imamat Makhachkala renamed to FC Dynamo.
  6. FC Zhemchuzhina-d Sochi renamed to FC Zhemchuzhina-2.
  7. FC Alania-d Vladikavkaz renamed to FC Alania-2. They did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1999.
  8. FC Torpedo Armavir did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1999.

Top goalscorers

29 goals
28 goals
  • Aleksandr Krotov (FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan)
26 goals
20 goals
16 goals
  • Andranik Babayan (FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan)
  • Aleksei Burlutskiy (FC Torpedo Taganrog)
14 goals

Zone Povolzhye

Overview

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Standings

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Source: RSSSF
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. FC Diana Volzhsk and FC Spartak-Telekom Shuya promoted from the Amateur Football League.
  2. FC Volga Balakovo renamed to FC Balakovo.
  3. FC Energetik Uren renamed to FC Energiya.
  4. FC Rotor-d Volgograd renamed to FC Rotor-2.
  5. FC Progress Zelenodolsk were excluded from the league after playing 18 games and gaining 10 points (they also won against FC Rotor Kamyshin who were excluded from the league earlier). Opponents were awarded 3-0 wins in the remaining games. They did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1999.
  6. FC Energiya Kamyshin renamed to FC Rotor. They were excluded from the league after playing 15 games and gaining 19 points. All their results were discarded. They played as FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin in the Amateur Football League in 1999.

Top goalscorers

31 goals
15 goals
  • Aleksandr Fedoseyev (FC Zenit Penza)
14 goals
13 goals
  • Rafael Khayrulov (FC Energiya Ulyanovsk)
  • Yuri Konovalov (FC Torpedo Volzhsky)
12 goals
11 goals
  • Oleg Sofonov (FC Torpedo Pavlovo)

Zone Ural

Overview

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Standings

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Source: RSSSF
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. FC Magnitka Magnitogorsk renamed to FC Metallurg-Metiznik after playing 15 games.
  2. FC Samotlor-XXI Nizhevartovsk deducted 12 points.
  3. FC Zenit Izhevsk renamed to FC Dynamo after playing 14 games.
  4. FC Trubnik Kamensk-Uralsky were excluded from the league after playing 18 games and gaining 7 points. Opponents were awarded 3-0 wins in the remaining matches. They did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1999.

Top goalscorers

30 goals
28 goals
19 goals
  • Andrei Ivanov (FC Energiya Chaikovsky)
  • Sergei Kireyev (FC Zenit Chelyabinsk)
  • Vladimir Raykov (FC UralAZ Miass)
17 goals
14 goals
13 goals
  • Lev Matveyev (FC Amkar Perm)
  • Yawhen Tsarkov Belarus (FC Zenit Chelyabinsk)
12 goals
  • Aleksei Alekseyev (FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg)
  • Denis Malyavkin (FC Metallurg-Metiznik Magnitogorsk)
  • Vladimir Pantyushenko (FC Samotlor-XXI Nizhnevartovsk)
  • Sergei Sviridkin (FC Gazovik Orenburg)

Zone East

Overview

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Standings

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Source: RSSSF
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. FC Metallurg-ZapSib Novokuznetsk renamed to FC Metallurg.
  2. FC Kuzbass Kemerovo deducted 6 points.
  3. FC Viktoriya Nazarovo and FC Mezhdurechensk did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1999.
  4. FC Sibiryak Bratsk promoted from the Amateur Football League.

Top goalscorers

13 goals
  • Sergei Bogdanov (FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk)
  • Igor Zykov (FC Selenga Ulan-Ude)
10 goals
  • Stanislav Chaplygin (FC Metallurg Novokuznetsk)
  • Anatoli Panchenko (FC Dynamo Barnaul)
  • Vladimir Shipovskiy (FC Metallurg Novokuznetsk)
9 goals
8 goals
  • Vadim Belokhonov (FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk)
  • Pavel Bondarenko (FC SKA Khabarovsk)
  • Vyacheslav Kholosha (FC Zvezda Irkutsk)
  • Roman Melnik (FC Luch Vladivostok)
  • Aleksei Tikhonkikh (FC Selenga Ulan-Ude)
  • Igor Yefremov (FC Amur-Energiya Blagoveshchensk)

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