View source for 1998 Russian Top Division

{{Short description|7th season of top-tier football league in Russia}}
{{Infobox football league season
| competition        = [[Russian Premier League|Russian Top Division]]
| season             = 1998
| winners            = 
| relegated          = 
| matches            = 
| total goals        = 
| league topscorer   = 
| biggest home win   = 
| biggest away win   = 
| highest scoring    = 
| longest wins       = 
| longest unbeaten   = 
| longest losses     = 
| highest attendance = 
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| average attendance = 
| prevseason         = [[1997 Russian Top League|1997]]
| nextseason         = [[1999 Russian Top Division|1999]]
}}

[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]] won their third consecutive [[Russian Premier League|Russian title]], and sixth overall.

==Overview==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Team
! Head coach
|-
| [[FC Spartak Moscow]]
| [[Oleg Romantsev]]
|-
| [[PFC CSKA Moscow]]
| [[Pavel Sadyrin]] (until July)<br />[[Oleg Dolmatov]] (from July)
|-
| [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow]]
| [[Yuri Syomin]]
|-
| [[FC Rotor Volgograd]]
| [[Viktor Prokopenko]] {{flagicon|UKR}}
|-
| [[FC Zenit St. Petersburg]]
| [[Anatoliy Byshovets]] {{flagicon|UKR}} (until September)<br />[[Anatoli Davydov]] (caretaker, from September)
|-
| [[FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don]]
| [[Sergey Andreyev]]
|-
| [[FC Uralan Elista]]
| [[Vitaliy Shevchenko]]
|-
| [[FC Alania Vladikavkaz]]
| [[Valery Gazzaev]]
|-
| [[FC Dynamo Moscow]]
| [[Adamas Golodets]] (until June)<br />[[Georgi Yartsev]] (from June)
|-
| [[FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk]]
| [[Oleg Dolmatov]] (until July)<br />[[Sergei Butenko]] (from July)
|-
| [[FC Torpedo Moscow]]
| [[Aleksandr Tarkhanov]] (until May)<br />[[Valentin Kozmich Ivanov|Valentin Ivanov]] (from May)
|-
| [[FC Krylia Sovetov Samara]]
| [[Aleksandr Averyanov (footballer, born 1948)|Aleksandr Averyanov]]
|-
| [[FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi]]
| [[Anatoly Baidachny]]
|-
| [[FC Shinnik Yaroslavl]]
| [[Pyotr Shubin]] (until May)<br />[[David Kipiani]] {{flagicon|Georgia}} (from May)
|-
| [[FC Baltika Kaliningrad]]
| [[Leonid Tkachenko (footballer)|Leonid Tkachenko]]
|-
| [[FC Tyumen]]
| [[Aleksandr Ignatenko]]
|-
|}

==Standings==
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=QR
|show_limit=5

|team1=SPA|name_SPA=[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|team2=CSK|name_CSK=[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
|team3=LOK|name_LOK=[[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]]
|team4=ROT|name_ROT=[[FC Rotor Volgograd|Rotor Volgograd]]
|team5=ZEN|name_ZEN=[[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit St. Petersburg]]
|team6=ROS|name_ROS=[[FC Rostov|Rostselmash]]
|team7=ELI|name_ELI=[[FC Elista|Uralan Elista]]
|team8=ALA|name_ALA=[[FC Alania Vladikavkaz|Alania Vladikavkaz]]
|team9=DYN|name_DYN=[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|team10=CHE|name_CHE=[[FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk|Chernomorets Novorossiysk]]
|team11=TOR|name_TOR=[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]|note_TOR=FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow renamed to FC Torpedo
|team12=KRY|name_KRY=[[FC Krylia Sovetov Samara|Krylia Sovetov Samara]]
|team13=ZHE|name_ZHE=[[FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi|Zhemchuzhina Sochi]]
|team14=SHI|name_SHI=[[FC Shinnik Yaroslavl|Shinnik Yaroslavl]]
|team15=BAL|name_BAL=[[FC Baltika Kaliningrad|Baltika Kaliningrad]]
|team16=TYU|name_TYU=[[FC Tyumen|Tyumen]]|note_TYU=FC Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen renamed to FC Tyumen
|win_SPA=17|draw_SPA=8|loss_SPA=5|gf_SPA=58|ga_SPA=27|status_SPA=C
|win_CSK=17|draw_CSK=5|loss_CSK=8|gf_CSK=50|ga_CSK=22
|win_LOK=16|draw_LOK=7|loss_LOK=7|gf_LOK=45|ga_LOK=28
|win_ROT=12|draw_ROT=12|loss_ROT=6|gf_ROT=52|ga_ROT=37
|win_ZEN=12|draw_ZEN=11|loss_ZEN=7|gf_ZEN=42|ga_ZEN=25
|win_ROS=11|draw_ROS=11|loss_ROS=8|gf_ROS=42|ga_ROS=38
|win_ELI=12|draw_ELI=6|loss_ELI=12|gf_ELI=39|ga_ELI=41
|win_ALA=11|draw_ALA=7|loss_ALA=12|gf_ALA=46|ga_ALA=39
|win_DYN=8|draw_DYN=15|loss_DYN=7|gf_DYN=31|ga_DYN=30
|win_CHE=9|draw_CHE=11|loss_CHE=10|gf_CHE=38|ga_CHE=38
|win_TOR=9|draw_TOR=10|loss_TOR=11|gf_TOR=38|ga_TOR=34
|win_KRY=9|draw_KRY=8|loss_KRY=13|gf_KRY=25|ga_KRY=37
|win_ZHE=9|draw_ZHE=8|loss_ZHE=13|gf_ZHE=31|ga_ZHE=48
|win_SHI=9|draw_SHI=8|loss_SHI=13|gf_SHI=30|ga_SHI=40
|win_BAL=7|draw_BAL=11|loss_BAL=12|gf_BAL=32|ga_BAL=43|status_BAL=R
|win_TYU=2|draw_TYU=2|loss_TYU=26|gf_TYU=17|ga_TYU=89|status_TYU=R

|col_CL3=green1|text_CL3=Qualification to [[1999–2000 UEFA Champions League#Third qualifying round|Champions League third qualifying round]]
|result1=CL3
|col_CL2=green2|text_CL2=Qualification to [[1999–2000 UEFA Champions League#Second qualifying round|Champions League second qualifying round]]
|result2=CL2
|col_UCQR=blue2|text_UCQR=Qualification to [[1999–2000 UEFA Cup#Qualifying round|UEFA Cup qualifying round]]
|result3=UCQR
|col_UC1=blue1|text_UC1=Qualification to [[1999–2000 UEFA Cup#First round|UEFA Cup first round]]
|result5=UC1
|col_IC2=#CCCCFF|text_IC2=Qualification to [[1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup#Second round|Intertoto Cup second round]]
|result6=IC2
|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to [[1999 Russian First Division|First Division]]
|result15=R|result16=R
|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
|update=complete
|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/rus98.html rsssf.com] 
}}</onlyinclude>

==Results==
{{#invoke:sports results|main
|matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey
|team1=ALA|team2=BAL|team3=CHE|team4=CSK|team5=DYN
|team6=KRY|team7=LOK|team8=ROS|team9=ROT|team10=SHI
|team11=SPA|team12=TOR|team13=TYU|team14=URE|team15=ZEN
|team16=ZHE

|name_SPA=[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|match_SPA_CSK=2–1
|match_SPA_LOK=2–0
|match_SPA_ROT=3–1
|match_SPA_ZEN=0–0
|match_SPA_ROS=1–1
|match_SPA_URE=1–0
|match_SPA_ALA=3–1
|match_SPA_DYN=2–0
|match_SPA_CHE=1–0
|match_SPA_TOR=1–0
|match_SPA_KRY=2–2
|match_SPA_ZHE=1–1
|match_SPA_SHI=3–1
|match_SPA_BAL=3–0
|match_SPA_TYU=7–0

|name_CSK=[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
|match_CSK_SPA=4–1
|match_CSK_LOK=0–1
|match_CSK_ROT=2–0
|match_CSK_ZEN=1–2
|match_CSK_ROS=1–0
|match_CSK_URE=3–0
|match_CSK_ALA=0–0
|match_CSK_DYN=1–1
|match_CSK_CHE=4–1
|match_CSK_TOR=1–3
|match_CSK_KRY=3–0
|match_CSK_ZHE=3–0
|match_CSK_SHI=0–1
|match_CSK_BAL=2–0
|match_CSK_TYU=3–1

|name_LOK=[[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]]
|match_LOK_SPA=0–2
|match_LOK_CSK=2–1
|match_LOK_ROT=0–1
|match_LOK_ZEN=3–1
|match_LOK_ROS=1–1
|match_LOK_URE=3–1
|match_LOK_ALA=0–0
|match_LOK_DYN=1–0
|match_LOK_CHE=1–1
|match_LOK_TOR=2–0
|match_LOK_KRY=1–0
|match_LOK_ZHE=4–3
|match_LOK_SHI=0–0
|match_LOK_BAL=2–0
|match_LOK_TYU=4–0

|name_ROT=[[FC Rotor Volgograd|Rotor Volgograd]]
|match_ROT_SPA=1–2
|match_ROT_CSK=0–0
|match_ROT_LOK=3–2
|match_ROT_ZEN=2–1
|match_ROT_ROS=5–1
|match_ROT_URE=3–1
|match_ROT_ALA=1–1
|match_ROT_DYN=0–0
|match_ROT_CHE=3–0
|match_ROT_TOR=1–0
|match_ROT_KRY=2–1
|match_ROT_ZHE=0–0
|match_ROT_SHI=6–2
|match_ROT_BAL=1–1
|match_ROT_TYU=5–1

|name_ZEN=[[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit St. Petersburg]]
|match_ZEN_SPA=2–1
|match_ZEN_CSK=0–1
|match_ZEN_LOK=2–2
|match_ZEN_ROT=0–1
|match_ZEN_ROS=3–0
|match_ZEN_URE=2–1
|match_ZEN_ALA=2–0
|match_ZEN_DYN=1–1
|match_ZEN_CHE=0–1
|match_ZEN_TOR=1–1
|match_ZEN_KRY=2–0
|match_ZEN_ZHE=1–0
|match_ZEN_SHI=3–0
|match_ZEN_BAL=2–2
|match_ZEN_TYU=0–0

|name_ROS=[[FC Rostov|Rostselmash]]
|match_ROS_SPA=3–3
|match_ROS_CSK=1–0
|match_ROS_LOK=2–2
|match_ROS_ROT=2–2
|match_ROS_ZEN=1–1
|match_ROS_URE=0–0
|match_ROS_ALA=1–0
|match_ROS_DYN=0–0
|match_ROS_CHE=3–2
|match_ROS_TOR=2–3
|match_ROS_KRY=3–0
|match_ROS_ZHE=2–0
|match_ROS_SHI=3–2
|match_ROS_BAL=0–1
|match_ROS_TYU=4–0

|name_URE=[[FC Elista|Uralan Elista]]
|match_URE_SPA=1–0
|match_URE_CSK=1–2
|match_URE_LOK=1–0
|match_URE_ROT=2–1
|match_URE_ZEN=0–3
|match_URE_ROS=1–3
|match_URE_ALA=3–3
|match_URE_DYN=0–1
|match_URE_CHE=1–1
|match_URE_TOR=3–2
|match_URE_KRY=1–0
|match_URE_ZHE=2–0
|match_URE_SHI=2–1
|match_URE_BAL=2–1
|match_URE_TYU=2–1

|name_ALA=[[FC Alania Vladikavkaz|Alania Vladikavkaz]]
|match_ALA_SPA=2–1
|match_ALA_CSK=0–1
|match_ALA_LOK=1–2
|match_ALA_ROT=3–1
|match_ALA_ZEN=0–0
|match_ALA_ROS=0–1
|match_ALA_URE=1–0
|match_ALA_DYN=2–2
|match_ALA_CHE=3–1
|match_ALA_TOR=0–2
|match_ALA_KRY=5–0
|match_ALA_ZHE=3–0
|match_ALA_SHI=1–2
|match_ALA_BAL=2–0
|match_ALA_TYU=6–0

|name_DYN=[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|match_DYN_SPA=0–0
|match_DYN_CSK=0–3
|match_DYN_LOK=2–1
|match_DYN_ROT=2–2
|match_DYN_ZEN=0–0
|match_DYN_ROS=1–2
|match_DYN_URE=0–3
|match_DYN_ALA=4–1
|match_DYN_CHE=0–0
|match_DYN_TOR=0–0
|match_DYN_KRY=1–1
|match_DYN_ZHE=4–1
|match_DYN_SHI=1–1
|match_DYN_BAL=1–1
|match_DYN_TYU=1–0

|name_CHE=[[FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk|Chernomorets Novorossiysk]]
|match_CHE_SPA=3–1
|match_CHE_CSK=1–1
|match_CHE_LOK=1–2
|match_CHE_ROT=1–1
|match_CHE_ZEN=0–0
|match_CHE_ROS=1–1
|match_CHE_URE=2–0
|match_CHE_ALA=1–2
|match_CHE_DYN=1–1
|match_CHE_TOR=1–1
|match_CHE_KRY=4–0
|match_CHE_ZHE=0–0
|match_CHE_SHI=2–1
|match_CHE_BAL=2–1
|match_CHE_TYU=4–1

|name_TOR=[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|match_TOR_SPA=1–1
|match_TOR_CSK=0–2
|match_TOR_LOK=0–0
|match_TOR_ROT=2–2
|match_TOR_ZEN=1–3
|match_TOR_ROS=3–1
|match_TOR_URE=1–1
|match_TOR_ALA=2–0
|match_TOR_DYN=2–2
|match_TOR_CHE=2–3
|match_TOR_KRY=1–0
|match_TOR_ZHE=0–1
|match_TOR_SHI=0–1
|match_TOR_BAL=0–0
|match_TOR_TYU=5–1

|name_KRY=[[FC Krylia Sovetov Samara|Krylia Sovetov Samara]]
|match_KRY_SPA=0–2
|match_KRY_CSK=0–2
|match_KRY_LOK=1–3
|match_KRY_ROT=0–0
|match_KRY_ZEN=1–2
|match_KRY_ROS=1–0
|match_KRY_URE=2–0
|match_KRY_ALA=2–2
|match_KRY_DYN=1–0
|match_KRY_CHE=3–0
|match_KRY_TOR=2–0
|match_KRY_ZHE=0–0
|match_KRY_SHI=1–0
|match_KRY_BAL=0–0
|match_KRY_TYU=1–0

|name_ZHE=[[FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi|Zhemchuzhina Sochi]]
|match_ZHE_SPA=1–4
|match_ZHE_CSK=2–1
|match_ZHE_LOK=2–0
|match_ZHE_ROT=1–1
|match_ZHE_ZEN=2–1
|match_ZHE_ROS=0–0
|match_ZHE_URE=2–6
|match_ZHE_ALA=3–0
|match_ZHE_DYN=1–2
|match_ZHE_CHE=3–1
|match_ZHE_TOR=0–4
|match_ZHE_KRY=0–2
|match_ZHE_SHI=2–2
|match_ZHE_BAL=2–1
|match_ZHE_TYU=0–0

|name_SHI=[[FC Shinnik Yaroslavl|Shinnik Yaroslavl]]
|match_SHI_SPA=0–1
|match_SHI_CSK=1–2
|match_SHI_LOK=0–1
|match_SHI_ROT=2–0
|match_SHI_ZEN=0–0
|match_SHI_ROS=0–0
|match_SHI_URE=0–0
|match_SHI_ALA=3–2
|match_SHI_DYN=0–2
|match_SHI_CHE=0–0
|match_SHI_TOR=1–0
|match_SHI_KRY=0–0
|match_SHI_ZHE=1–2
|match_SHI_BAL=3–1
|match_SHI_TYU=3–2

|name_BAL=[[FC Baltika Kaliningrad|Baltika Kaliningrad]]
|match_BAL_SPA=1–1
|match_BAL_CSK=1–1
|match_BAL_LOK=0–3
|match_BAL_ROT=2–2
|match_BAL_ZEN=3–2
|match_BAL_ROS=3–0
|match_BAL_URE=1–1
|match_BAL_ALA=1–3
|match_BAL_DYN=0–2
|match_BAL_CHE=1–0
|match_BAL_TOR=0–0
|match_BAL_KRY=1–1
|match_BAL_ZHE=2–1
|match_BAL_SHI=3–1
|match_BAL_TYU=2–0

|name_TYU=[[FC Tyumen|Tyumen]]
|match_TYU_SPA=0–6
|match_TYU_CSK=0–4
|match_TYU_LOK=0–2
|match_TYU_ROT=2–4
|match_TYU_ZEN=0–5
|match_TYU_ROS=1–4
|match_TYU_URE=1–3
|match_TYU_ALA=0–2
|match_TYU_DYN=2–0
|match_TYU_CHE=0–3
|match_TYU_TOR=1–2
|match_TYU_KRY=0–3
|match_TYU_ZHE=0–1
|match_TYU_SHI=0–1
|match_TYU_BAL=3–2

|update=complete|source=
}}

==Season statistics==
===Top goalscorers ===
{{updated|matches played on 30 October 1998.}}<ref name="Russia 1998">{{cite web |title=Russia 1998 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/rus98.html |website=[[RSSSF]] |publisher=The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Rank
! Player
! Club
! Goals
|-
|1
| style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Oleg Veretennikov]]
| style="text-align: left;" |[[FC Rotor Volgograd|Rotor]]
|22
|-
| rowspan="3"|2
| style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|GEO|1990}} [[Georgi Demetradze]]
| style="text-align: left;" |[[FC Spartak Vladikavkaz|Alania]]
| rowspan="3"|14
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vladimir Kulik]]
| style="text-align: left;" |[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA]]
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Yury Matveyev]]
| style="text-align: left;" |[[FC Rostov|Rostselmash]]
|-
|5
| style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Oleg Teryokhin]]
| style="text-align: left;" |[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo]]
|12
|-
|6
| style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Valery Yesipov]]
| style="text-align: left;" |[[FC Rotor Volgograd|Rotor]]
|11
|-
|7
| style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ilya Tsymbalar]]
| style="text-align: left;" |[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|10
|-
| rowspan="4"|8
| style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergei Semak]]
| style="text-align: left;" |[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA]]
| rowspan="4"|9
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Yevgeny Durnev]]
| style="text-align: left;" |[[FC Elista|Uralan]]
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|BLR|1995}} [[Vyacheslav Geraschenko]]
| style="text-align: left;" |[[FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk|Chernomorets]]
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Viktor Bulatov]]
| style="text-align: left;" |[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo]]
|}

==Medal squads==

{| class="wikitable" Width="700"
|- bgcolor="#FF0000"
| align="center" width="700" |<span style="color:#FFFFFF;"> '''1. FC Spartak Moscow''' </span>
|- bgcolor="#E8E8E8"  
| align="left" width="700" |
'''Goalkeepers:''' [[Aleksandr Filimonov]] (29), [[Andrei Smetanin]] (2).<br />
'''Defenders:''' [[Dmytro Parfenov]] {{flagicon|UKR}} (29 / 1), [[Dmitri Khlestov]] (23 / 1), [[Sergei Gorlukovich]] (21 / 1), [[Dmitri Ananko]] (19), [[Miroslav Romaschenko]] {{flagicon|BLR}} (18 / 3), [[Yevgeni Bushmanov]] (14 / 1), [[Vadim Evseev]] (6), [[Konstantin Golovskoy]] (1).<br />
'''Midfielders:''' [[Andrey Tikhonov (footballer)|Andrey Tikhonov]] (30 / 4), [[Ilya Tsymbalar]] (29 / 10), [[Yegor Titov]] (29 / 6), [[Aleksei Melyoshin]] (16 / 1), [[Vasili Baranov]] {{flagicon|BLR}} (14 / 3), [[Dmitri Alenichev]] (13 / 2), [[Leandro Samaroni]] {{flagicon|BRA}} (10).<br />
'''Forwards:''' [[Anatoli Kanishchev]] (24 / 6), [[Luis Robson]] {{flagicon|BRA}} (20 / 3), [[Nikolai Pisarev]] (17 / 7), [[Maksim Buznikin]] (14 / 3), [[Aleksandr Shirko]] (13 / 5).<br />''(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 {{flagicon|ITA}} [[A.S. Roma]]), [[Vadim Evseev]] (to [[FC Torpedo Moscow]]), [[Konstantin Golovskoy]] (to [[FC Dynamo Moscow]]).
|- bgcolor="#FF0000"
| align="center" width="700" |<span style="color:#0000FF;"> '''2. PFC CSKA Moscow''' </span>
|- bgcolor="#E8E8E8"
| align="left" width="700" |
'''Goalkeepers:''' [[Andrei Novosadov]] (20), [[Ihor Kutepov]] {{flagicon|UKR}} (10).<br />
'''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 (footballer)|Vladimir Isakov]] (1).<br />
'''Midfielders:''' [[Dmitri Khomukha]] {{flagicon|TKM}} (30 / 8), [[Sergei Semak]] (29 / 9), [[Sergei Filippenkov]] (27 / 5), [[Aleksandr Grishin]] (27), [[Aleksandr Gerasimov (footballer)|Aleksandr Gerasimov]] (24 / 1), [[Aleksei Vitalyevich Savelyev|Aleksei Savelyev]] (20 / 2), [[Andrei Tsaplin]] (16 / 1), [[Aleksandr Borodkin]] (14 / 2), [[Dmitri Kuznetsov (footballer born 1965)|Dmitri Kuznetsov]] (12), [[Aleksei Babenko]] (11), [[Oleksandr Shutov]] {{flagicon|UKR}} (9 / 1), [[Sergey Viktorovich Shustikov|Sergei Shustikov]] (6).<br />
'''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 (footballer born 1965)|Dmitri Kuznetsov]] (to [[FC Arsenal Tula]]), [[Aleksandr Shchyogolev]] (to [[FC Fakel Voronezh]]), [[Dmitri Sennikov]] (to [[FC Shinnik Yaroslavl]]), [[Sergey Viktorovich Shustikov|Sergei Shustikov]] (to {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Racing de Santander|Racing Santander]]).
|- bgcolor="#DB0500"
| align="center" width="700" |<span style="color:#FFFFFF;"> '''3. FC Lokomotiv Moscow''' </span>
|- bgcolor="#E8E8E8"
| align="left" width="700" |
'''Goalkeepers:''' [[Ruslan Nigmatullin]] (30), [[Khasanbi Bidzhiyev]] (1).<br />
'''Defenders:''' [[Igor Chugainov]] (30 / 4), [[Sergei Gurenko]] {{flagicon|BLR}} (29), [[Andrei Lavrik]] {{flagicon|BLR}} (24 / 1), [[Andrei Solomatin]] (23), [[Igor Cherevchenko]] {{flagicon|TJK}} (21 / 1), [[Aleksei Arifullin]] (13), [[Sargis Hovhannisyan]] {{flagicon|ARM}} (12 / 1), [[Oleg Pashinin]] {{flagicon|UZB}} (10).<br />
'''Midfielders:''' [[Yevgeni Kharlachyov]] (27 / 1), [[Yuri Drozdov (footballer)|Yuri Drozdov]] (26 / 1), [[Vladimir Maminov]] {{flagicon|UZB}} (19 / 3), [[Dmitri Loskov]] (18 / 4), [[Aleksandr Borodyuk]] (15 / 8), [[Bakhva Tedeyev]] (15 / 1), [[Aleksei Kosolapov]] (10 / 2), [[Albert Sarkisyan]] {{flagicon|ARM}} (9 / 3), [[Aleksandr Smirnov (footballer, born 1968)|Aleksandr Smirnov]] (3).<br />
'''Forwards:''' [[Zaza Janashia]] {{flagicon|GEO}} (28 / 8), [[Oleh Haras]] {{flagicon|UKR}} (16 / 2), [[Dmitri Bulykin]] (14 / 3), [[Mikalay Ryndzyuk]] {{flagicon|BLR}} (8), [[Vitali Veselov]] (5 / 1), [[Oleg Sergeyev]] (1).

One own goal scored by [[Sergei Yuryevich Zhuravlyov|Sergei Zhuravlyov]] ([[FC Tyumen]]).

'''Manager:''' [[Yuri Syomin]].

'''Transferred out during the season:''' [[Alexei Kosolapov]] (to {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.]]).
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==See also==
* [[1998 in Russian football]]
* [[1998 Russian First Division]]
* [[1998 Russian Second Division]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/rus98.html RSSSF]

{{Russian Premier League seasons}}
{{1998 in Russian football}}
{{1997–98 in European football (UEFA)}}
{{1998–99 in European football (UEFA)}}

[[Category:Russian Premier League seasons|1998]]
[[Category:1998 in Russian football leagues|1]]
[[Category:1998–99 in European association football leagues|Russia]]
[[Category:1997–98 in European association football leagues|Russia]]