Spartak Moscow won their third consecutive Russian title, and sixth overall.
Overview Team Head coach FC Spartak Moscow Oleg Romantsev PFC CSKA Moscow Pavel Sadyrin (until July)Oleg Dolmatov (from July) FC Lokomotiv Moscow Yuri Syomin FC Rotor Volgograd Viktor Prokopenko FC Zenit St. Petersburg Anatoliy Byshovets (until September)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)Georgi Yartsev (from June) FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk Oleg Dolmatov (until July)Sergei Butenko (from July) FC Torpedo Moscow Aleksandr Tarkhanov (until May)Valentin Ivanov (from May) FC Krylia Sovetov Samara Aleksandr Averyanov FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi Anatoly Baidachny FC Shinnik Yaroslavl Pyotr Shubin (until May)David Kipiani (from May) FC Baltika Kaliningrad Leonid Tkachenko FC Tyumen Aleksandr Ignatenko
Standings
Results
Season statistics Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals1 Oleg VeretennikovRotor222 Georgi DemetradzeAlania14 Vladimir KulikCSKA Yury MatveyevRostselmash5 Oleg TeryokhinDynamo126 Valery YesipovRotor117 Ilya TsymbalarSpartak Moscow108 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.).
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Alania 26,333 2 Baltika 16,933 3 Krylia Sovetov 16,667 4 Zenit 14,867 5 Spartak Moscow 11,667 6 Rostselmash 11,373 7 Rotor 10,747 8 Chernomorets 9,867 9 Shinnik 9,233 10 PFC CSKA 7,847 11 Torpedo 7,233 12 Zhemchuzhina 6,467 13 Elista 5,733 14 Dynamo Moscow 5,127 15 Lokomotiv Moscow 3,380 16 Tyumen 2,627
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See also 1998 in Russian football 1998 Russian First Division 1998 Russian Second Division
References
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