The 2008 Russian First Division was the 17th edition of Russian First Division. There were 22 teams.
Teams 15 clubs placed 3–17 in 2007 Russian First Division, 2 clubs relegated from 2007 Russian Premier League and 5 zone winners from 2007 Russian Second Division took part in the league:
Team Place FC Kuban Krasnodar Krasnodar FC Rostov Rostov-on-Don FC Sibir Novosibirsk Novosibirsk FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny Naberezhnye Chelny FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast Yekaterinburg FC Torpedo Moscow Moscow FC Nosta Novotroitsk Novotroitsk FC Dynamo Bryansk Bryansk FC Salyut-Energia Belgorod Belgorod FC Anzhi Makhachkala Makhachkala FC Zvezda Irkutsk Irkutsk
Team Place FC Alania Vladikavkaz Vladikavkaz FC SKA-Energia Khabarovsk Khabarovsk FC Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk Pyatigorsk FC Baltika Kaliningrad Kaliningrad FC Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk Novokuznetsk FC SKA Rostov-on-Don Rostov-on-Don FC Vityaz Podolsk Podolsk FC Dynamo Barnaul Barnaul FC Sportakademklub Moscow Moscow FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk Novorossiysk FC Volga Ulyanovsk Ulyanovsk
On 23 October 2008 FC Zvezda Irkutsk had to stop participation in the league due to lack of funds, their main sponsor Interavia airlines is having financial problems at the time.Interavia lets Irkutsk footballers down Zvezda failed to fulfil four last fixtures.
Standings
Results
Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Denis PopovChernomorets / Torpedo242 Vladimir ShishelovZvezda / Ural233 Dmitri AkimovSibir / Rostov224 Vartan MazalovSKA Rostov-on-Don21 Aleksandr YarkinSKA-Khabarovsk6 Vadim YanchukNosta207 Serghei DaduAlania18 Denis ZubkoKuban9 Mikheil AshvetiaAnzhi17 Spartak GogniyevKAMAZ
See also 2008 Russian Premier League
References PFL