1998 Russian Top Division


won their third consecutive Russian title, and sixth overall.

Overview

Standings

Top goalscorers

Medal squads

1. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Aleksandr Filimonov, Andrei Smetanin.

Defenders: Dmytro Parfenov , Dmitri Khlestov, Sergei Gorlukovich, Dmitri Ananko, Miroslav Romaschenko , Yevgeni Bushmanov, Vadim Evseev, Konstantin Golovskoy.

Midfielders: Andrey Tikhonov, Ilya Tsymbalar, Yegor Titov, Aleksei Melyoshin, Vasili Baranov , Dmitri Alenichev, Leandro Samaroni .

Forwards: Anatoli Kanishchev, Luis Robson , Nikolai Pisarev, Maksim Buznikin, Aleksandr Shirko.
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One own goal scored by Aleksandr Yeshchenko.
Manager: Oleg Romantsev.
Transferred out during the season: Dmitri Alenichev, Vadim Evseev, Konstantin Golovskoy.
2. PFC CSKA Moscow

Goalkeepers: Andrei Novosadov, Ihor Kutepov .

Defenders: Yevgeni Varlamov, Oleg Kornaukhov, Maksim Bokov, Valeri Minko, Aleksandr Shchyogolev, Dmitri Sennikov, Vladimir Isakov.

Midfielders: Dmitri Khomukha , Sergei Semak, Sergei Filippenkov, Aleksandr Grishin, Aleksandr Gerasimov, Aleksei Savelyev, Andrei Tsaplin, Aleksandr Borodkin, Dmitri Kuznetsov, Aleksei Babenko, Oleksandr Shutov , Sergei Shustikov.

Forwards: Vladimir Kulik, Sergey Korovushkin.
One own goal scored by Vyacheslav Tsaryov.
Manager: Pavel Sadyrin, Oleg Dolmatov.
Transferred out during the season: Dmitri Kuznetsov, Aleksandr Shchyogolev, Dmitri Sennikov, Sergei Shustikov.
3. FC Lokomotiv Moscow

Goalkeepers: Ruslan Nigmatullin, Khasanbi Bidzhiyev.

Defenders: Igor Chugainov, Sergei Gurenko , Andrei Lavrik , Andrei Solomatin, Igor Cherevchenko , Aleksei Arifullin, Sargis Hovhannisyan , Oleg Pashinin .

Midfielders: Yevgeni Kharlachyov, Yuri Drozdov, Vladimir Maminov , Dmitri Loskov, Aleksandr Borodyuk, Bakhva Tedeyev, Aleksei Kosolapov, Albert Sarkisyan , Aleksandr Smirnov.

Forwards: Zaza Janashia , Oleh Haras , Dmitri Bulykin, Mikalay Ryndzyuk , Vitali Veselov, Oleg Sergeyev.
One own goal scored by Sergei Zhuravlyov.
Manager: Yuri Syomin.
Transferred out during the season:''' Alexei Kosolapov.