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).
Zone West
Overview Team Head coach FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow Sergei Petrenko (until September)Boris Ignatyev (from September) FC Spartak Shchyolkovo Leonid Shevchenko FC Dynamo-2 Moscow Aleksei Petrushin FC Mosenergo Moscow Valentin Sysoyev FC Spartak-2 Moscow Sergey Rodionov FC Zenit-2 St. Petersburg Lev Burchalkin FC Avtomobilist Noginsk Aleksei Koryagin (until June)Igor Volchok (from June) FC Dynamo St. Petersburg Boris Rappoport FC Dynamo Vologda Leon Yagubyants FC Khimki A.N. Dementyev (until August)Igor Bychkov (August to September)Ravil Sabitov (from September) FC Energiya Velikiye Luki Vladimir Kosogov PFC CSKA-2 Moscow Vyacheslav Komarov/Sergei Berezin FC Sportakademklub Moscow Aleksandr Yefremov FC Volochanin Vyshny Volochyok Viktor Demidov FC Volga Tver Vladimir Seleznyov FC Neftyanik Yaroslavl Aleksandr Samygin (until May)Valentin Volkov (caretaker, May)Viktor Fomin (from May) FC Torpedo-2 Moscow Vadim Nikonov/Sergei Petrenko (from September) FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow Andrei Syomin FC Spartak Kostroma Andrei Kononov (until September)Aleksandr Bogdanov (from September) FC Krasnoznamensk-Selyatino Krasnoznamensk N.A. Kosyuk (until June)Viktor Nozdrin (June to October)Vladimir Bondarenko (from October) FC Monolit Moscow Yuri Vereykin FC Pskov Sergei Markelov
Standings
Top goalscorers 32 goals Aleksei Snigiryov (FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow)
23 goals Anatoli Balaluyev (FC Avtomobilist Noginsk)
18 goals Aleksei Kocharygin (FC Spartak-2 Moscow) Sergey Korovushkin (PFC CSKA-2 Moscow)
17 goals Maksim Grevtsev (FC Spartak Shchyolkovo) Sergei Lutovinov (FC Spartak-2 Moscow)
16 goals Maksim Aristarkhov (FC Torpedo-2 Moscow)
15 goals Yuri Bagdasaryan (FC Mosenergo Moscow) Yuriy Yakovenko (FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow)
14 goals Dmitri Rudanov (FC Neftyanik Yaroslavl)
Zone Center
Overview Team Head coach FC Spartak-Orekhovo Orekhovo-Zuyevo Sergey Frantsev FC Oryol Nikolay Kiselyov FC Spartak Ryazan Sergei Nedosekin (until June)Sergey Mushtruyev (from June) FC Spartak Tambov Vladimir Kovylin FC Lokomotiv Liski Vladimir Ponomaryov FC Kosmos Dolgoprudny Aleksandr Logunov FC Don Novomoskovsk Igor Solovyov FC Spartak Lukhovitsy Aleksandr Irkhin (until May)Vladimir Golubev (June to July)Sergei Nedosekin (from July) FC Spartak Bryansk Valeri Korneyev FC Torpedo Vladimir Anatoli Solovyov FC Fabus Bronnitsy S. A. Tatuyev FC Dynamo Bryansk Viktor Zimin FC Kolomna Vadim Yastrebkov FC Arsenal-2 Tula Vladimir Babanov (until June)Vyacheslav Ledovskikh (from June) FC Titan Reutov Aleksei Belenkov FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo Vladimir Belkov (until May)Valeri Gornushkin (from May) FC Lokomotiv Kaluga Aleksandr Sakharov (until August)A. E. Pavlov (August to September)Vadim Zherdev (from September) FC Avangard Kursk Aleksandr Galkin FC Salyut-YuKOS Belgorod Aleksandr Kryukov FC Stroitel Morshansk Vyacheslav Vlasov FC Asmaral Moscow Vladimir Mikhaylov (until May)V. V. Medvedev (May)Aleksandr Antonov (from May) FC Torgmash Lyubertsy Viktor Sobolrv (until April)Anatoli Leshchenkov (April)A. D. Bochkov (April)Anatoli Leshchenkov (May to June)
Standings
Top goalscorers 24 goals Aleksei Medvedev (FC Spartak-Orekhovo Orekhovo-Zuyevo)
21 goals Anatoli Sigachyov (FC Don Novomoskovsk)
19 goals Andrei Boldin (FC Kolomna)
17 goals Sergei Gavrilov (FC Spartak Tambov)
16 goals Mikhail Filyunov (FC Oryol)
15 goals Konstantin Kaynov (FC Fabus Bronnitsy) Valeri Korneyev (FC Spartak Bryansk)
14 goals Yevgeni Kuzka (FC Spartak Ryazan)
12 goals Igor Grokhovskiy (FC Arsenal-2 Tula) Vladimir Kharin (FC Lokomotiv Liski) Andrei Meshchaninov (FC Kosmos Dolgoprudny) Aleksandr Rogachyov (FC Spartak Lukhovitsy)
Zone South
Overview Team Head coach FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan Enver Yulgushov FC Angusht Nazran Timur Kuriyev FC Lokomotiv-Taym Mineralnye Vody Aleksandr Ikayev (until April)Yuri Dukhovnov (April to August)Aleksandr Babayan (from August) FC Kavkazkabel Prokhladny Sergei Razaryonov FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz Yuri Gazzaev (until May)Erik Berezov (from May) FC Rostselmash-2 Rostov-on-Don FC Kuban Slavyansk-na-Kubani Nikolai Smirnov FC Mozdok Ismail Yanbuktin (until May)I.P. Marushchak (May to August)Vladimir Arkalov (from August) FC Torpedo Taganrog Anatoly Bulgakov FC Nart Nartkala Vladimir Kurashinov FC Venets Gulkevichi Vasili Sidorenko FC Torpedo Georgiyevsk Aleksandr Ivanchenko FC Anapa Akop Kalandzhan FC Dynamo Makhachkala Magomed Isayev FC Shakhtyor Shakhty Valeri Dzolov FC Iriston Vladikavkaz Ruslan Merdenov FC Nart Cherkessk Nikolai Shvydkiy (until May)V.N. Lakhov (May)Nurbiy Lakhov (from May) FC Zhemchuzhina-2 Sochi Anatoli Lyz FC Beshtau Lermontov Valentin Lobachyov (until August)Sergei Shestakov (from August) FC Alania-2 Vladikavkaz Valeri Lipatov FC Torpedo Armavir S.S. Gorbachyov (until August)Viktor Zvyagin (from August)
Standings
Top goalscorers 29 goals Yusup Guguyev (FC Angusht Nazran)
28 goals Aleksandr Krotov (FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan)
26 goals Isa Markhiyev (FC Angusht Nazran)
20 goals Ihor Stasyuk (FC Torpedo Taganrog) Aleksandr Tatarkin (FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan) Stanislav Tskhovrebov (FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz)
16 goals Andranik Babayan (FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan) Aleksei Burlutskiy (FC Torpedo Taganrog)
14 goals Grigori Ivanov (FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan) Andrey Perederiy (FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz)
Zone Povolzhye
Overview Team Head coach FC Torpedo-Viktoriya Nizhny Novgorod Leonid Nazarenko FC Torpedo Pavlovo Aleksandr Sarafannikov FC Torpedo Volzhsky Aleksandr Khomutetskiy FC Energiya Uren Viktor Pavlyukov FC Torpedo Arzamas Vladimir Inyutin FC Diana Volzhsk Aleksandr Tsilyurik (until August)Valeri Bogdanov (from August) FC Svetotekhnika Saransk Vladimir Bibikov (until September)Vladimir Yerofeyev (from September) FC Biokhimik-Mordovia Saransk Igor Shinkarenko FC Zenit Penza Aleksandr Komissarov FC Balakovo Viktor Papayev (until July)Aleksandr Krokhin (caretaker, July to August)Gennadi Drozdov (from August) FC Volga Ulyanovsk Aleksandr Korolyov FC Spartak-Telekom Shuya Aleksandr Saitov FC Energiya Ulyanovsk Mikhail Fursenko (until July)Valeri Korobkov (July to August)Vladimir Bubnov (from August) FC Iskra Engels Anatoli Smal FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk Valeri Volodin FC Salyut Saratov Vladimir Khoroltsev FC Rotor-2 Volgograd Yuri Marushkin/Vladimir Faizulin/Aleksandr Nikitin FC Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola Radik Gadeyev FC Progress Zelenodolsk Aleksandr Klobukov FC Rotor Kamyshin Vladimir Bubnov
Standings
Top goalscorers 31 goals Andrei Bakalets (FC Torpedo-Viktoriya Nizhny Novgorod)
15 goals Aleksandr Fedoseyev (FC Zenit Penza)
14 goals Mikhail Mysin (FC Rotor-2 Volgograd) Aleksandr Popov (FC Iskra Engels)
13 goals Rafael Khayrulov (FC Energiya Ulyanovsk) Yuri Konovalov (FC Torpedo Volzhsky)
12 goals Anatoli Lychagov (FC Energiya Uren) Igor Mordvinov (FC Torpedo Pavlovo) Vitali Papadopulo (FC Torpedo Arzamas)
11 goals Oleg Sofonov (FC Torpedo Pavlovo)
Zone Ural
Overview Team Head coach FC Amkar Perm Sergei Oborin FC Nosta Novotroitsk Viktor Antikhovich FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg Vladimir Kalashnikov (until August)Valentin Yerokhin (August)Nikolai Agafonov (from August) FC Energiya Chaikovsky Sergei Kleymyonov FC UralAZ Miass Pyotr Nagayev FC Sodovik Sterlitamak Sergei Maksimov FC Zenit Chelyabinsk Oleg Kudelin FC Metallurg-Metiznik Magnitogorsk Aleksandr Kukushkin FC Dynamo Perm Viktor Arkhapchev (until October)Andrei Boglayevskiy (from October) FC Samotlor-XXI Nizhnevartovsk Boris Zhuravlyov (until May)Vladimir Kovbiy (caretaker, from May) FC Dynamo Omsk Vyacheslav Martynov FC Gazovik Orenburg Valeri Bogdanov (until June)Nikolai Yelanev (June to August)Yevgeni Kasyan (August to October)Nikolai Yelanev (from October) FC Irtysh Tobolsk Vitali Alkhazov FC Uralets Nizhny Tagil Anatoli Garenskikh (until June)Lev Kutashov (from June) FC Sibir Kurgan Vladimir Solovadchenko FC Neftyanik Pokhvistnevo Dmitri Kirgeyev FC Dynamo Izhevsk Stanislav Korotayev FC Trubnik Kamensk-Uralsky Vasili Petrovich
Standings
Top goalscorers
30 goals Konstantin Paramonov (FC Amkar Perm)
28 goals Vladimir Filippov (FC Nosta Novotroitsk)
19 goals Andrei Ivanov (FC Energiya Chaikovsky) Sergei Kireyev (FC Zenit Chelyabinsk) Vladimir Raykov (FC UralAZ Miass)
17 goals Konstantin Zyryanov (FC Amkar Perm)
14 goals Serhiy Yakovenko (FC Energiya Chaikovsky)
13 goals Lev Matveyev (FC Amkar Perm) Yawhen Tsarkov (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 Team Head coach FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk Ishtvan Sekech FC Chkalovets Novosibirsk Sergei Iromashvili FC Zvezda Irkutsk Boris Sinitsyn (until June)Sergei Muratov (June to August)Oleg Izmaylov (from August) FC SKA Khabarovsk Vladimir Susin FC Metallurg Novokuznetsk Vladislav Sosnov FC Amur-Energiya Blagoveshchensk Ivan Nikolayev (until August) FC Luch Vladivostok Andrei Fedyakin FC Selenga Ulan-Ude Valeri Mikhnov FC Dynamo Barnaul Aleksandr Gostenin FC Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky Sergei Vasyutin (until August)Vladimir Smorodikov (from August) FC Kuzbass Kemerovo Viktor Slesarev (until August)Sergei Vasyutin (from August) FC Viktoriya Nazarovo Aleksandr Kishinevsky (until August)Ivan Nikolayev (from August) FC Okean Nakhodka Pavel Palatin FC Sibiryak Bratsk Valeri Tolchev FC Mezhdurechensk Aleksandr Rakov FC Torpedo Rubtsovsk Nikolai Kopylov
Standings
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 Viktor Kuchin (FC Metallurg Novokuznetsk) Oleg Nikulin (FC Chkalovets Novosibirsk) Oleg Yakovlev (FC Zvezda Irkutsk)
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)
See also 1998 Russian Top Division 1998 Russian First Division