1998 Russian Second Division

The Russian Second Division 1998 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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Torpedo-ZIL Moscow (A) 40 28 6 6 90 30 +60 90 Promotion play-offs
2 Spartak Shchyolkovo 40 23 9 8 65 30 +35 78
3 Dynamo-2 Moscow[lower-alpha 1] 40 22 9 9 66 37 +29 75
4 Mosenergo Moscow 40 21 12 7 56 35 +21 75
5 Spartak-2 Moscow[lower-alpha 2] 40 21 11 8 94 50 +44 74
6 Zenit-2 St. Petersburg[lower-alpha 3] 40 22 7 11 68 42 +26 73
7 Avtomobilist Noginsk 40 21 10 9 58 32 +26 73
8 Dynamo St. Petersburg 40 21 9 10 47 27 +20 72
9 Dynamo Vologda 40 16 11 13 52 46 +6 59
10 Khimki 40 15 8 17 63 60 +3 53
11 Energiya Velikiye Luki 40 15 8 17 58 80 −22 53
12 CSKA-2 Moscow[lower-alpha 4] 40 14 5 21 69 78 −9 47
13 Sportakademklub Moscow 40 13 8 19 47 72 −25 47
14 Volochanin Vyshny Volochyok 40 11 13 16 39 64 −25 46
15 Volga Tver 40 12 9 19 34 41 −7 45
16 Neftyanik Yaroslavl 40 12 9 19 46 66 −20 45
17 Torpedo-2 Moscow[lower-alpha 5] 40 11 6 23 59 81 −22 39
18 Lokomotiv-2 Moscow[lower-alpha 6] 40 8 10 22 53 80 −27 34
19 Spartak Kostroma 40 8 8 24 40 83 −43 32
20 Krasnoznamensk-Selyatino Krasnoznamensk[lower-alpha 7] (R) 40 6 13 21 40 69 −29 31 Relegation to Amateur Football League
21 Monolit Moscow (R) 40 5 9 26 31 72 −41 24
– FC Pskov[lower-alpha 8] 16 - - - - - — 0
Source: RSSSF
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. FC Dynamo-d Moscow renamed to FC Dynamo-2.
  2. FC Spartak-d Moscow renamed to FC Spartak-2.
  3. FC Zenit-d St. Petersburg renamed to FC Zenit-2.
  4. PFC CSKA-d Moscow renamed to PFC CSKA-2.
  5. FC Torpedo-Luzhniki-d Moscow renamed to FC Torpedo-2.
  6. FC Lokomotiv-d Moscow renamed to FC Lokomotiv-2.
  7. FC MChS-Selyatino Selyatino renamed to FC Krasnoznamensk-Selyatino and moved to Krasnoznamensk.
  8. FC Pskov was excluded from the league after playing 16 games and gaining 28 points. All their results were discarded. They played their first professional season and played in the Amateur Football League next season.

Top goalscorers
32 goals
23 goals
18 goals
17 goals
16 goals
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 Sobolev (until April)
Anatoli Leshchenkov (April)
A. D. Bochkov (April)
Anatoli Leshchenkov (May to June)

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Spartak-Orekhovo Orekhovo-Zuyevo (A) 40 25 14 1 60 23 +37 89 Promotion to 1999 Russian First Division
2 Oryol 40 21 15 4 55 18 +37 78
3 Spartak Ryazan 40 21 12 7 56 29 +27 75
4 Spartak Tambov 40 20 14 6 67 38 +29 74
5 Lokomotiv Liski 40 20 8 12 59 38 +21 68
6 Kosmos Dolgoprudny 40 17 15 8 61 44 +17 66
7 Don Novomoskovsk 40 18 10 12 46 40 +6 64
8 Spartak Lukhovitsy 40 17 13 10 55 39 +16 64
9 Spartak Bryansk 40 17 8 15 50 48 +2 59
10 Torpedo Vladimir 40 15 10 15 37 37 0 55
11 Fabus Bronnitsy 40 14 10 16 44 46 −2 52
12 Dynamo Bryansk 40 14 8 18 44 57 −13 50
13 Kolomna 40 14 8 18 57 72 −15 50
14 Arsenal-2 Tula[lower-alpha 1] 40 11 14 15 48 49 −1 47
15 Titan Reutov 40 10 14 16 35 45 −10 44
16 Tekstilshchik Ivanovo (R) 40 10 7 23 49 70 −21 37 Relegation to Amateur Football League
17 Lokomotiv Kaluga 40 8 13 19 34 62 −28 37
18 Avangard Kursk 40 9 9 22 34 54 −20 36
19 Salyut-YuKOS Belgorod 40 8 12 20 50 66 −16 36
20 Stroitel Morshansk (R) 40 8 10 22 34 67 −33 34 Relegation to Amateur Football League
21 Asmaral Moscow (R) 40 9 4 27 42 75 −33 31
– FC Torgmash Lyubertsy[lower-alpha 2] 15 - - - - - — 0
Source: RSSSF
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. FC Luch Tula renamed to FC Arsenal-2.
  2. FC Torgmash Lyubertsy was excluded from the league after playing 15 games and gaining 9 points. All their results were discarded. They played in the Amateur Football League in 1999.

Top goalscorers
24 goals
21 goals
19 goals
  • Andrei Boldin (FC Kolomna)
17 goals
  • Sergei Gavrilov (FC Spartak Tambov)
16 goals
  • Mikhail Filyunov (FC Oryol)
15 goals
14 goals
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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan (A) 40 32 5 3 114 22 +92 101[lower-alpha 1] Promotion to 1999 Russian First Division
2 Angusht Nazran 40 28 6 6 82 27 +55 90
3 Lokomotiv-Taym Mineralnye Vody[lower-alpha 2] (R) 40 25 6 9 75 36 +39 81 Relegation to Amateur Football League
4 Kavkazkabel Prokhladny 40 25 6 9 59 33 +26 81
5 Avtodor Vladikavkaz 40 23 7 10 77 38 +39 76
6 Rostselmash-2 Rostov-on-Don[lower-alpha 3] 40 20 9 11 68 42 +26 69
7 Kuban Slavyansk-na-Kubani 40 19 7 14 79 58 +21 64
8 Mozdok 40 18 9 13 52 42 +10 63
9 Torpedo Taganrog 40 16 12 12 81 57 +24 60
10 Nart Nartkala 40 17 7 16 58 64 −6 58
11 Venets Gulkevichi 40 16 6 18 49 62 −13 54
12 Torpedo Georgiyevsk 40 12 14 14 43 51 −8 50
13 Anapa[lower-alpha 4] (R) 40 14 6 20 61 75 −14 48 Relegation to Amateur Football League
14 Dynamo Makhachkala[lower-alpha 5] 40 12 10 18 53 65 −12 46[lower-alpha 1]
15 Shakhtyor Shakhty 40 11 13 16 44 50 −6 46[lower-alpha 1]
16 Iriston Vladikavkaz 40 12 7 21 49 70 −21 43
17 Nart Cherkessk (R) 40 10 8 22 34 60 −26 38 Relegation to Amateur Football League
18 Zhemchuzhina-2 Sochi[lower-alpha 6] 40 10 5 25 47 79 −32 35
19 Beshtau Lermontov 40 9 3 28 32 99 −67 30
20 Alania-2 Vladikavkaz[lower-alpha 7] (R) 40 7 7 26 32 83 −51 28 Relegation to Amateur Football League
21 Armavir[lower-alpha 8] (R) 40 4 7 29 25 101 −76 19
Source: RSSSF
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan, FC Dynamo Makhachkala and FC Shakhtyor Shakhty awarded 1 home win each.
  2. FC Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody renamed to FC Lokomotiv-Taym. They did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1999.
  3. FC Rostselmash-d Rostov-on-Don renamed to FC Rostselmash-2.
  4. FC Spartak Anapa renamed to FC Anapa. They did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1999.
  5. FC Dynamo-Imamat Makhachkala renamed to FC Dynamo.
  6. FC Zhemchuzhina-d Sochi renamed to FC Zhemchuzhina-2.
  7. FC Alania-d Vladikavkaz renamed to FC Alania-2. They did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1999.
  8. FC Torpedo Armavir did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1999.

Top goalscorers
29 goals
28 goals
  • Aleksandr Krotov (FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan)
26 goals
20 goals
16 goals
  • Andranik Babayan (FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan)
  • Aleksei Burlutskiy (FC Torpedo Taganrog)
14 goals

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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Torpedo-Viktoriya Nizhny Novgorod (A) 36 29 5 2 74 24 +50 92 Promotion to 1999 Russian First Division
2 Torpedo Pavlovo 36 24 3 9 63 24 +39 75
3 Torpedo Volzhsky 36 20 8 8 60 40 +20 68
4 Energiya Uren 36 19 10 7 57 28 +29 67
5 Torpedo Arzamas 36 17 9 10 52 37 +15 60
6 Diana Volzhsk[lower-alpha 1] 36 17 6 13 52 46 +6 57
7 Svetotekhnika Saransk 36 16 9 11 54 36 +18 57
8 Biokhimik-Mordovia Saransk 36 15 9 12 40 39 +1 54
9 Zenit Penza 36 16 5 15 47 50 −3 53
10 Balakovo[lower-alpha 2] 36 16 4 16 48 44 +4 52
11 Volga Ulyanovsk 36 15 7 14 36 41 −5 52
12 Spartak-Telekom Shuya[lower-alpha 1] 36 14 10 12 36 35 +1 52
13 Energiya Ulyanovsk[lower-alpha 3] 36 12 10 14 39 48 −9 46
14 Iskra Engels 36 12 8 16 40 40 0 44
15 Khimik Dzerzhinsk 36 11 9 16 30 38 −8 42
16 Salyut Saratov 36 9 7 20 31 49 −18 34
17 Rotor-2 Volgograd[lower-alpha 4] 36 8 4 24 49 72 −23 28
18 Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola (R) 36 5 3 28 21 62 −41 18 Relegation to Amateur Football League
19 Progress Zelenodolsk (R) 36 2 4 30 19 95 −76 10[lower-alpha 5]
– FC Energiya Kamyshin[lower-alpha 6] 15 - - - - - — 0
Source: RSSSF
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. FC Diana Volzhsk and FC Spartak-Telekom Shuya promoted from the Amateur Football League.
  2. FC Volga Balakovo renamed to FC Balakovo.
  3. FC Energetik Uren renamed to FC Energiya.
  4. FC Rotor-d Volgograd renamed to FC Rotor-2.
  5. FC Progress Zelenodolsk were excluded from the league after playing 18 games and gaining 10 points (they also won against FC Rotor Kamyshin who were excluded from the league earlier). Opponents were awarded 3-0 wins in the remaining games. They did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1999.
  6. FC Energiya Kamyshin renamed to FC Rotor. They were excluded from the league after playing 15 games and gaining 19 points. All their results were discarded. They played as FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin in the Amateur Football League in 1999.

Top goalscorers
31 goals
15 goals
  • Aleksandr Fedoseyev (FC Zenit Penza)
14 goals
13 goals
  • Rafael Khayrulov (FC Energiya Ulyanovsk)
  • Yuri Konovalov (FC Torpedo Volzhsky)
12 goals
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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Amkar Perm (A) 34 31 2 1 100 12 +88 95 Promotion to 1999 Russian First Division
2 Nosta Novotroitsk 34 29 3 2 91 11 +80 90
3 Uralmash Yekaterinburg 34 20 6 8 63 29 +34 66
4 Energiya Chaikovsky 34 20 3 11 70 39 +31 63
5 UralAZ Miass 34 18 6 10 57 34 +23 60
6 Sodovik Sterlitamak 34 16 7 11 45 37 +8 55
7 Zenit Chelyabinsk 34 15 8 11 45 32 +13 53
8 Metallurg-Metiznik Magnitogorsk[lower-alpha 1] 34 15 7 12 55 53 +2 52
9 Dynamo Perm 34 16 2 16 56 55 +1 50
10 Samotlor-XXI Nizhnevartovsk 34 17 9 8 53 39 +14 48[lower-alpha 2]
11 Dynamo Omsk 34 15 2 17 36 47 −11 47
12 Gazovik Orenburg 34 11 3 20 46 60 −14 36
13 Irtysh Tobolsk 34 10 6 18 31 54 −23 36
14 Uralets Nizhny Tagil 34 9 3 22 33 64 −31 30
15 Sibir Kurgan 34 5 14 15 28 59 −31 29
16 Neftyanik Pokhvistnevo 34 8 4 22 24 68 −44 28
17 Dynamo Izhevsk[lower-alpha 3] 34 4 3 27 28 82 −54 15
18 Trubnik Kamensk-Uralsky (R) 34 1 4 29 6 92 −86 7[lower-alpha 4] Relegation to Amateur Football League
Source: RSSSF
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. FC Magnitka Magnitogorsk renamed to FC Metallurg-Metiznik after playing 15 games.
  2. FC Samotlor-XXI Nizhevartovsk deducted 12 points.
  3. FC Zenit Izhevsk renamed to FC Dynamo after playing 14 games.
  4. FC Trubnik Kamensk-Uralsky were excluded from the league after playing 18 games and gaining 7 points. Opponents were awarded 3-0 wins in the remaining matches. They did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1999.

Top goalscorers
30 goals
28 goals
19 goals
  • Andrei Ivanov (FC Energiya Chaikovsky)
  • Sergei Kireyev (FC Zenit Chelyabinsk)
  • Vladimir Raykov (FC UralAZ Miass)
17 goals
14 goals
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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Metallurg Krasnoyarsk (A) 30 19 6 5 53 14 +39 63 Promotion to 1999 Russian First Division
2 Chkalovets Novosibirsk 30 16 12 2 41 17 +24 60
3 Zvezda Irkutsk 30 16 8 6 43 13 +30 56
4 SKA Khabarovsk 30 17 4 9 49 32 +17 55
5 Metallurg Novokuznetsk[lower-alpha 1] 30 15 6 9 44 32 +12 51
6 Amur-Energiya Blagoveshchensk 30 13 10 7 37 24 +13 49
7 Luch Vladivostok 30 14 6 10 42 24 +18 48
8 Selenga Ulan-Ude 30 11 9 10 35 45 −10 42
9 Dynamo Barnaul 30 11 6 13 37 34 +3 39
10 Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky 30 8 10 12 27 33 −6 34
11 Kuzbass Kemerovo 30 10 9 11 32 37 −5 33[lower-alpha 2]
12 Viktoriya Nazarovo[lower-alpha 3] (R) 30 8 9 13 30 41 −11 33 Relegation to Amateur Football League
13 Okean Nakhodka 30 6 11 13 24 45 −21 29
14 Sibiryak Bratsk[lower-alpha 4] 30 6 7 17 26 47 −21 25
15 Mezhdurechensk[lower-alpha 3] (R) 30 3 9 18 18 55 −37 18 Relegation to Amateur Football League
16 Torpedo Rubtsovsk (R) 30 2 8 20 19 64 −45 14
Source: RSSSF
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. FC Metallurg-ZapSib Novokuznetsk renamed to FC Metallurg.
  2. FC Kuzbass Kemerovo deducted 6 points.
  3. FC Viktoriya Nazarovo and FC Mezhdurechensk did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1999.
  4. FC Sibiryak Bratsk promoted from the Amateur Football League.

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
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
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