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1998 Russian First Division
The Russian First Division 1998 was the seventh edition of the Russian First Division. The competition was renamed from Russian First League to Russian First Division this year. Overview Standings Top goalscorers ;27 goals * Andradina (FC Arsenal Tula) ;19 goals * Igor Gavrilin (FC Saturn Ramenskoye) ;18 goals * Vladyslav Zubkov (FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod) ;17 goals * Gurban Gurbanov (FC Dynamo Stavropol) * Valeri Shushlyakov (FC Kristall Smolensk) ;16 goals * Aleksei Chernov (FC Lada-Grad Dimitrovgrad) ;15 goals * Oleg Garin (FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod) * Ibragim Gasanbekov (FC Anzhi Makhachkala) * Aleksandr Kuzmichyov (FC Rubin Kazan) * Vladimir Lebed Vladimir Anatolyevich Lebed (russian: Владимир Анатольевич Лебедь; born 17 August 1973), known as Volodymyr Lebid in Ukrainian, is a Soviet, Ukrainian, and Russian retired football player. International career Lebed pl ... (FC Sokol Saratov) Promotion play-offs ...
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Russian First Division
The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольной Национальной Лиги, Pervenstvo Futbol'noy Natsional'noy Ligi) is the second level of the Russian football league system. The Russian Professional Football League (PFL) used to run the division. Since 2011, it has been managed by the Football National League. The league consists of 18 clubs. After each season the two top clubs are promoted to the Premier League, and the bottom four clubs are relegated to the Russian Professional Football League. Third and fourth team play in home-and-away promotion play-offs against the 13th and 14th Premier League teams. In case one or more clubs are not licensed to participate for the upcoming season, the teams previously relegated are kept in the league instead, in the order of las ...
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FC Rubin Kazan
FC Rubin Kazan (russian: Футбо́льный клуб Руби́н Каза́нь, ''Futbolny klub Rubin Kazan'' , Tatar language, Tatar: Рубин Казан) is a Russian professional association football, football club based in the city of Kazan. They play in the second-tier Russian First League. Founded in 1958, Rubin played its first-ever top flight season in 2003 Russian Premier League, 2003. It has remained there through the 2021–22 season, winning the Russian Premier League championship in 2008 Russian Premier League, 2008 and 2009 Russian Premier League, 2009. The club also won the 2011–12 Russian Cup. The team plays in the Ak Bars Arena. History FC Rubin Kazan was previously called Iskra from 1958 to 1964 and Rubin-TAN from 1992 to 1993. The name ''Rubin'' means "Ruby". Having never played in the Soviet Top League, the football club joined the Russian First Division in 1992 and fell to the Russian Second Division in 1994. The mayor of Kazan at the time, Kamil I ...
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Aleksandr Petrovich Kovalyov
Aleksandr Petrovich Kovalyov (russian: Александр Петрович Ковалёв; born 12 October 1950) is a Russian professional football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ... coach. Career Kovalyov managed Russian First League side Lokomotiv Chita. He was president of First Division side Zvezda Irkutsk from 2006 to 2008. References External links * 1950 births Sportspeople from Zabaykalsky Krai Living people Soviet football managers Russian football managers Russian First League managers {{Russia-footy-bio-stub ...
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FC Lokomotiv Chita
FC Chita is a Russian association football club based in Chita. The club was founded in 1984 as a result of reorganization of FC Lokomotiv Chita which was excluded from the First Division. FC Chita was immediately admitted to the Second Division. Colours (Home) all red. (Away) all black. History Before 1974 Chita was first represented in the Soviet league in 1937, when DKA played in Group D. After one more occasional appearance in 1946 (by Dynamo), the city was represented in the league since 1957. Many different names were used for the Chita team: *''DKA'' before 1945 *''Dynamo'' in 1946–1956 *''OSK'' in 1957 *''SKVO'' in 1957–1959 *''SKA'' in 1960 and 1967–1973 *''Zabaykalets'' in 1961–1966 The best league result was SKA's victory in zone 6 in 1967 and their 7th position in subsequent Class B final tournament. Lokomotiv In 1974 FC Lokomotiv Chita was founded. Sources disagree on whether Lokomotiv is a continuation of previous Chita clubs. Lokomotiv played in the ...
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Sergei Savchenkov
Sergei Viktorovich Savchenkov (russian: Серге́й Викторович Савченков; born 1 January 1955) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Club career As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet First League in 1977 for FC Kuzbass Kemerovo. Personal life His son Anton Savchenkov is a professional footballer. Honours * Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The professional top level ... runner-up: 1983. References 1955 births People from Lyudinovsky District Sportspeople from Kaluga Oblast Living people Soviet men's footballers Men's association football defenders FC Salyut Belgorod players FC Kuzbass Kemerovo players FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg players FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players FC Fakel Voronezh players FC Spartak ...
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FC Fakel Voronezh
FC Fakel Voronezh (russian: Футбольный клуб "Факел" Воронеж) is a Soviet and Russian professional football club based in Voronezh. Founded in 1947, the club has played in the Soviet Top League and the Russian Premier League. The club will play in the Russian Premier League in the 2022–23 season. The club holds the record for fan attendance in Eastern Europe. History The club was founded in 1947 at a then classified airplane plant. For reasons of secrecy, the team was not officially given a name and was referred to as the Voronezh city team. In 1959 the team became a part of Trud sports society and was renamed ''Trud Voronezh''. In 1977 the team was renamed Fakel, meaning "Torch". The team played in the Soviet League since 1954: *1954–1960 in Class B *1961 in Class A *1962 in Class B *1963–1970 in Class A, Group 2 *1971–1978 in Second League *1979–1984 in First League *1985 in Top League *1986–1987 in First League *1988 in Second League *1 ...
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Viktor Slesarev
Viktor Yefimovich Slesarev (russian: Виктор Ефимович Слесарев; 5 August 1949 – 14 July 2022) was a Russian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ... player and manager. References External links * 1949 births People from Sterlitamak Sportspeople from Bashkortostan 2022 deaths Soviet men's footballers Men's association football defenders FC Neftyanik Ufa players FC SKA-Khabarovsk players FK Köpetdag Aşgabat players FC Zvezda Perm players Soviet Second League players Soviet First League players Soviet football managers Russian football managers Soviet First League managers Russian First League managers Russian expatriate football managers Russian expatriate sportspeople in China {{Russia-footy-defender-1940 ...
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Aleksandr Salnov
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Salnov (russian: Александр Васильевич Сальнов; born 8 May 1946) is a Russian professional football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ... coach and a former player. Salnov played in the Soviet First League with Zenit Izhevsk. External links * 1946 births Footballers from Izhevsk Living people Soviet men's footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Izhevsk players Soviet First League players Soviet Second League players Soviet football managers Russian football managers FC Izhevsk managers FC Tobol Kurgan managers Russian First League managers {{Russia-footy-midfielder-1940s-stub ...
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Vyacheslav Melnikov (footballer, Born 1954)
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Melnikov (russian: Вячеслав Михайлович Мельников; born 7 March 1954) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Honours * Soviet Top League champion: 1984. * Soviet Top League bronze: 1980. * Soviet Cup finalist: 1984. * USSR Federation Cup finalist: 1986. Manager career Under his management, FC Zenit Saint Petersburg was relegated from the Russian top-tier Russian Top Division The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 2001 ... in 1992. External links * 1954 births Living people People from Pavlovo, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Soviet footballers Association football midfielders Soviet Top League players FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players Russian football managers FC Zenit Saint Petersburg managers ...
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Boris Stukalov
Boris Alekseyevich Stukalov (russian: Борис Алексеевич Стукалов; born 24 January 1953) is a Russian professional football manager and a former player. Personal His son Aleksei Stukalov is a professional football manager as well. External links * 1953 births Living people Soviet footballers FC Dynamo Stavropol players Russian football managers FC Dynamo Stavropol managers Russian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Ukraine FC Kairat managers FC Tom Tomsk managers Russian Premier League managers FC Spartak Vladikavkaz managers FC Ural Yekaterinburg managers FC Arsenal Tula managers FC Sibir Novosibirsk managers FC Sibir Novosibirsk players Association football midfielders {{Russia-footy-bio-stub ...
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FC Dynamo Stavropol
PFC Dynamo Stavropol (russian: link=no, «Динамо» (Ставрополь)) is an association football club from Stavropol, south Russia, best known for winning the 1949 RSFSR championship in one of the 9 zones. In recent years it played mostly in Russian Professional Football League, the third league in the national hierarchy. Due to severe financial difficulties, Dynamo missed the opportunity to be promoted to the First Division in 2005. After that, it was formally liquidated two times and resurrected again as an amateur team, eventually redeeming the professional status. As of the season 2013–14, the team played in the amateur championship of Stavropol krai under the name ''Dynamo UOR''. A separate club was renamed FC Dynamo GTS Stavropol for the 2014–15 season in the Russian Professional Football League. Before the 2015–16 season, FC Dynamo GTS was renamed FC Dynamo Stavropol. History The club's most significant victory was achieved in 1949, when it earned th ...
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