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2008 Russian First Division

The 2008 Russian First Division was the 17th edition of Russian First Division. There were 22 teams.

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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:

Location of teams in 2008 Russian First Division

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.1 Zvezda failed to fulfil four last fixtures.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Rostov (P) 42 29 9 4 78 29 +49 96 Promotion to Premier League
2 Kuban Krasnodar (P) 42 27 6 9 84 36 +48 87
3 KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny 42 23 10 9 68 41 +27 79
4 Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast 42 22 9 11 69 39 +30 75
5 Nosta Novotroitsk 42 20 13 9 59 37 +22 73
6 Anzhi Makhachkala 42 20 12 10 63 35 +28 72
7 Baltika Kaliningrad 42 17 14 11 43 34 +9 65
8 SKA-Khabarovsk 42 17 10 15 63 60 +3 61
9 Chernomorets Novorossiysk 42 16 13 13 51 38 +13 61
10 Alania Vladikavkaz 42 17 8 17 50 47 +3 59
11 Vityaz Podolsk 42 17 7 18 49 57 −8 58a
12 Salyut-Energia Belgorod 42 17 7 18 51 51 0 58a
13 SKA Rostov-on-Don 42 15 13 14 52 50 +2 58
14 Sibir Novosibirsk 42 14 16 12 51 41 +10 58
15 Sportakademklub Moscow 42 16 9 17 55 57 −2 57
16 Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk (R) 42 14 15 13 44 42 +2 57 Relegation to Second Division
17 Volga Ulyanovsk (R) 42 15 4 23 50 65 −15 49
18 Torpedo Moscow (R) 42 14 7 21 47 69 −22 49
19 Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk (R) 42 8 8 26 39 79 −40 32
20 Dynamo Barnaul (R) 42 6 9 27 31 80 −49 27
21 Dynamo Bryansk (R) 42 6 4 32 30 81 −51 22
22 Zvezda Irkutskb (R) 42 8 5 29 36 95 −59 11
Source: PFL, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Salyut-Energia – Vityaz 0–2, Vityaz – Salyut-Energia 1–0.
  2. Zvezda Irkutsk deducted 18 points for failing to pay for player transfers.

Results

Home \ Away ALA ANZ BAL CHE DBN DBR KAM KUB KMV MTK NOS ROS SAL SKA SKR SIB SAK TOR URL VIT VOL ZVE
Alania Vladikavkaz 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 4–1 2–2 3–0a
Anzhi Makhachkala 2–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 5–2 0–0 0–0 3–2 2–0 4–0 2–1 0–0 4–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0
Baltika Kaliningrad 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 0–1 3–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 2–0 2–0
Chernomorets Novorossiysk 2–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 4–0 0–0 0–1 3–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 4–1 1–3 1–0 4–2 3–0
Dynamo Barnaul 0–2 1–3 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–5 1–3 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–2 1–2 2–2 0–2 0–0 3–1 1–2 0–3 0–0 2–0 2–1
Dynamo Bryansk 0–2 1–5 0–1 1–2 4–0 1–2 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–4 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–3 2–1 1–2 1–3
KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 7–0 3–1 3–4 2–1 4–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–3 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–1
Kuban Krasnodar 3–0 4–0 2–0 4–2 3–0 3–0 3–0 5–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 3–2 0–0 0–1 4–2 5–0
Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–2 1–3 1–4 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–4 0–1 0–1 3–0a
Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk 3–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–3 2–0 2–1
Nosta Novotroitsk 1–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 4–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 0–0
Rostov 3–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 4–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 6–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 3–1 2–0 2–3 1–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 5–0 2–0
Salyut-Energia Belgorod 1–0 1–0 4–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–2 3–1 0–0 4–3 1–2 3–2 0–1 2–0 1–2 4–2 3–1 0–2 1–1 3–0
SKA-Khabarovsk 3–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 3–2 2–1 3–2 2–2 1–0 4–1 1–1 0–1 4–0 1–4 3–0 2–1 3–0
SKA Rostov-on-Don 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 5–1 3–4 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–3 0–1 3–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–3 2–0 4–1
Sibir Novosibirsk 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–2 4–0 2–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 5–0
Sportakademklub Moscow 3–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–2 2–0 3–4 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 3–2 1–1 3–1 2–1
Torpedo Moscow 2–2 4–2 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 3–0 0–0 1–3 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–4 1–3 2–2 2–4 3–1 3–0
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–3 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 4–1 2–1 5–1
Vityaz Podolsk 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–3 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–3 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–1 0–3 2–3 2–1
Volga Ulyanovsk 0–1 1–0 4–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 4–2 0–2 3–0 1–3 2–3 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–1
Zvezda Irkutsk 2–1 0–3a 1–2 1–2 5–1 2–3 0–4 2–2 1–1 1–3 1–4 1–5 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–3a 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–4
Source: PFL (in Russian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Zvezda Irkutsk were unable to play these matches and were awarded to the opposing team 3–0.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Russia Denis Popov Chernomorets / Torpedo 24
2 Uzbekistan Vladimir Shishelov Zvezda / Ural 23
3 Russia Dmitri Akimov Sibir / Rostov 22
4 Russia Vartan Mazalov SKA Rostov-on-Don 21
Russia Aleksandr Yarkin SKA-Khabarovsk
6 Russia Vadim Yanchuk Nosta 20
7 Moldova Serghei Dadu Alania 18
Russia Denis Zubko Kuban
9 Georgia (country) Mikheil Ashvetia Anzhi 17
Russia Spartak Gogniyev KAMAZ
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