2008 Russian First Division

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

Teams

15 clubs placed 3–17 in Russian First Division 2007, 2 clubs relegated from Russian Premier League 2007 and 5 zone winners from Russian Second Division 2007 took part in the league:

Kuban

Rostov, SKA

Sibir

Nab. Chelny

Ural

Sportakademklub, Torpedo

Nosta

Dyn. Br

Salyut

Anzhi

Zvezda

Alania

SKA-Ener.

Mashuk-KMV

Baltika

Metallurg

Vityaz

Dyn. Ba

Ch'morets

Volga

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Location of teams in Russian First Division 2008

Team	Place
FC Kuban Krasnodar	Krasnodar
FC Rostov	Rostov-on-Don
FC Sibir Novosibirsk	Novosibirsk
FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny	Naberezhnye Chelny
FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast	Yekaterinburg
FC Torpedo Moscow	Moscow
FC Nosta Novotroitsk	Novotroitsk
FC Dynamo Bryansk	Bryansk
FC Salyut-Energia Belgorod	Belgorod
FC Anzhi Makhachkala	Makhachkala
FC Zvezda Irkutsk	Irkutsk

Team	Place
FC Alania Vladikavkaz	Vladikavkaz
FC SKA-Energia Khabarovsk	Khabarovsk
FC Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk	Pyatigorsk
FC Baltika Kaliningrad	Kaliningrad
FC Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk	Novokuznetsk
FC SKA Rostov-on-Don	Rostov-on-Don
FC Vityaz Podolsk	Podolsk
FC Dynamo Barnaul	Barnaul
FC Sportakademklub Moscow	Moscow
FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk	Novorossiysk
FC Volga Ulyanovsk	Ulyanovsk

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. Zvezda failed to fulfil four last fixtures.

Season results

Home \ Away	KUB	ROS	SIB	KAM	URL	TOR	NOS	DBR	SAE	ANZ	ZVE	ALA	SKE	KMV	BAL	MTK	SKA	VIT	DBN	SAK	CHE	VOL
Kuban		1–1	2–0	3–0	0–0	3–2	0–1	3–0	2–2	4–0	5–0	3–0	2–0	5–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	0–1	3–0	3–0	4–2	4–2
Rostov	1–0		2–3	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	3–2	3–1	6–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	4–1	1–0	2–1	5–0
Sibir	4–0	0–0		1–2	2–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	0–1	1–0	5–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0
KAMAZ	3–4	1–0	2–3		2–1	3–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–0	7–0	1–0	2–2	2–0
Ural	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–3		2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	5–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	4–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–1
Torpedo	1–3	0–2	1–4	1–1	2–2		1–3	1–0	1–2	4–2	3–0	2–2	2–1	3–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	2–4	2–1	1–3	0–0	3–1
Nosta	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–2	1–0		2–1	1–0	1–3	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	2–1
Dynamo Bryansk	0–2	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–3	0–1	1–4		1–1	1–5	1–3	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	4–0	0–1	1–2	1–2
Salyut-Energia	0–2	1–2	2–0	2–0	3–1	4–2	4–3	1–2		1–0	3–0	1–0	3–2	3–1	4–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–1
Anzhi	1–1	3–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	2–0		0–0	2–0	4–0	5–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	4–2	3–0	2–1
Zvezda	2–2	1–5	2–1	0–4	1–2	2–0	1–4	2–3	1–0	0–31		2–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–3	0–0	1–0	5–1	0–31	1–2	0–4
Alania	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–01		1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–2
SKA-Energia	1–2	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–4	4–0	3–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–2		3–2	0–0	2–1	4–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–1
Mashuk-KMV	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–4	0–1	0–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	3–01	1–2	1–3		2–1	1–0	1–4	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–1
Baltika	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–0		0–0	0–1	4–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–0
Metallurg-Kuzbass	0–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	3–3	1–1	2–1	0–0		2–2	2–3	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0
SKA	0–1	0–1	0–0	3–4	1–0	0–0	0–3	5–1	3–0	0–0	4–1	3–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–1		2–3	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–0
Vityaz	1–3	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–3	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–1		1–1	3–0	1–1	2–3
Dynamo Barnaul	1–3	1–2	0–0	2–5	0–3	1–2	2–2	0–0	1–2	1–3	2–1	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–2	0–0		3–1	1–0	2–0
Sportakademklub	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	3–2	1–2	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	3–4	1–2	1–1	1–1		1–1	3–1
Chernomorets	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–3	4–1	1–0	4–0	0–1	0–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	3–2	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	3–0	2–1		4–2
Volga	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	4–2	0–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–3	1–2	4–0	2–0	2–3	0–2	1–0	1–1	0–2

MD = Matchday
Last updated: 3 November 2008

1-Zvezda were unable to play these matches and were awarded to the opposing team 3–0.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals	Team
1	Denis Popov	24	Chernomorets / Torpedo
2	Vladimir Shishelov	23	Zvezda / Ural
3	Dmitri Akimov	22	Sibir / Rostov
4	Vartan Mazalov	21	SKA
	Aleksandr Yarkin	21	SKA-Energiya
6	Vadim Yanchuk	20	Nosta
7	Serghei Dadu	18	Alania
	Denis Zubko	18	Kuban
9	Mikheil Ashvetia	17	Anzhi
	Spartak Gogniyev	17	KAMAZ

See also

• Russian Premier League 2008

References

• PFL