2008 Russian First Division
Appearance
Season | 2008 |
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← 2007 2009 → |
The Russian First Division 2008 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 Russian Second Division 2007 took part in the league:
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 | 58[a] | |
12 | Salyut-Energia Belgorod | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 58[a] | |
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 Irkutsk[b] (R) | 42 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 36 | 95 | −59 | 11 |
Source: PFL
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:
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:
Season results
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 |