2008 Russian First Division

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

Russian First Division
Season2008
2007
2009

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:

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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Rostov (P)4229947829+4996Promotion to Premier League
2Kuban Krasnodar (P)4227698436+4887
3KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny42231096841+2779
4Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast42229116939+3075
5Nosta Novotroitsk42201395937+2273
6Anzhi Makhachkala422012106335+2872
7Baltika Kaliningrad421714114334+965
8SKA-Khabarovsk421710156360+361
9Chernomorets Novorossiysk421613135138+1361
10Alania Vladikavkaz42178175047+359
11Vityaz Podolsk42177184957−858[a]
12Salyut-Energia Belgorod42177185151058[a]
13SKA Rostov-on-Don421513145250+258
14Sibir Novosibirsk421416125141+1058
15Sportakademklub Moscow42169175557−257
16Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk (R)421415134442+257Relegation to Second Division
17Volga Ulyanovsk (R)42154235065−1549
18Torpedo Moscow (R)42147214769−2249
19Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk (R)4288263979−4032
20Dynamo Barnaul (R)4269273180−4927
21Dynamo Bryansk (R)4264323081−5122
22Zvezda Irkutsk[b] (R)4285293695−5911
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:

Results

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Alania Vladikavkaz1–02–00–02–01–00–11–02–01–00–21–11–11–12–11–02–01–21–04–12–23–0[a]
Anzhi Makhachkala2–01–13–03–01–12–01–15–20–00–03–22–04–02–10–04–23–01–11–02–10–0
Baltika Kaliningrad1–01–01–11–03–03–00–13–00–00–10–02–10–00–11–12–12–11–14–12–02–0
Chernomorets Novorossiysk2–00–12–03–04–00–00–13–20–11–00–10–12–02–01–22–14–11–31–04–23–0
Dynamo Barnaul0–21–31–01–00–02–51–32–00–12–21–21–22–20–20–03–11–20–30–02–02–1
Dynamo Bryansk0–21–50–11–24–01–20–20–10–11–40–11–11–00–10–00–10–11–32–11–21–3
KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny2–11–01–12–27–03–13–42–14–20–01–02–02–01–12–31–03–02–11–02–00–1
Kuban Krasnodar3–04–02–04–23–03–03–05–02–00–11–12–22–03–02–03–03–20–00–14–25–0
Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk1–21–12–10–01–13–11–12–01–00–10–12–21–31–40–02–10–12–40–10–13–0[a]
Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk3–31–10–00–01–03–01–10–12–11–10–10–21–12–23–11–02–01–02–32–02–1
Nosta Novotroitsk1–01–30–00–03–12–10–11–03–10–01–11–01–14–02–11–11–02–21–02–10–0
Rostov3–22–11–02–14–13–01–01–06–01–11–13–13–12–02–31–01–03–13–15–02–0
Salyut-Energia Belgorod1–01–04–00–01–01–22–00–23–10–04–31–23–20–12–01–24–23–10–21–13–0
SKA-Khabarovsk3–21–00–02–21–02–10–11–23–22–13–22–21–04–11–10–14–01–43–02–13–0
SKA Rostov-on-Don3–10–01–11–00–05–13–40–11–01–10–30–13–02–20–01–10–01–02–32–04–1
Sibir Novosibirsk2–11–01–10–02–13–11–24–02–21–01–20–00–12–11–11–11–12–02–21–05–0
Sportakademklub Moscow3–11–20–21–11–13–10–02–22–03–41–02–11–03–11–21–01–23–21–13–12–1
Torpedo Moscow2–24–20–20–02–11–01–11–33–00–01–30–21–22–11–01–41–32–22–43–13–0
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast0–00–00–12–03–12–01–32–12–01–01–01–12–03–00–01–02–02–04–12–15–1
Vityaz Podolsk1–00–11–11–11–12–11–01–32–03–11–00–11–00–32–11–13–00–10–32–32–1
Volga Ulyanovsk0–11–04–00–21–00–10–02–11–22–04–20–23–01–32–31–01–11–01–00–22–1
Zvezda Irkutsk2–10–3[a]1–21–25–12–30–42–21–11–31–41–51–01–20–02–10–3[a]2–01–21–00–4
Source: PFL (in Russian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Denis PopovChernomorets / Torpedo24
2 Vladimir ShishelovZvezda / Ural23
3 Dmitri AkimovSibir / Rostov22
4 Vartan MazalovSKA Rostov-on-Don21
Aleksandr YarkinSKA-Khabarovsk
6 Vadim YanchukNosta20
7 Serghei DaduAlania18
Denis ZubkoKuban
9 Mikheil AshvetiaAnzhi17
Spartak GogniyevKAMAZ

See also

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