1998 Russian Second Division

The 1998 Russian Second Division was the seventh edition of the Russian Second Division. The competition was renamed from Russian Second League to Russian Second Division this year. Russian Third League was dissolved this season and Second Division became once again the lowest level of professional football in Russia. There were 6 zones with 119 teams starting the competition (5 were excluded before the end of the season).

Top goalscorers

 * 32 goals
 * Aleksei Snigiryov (FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow)


 * 23 goals
 * Anatoli Balaluyev (FC Avtomobilist Noginsk)


 * 18 goals
 * Aleksei Kocharygin (FC Spartak-2 Moscow)
 * Sergey Korovushkin (PFC CSKA-2 Moscow)


 * 17 goals
 * Maksim Grevtsev (FC Spartak Shchyolkovo)
 * Sergei Lutovinov (FC Spartak-2 Moscow)


 * 16 goals
 * Maksim Aristarkhov (FC Torpedo-2 Moscow)


 * 15 goals
 * Yuri Bagdasaryan (FC Mosenergo Moscow)
 * Yuriy Yakovenko 🇺🇦 (FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow)


 * 14 goals
 * Dmitri Rudanov (FC Neftyanik Yaroslavl)

Top goalscorers

 * 24 goals
 * Aleksei Medvedev (FC Spartak-Orekhovo Orekhovo-Zuyevo)


 * 21 goals
 * Anatoli Sigachyov (FC Don Novomoskovsk)


 * 19 goals
 * Andrei Boldin (FC Kolomna)


 * 17 goals
 * Sergei Gavrilov (FC Spartak Tambov)


 * 16 goals
 * Mikhail Filyunov (FC Oryol)


 * 15 goals
 * Konstantin Kaynov (FC Fabus Bronnitsy)
 * Valeri Korneyev (FC Spartak Bryansk)


 * 14 goals
 * Yevgeni Kuzka (FC Spartak Ryazan)


 * 12 goals
 * Igor Grokhovskiy 🇰🇿 (FC Arsenal-2 Tula)
 * Vladimir Kharin (FC Lokomotiv Liski)
 * Andrei Meshchaninov (FC Kosmos Dolgoprudny)
 * Aleksandr Rogachyov (FC Spartak Lukhovitsy)

Top goalscorers

 * 29 goals
 * Yusup Guguyev (FC Angusht Nazran)


 * 28 goals
 * Aleksandr Krotov (FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan)


 * 26 goals
 * Isa Markhiyev (FC Angusht Nazran)


 * 20 goals
 * Ihor Stasyuk 🇺🇦 (FC Torpedo Taganrog)
 * Aleksandr Tatarkin (FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan)
 * Stanislav Tskhovrebov (FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz)


 * 16 goals
 * Andranik Babayan (FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan)
 * Aleksei Burlutskiy (FC Torpedo Taganrog)


 * 14 goals
 * Grigori Ivanov (FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan)
 * Andrey Perederiy (FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz)

Top goalscorers

 * 31 goals
 * Andrei Bakalets (FC Torpedo-Viktoriya Nizhny Novgorod)


 * 15 goals
 * Aleksandr Fedoseyev (FC Zenit Penza)


 * 14 goals
 * Mikhail Mysin (FC Rotor-2 Volgograd)
 * Aleksandr Popov (FC Iskra Engels)


 * 13 goals
 * Rafael Khayrulov (FC Energiya Ulyanovsk)
 * Yuri Konovalov (FC Torpedo Volzhsky)


 * 12 goals
 * Anatoli Lychagov (FC Energiya Uren)
 * Igor Mordvinov (FC Torpedo Pavlovo)
 * Vitali Papadopulo (FC Torpedo Arzamas)


 * 11 goals
 * Oleg Sofonov (FC Torpedo Pavlovo)

Top goalscorers

 * 30 goals
 * Konstantin Paramonov (FC Amkar Perm)


 * 28 goals
 * Vladimir Filippov (FC Nosta Novotroitsk)


 * 19 goals
 * Andrei Ivanov (FC Energiya Chaikovsky)
 * Sergei Kireyev (FC Zenit Chelyabinsk)
 * Vladimir Raykov (FC UralAZ Miass)


 * 17 goals
 * Konstantin Zyryanov (FC Amkar Perm)


 * 14 goals
 * 🇺🇦 Serhiy Yakovenko (FC Energiya Chaikovsky)


 * 13 goals
 * Lev Matveyev (FC Amkar Perm)
 * Yawhen Tsarkov 🇧🇾 (FC Zenit Chelyabinsk)


 * 12 goals
 * Aleksei Alekseyev (FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg)
 * Denis Malyavkin (FC Metallurg-Metiznik Magnitogorsk)
 * Vladimir Pantyushenko (FC Samotlor-XXI Nizhnevartovsk)
 * Sergei Sviridkin (FC Gazovik Orenburg)

Top goalscorers

 * 13 goals
 * Sergei Bogdanov (FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk)
 * Igor Zykov (FC Selenga Ulan-Ude)


 * 10 goals
 * Stanislav Chaplygin (FC Metallurg Novokuznetsk)
 * Anatoli Panchenko (FC Dynamo Barnaul)
 * Vladimir Shipovskiy (FC Metallurg Novokuznetsk)


 * 9 goals
 * Viktor Kuchin (FC Metallurg Novokuznetsk)
 * Oleg Nikulin (FC Chkalovets Novosibirsk)
 * Oleg Yakovlev (FC Zvezda Irkutsk)


 * 8 goals
 * Vadim Belokhonov (FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk)
 * Pavel Bondarenko (FC SKA Khabarovsk)
 * Vyacheslav Kholosha (FC Zvezda Irkutsk)
 * Roman Melnik (FC Luch Vladivostok)
 * Aleksei Tikhonkikh (FC Selenga Ulan-Ude)
 * Igor Yefremov (FC Amur-Energiya Blagoveshchensk)