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:

2008 Russian First Division is located in Russia
Location of teams in 2008 Russian First Division
TeamPlace
Team Place FC Kuban KrasnodarKrasnodar FC RostovRostov-on-Don FC Sibir NovosibirskNovosibirsk FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye ChelnyNaberezhnye Chelny FC Ural Sverdlovsk OblastYekaterinburg FC Torpedo MoscowMoscow FC Nosta NovotroitskNovotroitsk FC Dynamo BryanskBryansk FC Salyut-Energia BelgorodBelgorod FC Anzhi MakhachkalaMakhachkala FC Zvezda IrkutskIrkutskTeam Place FC Alania VladikavkazVladikavkaz FC SKA-Energia KhabarovskKhabarovsk FC Mashuk-KMV PyatigorskPyatigorsk FC Baltika KaliningradKaliningrad FC Metallurg-Kuzbass NovokuznetskNovokuznetsk FC SKA Rostov-on-DonRostov-on-Don FC Vityaz PodolskPodolsk FC Dynamo BarnaulBarnaul FC Sportakademklub MoscowMoscow FC Chernomorets NovorossiyskNovorossiysk FC Volga UlyanovskUlyanovsk
FC Kuban KrasnodarKrasnodar
FC RostovRostov-on-Don
FC Sibir NovosibirskNovosibirsk
FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye ChelnyNaberezhnye Chelny
FC Ural Sverdlovsk OblastYekaterinburg
FC Torpedo MoscowMoscow
FC Nosta NovotroitskNovotroitsk
FC Dynamo BryanskBryansk
FC Salyut-Energia BelgorodBelgorod
FC Anzhi MakhachkalaMakhachkala
FC Zvezda IrkutskIrkutsk
TeamPlace
FC Alania VladikavkazVladikavkaz
FC SKA-Energia KhabarovskKhabarovsk
FC Mashuk-KMV PyatigorskPyatigorsk
FC Baltika KaliningradKaliningrad
FC Metallurg-Kuzbass NovokuznetskNovokuznetsk
FC SKA Rostov-on-DonRostov-on-Don
FC Vityaz PodolskPodolsk
FC Dynamo BarnaulBarnaul
FC Sportakademklub MoscowMoscow
FC Chernomorets NovorossiyskNovorossiysk
FC Volga UlyanovskUlyanovsk

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.

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
12Salyut-Energia Belgorod42177185151058
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 (R)4285293695−5911

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
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
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 Irkutsk2–10–31–21–25–12–30–42–21–11–31–41–51–01–20–02–10–32–01–21–00–4

Top goalscorers

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

See also