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2008 Russian First Division

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competition	Russian First Division
season	2008
prevseason	[2007](2007-russian-first-division)
nextseason	[2009](2009-russian-first-division)

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:

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.

Standings

Results

Top goalscorers

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

References

[http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=218200&cid=7&t_only=1 Interavia lets Irkutsk footballers down]

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