1998 in Russian football

1998 in Russian football

1998 in Russian football was marked by Spartak Moscow's sixth national title.

National team

Russia national football team began their qualification for the Euro 2000.

Cup

The Russian Cup was won by Spartak Moscow, who beat Lokomotiv Moscow 1–0 in the final.

UEFA club competitions

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1997-98

Lokomotiv Moscow reached the semifinal of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1997-98. They eliminated AEK Athens in the quarterfinal but were stopped by VfB Stuttgart in the semifinal.

UEFA Cup 1997-98

Spartak Moscow reached the semifinal of the UEFA Cup 1997-98 after beating Ajax Amsterdam in both quarterfinal matches. However, in the semifinal Internazionale Milano F.C. won both matches against Spartak 2–1.

UEFA Intertoto Cup 1998

Two Russian clubs played in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1998, both being eliminated in the third round. Baltika Kaliningrad recorded victories over PFC Spartak Varna and OD Trencin before facing FK Vojvodina, and Shinnik Yaroslavl, who had a bye to the second round, defeated Turun Palloseura before being knocked out by Valencia CF.

UEFA Champions League 1998-99

Spartak Moscow qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League 1998-99 by defeating PFC Litex Lovech with an aggregate score of 11–2. Spartak finished third in Group C with Internazionale Milano F.C., Real Madrid, and SK Sturm Graz.

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1998-99

Lokomotiv Moscow began their way to the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1998-99 semifinal by eliminating Arsenal Kyiv and SC Braga in the first two rounds.

UEFA Cup 1998-99

Rotor Volgograd were eliminated after the second qualifying round of UEFA Cup 1998-99, losing twice to Red Star Belgrade. Dynamo Moscow were more successful, winning on aggregate against Polonia Warszawa in the second qualifying round and against Skonto FC in the first round. Their campaign ended after two losses to Real Sociedad in the second round.

References

* [http://rusteam.permian.ru/history/1998.html National team fixtures] ru icon
* [http://rsssf.com/tablesr/rus98.html League and cup results]
* [http://bombarder.narod.ru/ru/1998/scorer.htm League scorers] ru icon
* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/history/Season=1998/intro.html UEFA Champions League results]
*UEFA Cup Winners' Cup results: [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ECWC/history/Season=1997/intro.html 1997-98] [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ECWC/history/Season=1998/intro.html 1998-99]
*UEFA Cup results: [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UEFACup/history/Season=1997/intro.html 1997-98] [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UEFACup/history/Season=1998/intro.html 1998-99]
* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/IntertotoCup/history/Season=1998/intro.html UEFA Intertoto Cup results]


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