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.
Zone West
Standings
Top goalscorers
;32 goals;23 goals
;18 goals
;17 goals
- Maksim Grevtsev
- Sergei Lutovinov
;15 goals
- Yuri Bagdasaryan
- Yuriy Yakovenko
- Dmitri Rudanov
Zone Center
Standings
Top goalscorers
;24 goals;21 goals
;19 goals
- Andrei Boldin
- Sergei Gavrilov
- Mikhail Filyunov
;14 goals
;12 goals
- Igor Grokhovskiy
- Vladimir Kharin
- Andrei Meshchaninov
- Aleksandr Rogachyov
Zone South
Standings
Top goalscorers
;29 goals;28 goals
- Aleksandr Krotov
;20 goals
- Ihor Stasyuk
- Aleksandr Tatarkin
- Stanislav Tskhovrebov
- Andranik Babayan
- Aleksei Burlutskiy
Zone Povolzhye
Standings
Top goalscorers
;31 goals;15 goals
- Aleksandr Fedoseyev
;13 goals
- Rafael Khayrulov
- Yuri Konovalov
- Anatoli Lychagov
- Igor Mordvinov
- Vitali Papadopulo
- Oleg Sofonov
Zone Ural
Standings
Top goalscorers
;30 goals;28 goals
;19 goals
- Andrei Ivanov
- Sergei Kireyev
- Vladimir Raykov
;14 goals
;13 goals
- Lev Matveyev
- Yawhen Tsarkov
- Aleksei Alekseyev
- Denis Malyavkin
- Vladimir Pantyushenko
- Sergei Sviridkin
Zone East
Standings
Top goalscorers
;13 goals- Sergei Bogdanov
- Igor Zykov
- Stanislav Chaplygin
- Anatoli Panchenko
- Vladimir Shipovskiy
- Viktor Kuchin
- Oleg Nikulin
- Oleg Yakovlev
- Vadim Belokhonov
- Pavel Bondarenko
- Vyacheslav Kholosha
- Roman Melnik
- Aleksei Tikhonkikh
- Igor Yefremov