1996 Russian Second League

The Russian Second League 1996 was the fifth edition of Russian Second Division. There were 3 zones with 60 teams starting the competition (2 were excluded before the end of the season).

Zone West

Overview

Team Head coach
FC Metallurg Lipetsk Valeri Tretyakov
FC Anzhi Makhachkala Eduard Malofeyev
FC Torpedo Taganrog Anatoly Bulgakov
FC Avtozapchast Baksan Sergei Tashuev
FC MChS-Selyatino Selyatino Leonid Nazarenko
FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz Ruslan Sakiyev
FC Angusht Nazran Timur Kuriyev
FC Lokomotiv Liski Vladimir Ponomaryov
FC SKA Rostov-on-Don Aleksandr Tumasyan
FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan Vladimir Yerofeyev
FC Volgodonsk Valeri Zubakov
FC Kavkazkabel Prokhladny Sergei Ponomaryov
FC Gatchina Nikolai Gosudarenkov
FC Energiya Pyatigorsk Sergei Razaryonov
FC Avangard Kursk Aleksandr Galkin
FC Torpedo Armavir Arkadi Afanasyev
FC Dynamo Vologda Aleksandr Samygin
FC Olimp Kislovodsk Yuri Kotov
FC Turbostroitel Kaluga Mikhail Balabuyev
FC Dynamo St. Petersburg Aleksandr Fyodorov
FC Kolos Krasnodar Vladimir Inyutin
FC Iriston Vladikavkaz Aleksandr Katsiyev

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Metallurg Lipetsk (A) 38 29 6 3 105 23+82 93 Promotion to Russian First League 1997
2 Anzhi Makhachkala (A) 38 28 3 7 99 36+63 87
3 Torpedo Taganrog 38 25 6 7 96 33+63 81
4 Avtozapchast Baksan 38 22 4 12 64 41+23 70
5 MChS-Selyatino Selyatino 38 21 5 12 76 49+27 68
6 Avtodor Vladikavkaz 38 20 8 10 66 48+18 68
7 Angusht Nazran 38 18 8 12 56 48+8 62
8 Lokomotiv Liski 38 17 6 15 53 57−4 57
9 SKA Rostov-on-Don 38 17 5 16 49 67−18 56
10 Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan 38 15 7 16 50 62−12 52
11 Volgodonsk (R) 38 14 6 18 44 62−18 48 Relegation to Third League
12 Kavkazkabel Prokhladny 38 13 7 18 33 45−12 46
13 Gatchina 38 12 10 16 45 46−1 46
14 Energiya Pyatigorsk 38 12 8 18 40 54−14 44
15 Avangard Kursk 38 13 4 21 50 78−28 43
16 Torpedo Armavir 38 11 3 24 40 75−35 36
17 Dynamo Vologda 38 10 6 22 39 62−23 36
18 Olimp Kislovodsk (R) 38 10 8 20 38 60−22 32 Relegation to Third League
19 Turbostroitel Kaluga (R) 38 7 6 25 25 67−42 21
20 Dynamo St. Petersburg 38 3 10 25 26 81−55 19

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: unknown
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Notes:

  1. 6 points were deducted from FC Olimp Kislovodsk.
  2. FC Iriston Vladikavkaz were excluded from the league after playing 19 games and gaining 25 points. All their results were discarded.
  3. FC Kolos Krasnodar were excluded from the league after playing 18 games and gaining 20 points. All their results were discarded. Kolos did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1997.
  4. FC Anzhi Makhachkala awarded 1 home win.
  5. FC Moskovskiy-Selyatino renamed to FC MChS-Selyatino.
  6. FC Avtodor-BMK Vladikavkaz renamed to FC Avtodor.
  7. FC Angusht Malgobek moved to Nazran.
  8. FC Turbostroitel Kaluga did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1997.

Top goalscorers

33 goals
31 goals
29 goals
25 goals
23 goals
17 goals
16 goals
15 goals
14 goals
13 goals

Zone Centre

Overview

Team Head coach
FC Lada Dimitrovgrad Vladimir Yevsyukov
FC CSK VVS-Kristall Smolensk Lev Platonov
FC Amkar Perm Sergei Oborin
FC Arsenal Tula Gennadi Kostylev (until September)
FC Spartak Ryazan Sergei Nedosekin
FC Rubin Kazan Igor Volchok
FC Don Novomoskovsk Leonid Lipovoy
FC Nosta Novotroitsk Valeri Shaveyko
FC UralAZ Miass Valeri Znarok
FC Svetotekhnika Saransk Aleksandr Korolyov
FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo Vladimir Belkov
FC Torpedo Pavlovo Vyacheslav Melnikov
FC Sibir Kurgan Vladimir Petrov
FC Energiya Chaikovsky Sergei Kleymyonov
FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk Igor Kasyuk
FC Spartak Shchyolkovo Sergei Suslin
FC Zavodchanin Saratov Anatoli Smal
FC Kosmos Dolgoprudny Aleksandr Logunov
FC Zenit Izhevsk Leonid Garyayev
FC Zenit Penza Aleksandr Komissarov
FC Asmaral Moscow Vladimir Mikhaylov
FC Industriya Borovsk Yuri Karamyan

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Lada Dimitrovgrad (A) 42 31 5 6 90 28+62 98 Promotion to Russian First League 1997
2 CSK VVS-Kristall Smolensk (A) 42 30 6 6 96 36+60 96
3 Amkar Perm 42 28 9 5 86 31+55 93
4 Arsenal Tula 42 29 5 8 79 36+43 92
5 Spartak Ryazan 42 28 6 8 67 24+43 90
6 Rubin Kazan 42 24 7 11 66 34+32 79
7 Don Novomoskovsk 42 24 6 12 60 31+29 78
8 Nosta Novotroitsk 42 22 10 10 84 46+38 76
9 UralAZ Miass 42 18 13 11 60 56+4 67
10 Svetotekhnika Saransk 42 16 12 14 53 49+4 60
11 Tekstilshchik Ivanovo 42 18 3 21 65 60+5 57
12 Torpedo Pavlovo 42 14 9 19 44 57−13 51
13 Sibir Kurgan 42 13 7 22 34 55−21 46
14 Energiya Chaikovsky 42 13 5 24 54 68−14 44
15 Metallurg Magnitogorsk 42 13 3 26 59 103−44 42
16 Spartak Shchyolkovo 42 12 6 24 39 60−21 42
17 Zavodchanin Saratov (R) 42 9 15 18 43 54−11 42 Relegation to Third League
18 Kosmos Dolgoprudny (R) 42 11 4 27 39 83−44 37
19 Zenit Izhevsk 42 9 8 25 37 79−42 35
20 Zenit Penza (R) 42 8 10 24 31 58−27 34 Relegation to Third League
21 Asmaral Moscow (R) 42 8 4 30 33 92−59 28
22 Industriya Borovsk (R) 42 7 1 34 27 106−79 22

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: unknown
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Notes:

  1. FC Torpedo Pavlovo awarded 1 home win.
  2. FC Asmaral Moscow awarded 1 home loss.
  3. FC Zavodchanin Saratov did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1997.

Top goalscorers

34 goals
30 goals
27 goals
25 goals
24 goals
21 goals
20 goals
19 goals
17 goals
16 goals

Zone East

Overview

Team Head coach
FC Irtysh Omsk Aleksandr Ivchenko
FC Tom Tomsk Vladimir Yurin
FC Viktoriya Nazarovo Mikhail Putintsev
FC Metallurg-ZapSib Novokuznetsk Vladislav Sosnov
FC SKA Khabarovsk Vladimir Susin
FC Kuzbass Kemerovo Viktor Shel
FC Irtysh Tobolsk Rudolf Atamalyan
FC Samotlor-XXI Nizhnevartovsk Aleksandr Shudrik
FC Dynamo Omsk Vyacheslav Martynov
FC Dynamo Barnaul Aleksandr Gostenin
FC Amur Blagoveshchensk Ivan Nikolayev
FC Selenga Ulan-Ude Valeri Mikhnov
FC Angara Angarsk Ivan Korzhenko
FC Motor Prokopyevsk Vitali Golopolosov
FC Torpedo Rubtsovsk Vladimir Vorzhev
FC Mezhdurechensk Viktor Kolmogorov

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Irtysh Omsk (A) 30 22 3 5 59 17+42 69 Promotion to Russian First League 1997
2 Tom Tomsk 30 19 6 5 48 24+24 63
3 Viktoriya Nazarovo 30 18 2 10 54 37+17 56
4 Metallurg-ZapSib Novokuznetsk 30 17 5 8 56 34+22 56
5 SKA Khabarovsk 30 16 6 8 48 30+18 54
6 Kuzbass Kemerovo 30 14 6 10 51 24+27 48
7 Irtysh Tobolsk 30 14 4 12 36 32+4 46
8 Samotlor-XXI Nizhnevartovsk 30 13 6 11 29 28+1 45
9 Dynamo Omsk 30 13 3 14 39 44−5 42
10 Dynamo Barnaul 30 12 6 12 36 24+12 42
11 Amur Blagoveshchensk 30 12 6 12 36 360 42
12 Selenga Ulan-Ude 30 12 5 13 29 46−17 41
13 Angara Angarsk 30 6 3 21 29 71−42 21
14 Motor Prokopyevsk (R) 30 4 8 18 24 51−27 20 Relegation to Amateur Football League
15 Torpedo Rubtsovsk 30 5 3 22 24 52−28 18
16 Mezhdurechensk 30 4 6 20 21 69−48 18

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: unknown
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Top goalscorers

22 goals
18 goals
16 goals
14 goals
13 goals
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals

See also