2009 Russian Second Division

The Russian Second Division 2009 is the third strongest division in Russian football. The Second Division is geographically divided into 5 zones. The winners of each zone are automatically promoted into the First Division. The bottom finishers of each zone lose professional status and are relegated into the Amateur Football League.

South

Team Location Head Coach Venue Capacity Position in 2008 Official site
FC Abinsk Abinsk Armenia Kalin Stepanyan Abinsk Stadium 1st, LFL-"South"
Avtodor Vladikavkaz Russia Georgi Botsiyev "SOK" im. E. Tedeeva 3,000 18th, "South"
Angusht Nazran Russia Umar Markhiyev Tsentralny 3,200 13th, LFL-"South"
FC Astrakhan Astrakhan Russia Sergei Popkov Gorodskoy 5,000 14th, "South"
Bataysk-2007 Bataysk Russia Aleksandr Vorobyev Lokomotiv 3,000 2nd, "South"
Volgograd Volgograd Russia Valeri Burlachenko Olimpia Stadium 3,000
Dagdizel Kaspiysk Russia Magomed-Rasul Akhmedov Trud 1,500 7th, "South"
Druzhba Maykop Russia Soferbi Yeshugov Druzhba 7,000 10th, "South"
Zhemchuzhina-Sochi Sochi Russia Oleg Vasilenko Tsentralny 10,200 6th, "South"
Kavkaztransgaz-2005 Ryzdvyany Russia Sergei Ponomaryov Fakel 1,500 8th, "South"
Krasnodar-2000 Krasnodar Russia Igor Zakharyak Yunost 1,000 15th, "South"
Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk Russia Yuri Svirkov Tsentralny 10,365 19th, D1
Rotor Volgograd Russia Igor Menshchikov Tsentralny 32,216 13th, "South"
SKA Rostov-on-Don Russia Igor Khankeyev SKA SKVO 27,300 13th, D1
FC Stavropol Stavropol Russia Boris Stukalov Dynamo 15,982 2nd, LFL-"South"
Stavropolye-2009 Stavropol Russia Anatoli Shelest Dynamo 15,982
FC Taganrog Taganrog Russia Aleksei Sereda Torpedo 3,500 12th, "South"
Torpedo Armavir Armenia Arsen Papikyan Yunost 5,000
Energiya Volzhsky Russia Dmitri Petrenko Loginov Stadium 7,500 9th, "South"

FC Abinsk were excluded from the league for failing to fulfil two fixtures (on 28 June and 5 July). They have played 14 matches and were in the 18th position with 5 points. Results of Abinsk were discarded.

On 31 July 2009 Oleg Mikheyev, president of FC Rotor Volgograd, announced Rotor's resignation from the league, citing problems with authorities. They have played 18 games and were in the 13th position with 21 points.[1]

SKA
Mashuk-KMV
Bataysk-2007
Zhemchuzhina
Dagdizel
Kavkaztransgaz-2005
Energia
Druzhba
Taganrog
Rotor,
Volgograd
Astrakhan
Krasnodar-
2000
Abinsk
Torpedo
Stavropol,
Stavropolye-2009
Angusht
Avtodor
Location of teams

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Zhemchuzhina-Sochi (C) (P) 34 29 2 3 91 22+69 89 Promotion to First Division
2 Stavropol 34 22 5 7 66 37+29 71
3 Volgograd (P) 34 21 7 6 65 28+37 70 Promotion to First Division
4 Torpedo Armavir 34 19 6 9 54 32+22 63
5 Avtodor Vladikavkaz 34 15 12 7 47 38+9 57
6 Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk 34 15 8 11 45 39+6 53
7 Energiya Volzhsky 34 12 12 10 41 33+8 48
8 Bataysk-2007 34 12 9 13 43 39+4 45
9 Krasnodar-2000 34 11 12 11 40 433 45
10 Astrakhan 34 11 10 13 36 393 43
11 Druzhba Maykop 34 12 6 16 45 472 42
12 SKA Rostov-on-Don 34 11 9 14 49 6112 42
13 Stavropolye-2009 34 10 11 13 45 44+1 41
14 Dagdizel Kaspiysk 34 11 5 18 46 6519 38
15 Kavkaztransgaz-2005 Ryzdvyany 34 10 3 21 28 5426 33
16 Angusht Nazran 34 8 7 19 36 6125 31
17 Rotor Volgograd 34 5 6 23 23 7249 21
18 Taganrog 34 4 6 24 27 7346 18

Source: [PFL]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(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 scorers

Source: [PFL] (Russian), Sporbox.ru (Russian)

23 goals
22 goals
20 goals
19 goals
16 goals
13 goals
12 goals

West

Dynamo SPb, Smena-Zenit
Torpedo
Spartak K
Istra
Lokomotiv-2, Torpedo-ZIL, Sportakademklub
Volga
Dynamo V
Dmitrov
Nara-ShBFR
Sheksna
Volochanin-Ratmir
Zelenograd
Pskov-747
Tekstilshchik
Spartak S
Location of teams. Not shown: Sever (further north)

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Dynamo St. Petersburg (C) (P) 36 24 7 5 63 28+35 79 Promotion to First Division
2 Torpedo Vladimir 36 22 7 7 59 25+34 73
3 Spartak Kostroma 36 19 10 7 47 27+20 67
4 Istra 36 18 8 10 56 42+14 62
5 Lokomotiv-2 Moscow 36 16 10 10 62 38+24 58
6 Sever Murmansk 36 16 8 12 57 56+1 56
7 Volga Tver 36 15 10 11 47 45+2 55
8 Dynamo Vologda 36 14 11 11 52 40+12 53
9 Volochanin-Ratmir Vyshny Volochyok 36 12 16 8 52 38+14 52
10 Dmitrov 36 14 8 14 40 36+4 50
11 Zelenograd 36 13 9 14 44 43+1 48
12 Pskov-747 Pskov 36 12 12 12 51 48+3 48
13 Sheksna Cherepovets 36 11 13 12 44 451 46
14 Torpedo-ZIL Moscow 36 11 9 16 35 438 42
15 Nara-ShBFR Naro-Fominsk 36 10 12 14 47 558 42
16 Smena-Zenit St. Petersburg 36 10 9 17 36 5216 39
17 Tekstilshchik Ivanovo 36 8 10 18 43 6522 34
18 Sportakademklub Moscow 36 7 9 20 43 6724 30
19 Spartak Shchyolkovo (R) 36 0 2 34 9 9384 2 Relegation to Amateur Football League

Source: [PFL]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(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.

On 11 July 2009, the management of FC Spartak Shchyolkovo announced that the club would resign from the league after the first half of the season because of economic problems.[2] Spartak were excluded from the league on August 4, 2009. They have played 18 games and were in the last, 19th position with 2 points.[3]

Top scorers

Source: [PFL] (Russian)

17 goals
16 goals
15 goals
13 goals
12 goals

Center

First games on April 22, last games on October 28.

Dynamo
Avangard K
Gubkin
Zvezda
Fakel−Voronezh, FSA
Ryazan
Yelets
Lokomotiv
Spartak
Rusichi
Zodiak-Oskol
Saturn-2
Znamya Truda
Nika
Avangard P
Dnepr
Location of teams

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Avangard Kursk (C) (P) 32 24 1 7 68 23+45 73 Promotion to First Division
2 Dynamo Bryansk (P) 32 20 9 3 57 22+35 69
3 Avangard Podolsk 32 21 4 7 50 17+33 67
4 Gubkin 32 18 4 10 51 29+22 58
5 Zodiak-Oskol Stary Oskol 32 17 5 10 51 41+10 56
6 Lokomotiv Liski 32 16 8 8 43 21+22 56
7 Rusichi Oryol 32 15 6 11 48 36+12 51
8 Ryazan 32 13 6 13 39 34+5 45
9 Spartak Tambov 32 12 8 12 41 454 44
10 Zvezda Serpukhov 32 12 5 15 45 472 41
11 FSA Voronezh 32 11 6 15 44 484 39
12 Saturn Moscow Oblast 32 10 8 14 35 383 38
13 Dnepr Smolensk 32 9 10 13 31 332 37
14 Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo 32 9 6 17 38 5012 33
15 Fakel Voronezh 32 9 4 19 26 5529 31
16 Nika Moscow 32 4 5 23 20 8666 17
17 Yelets (R) 32 2 3 27 8 7062 9 Relegation to Amateur Football League

Source: [PFL]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(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.

Fakel and Yelets were excluded from the league for attempts to bribe and threaten the referee on 18 July.[4] At the time of exclusion (21 August), Fakel were sixth with 31 points from 19 games, while Yelets were 16th with 9 points from 19 games.

Top scorers

Source: [PFL] (Russian)

17 goals
16 goals
13 goals
12 goals
11 goals

Ural-Povolzhye

Mordovia
SOYUZ-Gazprom
Volga
Gornyak
Chelyabinsk
Lada, Togliatti
Sokol-Saratov
Khimik
Bashinformsvyaz-Dynamo
Gazovik
Dynamo
Neftekhimik
Rubin-2
Academia
Location of teams. Not shown: Tyumen (further east)

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Mordovia Saransk (C) (P) 30 24 5 1 68 13+55 77 Promotion to First Division
2 Gornyak Uchaly 30 17 6 7 42 25+17 57
3 SOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk 30 17 4 9 42 25+17 55
4 Volga Ulyanovsk 30 15 10 5 44 27+17 55
5 Chelyabinsk 30 15 8 7 49 18+31 53 CHE 1–1 TYU
TYU 2–2 CHE
6 Tyumen 30 15 8 7 54 32+22 53
7 Gazovik Orenburg 30 14 3 13 43 29+14 45
8 Lada Togliatti 30 12 8 10 36 35+1 44
9 Bashinformsvyaz-Dynamo Ufa 30 12 7 11 40 400 43
10 Khimik Dzerzhinsk 30 13 3 14 32 4412 42
11 Sokol Saratov 30 10 7 13 30 4111 37
12 Togliatti 30 8 8 14 32 4311 32
13 Dynamo Kirov 30 6 5 19 28 5022 23
14 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 30 5 6 19 32 7240 21
15 Rubin-2 Kazan 30 3 8 19 20 5333 17
16 Akademiya Dimitrovgrad 30 4 4 22 25 7146 16

Source: [PFL]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(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 scorers

Source: [PFL] (Russian)

19 goals
14 goals
13 goals
12 goals
11 goals

East

Metallurg-Kuzbass
Dynamo
Smena
Irtysh
Sibiryak
Metallurg
Okean
Kuzbass
Amur
Sakhalin
Location of teams

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Irtysh Omsk (C) (P) 27 17 6 4 49 20+29 57 Promotion to First Division
2 Dynamo Barnaul 27 16 4 7 41 28+13 52
3 Metallurg Krasnoyarsk 27 15 5 7 51 27+24 50
4 Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk 27 14 8 5 52 32+20 50
5 Sibiryak Bratsk 27 12 3 12 36 4812 39
6 Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure 27 9 10 8 35 30+5 37
7 Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 27 8 8 11 29 28+1 32 KUZ 1–0 SAKH
SAKH 2–0 KUZ
KUZ 0–1 SAKH
8 KUZBASS Kemerovo 27 8 8 11 32 364 32
9 Okean Nakhodka 27 3 4 20 21 5332 13
10 Amur Blagoveshchensk (R) 27 2 6 19 23 6744 12 Relegation to Amateur Football League

Source: [PFL]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(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.

On September 10, director general of FC Amur Blagoveshchensk announced resignation from the league because of large debts and impossibility to fund trips to away matches.[5] Amur was excluded from the Russian Second Division on September 17. At the time it was 9th in the table with 12 points in 20 games.[6]

Top scorers

Source: [PFL] (Russian)

15 goals
14 goals
11 goals
10 goals
8 goals

Awards

On November 25, 2009, Professional Football League announced the award winners for the season.

Zone West

Zone Center

Zone South

Zone Ural-Povolzhye

Zone East

References