Russian Third League 1996
The Russian Third League 1996 was the 3rd time competition on the fourth level of Russian football was professional. There were 6 zones with 102 teams starting the competition (6 were excluded before the end of the season).
Zone 1
Overview
Standings
Pos
|
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
| Qualification or relegation
|
1 |
Spartak Anapa (A) |
34 |
26 |
2 |
6 |
105 |
24 | +81 |
80 |
Promotion to Second League |
2 |
Venets Gulkevichi (A) |
34 |
21 |
4 |
9 |
62 |
33 | +29 |
67 |
3 |
Dynamo-d Stavropol |
34 |
19 |
6 |
9 |
56 |
44 | +12 |
63 |
4 |
Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody |
34 |
18 |
7 |
9 |
59 |
35 | +24 |
61 |
5 |
Nart Cherkessk |
34 |
18 |
5 |
11 |
49 |
34 | +15 |
59 |
6 |
Dynamo-Imamat Makhachkala |
34 |
17 |
7 |
10 |
56 |
42 | +14 |
58 |
7 |
Kuban-d Krasnodar |
34 |
18 |
3 |
13 |
72 |
59 | +13 |
57 |
8 |
Anzhi-2 Kaspiysk |
34 |
17 |
3 |
14 |
67 |
56 | +11 |
54 |
9 |
Mozdok |
34 |
16 |
4 |
14 |
66 |
42 | +24 |
52 |
10 |
Astrateks Astrakhan (R) |
34 |
15 |
7 |
12 |
65 |
51 | +14 |
52 |
Relegation to Amateur Football League |
11 |
Nart Nartkala |
34 |
14 |
5 |
15 |
51 |
43 | +8 |
47 |
12 |
Derbent (R) |
34 |
13 |
8 |
13 |
44 |
37 | +7 |
47 |
Relegation to Amateur Football League |
13 |
Kabardey-ZET Nizhny Cherek (R) |
34 |
11 |
12 |
11 |
50 |
52 | −2 |
45 |
14 |
Kommunalnik-Druzhba-d Maykop (R) |
34 |
11 |
3 |
20 |
49 |
53 | −4 |
36 |
15 |
Spartak-d Nalchik |
34 |
7 |
5 |
22 |
37 |
87 | −50 |
26 |
16 |
Beshtau Lermontov |
34 |
7 |
5 |
22 |
33 |
94 | −61 |
26 |
17 |
Uralan-d Elista (R) |
34 |
7 |
2 |
25 |
25 |
97 | −72 |
23 |
Relegation to Amateur Football League |
18 |
Gofrokarton Digora (R) |
34 |
6 |
2 |
26 |
33 |
86 | −53 |
20 |
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.
- FC Uralan-d Elista were excluded from the league after playing 18 games and gaining 23 points. Opponents were awarded a win in the remaining games. They did not play in any national-level competitions in 1997.
- FC Gofrokarton Digora were excluded from the league after playing 29 games and gaining 20 points. Opponents were awarded a win in the remaining games. They played their first professional season. They did not play in any national-level competitions in 1997.
- FC Gekris Anapa renamed to FC Spartak.
- FC Dynamo Makhachkala renamed to FC Dynamo-Imamat.
- FC Kuban-d Krasnodar and PFC Spartak-d Nalchik played their first professional season.
- FC Anzhi-2 Makhachkala moved to Kaspiysk.
- FC Iriston Mozdok renamed to FC Mozdok.
- FC Astrateks Astrakhan and FC Derbent did not play in any national-level competitions in 1997.
- FC Spartak-2 Nartkala renamed to FC Nart.
- FC Kabardey-ZET Nizhny Cherek promoted from the Amateur Football League. They did not play in any national-level competitions in 1997.
- FC Druzhba-d Maykop renamed to FC Kommunalnik-Druzhba-d Maykop. They did not play in any national-level competitions in 1997.
Top goalscorers
- 23 goals
- 21 goals
- Aleksandr Kamentsev (FC Venets Gulkevichi)
- 20 goals
- 19 goals
- Sultan Chochuyev (FC Kabardey-ZET Nizhny Cherek)
- Timur Zakirov (FC Spartak Anapa)
- 17 goals
- Andranik Babayan (FC Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody)
- Aliyar Ismailov (FC Anzhi-2 Kaspiysk)
- 16 goals
- Eduard Khachaturyan (FC Mozdok)
- Yuri Takliyev (FC Nart Cherkessk)
- 15 goals
- Andrei Podgurskiy (FC Spartak Anapa)
Zone 2
Overview
Standings
Pos
|
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
| Qualification or relegation
|
1 |
Salyut-YuKOS Belgorod (A) |
32 |
24 |
5 |
3 |
73 |
22 | +51 |
77 |
Promotion to Second League |
2 |
Dynamo-Zhemchuzhina-2 Sochi (A) |
32 |
23 |
3 |
6 |
90 |
42 | +48 |
72 |
3 |
Avangard-Kolos Taganrog (R) |
32 |
18 |
6 |
8 |
53 |
29 | +24 |
60 |
Relegation to Amateur Football League |
4 |
Spartak-Bratskiy Yuzhny |
32 |
17 |
5 |
10 |
55 |
37 | +18 |
56 |
5 |
Kuban Slavyansk-na-Kubani |
32 |
17 |
5 |
10 |
56 |
44 | +12 |
56 |
6 |
Zvezda Gorodishche (R) |
32 |
15 |
10 |
7 |
56 |
35 | +21 |
55 |
Relegation to Amateur Football League |
7 |
Lokomotiv Yelets |
32 |
16 |
5 |
11 |
68 |
36 | +32 |
53 |
8 |
Shakhtyor Shakhty |
32 |
15 |
6 |
11 |
41 |
31 | +10 |
51 |
9 |
Niva Slavyansk-na-Kubani |
32 |
15 |
4 |
13 |
53 |
43 | +10 |
49 |
10 |
Izumrud Timashyovsk (R) |
32 |
14 |
3 |
15 |
62 |
57 | +5 |
45 |
Relegation to Amateur Football League |
11 |
Metallurg Krasny Sulin |
32 |
12 |
6 |
14 |
46 |
45 | +1 |
42 |
12 |
Zhemchuzhina-d Sochi |
32 |
11 |
4 |
17 |
55 |
64 | −9 |
37 |
13 |
Dynamo Mikhaylovka |
32 |
11 |
3 |
18 |
41 |
57 | −16 |
36 |
14 |
Rotor-d Volgograd |
32 |
7 |
7 |
18 |
37 |
71 | −34 |
28 |
15 |
APK Morozovsk (R) |
32 |
7 |
1 |
24 |
32 |
86 | −54 |
22 |
Relegation to Amateur Football League |
16 |
Chernomorets-d Novorossiysk (R) |
32 |
6 |
3 |
23 |
31 |
94 | −63 |
21 |
17 |
Rostselmash-d Rostov-on-Don |
32 |
3 |
6 |
23 |
30 |
86 | −56 |
15 |
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.
- FC Istochnik Rostov-on-Don were excluded from the league after playing 14 games and gaining 30 points. All their results were discarded. They did not play in any national-level competitions in 1997.
- FC Salyut-YuKOS Belgorod and FC Lokomotiv Yelets awarded 1 home win each.
- FC Salyut Belgorod renamed to FC Salyut-YuKOS.
- FC Dynamo-Zhemchuzhina-2 Sochi played their first professional season.
- FC Avangard-Kolos Taganrog and FC Chernomorets-d Novorossiysk played their first professional season. They did not play in any national-level competitions in 1997.
- FC Zvezda Gorodishche did not play in any national-level competitions in 1997.
- FC Izumrud Timashyovsk promoted from the Amateur Football League.
- FC Rostselmash-d Rostov-on-Don did not play professionally in 1995.
Top goalscorers
- 32 goals
- 20 goals
- Aleksandr Bocharnikov (FC Kuban Slavyansk-na-Kubani)
- Igor Stasyuk (FC Izumrud Timashyovsk)
- 15 goals
- Oleg Akulov (FC Zhemchuzhina-d Sochi)
- 14 goals
- 13 goals
- Sergei Borodin (FC Zvezda Gorodishche)
- Vladimir Grishchenko (FC Niva Slavyansk-na-Kubani / FC Chernomorets-d Novorossiysk)
- Manuk Kakosyan (FC Dynamo-Zhemchuzhina-2 Sochi)
- Sergei Sedov (FC Avangard-Kolos Taganrog)
- 12 goals
- Andrei Fomichyov (FC Salyut-YuKOS Belgorod)
- Tatul Mkhitaryan (FC Dynamo Mikhaylovka)
- Andrei Pakhtusov (FC Niva Slavyansk-na-Kubani)
- Aleksandr Shtyn (FC Zhemchuzhina-d Sochi)
- Yuri Veretin (FC Lokomotiv Yelets)
Zone 3
Overview
Standings
Pos
|
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
| Qualification or relegation
|
1 |
Dynamo-d Moscow |
38 |
28 |
6 |
4 |
87 |
27 | +60 |
90 |
2 |
Mosenergo Moscow (A) |
38 |
27 |
6 |
5 |
84 |
21 | +63 |
87 |
Promotion to Second League |
3 |
Avtomobilist Noginsk (A) |
38 |
26 |
7 |
5 |
84 |
30 | +54 |
85 |
4 |
Spartak-d Moscow |
38 |
26 |
7 |
5 |
91 |
33 | +58 |
85 |
5 |
Torpedo-Luzhniki-d Moscow |
38 |
21 |
9 |
8 |
70 |
37 | +33 |
72 |
6 |
Roda Moscow |
38 |
21 |
6 |
11 |
79 |
52 | +27 |
69 |
7 |
Avangard-Kortek Kolomna |
38 |
18 |
4 |
16 |
49 |
47 | +2 |
58 |
8 |
Fabus Bronnitsy |
38 |
16 |
7 |
15 |
51 |
59 | −8 |
55 |
9 |
Mashinostroitel Sergiyev Posad |
38 |
15 |
8 |
15 |
53 |
63 | −10 |
53 |
10 |
CSKA-d Moscow |
38 |
12 |
11 |
15 |
52 |
54 | −2 |
47 |
11 |
Torgmash Lyubertsy |
38 |
12 |
10 |
16 |
42 |
56 | −14 |
46 |
12 |
Monolit Moscow |
38 |
12 |
10 |
16 |
39 |
44 | −5 |
46 |
13 |
Titan Reutov |
38 |
12 |
8 |
18 |
44 |
59 | −15 |
44 |
14 |
Krasnogvardeyets Moscow |
38 |
11 |
9 |
18 |
43 |
53 | −10 |
42 |
15 |
Dynamo-2 Moscow |
38 |
10 |
8 |
20 |
40 |
58 | −18 |
38 |
16 |
Oka Kolomna (R) |
38 |
9 |
9 |
20 |
33 |
73 | −40 |
36 |
Relegation to Amateur Football League |
17 |
Obninsk (R) |
38 |
6 |
11 |
21 |
34 |
86 | −52 |
29 |
18 |
Chertanovo Moscow |
38 |
6 |
9 |
23 |
23 |
67 | −44 |
27 |
19 |
Smena Moscow (R) |
38 |
5 |
11 |
22 |
27 |
69 | −42 |
26 |
Relegation to Amateur Football League |
20 |
Lokomotiv-d Moscow |
38 |
5 |
8 |
25 |
32 |
69 | −37 |
23 |
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.
- FC TRASKO Moscow were excluded from the league after playing 18 games and gaining 7 points. All their results were discarded.
- FC Mashinostroitel Sergiyev Posad awarded 1 home win.
- FC Dynamo-d Moscow was not promoted as reserve teams were not eligible for promotion.
- FC Torpedo-d Moscow renamed to FC Torpedo-Luzhniki-d.
- FC Roda Moscow promoted from the Amateur Football League.
- FC Obninsk did not play professionally in 1995 and did not play in any national-level competitions in 1997.
Top goalscorers
- 25 goals
- Sergei Artyomov (FC Dynamo-d Moscow)
- Sergei Bespalykh (FC Avangard-Kortek Kolomna)
- 19 goals
- Igor Reutov (FC Avtomobilist Noginsk)
- 18 goals
- 17 goals
- Aleksandr Samorodov (FC Mosenergo Moscow)
- 16 goals
- Nikolai Klikin (FC Dynamo-2 Moscow)
- 15 goals
- Aleksandr Kuptsov (FC Fabus Bronnitsy)
- 14 goals
Zone 4
Overview
Standings
Pos
|
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
| Qualification or relegation
|
1 |
Orekhovo Orekhovo-Zuyevo (A) |
30 |
19 |
6 |
5 |
58 |
25 | +33 |
63 |
Promotion to Second League |
2 |
Volga Tver (A) |
30 |
18 |
9 |
3 |
42 |
21 | +21 |
63 |
3 |
Oryol (A) |
30 |
17 |
11 |
2 |
48 |
15 | +33 |
62 |
4 |
Torpedo Vladimir |
30 |
17 |
4 |
9 |
47 |
35 | +12 |
55 |
5 |
Dynamo Bryansk |
30 |
14 |
10 |
6 |
52 |
27 | +25 |
52 |
6 |
Mashinostroitel Pskov |
30 |
14 |
6 |
10 |
38 |
32 | +6 |
48 |
7 |
Neftyanik Yaroslavl |
30 |
13 |
8 |
9 |
44 |
29 | +15 |
47 |
8 |
Zenit-d St. Petersburg |
30 |
11 |
7 |
12 |
29 |
28 | +1 |
40 |
9 |
Luch Tula |
30 |
10 |
8 |
12 |
40 |
29 | +11 |
38 |
10 |
Lokomotiv-d St. Petersburg |
30 |
10 |
7 |
13 |
32 |
44 | −12 |
37 |
11 |
Spartak Bryansk |
30 |
7 |
10 |
13 |
43 |
52 | −9 |
31 |
12 |
Kristall Dyatkovo (R) |
30 |
6 |
9 |
15 |
23 |
44 | −21 |
27 |
Relegation to Amateur Football League |
13 |
Bulat Cherepovets (R) |
30 |
6 |
8 |
16 |
22 |
40 | −18 |
26 |
14 |
Karelia-Erzi Petrozavodsk (R) |
30 |
5 |
9 |
16 |
24 |
49 | −25 |
24 |
15 |
Spartak Kostroma |
30 |
5 |
8 |
17 |
20 |
52 | −32 |
23 |
16 |
Volochanin Vyshny Volochyok |
30 |
6 |
4 |
20 |
19 |
59 | −40 |
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.
- FC Karelia-Erzi Petrozavodsk were excluded from the league after playing 24 games and gaining 24 points. Opponents were awarded a win in the remaining games. They did not play professionally in 1995 and did not play in any national-level competitions in 1997
- FC Trion-Volga Tver renamed to FC Volga.
- FC Lokomotiv-d St. Petersburg played their first professional season.
- FC Spartak Bryansk promoted from the Amateur Football League.
- FC Kristall Dyatkovo and FC Bulat Cherepovets did not play in any national-level competitions in 1997.
Top goalscorers
- 18 goals
- 15 goals
- 14 goals
- Igor Aksyonov (FC Neftyanik Yaroslavl)
- Valeri Korneyev (FC Spartak Bryansk)
- 13 goals
- Sergei Ulezlo (FC Volga Tver)
- 11 goals
- Aleksei Barikov (FC Oryol)
- Pavel Sukhov (FC Orekhovo Orekhovo-Zuyevo)
- 10 goals
- Igor Varakin (FC Orekhovo Orekhovo-Zuyevo)
- 9 goals
- Stanislav Borisov (FC Oryol)
- 8 goals
- Yevgeni Leonov (FC Karelia-Erzi Petrozavodsk)
- Andrei Syomin (FC Oryol)
- Konstantin Taptov (FC Spartak Bryansk)
Zone 5
Overview
Standings
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.
- FC Energetik Uren and FC Lokomotiv-d Nizhny Novgorod played their first professional season.
- FC Biokhimik-Mordovia Saransk promoted from the Amateur Football League where it played in 1995 as FC Biokhimik Saransk.
- FC Stroitel Morshansk and FC Iskra Engels promoted from the Amateur Football League.
- FC Kraneks Ivanovo did not play in any national-level competitions in 1997.
Top goalscorers
- 25 goals
- 19 goals
- 15 goals
- Vladimir Nosov (FC Kristall Sergach)
- 14 goals
- Dmitri Borisko (FC Volga Ulyanovsk)
- Andrei Eskov (FC Iskra Engels)
- 12 goals
- Boris Goncharov (FC Spartak Tambov)
- Vladimir Kopylov (FC Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola)
- 11 goals
- Aleksandr Fyodorov (FC Progress Zelenodolsk)
- 10 goals
- Eduard Bazarov (FC Volga Balakovo)
- Sergei Glazunov (FC Salyut Saratov)
- Yuri Plyaskevich (FC Stroitel Morshansk)
- Vladimir Rokunov (FC Biokhimik-Mordovia Saransk)
Zone 6
Overview
Standings
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.
- FC Gornyak-Vanadiy Kachkanar renamed to FC Gornyak. Gornyak was excluded from the league after playing 12 games and gaining 22 points. Opponents were awarded a win in the remaining games.
- FC Dynamo Perm awarded 1 home win.
- FC Planeta Bugulma renamed to FC Neftyanik.
- FC Dynamo-Gazovik-d Tyumen, FC Gornyak Kushva and FC Uralmash-d Yekaterinburg did not play in any national-level competitions in 1997.
Top goalscorers
- 13 goals
- 12 goals
- Aleksei Alekseyev (FC Uralets Nizhny Tagil)
- Yuri Petrov (FC Dynamo Perm)
- 11 goals
- Sergei Balandin (FC Metiznik Magnitogorsk)
- 9 goals
- Sergei Afanasyev (FC Metiznik Magnitogorsk)
- Igor Degtyaryov (FC Gazovik Orenburg)
- Albert Gubaydulin (FC Sodovik Sterlitamak)
- Dmitri Zakharov (FC Gornyak Kachkanar)
- 8 goals
- Vyacheslav Khovanskiy (FC Trubnik Kamensk-Uralsky)
- Yuri Panov (FC Sodovik Sterlitamak)
- Andrei Sviridov (FC Metiznik Magnitogorsk)
- Yuri Vetlugayev (FC Uralets Nizhny Tagil)
See also
- Russian Top League 1996
- Russian First League 1996
- Russian Second League 1996
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