1995 Russian Second League

Russian Second League

Season	1995
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The 1995 Russian Second League was the fourth edition of the Russian Second Division. It was the first season when 3 points were awarded for a win. There were 3 zones with 62 teams starting the competition (1 was excluded before the end of the season).

Zone West

Overview

Team	Head coach
PFC Spartak Nalchik	Boris Sinitsyn
FC Kuban Krasnodar	Fyodor Novikov (until September) Vladimir Brazhnikov (from October)
FC Torpedo Taganrog	Anatoly Bulgakov
FC Gekris Anapa	Akop Kalandzhan
FC Lokomotiv St. Petersburg	Givi Nodia
FC CSK VVS-Kristall Smolensk	Igor Belanovich
FC Anzhi Makhachkala	Rafael Safarov
FC Avtozapchast Baksan	Viktor Kumykov
FC Metallurg Lipetsk	Valeri Tretyakov
FC Spartak Shchyolkovo	Aleksei Petrushin
FC Energiya Pyatigorsk	Sergei Razaryonov
FC Iriston Vladikavkaz	Aleksandr Katsiyev
FC Avtodor-BMK Vladikavkaz	Givi Kerashvili
FC Kavkazkabel Prokhladny	Sergei Ponomaryov
FC Gatchina	Nikolai Gosudarenkov
FC Dynamo Vologda	Vladimir Pavlenko
FC SKA Rostov-on-Don	Valeri Sinau
FC Avangard-Kortek Kolomna	Vyacheslav Sarychev
FC Salyut Belgorod	Anatoli Bogdanov
FC Trion-Volga Tver	Andrei Sergeyev
FC Venets Gulkevichi	Anatoli Lyz
FC Orekhovo Orekhovo-Zuyevo	Sergei Bondar

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Spartak Nalchik (A)	42	30	6	6	127	49	+78	96	Promotion to First League
2	Kuban Krasnodar (A)	42	27	6	9	107	61	+46	87
3	Torpedo Taganrog	42	26	7	9	78	36	+42	85
4	Gekris Anapa [a] (R)	42	25	7	10	71	37	+34	82	Relegation to Third League
5	Lokomotiv St. Petersburg (A)	42	24	5	13	74	44	+30	77	Promotion to First League
6	CSK VVS-Kristall Smolensk [b]	42	23	8	11	58	35	+23	77 [c]
7	Anzhi Makhachkala	42	24	4	14	77	43	+34	76 [d]
8	Avtozapchast Baksan	42	23	5	14	66	60	+6	74
9	Metallurg Lipetsk	42	20	7	15	59	44	+15	67
10	Spartak Shchyolkovo	42	20	6	16	65	54	+11	66
11	Energiya Pyatigorsk	42	17	9	16	45	40	+5	60 [c]
12	Iriston Vladikavkaz	42	18	2	22	62	78	−16	56
13	Avtodor-BMK Vladikavkaz [e]	42	17	4	21	64	66	−2	55 [c]
14	Kavkazkabel Prokhladny	42	16	4	22	62	73	−11	52
15	Gatchina	42	15	5	22	49	58	−9	50
16	Dynamo Vologda	42	12	8	22	43	65	−22	44
17	SKA Rostov-on-Don	42	12	8	22	42	81	−39	44
18	Avangard-Kortek Kolomna (R)	42	11	9	22	55	67	−12	42	Relegation to Third League
19	Salyut Belgorod (R)	42	11	6	25	51	98	−47	39
20	Trion-Volga Tver (R)	42	10	4	28	36	73	−37	34
21	Venets Gulkevichi (R)	42	9	6	27	33	107	−74	33
22	Orekhovo Orekhovo-Zuyevo (R)	42	7	4	31	28	83	−55	25

Source: RSSSF
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. FC Spartak Anapa renamed to FC Gekris.
2. FC Kristall Smolensk renamed to FC CSK VVS-Kristall.
3. FC CSK-VVS Kristall Smolensk, FC Energiya Pyatigorsk and FC Avtodor-BMK Vladikavkaz awarded 1 home win each.
4. FC Anzhi Makhachkala awarded 5 home wins.
5. FC Avtodor-Olaf Vladikavkaz renamed to FC Avtodor-BMK.

Top goalscorers

30 goals

• Aleksei Gerasimenko (FC Kuban Krasnodar)

24 goals

• Ibragim Gasanbekov (FC Anzhi Makhachkala)

23 goals

• Valeri Solyanik (FC CSK VVS-Kristall Smolensk)

22 goals

• Oleg Kirimov (PFC Spartak Nalchik)

21 goals

• Stanislav Lysenko (FC Kuban Krasnodar)

20 goals

• Soslan Gazanov (FC Iriston Vladikavkaz)

19 goals

• Valeri Popov (FC Torpedo Taganrog)

17 goals

• Aslan Goplachev (PFC Spartak Nalchik)
• Varlam Kilasonia (FC Lokomotiv St. Petersburg)

16 goals

• Maksim Balayev (FC Kavkazkabel Prokhladny)
• Igor Danilov (FC Lokomotiv St. Petersburg)
• Gennady Korkin (FC Metallurg Lipetsk)
• Vladimir Polikarpov (FC Spartak Shchyolkovo)
• Vitali Yermilov (FC Torpedo Taganrog)

Zone Centre

Overview

Team	Head coach
FC Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk	Viktor Slesarev
FC Saturn Ramenskoye	Vladimir Mukhanov
FC Lada Dimitrovgrad	Vladimir Yevsyukov
FC Nosta Novotroitsk	Valeri Znarok
FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo	Vladimir Belkov
FC Arsenal Tula	Anatoli Polosin
FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan	Vladimir Yerofeyev
FC Svetotekhnika Saransk	Aleksandr Korolyov
FC Spartak Ryazan	Sergei Nedosekin
FC Zvezda Gorodishche	Sergei Mukovnin
FC Industriya Obninsk	Yuri Karamyan
FC UralAZ Miass	Aleksandr Yezhakov
FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk	Igor Kasyuk
FC Sibir Kurgan	Vladimir Sizontov
FC SKD Samara	Georgi Verbovskiy
FC Uralets Nizhny Tagil	Vladimir Yulygin
FC Rubin Kazan	Murat Zadikashvili
FC Torpedo Pavlovo	Aleksandr Sarafannikov
FC Zenit Izhevsk	Aleksandr Maslov
FC Torpedo Vladimir	Nikolai Pavelyev
FC Zvezda Perm	Viktor Zvyagin
FC Devon Oktyabrsky	Viktor Khaydarov

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk (A)	40	29	7	4	89	30	+59	94	Promotion to First League
2	Saturn Ramenskoye (A)	40	29	6	5	81	21	+60	93
3	Lada Dimitrovgrad	40	27	6	7	87	34	+53	87 [a]
4	Nosta Novotroitsk [b]	40	24	10	6	68	32	+36	82
5	Tekstilshchik Ivanovo	40	23	4	13	73	49	+24	73
6	Arsenal Tula	40	19	10	11	61	43	+18	67
7	Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan [c]	40	19	7	14	48	41	+7	64
8	Svetotekhnika Saransk	40	18	8	14	43	48	−5	62
9	Spartak Ryazan [d]	40	14	11	15	40	39	+1	53
10	Zvezda Gorodishche (R)	40	14	9	17	63	63	0	51	Relegation to Third League
11	Industriya Obninsk [e]	40	15	3	22	48	64	−16	48
12	UralAZ Miass [f]	40	13	9	18	43	49	−6	48 [g]
13	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	40	14	5	21	52	66	−14	47 [a]
14	Sibir Kurgan	40	12	9	19	41	59	−18	45
15	SKD Samara [h] (R)	40	13	5	22	44	63	−19	44	Relegation to Third League
16	Uralets Nizhny Tagil (R)	40	11	10	19	47	56	−9	43
17	Rubin Kazan	40	12	6	22	32	56	−24	42
18	Torpedo Pavlovo	40	12	5	23	36	69	−33	41 [i]
19	Zenit Izhevsk	40	10	6	24	36	76	−40	36
20	Torpedo Vladimir (R)	40	10	5	25	42	80	−38	35	Relegation to Third League
21	Zvezda Perm [h] (R)	40	8	7	25	41	77	−36	31
–	Devon Oktyabrsky	13	–	–	–	–	–	—	0 [j]

Source: RSSSF
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. FC Lada Dimitrovgrad and FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk awarded 1 home win each.
2. FC Metallurg Novotroitsk renamed to FC Nosta.
3. FC Volgar Astrakhan renamed to FC Volgar-Gazprom.
4. FC Torpedo Ryazan renamed to FC Spartak.
5. FC Obninsk renamed to FC Industriya.
6. FC Torpedo Miass renamed to FC UralAZ.
7. FC UralAZ Miass awarded 1 home win and 3 home losses.
8. FC SKD Samara and FC Zvezda Perm did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1996.
9. FC Torpedo Pavlovo awarded 1 home loss.
10. FC Devon Oktyabrsky was excluded from the league after playing 13 games and gaining 13 points. All their results were discarded. Devon did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1996.

Top goalscorers

29 goals

• Aleksandr Zaikin (FC Lada Dimitrovgrad)

20 goals

• Aleksei Chernov (FC Zvezda Gorodishche)
• Taras Trizna (FC Nosta Novotroitsk)

18 goals

• Aleksei Bobrov (FC Lada Dimitrovgrad)
• Nikolai Sukhov (FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo)
• Sergei Yuminov (FC Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk)

16 goals

• Sergei Budarin (FC Nosta Novotroitsk)
• Igor Pimenov (FC Industriya Obninsk)

15 goals

• Aleksandr Zernov (FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo)

14 goals

• Sergei Chesnakas (FC Lada Dimitrovgrad)
• Andrei Glukhikh (FC Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk)
• Andrei Knyazev (FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
• Aleksandr Sevidov (FC UralAZ Miass)

Zone East

Overview

Team	Head coach
FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk	Aleksandr Kishinevsky
FC Dynamo Barnaul	Aleksandr Gostenin
FC Kuzbass Kemerovo	Boris Rusanov
FC Metallurg-ZapSib Novokuznetsk	Vladislav Sosnov
FC Amur Blagoveshchensk	Ivan Nikolayev
FC Irtysh Tobolsk	Rudolf Atamalyan
FC Sakhalin Kholmsk	Valeri Yerkovich
FC Tom Tomsk	Vladimir Pomeshchikov
FC Selenga Ulan-Ude	Valeri Mikhnov
FC Motor Prokopyevsk	Yaroslav Khomin
FC Dynamo Omsk	Anatoli Chikinskiy
FC Dynamo Yakutsk	Anatoli Samkov
FC Viktoriya Nazarovo	Konstantin Kamaltynov
FC SKA Khabarovsk	Vladimir Krymskiy
FC Torpedo Rubtsovsk	Viktor Kuzmenko
FC Angara Angarsk	Oleg Izmaylov
FC Samotlor-XXI Nizhnevartovsk	Valeri Zhuravlyov
FC Mezhdurechensk	Viktor Kolmogorov

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Metallurg Krasnoyarsk (A)	34	23	4	7	64	27	+37	73	Promotion to First League
2	Dynamo Barnaul	34	21	7	6	55	27	+28	70
3	Kuzbass Kemerovo	34	21	3	10	56	27	+29	66
4	Metallurg-ZapSib Novokuznetsk [a]	34	21	3	10	77	37	+40	66
5	Amur Blagoveshchensk	34	19	4	11	66	35	+31	61 [b]
6	Irtysh Tobolsk	34	18	2	14	53	49	+4	56
7	Sakhalin Kholmsk [c] (R)	34	16	6	12	51	53	−2	54 [d]	Relegation to Third League
8	Tom Tomsk	34	15	8	11	54	25	+29	53
9	Selenga Ulan-Ude [e]	34	16	3	15	42	46	−4	51
10	Motor Prokopyevsk	34	14	9	11	34	40	−6	51
11	Dynamo Omsk	34	15	5	14	48	39	+9	50
12	Dynamo Yakutsk (R)	34	13	6	15	47	59	−12	45 [f]	Relegation to Third League
13	Viktoriya Nazarovo [g]	34	13	5	16	54	40	+14	44
14	SKA Khabarovsk	34	11	5	18	36	46	−10	38
15	Torpedo Rubtsovsk	34	10	6	18	48	57	−9	36
16	Angara Angarsk	34	8	6	20	37	81	−44	30
17	Samotlor-XXI Nizhnevartovsk	34	4	4	26	12	81	−69	16 [d]
18	Mezhdurechensk [h]	34	3	4	27	20	85	−65	13

Source: RSSSF
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. FC Metallurg Novokuznetsk renamed to FC Metallurg-ZapSib.
2. FC Amur Blagoveshchensk awarded 4 home wins.
3. FC Sakhalin Kholmsk and FC Dynamo Yakutsk did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1996.
4. FC Sakhalin Kholmsk and FC Samotlor-XXI Nizhnevartovsk awarded 1 home win each.
5. FC Kristall Neryungri moved to Ulan-Ude and renamed to FC Selenga.
6. FC Dynamo Yakutsk awarded 2 home wins.
7. FC Viktoriya Nazarovo promoted from the Amateur Football League.
8. FC Mezhdurechensk promoted from the Amateur Football League, where it played in 1994 as FC Shakhtyor Mezhdurechensk.

Top goalscorers

21 goals

• Sergei Chernov (FC Metallurg-ZapSib Novokuznetsk)

20 goals

• Stanislav Chaplygin (FC Metallurg-ZapSib Novokuznetsk)

19 goals

• Vadim Belokhonov (FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk)

17 goals

• Anatoli Kisurin (FC Dynamo Omsk)
• Yevgeni Zarva (FC Irtysh Tobolsk)

16 goals

• Viktor Kashko (FC Dynamo Yakutsk)
• Andrei Korovin (FC Amur Blagoveshchensk)

15 goals

• Vyacheslav Koloda (FC Dynamo Barnaul)

14 goals

• Sergei Ageyev (FC Viktoriya Nazarovo)

13 goals

• Ruslan Akhidzhak (FC Tom Tomsk)

See also

• 1995 Russian Top League
• 1995 Russian First League
• 1995 Russian Third League