Stavropol is a city and the administrative centre of Stavropol Krai, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 398,539.
Republican Football Club Akhmat, commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, is a Russian professional football club from Grozny that plays in the Russian Premier League. The team was named Terek between 1958 and 2017.
PFC Dynamo Stavropol is an association football club from Stavropol, south Russia, best known for winning the 1949 RSFSR championship in one of the 9 zones. In recent years it played mostly in Russian Professional Football League, the third league in the national hierarchy. Due to severe financial difficulties, Dynamo missed the opportunity to be promoted to the First Division in 2005. After that, it was formally liquidated two times and resurrected again as an amateur team, eventually redeeming the professional status. As of the season 2013–14, the team played in the amateur championship of Stavropol krai under the name Dynamo UOR. A separate club was renamed FC Dynamo GTS Stavropol for the 2014–15 season in the Russian Professional Football League. Before the 2015–16 season, FC Dynamo GTS was renamed FC Dynamo Stavropol.
Roman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko is a Russian footballer who plays as a striker for FC Znamya Noginsk.
FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi was a Russian association football club based in Sochi, Krasnodar Krai founded in 1991 and dissolved in 2012.
FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk is the oldest Russian association football club based in Novorossiysk. It plays in the third-tier Russian Professional Football League.
FC Fakel Voronezh is a Soviet and Russian professional football club based in Voronezh. Founded in 1947. The club played in the Soviet Top League and the Russian Premier League. Currently the club plays in the Russian Football National League. The club holds the record for fan attendance in Eastern Europe.
2004 in Russian football was marked with Lokomotiv's second championship, Terek's cup victory, and national team playing at Euro 2004.
FC Sibir Novosibirsk was a Russian association football club based in Novosibirsk, playing at the Spartak Stadium. They played their first-ever season in the Russian Premier League in 2010, and ended with relegation to the Russian First Division.
FC Sportakademklub Moscow is a Russian professional association football club, based in Moscow.
Russian championship among amateur football clubs is the fourth overall tier of the Russian football league system. Sometimes it is called Amateur Football League, after the organization that holds the competition. The league has amateur/semi-pro status. At the end of each season ten teams are promoted from the Amateur Football League to the full professional Second Division, located one step above. Bottom-ranked clubs in the first divisions of Moscow, Moscow Oblast, and Siberia may be or are relegated to the second. The league is divided into ten regional divisions.
FC Zelenograd is an association football club from Zelenograd, Moscow. The club was founded in 2002 and as of today it plays in the Russian championship between amateur football clubs, which is the fourth level of the Russian football league system.
The Russian Second Division 2009 was 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.
FC Stavropolye-2009 was a Russian football club based in Stavropol and formally representing the whole Stavropol Krai, founded in 2009. In 2009, it played in the Russian Second Division. It took over the license of FC Dynamo Stavropol, which experienced financial difficulties. For the 2010 season, the club was transformed to a new version of FC Dynamo Stavropol.
Mikhail Sergeyi Markosov is an Armenian-Russian former football player who played as a striker.
Anatoli Nikolayevich Lyz is a Russian professional football coach.
FC MITOS Novocherkassk was a Russian association football club from Novocherkassk, founded in 1999 as amateur club by construction company MITOS. In 2008 FC MITOS had its debut in semi-professional championship in the first league of Rostov Oblast, where it became the champion. In 2009 the club was supposed to participate in the highest league of Rostov Oblast, but applied for participation in the third Russian division, where it became the third this year. Since 2010 it played in the third-tier Russian Professional Football League. It was not registered for professional competition for the 2016–17 season.
FC Oktan Perm was a Russian football club from Perm, founded in 1958. It played its first professional season in the Russian Second Division in 2011. After the 2013-14 season, it was dissolved.
FC Dynamo GTS Stavropol was an association football club from Stavropol, Russia, founded in 1986. It last played in the Russian Professional Football League. In 2011, the remains of dissolved FC Krasnodar-2000 were integrated in the club. It is formally a separate club from the club that participated in professional competition previously as FC Dynamo Stavropol. Before the 2015–16 season, it was renamed to FC Dynamo Stavropol.
The Russian Second Division 2000 was the ninth edition of the Russian Second Division. There were 6 zones with 107 teams starting the competition.
