1996 Russian Third League

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Russian Third League
Season1996
1995

The 1996 Russian Third League 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

Team Head coach
FC Spartak Anapa
Igor Zazroyev
FC Venets Gulkevichi
Anatoli Lyz
FC Dynamo-d Stavropol
FC Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody
Aleksandr Babayan
FC Nart Cherkessk Nurbiy Lakhov
FC Dynamo-Imamat Makhachkala
Igor Korolyov
FC Kuban-d Krasnodar
FC Anzhi-2 Kaspiysk
Aleksandr Reshetnyak
FC Mozdok Vladimir Purikhov
FC Astrateks Astrakhan Boris Bashkin
FC Nart Nartkala
Basir Nauruzov
FC Derbent Romez Arzumanyan
FC Kabardey-ZET Nizhny Cherek Aniuar Tkhazeplov
FC Kommunalnik-Druzhba-d Maykop
PFC Spartak-d Nalchik
FC Beshtau Lermontov Dmitri Skryabin
FC Uralan-d Elista
FC Gofrokarton Digora
Arsen Tsagolov

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion 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
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated

Notes.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. FC Gekris Anapa renamed to FC Spartak.
  4. FC Dynamo Makhachkala renamed to FC Dynamo-Imamat.
  5. FC Kuban-d Krasnodar and PFC Spartak-d Nalchik played their first professional season.
  6. FC Anzhi-2 Makhachkala moved to Kaspiysk.
  7. FC Iriston Mozdok renamed to FC Mozdok.
  8. FC Astrateks Astrakhan and FC Derbent did not play in any national-level competitions in 1997.
  9. FC Spartak-2 Nartkala renamed to FC Nart.
  10. FC Kabardey-ZET Nizhny Cherek promoted from the
    Amateur Football League
    . They did not play in any national-level competitions in 1997.
  11. 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
20 goals
  • Narvik Sirkhayev
    (FC Dynamo-Imamat Makhachkala)
19 goals
17 goals
16 goals
15 goals

Zone 2

Overview

Team Head coach
FC Salyut-YuKOS Belgorod
Aleksandr Kryukov
FC Dynamo-Zhemchuzhina-2 Sochi
Vladimir Aleynikov
FC Avangard-Kolos Taganrog
Boris Sinitsyn
FC Spartak-Bratskiy Yuzhny Sergei Antonkin
FC Kuban Slavyansk-na-Kubani
Nikolai Smirnov
FC Zvezda Gorodishche Sergei Mukovnin
FC Lokomotiv Yelets
Yuri Raznov
FC Shakhtyor Shakhty
Aleksandr Vyazov
FC Niva Slavyansk-na-Kubani Oleg Ivanov
FC Izumrud Timashyovsk
Vyacheslav Ledovskikh
FC Metallurg Krasny Sulin
Viktor Shchirov
FC Zhemchuzhina-d Sochi
FC Dynamo Mikhaylovka
Sergei Andreyev
FC Rotor-d Volgograd
FC APK Morozovsk
FC Chernomorets-d Novorossiysk
FC Rostselmash-d Rostov-on-Don
FC Istochnik Rostov-on-Don Ivan Lyakh

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion 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
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated

Notes.

  1. 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.
  2. FC Salyut-YuKOS Belgorod and FC Lokomotiv Yelets awarded 1 home win each.
  3. FC Salyut Belgorod renamed to FC Salyut-YuKOS.
  4. FC Dynamo-Zhemchuzhina-2 Sochi played their first professional season.
  5. 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.
  6. FC Zvezda Gorodishche did not play in any national-level competitions in 1997.
  7. FC Izumrud Timashyovsk promoted from the
    Amateur Football League
    .
  8. FC Rostselmash-d Rostov-on-Don did not play professionally in 1995.

Top goalscorers

32 goals
20 goals
15 goals
14 goals
13 goals
12 goals

Zone 3

Overview

Team Head coach
FC Dynamo-d Moscow
FC Mosenergo Moscow Valentin Sysoyev
FC Avtomobilist Noginsk
Vladimir Bodrov
FC Spartak-d Moscow
FC Torpedo-Luzhniki-d Moscow
FC Roda Moscow Vladimir Opochinskiy
FC Avangard-Kortek Kolomna
Viktor Korneyev
FC Fabus Bronnitsy Vladimir Sautin
FC Mashinostroitel Sergiyev Posad
Andrei Leksakov
PFC CSKA-d Moscow
FC Torgmash Lyubertsy
Anatoli Leshchenkov
FC Monolit Moscow Yuri Vereykin
FC Titan Reutov
Valeri Vdovin
FC Krasnogvardeyets Moscow Aleksandr Rakov
FC Dynamo-2 Moscow
FC Oka Kolomna
Aleksandr Borisenkov
FC Obninsk
Yuri Mosolev
FC Chertanovo Moscow Mikhail Karatayev
FC Smena Moscow
Vladimir Yevseyev
FC Lokomotiv-d Moscow
FC TRASKO Moscow
Aleksandr Gusev

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion 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
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated

Notes.

  1. FC TRASKO Moscow were excluded from the league after playing 18 games and gaining 7 points. All their results were discarded.
  2. FC Mashinostroitel Sergiyev Posad awarded 1 home win.
  3. FC Dynamo-d Moscow was not promoted as reserve teams were not eligible for promotion.
  4. FC Torpedo-d Moscow renamed to FC Torpedo-Luzhniki-d.
  5. FC Roda Moscow promoted from the
    Amateur Football League
    .
  6. 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
18 goals
17 goals
16 goals
15 goals
14 goals

Zone 4

Overview

Team Head coach
FC Orekhovo Orekhovo-Zuyevo
Leonid Ostroushko
FC Volga Tver
Yuri Zubkov
FC Oryol Vladimir Brykin
FC Torpedo Vladimir Nikolai Pavelyev
FC Dynamo Bryansk
Viktor Zimin
FC Mashinostroitel Pskov Sergei Markelov
FC Neftyanik Yaroslavl Valentin Volkov
FC Zenit-d St. Petersburg
FC Luch Tula
Aleksandr Chimbiryov
FC Lokomotiv-d St. Petersburg
FC Spartak Bryansk
Aleksandr Sekselev
FC Kristall Dyatkovo Nikolai Shipka
FC Bulat Cherepovets Aleksandr Sokolov
FC Karelia-Erzi Petrozavodsk
Aleksei Strepetov
FC Spartak Kostroma Valeri Volchanovskiy
FC Volochanin Vyshny Volochyok
Nikolai Yakovlev

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion 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
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated

Notes.

  1. 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
  2. FC Trion-Volga Tver renamed to FC Volga.
  3. FC Lokomotiv-d St. Petersburg played their first professional season.
  4. FC Spartak Bryansk promoted from the
    Amateur Football League
    .
  5. 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
13 goals
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals

Zone 5

Overview

Team Head coach
FC Spartak Tambov Vladimir Kovylin
FC Volga Ulyanovsk Sergei Sedyshev
FC Salyut Saratov Vladimir Khoroltsev
FC Energetik Uren Oleg Yevtushenko
FC Kristall Sergach Viktor Pavlyukov
FC Metallurg Vyksa Mikhail Beketov
FC Biokhimik-Mordovia Saransk Igor Shinkarenko
FC Stroitel Morshansk Vyacheslav Vlasov
FC Iskra Engels Yevgeni Kostyryachenko
FC Progress Zelenodolsk
Aleksandr Klobukov
FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk Mikhail Senyurin
FC Volga Balakovo
Aleksandr Krokhin
FC Neftyanik Pokhvistnevo
Anatoli Valkov
FC Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola
Valeri Bogdanov
FC Kraneks Ivanovo Yuri Krivolapov
FC Lokomotiv-d Nizhny Novgorod

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Spartak Tambov (A) 30 20 8 2 74 17 +57 68 Promotion to Second League
2 Volga Ulyanovsk (A) 30 20 7 3 63 14 +49 67
3 Salyut Saratov 30 16 9 5 45 25 +20 57
4 Energetik Uren 30 15 7 8 41 32 +9 52
5 Kristall Sergach (R) 30 14 5 11 50 32 +18 47 Relegation to
Amateur Football League
6 Metallurg Vyksa 30 12 9 9 36 31 +5 45
7 Biokhimik-Mordovia Saransk 30 12 7 11 40 32 +8 43
8 Stroitel Morshansk 30 11 8 11 38 38 0 41
9 Iskra Engels 30 11 6 13 44 47 −3 39
10
Progress Zelenodolsk
30 10 8 12 42 44 −2 38
11 Khimik Dzerzhinsk 30 9 11 10 24 31 −7 38
12
Volga Balakovo
30 10 6 14 31 49 −18 36
13
Neftyanik Pokhvistnevo
30 8 9 13 36 48 −12 33
14
Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola
30 7 9 14 28 48 −20 30
15 Kraneks Ivanovo (R) 30 2 8 20 21 75 −54 14 Relegation to
Amateur Football League
16
Lokomotiv-d Nizhny Novgorod
30 2 5 23 15 65 −50 11
Source: RSSSF
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated

Notes.

  1. FC Energetik Uren and FC Lokomotiv-d Nizhny Novgorod played their first professional season.
  2. FC Biokhimik-Mordovia Saransk promoted from the
    Amateur Football League
    where it played in 1995 as FC Biokhimik Saransk.
  3. FC Stroitel Morshansk and FC Iskra Engels promoted from the
    Amateur Football League
    .
  4. FC Kraneks Ivanovo did not play in any national-level competitions in 1997.

Top goalscorers

25 goals
19 goals
15 goals
14 goals
12 goals
11 goals
10 goals

Zone 6

Overview

Team Head coach
FC Sodovik Sterlitamak Sergei Maksimov
FC Uralets Nizhny Tagil
Anatoli Garenskikh
FC Metiznik Magnitogorsk Aleksandr Kukushkin
FC Dynamo Perm Anatoli Timofeyev
FC Gazovik Orenburg
Viktor Dyomkin
FC Neftyanik Bugulma German Bobek
FC Trubnik Kamensk-Uralsky Leonid Mosolov
FC Elektron Vyatskiye Polyany Yuri Osin
FC Dynamo-Gazovik-d Tyumen
FC Gornyak Kushva Viktor Konshin
FC Gornyak Kachkanar Viktor Shlyayev
FC Uralmash-d Yekaterinburg
FC KAMAZ-Chally-d Naberezhnye Chelny

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Sodovik Sterlitamak (A) 24 18 1 5 49 16 +33 55 Promotion to Second League
2
Uralets Nizhny Tagil
24 17 3 4 51 17 +34 54
3 Metiznik Magnitogorsk 24 16 3 5 54 23 +31 51
4 Dynamo Perm 24 15 6 3 56 16 +40 51
5
Gazovik Orenburg
24 12 2 10 32 29 +3 38
6 Neftyanik Bugulma 24 10 4 10 38 27 +11 34
7 Trubnik Kamensk-Uralsky 24 9 7 8 33 39 −6 34
8 Elektron Vyatskiye Polyany 24 8 7 9 28 30 −2 31
9
Dynamo-Gazovik-d Tyumen
(R)
24 8 3 13 24 46 −22 27 Relegation to
Amateur Football League
10 Gornyak Kushva (R) 24 7 4 13 19 37 −18 25
11 Gornyak Kachkanar 24 7 1 16 23 48 −25 22
12
Uralmash-d Yekaterinburg
(R)
24 4 3 17 27 58 −31 15 Relegation to
Amateur Football League
13
KAMAZ-Chally-d Naberezhnye Chelny
24 2 2 20 18 66 −48 8
Source: RSSSF
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated

Notes.

  1. 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.
  2. FC Dynamo Perm awarded 1 home win.
  3. FC Planeta Bugulma renamed to FC Neftyanik.
  4. 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
  • Konstantin Ilyinykh (FC Dynamo Perm)
12 goals
11 goals
9 goals
8 goals

See also