1996 Russian Third League

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
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
  • 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
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
  • Aleksandr Bocharnikov (FC Kuban Slavyansk-na-Kubani)
  • Igor Stasyuk (FC Izumrud Timashyovsk)
15 goals
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
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
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
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
  • Igor Aksyonov (FC Neftyanik Yaroslavl)
  • Valeri Korneyev (FC Spartak Bryansk)
13 goals
  • Sergey 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
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
  • 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
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
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
  • 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
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