1993 Russian Second League Explained

Competition:Russian Second League
Season:1993
Prevseason:1992
Nextseason:1994

The 1993 Russian Second League was the second edition of Russian Second Division. There were 7 zones with 124 teams in total. In 1994 the Russian League system was reorganized, with First League reduced to one tournament instead of 3 zones and new professional Third League organized, where most of the teams from the 1993 Second League ended up. No teams were promoted to the 1994 Russian First League.

Zone 1

TeamHead coach
FC Anzhi MakhachkalaVladimir Petrov
FC Avtozapchast BaksanYuri Pazov
FC Iriston VladikavkazTeymuraz Kozyrev
FC Kavkazkabel ProkhladnySergei Ponomaryov
FC Dynamo MakhachkalaKamach Kabayev
FC Druzhba BudyonnovskSergei Tashuev
FC Volgar AstrakhanVladimir Yerofeyev
TeamHead coach
FC Astrateks AstrakhanIvan Buzychkin
FC Sherstyanik NevinnomysskLeonid Shevchenko
FC Baysachnr ElistaValeri Zubakov
FC Kaspiy KaspiyskVladimir Kotelnikov
FC Beshtau LermontovAleksandr Vershenko
FC Mashuk PyatigorskSergei Razaryonov
FC Urartu GroznyRuslan Gargayev

Stage 1

Notes:

  1. FC Baysachnr Elista played on the amateur level as FC Gilyan Elista in 1992.
  2. FC Etalon Baksan renamed to FC Avtozapchast Baksan.

8th to 14th places tournament

Notes:

  1. FC Sherstyanik Nevinnomyssk did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1994.
  2. FC Baysachnr Elista was converted to the reserve team of FC Uralan Elista called FC Uralan-d Elista in 1994.

Top scorers

30 goals
24 goals
19 goals
18 goals
17 goals
15 goals
14 goals
13 goals

Zone 2

TeamHead coach
FC Salyut BelgorodAleksandr Kryukov
FC Zvezda-Rus GorodishcheSergei Mukovnin
FC Rotor-d VolgogradYuri Marushkin
FC Venets GulkevichiAnatoli Lyz
FC Istochnik Rostov-on-DonKamil Akchurin
FC Avangard KurskAleksandr Galkin
FC Kuban BarannikovskyNikolai Smirnov
FC Shakhtyor ShakhtyYevgeni Grunin
FC Torpedo ArmavirViktor Batalin
TeamHead coach
FC Niva Slavyansk-na-KubaniVladimir Brazhnikov
FC Khimik BelorechenskKhamza Bagapov (until October)
FC SKA Rostov-on-DonAleksandr Pleshakov
FC Metallurg Krasny SulinGennadi Tevosov
FC Atommash VolgodonskAleksandr Rakov
FC Rostselmash-d Rostov-on-DonValentin Khakhonov / Yuri Shikunov
FC Kolos-2 KrasnodarVladimir Lagoyda (until September)
Aleksandr Takmakov (from September)

Standings

Notes:

  1. FC Torpedo Adler was excluded from the league after playing 8 games and gaining 4 points. Their head coach was Vadim Nikiforov. All their results were discarded.
  2. FC ISM Volzhsky was excluded from the league before playing any games. They were promoted from the Amateur Football League where they played as FC Metallurg ISM Volzhsky in 1992.
  3. FC Istochnik Rostov-on-Don and FC Kolos-2 Krasnodar played their first professional season.
  4. FC Energomash Belgorod renamed to FC Salyut Belgorod.
  5. FC Rostselmash-d Rostov-on-Don did not play in any national-level competitions in 1994.

Top scorers

16 goals
15 goals
14 goals
13 goals
12 goals
11 goals

Zone 3

Team Head coach
FC Torpedo ArzamasVladimir Dergach
FC Arsenal TulaAleksei Petrushin
FC Irgiz BalakovoVladimir Proskurin
FC Saranskeksport SaranskIgor Shinkarenko
FC Kristall SmolenskIgor Belanovich
FC Turbostroitel KalugaGeorgi Kolmogorov
FC Iskra SmolenskAnatoli Olkhovik
FC Zenit PenzaAleksandr Komissarov
FC Tekstilshchik IsheyevkaAleksandr Korolyov
Team Head coach
FC Zavolzhye EngelsVladimir Litovchenko
FC Khimik DzerzhinskMikhail Senyurin
FC Torpedo PavlovoValeri Kalugin
FC Metallurg Stary OskolMikhail Mironenko
FC Khimik UvarovoGennadi Matveyev
FC Dynamo BryanskNikolai Sergeyev
FC Spartak TambovVladimir Kovylin
FC OryolYuri Samulistov
FC Don NovomoskovskAnatoli Kashcheyev

Standings

Notes:

  1. FC Kristall Smolensk were promoted from the Amateur Football League where they played as FC SKD Smolensk in 1992.
  2. FC Zavolzhye Engels and FC Khimik Uvarovo were promoted from the Amateur Football League.
  3. FC Metallurg Stary Oskol played their first professional season.
  4. FC Don Novomoskovsk did not play professionally in 1992.
  5. FC MGU Saransk renamed to FC Saranskeksport Saransk.
  6. FC Spartak Oryol renamed to FC Oryol.
  7. FC Saranskeksport Saransk, FC Zavolzhye Engels and FC Metallurg Stary Oskol did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1994.

Top scorers

22 goals
16 goals
15 goals
14 goals
13 goals

Zone 4

TeamHead coach
FC Torpedo-MKB MytishchiVyacheslav Zhuravlyov
FC Viktor-Avangard KolomnaMark Tunis
FC Spartak-d MoscowViktor Zernov
FC ObninskYuri Karamyan
FC Spartak ShchyolkovoViktor Fomenko
FC Torgmash LyubertsyAnatoli Leshchenkov
PFC CSKA-d MoscowAleksandr Kolpovskiy
FC Viktor-Gigant VoskresenskValeri Vdovin
FC Mosenergo MoscowValentin Sysoyev
FC Torpedo-d MoscowSergei Petrenko
FC Dynamo-d MoscowAdamas Golodets
TeamHead coach
FC Oka KolomnaAleksandr Kuznetsov
FC Dynamo-2 MoscowYevgeni Baikov
FC Saturn RamenskoyeValeri Tyukulmin
PFC CSKA-2 MoscowSergei Berezin
FC TRASKO MoscowYuri Vereykin
FC Kosmos-Kvest DolgoprudnyAleksandr Logunov
FC Asmaral-d MoscowVladimir Mikhaylov
FC Titan ReutovYuri Yakovlev
FC Rekord AleksandrovValentin Baturin
FC SUO MoscowViktor Razumovskiy
FC Lokomotiv-d MoscowVladimir Korotkov

Standings

Note:

  1. FC Obninsk and FC Spartak Shchyolkovo promoted from the Amateur Football League.
  2. FC Kosmos-Kvest Dolgoprudny promoted from the Amateur Football League, where they played in 1992 as FC Kosmos Dolgoprudny.
  3. FC Viktor-Gigant Voskresensk, FC Rekord Aleksandrov and FC SUO Moscow played their first professional season.
  4. FC Torpedo Mytishchi renamed to FC Torpedo-MKB Mytishchi.
  5. FC Avangard Kolomna renamed to FC Viktor-Avangard Kolomna.
  6. FC Presnya Moscow renamed to FC Asmaral-d Moscow.

Top scorers

32 goals
29 goals
22 goals
21 goals
20 goals
18 goals
17 goals

Zone 5

TeamHead coach
FC Vympel RybinskVladimir Bubnov
FC Erzi PetrozavodskVladimir Pronin
FC Lokomotiv St. PetersburgSergei Vedeneyev (until June)
Lev Burchalkin (from June)
FC Trion-Volga TverAndrei Sergeyev
FC Mashinostroitel PskovAdel Kaneyev (until July)
Yuri Veresov (from July)
FC Bulat CherepovetsAleksandr Sokolov
FC Zenit-2 St. PetersburgAnatoli Zinchenko
FC Progress ChernyakhovskAleksandr Fyodorov
TeamHead coach
FC GatchinaNikolai Gosudarenkov
FC Prometey-Dynamo St. PetersburgVladimir Goncharov
FC Kraneks IvanovoAleksandr Chanov
FC Vest KaliningradYuri Beletskiy
FC Spartak KostromaVyacheslav Skoropekin
FC Volochanin Vyshny VolochyokAleksandr Semyonov
FC Spartak-Arktikbank ArkhangelskArkadi Kozak
FC Kosmos-Kirovets St. PetersburgLev Burchalkin (until June)

Standings

Notes:

  1. FC Sputnik Kimry was excluded after playing 7 games and gaining 1 point. Their head coach was Aleksandr Shchetinin. All their results were discarded.
  2. FC Kraneks Ivanovo was promoted from the Amateur Football League.
  3. FC Zenit-2 St. Petersburg, FC Vest Kaliningrad and FC Spartak-Arktikbank Arkhangelsk played their first professional season.
  4. FC Karelia Petrozavodsk renamed to FC Erzi Petrozavodsk.
  5. FC Aleks Gatchina renamed to FC Gatchina.
  6. FC Zvolma-Spartak Kostroma renamed to FC Spartak Kostroma.
  7. FC Progress Chernyakhovsk, FC Spartak-Arktikbank Arkhangelsk and FC Kosmos-Kirovets St. Petersburg did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1994.

Top scorers

15 goals
14 goals
13 goals
11 goals
10 goals

Zone 6

TeamHead coach
FC Devon OktyabrskyViktor Khaydarov
FC Metallurg NovotroitskVyacheslav Ledovskikh
FC Vyatka KirovAleksandr Sokovnin
FC Metiznik MagnitogorskMikhail Pozin
FC KamAZavtotsentr Naberezhnye ChelnyNikolai Nabok
FC KDS Samrau UfaYuri Surenskiy
FC Gornyak KachkanarViktor Shlyayev
FC SKD SamaraViktor Kirsh
FC Zarya KrotovkaAleksandr Druganin
FC Sodovik SterlitamakViktor Zvyagin
FC Elektron Vyatskiye PolyanyYuri Osin
TeamHead coach
FC Sibir KurganViktor Prozorov
FC Azamat CheboksaryGerold Drandov
FC Progress ZelenodolskIldus Zagidullin
FC Energiya ChaykovskySergei Kleymyonov
FC Uralelektromed Verkhnyaya PyshmaViktor Yerokhin
FC KAMAZ-d Naberezhnye ChelnyYevgeni Chetverik / Ivan Butaliy
FC Gazovik OrenburgNikolai Yelanev
FC Dynamo PermAleksandr Rogov
FC Volga BalakovoNikolai Romanov
FC Torpedo IzhevskNikolai Gorshkov (until June)
FC Elektron AlmetyevskYuri Polezhayev

Standings

Notes:

  1. FC Metiznik Magnitogorsk were promoted from the Amateur Football League, where they played in 1992 as FC Metiznik-Alternativa Magnitogorsk.
  2. FC Uralelektromed Verkhnyaya Pyshma were promoted from the Amateur Football League, where they played in 1992 as FC MTsOP-Metallurg Verkhnyaya Pyshma.
  3. FC SKD Samara, FC Progress Zelenodolsk, FC Dynamo Perm and FC Volga Balakovo did not play professionally in 1992.
  4. FC KAMAZ-d Naberezhnye Chelny played their first professional season.
  5. FC Avtopribor Oktyabrsky renamed to FC Devon Oktyabrsky.
  6. FC Dynamo Kirov renamed to FC Vyatka Kirov.
  7. FC KATs-Skif Naberezhnye Chelny renamed to FC KamAZavtotsentr Naberezhnye Chelny.
  8. FC Gastello Ufa renamed to FC KDS Samrau Ufa.
  9. FC Torpedo-UdGu Izhevsk renamed to FC Torpedo Izhevsk.
  10. FC Uralelektromed Verkhnyaya Pyshma was converted to the reserve team of FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg called FC Uralmash-d Yekaterinburg in 1994.
  11. FC Elektron Almetyevsk played in the Amateur Football League in 1994 as FC Devon Almetyevsk.
  12. FC Azamat Cheboksary and FC Torpedo Izhevsk did not participate in any national-level competition in 1994.

Top scorers

31 goals
28 goals
25 goals
24 goals
23 goals
22 goals
20 goals

Zone 7

TeamHead coach
FC Angara AngarskOleg Izmaylov
FC Torpedo RubtsovskVladimir Vorzhev
FC Politekhnik-92 BarnaulAleksandr Zakhryapin
FC Dynamo KemerovoBoris Rusanov
FC Gornyak GramoteinoAleksandr Chalenko
FC Shakhtyor ArtyomBoris Kolokolov (until April)
FC Dynamo OmskVyacheslav Martynov
TeamHead coach
FC Shakhtyor KiselyovskYevgeni Kultayev
FC Okean-d NakhodkaDmitri Kirgeyev
FC Agan RaduzhnyAleksandr Shudrik
FC Lokomotiv UssuriyskNikolai Snigir
FC Amur BlagoveshchenskRudolf Mkrtychev
FC Amur Komsomolsk-na-AmureSergei Shorkin

Standings

Notes:

  1. FC Shakhtyor Kiselyovsk were promoted from the Amateur Football League, where they played in 1992 as FC Nika Kiselyovsk.
  2. FC Lokomotiv Ussuriysk were promoted from the Amateur Football League.
  3. FC Dynamo Omsk and FC Okean-d Nakhodka played their first professional season.
  4. FC Aleks Angarsk renamed to FC Angara Angarsk.
  5. FC Dynamo Kemerovo, FC Gornyak Gramoteino, FC Shakhtyor Artyom, FC Okean-d Nakhodka and FC Lokomotiv Ussuriysk did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1994.

Top scorers

20 goals
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals

See also

References