1995 Russian Third League Explained

Competition:Russian Third League
Season:1995
Prevseason:1994
Nextseason:1996

The 1995 Russian Third League was the 2nd time competition on the fourth level of Russian football was professional. It was the first season when 3 points were awarded for a win. There were 6 zones with 98 teams starting the competition (5 were excluded before the end of the season).

Zone 1

Overview

TeamHead coach
FC Olimp KislovodskYuri Kotov
FC Angusht MalgobekTimur Kuriyev
FC Anzhi-2 MakhachkalaAleksandr Reshetnyak
FC Torpedo ArmavirAleksandr Perepelkin
FC Dynamo MakhachkalaIgor Korolyov
FC Iriston MozdokVitali Abayev
FC Spartak-2 NartkalaBasir Nauruzov
FC DerbentVyacheslav Lyogkiy
FC Dynamo-d Stavropol
FC Uralan-d Elista
FC Lokomotiv Mineralnye VodyAleksandr Babayan
FC Druzhba-d Maykop
FC Spartak-d Vladikavkaz
FC Spartak AlagirAleksandr Lekoyev
FC Beshtau LermontovKonstantin Pakhomov
FC Zhemchuzhina-d SochiValeri Smagin
FC Kolos-d KrasnodarBoris Streltsov

Standings

Notes:

  1. FC Spartak-d Vladikavkaz were excluded from the league after playing 21 games and gaining 19 points. Their opponents were awarded a win in the remaining games. They played their first professional season. Spartak-d did not play in any national-level competitions in 1996.
  2. FC Spartak Alagir were excluded from the league after playing 17 games and gaining 16 points. Their opponents were awarded a win in the remaining games. Spartak did not play in any national-level competitions in 1996.
  3. FC Zhemchuzhina-d Sochi was excluded from the league after playing 13 games and gaining 18 points. All their results were discarded. They played their first professional season.
  4. FC Kolos-d Krasnodar was excluded from the league after playing 11 games and gaining 13 points. All their results were discarded. They were renamed from FC Kolos-2 Krasnodar. Kolos-d did not play in any national-level competitions in 1996.
  5. FC Anzhi-2 Makhachkala was not promoted as reserve teams were not eligible for promotion.
  6. FC Ingushetiya Nazran moved to Malgobek and was renamed to FC Angusht.
  7. FC Argo Kaspiysk moved to Makhachkala and was renamed to FC Anzhi-2.
  8. FC Spartak-2 Nartkala and FC Druzhba-d Maykop played their first professional season.
  9. FC Derbent did not play professionally in 1994.

Top goalscorers

21 goals
20 goals
18 goals
15 goals
14 goals
13 goals
12 goals
11 goals

Zone 2

Overview

TeamHead coach
FC Avangard KurskAleksandr Galkin
FC Lokomotiv LiskiYuri Rybnikov
FC VolgodonskValeri Zubakov
FC Kuban Slavyansk-na-KubaniNikolai Smirnov
FC Istochnik Rostov-on-DonKamil Akchurin
FC Niva Slavyansk-na-KubaniVladimir Fofanov
FC Luch TulaAleksandr Yurchikov
FC Lokomotiv YeletsYuri Raznov
FC Metallurg Krasny SulinViktor Shchirov
FC OryolVladimir Brykin
FC Shakhtyor ShakhtyValeri Volodin
FC APK MorozovskVasili Kravchenko
FC Rotor-d VolgogradYuri Marushkin
FC Dynamo MikhaylovkaSergei Popkov
FC Spartak-Bratskiy YuzhnySergei Antonkin
FC Ritm AlekseyevkaAleksandr Petrenko

Standings

Notes:

  1. FC Kuban Slavyansk-na-Kubani awarded 1 home win.
  2. FC Spartak-Bratskiy Yuzhny awarded 1 home loss.
  3. FC Lokomotiv Liski, FC APK Morozovsk and FC Ritm Alekseyevka promoted from the Amateur Football League.
  4. FC Atommash Volgodonsk renamed to FC Volgodonsk.
  5. FC Luch Tula and FC Dynamo Mykhaylovka played their first professional season.
  6. FC Lokomotiv Yelets promoted from the Amateur Football League, where they played in 1994 as FC Torpedo Yelets.
  7. FC Ritm Alekseyevka did not play in any national-level competitions in 1996.

Top goalscorers

21 goals
20 goals
18 goals
15 goals
14 goals
12 goals
11 goals

Zone 3

Overview

TeamHead coach
FC Don NovomoskovskLeonid Lipovoy
FC Spartak-d MoscowViktor Zernov
FC Kosmos DolgoprudnyAleksandr Logunov
FC Moskovskiy-Selyatino SelyatinoLeonid Nazarenko
FC Dynamo-d MoscowNikolai Gontar
FC Mosenergo MoscowValentin Sysoyev
FC Titan ReutovAleksei Belenkov
FC Avtomobilist NoginskVladimir Petrov
PFC CSKA-d MoscowYuri Adzhem
FC Torgmash LyubertsyAnatoli Leshchenkov
FC Torpedo-d MoscowSergei Petrenko
FC Torpedo MytishchiYuri Naydyonov / Valeri Kholomin
FC Fabus BronnitsyVladimir Sautin
FC Mashinostroitel Sergiyev PosadAndrei Leksakov
FC Monolit MoscowYuri Vereykin
FC Oka KolomnaAleksandr Borisenkov
FC Krasnogvardeyets MoscowMikhail Khristich
FC Dynamo-2 MoscowYevgeni Baykov
FC Chertanovo MoscowMikhail Karatayev
FC TRASKO MoscowLeonid Pribylovskiy
FC Lokomotiv-d MoscowVladimir Korotkov
FC Smena Moscow
FC Asmaral-d Moscow

Standings

Notes:

  1. FC Asmaral-d Moscow was excluded from the league after playing 23 games and gaining 4 points. Their opponents were awarded a win in the remaining games. Asmaral-d did not play in any national-level competitions in 1996.
  2. PFC CSKA-d Moscow and FC Torpedo-d Moscow awarded 1 home loss each.
  3. FC Spartak-d Moscow was not promoted as reserves teams were not eligible for promotion.
  4. FC Tekhinvest-M Moskovskiy moved to Selyatino and renamed to FC Moskovskiy-Selyatino.
  5. FC Torpedo-MKB Mytishchi renamed to FC Torpedo. Torpedo did not play in any national-level competitions in 1996.
  6. FC Fabus Bronnitsy played their first professional season.
  7. FC Rossiya Moscow renamed to FC Monolit.
  8. FC Krasnogvardeyets Moscow promoted from the Amateur Football League.
  9. FC Smena Moscow promoted from the Amateur Football League, where they played in 1994 as FC Smena-Ronika Moscow.

Top goalscorers

35 goals
32 goals
27 goals
21 goals
20 goals
19 goals
18 goals
17 goals

Zone 4

Overview

TeamHead coach
FC Turbostroitel KalugaGeorgi Kolmogorov
FC Dynamo St. PetersburgAleksandr Fyodorov
FC Neftyanik YaroslavlValentin Volkov
FC Mashinostroitel PskovSergei Markelov
FC Dynamo BryanskViktor Zimin
FC Bulat CherepovetsAleksandr Sokolov
FC Vympel RybinskBoris Belyakov
FC Spartak KostromaValeri Volchanovskiy
FC Kristall DyatkovoAleksei Varnavskiy
FC Volochanin Vyshny VolochyokIgor Bychkov
FC Metallurg PikalyovoAnatoli Belov
FC Zenit-d St. Petersburg
FC Kraneks Ivanovo

Standings

Notes:

  1. FC Prometey-Dynamo St. Petersburg renamed to FC Dynamo.
  2. FC Vympel Rybinsk did not play in any national-level competitions in 1996.

Top goalscorers

11 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals

Zone 5

Overview

TeamHead coach
FC Zenit PenzaAleksandr Komissarov
FC Zavodchanin SaratovAnatoli Smal
FC Khimik DzerzhinskMikhail Senyurin
FC Spartak TambovVladimir Kovylin
FC Astrateks AstrakhanBoris Bashkin
FC Kristall SergachViktor Pavlyukov
FC Planeta BugulmaGerman Bobek
FC Volga UlyanovskSergei Sedyshev
FC Volga BalakovoAleksandr Krokhin
FC Druzhba Yoshkar-OlaRadik Gadeyev
FC Salyut SaratovYuri Mashlikovskiy
FC Neftyanik Pokhvistnevo
FC Progress ZelenodolskAleksandr Klobukov
FC Metallurg VyksaKonstantin Malinin
FC Lada-d TogliattiValeri Petruk

Standings

Notes:

  1. FC Lada-d Togliatti was excluded from the league after playing 25 games. Opponents were awarded wins in the remaining games. That was their first professional season and they did not play in any national-level competitions in 1996.
  2. FC Zavodchanin Saratov played their first professional season.
  3. FC Planeta Bugulma promoted from the Amateur Football League.
  4. FC Tekstilshchik Isheyevka moved to Ulyanovsk and renamed FC Volga.

Top goalscorers

25 goals
20 goals
14 goals
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals

Zone 6

Overview

TeamHead coach
FC Energiya ChaikovskySergei Kleymyonov
FC Amkar PermSergei Oborin
FC Sodovik SterlitamakSergei Maksimov
FC Metiznik MagnitogorskAleksandr Kukushkin
FC Gornyak-Vanadiy KachkanarViktor Shlyayev
FC Elektron Vyatskiye PolyanyYuri Osin
FC Gornyak KushvaViktor Konshin
FC Trubnik Kamensk-UralskyAnatoli Lugovykh
FC Agidel UfaAnatoli Tyryatkin
FC Gazovik OrenburgViktor Dyomkin
FC Uralmash-d YekaterinburgViktor Yerokhin
FC Dynamo-Gazovik-d TyumenViktor Ivanov
FC Dynamo PermAnatoli Timofeyev
FC KAMAZ-Chally-d Naberezhnye Chelny

Standings

Notes:

  1. FC Sodovik Sterlitamak awarded 1 home win.
  2. FC Dynamo Perm and FC KamAZ-Chally-d Naberezhnye Chelny awarded 1 home loss.
  3. FC Amkar Perm and FC Dynamo-Gazovik-d Tyumen played their first professional season.
  4. FC Gornyak Kachkanar renamed to FC Gornyak-Vanadiy.
  5. FC Gornyak Kushva promoted from the Amateur Football League.
  6. FC Estel Ufa renamed to FC Agidel. Agidel did not play in any national-level competitions in 1996.
  7. FC KAMAZ-d Naberezhnye Chelny renamed to FC KAMAZ-Chally-d Naberezhnye Chelny.

Top goalscorers

12 goals
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals

See also