1997 Russian Third League Explained

Competition:Russian Third League
Season:1997
Prevseason:1996

The 1997 Russian Third League was the 4th and, so far, final time competition on the fourth level of Russian football was professional. In 1998 Russian Third League was disbanded and the Amateur Football League moved back to fourth level of the Russian football pyramid. All the 1997 Russian Third League teams that were not promoted to the Second Division moved to the Amateur Football League (unless otherwise noted below). There were 5 zones with 88 teams starting the competition (6 were excluded before the end of the season).

Zone 1

Overview

TeamHead coach
FC Lokomotiv Mineralnye VodyAleksandr Babayan
FC MozdokYuri Gazzaev
FC Torpedo GeorgiyevskYuri Kotov
FC Anzhi-d Makhachkala
FC Nart NartkalaVladimir Kurashinov
FC Iriston VladikavkazRuslan Merdenov
FC Nart CherkesskNurbiy Lakhov
FC Dynamo-d Stavropol
FC Alania-d Vladikavkaz
PFC Spartak-d Nalchik
FC Dynamo-Imamat MakhachkalaKosim Akchurin
FC Olimp KislovodskAleksandr Grosberg
FC Beshtau LermontovValentin Lobachyov

Standings

Notes.

  1. FC Alania-d Vladikavkaz were excluded from the league after playing 35 games and gaining 43 points. Opponents were awarded a 3–0 win in the remaining games.
  2. FC Iriston Vladikavkaz and FC Dynamo-Imamat Makhachkala were awarded 1 home win each.
  3. FC Torpedo Georgiyevsk played their first professional season.
  4. FC Anzhi-2 Kaspiysk renamed to FC Anzhi-d and moved to Makhachkala. They did not participate in national-level competitions in 1998.
  5. FC Dynamo-d Stavropol, PFC Spartak-d Nalchik and FC Olimp Kislovodsk did not participate in national-level competitions in 1998.
  6. FC Alania-d Vladikavkaz last played professionally in 1995 as FC Spartak-Alania-d Vladikavkaz.

Top goalscorers

35 goals
30 goals
28 goals
26 goals
25 goals
24 goals
22 goals
21 goals

Zone 2

Overview

TeamHead coach
FC Kuban Slavyansk-na-KubaniNikolai Smirnov
FC Rassvet TroitskoyeSergei Lushchin
FC Rostselmash-d Rostov-on-Don
FC Spartak-Bratskiy YuzhnySergei Antonkin
FC Niva Slavyansk-na-KubaniOleg Ivanov
FC Shakhtyor ShakhtyYuri Shikunov
FC VolgodonskNikolai Zlobin
FC Metallurg Krasny SulinViktor Shchirov
FC Rotor-d Volgograd
FC Salyut SaratovVladimir Khoroltsev
FC Kuban-d KrasnodarIgor Kaleshin
FC Rotor-2 MikhaylovkaSergei Andreyev
FC Lokomotiv YeletsYuri Raznov
FC Zhemchuzhina-d SochiAnatoli Lyz
FC Energiya-d KamyshinOleg Sizov
FC Fakel-d VoronezhYuri Litvinov

Standings

Notes.

  1. FC Lokomotiv Yelets were excluded from the league after playing 15 games and gaining 34 points. Opponents were awarded a 3–0 win in the remaining games.
  2. FC Energiya-d Kamyshin were excluded from the league after playing 15 games and gaining 9 points. Opponents were awarded a 3–0 win in the remaining games.
  3. FC Fakel-d Voronezh was excluded from the league after playing 17 games and gaining 7 points. Opponents were awarded a 3–0 win in the remaining games.
  4. FC Rassvet Troitskoye promoted from the Amateur Football League. They did not participate in the national-level competitions in 1998.
  5. FC Spartak-Bratskiy Yuzhny, FC Niva Slavyansk-na-Kubani, FC Volgodonsk and FC Kuban-d Krasnodar did not participate in the national-level competitions in 1998.
  6. FC Dynamo Mikhailovka renamed to FC Rotor-2.
  7. FC Energiya-d Kamyshin last played professionally in 1992 as FC Tekstilshchik-d Kamyshin. They did not participate in the national-level competitions in 1998.
  8. FC Fakel-d Voronezh played their first professional season. They did not participate in the national-level competitions in 1998.

Top goalscorers

16 goals
15 goals
11 goals
10 goals

Zone 3

Overview

TeamHead coach
FC Dynamo-d MoscowAleksei Petrushin
FC KhimkiVladimir Shtapov
FC Torpedo-ZIL MoscowSergei Petrenko
FC Kosmos DolgoprudnyAleksandr Logunov
FC Roda MoscowVladimir Opochinskiy
FC Spartak-d MoscowSergey Rodionov
FC Titan ReutovAleksei Belenkov
PFC CSKA-d MoscowSergei Berezin
FC Sportakademklub MoscowAleksandr Yefremov
FC KolomnaViktor Korneyev
FC Spartak LukhovitsySergei Bondar
FC Monolit MoscowYuri Vereykin
FC Torgmash LyubertsyAnatoli Leshchenkov
FC Krasnogvardeyets MoscowAleksandr Rakov
FC Asmaral MoscowVladimir Mikhaylov
FC Torpedo-Luzhniki-d Moscow
FC Lokomotiv-d MoscowNikolai Khudiyev
FC Fabus BronnitsyVladimir Sautin
FC MEPhI MoscowRinat Bilyaletdinov
FC Dynamo-2 MoscowAleksandr Maksimenkov
FC Chertanovo MoscowViktor Borovikov

Standings

Notes.

  1. FC Roda Moscow deducted 6 points.
  2. FC Khimki and FC Spartak Lukhovitsy promoted from the Amateur Football League.
  3. FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow played their first professional season.
  4. FC Roda Moscow and FC Chertanovo Moscow did not participate in the national-level competitions in 1998.
  5. FC Mashinostroitel Sergiyev Posad moved to Moscow and renamed to FC Sportakademklub.
  6. FC Avangard-Kortek Kolomna renamed to FC Kolomna.
  7. FC MEPhI Moscow promoted from the Amateur Football League, where it played in 1996 as FSh MEPhI. They did not participate in the national-level competitions in 1998.
  8. FC Dynamo-2 Moscow did not participate in the national-level competitions in 1998 (FC Dynamo-d Moscow was renamed to FC Dynamo-2 in 1998).

Top goalscorers

21 goals
20 goals
19 goals
17 goals
16 goals
15 goals

Zone 4

Overview

TeamHead coach
FC Metallurg VyksaMikhail Beketov
FC Energetik UrenViktor Pavlyukov
FC Torpedo VladimirYevgeni Skomorokhov
FC Torpedo-Viktoriya Nizhny NovgorodAleksandr Platonychev
FC Spartak BryanskViktor Ozhoga
FC Stroitel MorshanskVyacheslav Vlasov
FC Luch TulaYuri Cheryevskiy
FC Lokomotiv KalugaAleksandr Sakharov
FC Energiya Velikiye LukiVladimir Gogin
FC Volochanin Vyshny VolochyokViktor Demidov
FC Zenit-d Saint Petersburg
FC Mashinostroitel PskovSergei Markelov
FC Dynamo BryanskViktor Zimin
FC Neftyanik YaroslavlValentin Volkov
FC Spartak KostromaValeri Volchanovskiy
FC Lokomotiv-d Saint Petersburg
FC Lokomotiv-d Nizhny Novgorod
FC Khimik DzerzhinskAndrei Sergeyev
FC Industriya BorovskYuri Karamyan
FC Spartak Rybnoye

Standings

Notes.

  1. FC Spartak Rybnoye were excluded from the league after playing 18 games and gaining 14 points. All their results were discarded. That was their first professional season. They did not participate in the national-level competitions in 1998.
  2. FC Industriya Borovsk were excluded from the league after playing 19 games and gaining 20 points. Opponents were awarded 3-0 wins in the remaining games. They did not participate in the national-level competitions in 1998.
  3. FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk awarded one home loss.
  4. FC Torpedo-Viktoriya Nizhny Novgorod played their first professional season.
  5. FC Lokomotiv Kaluga promoted from the Amateur Football League, where they played in 1996 as FC Smena-PRMZ Kaluga.
  6. FC Energiya Velikiye Luki promoted from the Amateur Football League.
  7. FC Lokomotiv-d Saint Petersburg and FC Lokomotiv-d Nizhny Novgorod did not participate in the national-level competitions in 1998.

Top goalscorers

18 goals
17 goals
14 goals
13 goals
12 goals
11 goals

Zone 5

Overview

TeamHead coach
FC Zenit PenzaAleksandr Komissarov
FC Dynamo PermViktor Arkhapchev
FC Zenit ChelyabinskOleg Kudelin
FC Metiznik MagnitogorskAleksandr Kukushkin
FC Neftyanik PokhvistnevoYevgeni Sarychev (until July)
Ishtvan Sekech (from July)
FC Uralets Nizhny TagilAnatoli Garenskikh
FC Biokhimik-Mordovia SaranskIgor Shinkarenko
FC Energiya UlyanovskMikhail Fursenko
FC Gazovik OrenburgValeri Bogdanov
FC Trubnik Kamensk-UralskyVasili Petrovich
FC Iskra EngelsAnatoli Surovtsev
FC Progress ZelenodolskAleksandr Klobukov
FC Druzhba Yoshkar-OlaIgor Pochuyenkov]
FC Neftyanik BugulmaGerman Bobek
FC Elektron Vyatskiye PolyanyYuri Osin
FC Gornyak KachkanarViktor Stavrov
FC Volga BalakovoAleksandr Krokhin
FC KAMAZ-Chally-d Naberezhnye Chelny

Standings

Notes.

  1. FC Zenit Chelyabinsk and FC Energiya Ulyanovsk promoted from the Amateur Football League.
  2. FC Metiznik Magnitogorsk, FC Elektron Vyatskiye Polyany, and FC KAMAZ-Chally-d Naberezhnye Chelny did not participate in the national-level competitions in 1998.

Top goalscorers

23 goals
21 goals
19 goals
17 goals
16 goals
15 goals
14 goals
13 goals

See also

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