1996 Russian Third League

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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
FC Nart Cherkessk Nurbiy Lakhov
FC Dynamo-Imamat Makhachkala
FC Kuban-d Krasnodar
FC Anzhi-2 Kaspiysk Aleksandr Reshetnyak
FC Mozdok
FC Astrateks Astrakhan
FC Nart Nartkala
FC Derbent
FC Kabardey-ZET Nizhny Cherek
FC Kommunalnik-Druzhba-d Maykop
PFC Spartak-d Nalchik
FC Beshtau Lermontov
FC Uralan-d Elista
FC Gofrokarton Digora

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
  • (FC Venets Gulkevichi)
20 goals
  • Azerbaijan Narvik Sirkhayev (FC Dynamo-Imamat Makhachkala)
19 goals
  • (FC Kabardey-ZET Nizhny Cherek)
  • Timur Zakirov (FC Spartak Anapa)
17 goals
16 goals
  • (FC Mozdok)
  • (FC Nart Cherkessk)
15 goals
  • (FC Spartak Anapa)

Zone 2[]

Overview[]

Team Head coach
FC Salyut-YuKOS Belgorod Aleksandr Kryukov
FC Dynamo-Zhemchuzhina-2 Sochi
FC Avangard-Kolos Taganrog Boris Sinitsyn
FC Spartak-Bratskiy Yuzhny
FC Kuban Slavyansk-na-Kubani Nikolai Smirnov
FC Zvezda Gorodishche
FC Lokomotiv Yelets
FC Shakhtyor Shakhty
FC Niva Slavyansk-na-Kubani
FC Izumrud Timashyovsk
FC Metallurg Krasny Sulin
FC Zhemchuzhina-d Sochi
FC Dynamo Mikhaylovka
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
  • (FC Kuban Slavyansk-na-Kubani)
  • (FC Izumrud Timashyovsk)
15 goals
14 goals
13 goals
  • (FC Zvezda Gorodishche)
  • Vladimir Grishchenko (FC Niva Slavyansk-na-Kubani / FC Chernomorets-d Novorossiysk)
  • Armenia Manuk Kakosyan (FC Dynamo-Zhemchuzhina-2 Sochi)
  • (FC Avangard-Kolos Taganrog)
12 goals
  • (FC Salyut-YuKOS Belgorod)
  • (FC Dynamo Mikhaylovka)
  • (FC Niva Slavyansk-na-Kubani)
  • Aleksandr Shtyn (FC Zhemchuzhina-d Sochi)
  • (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
FC Avangard-Kortek Kolomna
FC Fabus Bronnitsy
FC Mashinostroitel Sergiyev Posad
PFC CSKA-d Moscow
FC Torgmash Lyubertsy Anatoli Leshchenkov
FC Monolit Moscow Yuri Vereykin
FC Titan Reutov
FC Krasnogvardeyets Moscow Aleksandr Rakov
FC Dynamo-2 Moscow
FC Oka Kolomna
FC Obninsk
FC Chertanovo Moscow
FC Smena Moscow Vladimir Yevseyev
FC Lokomotiv-d Moscow
FC TRASKO Moscow

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
  • (FC Avtomobilist Noginsk)
18 goals
17 goals
  • (FC Mosenergo Moscow)
16 goals
  • (FC Dynamo-2 Moscow)
15 goals
  • (FC Fabus Bronnitsy)
14 goals

Zone 4[]

Overview[]

Team Head coach
FC Orekhovo Orekhovo-Zuyevo
FC Volga Tver
FC Oryol
FC Torpedo Vladimir
FC Dynamo Bryansk Viktor Zimin
FC Mashinostroitel Pskov
FC Neftyanik Yaroslavl Valentin Volkov
FC Zenit-d St. Petersburg
FC Luch Tula Aleksandr Chimbiryov
FC Lokomotiv-d St. Petersburg
FC Spartak Bryansk
FC Kristall Dyatkovo
FC Bulat Cherepovets
FC Karelia-Erzi Petrozavodsk
FC Spartak Kostroma
FC Volochanin Vyshny Volochyok

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
  • Belarus (FC Volga Tver)
11 goals
10 goals
  • (FC Orekhovo Orekhovo-Zuyevo)
9 goals
  • (FC Oryol)
8 goals
  • (FC Karelia-Erzi Petrozavodsk)
  • (FC Oryol)
  • (FC Spartak Bryansk)

Zone 5[]

Overview[]

Team Head coach
FC Spartak Tambov Vladimir Kovylin
FC Volga Ulyanovsk Sergei Sedyshev
FC Salyut Saratov
FC Energetik Uren
FC Kristall Sergach Viktor Pavlyukov
FC Metallurg Vyksa Mikhail Beketov
FC Biokhimik-Mordovia Saransk Igor Shinkarenko
FC Stroitel Morshansk
FC Iskra Engels
FC Progress Zelenodolsk Aleksandr Klobukov
FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk Mikhail Senyurin
FC Volga Balakovo
FC Neftyanik Pokhvistnevo
FC Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola Valeri Bogdanov
FC Kraneks Ivanovo
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
  • (FC Kristall Sergach)
14 goals
  • (FC Volga Ulyanovsk)
  • (FC Iskra Engels)
12 goals
  • (FC Spartak Tambov)
  • (FC Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola)
11 goals
10 goals
  • (FC Volga Balakovo)
  • (FC Salyut Saratov)
  • (FC Stroitel Morshansk)
  • (FC Biokhimik-Mordovia Saransk)

Zone 6[]

Overview[]

Team Head coach
FC Sodovik Sterlitamak
FC Uralets Nizhny Tagil
FC Metiznik Magnitogorsk Aleksandr Kukushkin
FC Dynamo Perm
FC Gazovik Orenburg
FC Neftyanik Bugulma
FC Trubnik Kamensk-Uralsky
FC Elektron Vyatskiye Polyany Yuri Osin
FC Dynamo-Gazovik-d Tyumen
FC Gornyak Kushva
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
  • (FC Uralets Nizhny Tagil)
  • (FC Dynamo Perm)
11 goals
  • (FC Metiznik Magnitogorsk)
9 goals
8 goals
  • Vyacheslav Khovanskiy (FC Trubnik Kamensk-Uralsky)
  • (FC Sodovik Sterlitamak)
  • (FC Metiznik Magnitogorsk)
  • (FC Uralets Nizhny Tagil)

See also[]

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