1995 Russian Third League

Russian Third League
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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

Team Head coach
FC Olimp Kislovodsk Yuri Kotov
FC Angusht Malgobek Timur Kuriyev
FC Anzhi-2 Makhachkala Aleksandr Reshetnyak
FC Torpedo Armavir Aleksandr Perepelkin
FC Dynamo Makhachkala Igor Korolyov
FC Iriston Mozdok Vitali Abayev
FC Spartak-2 Nartkala Basir Nauruzov
FC Derbent Vyacheslav Lyogkiy
FC Dynamo-d Stavropol
FC Uralan-d Elista
FC Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody Aleksandr Babayan
FC Druzhba-d Maykop
FC Spartak-d Vladikavkaz
FC Spartak Alagir Aleksandr Lekoyev
FC Beshtau Lermontov Konstantin Pakhomov
FC Zhemchuzhina-d Sochi Valeri Smagin
FC Kolos-d Krasnodar Boris Streltsov

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Olimp Kislovodsk (A) 28 21 3 4 73 17 +56 66 Promotion to Second League
2 Angusht Malgobek (A) 28 19 5 4 67 14 +53 62
3 Anzhi-2 Makhachkala 28 16 5 7 54 31 +23 53
4 Armavir (A) 28 15 5 8 48 22 +26 50 Promotion to Second League
5 Dynamo Makhachkala 28 15 4 9 71 33 +38 49
6 Iriston Mozdok 28 14 4 10 47 39 +8 46
7 Spartak-2 Nartkala 28 13 5 10 39 30 +9 44
8 Derbent 28 12 3 13 43 44 −1 39
9 Dynamo-d Stavropol 28 12 1 15 37 38 −1 37
10 Uralan-d Elista 28 11 4 13 33 63 −30 37
11 Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody 28 11 3 14 48 58 −10 36
12 Druzhba-d Maykop 28 9 6 13 28 42 −14 33
13 Spartak-d Vladikavkaz (R) 28 5 4 19 27 62 −35 19 Relegation to Amateur Football League
14 Spartak Alagir (R) 28 4 4 20 22 82 −60 16
15 Beshtau Lermontov 28 2 6 20 23 85 −62 12
Source: RSSSF
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated

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

Team Head coach
FC Avangard Kursk Aleksandr Galkin
FC Lokomotiv Liski Yuri Rybnikov
FC Volgodonsk Valeri Zubakov
FC Kuban Slavyansk-na-Kubani Nikolai Smirnov
FC Istochnik Rostov-on-Don Kamil Akchurin
FC Niva Slavyansk-na-Kubani Vladimir Fofanov
FC Luch Tula Aleksandr Yurchikov
FC Lokomotiv Yelets Yuri Raznov
FC Metallurg Krasny Sulin Viktor Shchirov
FC Oryol Vladimir Brykin
FC Shakhtyor Shakhty Valeri Volodin
FC APK Morozovsk Vasili Kravchenko
FC Rotor-d Volgograd Yuri Marushkin
FC Dynamo Mikhaylovka Sergei Popkov
FC Spartak-Bratskiy Yuzhny Sergei Antonkin
FC Ritm Alekseyevka Aleksandr Petrenko

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Avangard Kursk (A) 30 21 2 7 52 30 +22 65 Promotion to Second League
2 Lokomotiv Liski (A) 30 19 6 5 62 32 +30 63
3 Volgodonsk (A) 30 19 4 7 62 19 +43 61
4 Kuban Slavyansk-na-Kubani 30 19 4 7 59 37 +22 61
5 Istochnik Rostov-on-Don 30 17 7 6 50 24 +26 58
6 Niva Slavyansk-na-Kubani 30 14 6 10 45 38 +7 48
7 Luch Tula 30 13 6 11 40 37 +3 45
8 Lokomotiv Yelets 30 13 5 12 34 29 +5 44
9 Metallurg Krasny Sulin 30 13 5 12 46 37 +9 44
10 Oryol 30 12 7 11 49 42 +7 43
11 Shakhtyor Shakhty 30 8 5 17 38 40 −2 29
12 APK Morozovsk 30 7 7 16 28 56 −28 28
13 Rotor-d Volgograd 30 8 2 20 52 69 −17 26
14 Dynamo Mikhaylovka 30 6 8 16 33 58 −25 26
15 Spartak-Bratskiy Yuzhny 30 7 2 21 30 70 −40 23
16 Ritm Alekseyevka (R) 30 5 2 23 17 79 −62 17 Relegation to Amateur Football League
Source: RSSSF
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated

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

Team Head coach
FC Don Novomoskovsk Leonid Lipovoy
FC Spartak-d Moscow Viktor Zernov
FC Kosmos Dolgoprudny Aleksandr Logunov
FC Moskovskiy-Selyatino Selyatino Leonid Nazarenko
FC Dynamo-d Moscow Nikolai Gontar
FC Mosenergo Moscow Valentin Sysoyev
FC Titan Reutov Aleksei Belenkov
FC Avtomobilist Noginsk Vladimir Petrov
PFC CSKA-d Moscow Yuri Adzhem
FC Torgmash Lyubertsy Anatoli Leshchenkov
FC Torpedo-d Moscow Sergei Petrenko
FC Torpedo Mytishchi Yuri Naydyonov / Valeri Kholomin
FC Fabus Bronnitsy Vladimir Sautin
FC Mashinostroitel Sergiyev Posad Andrei Leksakov
FC Monolit Moscow Yuri Vereykin
FC Oka Kolomna Aleksandr Borisenkov
FC Krasnogvardeyets Moscow Mikhail Khristich
FC Dynamo-2 Moscow Yevgeni Baykov
FC Chertanovo Moscow Mikhail Karatayev
FC TRASKO Moscow Leonid Pribylovskiy
FC Lokomotiv-d Moscow Vladimir Korotkov
FC Smena Moscow
FC Asmaral-d Moscow

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Don Novomoskovsk (A) 44 36 3 5 84 19 +65 111 Promotion to Second League
2 Spartak-d Moscow 44 33 8 3 139 32 +107 107
3 Kosmos Dolgoprudny (A) 44 26 12 6 68 28 +40 90 Promotion to Second League
4 Moskovskiy-Selyatino Selyatino (A) 44 27 8 9 114 51 +63 89
5 Dynamo-d Moscow 44 27 5 12 102 56 +46 86
6 Mosenergo Moscow 44 25 9 10 78 46 +32 84
7 Titan Reutov 44 22 12 10 67 36 +31 78
8 Avtomobilist Noginsk 44 22 9 13 61 39 +22 75
9 CSKA-d Moscow 44 21 10 13 71 55 +16 73
10 Torgmash Lyubertsy 44 20 10 14 66 48 +18 70
11 Torpedo-d Moscow 44 18 10 16 68 50 +18 64
12 Torpedo Mytishchi (R) 44 14 15 15 55 51 +4 57 Relegation to Amateur Football League
13 Fabus Bronnitsy 44 15 8 21 49 62 −13 53
14 Mashinostroitel Sergiyev Posad 44 12 15 17 42 61 −19 51
15 Monolit Moscow 44 11 14 19 46 53 −7 47
16 Oka Kolomna 44 10 16 18 27 54 −27 46
17 Krasnogvardeyets Moscow 44 12 6 26 56 103 −47 42
18 Dynamo-2 Moscow 44 12 5 27 47 83 −36 41
19 Chertanovo Moscow 44 9 13 22 47 70 −23 40
20 TRASKO Moscow 44 9 10 25 38 101 −63 37
21 Lokomotiv-d Moscow 44 8 10 26 37 78 −41 34
22 Smena Moscow 44 6 10 28 22 86 −64 28
23 Asmaral-d Moscow (R) 44 0 4 40 16 138 −122 4 Relegation to Amateur Football League
Source: RSSSF
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated

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

Team Head coach
FC Turbostroitel Kaluga Georgi Kolmogorov
FC Dynamo St. Petersburg Aleksandr Fyodorov
FC Neftyanik Yaroslavl Valentin Volkov
FC Mashinostroitel Pskov Sergei Markelov
FC Dynamo Bryansk Viktor Zimin
FC Bulat Cherepovets Aleksandr Sokolov
FC Vympel Rybinsk Boris Belyakov
FC Spartak Kostroma Valeri Volchanovskiy
FC Kristall Dyatkovo Aleksei Varnavskiy
FC Volochanin Vyshny Volochyok Igor Bychkov
FC Metallurg Pikalyovo Anatoli Belov
FC Zenit-d St. Petersburg
FC Kraneks Ivanovo

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Turbostroitel Kaluga (A) 24 16 5 3 34 12 +22 53 Promotion to Second League
2 Dynamo St. Petersburg (A) 24 15 4 5 39 17 +22 49
3 Neftyanik Yaroslavl 24 12 6 6 32 17 +15 42
4 Mashinostroitel Pskov 24 11 9 4 30 18 +12 42
5 Dynamo Bryansk 23 10 8 5 32 16 +16 38
6 Bulat Cherepovets 24 10 5 9 26 27 −1 35
7 Vympel Rybinsk (R) 24 9 6 9 24 23 +1 33 Relegation to Amateur Football League
8 Spartak Kostroma 24 7 7 10 26 30 −4 28
9 Kristall Dyatkovo 24 8 3 13 21 41 −20 27
10 Volochanin Vyshny Volochyok 24 7 4 13 22 34 −12 25
11 Metallurg Pikalyovo (R) 24 4 9 11 21 37 −16 21 Relegation to Amateur Football League
12 Zenit-d St. Petersburg 24 6 1 17 28 38 −10 19
13 Kraneks Ivanovo 24 3 7 14 14 39 −25 16
Source: RSSSF
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated

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

Team Head coach
FC Zenit Penza Aleksandr Komissarov
FC Zavodchanin Saratov Anatoli Smal
FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk Mikhail Senyurin
FC Spartak Tambov Vladimir Kovylin
FC Astrateks Astrakhan Boris Bashkin
FC Kristall Sergach Viktor Pavlyukov
FC Planeta Bugulma German Bobek
FC Volga Ulyanovsk Sergei Sedyshev
FC Volga Balakovo Aleksandr Krokhin
FC Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola Radik Gadeyev
FC Salyut Saratov Yuri Mashlikovskiy
FC Neftyanik Pokhvistnevo
FC Progress Zelenodolsk Aleksandr Klobukov
FC Metallurg Vyksa Konstantin Malinin
FC Lada-d Togliatti Valeri Petruk

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Zenit Penza (A) 28 20 4 4 54 17 +37 64 Promotion to Second League
2 Zavodchanin Saratov (A) 28 19 2 7 67 28 +39 59
3 Khimik Dzerzhinsk 28 17 6 5 55 27 +28 57
4 Spartak Tambov 28 13 6 9 42 32 +10 45
5 Astrateks Astrakhan 28 12 6 10 35 40 −5 42
6 Kristall Sergach 28 11 8 9 36 30 +6 41
7 Planeta Bugulma 28 10 7 11 27 37 −10 37
8 Volga Ulyanovsk 28 9 7 12 33 35 −2 34
9 Volga Balakovo 28 8 8 12 25 37 −12 32
10 Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola 28 7 10 11 27 34 −7 31
11 Salyut Saratov 28 9 3 16 28 49 −21 30
12 Neftyanik Pokhvistnevo 28 7 8 13 20 31 −11 29
13 Progress Zelenodolsk 28 7 8 13 26 41 −15 29
14 Metallurg Vyksa 28 7 7 14 28 42 −14 28
15 Lada-d Togliatti (R) 28 5 8 15 28 51 −23 23 Relegation to Amateur Football League
Source: RSSSF
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated

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

Team Head coach
FC Energiya Chaikovsky Sergei Kleymyonov
FC Amkar Perm Sergei Oborin
FC Sodovik Sterlitamak Sergei Maksimov
FC Metiznik Magnitogorsk Aleksandr Kukushkin
FC Gornyak-Vanadiy Kachkanar Viktor Shlyayev
FC Elektron Vyatskiye Polyany Yuri Osin
FC Gornyak Kushva Viktor Konshin
FC Trubnik Kamensk-Uralsky Anatoli Lugovykh
FC Agidel Ufa Anatoli Tyryatkin
FC Gazovik Orenburg Viktor Dyomkin
FC Uralmash-d Yekaterinburg Viktor Yerokhin
FC Dynamo-Gazovik-d Tyumen Viktor Ivanov
FC Dynamo Perm Anatoli Timofeyev
FC KAMAZ-Chally-d Naberezhnye Chelny

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Energiya Chaikovsky (A) 26 18 4 4 48 21 +27 58 Promotion to Second League
2 Amkar Perm (A) 26 17 5 4 50 15 +35 56
3 Sodovik Sterlitamak 26 16 3 7 53 31 +22 51
4 Metiznik Magnitogorsk 26 15 4 7 53 36 +17 49
5 Gornyak-Vanadiy Kachkanar 26 15 2 9 32 22 +10 47
6 Elektron Vyatskiye Polyany 26 10 10 6 34 20 +14 40
7 Gornyak Kushva 26 11 4 11 29 39 −10 37
8 Trubnik Kamensk-Uralsky 26 11 2 13 34 47 −13 35
9 Agidel Ufa (R) 26 10 5 11 36 33 +3 35 Relegation to Amateur Football League
10 Gazovik Orenburg 26 8 5 13 30 42 −12 29
11 Uralmash-d Yekaterinburg 26 7 5 14 36 48 −12 26
12 Dynamo-Gazovik-d Tyumen 26 8 1 17 25 37 −12 25
13 Dynamo Perm 26 6 5 15 22 35 −13 23
14 KAMAZ-Chally-d Naberezhnye Chelny 26 2 1 23 17 73 −56 7
Source: RSSSF
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated

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
  • Aleksandr Feofanov (FC Sodovik Sterlitamak)
  • Vladimir Titov (FC Trubnik Kamensk-Uralsky)
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals

See also