1997 Russian Second League

Football league season

Russian Second LeagueSeason| 1997

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The 1997 Russian Second League was the sixth edition of the Second Division. There were 3 zones with 61 teams starting the competition (3 were excluded before the end of the season). This was the last season that the professional Russian Third League existed. Next season the Second League became the lowest professional level once again.

## Zone West

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### Overview

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Team  | Head coach

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FC Arsenal Tula |  Yevhen Kucherevskyi
FC Lokomotiv Liski | Vladimir Ponomaryov
FC Salyut-YuKOS Belgorod | Aleksandr Kryukov
FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan | Boris Bashkin
FC Spartak Tambov | Vladimir Kovylin
FC Torpedo Taganrog | Anatoly Bulgakov
FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz | Ruslan Sakiyev
FC Avtozapchast Baksan | Sergei Tashuev
FC Avtomobilist Noginsk | Vladimir Bodrov
FC Kavkazkabel Prokhladny | Boris Kayushnikov
FC Angusht Nazran | Timur Kuriyev
FC Dynamo Vologda | Leon Yagubyants
FC MChS-Selyatino Selyatino | Leonid Nazarenko
FC Venets Gulkevichi | Viktor Zvyagin
FC Avangard Kursk | Aleksandr Galkin
FC Mosenergo Moscow | Valentin Sysoyev
FC Spartak Anapa | Igor Zazroyev
FC SKA Rostov-on-Don | Sergei Shvetsov
FC Torpedo Armavir | Nurbiy Khakunov
FC Energiya Pyatigorsk | Sergei Razaryonov
FC Gatchina | Nikolai Gosudarenkov
FC Dynamo-Zhemchuzhina-2 Sochi | Vladimir Aleynikov

### Standings

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation

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1  | Arsenal Tula (A) | 38  | 28  | 7  | 3  | 91  | 26  | +65  | 91  | Promotion to First Division
2  | Lokomotiv Liski | 38  | 23  | 7  | 8  | 64  | 31  | +33  | 76  |
3  | Salyut-YuKOS Belgorod | 38  | 22  | 3  | 13  | 72  | 51  | +21  | 69
4  | Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan | 38  | 20  | 9  | 9  | 63  | 33  | +30  | 69
5  | Spartak Tambov | 38  | 21  | 5  | 12  | 66  | 50  | +16  | 68
6  | Torpedo Taganrog | 38  | 20  | 6  | 12  | 64  | 38  | +26  | 66
7  | Avtodor Vladikavkaz | 38  | 19  | 5  | 14  | 64  | 50  | +14  | 62
8  | Avtozapchast Baksan[a] (R) | 38  | 17  | 11  | 10  | 52  | 39  | +13  | 62  | Relegation to Amateur Football League
9  | Avtomobilist Noginsk | 38  | 16  | 12  | 10  | 70  | 53  | +17  | 60  |
10  | Kavkazkabel Prokhladny | 38  | 15  | 11  | 12  | 43  | 33  | +10  | 56
11  | Angusht Nazran | 38  | 15  | 9  | 14  | 39  | 44  | −5  | 54
12  | Dynamo Vologda | 38  | 14  | 8  | 16  | 44  | 51  | −7  | 50
13  | MChS-Selyatino Selyatino | 38  | 14  | 7  | 17  | 59  | 63  | −4  | 49
14  | Venets Gulkevichi | 38  | 10  | 11  | 17  | 36  | 51  | −15  | 41
15  | Avangard Kursk | 38  | 11  | 7  | 20  | 40  | 58  | −18  | 40
16  | Mosenergo Moscow | 38  | 9  | 12  | 17  | 41  | 57  | −16  | 39
17  | Spartak Anapa | 38  | 11  | 4  | 23  | 44  | 76  | −32  | 37
18  | SKA Rostov-on-Don (R) | 38  | 9  | 6  | 23  | 38  | 75  | −37  | 33  | Relegation to Amateur Football League
19  | Armavir | 38  | 8  | 7  | 23  | 32  | 66  | −34  | 31  |
20  | Energiya Pyatigorsk (R) | 38  | 4  | 1  | 33  | 18  | 95  | −77  | 13[b] | Relegation to Amateur Football League
–  | Gatchina[c] | 16  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | -- | 0  |
–  | Dynamo-Zhemchuzhina-2 Sochi[d] | 7  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | -- | 0

Source: RSSSF
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. ^ FC Avtozapchast Baksan did not play on national level in 1998.
2. ^ FC Energiya Pyatigorsk was excluded from the league after playing 22 games and gaining 13 points (it also won a game against FC Gatchina, who were excluded from the league earlier). All the remaining games were awarded to the opponents with a score of 3-0.
3. ^ FC Gatchina was excluded from the league after playing 16 games and gaining 18 points. All their results were discarded. They did not play on national level in 1998.
4. ^ FC Dynamo-Zhemchuzhina-2 Sochi was excluded from the league after playing 7 games and gaining 3 points. All their results were discarded. They did not play on national level in 1998.

### Top goalscorers

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33 goals

* Aleksandr Kuzmichyov (FC Arsenal Tula)

32 goals

* Dmitri Kirichenko (FC Torpedo Taganrog)

26 goals

* Vladimir Kharin (FC Lokomotiv Liski)

21 goals

* Andrei Bakalets (FC MChS-Selyatino Selyatino)

16 goals

* Oleg Delov (FC Avangard Kursk)

14 goals

* Anderson (FC Arsenal Tula)
* Anatoli Balaluyev (FC Avtomobilist Noginsk)
* Alik Dulayev (FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz)
* Grigori Ivanov (FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz)
* Mikhail Shumilin (FC MChS-Selyatino Selyatino)

## Zone Center

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### Overview

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Team  | Head coach

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FC Rubin Kazan | Igor Volchok
FC Amkar Perm | Sergei Oborin
FC Spartak Ryazan | Sergei Nedosekin
FC Energiya Chaikovsky | Sergei Kleymyonov
FC Nosta Novotroitsk | Aleksandr Salnov
FC Torpedo Arzamas | Valeri Sinau (until July)
Vladimir Inyutin (from August)
FC UralAZ Miass | Pyotr Nagayev
FC Don Novomoskovsk | Igor Solovyov
FC Torpedo Pavlovo | Aleksandr Sarafannikov
FC Volga Ulyanovsk | Aleksandr Korolyov
FC Volga Tver | Yuri Zubkov
FC Oryol | Vladimir Brykin
FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo | Vladimir Belkov
FC Sodovik Sterlitamak | Sergei Maksimov
FC Svetotekhnika Saransk | Vladimir Bibikov
FC Spartak-Orekhovo Orekhovo-Zuyevo | Leonid Ostroushko
FC Magnitka Magnitogorsk | Viktor Sokolovskiy
FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg | Mark Rubin
FC Spartak Shchyolkovo | Aleksandr Leksin
FC Sibir Kurgan | Igor Kuznetsov
FC Zenit Izhevsk | Stanislav Korotayev

### Standings

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion

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1  | Rubin Kazan (A) | 40  | 32  | 6  | 2  | 88  | 22  | +66  | 102  | Promotion to First Division
2  | Amkar Perm | 40  | 24  | 11  | 5  | 69  | 21  | +48  | 83  |
3  | Spartak Ryazan | 40  | 24  | 8  | 8  | 59  | 22  | +37  | 80
4  | Energiya Chaikovsky | 40  | 22  | 10  | 8  | 79  | 43  | +36  | 76
5  | Nosta Novotroitsk | 40  | 18  | 12  | 10  | 66  | 49  | +17  | 66
6  | Torpedo Arzamas | 40  | 18  | 8  | 14  | 58  | 44  | +14  | 62
7  | UralAZ Miass | 40  | 17  | 11  | 12  | 57  | 42  | +15  | 62
8  | Don Novomoskovsk | 40  | 17  | 10  | 13  | 46  | 45  | +1  | 61
9  | Torpedo Pavlovo | 40  | 15  | 14  | 11  | 49  | 36  | +13  | 59
10  | Volga Ulyanovsk | 40  | 16  | 9  | 15  | 40  | 37  | +3  | 57
11  | Volga Tver | 40  | 15  | 11  | 14  | 40  | 45  | −5  | 56
12  | Oryol | 40  | 14  | 14  | 12  | 50  | 40  | +10  | 56
13  | Tekstilshchik Ivanovo | 40  | 14  | 6  | 20  | 42  | 60  | −18  | 48
14  | Sodovik Sterlitamak | 40  | 12  | 10  | 18  | 45  | 60  | −15  | 46
15  | Svetotekhnika Saransk | 40  | 12  | 9  | 19  | 64  | 69  | −5  | 45
16  | Spartak-Orekhovo Orekhovo-Zuyevo[a] | 40  | 12  | 9  | 19  | 42  | 63  | −21  | 45
17  | Magnitka Magnitogorsk[b] | 40  | 11  | 9  | 20  | 45  | 69  | −24  | 42
18  | Dynamo St. Petersburg | 40  | 8  | 10  | 22  | 38  | 69  | −31  | 34
19  | Spartak Shchyolkovo | 40  | 5  | 15  | 20  | 29  | 56  | −27  | 30
20  | Sibir Kurgan | 40  | 7  | 7  | 26  | 34  | 78  | −44  | 28
21  | Zenit Izhevsk | 40  | 5  | 5  | 30  | 38  | 108  | −70  | 20

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: No teams were relegated from this zone.
(A) Advance to a further round
Notes:

1. ^ FC Orekhovo Orekhovo-Zuyevo renamed to FC Spartak-Orekhovo.
2. ^ FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk renamed to FC Magnitka.

### Top goalscorers

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26 goals

* Eduard Zatsepin (FC Svetotekhnika Saransk)

25 goals

* Andrei Knyazev (FC Rubin Kazan)

22 goals

* Vladimir Filimonov (FC Energiya Chaikovsky)

19 goals

* Yuriy Yakovenko (FC Torpedo Arzamas)

17 goals

* Sergei Budarin (FC Nosta Novotroitsk)

16 goals

* Vladimir Pantyushenko (FC Rubin Kazan)

14 goals

* Vitali Papadopulo (FC Torpedo Arzamas)
* Konstantin Paramonov (FC Amkar Perm)

13 goals

* Aleksandr Katasonov (FC Amkar Perm)
* Andrei Minvaliyev (FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo)

## Zone East

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### Overview

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Team  | Head coach

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FC Tom Tomsk | Vladimir Yurin
FC Samotlor-XXI Nizhnevartovsk | Sergei Iromashvili
FC SKA Khabarovsk | Vladimir Susin
FC Zvezda Irkutsk | Sergei Muratov
FC Dynamo Barnaul | Aleksandr Gostenin
FC Chkalovets Novosibirsk | Valeri Yerkovich
FC Irtysh Tobolsk | Rudolf Atamalyan
FC Kuzbass Kemerovo | Viktor Shel
FC Dynamo Omsk | Artyom Amirdzhanov
FC Viktoriya Nazarovo | Mikhail Putintsev
FC Amur-Energiya Blagoveshchensk | Vyacheslav Kurtsayev
FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk | Yuri Sipkin
FC Metallurg-ZapSib Novokuznetsk | Vitali Golopolosov
FC Angara Angarsk | Ivan Korzhenko
FC Selenga Ulan-Ude | Valeri Mikhnov
FC Torpedo Rubtsovsk | Vladimir Vorzhev
FC Okean Nakhodka | Pavel Palatin
FC Mezhdurechensk | Viktor Kolmogorov

### Standings

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation

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1  | Tom Tomsk (A) | 34  | 26  | 5  | 3  | 82  | 20  | +62  | 83  | Promotion to First Division
2  | Samotlor-XXI Nizhnevartovsk | 34  | 20  | 8  | 6  | 53  | 25  | +28  | 68  |
3  | SKA Khabarovsk | 34  | 19  | 8  | 7  | 52  | 22  | +30  | 65
4  | Zvezda Irkutsk | 34  | 18  | 8  | 8  | 44  | 27  | +17  | 62
5  | Dynamo Barnaul | 34  | 17  | 6  | 11  | 51  | 35  | +16  | 57
6  | Chkalovets Novosibirsk | 34  | 16  | 8  | 10  | 46  | 32  | +14  | 56
7  | Irtysh Tobolsk | 34  | 15  | 9  | 10  | 51  | 32  | +19  | 54
8  | Kuzbass Kemerovo | 34  | 14  | 9  | 11  | 39  | 34  | +5  | 51
9  | Dynamo Omsk | 34  | 16  | 2  | 16  | 38  | 40  | −2  | 50
10  | Viktoriya Nazarovo | 34  | 15  | 5  | 14  | 46  | 45  | +1  | 50
11  | Amur-Energiya Blagoveshchensk[a] | 34  | 14  | 4  | 16  | 55  | 54  | +1  | 46
12  | Metallurg Krasnoyarsk | 34  | 11  | 11  | 12  | 38  | 39  | −1  | 44
13  | Metallurg-ZapSib Novokuznetsk | 34  | 11  | 9  | 14  | 55  | 46  | +9  | 42
14  | Angara Angarsk (R) | 34  | 10  | 5  | 19  | 33  | 56  | −23  | 35  | Relegation to Amateur Football League
15  | Selenga Ulan-Ude | 34  | 8  | 4  | 22  | 30  | 68  | −38  | 28  |
16  | Torpedo Rubtsovsk | 34  | 6  | 7  | 21  | 19  | 63  | −44  | 25
17  | Okean Nakhodka | 34  | 6  | 5  | 23  | 27  | 84  | −57  | 23
18  | Mezhdurechensk | 34  | 5  | 5  | 24  | 27  | 64  | −37  | 20

Source: RSSSF
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. ^ FC Amur Blagoveshchensk renamed to FC Amur-Energiya.

### Top goalscorers

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21 goals

* Aleksandr Yarkin (FC Viktoriya Nazarovo)

16 goals

* Vadim Belokhonov (FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk)

15 goals

* Stanislav Chaplygin (FC Metallurg-Zapsib Novokuznetsk)
* Andrei Korovin (FC Amur-Energiya Blagoveshchensk)

14 goals

* Yevgeni Savin (FC Dynamo Barnaul)

13 goals

* Aleksei Kandalintsev (FC SKA Khabarovsk)
* Dmitri Kudinov (FC Tom Tomsk)

12 goals

* Sergei Ageyev (FC Tom Tomsk)
* Vyacheslav Vishnevskiy (FC Tom Tomsk)

11 goals

* Vyacheslav Fomin (FC Irtysh Tobolsk)
* Anatoli Kisurin (FC Dynamo Omsk)
* Anatoli Panchenko (FC Dynamo Barnaul)
* Sergei Rogalevskiy (FC Kuzbass Kemerovo)
* Yevgeni Sadovnikov (FC Zvezda Irkutsk)
* Igor Zykov (FC Selenga Ulan-Ude)

## See also

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* 1997 Russian Top League
* 1997 Russian First League
* 1997 Russian Third League

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