2008 Russian Second Division

The Russian Second Division 2008 is the third strongest Division in Russian football. The Second Division is geographically divided into 5 zones. The winners of each zone are automatically promoted into the First Division. The bottom finishers of each zone lose professional status and are relegated into the Amateur Football League.

South

As of 1 November 2008.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Volgar-Gazprom-2 Astrakhan (C) (P)	34	26	5	3	72	17	+55	83	Promotion to Russian First Division 2009
2	Bataysk-2007	34	24	4	6	73	31	+42	76
3	Krasnodar (P)	34	22	6	6	60	23	+37	72	Promotion to Russian First Division 2009
4	Olimpia Volgograd	34	22	5	7	71	31	+40	71
5	Dynamo Stavropol	34	17	8	9	55	47	+8	59
6	Zhemchuzhina-Sochi	34	14	12	8	48	30	+18	54
7	Dagdizel Kaspiysk	34	13	7	14	35	45	−10	46
8	Kavkaztransgaz-2005 Ryzdvyany	34	11	11	12	38	41	−3	44
9	Energiya Volzhsky	34	12	6	16	44	48	−4	42
10	Druzhba Maykop	34	12	6	16	39	57	−18	42
11	Nika Krasny Sulin	34	10	6	18	35	60	−25	36
12	Taganrog	34	9	9	16	34	42	−8	36
13	Rotor Volgograd	34	9	8	17	40	62	−22	35
14	Sudostroitel Astrakhan	34	9	6	19	31	56	−25	33
15	Krasnodar-2000	34	8	9	17	35	53	−18	33
16	Sochi-04	34	9	5	20	27	55	−28	32
17	Spartak-UGP Anapa	34	8	6	20	29	50	−21	30
18	Avtodor Vladikavkaz	34	7	9	18	39	57	−18	30

Source: PFL
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

2008 Russian Second Division is located in Southern Federal District

Volgar-Gazprom-2,
Sudostroitel

Bataysk-2007

Krasnodar,
Krasnodar-2000

Olympia,
Rotor

Dynamo

Znemchuzhina,
Sochi-04

Dagdizel

Kavkaztransgaz-2005

Energia

Druzhba

Nika

Taganrog

Spartak-UGP

Avtodor

Location of teams

Top scorers

27 goals

• Mikhail Markosov (FC Dynamo Stavropol)

17 goals

• Dmitry Mezinov (FC Bataysk-2007)
• Vladimir Serov (FC Rotor Volgograd)
• Artur Yelbayev (FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz)

16 goals

• Ivan Gerasimov (FC Olimpia Volgograd)

15 goals

• Dmitri Pinchuk (FC Olimpia Volgograd / FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi)

14 goals

• Yevgeni Losev (FC Volgar-Gazprom-2 Astrakhan)

12 goals

• Nizar Al-Taravna (FC Bataysk-2007)
• Denis Dorozhkin (FC Krasnodar)
• Dmitri Kovalenko (FC Olimpia Volgograd)

West

As of 30 October 2008.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	MVD Rossii Moscow (C) (P)	36	25	4	7	70	36	+34	79	Promotion to Russian First Division 2009
2	Torpedo Vladimir	36	24	7	5	54	14	+40	79
3	Sheksna Cherepovets	36	20	8	8	46	26	+20	68
4	Spartak Kostroma	36	18	12	6	65	29	+36	66
5	Volga Tver	36	16	8	12	46	32	+14	56
6	Sever Murmansk	36	15	11	10	49	45	+4	56
7	Dynamo St. Petersburg	36	15	8	13	55	45	+10	53
8	Dmitrov	36	14	7	15	40	42	−2	49
9	Reutov	36	13	9	14	39	47	−8	48
10	Pskov-747 Pskov	36	11	14	11	32	33	−1	47
11	Spartak Shchyolkovo	36	11	13	12	40	40	0	46
12	Zelenograd	36	12	8	16	47	51	−4	44
13	Volochanin-Ratmir Vyshny Volochyok	36	10	10	16	32	46	−14	40
14	Torpedo-RG Moscow	36	10	9	17	41	47	−6	39
15	Istra	36	10	9	17	37	60	−23	39
16	Dynamo Vologda	36	10	9	17	42	58	−16	39
17	Nara-ShBFR Naro-Fominsk	36	10	6	20	36	59	−23	36
18	Tekstilshchik Ivanovo	36	8	10	18	35	58	−23	34
19	Zenit-2 St. Petersburg (R)	36	6	6	24	38	76	−38	24	Relegation to Amateur Football League

Source: PFL
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

2008 Russian Second Division is located in Western part of Russia

MVD Rossii, Torpedo-RG

Torpedo

Sheksna

Spartak K

Volga

Dynamo SPb, Zenit-2

Dmitrov

Reutov

Pskov-747

Spartak S

Zelenograd

Volochanin-Ratmir

Istra

Dynamo V

Nara-Desna

Tekstilshchik

Location of teams. Not shown: Sever (further north)

Top scorers

18 goals

• Aleksei Baranov (FC Torpedo-RG Moscow / FC MVD Rossii Moscow)

17 goals

• Ramaz Dzhabnidze (FC Dmitrov / FC Zelenograd)

16 goals

• Andrei Opanasyuk (FC Spartak Kostroma)

15 goals

• Yuri Kapusta (FC Nara-ShBFR Naro-Fominsk)
• Vadim Klass (FC Sever Murmansk)

13 goals

• Grigory Gnedov (FC Spartak Kostroma)

12 goals

• Dmitri Vyazmikin (FC Torpedo Vladimir)

10 goals

• Andrei Bubchikov (FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo)
• Andrei Dyomkin (FC Sheksna Cherepovets / FC MVD Rossii Moscow)
• Kirill Makarov (FC Zenit-2 St. Petersburg)
• Andrei Smirnov (FC Torpedo Vladimir)
• Ivan Stolbovoy (FC Volga Tver)
• Ruslan Usikov (FC Dynamo St. Petersburg / FC MVD Rossii Moscow)
• Aleksei Zhelatin (FC Pskov-747)

Center

As of 27 October 2008.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Metallurg Lipetsk (C) (P)	34	23	7	4	58	16	+42	76	Promotion to Russian First Division 2009
2	Avangard Kursk	34	23	6	5	48	18	+30	75
3	Lukhovitsy	34	20	7	7	52	29	+23	67
4	Gubkin	34	20	7	7	62	28	+34	67
5	Zvezda Serpukhov	34	19	8	7	64	32	+32	65
6	Dynamo-Voronezh	34	17	11	6	53	29	+24	62
7	Mordovia Saransk	34	16	8	10	46	38	+8	56
8	Ryazan	34	12	11	11	39	34	+5	47
9	Yelets	34	15	1	18	44	51	−7	46
10	Zenit Penza	34	11	10	13	33	44	−11	43
11	Lokomotiv Liski	34	12	6	16	44	45	−1	42
12	Spartak Tambov	34	11	5	18	34	46	−12	38
13	Rusichi Oryol	34	9	11	14	32	41	−9	38
14	Zodiak Stary Oskol	34	9	5	20	31	50	−19	32
15	Saturn Moscow Oblast	34	9	4	21	31	51	−20	31
16	Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo	34	6	11	17	30	54	−24	29
17	Nika Moscow	34	7	2	25	23	77	−54	23
18	FCS-73 Voronezh (R)	34	4	6	24	25	66	−41	18	Relegation to Amateur Football League

Source: PFL
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Metallurg

Avangard

Lukhovitsy

Gubkin

Zvezda

Dynamo, FCS-73

Mordovia

Ryazan

Yelets

Zenit

Lokomotiv

Spartak

Rusichi

Zodiak

Saturn-2

Znamya Truda

Nika

Location of teams

Top scorers

17 goals

• Andrei Meshchaninov (FC Zvezda Serpukhov)

16 goals

• Artur Grigoryan (FC Lokomotiv Liski)

14 goals

• Oleg Shchyotkin (FC Zenit Penza)

13 goals

• Anzour Nafash (FC Lukhovitsy)
• Denis Zhukovskiy (FC Dynamo-Voronezh Voronezh)

11 goals

• Sergei Faustov (FC Gubkin)
• Andrei Meshcheryakov (FC Lokomotiv Liski)

10 goals

• Kirill Kurochkin (FC Mordovia Saransk)
• Sergei Mikhailov (FC Avangard Kursk)
• Anton Sereda (FC Yelets)
• Vasili Shatalov (FC Saturn-2 Moscow Oblast)
• Denis Snimshchikov (FC Mordovia Saransk)

Ural-Povolzhye

As of 28 October 2008.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Volga Nizhny Novgorod (C) (P)	34	23	9	2	73	23	+50	78	Promotion to Russian First Division 2009
2	Gazovik Orenburg	34	20	11	3	64	29	+35	71
3	Nizhny Novgorod (P)	34	22	3	9	78	39	+39	69	Promotion to Russian First Division 2009
4	Gornyak Uchaly	34	17	9	8	65	32	+33	60
5	Lada Togliatti	34	15	12	7	44	30	+14	57
6	Khimik Dzerzhinsk	34	15	12	7	51	39	+12	57
7	Zenit Chelyabinsk	34	16	7	11	49	31	+18	55
8	Togliatti	34	16	6	12	63	55	+8	54
9	Rubin-2 Kazan	34	15	8	11	58	43	+15	53
10	Tyumen	34	14	8	12	71	57	+14	50
11	SOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk	34	13	6	15	56	57	−1	45
12	Sokol-Saratov	34	12	5	17	49	44	+5	41
13	Alnas Almetyevsk	34	11	7	16	51	53	−2	40
14	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	34	9	11	14	39	44	−5	38
15	Dynamo Kirov	34	10	7	17	30	41	−11	37
16	Energetik Uren	34	9	8	17	30	48	−18	35
17	Yunit Samara	34	2	2	30	21	140	−119	8
18	Akademiya Dimitrovgrad	34	0	3	31	20	107	−87	3

Source: PFL
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

2008 Russian Second Division is located in Volga Federal District

Volga, Nizhny Novgorod

Gazovik

Gornyak

Lada, Togliatti

Khimik

Zenit

Rubin-2

SOYUZ-Gazprom

Sokol

Alnas

Neftekhimik

Dynamo

Energetik

Yunit

Academia

Location of teams. Not shown: Tyumen (further east)

Top scorers

27 goals

• Mikhail Tyufyakov (FC Rubin-2 Kazan / FC Lada Togliatti)

23 goals

• Ilya Borodin (FC Nizhny Novgorod)

17 goals

• Stanislav Prokofyev (FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod)

15 goals

• Marat Shogenov (FC Gazovik Orenburg)

14 goals

• Yevgeni Yaroslavtsev (FC SOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk)
• Dmitri Zarva (FC Tyumen)

13 goals

• Artyom Delkin (FC Togliatti)
• Vladimir Morozov (FC Zenit Chelyabinsk)
• Aleksandr Pavlov (FC Tyumen)

12 goals

• Yuri Budylin (FC Alnas Almetyevsk)
• Anatoli Zavyalov (FC Gornyak Uchaly)

East

As of 25 October 2008.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Chita (C) (P)	27	17	9	1	53	22	+31	60	Promotion to Russian First Division 2009
2	Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure	27	17	3	7	51	21	+30	54
3	Irtysh-1946 Omsk	27	14	7	6	46	30	+16	49
4	Sibir-2 Novosibirsk	27	11	7	9	36	40	−4	40
5	Sibiryak Bratsk	27	9	8	10	34	37	−3	35
6	Metallurg Krasnoyarsk	27	9	7	11	38	34	+4	34
7	Okean Nakhodka	27	8	10	9	22	28	−6	34
8	KUZBASS Kemerovo	27	7	4	16	27	49	−22	25
9	Amur Blagoveshchensk	27	6	7	14	29	45	−16	25
10	Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	27	3	6	18	18	48	−30	15

Source: PFL
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Chita

Smena

Irtysh-1946

Sibir-2

Sibiryak

Metallurg

Okean

Kuzbass

Amur

Sakhalin

Location of teams

Top scorers

14 goals

• Anton Bagayev (FC Irtysh-1946 Omsk)

13 goals

• Stanislav Goncharov (FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk)

12 goals

• Vyacheslav Chadov (FC Amur Blagoveshchensk)
• Andrei Lodis (FC Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure)
• Grigori Pogonyshev (FC Sibiryak Bratsk)

9 goals

• Roman Belyayev (FC Sibir-2 Novosibirsk)
• Aleksandr Shtyn (FC KUZBASS Kemerovo)
• Maksim Zhivnovitskiy (FC Chita)

8 goals

• Ilya Levin (FC Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure)
• Yevgeni Polyakov (FC Sibir-2 Novosibirsk)
• Artyom Rudovskiy (FC Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure)

References

• PFL
• Soccerway