1993 Russian Second League


The 1993 Russian Second League was the second edition of Russian Second Division. There were 7 zones with 124 teams in total. In 1994 the Russian League system was reorganized, with First League reduced to one tournament instead of 3 zones and new professional Third League organized, where most of the teams from the 1993 Second League ended up. No teams were promoted to the 1994 Russian First League.

Zone 1

TeamHead coach
FC Astrateks AstrakhanIvan Buzychkin
FC Sherstyanik NevinnomysskLeonid Shevchenko
FC Baysachnr ElistaValeri Zubakov
FC Kaspiy KaspiyskVladimir Kotelnikov
FC Beshtau LermontovAleksandr Vershenko
FC Mashuk PyatigorskSergei Razaryonov
FC Urartu GroznyRuslan Gargayev

Stage 1

Notes:
  1. FC Baysachnr Elista played on the amateur level as FC Gilyan Elista in 1992.
  2. FC Etalon Baksan renamed to FC Avtozapchast Baksan.

8th to 14th places tournament

Notes:
  1. FC Sherstyanik Nevinnomyssk did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1994.
  2. FC Baysachnr Elista was converted to the reserve team of FC Uralan Elista called FC Uralan-d Elista in 1994.

Top scorers

;30 goals
;24 goals
  • Gadzhiali Alidibirov
;19 goals
  • Aleksandr Krotov
  • Nikolai Shichkin
;18 goals
  • Abilfez Madanov
;17 goals
  • Gennadi Goncharov
;15 goals
;14 goals
  • Alik Dulayev
  • Igor Khmelevskiy
;13 goals
  • Aleksandr Bocharnikov
  • Boris Bodzhikov
  • Yaroslav Kazberov
  • Roman Sidorov
  • Aleksandr Solomakhin
  • Oleg Zhurtov

Zone 2

TeamHead coach
FC Salyut BelgorodAleksandr Kryukov
FC Zvezda-Rus GorodishcheSergei Mukovnin
FC Rotor-d VolgogradYuri Marushkin
FC Venets GulkevichiAnatoli Lyz
FC Istochnik Rostov-on-DonKamil Akchurin
FC Avangard KurskAleksandr Galkin
FC Kuban BarannikovskyNikolai Smirnov
FC Shakhtyor ShakhtyYevgeni Grunin
FC Torpedo ArmavirViktor Batalin

Standings

Notes:
  1. FC Torpedo Adler was excluded from the league after playing 8 games and gaining 4 points. Their head coach was Vadim Nikiforov. All their results were discarded.
  2. FC ISM Volzhsky was excluded from the league before playing any games. They were promoted from the Amateur Football League where they played as FC Metallurg ISM Volzhsky in 1992.
  3. FC Istochnik Rostov-on-Don and FC Kolos-2 Krasnodar played their first professional season.
  4. FC Energomash Belgorod renamed to FC Salyut Belgorod.
  5. FC Rostselmash-d Rostov-on-Don did not play in any national-level competitions in 1994.

Top scorers

;16 goals
  • Konstantin Boyko
  • Vladimir Korsunov
;15 goals
  • Roman Nerubenko
;14 goals
  • Sergei Borodin
  • Andrei Fomichyov
  • Aleksandr Medvedev
  • Mikhail Sukhorukov
;13 goals
;12 goals
;11 goals

Zone 3

TeamHead coach
FC Zavolzhye EngelsVladimir Litovchenko
FC Khimik DzerzhinskMikhail Senyurin
FC Torpedo PavlovoValeri Kalugin
FC Metallurg Stary OskolMikhail Mironenko
FC Khimik UvarovoGennadi Matveyev
FC Dynamo BryanskNikolai Sergeyev
FC Spartak TambovVladimir Kovylin
FC OryolYuri Samulistov
FC Don NovomoskovskAnatoli Kashcheyev

Standings

Notes:
  1. FC Kristall Smolensk were promoted from the Amateur Football League where they played as FC SKD Smolensk in 1992.
  2. FC Zavolzhye Engels and FC Khimik Uvarovo were promoted from the Amateur Football League.
  3. FC Metallurg Stary Oskol played their first professional season.
  4. FC Don Novomoskovsk did not play professionally in 1992.
  5. FC MGU Saransk renamed to FC Saranskeksport Saransk.
  6. FC Spartak Oryol renamed to FC Oryol.
  7. FC Saranskeksport Saransk, FC Zavolzhye Engels and FC Metallurg Stary Oskol did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1994.

Top scorers

;22 goals
;16 goals
;15 goals
  • Yuri Telyushov
;14 goals
  • German Telesh
;13 goals
  • Pyotr Ageyev
  • Vladimir Anisimov
  • Aleksei Gudkov
  • Aleksei Ivanov
  • Vyacheslav Ulitin

Zone 4

TeamHead coach
FC Oka KolomnaAleksandr Kuznetsov
FC Dynamo-2 MoscowYevgeni Baikov
FC Saturn RamenskoyeValeri Tyukulmin
PFC CSKA-2 MoscowSergei Berezin
FC TRASKO MoscowYuri Vereykin
FC Kosmos-Kvest DolgoprudnyAleksandr Logunov
FC Asmaral-d MoscowVladimir Mikhaylov
FC Titan ReutovYuri Yakovlev
FC Rekord AleksandrovValentin Baturin
FC SUO MoscowViktor Razumovskiy
FC Lokomotiv-d MoscowVladimir Korotkov

Standings

Note:
  1. FC Obninsk and FC Spartak Shchyolkovo promoted from the Amateur Football League.
  2. FC Kosmos-Kvest Dolgoprudny promoted from the Amateur Football League, where they played in 1992 as FC Kosmos Dolgoprudny.
  3. FC Viktor-Gigant Voskresensk, FC Rekord Aleksandrov and FC SUO Moscow played their first professional season.
  4. FC Torpedo Mytishchi renamed to FC Torpedo-MKB Mytishchi.
  5. FC Avangard Kolomna renamed to FC Viktor-Avangard Kolomna.
  6. FC Presnya Moscow renamed to FC Asmaral-d Moscow.

Top scorers

;32 goals
;29 goals
;22 goals
;21 goals
;20 goals
  • Aleksandr Kiryanov
  • Igor Konyayev
;18 goals
;17 goals

Zone 5

TeamHead coach
FC GatchinaNikolai Gosudarenkov
FC Prometey-Dynamo St. PetersburgVladimir Goncharov
FC Kraneks IvanovoAleksandr Chanov
FC Vest KaliningradYuri Beletskiy
FC Spartak KostromaVyacheslav Skoropekin
FC Volochanin Vyshny VolochyokAleksandr Semyonov
FC Spartak-Arktikbank ArkhangelskArkadi Kozak
FC Kosmos-Kirovets St. PetersburgLev Burchalkin

Standings

Notes:
  1. FC Sputnik Kimry was excluded after playing 7 games and gaining 1 point. Their head coach was Aleksandr Shchetinin. All their results were discarded.
  2. FC Kraneks Ivanovo was promoted from the Amateur Football League.
  3. FC Zenit-2 St. Petersburg, FC Vest Kaliningrad and FC Spartak-Arktikbank Arkhangelsk played their first professional season.
  4. FC Karelia Petrozavodsk renamed to FC Erzi Petrozavodsk.
  5. FC Aleks Gatchina renamed to FC Gatchina.
  6. FC Zvolma-Spartak Kostroma renamed to FC Spartak Kostroma.
  7. FC Progress Chernyakhovsk, FC Spartak-Arktikbank Arkhangelsk and FC Kosmos-Kirovets St. Petersburg did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1994.

Top scorers

;15 goals
;14 goals
  • Sergei Boldyrev
;13 goals
;11 goals
;10 goals
  • Roman Chevychelov
  • Sergei Molkov
  • Vladimir Rozhin
  • Igor Ukhanov

Zone 6

TeamHead coach
FC Sibir KurganViktor Prozorov
FC Azamat CheboksaryGerold Drandov
FC Progress ZelenodolskIldus Zagidullin
FC Energiya ChaykovskySergei Kleymyonov
FC Uralelektromed Verkhnyaya PyshmaViktor Yerokhin
FC KAMAZ-d Naberezhnye ChelnyYevgeni Chetverik / Ivan Butaliy
FC Gazovik OrenburgNikolai Yelanev
FC Dynamo PermAleksandr Rogov
FC Volga BalakovoNikolai Romanov
FC Torpedo IzhevskNikolai Gorshkov
FC Elektron AlmetyevskYuri Polezhayev

Standings

Notes:
  1. FC Metiznik Magnitogorsk were promoted from the Amateur Football League, where they played in 1992 as FC Metiznik-Alternativa Magnitogorsk.
  2. FC Uralelektromed Verkhnyaya Pyshma were promoted from the Amateur Football League, where they played in 1992 as FC MTsOP-Metallurg Verkhnyaya Pyshma.
  3. FC SKD Samara, FC Progress Zelenodolsk, FC Dynamo Perm and FC Volga Balakovo did not play professionally in 1992.
  4. FC KAMAZ-d Naberezhnye Chelny played their first professional season.
  5. FC Avtopribor Oktyabrsky renamed to FC Devon Oktyabrsky.
  6. FC Dynamo Kirov renamed to FC Vyatka Kirov.
  7. FC KATs-Skif Naberezhnye Chelny renamed to FC KamAZavtotsentr Naberezhnye Chelny.
  8. FC Gastello Ufa renamed to FC KDS Samrau Ufa.
  9. FC Torpedo-UdGu Izhevsk renamed to FC Torpedo Izhevsk.
  10. FC Uralelektromed Verkhnyaya Pyshma was converted to the reserve team of FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg called FC Uralmash-d Yekaterinburg in 1994.
  11. FC Elektron Almetyevsk played in the Amateur Football League in 1994 as FC Devon Almetyevsk.
  12. FC Azamat Cheboksary and FC Torpedo Izhevsk did not participate in any national-level competition in 1994.

Top scorers

;31 goals
;28 goals
  • Vyacheslav Yevsin
;25 goals
;24 goals
;23 goals
  • Aleksandr Varnosov
  • Maksim Kovalyov
;22 goals
;20 goals

Zone 7

TeamHead coach
FC Shakhtyor KiselyovskYevgeni Kultayev
FC Okean-d NakhodkaDmitri Kirgeyev
FC Agan RaduzhnyAleksandr Shudrik
FC Lokomotiv UssuriyskNikolai Snigir
FC Amur BlagoveshchenskRudolf Mkrtychev
FC Amur Komsomolsk-na-AmureSergei Shorkin

Standings

Notes:
  1. FC Shakhtyor Kiselyovsk were promoted from the Amateur Football League, where they played in 1992 as FC Nika Kiselyovsk.
  2. FC Lokomotiv Ussuriysk were promoted from the Amateur Football League.
  3. FC Dynamo Omsk and FC Okean-d Nakhodka played their first professional season.
  4. FC Aleks Angarsk renamed to FC Angara Angarsk.
  5. FC Dynamo Kemerovo, FC Gornyak Gramoteino, FC Shakhtyor Artyom, FC Okean-d Nakhodka and FC Lokomotiv Ussuriysk did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1994.

Top scorers

;20 goals
;11 goals
  • Sergei Sokolov
;10 goals
  • Sergei Rogalevskiy
  • Andrei Semerenko
;9 goals
;8 goals