Russian Second Division

The Russian Second Division is the third level of Russian professional football.

In 1998–2010, it was run by the Professional Football League. The 2011–12 season is being run by the Department of Professional Football of the Russian Football Union (Russian: Департамент профессионального футбола Российского футбольного союза (ДПФ РФС), Departament professional'nogo futbola Rossijskogo futbol'nogo soyuza (DPF RFS)).

The Second Division is geographically divided into 5 zones: West (Northwestern European Russia), Centre (Northern and Eastern European Russia), South (Southern European Russia), Ural-Povolzhye (Southern Urals and Western Siberia), and East (Rest of Siberia). The number of clubs in each zone varies between years. At the start of the 2011–12 season, there are 75 clubs in the division.

The winners of each zone are automatically promoted into the National League Championship (known as the First Division before 2011). The bottom finishers of each zone lose professional status and are relegated into the Amateur Football League. In the lowest populated East zone, each club plays each opponent three times, while in all other zones traditional home-and-away scheme applies.

Winners

Year	Zone 4	Zone 1	Zone 2		Zone 3	Zone 5			Zone 6
1992	FC Baltika Kaliningrad	FC Erzu Grozny	FC Avtodor-Olaf Vladikavkaz		FC Spartak-d Moscow	FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk			FC Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky
Year	Zone 5	Zone 1	Zone 2		Zone 4	Zone 3		Zone 6	Zone 7
1993	FC Vympel Rybinsk	FC Anzhi Makhachkala	FC Salyut Belgorod		FC Torpedo-MKB Mytishchi	FC Torpedo Arzamas		FC Devon Oktyabrsky	FC Angara Angarsk
Year	West				Centre				Siberia	Far East
1994	FC Fakel Voronezh				FC Torpedo Volzhsky				FC Chkalovets Novosibirsk	FC Dynamo Yakutsk
Year	West				Centre				East
1995	FC Spartak Nalchik				FC Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk				FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk
1996	FC Metallurg Lipetsk				FC Lada Dimitrovgrad				FC Irtysh Omsk
1997	FC Arsenal Tula				FC Rubin Kazan				FC Tom Tomsk
Year	West	South		Centre			Volga	Urals	East
1998	FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow	FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan		FC Spartak-Orekhovo Orekhovo-Zuyevo			FC Torpedo-Viktoriya Nizhny Novgorod	FC Amkar Perm	FC Metallurg Novokuznetsk
1999	FC Avtomobilist Noginsk	FC Kuban Krasnodar		FC Spartak-Chukotka Moscow			FC Lada Togliatti	FC Nosta Novotroitsk	FC Metallurg Novokuznetsk
2000	FC Severstal Cherepovets	FC Kuban Krasnodar		FC Khimki			FC Svetotekhnika Saransk	FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	FC Metallurg Novokuznetsk
2001	FC Dynamo-SPb Saint Petersburg	FC SKA Rostov-on-Don		FC Metallurg Lipetsk			FC Svetotekhnika Saransk	FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg	FC SKA-Energia Khabarovsk
2002	FC Baltika Kaliningrad	FC Terek Grozny		FC Metallurg Lipetsk			FC Svetotekhnika Saransk	FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg	FC Metallurg-Zapsib Novokuznetsk
Year	West	South		Centre			Urals-Volga		East
2003	FC Arsenal Tula	FC Dynamo Makhachkala		FC Oryol			FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny		FC Luch-Energia Vladivostok
2004	FC Torpedo Vladimir	FC Dynamo Stavropol		FC Fakel Voronezh			FC Ural Yekaterinburg		FC Chkalovets-1936 Novosibirsk
2005	FC Baltika Kaliningrad	FC Angusht Nazran		FC Salyut-Energia Belgorod			FC Sodovik Sterlitamak		FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk
2006	FC Tekstilshchik-Telekom Ivanovo	FC Spartak Vladikavkaz		FC Spartak-MZhK Ryazan			FC Nosta Novotroitsk		FC Zvezda Irkutsk
2007	FC Sportakademklub Moscow	FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk		FC Vityaz Podolsk			FC Volga Ulyanovsk		FC Dynamo Barnaul
2008	FC MVD Rossii Moscow	FC Volgar-Gazprom-2 Astrakhan		FC Metallurg Lipetsk			FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod		FC Chita
2009	FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg	FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi		FC Avangard Kursk			FC Mordovia Saransk		FC Irtysh Omsk
2010	FC Torpedo Vladimir	FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk		FC Torpedo Moscow			FC Gazovik Orenburg		FC Metallurg-Yenisey Krasnoyarsk

External links

• (Russian) Professional Football League official website
• (Russian) Department of professional football of the Russian Football Union