Russian Second League

The Russian Second Division is the third level of Russian professional football. The division is run by Russian Professional Football League.

The Second Division is geographically divided into 5 zones: West, Centre, South, Ural-Povolzhye, and East. The number of clubs in each zone varies between years. In 2006, there are 81 clubs in the division (there were 79 in 2005).

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.

Russian Second Division 2006

In 2006 season, the following clubs are in the Second Division:

West (19 clubs)	Centre (18 clubs)	South (17 clubs)	Ural-Povolzhye (14 clubs)	East (13 clubs)
FC Arsenal Tula	FC Don Novomoskovsk	FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz	FC Alnas Almetyevsk	FC Amur Blagoveshchensk
FC Baltika-2 Kaliningrad	FC Dynamo Voronezh	FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk	FC Dynamo Kirov	FC Chita
FC Dynamo Vologda	FC Gubkin	FC Dagdizel Kaspiysk	FC Energetik Uren	FC Chkalovets Novosibirsk
FC Fortuna Mytishchi	FC Lobnya-Alla Lobnya	FC Druzhba Maikop	FC Gazovik Orenburg	FC Dynamo Barnaul
FC Nara-Desna Naro-Fominsk	FC Lokomotiv Kaluga	FC Dynamo Stavropol	FC Krylya Sovetov-SOK Dimitrovgrad	FC Irtysh-1946 Omsk
FC Petrotrest Saint Petersburg	FC Lokomotiv Liski	FC Elista	FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	FC Kuzbass-Dynamo Kemerovo
FC Presnya Moscow	FC Metallurg Lipetsk	FC Kavkaztransgaz-2005 Ryzdvyany	FC Nosta Novotroitsk	FC Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk
FC Reutov	FC Mordovia Saransk	FC Krasnodar-2000 Krasnodar	FC Rubin-2 Kazan	FC Okean Nakhodka
FC Sheksna Cherepovets	FC Nika Moscow	FC Olympia Volgograd	FC SOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk	FC Shakhtyor Prokopyevsk
FC Smolensk	FC Ryazan-Agrokomplekt Ryazan	SC Rotor Volgograd	FC Tyumen	FC Sibiryak Bratsk
FC Spartak Kostroma	FC Saturn Egoryevsk	FC SKA Rostov-on-Don	FC Uralets Nizhniy Tagil	FC Smena Komsomolsk-on-Amur
FC Spartak Shchyolkovo	FC Spartak Lukhovitsy	FC Sochi-04	FC Volga Nizhniy Novgorod	FC Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky
FC Sportacademclub Moscow	FC Spartak Tambov	FC Spartak Vladikavkaz	FC Yunit Samara	FC Zvezda Irkutsk
FC Tekstilshchik-Telecom Ivanovo	FC Spartak-MZK Ryazan	FC Spartak-UGP Anapa	FC Zenit Chelyabinsk
FC Torpedo Vladimir	FC Vityaz Podolsk	FC Sudostroitel Astrakhan
FC Torpedo-RG Moscow	FC Yelets	FC Taganrog
FC Volga Tver	FC Zenit Penza	FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin
FC Volochanin-Ratmir Vyshniy Volochek	FC Zvezda Serpukhov
FC Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg

External link

• Template:Ru icon Professional Football League official website