2009 Russian Second Division

The 2009 Russian Second Division was 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.

Russian Second Division
Season2009
2008
2010

South

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Team Location Head Coach Venue Capacity Position in 2008 Official site
FC Abinsk Abinsk   Kalin Stepanyan Abinsk Stadium 1st, LFL-"South"
Avtodor Vladikavkaz   Georgi Botsiyev "SOK" im. E. Tedeeva 3,000 18th, "South" [1]
Angusht Nazran   Umar Markhiyev Tsentralny 3,200 13th, LFL-"South"
FC Astrakhan Astrakhan   Sergei Popkov Gorodskoy 5,000 14th, "South"
Bataysk-2007 Bataysk   Aleksandr Vorobyev Lokomotiv 3,000 2nd, "South" [2]
Volgograd Volgograd   Valeri Burlachenko Olimpia Stadium 3,000 [3]
Dagdizel Kaspiysk   Magomed-Rasul Akhmedov Trud 1,500 7th, "South"
Druzhba Maykop   Soferbi Yeshugov Druzhba 7,000 10th, "South" [4]
Zhemchuzhina-Sochi Sochi   Oleg Vasilenko Tsentralny 10,200 6th, "South"
Kavkaztransgaz-2005 Ryzdvyany   Sergei Ponomaryov Fakel 1,500 8th, "South"
Krasnodar-2000 Krasnodar   Igor Zakharyak Yunost 1,000 15th, "South" [5]
Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk   Yuri Svirkov Tsentralny 10,365 19th, D1 [6]
Rotor Volgograd   Igor Menshchikov Tsentralny 32,216 13th, "South" [7]
SKA Rostov-on-Don   Igor Khankeyev SKA SKVO 27,300 13th, D1 [8]
FC Stavropol Stavropol   Boris Stukalov Dynamo 15,982 2nd, LFL-"South" [9]
Stavropolye-2009 Stavropol   Anatoli Shelest Dynamo 15,982
FC Taganrog Taganrog   Aleksei Sereda Torpedo 3,500 12th, "South" [10]
Torpedo Armavir   Arsen Papikyan Yunost 5,000
Energiya Volzhsky   Dmitri Petrenko Loginov Stadium 7,500 9th, "South" [11]

FC Abinsk were excluded from the league for failing to fulfil two fixtures (on 28 June and 5 July). They have played 14 matches and were in the 18th position with 5 points. Results of Abinsk were discarded.

On 31 July 2009 Oleg Mikheyev, president of FC Rotor Volgograd, announced Rotor's resignation from the league, citing problems with authorities. They have played 18 games and were in the 13th position with 21 points.[1]

 
 
SKA
 
Mashuk-KMV
 
Bataysk-2007
 
Zhemchuzhina
 
Dagdizel
 
Kavkaztransgaz-2005
 
Energia
 
Druzhba
 
Taganrog
 
Rotor,
Volgograd
 
Astrakhan
 
Krasnodar-
2000
 
Abinsk
 
Torpedo
 
Stavropol,
Stavropolye-2009
 
Angusht
 
Avtodor
Location of teams

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Zhemchuzhina-Sochi (C, P) 34 29 2 3 91 22 +69 89 Promotion to First Division
2 Stavropol 34 22 5 7 66 37 +29 71 Excluded from professional football
3 Volgograd (P) 34 21 7 6 65 28 +37 70 Promotion to First Division
4 Armavir 34 19 6 9 54 32 +22 63
5 Avtodor Vladikavkaz 34 15 12 7 47 38 +9 57
6 Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk 34 15 8 11 45 39 +6 53
7 Energiya Volzhsky 34 12 12 10 41 33 +8 48
8 Bataysk-2007 34 12 9 13 43 39 +4 45
9 Krasnodar-2000 34 11 12 11 40 43 −3 45
10 Astrakhan 34 11 10 13 36 39 −3 43
11 Druzhba Maykop 34 12 6 16 45 47 −2 42
12 SKA Rostov-on-Don 34 11 9 14 49 61 −12 42
13 Stavropolye-2009 34 10 11 13 45 44 +1 41
14 Dagdizel Kaspiysk 34 11 5 18 46 65 −19 38
15 Kavkaztransgaz-2005 Ryzdvyany 34 10 3 21 28 54 −26 33
16 Angusht Nazran 34 8 7 19 36 61 −25 31
17 Rotor Volgograd 34 5 6 23 23 72 −49 21
18 Taganrog 34 4 6 24 27 73 −46 18
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) Champions; (P) Promoted

Top scorers

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Source: [PFL] (in Russian), Sporbox.ru (in Russian)

23 goals
22 goals
20 goals
19 goals
16 goals
13 goals
12 goals

West

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Dynamo SPb, Smena-Zenit
 
Torpedo
 
Spartak K
 
Istra
 
Lokomotiv-2, Torpedo-ZIL, Sportakademklub
 
Volga
 
Dynamo V
 
Dmitrov
 
Nara-ShBFR
 
Sheksna
 
Volochanin-Ratmir
 
Zelenograd
 
Pskov-747
 
Tekstilshchik
 
Spartak S
Location of teams. Not shown: Sever (further north)

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Dynamo St. Petersburg (C, P) 36 24 7 5 63 28 +35 79 Promotion to First Division
2 Torpedo Vladimir 36 22 7 7 59 25 +34 73
3 Spartak Kostroma 36 19 10 7 47 27 +20 67
4 Istra 36 18 8 10 56 42 +14 62
5 Lokomotiv-2 Moscow 36 16 10 10 62 38 +24 58
6 Sever Murmansk 36 16 8 12 57 56 +1 56
7 Volga Tver 36 15 10 11 47 45 +2 55
8 Dynamo Vologda 36 14 11 11 52 40 +12 53
9 Volochanin-Ratmir Vyshny Volochyok 36 12 16 8 52 38 +14 52
10 Dmitrov 36 14 8 14 40 36 +4 50 Excluded from professional football
11 Zelenograd 36 13 9 14 44 43 +1 48
12 Pskov-747 Pskov 36 12 12 12 51 48 +3 48
13 Sheksna Cherepovets 36 11 13 12 44 45 −1 46
14 Torpedo-ZIL Moscow 36 11 9 16 35 43 −8 42
15 Nara-ShBFR Naro-Fominsk 36 10 12 14 47 55 −8 42
16 Smena-Zenit St. Petersburg 36 10 9 17 36 52 −16 39 Excluded from professional football
17 Tekstilshchik Ivanovo 36 8 10 18 43 65 −22 34
18 Sportakademklub Moscow 36 7 9 20 43 67 −24 30
19 Spartak Shchyolkovo (R) 36 0 2 34 9 93 −84 2 Relegation to Amateur Football League[a]
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) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ On 11 July 2009, the management of FC Spartak Shchyolkovo announced that the club would resign from the league after the first half of the season because of economic problems.[2] Spartak were excluded from the league on August 4, 2009. They have played 18 games and were in the last, 19th position with 2 points.[3]

Top scorers

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Source: [PFL] (in Russian)

17 goals
16 goals
15 goals
13 goals
12 goals

Center

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First games on April 22, last games on October 28.

 
 
Dynamo
 
Avangard K
 
Gubkin
 
Zvezda
 
Fakel−Voronezh, FSA
 
Ryazan
 
Yelets
 
Lokomotiv
 
Spartak
 
Rusichi
 
Zodiak-Oskol
 
Saturn-2
 
Znamya Truda
 
Nika
 
Avangard P
 
Dnepr
Location of teams

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Avangard Kursk (C, P) 32 24 1 7 68 23 +45 73 Promotion to First Division
2 Dynamo Bryansk (P) 32 20 9 3 57 22 +35 69
3 Avangard Podolsk 32 21 4 7 50 17 +33 67
4 Gubkin 32 18 4 10 51 29 +22 58
5 Zodiak-Oskol Stary Oskol 32 17 5 10 51 41 +10 56
6 Lokomotiv Liski 32 16 8 8 43 21 +22 56
7 Rusichi Oryol 32 15 6 11 48 36 +12 51
8 Ryazan 32 13 6 13 39 34 +5 45 Excluded from professional football
9 Spartak Tambov 32 12 8 12 41 45 −4 44
10 Zvezda Serpukhov 32 12 5 15 45 47 −2 41 Excluded from professional football
11 FSA Voronezh 32 11 6 15 44 48 −4 39
12 Saturn Moscow Oblast 32 10 8 14 35 38 −3 38
13 Dnepr Smolensk 32 9 10 13 31 33 −2 37
14 Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo 32 9 6 17 38 50 −12 33
15 Fakel Voronezh 32 9 4 19 26 55 −29 31[a]
16 Nika Moscow 32 4 5 23 20 86 −66 17
17 Yelets (R) 32 2 3 27 8 70 −62 9[a] 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) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Fakel and Yelets were excluded from the league for attempts to bribe and threaten the referee on 18 July.[4] At the time of exclusion (21 August), Fakel were sixth with 31 points from 19 games, while Yelets were 16th with 9 points from 19 games.

Top scorers

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Source: [PFL] (in Russian)

17 goals
16 goals
13 goals
12 goals
11 goals

Ural-Povolzhye

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Mordovia
 
SOYUZ-Gazprom
 
Volga
 
Gornyak
 
Chelyabinsk
 
Lada, Togliatti
 
Sokol-Saratov
 
Khimik
 
BIS-Dynamo
 
Gazovik
 
Dynamo
 
Neftekhimik
 
Rubin-2
 
Academia
Location of teams. Not shown: Tyumen (further east)

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Mordovia Saransk (C, P) 30 24 5 1 68 13 +55 77 Promotion to First Division
2 Gornyak Uchaly 30 17 6 7 42 25 +17 57
3 SOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk 30 17 4 9 42 25 +17 55
4 Volga Ulyanovsk 30 15 10 5 44 27 +17 55
5 Chelyabinsk 30 15 8 7 49 18 +31 53[a]
6 Tyumen 30 15 8 7 54 32 +22 53[a]
7 Gazovik Orenburg 30 14 3 13 43 29 +14 45
8 Lada-Togliatti 30 12 8 10 36 35 +1 44 Excluded from professional football
9 Bashinformsvyaz-Dynamo Ufa 30 12 7 11 40 40 0 43
10 Khimik Dzerzhinsk 30 13 3 14 32 44 −12 42
11 Sokol Saratov 30 10 7 13 30 41 −11 37
12 Togliatti 30 8 8 14 32 43 −11 32 Excluded from professional football
13 Dynamo Kirov 30 6 5 19 28 50 −22 23
14 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 30 5 6 19 32 72 −40 21
15 Rubin-2 Kazan 30 3 8 19 20 53 −33 17
16 Akademiya Dimitrovgrad 30 4 4 22 25 71 −46 16
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) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ a b CHE 1–1 TYU ; TYU 2–2 CHE

Top scorers

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Source: [PFL] (in Russian)

19 goals
14 goals
13 goals
12 goals
11 goals

East

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Metallurg-Kuzbass
 
Dynamo
 
Smena
 
Irtysh
 
Sibiryak
 
Metallurg
 
Okean
 
Kuzbass
 
Amur
 
Sakhalin
Location of teams

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Irtysh Omsk (C, P) 27 17 6 4 49 20 +29 57 Promotion to First Division
2 Dynamo Barnaul 27 16 4 7 41 28 +13 52
3 Metallurg Krasnoyarsk 27 15 5 7 51 27 +24 50
4 Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk 27 14 8 5 52 32 +20 50
5 Sibiryak Bratsk 27 12 3 12 36 48 −12 39
6 Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure 27 9 10 8 35 30 +5 37
7 Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 27 8 8 11 29 28 +1 32[a]
8 KUZBASS Kemerovo 27 8 8 11 32 36 −4 32[a]
9 Okean Nakhodka 27 3 4 20 21 53 −32 13
10 Amur Blagoveshchensk (R) 27 2 6 19 23 67 −44 12 Relegation to Amateur Football League[b]
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) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b KUZ 1–0 SAKH ; SAKH 2–0 KUZ; KUZ 0–1 SAKH
  2. ^ On September 10, director general of FC Amur Blagoveshchensk announced resignation from the league because of large debts and impossibility to fund trips to away matches.[5] Amur was excluded from the Russian Second Division on September 17. At the time it was 9th in the table with 12 points in 20 games.

Top scorers

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Source: [PFL] (in Russian)

15 goals
14 goals
11 goals
10 goals
8 goals

Awards

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On November 25, 2009, Professional Football League announced the award winners for the season.

Zone West

Zone Center

Zone South

Zone Ural-Povolzhye

Zone East

References

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  1. ^ ""Ротор" остался вне игры". Sport-Express. 1 August 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
  2. ^ Руководство ФК "Спартак Щелково" снимает команду с соревнования (in Russian). 11 July 2009. Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
  3. ^ РЕШЕНИЕ Совета Ассоциации "Профессиональная футбольная Лига" Archived December 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "ФАКЕЛ-ВОРОНЕЖ" И "ЕЛЕЦ" ИСКЛЮЧЕНЫ ИЗ ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОЙ ЛИГИ. НО ИХ "ДЕЛО" НЕ ЗАКРЫТО (in Russian). Sport-Express. 22 August 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
  5. ^ ФК "Амур" впервые в истории снимается с первенства России по футболу (in Russian). 10 September 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2009.