The Russian Second League 1997 was the sixth edition of the Second Division. There were 3 zones with 61 teams starting the competition (3 were excluded before the end of the season). This was the last season that the professional Russian Third League existed. Next season the Second League became the lowest professional level once again.
Zone West
Overview
Standings
Top goalscorers
;33 goals
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Aleksandr Kuzmichyov (FC Arsenal Tula)
;32 goals
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Dmitri Kirichenko
Dmitri Sergeyevich Kirichenko (russian: Дмитрий Сергеевич Кириченко; born 17 January 1977) is an association football coach and a former player – a striker, he is a former Russian international. He is an assistant co ...
(FC Torpedo Taganrog)
;26 goals
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Vladimir Kharin (FC Lokomotiv Liski)
;21 goals
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Andrei Bakalets
Andrei Vasilyevich Bakalets (russian: Андрей Васильевич Бакалец; born 7 January 1972) is a former Russian professional football player.
Club career
He played 3 seasons in the Russian Football National League for FC Torped ...
(FC MChS-Selyatino Selyatino)
;16 goals
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Oleg Delov
Oleg Leonidovich Delov (russian: Олег Леонидович Делов; born 25 May 1963) is a former Russian professional football coach and a former player. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1981 for FC Avangard ...
(FC Avangard Kursk)
;14 goals
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Anderson
Anderson or Andersson may refer to:
Companies
* Anderson (Carriage), a company that manufactured automobiles from 1907 to 1910
* Anderson Electric, an early 20th-century electric car
* Anderson Greenwood, an industrial manufacturer
* Anderson Ra ...
(FC Arsenal Tula)
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Anatoli Balaluyev
Anatoli Anatolyevich Balaluyev (russian: Анатолий Анатольевич Балалуев; born 16 February 1976) is a former Russian professional footballer.
He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2000 for FC Alania Vladika ...
(FC Avtomobilist Noginsk)
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Alik Dulayev (FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz)
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Grigori Ivanov (FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz)
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Mikhail Shumilin (FC MChS-Selyatino Selyatino)
Zone Center
Overview
Standings
Top goalscorers
;26 goals
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Eduard Zatsepin (FC Svetotekhnika Saransk)
;25 goals
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Andrei Knyazev (FC Rubin Kazan)
;22 goals
*
Vladimir Filimonov
Vladimir Nikolayevich Filimonov (russian: Владимир Николаевич Филимонов; born 21 July 1965) is a former Russian professional football player.
Honours
* Russian First League
The Russian First League (russian: П ...
(FC Energiya Chaikovsky)
;19 goals
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Yuriy Yakovenko
Yuriy Yakovenko ( ua, Юрій Павлович Яковенко; born 3 September 1993) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a forward.
Career
Yakovenko is product of youth team systems of FC Arsenal Kyiv, but in July 2010 tran ...
(FC Torpedo Arzamas)
;17 goals
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Sergei Budarin (FC Nosta Novotroitsk)
;16 goals
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Vladimir Pantyushenko (FC Rubin Kazan)
;14 goals
*
Vitali Papadopulo (FC Torpedo Arzamas)
*
Konstantin Paramonov
Konstantin Valentinovich Paramonov (russian: Константин Валентинович Парамонов; born 26 November 1973) is a Russian football coach and a former player.
Playing career
He scored the most league goals in Amkar's hi ...
(FC Amkar Perm)
;13 goals
*
Aleksandr Katasonov
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Katasonov (russian: Александр Михайлович Катасонов; born 10 April 1972) is a Russian professional football coach and former player.
Career
In the 2005 Virslīga season he was voted as the best ...
(FC Amkar Perm)
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Andrei Minvaliyev (FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo)
Zone East
Overview
Standings
Top goalscorers
;21 goals
*
Aleksandr Yarkin
Aleksandr Vladislavovich Yarkin (russian: Александр Владиславович Яркин; born 29 December 1986) is a Russian former professional footballer.
Club career
He made his debut in Russian Premier League in 2006 for FC Rubin ...
(FC Viktoriya Nazarovo)
;16 goals
*
Vadim Belokhonov (FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk)
;15 goals
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Stanislav Chaplygin (FC Metallurg-Zapsib Novokuznetsk)
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Andrei Korovin (FC Amur-Energiya Blagoveshchensk)
;14 goals
*
Yevgeni Savin (FC Dynamo Barnaul)
;13 goals
*
Aleksei Kandalintsev (FC SKA Khabarovsk)
*
Dmitri Kudinov (FC Tom Tomsk)
;12 goals
*
Sergei Ageyev (FC Tom Tomsk)
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Vyacheslav Vishnevskiy (FC Tom Tomsk)
;11 goals
*
Vyacheslav Fomin
Vyacheslav Viktorovich Fomin (russian: Вячеслав Викторович Фомин; born 7 March 1969) is a former Russian football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. ...
(FC Irtysh Tobolsk)
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Anatoli Kisurin (FC Dynamo Omsk)
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Anatoli Panchenko (FC Dynamo Barnaul)
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Sergei Rogalevskiy (FC Kuzbass Kemerovo)
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Yevgeni Sadovnikov (FC Zvezda Irkutsk)
* Igor Zykov (FC Selenga Ulan-Ude)
See also
*
1997 Russian Top League
In the 1997 season of the Russian Top League, the football team Spartak Moscow successfully defended the championship, winning their fifth Russian title.
Overview
Standings
Results
Top goalscorers
Medal squads
See also
* 1997 in ...
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1997 Russian First League
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1997 Russian Third League
The Russian Third League 1997 was the 4th and, so far, final time competition on the fourth level of Russian football was professional. In 1998 Russian Third League was disbanded and the Amateur Football League moved back to fourth level of the Rus ...
{{1997 in Russian football
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1997
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Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...