The Russian Second Division 2008 was the third strongest Division in

Russian football Association football is the most popular sport in Russia, since beating ice hockey by a huge margin. Men's football is overseen by the Russian Football Union, having the Russian Premier League as the first tier of the Russian football league s ...

. 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.

South

Top scorers

;27 goals * Mikhail Markosov (

FC Dynamo Stavropol PFC Dynamo Stavropol (russian: link=no, «Динамо» (Ставрополь)) is an association football club from Stavropol, south Russia, best known for winning the 1949 RSFSR championship in one of the 9 zones. In recent years it played m ...

) ;17 goals *Dmitry Mezinov (

FC Bataysk-2007 FC Bataysk-2007 (russian: ФК Батайск-2007) was a Russian association football club from Bataysk, founded in 1998 and playing on the professional level since 2007 until 2010. On July 31, 2010 it dropped out from the Russian Second Division ...

) * Vladimir Serov (

FC Rotor Volgograd SC Rotor Volgograd (russian: СK Ротор) is a Russian professional football club from the large city of Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast (formerly Stalingrad). The club will play in the third-tier Russian Football National League 2 in the 2022– ...

) * Artur Yelbayev ( FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz) ;16 goals * Ivan Gerasimov (

FC Olimpia Volgograd FC Olimpia Volgograd (russian: «Олимпия» (Волгоград)) is a Russian football team from the large city of Volgograd. They are the second- or third-largest club in the city after the famous Rotor Volgograd. History From their found ...

) ;15 goals * Dmitri Pinchuk (

FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi (russian: ФК Жемчужина-Сочи) was a Russian association football club based in Sochi, Krasnodar Krai founded in 1991 and dissolved in 2012. History Zhemchuzhina Sochi was founded in 1991 and named after a hote ...

) ;14 goals * Yevgeni Losev ( FC Volgar-Gazprom-2 Astrakhan) ;12 goals * Nizar Al-Taravna (

) * Denis Dorozhkin (

FC Krasnodar FC Krasnodar is a Russian professional football club based in Krasnodar that plays in the Russian Premier League. The club was founded in 2008. In 2009, the club was promoted to the Russian First Division, the second highest division of the R ...

) * Dmitri Kovalenko (

)

West

Top scorers

;18 goals * Aleksei Baranov (

FC Torpedo-RG Moscow FC Torpedo-ZIL was a Russian association football club from Moscow. The club, however, should not be confused with the former Russian Premier League club FC Torpedo-ZIL, renamed ''"Torpedo-Metallurg"'' in 2003 (''the club that later served as a ...

/ FC MVD Rossii Moscow) ;17 goals * Ramaz Dzhabnidze ( FC Dmitrov /

FC Zelenograd FC Zelenograd (russian: Футбольный клуб «Зеленоград») is an association football club from Zelenograd, Moscow. The club was founded in 2002 and as of today it plays in the Russian championship between amateur football c ...

) ;16 goals * Andrei Opanasyuk (

FC Spartak Kostroma FC Spartak Kostroma (russian: ФК «Спартак» Кострома) is a Russian association football club from Kostroma, founded in 1959. The highest level it achieved in its history was second-highest Soviet First League, where it played in 1 ...

) ;15 goals * Yuri Kapusta ( FC Nara-ShBFR Naro-Fominsk) * Vadim Klass (

FC Sever Murmansk FC Sever Murmansk (russian: ФК «Север» Мурманск) was a Russian association football club from Murmansk, founded in 1961. It played professionally from 1961 to 1984 and again from 2008 until 2013/14 season, after which it was disso ...

) ;13 goals *Grigory Gnedov (

) ;12 goals *

Dmitri Vyazmikin Dmitri Vladimirovich Vyazmikin (russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Вязьмикин; born 27 September 1972) is a Russian football coach and a former player. He was a striker. Dmitri Vyazmikin is most famous for becoming Russi ...

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FC Torpedo Vladimir Football Club Torpedo Vladimir (russian: Футбольный клуб "Торпедо" Владимир) is a Russian football (soccer), football club from Vladimir, Russia, Vladimir, founded in 1959. In 2011, they played in the Russian First Di ...

) ;10 goals * Andrei Bubchikov (

FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo (russian: ФК «Текстильщик» Иваново) is a Russian association football club based in the city of Ivanovo, playing in the third-tier Russian Football National League 2. It enjoyed Soviet and Russia ...

) * Andrei Dyomkin (

FC Sheksna Cherepovets FC Cherepovets is an association football club from Cherepovets, Russia. FC Sheksna last competed professionally in the Russian Second Division, West Zone in the 2011–12 season, dropping to amateur levels after that. The club changed its name ...

/ FC MVD Rossii Moscow) * Kirill Makarov ( FC Zenit-2 St. Petersburg) * Andrei Smirnov (

) *

Ivan Stolbovoy Ivan Aleksandrovich Stolbovoy (russian: Иван Александрович Столбовой; born 11 August 1986) is a Russian former professional football player. Career Club career He made his Russian Football National League debut for F ...

(

FC Volga Tver FC Tver (russian: link=no, ФК «Тверь») is an association football club from Tver, Russia, firstly founded in 1908 as FC Volga Tver. It has played professionally in 1937, 1949, 1953 to 1956, 1958 to 1999, 2004 to 2017, and from 2020. In 1 ...

) * Ruslan Usikov ( FC Dynamo St. Petersburg / FC MVD Rossii Moscow) * Aleksei Zhelatin ( FC Pskov-747)

Center

Top scorers

;17 goals * Andrei Meshchaninov ( FC Zvezda Serpukhov) ;16 goals *

Artur Grigoryan Artur Razmikovich Grigorian ( hy, Արթուր Գրիգորյան; born 20 October 1967) is a retired Armenian-Uzbek professional boxer. Grigorian is a former WBO lightweight champion. He defended his title against record-breaking 17 boxers, a ...

(

FC Lokomotiv Liski FC Lokomotiv Liski (russian: ФК "Локомотив" Лиски) is a Russian association football club from Liski, founded in 1936. It first played on the professional league level in 1995. The highest level it achieved was the third-tier Russ ...

) ;14 goals * Oleg Shchyotkin (

FC Zenit Penza FC Zenit Penza (russian: «Зенит» (Пенза)) is a Russian football team from Penza. It played professionally in 1948–1949, 1961–1973, 1990–1999, 2002–2008, 2010–2017 and from 2021. It played on the second-highest level in the ...

) ;13 goals *

Anzour Nafash Anzor Nadim Rashad Nafash (; born 2 November 1978) is a professional football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. Born in the Russian SFSR to a Russian father and a Jordanian mother, Nafash became a Jordanian citizen through ...

( FC Lukhovitsy) * Denis Zhukovskiy ( FC Dynamo-Voronezh Voronezh) ;11 goals * Sergei Faustov (

FC Gubkin FC Gubkin (russian: ФК Губкин) is a Russian association football club from Gubkin, founded in 1995. It first played on the professional league level in 2006 in the Russian Second Division The Russian Second League (russian: Первен� ...

) * Andrei Meshcheryakov (

) ;10 goals * Kirill Kurochkin (

FC Mordovia Saransk FC Mordovia Saransk (russian: ФК Мордовия Саранск) is a Russian association football club from Saransk, Republic of Mordovia. In its current state it was formed in 2005, through the merge of Biokhimik-Mordovia and Lisma-Mordovi ...

) * Sergei Mikhailov (

FC Avangard Kursk FC Avangard Kursk is an association football club based in Kursk, Russia, currently playing in the third tier of Russian football. The team's colors are: home all blue, and away all white. History The club has been known under the following nam ...

) * Anton Sereda (

FC Yelets FC Yelets (russian: ФК «Елец») is a Russian football club from Yelets, founded in 1968. In 2009, it played in the Russian Second Division, which is the highest level it ever reached. In the past, the team was called Elta Yelets (1968–1 ...

) * Vasili Shatalov (

FC Saturn-2 Moscow Oblast FC Saturn Moscow Oblast (russian: ФК "Сатурн Московская область") was an association football club from Russia founded in 1991 and playing on professional level between 1993 and 2010. Since 2004 it was the farm club of FC S ...

) * Denis Snimshchikov (

)

Ural-Povolzhye

Top scorers

;27 goals * Mikhail Tyufyakov (

FC Rubin-2 Kazan FC Rubin-2 Kazan (russian: ФК «Рубин-2» Казань) is a Russian association football club from Kazan, founded in 1997. It played in the third-tier Russian Second League beginning in 2004. It is a farm club of FC Rubin Kazan. It was dis ...

FC Lada Togliatti FC Lada-Tolyatti (russian: ФК "Лада-Тольятти") is a Russian football club based in Tolyatti. History The club was founded in 1970 at the VAZ automobile company under the name of ''Torpedo''. The team played in the Soviet Second Le ...

) ;23 goals * Ilya Borodin (

FC Nizhny Novgorod FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod (russian: ФК «Пари Нижний Новгород») or FC Pari NN for short is a Russian football club from Nizhny Novgorod, founded in 2015. It made its debut in the Russian Premier League in the 2021–22 seaso ...

) ;17 goals * Stanislav Prokofyev ( FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod) ;15 goals * Marat Shogenov ( FC Gazovik Orenburg) ;14 goals * Yevgeni Yaroslavtsev (

FC SOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk FC SOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk (russian: ФК «СОЮЗ-Газпром» Ижевск) was a Russian association football club from Izhevsk, founded in 1988 and playing on the professional level since 1991. In 2010, it played in the Russian Second Divi ...

) * Dmitri Zarva (

FC Tyumen FC Tyumen is a Russian football club based in Tyumen. The former member of the Russian Premier League now plays in the third-tier FNL 2. The club was previously known as ''Geolog'' (in 1961–1963 and 1983–1991, meaning Geologist), ''Priboy' ...

) ;13 goals *

Artyom Delkin Artyom Valeryevich Delkin (russian: Артём Валерьевич Делькин; born 2 August 1990) is a Russian professional football player. He plays as a forward for FC Volgar Astrakhan. Club career He made his Russian Football Nation ...

( FC Togliatti) * Vladimir Morozov (

FC Zenit Chelyabinsk Football Club Chelyabinsk (russian: ФК «Челябинск») is a Russian football club from Chelyabinsk that currently plays in the FNL 2, the third tier of the Russian football league system. It played professionally from 1989 to 1993 an ...

) * Aleksandr Pavlov (

) ;12 goals * Yuri Budylin ( FC Alnas Almetyevsk) * Anatoli Zavyalov ( FC Gornyak Uchaly)

East

Top scorers

;14 goals * Anton Bagayev ( FC Irtysh-1946 Omsk) ;13 goals *

Stanislav Goncharov Stanislav Viktorovich Goncharov (russian: Станислав Викторович Гончаров; born 9 June 1983) is a former Russian professional football player. Club career He played two seasons in the Russian Football National League fo ...

(

FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk FK Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (ФК Енисей Красноярск) is a Russian football club based in Krasnoyarsk. The club plays in the Russian First League. History The club was founded in 1937 as ''Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk'' and spent one season i ...

) ;12 goals * Vyacheslav Chadov (

FC Amur Blagoveshchensk FC Amur Blagoveshchensk (russian: ФК «Амур-2010» Благовещенск ) was a Russian football club from Blagoveshchensk, founded in 1960 and dissolved in 2010. The club played on the second-highest level (Soviet First League and Rus ...

) * Andrei Lodis (

FC Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure FC Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure (russian: ФК «Смена» Комсомольск-на-Амуре) is a Russian football club from Komsomolsk-on-Amur, founded in 1935. It played in the Russian Professional Football League. It played profession ...

) * Grigori Pogonyshev (

FC Sibiryak Bratsk FC Sibiryak Bratsk (russian: ФК «Сибиряк» Братск) was a Russian football club from Bratsk, founded in 1967 and dissolved in 2014. It played professionally in 1967-1970, 1972–1973, 1976–1978 and from 1998 to 2013/14. Second D ...

) ;9 goals * Roman Belyayev (

FC Sibir-2 Novosibirsk FC Sibir-2 Novosibirsk (russian: «Сибирь‑2» (Новосибирск)) is a Russian football club, based in Novosibirsk. The club plays at the Spartak Stadium. It competed professionally in the Russian Second Division (East Zone) for a ...

) * Aleksandr Shtyn (

FC KUZBASS Kemerovo FC Kuzbass Kemerovo (russian: ФК «Кузбасс» Кемерово) was an association football club from Kemerovo, Russia, founded in 1946. It played professionally in 1946, 1948–1949, 1957–2002 and from 2005 to 2012, when it was dissolve ...

) * Maksim Zhivnovitskiy (

FC Chita FC Chita is a Russian association football club based in Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai, Chita. The club was founded in 1984 as a result of reorganization of FC Lokomotiv Chita which was excluded from the Russian First Division, First Division. FC Chi ...

) ;8 goals * Ilya Levin (

) * Yevgeni Polyakov (

) * Artyom Rudovskiy (

)

References

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