The 2011–12 Russian Second Division 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.
West
Standings
Top scorers
''Source
rfspro.ru''
;20 goals
*Viktor Svistunov ''(
Petrotrest)''
;18 goals
*
Azamat Kurachinov
Azamat Khasanovich Kurachinov (russian: Азамат Хасанович Курачинов; born 22 December 1989) is a Russian professional football player.
Club career
He made his Russian Football National League debut for FC Salyut Belgorod ...
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Sheksna
The Sheksna (russian: Шексна́) is a river in Belozersky, Kirillovsky, Sheksninsky, and Cherepovetsky Districts of Vologda Oblast in Russia. It is a left tributary of the Volga. It is long, and the area of its basin . )''
;17 goals
*
Dmitri Vakulich ''(
Karelia
Karelia ( Karelian and fi, Karjala, ; rus, Каре́лия, links=y, r=Karélija, p=kɐˈrʲelʲɪjə, historically ''Korjela''; sv, Karelen), the land of the Karelian people, is an area in Northern Europe of historical significance for ...
)''
;16 goals
*
Aleksei Antonnikov ''(
Volga
The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the List of rivers of Europe#Rivers of Europe by length, longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Cas ...
)''
*Fyodor Pronkov ''(
Saturn
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)''
;15 goals
*
Murat Khotov ''(
Dnepr Dnepr may refer to:
*Dnieper, a river flowing through Russia, Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea
* Dnepr (motorcycle), a Ukraininan motocycle brand
* Dnepr (rocket), a 1999 space launch vehicle
*Dnepr radar Dnepr may refer to:
*Dnieper, a river ...
/
Petrotrest)''
Center
Standings
Top scorers
''Source
rfspro.ru''
;20 goals
*
Aleksandr Kutyin ''(
Metallurg)''
;18 goals
*
Yevgeni Polyakov ''(
Rusichi)''
*
Denis Tkachuk ''(
Salyut
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)''
;17 goals
*
Ivan Rodin ''(
Vityaz)''
*
Karen Sargsyan Karen Sargsyan may refer to:
* Karen Sargsyan (conductor), Armenian choirmaster and conductor
* Karen Sargsyan (footballer), Russian footballer
* Karen Grigory Sargsyan
Karen Grigory Sargsyan ( hy, Կարեն Գրիգորի Սարգսյան; born ...
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Avangard)''
;16 goals
*
Georgi Smurov ''(
Sokol
The Sokol movement (, ''falcon'') is an all-age gymnastics organization first founded in Prague in the Czech region of Austria-Hungary in 1862 by Miroslav Tyrš and Jindřich Fügner. It was based upon the principle of " a strong mind in a so ...
)''
;14 goals
*
Amir Bazhev ''(
Salyut
The ''Salyut'' programme (russian: Салют, , meaning "salute" or "fireworks") was the first space station programme, undertaken by the Soviet Union. It involved a series of four crewed scientific research space stations and two crewed ...
)''
South
Standings
Top scorers
''Source
rfspro.ru''
;19 goals
*
Mikhail Biryukov ''(
Astrakhan
Astrakhan ( rus, Астрахань, p=ˈastrəxənʲ) is the largest city and administrative centre of Astrakhan Oblast in Southern Russia. The city lies on two banks of the Volga, in the upper part of the Volga Delta, on eleven islands of the ...
)''
;16 goals
*Artyom Maslevskiy ''(
Taganrog
Taganrog ( rus, Таганрог, p=təɡɐnˈrok) is a port city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, on the north shore of the Taganrog Bay in the Sea of Azov, several kilometers west of the mouth of the Don River. Population:
History of Taganrog
The ...
)''
;15 goals
*
Valeri Basiyev ''(
Olimpia)''
;13 goals
*Dmitry Mezinov ''(
MITOS)''
*Denis Pavlov ''(
Torpedo
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)''
*Timirlan Shavanov ''(
Dagdizel
Dagdizel Plant (russian: Дагдизель) is a company based in Kaspiysk, Dagestan and established in 1932. It is part of Gidropribor (Tactical Missiles Corporation).
The Dagdizel Plant has long produced naval torpedoes, and also produces dies ...
)''
;11 goals
*
Magomed Guguyev ''(
Angusht)''
*Rustam Khabekirov ''(
Druzhba)''
*Aslanbek Konov ''(
Kavkaztransgaz-2005)''
*
Sergei Verkashanskiy ''(
Torpedo
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)''
*
Ruslan Zyazikov ''(
Angusht)''
Ural-Povolzhye
Standings
Top scorers
''Source
rfspro.ru''
;25 goals
*
Aleksandr Korotayev
Aleksandr Stanislavovich Korotayev (russian: Александр Станиславович Коротаев; born 15 July 1992) is a Russian professional football player. He plays for FC Tyumen.
Club career
He made his Russian Football Nationa ...
''(
Akademiya)''
;17 goals
*
Aleksei Sapogov ''(
Gornyak)''
;16 goals
*
Yuri Budylin ''(
Neftekhimik)''
;11 goals
*Anton Bobylev ''(
Volga
The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the List of rivers of Europe#Rivers of Europe by length, longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Cas ...
)''
*
Ruslan Galiakberov ''(
Rubin-2)''
;10 goals
*
Aleksei Kotlyarov ''(
Neftekhimik)''
*
Oleg Makeyev ''(
Khimik)''
East
Standings
Top scorers
''Source
rfspro.ru''
;18 goals
*
Sergei Vinogradov ''(
Sakhalin
Sakhalin ( rus, Сахали́н, r=Sakhalín, p=səxɐˈlʲin; ja, 樺太 ''Karafuto''; zh, c=, p=Kùyèdǎo, s=库页岛, t=庫頁島; Manchu: ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ, ''Sahaliyan''; Orok: Бугата на̄, ''Bugata nā''; Nivkh: ...
)''
;16 goals
*
Yevgeni Alkhimov ''(
Chita)''
*
Vyacheslav Kirillov
Vyacheslav Anatolyevich Kirillov (russian: Вячеслав Анатольевич Кириллов; born 20 June 1989) is a former Russian professional football player.
Club career
He played three seasons in the Russian Football National Leagu ...
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Sibiryak /
Metallurg-Kuzbass)''
;13 goals
*
Andrei Lodis
Andrei Nikolayevich Lodis (russian: Андрей Николаевич Лодис; born 3 April 1980) is a Belarusian former professional football player.
Honours
* Russian Second Division
The Russian Second League (russian: Первенств ...
''(
Smena)''
*
Ivan Shpakov ''(
Metallurg-Kuzbass)''
;10 goals
*
Aleksandr Golubev ''(
Metallurg-Kuzbass)''
*
Andrei Volgin ''(
Metallurg-Kuzbass)''
;9 goals
*
Anton Bagayev ''(
Irtysh
The Irtysh ( otk, 𐰼𐱅𐰾:𐰇𐰏𐰕𐰏, Ertis ügüzüg, mn, Эрчис мөрөн, ''Erchis mörön'', "erchleh", "twirl"; russian: Иртыш; kk, Ертіс, Ertis, ; Chinese: 额尔齐斯河, pinyin: ''É'ěrqísī hé'', Xiao'erj ...
)''
*
Aleksandr Bulanovskiy ''(
Yakutiya
Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia),, is the largest republic of Russia, located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of roughly 1 million. Sakha comprises half of the area of its governing Far Eas ...
)''
*
Ivan Goryunov ''(
Dynamo
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)''
*Aleksei Sabanov ''(
Sibiryak)''
*
Yevgeni Shcherbakov
Yevgeni Nikolayevich Shcherbakov (russian: Евгений Николаевич Щербаков; born 18 February 1986) is a Russian former professional footballer.
Club career
He made his debut in the Russian Premier League for FC Amkar Perm ...
''(
Chita /
Irtysh
The Irtysh ( otk, 𐰼𐱅𐰾:𐰇𐰏𐰕𐰏, Ertis ügüzüg, mn, Эрчис мөрөн, ''Erchis mörön'', "erchleh", "twirl"; russian: Иртыш; kk, Ертіс, Ertis, ; Chinese: 额尔齐斯河, pinyin: ''É'ěrqísī hé'', Xiao'erj ...
)''
*
Maksim Zhitnev ''(
Sibir-2)''
Team names
In the Russian sports tradition, each team has a proper name written in parentheses followed by the indication of the city it represents in brackets:
"Spartak" (Moscow), rather than Moscow Spartak, as would be in the English-language tradition. In English, the parentheses and brackets are usually omitted. Further, while North American team names normally use the plural (
Chicago Bulls
The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago. The Bulls compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The team was founded on January 1 ...
), Russian team names are usually singular. The names tend to reflect the imagined profession of the team players (or rather their fans, like with
Edmonton Oilers
The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton. The Oilers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. They play their home games at Rogers Place, which ...
), or refer to a geographical object related to the city the team represents (usually, a river or a mountain range), or to one of the former Russian-wide sports associations (Spartak, Dynamo etc.), or else to the sponsoring corporation. Below is the list of Second Division teams with their names translated:
References
External links
Official site
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2011
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Rus
Rus or RUS may refer to:
People and places
* Rus (surname), a Romanian-language surname
* East Slavic historical territories and peoples (). See Names of Rus', Russia and Ruthenia
** Rus' people, the people of Rus'
** Rus' territories
*** Kievan ...