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 Mikhail Sergeyi Markosov (russian: Михаил Серге́евич Маркосов; born 29 June 1985) is an Armenian-Russian former football player who played as a striker. Club career Markosov has played for several Russian clubs in the Ru ...

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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) *

Artur Yelbayev Artur Sergeyevich Yelbayev (russian: Артур Серге́евич Елбаев; born 5 November 1988) is a Russian former professional football player. Honours * Top goal scorer: 2011–12 Russian Cup The 2011–12 Russian Cup, known as t ...

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FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz (russian: ФК «Автодор» Владикавказ) was a Russian association football club from Vladikavkaz, founded in 1983. It first played on the professional level in 1990. The highest level it ever achieved was Ru ...

) ;16 goals * Ivan Gerasimov ( FC Olimpia Volgograd) ;15 goals *

Dmitri Pinchuk Dmitri Valentinovich Pinchuk (russian: Дмитрий Валентинович Пинчук; born 19 January 1984) is a former Russian professional football player. Club career He played in the Russian Football National League for FC Dynamo Mak ...

( FC Olimpia Volgograd /

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 Yevgeni Sergeyevich Losev (russian: Евгений Серге́евич Лосев; born 3 February 1979) is a Russian professional football manager and a former player. He is an assistant coach with FC Kaluga. Club career He made his debut in t ...

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FC Volgar-Gazprom-2 Astrakhan Volgar FC (russian: Футбольный Клуб "Волгарь") is an association football club based in Astrakhan, Russia. They play in the Russian First League. History The club has been known under following names: *''Pishchevik'' (food in ...

) ;12 goals * Nizar Al-Taravna (

) *

Denis Dorozhkin Denis Igorevich Dorozhkin (russian: Денис Игоревич Дорожкин; born 8 June 1987) is a Russian former professional football player. Career Club He made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Ural Yekaterinburg on 8 March 2014 ...

( FC Krasnodar) *

Dmitri Kovalenko Dmitri Vladimirovich Kovalenko (russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Коваленко; born 2 August 1982) is a former Russian professional footballer. Club career He made his Russian Football National League debut for FC Metallurg ...

( FC Olimpia Volgograd)

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 ...

FC MVD Rossii Moscow FC MVD Rossii (russian: ФК МВД России Москва) is a Russian football club from Moscow, founded in 2007. It represents the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs. Historically the ministry was represented by FC Dynamo Moscow, but Dyna ...

) ;17 goals * Ramaz Dzhabnidze (

FC Dmitrov PFC Dmitrov (russian: ПФК «Дмитров») is a Russian football club from Dmitrov, founded in 1997. Its first season on the professional level was 2008 in the Russian Second Division, where it played in 2009. In 2010, it voluntarily droppe ...

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) ;15 goals * Yuri Kapusta (

FC Nara-ShBFR Naro-Fominsk FC Nara-ShBFR Naro-Fominsk (russian: ФК «Нара-ШБФР» Наро-Фоминск) is an association football club from Naro-Fominsk, Russia, founded in 1994. It played in the Russian Second Division The Russian Second League (russian: � ...

) * Vadim Klass ( FC Sever Murmansk) ;13 goals *Grigory Gnedov ( FC Spartak Kostroma) ;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 ...

( FC Torpedo Vladimir) ;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 ...

) *

Kirill Makarov Kirill Dmitriyevich Makarov (russian: Кирилл Дмитриевич Макаров; born 7 January 1987) is a former Russian professional footballer. Club career He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2006 for FC Luch-Energiya Vl ...

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FC Zenit-2 St. Petersburg FC Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg (russian: ФК «Зенит-2» Санкт-Петербург) is a Russian football team from Saint Petersburg. It plays in the FNL 2 (third level). It is a farm club for the Russian Premier League team FC Zenit Sain ...

) * Andrei Smirnov ( FC Torpedo Vladimir) *

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) *

Ruslan Usikov Ruslan Nikolayevich Usikov (russian: Руслан Николаевич Усиков; born 10 April 1975) is a former Russian professional football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to sc ...

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FC Dynamo St. Petersburg FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg is a Russian football club from Saint Petersburg, in Northwest Russia. Founded in 1922, the club was one of the oldest in the city. It plays in the third-tier Russian Football National League 2. They were a regular i ...

) * Aleksei Zhelatin (

FC Pskov-747 FC Pskov-747 (russian: ФК «Псков-747») was an association football club from Pskov, Russia, founded in 2006. It played in the Russian Professional Football League. Before that Pskov was represented in the Russian professional leagues by F ...

)

Center

Top scorers

;17 goals * Andrei Meshchaninov (

FC Zvezda Serpukhov FC Zvezda Serpukhov (russian: ФК «Звезда» Серпухов) is a Russian football club from Serpukhov. History It was founded in 2006 by merger of Serpukhov clubs FC Lokomotiv-M (2002–2005) and FC Serpukhov (1999–2005). Zvezda play ...

) ;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) ;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 ...

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FC Lukhovitsy FC Lukhovitsy (russian: «Луховицы») is a Russian football team from Lukhovitsy. It played professionally in 1968–1969 and 1997–2008. Their best result was 3rd place in Zone Center of the Russian Second Division in 2007 and 2008. As ...

) *

Denis Zhukovskiy Denis Yuryevich Zhukovskiy (russian: Денис Юрьевич Жуковский; born 19 July 1980) is a former Russian professional football player. Club career A product of FC Yelets' youth system, Zhukovskiy began his professional career p ...

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FC Dynamo-Voronezh Voronezh FC Dynamo Voronezh (russian: «Динамо» (Воронеж)) is a Russian football team from Voronezh. It played professionally in 1946, 1949 and 2006–2008. In 1949, they played in the second-highest Soviet First League, taking 8th place in ...

) ;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 ( FC Lokomotiv Liski) ;10 goals *

Kirill Kurochkin Kirill Sergeyevich Kurochkin (russian: Кирилл Серге́евич Курочкин; born 30 June 1988) is a former Russian footballer. Career He made his debut for FC Dynamo Moscow in a Russian Cup game against FC Zenit St. Petersburg on ...

( FC Mordovia Saransk) * 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 Anton Vladimirovich Sereda (russian: Антон Владимирович Середа; born 18 January 1980) is a Russian former professional football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to ...

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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 Denis Georgiyevich Snimshchikov (russian: Денис Георгиевич Снимщиков; born 7 December 1975) is a former Russian professional football player. Club career He played two seasons in the Russian Football National League for F ...

( FC Mordovia Saransk)

Ural-Povolzhye

Top scorers

;27 goals *

Mikhail Tyufyakov Mikhail Vyacheslavovich Tyufyakov (russian: Михаил Вячеславович Тюфяков; born 30 April 1974) is a Russian former professional Association football, footballer. Club career He made his Russian Football National League deb ...

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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 Ilya Borodin may refer to: * Ilya Borodin (footballer) (born 1976), Russian footballer * Ilya Borodin (swimmer) (born 2003), Russian swimmer {{hndis, Borodin, Ilya ...

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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 Stanislav Mikhailovich Prokofyev (russian: Станислав Михайлович Прокофьев; born 15 February 1987) is a Russian former professional football player who played as a striker. Club career He made his Russian Premier Le ...

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FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod FC may refer to: Businesses, organisations, and schools * Fergusson College, a science and arts college in Pune, India * Finncomm Airlines (IATA code) * FranklinCovey company, NYSE stock symbol FC * Frontier Corps, a paramilitary force in Pakis ...

) ;15 goals *

Marat Shogenov Marat Zalimgeriyevich Shogenov (russian: Марат Залимгериевич Шогенов; born 26 August 1984) is a Russian former professional football player. Honours *Russian Second Division, Zone Ural-Povolzhye best player: 2010. *Russ ...

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FC Gazovik Orenburg FC Orenburg (russian: ФК «Оренбург») is a Russian professional football club from Orenburg, founded in 1976. It will return to the Russian Premier League for the 2022–23 season. History It played professionally as Gazovik from 197 ...

) ;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 Dmitri Yevgenyevich Zarva (russian: Дмитрий Евгеньевич Зарва; born 15 June 1985) is a former Russian professional football player. Club career He played in the Russian Football National League for FC Tyumen in 2014. Pers ...

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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 ...

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FC Togliatti FC Tolyatti (russian: ФК «Тольятти») was a Russian football club from Tolyatti, founded in 2008. Most of the players on the 2008 roster came from FC Krylia Sovetov-SOK Dimitrovgrad 2007 roster, and the club actually plays their home ...

) * Vladimir Morozov ( FC Zenit Chelyabinsk) * Aleksandr Pavlov (

) ;12 goals *

Yuri Budylin Yuri Vladimirovich Budylin (russian: Юрий Владимирович Будылин; born 8 January 1982) is a former Russian professional football player. Club career He played 4 seasons in the Russian Football National League for FC Neftekhi ...

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FC Alnas Almetyevsk FC Alnas Almetyevsk (russian: «Алнас» (Альметьевск)) was a Russian football team from Almetyevsk. It played professionally from 1967 to 1970, in 1993 and from 2001 to 2008. Their best result was 4th place in Zone Ural-Povolzhye i ...

) *

Anatoli Zavyalov Anatoli Vladimirovich Zavyalov (russian: Анатолий Владимирович Завьялов; born 21 October 1979) is a former Russian professional football player. Club career He made his Russian Football National League debut for FC Ga ...

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FC Gornyak Uchaly FC Gornyak Uchaly (russian: ФК «Горняк» Учалы) is a Russian football club from Uchaly. History In 2006, playing at thregional level the team was the second in the Bashkortostan championship and won the Bashkortostan cup. In 2007 t ...

)

East

Top scorers

;14 goals *

Anton Bagayev Anton Vyacheslavovich Bagayev (russian: Антон Вячеславович Багаев; born 11 June 1979) is a former Russian professional football player. Club career He played in the Russian Football National League for FC Irtysh Omsk in ...

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FC Irtysh-1946 Omsk FC Irtysh Omsk (russian: Иртыш Омск) is a Russian football club based in Omsk, Russia. It plays in the third-tier FNL 2. History Their best result in the 1992 season was 2nd in the Eastern Group of the Russian First Division. It was r ...

) ;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) ;12 goals *

Vyacheslav Chadov Vyacheslav Yuryevich Chadov (russian: Вячеслав Юрьевич Чадов; born 26 September 1986) is a Russian former professional football player. Career He played 8 seasons in the Russian Football National League for 6 different clubs. ...

( FC Amur Blagoveshchensk) *

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 ...

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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 professionall ...

) * Grigori Pogonyshev ( FC Sibiryak Bratsk) ;9 goals *

Roman Belyayev Roman Yevgenyevich Belyayev (russian: Роман Евгеньевич Беляев; born 14 February 1988) is a Russian former professional footballer. Club career He made his professional debut in the Russian First Division in 2007 for FC Sibi ...

( FC Sibir-2 Novosibirsk) * Aleksandr Shtyn ( FC KUZBASS Kemerovo) * 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 ( FC Sibir-2 Novosibirsk) * Artyom Rudovskiy (

)

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