# 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.

## South

| Team | Location | Head Coach | Venue | Capacity | Position in 2008 |
| FC Abinsk | Abinsk | Kalin Stepanyan | Abinsk Stadium | | 1st, LFL-"South" |
| Avtodor | Vladikavkaz | Georgi Botsiyev | "SOK" im. E. Tedeeva | 3,000 | 18th, "South" |
| 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" |
| Volgograd | Volgograd | Valeri Burlachenko | Olimpia Stadium | 3,000 | |
| Dagdizel | Kaspiysk | Magomed-Rasul Akhmedov | Trud | 1,500 | 7th, "South" |
| Druzhba | Maykop | Soferbi Yeshugov | Druzhba | 7,000 | 10th, "South" |
| 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" |
| Mashuk-KMV | Pyatigorsk | Yuri Svirkov | Tsentralny | 10,365 | 19th, D1 |
| Rotor | Volgograd | Igor Menshchikov | Tsentralny | 32,216 | 13th, "South" |
| SKA | Rostov-on-Don | Igor Khankeyev | SKA SKVO | 27,300 | 13th, D1 |
| FC Stavropol | Stavropol | Boris Stukalov | Dynamo | 15,982 | 2nd, LFL-"South" |
| Stavropolye-2009 | Stavropol | Anatoli Shelest | Dynamo | 15,982 | |
| FC Taganrog | Taganrog | Aleksei Sereda | Torpedo | 3,500 | 12th, "South" |
| Torpedo | Armavir | Arsen Papikyan | Yunost | 5,000 | |
| Energiya | Volzhsky | Dmitri Petrenko | Loginov Stadium | 7,500 | 9th, "South" |
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.

### Standings

| 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 | |

### Top scorers

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

#### 23 goals

* Aleksei Zhdanov (Volgograd) (3 - from penalty kick)

#### 22 goals

* Stanislav Dubrovin (Zhemchuzhina-Sochi) (4 - from penalty kick)

#### 20 goals

* Robert Zebelyan (Zhemchuzhina-Sochi) (1 - from penalty kick)

#### 19 goals

* Sergei Verkashanskiy (Torpedo Armavir) (7 - from penalty kick)

#### 16 goals

* Azamat Kurachinov (Stavropol) (6 - from penalty kick)

#### 13 goals

* Mikhail Markosov (SKA / Stavropol)
* Stanislav Lebedintsev (SKA) (1 - from penalty kick)
* Mikhail Surshkov (Druzhba) (2 - from penalty kick)

#### 12 goals

* Ivan Grinyuk (Bataysk-2007)
* Timirlan Shavanov (Dagdizel) (2 - from penalty kick)

## West
### Standings

| 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 |
* ↑ 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. 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.

### Top scorers

Source: [PFL] (in Russian)

#### 17 goals

* Andrei Opanasyuk (Dynamo Vologda)

#### 16 goals

* Azamat Gonezhukov (Dynamo St. Petersburg)
* Vadim Klass (Sever)

#### 15 goals

* Artyom Lopatkin (Tekstilshchik)
* Anton Proshin (Spartak Kostroma)
* Dmitri Vyazmikin (Torpedo Vladimir)

#### 13 goals

* Yuri Kapusta (Nara-ShBFR)
* Anton Kryuchkov (Volochanin-Ratmir)
* Stanislav Murygin (Istra)

#### 12 goals

* Sergei Lokhanov (Volochanin-Ratmir)
* Maksim Protserov (Dynamo St. Petersburg)
* Vladimir Svizhuk (Istra)

## Center

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

### Standings

| 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 | Promotion to First Division |
| 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 | Excluded from professional football |
| 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 | |
| 16 | Nika Moscow | 32 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 86 | −66 | 17 | |
| 17 | Yelets (R) | 32 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 8 | 70 | −62 | 9 | Relegation to Amateur Football League |
* 1 2 Fakel and Yelets were excluded from the league for attempts to bribe and threaten the referee on 18 July. 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

Source: [PFL] (in Russian)

#### 17 goals

* Mikhail Tyufyakov (Dynamo Bryansk)

#### 16 goals

* Sergei Faustov (FC Gubkin)

#### 13 goals

* Aleksei Gavrilov (Ryazan)

#### 12 goals

* Kirill Makarov (FSA)

#### 11 goals

* Igor Borozdin (Avangard Kursk)
* Andrei Meshchaninov (Zvezda)

## Ural-Povolzhye
### Standings

| 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 | |
| 6 | Tyumen | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 54 | 32 | +22 | 53 | |
| 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 | |
* 1 2 CHE 1–1 TYU ; TYU 2–2 CHE

### Top scorers

Source: [PFL] (in Russian)

#### 19 goals

* Ruslan Mukhametshin (SOYUZ-Gazprom / Mordovia)

#### 14 goals

* Ivan Luzhnikov (Mordovia / FC Tyumen)
* Dmitri Sysuyev (Mordovia)

#### 13 goals

* Marat Shogenov (Gazovik)

#### 12 goals

* Vitali Burmakov (Volga Ulyanovsk)

#### 11 goals

* Marat Safin (Volga Ulyanovsk)
* Dmitri Zarva (FC Tyumen)

## East
### Standings

| 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 | |
| 8 | KUZBASS Kemerovo | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 32 | |
| 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 |
* 1 2 KUZ 1–0 SAKH ; SAKH 2–0 KUZ; KUZ 0–1 SAKH
* ↑ 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. 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

Source: [PFL] (in Russian)

#### 15 goals

* Valentin Yegunov (Metallurg-Kuzbass)

#### 14 goals

* Yevgeni Yaroslavtsev (Metallurg-Kuzbass)

#### 11 goals

* Anton Bagayev (Irtysh)

#### 10 goals

* Aleksei Alekseyevtsev (Sakhalin)
* Stanislav Goncharov (Metallurg)
* Dmitri Turutin (Sibiryak)

#### 8 goals

* Aleksei Bazanov (Metallurg)
* Dmitri Galin (Sibiryak)
* Maksim Galiullin (Dynamo Barnaul)
* Aleksei Martynov (Metallurg)
* Anton Vasilyev (Irtysh)

## Awards

On November 25, 2009, Professional Football League announced the award winners for the season.
Zone West
* Best player: Dmitri Vyazmikin (FC Torpedo Vladimir).
* Best goalkeeper: Andrei Romanov (FC Spartak Kostroma).
* Best defender: Emin Agaev (FC Volga Tver).
* Best midfielder: Aleksei Melyoshin (FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow).
* Best striker: Andrei Opanasyuk (FC Dynamo Vologda).
* Best manager: Eduard Malofeyev (FC Dynamo Saint-Petersburg).
Zone Center
* Best player: Mikhail Tyufyakov (FC Dynamo Bryansk).
* Best goalkeeper: Valeri Chizhov (FC Avangard Kursk).
* Best defender: Maksim Tishchenko (FC Avangard Kursk).
* Best midfielder: Igor Borozdin (FC Avangard Kursk).
* Best striker: Mikhail Tyufyakov.
* Best manager: Valeri Yesipov (FC Avangard Kursk).
Zone South
* Best player: Oleg Veretennikov (FC Volgograd).
* Best goalkeeper: Aleksandr Chikhradze (FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi).
* Best defender: Konstantin Gordiyuk (FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi).
* Best midfielder: Oleg Veretennikov.
* Best striker: Aleksei Zhdanov (FC Volgograd).
* Best manager: Oleg Vasilenko (FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi).
Zone Ural-Povolzhye
* Best player: Ruslan Mukhametshin (FC Mordovia Saransk).
* Best goalkeeper: Fyodor Dyachenko (FC Mordovia Saransk).
* Best defender: Aleksei Muldarov (FC Mordovia Saransk).
* Best midfielder: Marat Shogenov (FC Gazovik Orenburg).
* Best striker: Ruslan Mukhametshin.
* Best manager: Fyodor Shcherbachenko (FC Mordovia Saransk).
Zone East
* Best player: Valentin Yegunov (FC Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk).
* Best goalkeeper: Aleksei Krasnokutskiy (FC Irtysh Omsk).
* Best defender: Sergei Pyatikopov (FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk).
* Best midfielder: Yevgeni Andreyev (FC Irtysh Omsk).
* Best striker: Valentin Yegunov.
* Best manager: Aleksandr Ivchenko (FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk).