1995 Russian Third League

Zone 1

Overview

Standings

1. FC Spartak-d Vladikavkaz were excluded from the league after playing 21 games and gaining 19 points. Their opponents were awarded a win in the remaining games. They played their first professional season. Spartak-d did not play in any national-level competitions in 1996.
2. FC Spartak Alagir were excluded from the league after playing 17 games and gaining 16 points. Their opponents were awarded a win in the remaining games. Spartak did not play in any national-level competitions in 1996.
3. FC Zhemchuzhina-d Sochi was excluded from the league after playing 13 games and gaining 18 points. All their results were discarded. They played their first professional season.
4. FC Kolos-d Krasnodar was excluded from the league after playing 11 games and gaining 13 points. All their results were discarded. They were renamed from FC Kolos-2 Krasnodar. Kolos-d did not play in any national-level competitions in 1996.
5. FC Anzhi-2 Makhachkala was not promoted as reserve teams were not eligible for promotion.
6. FC Ingushetiya Nazran moved to Malgobek and was renamed to FC Angusht.
7. FC Argo Kaspiysk moved to Makhachkala and was renamed to FC Anzhi-2.
8. FC Spartak-2 Nartkala and FC Druzhba-d Maykop played their first professional season.
9. FC Derbent did not play professionally in 1994.

   Top goalscorers

• Isa Markhiyev

• Alisher Gippot

• Budun Budunov

• Yuri Takliyev

• Oleg Kamyshov
• Kyamran Nurakhmedov

• Ruslan Musayev

• Yaroslav Kazberov
• Narvik Sirkhayev

• Andranik Babayan

  Zone 2

Overview

Standings

1. FC Kuban Slavyansk-na-Kubani awarded 1 home win.
2. FC Spartak-Bratskiy Yuzhny awarded 1 home loss.
3. FC Lokomotiv Liski, FC APK Morozovsk and FC Ritm Alekseyevka promoted from the Amateur Football League.
4. FC Atommash Volgodonsk renamed to FC Volgodonsk.
5. FC Luch Tula and FC Dynamo Mykhaylovka played their first professional season.
6. FC Lokomotiv Yelets promoted from the Amateur Football League, where they played in 1994 as FC Torpedo Yelets.
7. FC Ritm Alekseyevka did not play in any national-level competitions in 1996.

   Top goalscorers

• Vagif Shirinov

• Vladimir Kharin

• German Telesh

• Aleksandr Glazkov

• Konstantin Boyko
• Aleksandr Korneyev

• Vladimir Grishchenko
• Nikolai Kolchugin

• Valentin Shashkov
• Yuri Sirota

  Zone 3

Overview

Standings

1. FC Asmaral-d Moscow was excluded from the league after playing 23 games and gaining 4 points. Their opponents were awarded a win in the remaining games. Asmaral-d did not play in any national-level competitions in 1996.
2. PFC CSKA-d Moscow and FC Torpedo-d Moscow awarded 1 home loss each.
3. FC Spartak-d Moscow was not promoted as reserves teams were not eligible for promotion.
4. FC Tekhinvest-M Moskovskiy moved to Selyatino and renamed to FC Moskovskiy-Selyatino.
5. FC Torpedo-MKB Mytishchi renamed to FC Torpedo. Torpedo did not play in any national-level competitions in 1996.
6. FC Fabus Bronnitsy played their first professional season.
7. FC Rossiya Moscow renamed to FC Monolit.
8. FC Krasnogvardeyets Moscow promoted from the Amateur Football League.
9. FC Smena Moscow promoted from the Amateur Football League, where they played in 1994 as FC Smena-Ronika Moscow.

   Top goalscorers

• Aleksei Kutsenko

• Aleksei Snigiryov

• Aleksandr Shirko

• Yuri Moiseyev

• Andrey Movsisyan

• Dmitri Chesnokov

• Anatoli Sigachyov

• Andrei Afanasyev
• Konstantin Golovskoy
• Aleksei Kryuchkov
• Andrei Meshchaninov

  Zone 4

Overview

Standings

1. FC Prometey-Dynamo St. Petersburg renamed to FC Dynamo.
2. FC Vympel Rybinsk did not play in any national-level competitions in 1996.

   Top goalscorers

• Kamil Ferkhanov

• Sergei Grabazdin
• Aleksandr Gusev
• Vadim Kovalyov

• Valeri Alistarov
• Aleksei Volkhonskiy

• Nikolai Churakov
• Sergei Subratov
• Mikhail Zinikov

• Igor Aksyonov
• Aleksei Chikin
• Aleksandr Gultyayev
• Sergei Kubryakov
• Valeri Lenivkov

  Zone 5

Overview

Standings

1. FC Lada-d Togliatti was excluded from the league after playing 25 games. Opponents were awarded wins in the remaining games. That was their first professional season and they did not play in any national-level competitions in 1996.
2. FC Zavodchanin Saratov played their first professional season.
3. FC Planeta Bugulma promoted from the Amateur Football League.
4. FC Tekstilshchik Isheyevka moved to Ulyanovsk and renamed FC Volga.

   Top goalscorers

• Vadim Tyurin

• Vladimir Anisimov

• Vladimir Mishin

• Viktor Zorkin

• Sergei Glazunov

• Ruslan Adzhiyev
• Eduard Bazarov
• Anatoli Lychagov
• Sergei Panov
• Yuri Telyushov
• Aleksei Tilman
• Aleksei Tokarev
• Oleg Zykov

  Zone 6

Overview

Standings

1. FC Sodovik Sterlitamak awarded 1 home win.
2. FC Dynamo Perm and FC KamAZ-Chally-d Naberezhnye Chelny awarded 1 home loss.
3. FC Amkar Perm and FC Dynamo-Gazovik-d Tyumen played their first professional season.
4. FC Gornyak Kachkanar renamed to FC Gornyak-Vanadiy.
5. FC Gornyak Kushva promoted from the Amateur Football League.
6. FC Estel Ufa renamed to FC Agidel. Agidel did not play in any national-level competitions in 1996.
7. FC KAMAZ-d Naberezhnye Chelny renamed to FC KAMAZ-Chally-d Naberezhnye Chelny.

   Top goalscorers

• Aleksandr Feofanov
• Vladimir Titov

• Aleksei Kolotov

• Vyacheslav Ivanov
• Denis Malyavkin
• Andrei Shabanov
• Arslon Talipov

• Aleksandr Chernykh

• Sergei Chebanov
• Sergei Cherkasov
• Nazar Polishchuk
• Igor Shmidt
• Sergei Sidorov
• Robert Zinnyatulov
• Konstantin Zyryanov