2011–12 Russian Second Division
The 2011–12 Russian Second Division is 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.
West
Standings
Top scorers
Source:;20 goals
- Viktor Svistunov '
- Azamat Kurachinov '
- Dmitri Vakulich '
- Aleksei Antonnikov '
- Fyodor Pronkov '
- Murat Khotov '
Center
Standings
Top scorers
Source:;20 goals
- Aleksandr Kutyin '
- Yevgeni Polyakov '
- Denis Tkachuk '
- Ivan Rodin '
- Karen Sargsyan '
- Georgi Smurov '
- Amir Bazhev
South
Standings
Top scorers
Source:;19 goals
- Mikhail Biryukov '
- Artyom Maslevskiy '
- Valeri Basiyev '
- Dmitry Mezinov '
- Denis Pavlov '
- Timirlan Shavanov '
- Magomed Guguyev '
- Rustam Khabekirov '
- Aslanbek Konov '
- Sergei Verkashanskiy '
- Ruslan Zyazikov
Ural-Povolzhye
Standings
Top scorers
Source:;25 goals
- Aleksandr Korotayev '
- Aleksei Sapogov '
- Yuri Budylin '
- Anton Bobylev '
- Ruslan Galiakberov '
- Aleksei Kotlyarov '
- Oleg Makeyev
East
Standings
Top scorers
Source:;18 goals
- Sergei Vinogradov '
- Yevgeni Alkhimov '
- Vyacheslav Kirillov '
- Andrei Lodis '
- Ivan Shpakov '
- Aleksandr Golubev '
- Andrei Volgin '
- Anton Bagayev '
- Aleksandr Bulanovskiy '
- Ivan Goryunov '
- Aleksei Sabanov '
- Yevgeni Shcherbakov '
- Maksim Zhitnev
Team names
| Akademiya | = Academy, team of the Konoplyov football academy in Togliatti | - |
| Alania-d | refers to North Ossetia Republic. Second team of Alania Vladikavkaz; "D" stand for dubl = alternate; | - |
| Amur-2010 | refers to the Amur River | - |
| Angusht | = Ingushetia Republic, in the Ingush language | - |
| Astrakhan | - | |
| Avangard | = Vanguard | - |
| Biolog | = Biologist, reflects sponsorship by the Armavir Biological Factory | - |
| Chelyabinsk | city name | - |
| Chita | city name | - |
| Dagdizel | refers to the sponsoring corporation, an acronym literally translated as "the Dagestan diesel engines factory" | - |
| Dnepr | refers to the Dnieper river | - |
| Druzhba | = Friendship | - |
| Dynamo | see Dynamo Sports Club | - |
| Dynamo | - | |
| Dynamo | - | |
| Dynamo | - | |
| Dynamo | - | |
| Energiya | = Energy, refers to the Volga Hydroelectric Station in Volshsky | - |
| FAYUR | refers to the sponsoring corporation | - |
| Gornyak | = Miner, refers to the copper and zinc mining industry in Uchaly | - |
| Gubkin | city name | - |
| Irtysh | refers to the Irtysh river | - |
| Istra | city name | - |
| Kaluga | city name | - |
| Karelia | refers to Karelia Republic | - |
| Kavkaztransgaz-2005 | refers to the sponsoring corporation, an acronym literally translated as "the Caucasus company for gas transit" | - |
| Khimik | = Chemical industry worker, refers to industries in Dzerzhinsk | - |
| Kuzbass | = Kuznetsky Basseyn = Kuznetsk Basin, the coal mining area | - |
| Lokomotiv-2 | second team of Lokomotiv Moscow; the name reflects sponsorship by Russian Railways | - |
| Lokomotiv | refers to historical sponsorship by the Liski division of Russian Railways | - |
| Mashuk-KMV | refers to Mount Mashuk. KMV = Kavkazskie Mineralnye Vody = "Mineral Waters of the Caucasus", often used as the name of the region to which Pyatigorsk belongs | - |
| Metallurg | = Metallurgist, refers to Novolipetsk Steel works in Lipetsk | - |
| Metallurg-Kuzbass | Kuzbass = Kuznetsky Basseyn = Kuznetsk Basin, the coal mining area | - |
| Metallurg-Oskol | = Metallurgist, refers to Oskol Electrometallurgic works in Stary Oskol | - |
| MITOS | refers to the sponsoring corporation | - |
| Mostovik-Primorye | Mostovik = Bridge engineer, reflects sponsorship by a local bridge constructing company. Primorye is the colloquial name of Primorsky Krai region. | - |
| Neftekhimik | = Petrochemical industry worker, refers to Nizhnekamskneftekhim Co. | - |
| Nosta | Novotroitskaya Stal = "Novotroitsk Steel", the sponsoring corporation | - |
| Oktan | = Octane, referring to petrochemical industries in Perm | - |
| Olimpia | = Olympia | - |
| Podolye | Podolye = lands around Podolsk, although the term is usually used when referring to Podolia in present-day Ukraine | - |
| Petrotrest | refers to the sponsoring corporation | - |
| Pskov-747 | city name | - |
| Radian-Baikal | refers to the sponsoring corporation and Lake Baikal | - |
| Rotor | = Rotor, historically sponsored by the Volgograd tractor factory | - |
| Rubin-2 | = Ruby. Second team of Rubin Kazan. | - |
| Rusichi | = Rus' people | - |
| Sakhalin | refers to the Sakhalin Island | - |
| Salyut | = Salute, refers to Belgorod's unofficial status of "the city of the first salute", the city being the first one whose liberation during the World War II in 1943 was marked by a fireworks salute | - |
| Saturn-2 | = Saturn, second team of Saturn Ramenskoye; historically sponsored by an aviation equipment factory | - |
| Sever | = North | - |
| Sheksna | refers to the Sheksna River | - |
| Sibir-2 | = Siberia. Second team of Sibir Novosibirsk | - |
| Sibiryak | = The Siberian | - |
| SKA | = Sportivny Klub Armii = Sports Club of the Army, a usual name for army teams during the Soviet period | - |
| Slavyanski | = The Slav FC | - |
| Smena | = New generation, probably reflecting that the city itself is named after Komsomol, the Young Communist League | - |
| Sokol | = Falcon, the name that a football team from Saratov first acquired in 1913 | - |
| Spartak | see Spartak | - |
| Spartak | - | |
| Syzran-2003 | city name | - |
| Taganrog | city name | - |
| Tekstilshchik | = Textile worker, Ivanovo historically considered the centre of the Russian textile industry | - |
| Torpedo | Torpedo is a common name for teams sponsored by industries during the Soviet period, see e.g. Torpedo Moscow | - |
| Tyumen | city name | - |
| Ufa | city name | - |
| Volga | refers to the Volga river | - |
| Volga | - | |
| Volochanin-Ratmir | Volochanin and Ratmir are the names of the two teams that merged in 2002. Volochanin = citizen of Vyshny Volochyok; Ratmir is a corporation based in Tver. | - |
| Yakutiya | refers to Yakutia Republic | - |
| Znamya Truda | = The Banner of the Labour, a relatively common name for teams, clubs, newspapers etc. during the Soviet period | - |
| Vityaz | = Warrior | - |
| Zenit | = Zenith; see Zenit | |
| Zenit-Izhevsk | - | |
| Zvezda | = Star | - |