The 2008 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
Top scorers 27 goals
Mikhail Markosov (FC Dynamo Stavropol)
17 goals Dmitry Mezinov (FC Bataysk-2007) Vladimir Serov (FC Rotor Volgograd) Artur Yelbayev (FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz)
16 goals
Ivan Gerasimov (FC Olimpia Volgograd)
15 goals
Dmitri Pinchuk (FC Olimpia Volgograd / FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi)
14 goals
Yevgeni Losev (FC Volgar-Gazprom-2 Astrakhan)
12 goals
Nizar Al-Taravna (FC Bataysk-2007) Denis Dorozhkin (FC Krasnodar) Dmitri Kovalenko (FC Olimpia Volgograd)
West
Top scorers 18 goals
Aleksei Baranov (FC Torpedo-RG Moscow / FC MVD Rossii Moscow)
17 goals
Ramaz Dzhabnidze (FC Dmitrov / FC Zelenograd)
16 goals
Andrei Opanasyuk (FC Spartak Kostroma)
15 goals
Yuri Kapusta (FC Nara-ShBFR Naro-Fominsk) Vadim Klass (FC Sever Murmansk)
13 goals Grigory Gnedov (FC Spartak Kostroma)
12 goals
Dmitri Vyazmikin (FC Torpedo Vladimir)
10 goals
Andrei Bubchikov (FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo) Andrei Dyomkin (FC Sheksna Cherepovets / FC MVD Rossii Moscow) Kirill Makarov (FC Zenit-2 St. Petersburg) Andrei Smirnov (FC Torpedo Vladimir) Ivan Stolbovoy (FC Volga Tver) Ruslan Usikov (FC Dynamo St. Petersburg / FC MVD Rossii Moscow) Aleksei Zhelatin (FC Pskov-747)
Center
Top scorers 17 goals
Andrei Meshchaninov (FC Zvezda Serpukhov)
16 goals
Artur Grigoryan (FC Lokomotiv Liski)
14 goals
Oleg Shchyotkin (FC Zenit Penza)
13 goals
Anzour Nafash (FC Lukhovitsy) Denis Zhukovskiy (FC Dynamo-Voronezh Voronezh)
11 goals
Sergei Faustov (FC Gubkin) Andrei Meshcheryakov (FC Lokomotiv Liski)
10 goals
Kirill Kurochkin (FC Mordovia Saransk) Sergei Mikhailov (FC Avangard Kursk) Anton Sereda (FC Yelets) Vasili Shatalov (FC Saturn-2 Moscow Oblast) Denis Snimshchikov (FC Mordovia Saransk)
Ural-Povolzhye
Top scorers 27 goals Mikhail Tyufyakov (FC Rubin-2 Kazan / FC Lada Togliatti)
23 goals Ilya Borodin (FC Nizhny Novgorod)
17 goals Stanislav Prokofyev (FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod)
15 goals Marat Shogenov (FC Gazovik Orenburg)
14 goals Yevgeni Yaroslavtsev (FC SOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk) Dmitri Zarva (FC Tyumen)
13 goals Artyom Delkin (FC Togliatti) Vladimir Morozov (FC Zenit Chelyabinsk) Aleksandr Pavlov (FC Tyumen)
12 goals Yuri Budylin (FC Alnas Almetyevsk) Anatoli Zavyalov (FC Gornyak Uchaly)
East
Top scorers 14 goals Anton Bagayev (FC Irtysh-1946 Omsk)
13 goals Stanislav Goncharov (FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk)
12 goals Vyacheslav Chadov (FC Amur Blagoveshchensk) Andrei Lodis (FC Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure) Grigori Pogonyshev (FC Sibiryak Bratsk)
9 goals Roman Belyayev (FC Sibir-2 Novosibirsk) Aleksandr Shtyn (FC KUZBASS Kemerovo) Maksim Zhivnovitskiy (FC Chita)
8 goals Ilya Levin (FC Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure) Yevgeni Polyakov (FC Sibir-2 Novosibirsk) Artyom Rudovskiy (FC Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure)
References PFL Soccerway