The 1993 Russian Second League was the second edition of Russian Second Division. There were 7 zones with 124 teams in total. In 1994 the Russian League system was reorganized, with First League reduced to one tournament instead of 3 zones and new professional Third League organized, where most of the teams from the 1993 Second League ended up. No teams were promoted to the 1994 Russian First League.
Zone 1 Team Head coach FC Anzhi Makhachkala Vladimir Petrov FC Avtozapchast Baksan Yuri Pazov FC Iriston Vladikavkaz Teymuraz Kozyrev FC Kavkazkabel Prokhladny Sergei Ponomaryov FC Dynamo Makhachkala Kamach Kabayev FC Druzhba Budyonnovsk Sergei Tashuev FC Volgar Astrakhan Vladimir Yerofeyev Team Head coach FC Astrateks Astrakhan Ivan Buzychkin FC Sherstyanik Nevinnomyssk Leonid Shevchenko FC Baysachnr Elista Valeri Zubakov FC Kaspiy Kaspiysk Vladimir Kotelnikov FC Beshtau Lermontov Aleksandr Vershenko FC Mashuk Pyatigorsk Sergei Razaryonov FC Urartu Grozny Ruslan Gargayev Stage 1
Notes:
FC Baysachnr Elista played on the amateur level as FC Gilyan Elista in 1992. FC Etalon Baksan renamed to FC Avtozapchast Baksan.
1st to 7th places tournament
8th to 14th places tournament
Notes: FC Sherstyanik Nevinnomyssk did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1994. FC Baysachnr Elista was converted to the reserve team of FC Uralan Elista called FC Uralan-d Elista in 1994.
Top scorers 30 goals Ibragim Gasanbekov (FC Anzhi Makhachkala)
24 goals Gadzhiali Alidibirov (FC Dynamo Makhachkala)
19 goals Aleksandr Krotov (FC Astrateks Astrakhan) Nikolai Shichkin (FC Astrateks Astrakhan)
18 goals Abilfez Madanov (FC Sherstyanik Nevinnomyssk)
17 goals Gennadi Goncharov (FC Baysachnr Elista)
15 goals Vladimir Benedsky (FC Druzhba Budyonnovsk)
14 goals Alik Dulayev (FC Iriston Vladikavkaz) Igor Khmelevskiy (FC Kavkazkabel Prokhladny)
13 goals Aleksandr Bocharnikov (FC Volgar Astrakhan) Boris Bodzhikov (FC Baysachnr Elista) Yaroslav Kazberov (FC Druzhba Budyonnovsk) Roman Sidorov (FC Beshtau Lermontov) Aleksandr Solomakhin (FC Druzhba Budyonnovsk) Oleg Zhurtov (FC Avtozapchast Baksan)
Zone 2
Team Head coach FC Salyut Belgorod Aleksandr Kryukov FC Zvezda-Rus Gorodishche Sergei Mukovnin FC Rotor-d Volgograd Yuri Marushkin FC Venets Gulkevichi Anatoli Lyz FC Istochnik Rostov-on-Don Kamil Akchurin FC Avangard Kursk Aleksandr Galkin FC Kuban Barannikovsky Nikolai Smirnov FC Shakhtyor Shakhty Yevgeni Grunin FC Torpedo Armavir Viktor Batalin Team Head coach FC Niva Slavyansk-na-Kubani Vladimir Brazhnikov FC Khimik Belorechensk Khamza Bagapov (until October) FC SKA Rostov-on-Don Aleksandr Pleshakov FC Metallurg Krasny Sulin Gennadi Tevosov FC Atommash Volgodonsk Aleksandr Rakov FC Rostselmash-d Rostov-on-Don Valentin Khakhonov / Yuri Shikunov FC Kolos-2 Krasnodar Vladimir Lagoyda (until September)Aleksandr Takmakov (from September) Standings
Notes: FC Torpedo Adler was excluded from the league after playing 8 games and gaining 4 points. Their head coach was Vadim Nikiforov. All their results were discarded. FC ISM Volzhsky was excluded from the league before playing any games. They were promoted from the Amateur Football League where they played as FC Metallurg ISM Volzhsky in 1992. FC Istochnik Rostov-on-Don and FC Kolos-2 Krasnodar played their first professional season. FC Energomash Belgorod renamed to FC Salyut Belgorod. FC Rostselmash-d Rostov-on-Don did not play in any national-level competitions in 1994.
Top scorers 16 goals Konstantin Boyko (FC SKA Rostov-on-Don) Vladimir Korsunov (FC Shakhtyor Shakhty)
15 goals Roman Nerubenko (FC Salyut Belgorod)
14 goals Sergei Borodin (FC Zvezda-Rus Gorodishche) Andrei Fomichyov (FC Salyut Belgorod) Aleksandr Medvedev (FC Salyut Belgorod) Mikhail Sukhorukov (FC Avangard Kursk)
13 goals Aleksei Chernov (FC Zvezda-Rus Gorodishche)
12 goals Yuri Konovalov (FC Rotor-d Volgograd)
11 goals Yevgeni Borzykin (FC Avangard Kursk) Vladimir Grishchenko (FC Niva Slavyansk-na-Kubani) Aleksandr Kamentsev (FC Venets Gulkevichi) Vagif Shirinov (FC Kuban Barannikovskiy) Andrei Stepanov (FC Torpedo Armavir)
Zone 3 Team Head coach FC Torpedo Arzamas Vladimir Dergach FC Arsenal Tula Aleksei Petrushin FC Irgiz Balakovo Vladimir Proskurin FC Saranskeksport Saransk Igor Shinkarenko FC Kristall Smolensk Igor Belanovich FC Turbostroitel Kaluga Georgi Kolmogorov FC Iskra Smolensk Anatoli Olkhovik FC Zenit Penza Aleksandr Komissarov FC Tekstilshchik Isheyevka Aleksandr Korolyov Team Head coach FC Zavolzhye Engels Vladimir Litovchenko FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk Mikhail Senyurin FC Torpedo Pavlovo Valeri Kalugin FC Metallurg Stary Oskol Mikhail Mironenko FC Khimik Uvarovo Gennadi Matveyev FC Dynamo Bryansk Nikolai Sergeyev FC Spartak Tambov Vladimir Kovylin FC Oryol Yuri Samulistov FC Don Novomoskovsk Anatoli Kashcheyev Standings
Notes: FC Kristall Smolensk were promoted from the Amateur Football League where they played as FC SKD Smolensk in 1992. FC Zavolzhye Engels and FC Khimik Uvarovo were promoted from the Amateur Football League. FC Metallurg Stary Oskol played their first professional season. FC Don Novomoskovsk did not play professionally in 1992. FC MGU Saransk renamed to FC Saranskeksport Saransk. FC Spartak Oryol renamed to FC Oryol. FC Saranskeksport Saransk, FC Zavolzhye Engels and FC Metallurg Stary Oskol did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1994.
Top scorers 22 goals Vladimir Kharin (FC Irgiz Balakovo)
16 goals Andrei Grishchuk (FC Don Novomoskovsk) Anatoli Sigachyov (FC Spartak Tambov)
15 goals Yuri Telyushov (FC Zenit Penza)
14 goals German Telesh (FC Arsenal Tula)
13 goals Pyotr Ageyev (FC Saranskeksport Saransk) Vladimir Anisimov (FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk) Aleksei Gudkov (FC Kristall Smolensk) Aleksei Ivanov (FC Zavolzhye Engels) Vyacheslav Ulitin (FC Zenit Penza)
Zone 4 Team Head coach FC Torpedo-MKB Mytishchi Vyacheslav Zhuravlyov FC Viktor-Avangard Kolomna Mark Tunis FC Spartak-d Moscow Viktor Zernov FC Obninsk Yuri Karamyan FC Spartak Shchyolkovo Viktor Fomenko FC Torgmash Lyubertsy Anatoli Leshchenkov PFC CSKA-d Moscow Aleksandr Kolpovskiy FC Viktor-Gigant Voskresensk Valeri Vdovin FC Mosenergo Moscow Valentin Sysoyev FC Torpedo-d Moscow Sergei Petrenko FC Dynamo-d Moscow Adamas Golodets Team Head coach FC Oka Kolomna Aleksandr Kuznetsov FC Dynamo-2 Moscow Yevgeni Baikov FC Saturn Ramenskoye Valeri Tyukulmin PFC CSKA-2 Moscow Sergei Berezin FC TRASKO Moscow Yuri Vereykin FC Kosmos-Kvest Dolgoprudny Aleksandr Logunov FC Asmaral-d Moscow Vladimir Mikhaylov FC Titan Reutov Yuri Yakovlev FC Rekord Aleksandrov Valentin Baturin FC SUO Moscow Viktor Razumovskiy FC Lokomotiv-d Moscow Vladimir Korotkov Standings
Note: FC Obninsk and FC Spartak Shchyolkovo promoted from the Amateur Football League. FC Kosmos-Kvest Dolgoprudny promoted from the Amateur Football League, where they played in 1992 as FC Kosmos Dolgoprudny. FC Viktor-Gigant Voskresensk, FC Rekord Aleksandrov and FC SUO Moscow played their first professional season. FC Torpedo Mytishchi renamed to FC Torpedo-MKB Mytishchi. FC Avangard Kolomna renamed to FC Viktor-Avangard Kolomna. FC Presnya Moscow renamed to FC Asmaral-d Moscow.
Top scorers 32 goals Salekh Abdulkayumov (FC Obninsk)
29 goals Andrey Tikhonov (FC Spartak-d Moscow)
22 goals Igor Nekrasov (FC Dynamo-2 Moscow) Igor Voronin (FC Torgmash Lyubertsy)
21 goals Leonid Markevich (PFC CSKA-d Moscow)
20 goals Aleksandr Kiryanov (PFC CSKA-2 Moscow) Igor Konyayev (FC Obninsk)
18 goals Aleksandr Antonov (FC Viktor-Avangard Kolomna) Aleksei Kutsenko (FC Dynamo-2 Moscow)
17 goals Vyacheslav Melnikov (PFC CSKA-d Moscow) Nikolai Simachyov (FC Spartak Shchyolkovo)
Zone 5 Team Head coach FC Vympel Rybinsk Vladimir Bubnov FC Erzi Petrozavodsk Vladimir Pronin FC Lokomotiv St. Petersburg Sergei Vedeneyev (until June)Lev Burchalkin (from June) FC Trion-Volga Tver Andrei Sergeyev FC Mashinostroitel Pskov Adel Kaneyev (until July)Yuri Veresov (from July) FC Bulat Cherepovets Aleksandr Sokolov FC Zenit-2 St. Petersburg Anatoli Zinchenko FC Progress Chernyakhovsk Aleksandr Fyodorov Team Head coach FC Gatchina Nikolai Gosudarenkov FC Prometey-Dynamo St. Petersburg Vladimir Goncharov FC Kraneks Ivanovo Aleksandr Chanov FC Vest Kaliningrad Yuri Beletskiy FC Spartak Kostroma Vyacheslav Skoropekin FC Volochanin Vyshny Volochyok Aleksandr Semyonov FC Spartak-Arktikbank Arkhangelsk Arkadi Kozak FC Kosmos-Kirovets St. Petersburg Lev Burchalkin (until June) Standings
Notes: FC Sputnik Kimry was excluded after playing 7 games and gaining 1 point. Their head coach was Aleksandr Shchetinin. All their results were discarded. FC Kraneks Ivanovo was promoted from the Amateur Football League. FC Zenit-2 St. Petersburg, FC Vest Kaliningrad and FC Spartak-Arktikbank Arkhangelsk played their first professional season. FC Karelia Petrozavodsk renamed to FC Erzi Petrozavodsk. FC Aleks Gatchina renamed to FC Gatchina. FC Zvolma-Spartak Kostroma renamed to FC Spartak Kostroma. FC Progress Chernyakhovsk, FC Spartak-Arktikbank Arkhangelsk and FC Kosmos-Kirovets St. Petersburg did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1994.
Top scorers 15 goals Aleksandr Panov (FC Zenit-2 St. Petersburg)
14 goals Sergei Boldyrev (FC Lokomotiv St. Petersburg)
13 goals Andrei Borisov (FC Trion-Volga Tver) Viktor Karman (FC Progress Chernyakhovsk) Sergei Rybakov (FC Gatchina) Aleksandr Selenkov (FC Erzi Petrozavodsk)
11 goals Mikhail Trukhlov (FC Vympel Rybinsk)
10 goals Roman Chevychelov (FC Spartak Kostroma) Sergei Molkov (FC Kraneks Ivanovo) Vladimir Rozhin (FC Vympel Rybinsk) Igor Ukhanov (FC Erzi Petrozavodsk)
Zone 6 Team Head coach FC Devon Oktyabrsky Viktor Khaydarov FC Metallurg Novotroitsk Vyacheslav Ledovskikh FC Vyatka Kirov Aleksandr Sokovnin FC Metiznik Magnitogorsk Mikhail Pozin FC KamAZavtotsentr Naberezhnye Chelny Nikolai Nabok FC KDS Samrau Ufa Yuri Surenskiy FC Gornyak Kachkanar Viktor Shlyayev FC SKD Samara Viktor Kirsh FC Zarya Krotovka Aleksandr Druganin FC Sodovik Sterlitamak Viktor Zvyagin FC Elektron Vyatskiye Polyany Yuri Osin Team Head coach FC Sibir Kurgan Viktor Prozorov FC Azamat Cheboksary Gerold Drandov FC Progress Zelenodolsk Ildus Zagidullin FC Energiya Chaykovsky Sergei Kleymyonov FC Uralelektromed Verkhnyaya Pyshma Viktor Yerokhin FC KAMAZ-d Naberezhnye Chelny Yevgeni Chetverik / Ivan Butaliy FC Gazovik Orenburg Nikolai Yelanev FC Dynamo Perm Aleksandr Rogov FC Volga Balakovo Nikolai Romanov FC Torpedo Izhevsk Nikolai Gorshkov (until June) FC Elektron Almetyevsk Yuri Polezhayev Standings
Notes: FC Metiznik Magnitogorsk were promoted from the Amateur Football League, where they played in 1992 as FC Metiznik-Alternativa Magnitogorsk. FC Uralelektromed Verkhnyaya Pyshma were promoted from the Amateur Football League, where they played in 1992 as FC MTsOP-Metallurg Verkhnyaya Pyshma. FC SKD Samara, FC Progress Zelenodolsk, FC Dynamo Perm and FC Volga Balakovo did not play professionally in 1992. FC KAMAZ-d Naberezhnye Chelny played their first professional season. FC Avtopribor Oktyabrsky renamed to FC Devon Oktyabrsky. FC Dynamo Kirov renamed to FC Vyatka Kirov. FC KATs-Skif Naberezhnye Chelny renamed to FC KamAZavtotsentr Naberezhnye Chelny. FC Gastello Ufa renamed to FC KDS Samrau Ufa. FC Torpedo-UdGu Izhevsk renamed to FC Torpedo Izhevsk. FC Uralelektromed Verkhnyaya Pyshma was converted to the reserve team of FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg called FC Uralmash-d Yekaterinburg in 1994. FC Elektron Almetyevsk played in the Amateur Football League in 1994 as FC Devon Almetyevsk. FC Azamat Cheboksary and FC Torpedo Izhevsk did not participate in any national-level competition in 1994.
Top scorers 31 goals Igor Syrov (FC Devon Oktyabrsky)
28 goals Vyacheslav Yevsin (FC Metallurg Novotroitsk)
25 goals Igor Palachyov (FC Zarya Krotovka)
24 goals