The 1994 Russian Third League was the first time the competition of the fourth level of Russian football was professional. There were six zones with 105 teams starting the competition in total (8 of them were excluded before the end of the season).
Zone 1
Overview Team Head coach FC Avtozapchast Baksan Yuri Kotov FC Energiya Pyatigorsk Sergei Razaryonov FC Niva Slavyansk-na-Kubani Vladimir Brazhnikov FC Nart Cherkessk Nurbiy Lakhov FC Kuban Slavyansk-na-Kubani Nikolai Smirnov FC Olimp Kislovodsk Aleksandr Grosberg FC Argo Kaspiysk Magomed-Rasul Akhmedov FC Iriston Mozdok Vitali Abayev FC Dynamo-d Stavropol Sergei Gorb FC Uralan-d Elista Aleksandr Skrynnikov FC Torpedo Armavir Viktor Batalin (until June)Khamza Bagapov (from July) FC Spartak Alagir Valeri Karginov FC Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody Nikolai Shvydkiy FC Kolos-2 Krasnodar Mikhail Ruban / Vasili Pravilo FC Beshtau Lermontov Aleksandr Vershenko FC Druzhba Budyonnovsk Yuri Safaryan FC Gigant Grozny Muslim Daliyev FC Khimik Belorechensk Yuri Filippov
Standings
Notes: FC Kolos-2 Krasnodar were excluded from the league after playing 25 games. The opponents were awarded a win in the remaining games. FC Urartu Grozny renamed to FC Gigant Grozny. Gigant was excluded from the league after playing 18 games. The opponents were awarded a win in the remaining games. Gigant did not play in national competitions in 1995 due to First Chechen War. FC Druzhba Budyonnovsk was excluded from the league after playing 15 games. The opponents were awarded a win in the remaining games, except for the game against FC Gigant Grozny, in which both teams were awarded a loss. Druzhba did not play in national competitions in 1995. FC Khimik Belorechensk were excluded from the league after playing 14 games. All the results of their games were discarded. Khimik did not play in national competitions in 1995. FC Iriston Vladikavkaz were awarded 2 home wins. FC Niva Slavyansk-na-Kubani, FC Kuban Slavyansk-na-Kubani and FC Spartak Alagir were awarded 1 home win each. FC Argo Kaspiysk were awarded 1 home loss and 1 home win. FC Mashuk Pyatigorsk renamed to FC Energiya. FC Kuban Barannikovsky moved to Slavyansk-na-Kubani. FC Asmaral Kislovodsk renamed to FC Olimp. FC Kaspiy Kaspiysk renamed to FC Argo. FC Iriston Mozdok and FC Spartak Alagir promoted from the Amateur Football League. FC Dynamo-d Stavropol played their first professional season. FC Uralan-d Elista converted from FC Baysachnr Elista. FC Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody did not play on the national level in 1993.
Top goalscorers 22 goals
Nikolay Komlichenko (FC Niva Slavyansk-na-Kubani)
21 goals
Yevgeni Likhachyov (FC Avtozapchast Baksan)
17 goals
Arif Romanov (FC Olimp Kislovodsk)
14 goals
Oleg Alyoshin (FC Kuban Slavyansk-na-Kubani) Vladimir Grishchenko (FC Slavyansk Slavyansk-na-Kubani) Oleg Kozemov (FC Energiya Pyatigorsk) Abilfez Madanov (FC Energiya Pyatigorsk)
13 goals
Aleksandr Durnev (FC Beshtau Lermontov)
12 goals
Andrei Stepanov (FC Torpedo Armavir)
11 goals
Giya Chokhonelidze (FC Kolos-2 Krasnodar) Aleksei Kozlov (FC Dynamo-d Stavropol)
Zone 2
Overview Team Head coach FC Volgar Astrakhan Vladimir Yerofeyev FC SKA Rostov-on-Don Valeri Sinau FC Istochnik Rostov-on-Don Kamil Akchurin FC Avangard Kursk Aleksandr Galkin FC Shakhtyor Shakhty Valeri Volodin FC Khimik Dankov Igor Lysenko FC Turbostroitel Kaluga Georgi Kolmogorov FC Ingushetiya Nazran Timur Kuriyev FC Atommash Volgodonsk Valeri Zubakov FC Avangard Kamyshin Vladimir Nemchenko FC Oryol Yuri Samulistov FC Dynamo Bryansk Viktor Zimin FC Spartak-Bratskiy Yuzhny Sergei Antonkin FC Kolos Bykovo Sergei Andreyev FC Metallurg Krasny Sulin Adel Kaneyev FC Rotor-d Volgograd Yuri Marushkin FC Kristall Dyatkovo Aleksandr Vasin
Standings
Notes: FC Kristall Dyatkovo were promoted from the Amateur Football League. Kristall were excluded from the league after playing 24 games. The opponents were awarded a win in the remaining games. FC Ingushetiya Nazran were awarded 9 home wins. FC Khimik Dankov were promoted from the Amateur Football League. They returned to that level after the season. FC Kolos Bykovo were promoted from the Amateur Football League. They did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1995. FC Ingushetiya Nazran and FC Spartak-Bratskiy Yuzhny played their first professional season. FC Avangard Kamyshin did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1995.
Top goalscorers 23 goals
Yevgeni Kuzka (FC Khimik Dankov)
18 goals
Viktor Kontsevenko (FC Shakhtyor Shakhty)
17 goals
Valeri Klimov (FC Oryol)
16 goals
Konstantin Boyko (FC Istochnik Rostov-on-Don)
14 goals
Yuri Sirota (FC Atommash Volgodonsk)
13 goals
Andrei Anisimov (FC Volgar Astrakhan)
12 goals
Mikhail Sukhorukov (FC Avangard Kursk)
11 goals
Vitali Ivanov (FC Kolos Bykovo)
10 goals
Yuri Aksenov (FC Rotor-d Volgograd) Sergei Dogunkov (FC Volgar Astrakhan) Kamil Ferkhanov (FC Turbostroitel Kaluga) Oleg Popov (FC Avangard Kamyshin) Otari Pruidze (FC Volgar Astrakhan)
Zone 3
Overview Team Head coach FC Spartak-d Moscow Viktor Zernov FC Saturn Ramenskoye Vitali Chugrishin FC Spartak Shchyolkovo Valeri Tretyakov FC Dynamo-d Moscow Nikolai Gontar / Adamas Golodets FC Don Novomoskovsk Leonid Lipovoy FC Mosenergo Moscow Valentin Sysoyev FC Torgmash Lyubertsy Anatoli Leshchenkov FC Avtomobilist Noginsk Eduard Danilov PFC CSKA-d Moscow Aleksandr Kolpovskiy FC Rossiya Moscow Leonid Pribylovskiy FC Torpedo-MKB Mytishchi Vyacheslav Zhuravlyov FC TRASKO Moscow Sergei Rozhkov FC Mashinostroitel Sergiyev Posad Andrei Leksakov FC Kosmos Dolgoprudny Aleksandr Logunov FC Torpedo-d Moscow Sergei Petrenko PFC CSKA-2 Moscow Sergei Berezin FC Rekord Aleksandrov Valentin Baturin FC Dynamo-2 Moscow Yevgeni Baykov FC Titan Reutov Aleksei Belenkov FC Gigant Voskresensk Aleksandr Borisenkov FC Chertanovo Moscow Viktor Razumovskiy FC Lokomotiv-d Moscow Vladimir Korotkov FC Oka Kolomna Yuri Karamyan (until May) FC Asmaral-d Moscow Vladimir Mikhaylov
Standings
Notes:
FC Asmaral-d Moscow were excluded from the league after playing 33 games. The opponents were awarded a win in the remaining games. FC Don Novomoskovsk and FC Dynamo-2 Moscow were awarded 1 home wins each. PFC CSKA-d Moscow, FC Kosmos Dolgoprudny and FC Oka Kolomna were awarded 1 home loss each. FC Spartak-d Moscow were not promoted to the Second League as they were the reserve team of FC Spartak Moscow and reserve teams were not eligible for promotion. FC Avtomobilist Noginsk, FC Rossiya Moscow and FC Mashinostroitel Sergiyev Posad promoted from the Amateur Football League. PFC CSKA-2 Moscow and FC Rekord Aleksandrov did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1995. FC Viktor-Gigant Voskresensk renamed to FC Gigant. FC Gigant did not participate in any national-level competitions in 1995. FC Kosmos-Kvest Dolgoprudny renamed to FC Kosmos. FC SUO Moscow renamed to FC Chertanovo.
Top goalscorers 30 goals
Andrey Movsisyan (FC Spartak-d Moscow)
28 goals
Aleksandr Antonov (FC Spartak Shchyolkovo)
26 goals
Rashid Gallakberov (FC Saturn Ramenskoye)
24 goals
Aleksei Kutsenko (FC Dynamo-d Moscow)
23 goals
Aleksandr Drozdov (FC Torgmash Lyubertsy) Andrey Tikhonov (FC Spartak-d Moscow)
22 goals
Sergei Gavrilin (FC Kosmos Dolgoprudny)
21 goals
Andrei Bulanov (FC Torpedo-MKB Mytishchi) Igor Reutov (FC Avtomobilist Noginsk) Igor Voronin (FC Mosenergo Moscow)
Zone 4
Overview Team Head coach FC Kristall Smolensk Igor Belanovich FC Gatchina Nikolai Gosudarenkov FC Bulat Cherepovets Aleksandr Sokolov FC Mashinostroitel Pskov Yuri Veresov FC Iskra Smolensk Anatoli Olkhovik FC Prometey-Dynamo St. Petersburg Aleksandr Fyodorov FC Volochanin Vyshny Volochyok Igor Bychkov FC Khimik Koryazhma Vladimir Grigoryev FC Baltika-d Kaliningrad Viktor Karman FC Neftyanik Yaroslavl Valentin Volkov FC Spartak Kostroma Vyacheslav Skoropekin FC Kraneks Ivanovo Aleksandr Chanov FC Metallurg Pikalyovo Anatoli Belov FC Vest Kaliningrad Yuri Beletskiy FC Zenit-d St. Petersburg none
Standings
Notes:
FC Vest Kaliningrad were excluded from the league after playing 11 games. All the results of their games were discarded. FC Vest did not play in any national-level competitions in 1995. FC Zenit-d St. Petersburg were excluded from the league after playing 10 games. All the results of their games were discarded. FC Khimik Koryazhma promoted from the Amateur Football League. Khimik did not play in any national-level competitions in 1995. FC Baltika-d Kaliningrad played their first professional season. Baltika-d did not play in any national-level competitions in 1995. FC Neftyanik Yaroslavl and FC Metallurg Pikalyovo promoted from the Amateur Football League.
Top goalscorers 24 goals
Valeri Solyanik (FC Kristall Smolensk)
14 goals
Vladimir Ivanov (FC Gatchina)
11 goals
Sergei Rybakov (FC Gatchina)
10 goals
Pavel Barankov (FC Kristall Smolensk) Aleksei Gudkov (FC Kristall Smolensk) Vladimir Vasilyev (FC Mashinostroitel Pskov)
8 goals
Igor Aksyonov (FC Neftyanik Yaroslavl) Sergei Grabazdin (FC Volochanin Vyshny Volochyok) Maksim Olkhovik (FC Iskra Smolensk) Yuri Sokolov (FC Mashinostroitel Pskov)
Zone 5
Overview
Team Head coach FC SKD Samara Georgi Verbovskiy FC Sokol-d Saratov FC Torpedo Pavlovo Aleksandr Sarafannikov FC Yudzhin Samara Aleksandr Druganin FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk Mikhail Senyurin FC Astrateks Astrakhan Ivan Buzachkin FC Zenit Penza Aleksandr Komissarov FC Kristall Sergach Viktor Pavlyukov FC Progress Zelenodolsk Aleksandr Klobukov FC Tekstilshchik Isheyevka Aleksandr Korolyov FC Salyut Saratov Vladimir Khoroltsev FC Elektron Vyatskiye Polyany Yuri Osin FC Spartak Tambov Vladimir Kovylin FC Metallurg Vyksa Yevgeni Popov FC Neftyanik Pokhvistnevo Revgat Tairov FC Khimik Uvarovo Lev Drozdov FC Volga Balakovo Yevgeni Melnikov
Standings
Notes: FC Astrateks Astrakhan awarded 2 home wins. FC Salyut Saratov awarded 1 home win. FC Sokol-d Saratov was not promoted as it was a reserves team of FC Sokol Saratov and reserve teams were not eligible for promotion. It played their first professional season and did not play in any national-level competitions in 1995. FC Zarya Krotovka moved to Samara and renamed to FC Yudzhin. Yudzhin did not play in any national-level competitions in 1995. FC Kristall Sergach and FC Metallurg Vyksa played their first professional seasons. FC Salyut Saratov and FC Neftyanik Pokhvistnevo promoted from the Amateur Football League. FC Khimik Uvarovo did not play in any national-level competitions in 1995.
Top goalscorers 18 goals
Dmitri Yemelyanov (FC SKD Samara)
15 goals
Zurab Tsiklauri (FC SKD Samara)
14 goals
Dmitri Borisko (FC SKD Samara)
13 goals
Yuri Telyushov (FC Zenit Penza) Vyacheslav Ulitin (FC Zenit Penza)
12 goals
Oleg Sofonov (FC Torpedo Pavlovo) Vadim Zhukovskiy (FC Yudzhin Samara)
11 goals
Vladimir Anisimov (FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk) Oleg Gordeyev (FC Yudzhin Samara) Sergei Khokhlov (FC Salyut Saratov) Valeri Makarov (FC Tekstilshchik Isheyevka)
Zone 6
Overview Team Head coach FC Sibir Kurgan Vladimir Sizontov FC Metiznik Magnitogorsk Aleksandr Kukushkin FC Zenit Izhevsk Valeri Ivanov FC Estel Ufa Anatoli Tyryatkin FC Uralmash-d Yekaterinburg FC Energiya Chaikovsky Sergei Kleymyonov FC Gazovik Orenburg Viktor Dyomkin FC Sodovik Sterlitamak Valeri Stasevich FC Gornyak Kachkanar Viktor Shlyayev FC Trubnik Kamensk-Uralsky Anatoli Lugovykh FC KamAZavtotsentr Naberezhnye Chelny Nikolai Nabok FC Dynamo Perm Viktor Arkhapchev FC KAMAZ-d Naberezhnye Chelny FC Khimik Meleuz Viktor Nuykin
Standings
Notes: FC Sibir Kurgan and FC Gornyak Kachkanar awarded 1 home win each. FC KDS Samrau Ufa renamed to FC Estel. FC Uralmash-d Yekaterinburg played their first professional season. FC Trubnik Kamensk-Uralsky promoted from the Amateur Football League.