The 1996 Russian Second League was the fifth edition of Russian Second Division. There were 3 zones with 60 teams starting the competition (2 were excluded before the end of the season).
Zone West
Overview
Team Head coach FC Metallurg Lipetsk Valeri Tretyakov FC Anzhi Makhachkala Eduard Malofeyev FC Torpedo Taganrog Anatoly Bulgakov FC Avtozapchast Baksan Sergei Tashuev FC MChS-Selyatino Selyatino Leonid Nazarenko FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz Ruslan Sakiyev FC Angusht Nazran Timur Kuriyev FC Lokomotiv Liski Vladimir Ponomaryov FC SKA Rostov-on-Don Aleksandr Tumasyan FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan Vladimir Yerofeyev FC Volgodonsk Valeri Zubakov FC Kavkazkabel Prokhladny Sergei Ponomaryov FC Gatchina Nikolai Gosudarenkov FC Energiya Pyatigorsk Sergei Razaryonov FC Avangard Kursk Aleksandr Galkin FC Torpedo Armavir Arkadi Afanasyev FC Dynamo Vologda Aleksandr Samygin FC Olimp Kislovodsk Yuri Kotov FC Turbostroitel Kaluga Mikhail Balabuyev FC Dynamo St. Petersburg Aleksandr Fyodorov FC Kolos Krasnodar Vladimir Inyutin FC Iriston Vladikavkaz Aleksandr Katsiyev
Standings
Top goalscorers
33 goals
Ibragim Gasanbekov (FC Anzhi Makhachkala)
31 goals
Vitali Yermilov (FC Torpedo Taganrog)
29 goals
Sergei Lavrentyev (FC MChS-Selyatino Selyatino)
25 goals
Igor Lyakhov (FC Metallurg Lipetsk)
23 goals
Sergei Polstyanov (FC Metallurg Lipetsk)
17 goals
Vladimir Kharin (FC Lokomotiv Liski)
16 goals
Aleksandr Zhidkov (FC Metallurg Lipetsk)
15 goals
Andrei Bakalets (FC MChS-Selyatino Selyatino)
14 goals
Vladimir Ivanov (FC Gatchina)
13 goals
Isa Markhiyev (FC Angusht Nazran)
Zone Centre
Overview
Team Head coach FC Lada Dimitrovgrad Vladimir Yevsyukov FC CSK VVS-Kristall Smolensk Lev Platonov FC Amkar Perm Sergei Oborin FC Arsenal Tula Gennadi Kostylev (until September) FC Spartak Ryazan Sergei Nedosekin FC Rubin Kazan Igor Volchok FC Don Novomoskovsk Leonid Lipovoy FC Nosta Novotroitsk Valeri Shaveyko FC UralAZ Miass Valeri Znarok FC Svetotekhnika Saransk Aleksandr Korolyov FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo Vladimir Belkov FC Torpedo Pavlovo Vyacheslav Melnikov FC Sibir Kurgan Vladimir Petrov FC Energiya Chaikovsky Sergei Kleymyonov FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk Igor Kasyuk FC Spartak Shchyolkovo Sergei Suslin FC Zavodchanin Saratov Anatoli Smal FC Kosmos Dolgoprudny Aleksandr Logunov FC Zenit Izhevsk Leonid Garyayev FC Zenit Penza Aleksandr Komissarov FC Asmaral Moscow Vladimir Mikhaylov FC Industriya Borovsk Yuri Karamyan
Standings
Top goalscorers
34 goals
Konstantin Paramonov (FC Amkar Perm)
30 goals
Valeri Solyanik (FC CSK VVS-Kristall Smolensk)
27 goals
Aleksandr Kuzmichyov (FC Arsenal Tula)
25 goals
Aleksei Chernov (FC Lada Dimitrovgrad)
24 goals
Andrei Knyazev (FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
21 goals
Oleg Nechayev (FC Lada Dimitrovgrad)
20 goals
Vladimir Pantyushenko (FC Rubin Kazan)
19 goals
Oleg Sinelobov (FC Nosta Novotroitsk)
17 goals
Armen Adamyan (FC CSK VVS-Kristall Smolensk)
16 goals
Igor Palachyov (FC Nosta Novotroitsk) Aleksandr Zaikin (FC Lada Dimitrovgrad)
Zone East
Overview
Team Head coach FC Irtysh Omsk Aleksandr Ivchenko FC Tom Tomsk Vladimir Yurin FC Viktoriya Nazarovo Mikhail Putintsev FC Metallurg-ZapSib Novokuznetsk Vladislav Sosnov FC SKA Khabarovsk Vladimir Susin FC Kuzbass Kemerovo Viktor Shel FC Irtysh Tobolsk Rudolf Atamalyan FC Samotlor-XXI Nizhnevartovsk Aleksandr Shudrik FC Dynamo Omsk Vyacheslav Martynov FC Dynamo Barnaul Aleksandr Gostenin FC Amur Blagoveshchensk Ivan Nikolayev FC Selenga Ulan-Ude Valeri Mikhnov FC Angara Angarsk Ivan Korzhenko FC Motor Prokopyevsk Vitali Golopolosov FC Torpedo Rubtsovsk Vladimir Vorzhev FC Mezhdurechensk Viktor Kolmogorov
Standings
Top goalscorers
22 goals
Marat Mulashev (FC Irtysh Omsk)
18 goals
Sergei Ageyev (FC Viktoriya Nazarovo)
16 goals
Anatoli Kisurin (FC Dynamo Omsk)
14 goals
Sergei Rogalevskiy (FC Kuzbass Kemerovo)
13 goals
Sergei Shaporenko (FC Irtysh Omsk)
11 goals
Aleksandr Bogatyryov (FC Viktoriya Nazarovo) Yevgeni Savin (FC Dynamo Barnaul)
10 goals
Maksim Shvetsov (FC SKA Khabarovsk)
9 goals
Stanislav Achkasov (FC Kuzbass Kemerovo) Ruslan Akhidzhak (FC Tom Tomsk) Stanislav Chaplygin (FC Metallurg-ZapSib Novokuznetsk) Yury Khadaronak (FC Samotlor-XXI Nizhnevartovsk) Sergei Kondratskiy (FC Irtysh Omsk) Konstantin Orlov (FC Metallurg-ZapSib Novokuznetsk) Vitali Razdrogin (FC Irtysh Omsk) Viktor Sebelev (FC Tom Tomsk) Taras Shulga (FC SKA Khabarovsk)
See also 1996 Russian Top League 1996 Russian First League 1996 Russian Third League