2012–13 Russian Second Division

Russian Second Division
Season	2012–13
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 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.

West

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Khimik Dzerzhinsk (P)	26	15	7	4	37	18	+19	52	Promotion to Russian National Football League
2	Pskov-747 Pskov	26	14	7	5	41	23	+18	49^[a]
3	Tekstilshchik Ivanovo	26	14	7	5	34	20	+14	49^[a]
4	Dolgoprudny	26	13	6	7	31	28	+3	45
5	Volga Tver	26	12	5	9	31	22	+9	41
6	Dnepr Smolensk	26	11	8	7	33	28	+5	41
7	Lokomotiv-2 Moscow	26	11	7	8	36	26	+10	40^[b]
8	Spartak Kostroma	26	11	7	8	24	20	+4	40^[b]
9	Sever Murmansk	26	10	7	9	34	31	+3	37
10	Karelia Petrozavodsk	26	8	5	13	19	33	−14	29
11	Vologda	26	7	3	16	25	37	−12	24
12	Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo	26	4	7	15	14	36	−22	19^[c]
13	Rus Saint Petersburg	26	4	7	15	24	45	−21	19^[c]
14	Piter Saint Petersburg (R)	26	3	7	16	20	36	−16	16	Relegation to Amateur Football League

Source: rfspro.ru
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b PSK 3–1 TEK; TEK 2–1 PSK
^ ^a ^b LOK 2–0 SPA; SPA 0–1 LOK
^ ^a ^b ZNA 3–2 RUS; RUS 0–0 ZNA

Top scorers

Source: rfspro.ru (in Russian)

11 goals

Aleksei Zhdanov (Khimik)

10 goals

Konstantin Podkorytov (Tekstilshchik)
Mukhammad Sultonov (Lokomotiv-2)

8 goals

Anton Shishayev (Pskov-747)
Artyom Sivayev (Dnepr)
Aleksandr Yevstafyev (Rus)

Center

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Arsenal Tula (P)	30	22	7	1	74	20	+54	73	Promotion to Russian National Football League
2	Fakel Voronezh	30	20	4	6	55	33	+22	64
3	Sokol Saratov	30	15	9	6	44	17	+27	54
4	Metallurg Lipetsk	30	14	7	9	46	40	+6	49
5	Kaluga	30	14	5	11	52	33	+19	47
6	Zenit Penza	30	13	7	10	35	26	+9	46
7	Podolye Podolsky district	30	12	8	10	50	40	+10	44
8	Vityaz Podolsk	30	12	7	11	41	42	−1	43
9	Avangard Kursk	30	11	8	11	42	40	+2	41^[a]
10	Lokomotiv Liski	30	11	8	11	35	46	−11	41^[a]
11	Zvezda Ryazan	30	10	9	11	47	36	+11	39
12	Gubkin (R)	30	10	7	13	34	40	−6	37	Excluded from professional football^[b]
13	Metallurg Vyksa	30	8	7	15	26	48	−22	31
14	Metallurg-Oskol Stary Oskol	30	7	5	18	28	61	−33	26
15	Spartak Tambov (R)	30	6	3	21	28	77	−49	21	Relegation to Amateur Football League
16	Oryol	30	2	5	23	18	56	−38	11

Source: rfspro.ru
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b LOK 1–1 AVA; AVA 0–0 LOK
^ FC Gubkin excluded from professional football for financial reasons.

Top scorers

Source: rfspro.ru (in Russian)

16 goals

Aleksandr Kutyin (Arsenal)

13 goals

Rinat Timokhin (Arsenal)

12 goals

Aleksei Antonnikov (Zenit)
Aleksei Averyanov (Podolye)

11 goals

10 goals

Karen Sargsyan (Sokol / Kaluga)
Dmitri Sokolov (Sokol)

South

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Angusht Nazran (P)	32	21	6	5	45	19	+26	69	Promotion to Russian National Football League
2	Chernomorets Novorossiysk	32	20	9	3	53	17	+36	69
3	Armavir	32	19	6	7	51	25	+26	63
4	Astrakhan	32	17	11	4	62	31	+31	62
5	Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk	32	15	8	9	37	20	+17	53
6	Taganrog	32	15	6	11	50	34	+16	51
7	Alania-d Vladikavkaz	32	14	7	11	50	37	+13	49
8	Dagdizel Kaspiysk	32	13	9	10	35	27	+8	48
9	MITOS Novocherkassk	32	13	6	13	47	47	0	45
10	Biolog-Novokubansk Progress	32	12	9	11	41	38	+3	45
11	Energiya Volzhsky	32	13	5	14	36	42	−6	44
12	Slavyansky Slavyansk-na-Kubani	32	9	12	11	42	44	−2	39
13	Druzhba Maykop	32	9	8	15	33	48	−15	35
14	Kavkaztransgaz-2005 Ryzdvyany	32	6	10	16	34	50	−16	28
15	Olimpia Volgograd	32	6	6	20	25	55	−30	24
16	Volgar-Astrakhan Astrakhan	32	6	5	21	29	60	−31	23
17	SKA Rostov-on-Don (R)	32	1	3	28	6	82	−76	6	Relegation to Amateur Football League

Source: rfspro.ru
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

Source: rfspro.ru (in Russian)

16 goals

Yuri Pugachyov (Astrakhan)

15 goals

Magomed Guguyev (Angusht)
Sergei Verkashanskiy (Torpedo)

12 goals

Vyacheslav Bokov (MITOS)
Anatoly Shevchenko (Torpedo / Chernomorets)

11 goals

Sergei Sechin (Astrakhan)

10 goals

Sergei Sinyayev (Astrakhan)

Ural-Povolzhye

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Gazovik Orenburg (P)	28	21	6	1	54	15	+39	69	Promotion to Russian National Football League
2	Tyumen	28	20	6	2	56	15	+41	66
3	Volga Ulyanovsk	28	15	7	6	37	17	+20	52
4	Chelyabinsk	28	14	8	6	42	23	+19	50
5	Lada-Togliatti Togliatti	28	13	9	6	39	28	+11	48
6	Zenit-Izhevsk	28	14	5	9	47	37	+10	47
7	Syzran-2003	28	11	9	8	34	21	+13	42
8	Rubin-2 Kazan	28	9	8	11	29	35	−6	35
9	Gornyak Uchaly	28	8	7	13	22	40	−18	31
10	KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny	28	8	6	14	23	29	−6	30
11	Dynamo Kirov	28	6	12	10	16	19	−3	30
12	Nosta Novotroitsk	28	5	8	15	21	38	−17	23
13	Oktan Perm	28	6	4	18	21	47	−26	22
14	Akademiya Togliatti	28	5	5	18	16	57	−41	20
15	Spartak Yoshkar-Ola (R)	28	2	6	20	26	62	−36	12	Relegation to Amateur Football League

Source: rfspro.ru
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

Source: rfspro.ru (in Russian)

14 goals

Dmitri Zarva (Chelyabinsk)

10 goals

Sergei Dzodziyev (Lada-Togliatti)

9 goals

Maksim Barsov (Volga)
Vasili Panev (Zenit-Izhevsk)

8 goals

Ruslan Galiakberov (Rubin-2)
Sergei Serdyukov (Gazovik)

7 goals

East

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Luch-Energiya Vladivostok (P)	30	18	8	4	48	27	+21	62	Promotion to Russian National Football League
2	Chita	30	17	10	3	45	22	+23	61
3	Amur-2010 Blagoveshchensk	30	15	10	5	50	21	+29	55
4	Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	30	15	9	6	42	26	+16	54
5	Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure	30	14	8	8	41	29	+12	50
6	Dynamo Barnaul	30	9	10	11	41	44	−3	37
7	Yakutiya Yakutsk	30	9	8	13	37	46	−9	35
8	Baikal Irkutsk	30	8	4	18	36	61	−25	28
9	Irtysh Omsk	30	5	9	16	37	62	−25	24
10	Sibiryak Bratsk	30	5	8	17	27	50	−23	23
11	Sibir-2 Novosibirsk (R)	30	5	6	19	33	49	−16	21	Relegation to Amateur Football League

Source: rfspro.ru
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

Source: rfspro.ru (in Russian)

14 goals

Andrei Polyanskiy (Dynamo)
Aleksandr Tikhonovetsky (Luch-Energiya)

12 goals

Anton Bagayev (Irtysh)
Yevgeni Dudikov (Baikal)

11 goals

Pavel Garannikov (Chita)

9 goals

Stanislav Goncharov (Smena)

8 goals

Aleksei Buznyakov (Amur-2010)
Marat Sagirov (Luch-Energiya)

References

External links

Official site (in Russian)

[table_hth_PSK0.69035951545944-1] PSK 3–1 TEK; TEK 2–1 PSK

[table_hth_L2M0.69035951545944-2] LOK 2–0 SPA; SPA 0–1 LOK

[table_hth_ZTO0.69035951545944-3] ZNA 3–2 RUS; RUS 0–0 ZNA

[table_hth_LLI0.41115876492632-4] LOK 1–1 AVA; AVA 0–0 LOK

[table_note_res_EXC0.41115876492632-5] FC Gubkin excluded from professional football for financial reasons.

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