The 2009 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 TeamLocationHead CoachVenueCapacityPosition in 2008Official siteAbinsk Kalin StepanyanAbinsk StadiumVladikavkaz Georgi Botsiyev"SOK" im. E. Tedeeva3,000Nazran Umar MarkhiyevTsentralny3,200Astrakhan Sergei PopkovGorodskoy5,000Bataysk Aleksandr VorobyevLokomotiv3,000Volgograd Valeri BurlachenkoOlimpia Stadium3,000Kaspiysk Magomed-Rasul AkhmedovTrud1,500Maykop Soferbi YeshugovDruzhba7,000Sochi Oleg VasilenkoTsentralny10,200Ryzdvyany Sergei PonomaryovFakel1,500Krasnodar Igor ZakharyakYunost1,000Pyatigorsk Yuri SvirkovTsentralny10,365Volgograd Igor MenshchikovTsentralny32,216Rostov-on-Don Igor KhankeyevSKA SKVO27,300Stavropol Boris StukalovDynamo15,982Stavropol Anatoli ShelestDynamo15,982Taganrog Aleksei SeredaTorpedo3,500Armavir Arsen PapikyanYunost5,000Volzhsky Dmitri PetrenkoLoginov Stadium7,500
FC Abinsk were excluded from the league for failing to fulfil two fixtures (on 28 June and 5 July). They have played 14 matches and were in the 18th position with 5 points. Results of Abinsk were discarded.
On 31 July 2009 Oleg Mikheyev, president of FC Rotor Volgograd, announced Rotor's resignation from the league, citing problems with authorities. They have played 18 games and were in the 13th position with 21 points.
Standings
Top scorers Source: [PFL] , Sporbox.ru 23 goals Aleksei Zhdanov (Volgograd) (3 - from penalty kick) 22 goals Stanislav Dubrovin (Zhemchuzhina-Sochi) (4 - from penalty kick) 20 goals Robert Zebelyan (Zhemchuzhina-Sochi) (1 - from penalty kick) 19 goals Sergei Verkashanskiy (Torpedo Armavir) (7 - from penalty kick) 16 goals Azamat Kurachinov (Stavropol) (6 - from penalty kick) 13 goals Mikhail Markosov (SKA / Stavropol) Stanislav Lebedintsev (SKA) (1 - from penalty kick) Mikhail Surshkov (Druzhba) (2 - from penalty kick) 12 goals Ivan Grinyuk (Bataysk-2007) Timirlan Shavanov (Dagdizel) (2 - from penalty kick)
West
Standings
Top scorers Source: [PFL] 17 goals Andrei Opanasyuk (Dynamo Vologda) 16 goals Azamat Gonezhukov (Dynamo St. Petersburg) Vadim Klass (Sever) 15 goals Artyom Lopatkin (Tekstilshchik) Anton Proshin (Spartak Kostroma) Dmitri Vyazmikin (Torpedo Vladimir) 13 goals Yuri Kapusta (Nara-ShBFR) Anton Kryuchkov (Volochanin-Ratmir) Stanislav Murygin (Istra) 12 goals Sergei Lokhanov (Volochanin-Ratmir) Maksim Protserov (Dynamo St. Petersburg) Vladimir Svizhuk (Istra)
Center First games on April 22, last games on October 28.
Standings
Top scorers Source: [PFL] 17 goals Mikhail Tyufyakov (Dynamo Bryansk) 16 goals Sergei Faustov (FC Gubkin) 13 goals Aleksei Gavrilov (Ryazan) 12 goals Kirill Makarov (FSA) 11 goals Igor Borozdin (Avangard Kursk) Andrei Meshchaninov (Zvezda)
Ural-Povolzhye
Standings
Top scorers Source: [PFL] 19 goals Ruslan Mukhametshin (SOYUZ-Gazprom / Mordovia) 14 goals Ivan Luzhnikov (Mordovia / FC Tyumen) Dmitri Sysuyev (Mordovia) 13 goals Marat Shogenov (Gazovik) 12 goals Vitali Burmakov (Volga Ulyanovsk) 11 goals Marat Safin (Volga Ulyanovsk) Dmitri Zarva (FC Tyumen)
East
Standings
Top scorers Source: [PFL] 15 goals Valentin Yegunov (Metallurg-Kuzbass) 14 goals Yevgeni Yaroslavtsev (Metallurg-Kuzbass) 11 goals Anton Bagayev (Irtysh) 10 goals Aleksei Alekseyevtsev (Sakhalin) Stanislav Goncharov (Metallurg) Dmitri Turutin (Sibiryak) 8 goals Aleksei Bazanov (Metallurg) Dmitri Galin (Sibiryak) Maksim Galiullin (Dynamo Barnaul) Aleksei Martynov (Metallurg) Anton Vasilyev (Irtysh)
Awards On November 25, 2009, Professional Football League announced the award winners for the season.
Zone West
Best player: Dmitri Vyazmikin (FC Torpedo Vladimir). Best goalkeeper: Andrei Romanov (FC Spartak Kostroma). Best defender: Emin Agaev (FC Volga Tver). Best midfielder: Aleksei Melyoshin (FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow). Best striker: Andrei Opanasyuk (FC Dynamo Vologda). Best manager: Eduard Malofeyev (FC Dynamo Saint-Petersburg).
Zone Center
Best player: Mikhail Tyufyakov (FC Dynamo Bryansk). Best goalkeeper: Valeri Chizhov (FC Avangard Kursk). Best defender: Maksim Tishchenko (FC Avangard Kursk). Best midfielder: Igor Borozdin (FC Avangard Kursk). Best striker: Mikhail Tyufyakov. Best manager: Valeri Yesipov (FC Avangard Kursk).
Zone South
Best player: Oleg Veretennikov (FC Volgograd). Best goalkeeper: Aleksandr Chikhradze (FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi). Best defender: Konstantin Gordiyuk (FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi). Best midfielder: Oleg Veretennikov. Best striker: Aleksei Zhdanov (FC Volgograd). Best manager: Oleg Vasilenko (FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi).
Zone Ural-Povolzhye
Best player: Ruslan Mukhametshin (FC Mordovia Saransk). Best goalkeeper: Fyodor Dyachenko (FC Mordovia Saransk). Best defender: Aleksei Muldarov (FC Mordovia Saransk). Best midfielder: Marat Shogenov (FC Gazovik Orenburg). Best striker: Ruslan Mukhametshin. Best manager: Fyodor Shcherbachenko (FC Mordovia Saransk).
Zone East
Best player: Valentin Yegunov (FC Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk). Best goalkeeper: Aleksei Krasnokutskiy (FC Irtysh Omsk). Best defender: Sergei Pyatikopov (FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk). Best midfielder: Yevgeni Andreyev (FC Irtysh Omsk). Best striker: Valentin Yegunov. Best manager: Aleksandr Ivchenko (FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk).
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