The 1994 Russian Second League was the third edition of Russian Second Division. There were 4 zones with 62 teams starting the competition in total (5 of them were excluded before the end of the season).
Zone West Overview
Team Head coach FC Fakel Voronezh Sergei Savchenkov FC Kolos Krasnodar Aleksandr Ploshnik (until September)Fyodor Novikov (from October) PFC Spartak Nalchik Yuri Naurzokov FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo Vladimir Belkov FC Spartak Anapa Aleksandr Averyanov (until May)Akop Kalandzhan (from June) FC Kuban Krasnodar Leonid Nazarenko FC Metallurg Lipetsk Boris Streltsov FC Lokomotiv St. Petersburg Lev Burchalkin (until October) FC Torpedo Taganrog Vladimir Novik (until May)Anatoly Bulgakov (from May) FC Anzhi Makhachkala Akhmed Aleskerov (until June)Rafael Safarov (from June) FC Vympel Rybinsk Vladimir Bubnov FC Kavkazkabel Prokhladny Sergei Ponomaryov FC Salyut Belgorod Aleksandr Kryukov (until July)Anatoli Bogdanov (from July) FC Trion-Volga Tver Andrei Sergeyev FC Dynamo Vologda Vadim Ivanov (until May)Vladimir Pavlenko (from May) FC Avangard-Kortek Kolomna Mark Tunis FC Iriston Vladikavkaz Aleksandr Katsiyev FC Venets Gulkevichi Anatoli Lyz FC Orekhovo Orekhovo-Zuyevo Vladimir Yermichev (until May)Yuri Karamyan (from May) FC Dynamo Makhachkala Kamach Kabayev FC Terek Grozny Anatoli Mikheyev FC Erzi Petrozavodsk Vladimir Pronin (until May)Anatoli Zinchenko (May to July)
Standings
Top goalscorers 29 goals
Aslan Goplachev (PFC Spartak Nalchik) Igor Tikhonov (FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo)
24 goals
Konstantin Kovalenko (FC Kolos Krasnodar)
22 goals
Aleksandr Khalzov (FC Metallurg Lipetsk) Eduard Kugotov (PFC Spartak Nalchik)
19 goals
Aleksandr Zernov (FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo)
17 goals
Vladimir Zinich (FC Fakel Voronezh)
16 goals
Ihar Fralow (FC Kolos Krasnodar) Aleksei Gerasimenko (FC Kuban Krasnodar)
15 goals
Yuri Vostrukhin (FC Torpedo Taganrog)
Zone Center
Overview
Team Head coach FC Torpedo Volzhsky Oleg Dudarin FC Torpedo Arzamas Vladimir Dergach FC Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk Aleksandr Salnov FC Torpedo Ryazan Sergei Nedosekin FC Metallurg Novotroitsk Oleg Alemastsev FC Lada Dimitrovgrad Vladimir Yurin FC Zvezda Gorodishche Sergei Mukovnin FC Uralets Nizhny Tagil Igor Kuznetsov FC Arsenal Tula Aleksei Petrushin FC Torpedo Miass Viktor Lukashenko FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk Viktor Sokolovskiy FC Svetotekhnika Saransk Vladimir Solovyov FC Devon Oktyabrsky Viktor Khaydarov FC Vyatka Kirov Aleksandr Sokovnin FC Rubin Kazan Murat Zadikashvili FC Obninsk Boris Sinitsyn FC Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola Vladimir Petrov FC Irgiz Balakovo Vladimir Proskurin
Standings
Top goalscorers 20 goals
Oleg Umurzakov (FC Torpedo Volzhsky)
16 goals
Aleksei Chernov (FC Zvezda Gorodishche) Eduard Novozhilov (FC Torpedo Arzamas)
15 goals
Sergei Budarin (FC Metallurg Novotroitsk)
14 goals
Mikhail Belov (FC Torpedo Volzhsky)
13 goals
Igor Syrov (FC Devon Oktyabrsky)
12 goals
Robert Gay (FC Torpedo Miass) Andrei Knyazev (FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
11 goals
Sergei Ilyushin (FC Torpedo Volzhsky)
10 goals
Andrei Ivanov (FC Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk) Anatoli Kanishchev (FC Torpedo Arzamas) Igor Safonov (FC Metallurg Novotroitsk)
Zone Siberia
Overview
Team Head coach FC Chkalovets Novosibirsk Leonid Shevchenko FC Tom Tomsk Vladimir Pomeshchikov FC Kuzbass Kemerovo Sergei Bologov FC Dynamo Barnaul Stanislav Kaminskiy FC Irtysh Tobolsk Rudolf Atamalyan FC Torpedo Rubtsovsk Vladimir Vorzhev FC Metallurg Novokuznetsk Valeri Suldin FC Dynamo Omsk Anatoli Chikinskiy FC Motor Prokopyevsk Vitali Golopolosov FC Samotlor-XXI Nizhnevartovsk Yuri Kurnenin FC Shakhtyor Kiselyovsk Anatoli Kuznetsov FC Politekhnik-92 Barnaul Aleksandr Zakhryapin FC Agan Raduzhny Aleksandr Umrikhin
Standings
Top goalscorers 18 goals
Ruslan Akhidzhak (FC Tom Tomsk) Anatoli Kisurin (FC Dynamo Omsk)
13 goals
Sergei Chernov (FC Metallurg Novokuznetsk)
12 goals
Oleg Nikulin (FC Chkalovets Novosibirsk)
11 goals
Yevgeni Zarva (FC Irtysh Tobolsk)
9 goals
Yevgeni Shipovskiy (FC Torpedo Rubtsovsk) Vladimir Tregub (FC Torpedo Rubtsovsk)
8 goals
Andrei Bazankov (FC Kuzbass Kemerovo) Sergei Galkin (FC Chkalovets Novosibirsk)
7 goals
Yevgeni Kultayev (FC Shakhtyor Kiselyovsk) Vladimir Makeyev (FC Chkalovets Novosibirsk) Viktor Sebelev (FC Tom Tomsk)
Zone East
Overview
Team Head coach FC Dynamo Yakutsk Anatoli Samkov FC Angara Angarsk Oleg Izmaylov FC Sakhalin Kholmsk Valeri Yerkovich FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk Aleksandr Kishinyovskiy FC Amur Blagoveshchensk Rudolf Mkrtychev FC SKA Khabarovsk Vladimir Bychek FC Kristall Neryungri Viktor Kurlyuk FC Avtomobilist Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Vyacheslav Mordasov FC Amur Komsomolsk-na-Amure Oleg Manzhukov
Standings
Top goalscorers 34 goals
Vladislav Kadyrov (FC Sakhalin Kholmsk)
21 goals
Vadim Belokhonov (FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk)
20 goals
Andrei Korovin (FC SKA Khabarovsk)
19 goals
Yuri Kuznetsov (FC Angara Angarsk)
13 goals
Denis Laktionov (FC Sakhalin Kholmsk)
11 goals
Vitali Fedenko (FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk) Aleksandr Kharasakhal (FC Dynamo Yakutsk) Igor Khimushkin (FC Dynamo Yakutsk) Viktor Rybakov (FC Sakhalin Kholmsk)
10 goals
Mikhail Semyonov (FC SKA Khabarovsk)
Promotion playoffs Winners of zones Siberia and East played a home-and-away series for promotion to the 1995 Russian First League.
FC Chkalovets Novosibirsk lost to FC Dynamo Yakutsk in Yakutsk 1:2, won 2:0 in Novosibirsk and were promoted on goal difference.
See also 1994 Russian Top League 1994 Russian First League 1994 Russian Third League