The 1999 Russian Second Division was the eighth edition of the Russian Second Division. There were 6 zones with 108 teams starting the competition (1 was excluded before the end of the season).
Zone West
Overview Team Head coach FC Avtomobilist Noginsk Igor Volchok FC Spartak Shchyolkovo Vladimir Yulygin FC Saturn-d Ramenskoye Viktor Nozdrin FC Sportakademklub Moscow Sergei Abramov FC Zenit-2 St. Petersburg Lev Burchalkin FC Mosenergo Moscow Valentin Sysoyev FC Volochanin Vyshny Volochyok Viktor Demidov FC Dynamo-2 Moscow Viktor Zernov/Leonid Ablizin FC Spartak-2 Moscow Nikolay Kiselyov FC Dynamo Vologda Leon Yagubyants FC Neftyanik Yaroslavl Valentin Volkov FC Oazis Yartsevo Vladimir Grigoryev (until July)Leonid Arkhipov (from July) FC Dynamo-SPb St. Petersburg Boris Rappoport FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow Andrei Syomin PFC CSKA-2 Moscow FC Energiya Velikiye Luki Vladimir Kosogov FC Torpedo-2 Moscow Sergei Petrenko FC Spartak Kostroma Aleksandr Bogdanov (until June)Aleksei Yarovoy (June to August)Yu. Mukhortov (from September) FC Volga Tver Vladimir Seleznyov FC Spartak-Peresvet Bryansk Vyacheslav Perfilyev
Standings
Top goalscorers 22 goals Anatoli Balaluyev (FC Avtomobilist Noginsk)
20 goals Aleksandr Rogulin (FC Oazis Yartsevo)
19 goals Andrey Movsisyan (FC Sportakademklub Moscow) Andrei Shershen (FC Mosenergo Moscow)
15 goals Igor Tikhonov (FC Avtomobilist Noginsk)
14 goals Dmitri Batynkov (FC Avtomobilist Noginsk) Sergei Domrachyov (FC Volochanin-89 Vyshny Volochyok)
13 goals Dmitri Akimov (FC Zenit-2 St. Petersburg)
12 goals Maksim Grevtsev (FC Spartak Shchyolkovo) Sergei Kondratyev (FC Avtomobilist Noginsk) Dmitri Podshivalov (FC Dynamo-2 Moscow)
Zone Centre
Overview Team Head coach FC Spartak-Chukotka Moscow Anatoli Shelest FC Kolomna Vadim Yastrebkov (until June), Fyodor Novikov (from June) FC Kosmos Elektrostal Aleksandr Logunov FC Oryol Vitali Koberskiy FC Dynamo Bryansk Igor Belonovich FC Khimki Ravil Sabitov (until August), Vadim Kots (caretaker, August), Ravil Sabitov (from September) FC Spartak Tambov Vladimir Kovylin FC Lokomotiv Liski Vladimir Ponomaryov (until August), Anatoli Vlasov (from August) FC Fabus Bronnitsy Aleksandr Antonov FC Spartak Ryazan Sergey Mushtruyev FC Spartak-Telekom Shuya Aleksandr Saitov FC Lokomotiv Kaluga Aleksandr Sakharov FC Don Novomoskovsk Igor Solovyov FC Spartak Lukhovitsy Sergei Malygin FC Avangard Kursk Aleksandr Galkin FC Arsenal-2 Tula Vyacheslav Ledovskikh FC Titan Zheleznodorozhny Dmitri Khazin (until July), Nikolai Pushkaryov (from July) FC Torpedo Vladimir Yuri Pyanov FC Salyut-YuKOS Belgorod Konstantin Afanasyev (until May), Vladimir Bulgakov (May to July), Vasili Golikov (from July)
Standings
Top goalscorers 26 goals Aleksandr Katasonov (FC Spartak-Chukotka Moscow) Vladimir Kharin (FC Lokomotiv Liski)
23 goals Sergei Lutovinov (FC Spartak-Chukotka Moscow)
21 goals Maksim Olkhovik (FC Spartak Lukhovitsy)
20 goals Sergei Pervushin (FC Spartak Tambov)
18 goals Andrei Boldin (FC Kolomna) Ruslan Nezamendinov (FC Kosmos Elektrostal)
15 goals Yevgeni Losev (FC Lokomotiv Kaluga)
14 goals Yevgeni Kuzka (FC Spartak Ryazan)
13 goals Andrei Meshchaninov (FC Kosmos Elektrostal)
Zone South
Overview Team Head coach FC Kuban Krasnodar Soferbi Yeshugov FC SKA Rostov-on-Don Aleksandr Tumasyan FC Kavkazkabel Prokhladny Sergei Razaryonov FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz Yuri Gazzaev FC Druzhba Maykop Adam Natkho FC Angusht Nazran Timur Kuriyev (until July)Umar Markhiyev (from August) FC Vityaz Krymsk Kalin Stepanyan FC Lokomotiv-Taym Mineralnye Vody Aleksandr Ikayev (until April)Yuri Dukhovnov (April to August)Aleksandr Babayan (from August) FC Rostselmash-2 Rostov-on-Don FC Dynamo Makhachkala Magomed Isayev FC Mozdok Vladimir Arkalov FC Slavyansk Slavyansk-na-Kubani Vladimir Sinyagovsky FC Shakhtyor Shakhty Valeri Dzolov FC Zhemchuzhina-2 Sochi Anatoli Lyz FC Venets Gulkevichi Vasili Sidorenko FC Nart Nartkala Vladimir Kurashinov FC Iriston Vladikavkaz Ruslan Merdenov FC Torpedo Taganrog Anatoli Shabanov FC Beshtau Lermontov Sergei Shestakov, Viktor Vashchenko FC Torpedo Georgiyevsk Aleksandr Ivanchenko
Standings
Top goalscorers 34 goals Isa Markhiyev (FC Angusht Nazran)
20 goals Stanislav Lebedintsev (FC SKA Rostov-on-Don) Andrey Perederiy (FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz)
19 goals Ruslan Kunikhov (FC Druzhba Maykop)
18 goals Iuri Gabiskiria (FC Kuban Krasnodar) Sergey Maslov (FC Rostselmash-2 Rostov-on-Don)
14 goals Soslan Torchinov (FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz)
13 goals Vitali Makarenko (FC Kavkazkabel Prokhladny) Aleksei Surinov (FC Zhemchuzhina-2 Sochi)
12 goals Ladin Apshev (FC Kavkazkabel Prokhladny) Spartak Gogniyev (FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz) Viktor Korban (FC SKA Rostov-on-Don)
Zone Povolzhye
Overview Team Head coach FC Lada Togliatti Aleksandr Garmashov FC Torpedo Pavlovo Aleksandr Sarafannikov FC Volga Ulyanovsk Sergei Sedyshev FC Energetik Uren Viktor Pavlyukov FC Iskra Engels Dmitri Lobov FC Diana Volzhsk Valeri Bogdanov FC Metallurg Vyksa Yevgeni Popov FC Biokhimik-Mordovia Saransk Igor Shinkarenko FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk Valeri Volodin FC Energiya Ulyanovsk Yevgeni Yepifanov, Andrei Flaat FC Balakovo Gennadi Drozdov, Aleksandr Koreshkov, Vladimir Bibikov FC Svetotekhnika Saransk Aleksei Bessonov (until July)Valeri Guba (from July) FC Torpedo Volzhsky Aleksandr Khomutetskiy, Oleg Dudarin, Anatoli Kurbatov FC Salyut Saratov Vladimir Khoroltsev FC Rotor-2 Volgograd Yuri Marushkin FC Dynamo-Mashinostroitel Kirov Vasili Esaulov FC Zenit Penza FC Torpedo Arzamas Aleksandr Platonychev, Yuri Kamardin FC Spartak-Telekom Shuya Aleksandr Saitov FC Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola Radik Gadeyev FC Progress Zelenodolsk Aleksandr Klobukov FC Rotor Kamyshin Vladimir Bubnov
Standings
Top goalscorers 27 goals Aleksei Vereshchak (FC Lada Togliatti)
25 goals Igor Mordvinov (FC Torpedo Pavlovo)
18 goals Dmitri Timofeyev (FC Diana Volzhsk)
17 goals Dmitri Golubev (FC Metallurg Vyksa) Vladimir Pronin (FC Volga Ulyanovsk)
14 goals Maksim Bondarenko (FC Rotor-2 Volgograd) Vitali Ivanov (FC Balakovo) Sergei Ulanov (FC Torpedo Arzamas)
13 goals Rustyam Fakhrutdinov (FC Lada Togliatti) Aleksandr Fedoseyev (FC Zenit Penza) Sergei Panov (FC Balakovo)
Zone Ural
Overview Team Head coach FC Nosta Novotroitsk Leonid Shevchenko (until July)Boris Lavrov (from July) FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Ivan Butaliy FC Zenit Chelyabinsk Oleg Kudelin FC Sodovik Sterlitamak Sergei Maksimov FC UralAZ Miass Pyotr Nagayev FC Metallurg-Metiznik Magnitogorsk Aleksandr Kukushkin FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg Nikolai Agafonov FC Uralets Nizhny Tagil Lev Kutashov FC Dynamo Perm Andrei Boglayevskiy FC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny Valeri Chetverik FC Gazovik Orenburg Aleksandr Korolyov FC Dynamo Izhevsk Stanislav Korotayev, Nikolai Vyutnov FC Energiya Chaikovsky Sergei Kleymyonov FC Irtysh Tobolsk Vitali Alkhazov, Vladimir Sizontov FC Kurgan FC Neftyanik Pokhvistnevo Georgi Verbovskiy
Standings
Top goalscorers 19 goals Mikhail Tyufyakov (FC Dynamo Perm)
15 goals Vladimir Filippov (FC Nosta Novotroitsk) Vladimir Raykov (FC Zenit Chelyabinsk)
14 goals Vitali Kakunin (FC UralAZ Miass)
12 goals Stanislav Filonov (FC Metallurg-Metiznik Magnitogorsk) Arnold Slabodich (FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk)
11 goals Sergei Budylin (FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) Konstantin Nizovtsev (FC Dynamo Perm) Albert Tsarayev (FC KamAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny) Ruslan Uzakov (FC Nosta Novotroitsk)
Zone East
Overview Team Head coach FC Metallurg Novokuznetsk Vladislav Sosnov FC SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk Oleh Smolyaninov FC Amur-Energiya Blagoveshchensk Vyacheslav Kurtsayev FC Sibiryak Bratsk Valeri Tolchev FC Chkalovets Novosibirsk Sergei Iromashvili FC Kuzbass Kemerovo Sergei Vasyutin FC Luch Vladivostok Andrei Fedyakin FC Zvezda Irkutsk Sergei Muratov, Anatoly Bulgakov, Gennadi Vyazovtsev FC Dynamo Barnaul Viktor Volynkin, Vladimir Vorzhev FC Irtysh Omsk Artyom Amirdzhanov FC Reformatsiya Abakan Aleksandr Kishinevsky FC Okean Nakhodka Pavel Palatin (until July)Vladimir Susin (from July) FC Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky FC Dynamo Omsk Vyacheslav Martynov FC Selenga Ulan-Ude Valeri Mikhnov FC Samotlor-XXI Nizhnevartovsk Vladimir Kovbiy, Vyacheslav Mogilny, Aleksandr Kucherenko, Sergei Goncharov
Standings
Top goalscorers 23 goals Stanislav Chaplygin (FC Metallurg Novokuznetsk)
17 goals Oleg Lidrik (FC Chkalovets Novosibirsk)
13 goals Yuri Shpiryuk (FC Chkalovets Novosibirsk)
12 goals Rezo Dzhikiya (FC Zvezda Irkutsk) Andrei Ponomaryov (FC Sibiryak Bratsk) Sergei Rogalevsky (FC Kuzbass Kemerovo)
11 goals Andrei Korovin (FC Amur-Energiya Blagoveshchensk) Roman Melnik (FC Luch Vladivostok) Vladislav Yarkin (FC Dynamo Barnaul / FC Metallurg Novokuznetsk)
10 goals Aleksei Poddubskiy (FC SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk) Ihor Yefremov (FC Amur-Energiya Blagoveshchensk) Dmitri Zlobin (FC Chkalovets Novosibirsk)
Promotion play-offs
Nosta won 4–3 on aggregate and was promoted to the 2000 Russian First Division.
Spartak-Chukotka won 5–2 on aggregate and was promoted to the 2000 Russian First Division.
Lada Togliatti won 3–2 on aggregate and was promoted to the 2000 Russian First Division.
See also 1999 Russian Top Division 1999 Russian First Division
External links Russian Second Division 1999 at Footballfacts