The 3d Division is divided into 3 regional zones.
Teams promoted to the First League : Spartak (Nalchik), Kuban' (Krasnodar), Gazovik-Gazprom (Izhevsk), Saturn (Ramenskoye) and Metallurg (Krasnoyarsk).
Standings GP WN D LS GOALS PT 1. Spartak Nal'chik 42 30 6 6 127-49 96 2. Kuban' Krasnodar 42 27 6 9 107-61 87 --------------------------------------------------------- 3. Torpedo Taganrog 42 26 7 9 78-36 85 4. Gekris Anapa 42 25 7 10 71-37 82 5. Lokomotiv St.Peterburg 42 24 5 13 74-44 77 6. CSK VVS-Kristall Smolensk 42 23 8 11 58-35 77 7. Anzhi Makhachkala 42 24 4 14 77-43 76 8. Avtozapchast' Baksan 42 23 5 14 66-60 74 9. Metallurg Lipetsk 42 20 7 15 59-44 67 10. Spartak Schyolkovo 42 20 6 16 65-51 66 11. Energiya Pyatigorsk 42 17 9 16 45-40 60 12. Iriston Vladikavkaz 42 18 2 22 62-78 56 13. Avtodor-BMK Vladikavkaz 42 17 4 21 64-66 55 14. Kavkazkabel' Prokhladny 42 16 4 22 62-73 52 15. Gatchina 42 15 5 22 49-58 50 16. Dinamo Vologda 42 12 8 22 43-65 44 17. SKA Rostov-na-Donu 42 12 8 22 42-81 44 18. Avangard-Kortek Kolomna 42 11 9 22 55-67 42 --------------------------------------------------------- 19. Salyut Belgorod 42 11 6 25 51-98 39 20. Trion-Volga Tver' 42 10 4 28 36-73 34 21. Venets Gul'kevichi 42 9 6 27 33-107 33 22. Orekhovo Orekhovo-Zuyevo 42 7 4 31 28-83 25
Spartak (Nalchik) and Kuban' (Krasnodar) promoted to the First League. Salyut (Belgorod), Trion-Volga (Tver'), Venets (Gul'kevichi) and Orekhovo (Orekhovo-Zuyevo) relegated to the Third League.Top scorer: 28 - Alexey Gerasimenko (Kuban)
Round 35 Spartak Nch - Iriston 4:0 (Goplachyov-2, Idigov, Veselov) Torpedo - Gekris 1:1 (Popov-pen. - Luzyakin) Metallurg - Kuban 0:3 (Gomleshko, Gerasimenko, Zhidkov) Kavkazkabel - Anzhi 2:1 (Serkin, Balayev - Gasanbekov) Avtozapchast - Dinamo 2:0 (Shanin, Benedsky-pen.) CSK VVS Crystal - Avangard-Kortek 2:1 (Shevchenko, Filippenkov - Rozhnov-pen.) Trion-Volga - Spartak Sh 0:1 (Simachyov) Salut - Energy 1:2 (Domrachyov - Makukhin, Solovyov-pen.) Avtodor-BMK - FC Orekhovo 2:1 (Bestayev-pen., Takhokhov - Bulanov) SKA - Venets 1:1 (Sedov - Kamentsov)
Round 36 Metallurg - Energy 3:0 (Korkin, Kuzko, Pervushin) Salut - Kuban 1:4 (Lomakin - Velikodny-3, Gerasimenko) Torpedo - Venets 3:0 (Popov-3(pen-1)) SKA - Gekris 0:3 (Zakirov-2, Tsarayev) Spartak Nch - Anzhi 3:0 (Goplachyov, Isayev-pen, Gubzhev) Kavkazkabel - Iriston 3:2 (Serkin, Perminov, Kuznetsov-pen - Afanasyev, Gazanov) Avtozapchast - FC Orekhovo 2:0 (Zhurtov-2) Avtodor-BMK - Dinamo 3:1 (Khugayev, Ivanov, Jioyev - Kovalyov) CSK VVS Crystal - Spartak Sh 3:1 (Adomyan-pen, Solyanik, Reva - Chunikhin) Trion-Volga - Avangard-Kortek 2:0 (Golovnya, Borisov) FC Gatchina - Lokomotiv 0:1 (V.Kilasonia)
Standings GP WN DR LS GOALS PT 1. Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk 40 29 7 4 89-30 94 2. Saturn Ramenskoye 40 29 6 5 81-21 93 --------------------------------------------------------- 3. Lada Dimitrovgrad 40 27 6 7 87-34 87 4. Nosta Novotroyitsk 40 24 10 6 68-32 82 5. Tekstil'schik Ivanovo 40 23 4 13 73-49 73 6. Arsenal Tula 40 19 10 11 61-43 67 7. Volgar'-Gazprom Astrakhan' 40 19 7 14 48-41 64 8. Svetotekhnika Saransk 40 18 8 14 43-48 62 9. Spartak Ryazan' 40 14 11 15 40-39 53 10. Zvezda Gorodische 40 14 9 17 63-63 51 11. Industriya Obninsk 40 15 3 22 48-64 48 12. UralAZ Miass 40 13 9 18 43-49 48 13. Metallurg Magnitogorsk 40 14 5 21 52-66 47 14. Sibir' Kurgan 40 12 9 19 41-59 45 15. SKD Samara 40 13 5 22 44-63 44 16. Uralets Nizhny Tagil 40 11 10 19 47-56 43 17. Rubin Kazan' 40 12 6 22 32-56 42 --------------------------------------------------------- 18. Torpedo Pavlovo 40 12 5 23 36-69 41 19. Zenit Izhevsk 40 10 6 24 36-76 36 20. Torpedo Vladimir 40 10 5 25 42-80 35 21. Zvezda Perm' 40 8 7 25 41-77 31 * Devon Oktyabrsky was taken off the championship for the regulations violation Gazovik-Gazprom (Izhevsk) and Saturn (Ramenskoye) promoted to the First League. Torpedo (Pavlovo), Zenit (Izhevsk), Torpedo (Vladimir) and Zvezda (Perm') relegated to the Third League.
Top scorer : 29 - Zaikin (Lada)
Round 35 Gazovik-Gazprom - Zenith 0:1 (Vorobyov) Saturn - Volgar-Gazprom 6:0 (Gallakberov-2, Kiryanov, Kulishenko, Abramov, Zubchuk) Rubin - Textilshchik 2:1 (Tyufyakov, Tatarkin - Tuvin) Lada - Metallurg 4:0 (Bobrov, Zaikin, Chesnakas, Polovnikov) UralAZ - Svetotekhnika 0:0 Arsenal - Uralets 0:0 Spartak - Zvezda G 1:1 (Popov - Nedorostkov) Industry - Zvezda P 6:1 (Pimenov-3, Cherevchenko-2, Volovodenko - Teleshov) Sibir' - SKD 2:0 (Nezgovorov, Matochkin) Torpedo P - Torpedo V 3:1 (Safonov-2, Mordvinov - Kone)
Round 36 UralAZ - SKD 1:0 (Sevidov) Siberia - Svetotekhnika 1:1 (Nezgovorov - Savochkin) Rubin - Torpedo V 1:0 (Tatarkin) Torpedo P - Textilshchik 4:1 (Safonov, Samoylov, Kuvayev, Smorodin - Tuvin) Industry - Uralets 2:0 (Talabanov, Seryogin) Arsenal - Zvezda P 1:0 (Kushchik-pen) Spartak - Volgar-Gazprom 1:1 (Aksyonov - Ivanov) Lada - Nosta 4:1 (Zaikin-3, Gladkov - Lyukshin) Saturn - Zvezda G ppd (October 13)
Standings GP WN D LS GOALS PT 1. Metallurg Krasnoyarsk 34 23 4 7 64-27 73 ------------------------------------------------------------ 2. Dinamo Barnaul 34 21 7 6 55-27 70 3. Kuzbass Kemerovo 34 21 3 10 56-27 66 4. Metallurg-ZAPSIB Novokuznetsk 34 21 3 10 77-37 66 5. Amur Blagoveschensk 34 19 4 11 66-35 61 6. Irtysh Tobol'sk 34 18 2 14 53-49 56 7. Sakhalin Kholmsk 34 16 6 12 51-53 54 8. Tom' Tomsk 34 15 8 11 54-25 53 9. Selenga Ulan-Ude 34 16 3 15 42-46 51 10. Motor Prokop'yevsk 34 14 9 11 34-40 51 11. Dinamo Omsk 34 15 5 14 48-39 50 12. Dinamo Yakutsk 34 13 6 15 47-59 45 13. Viktoriya Nazarovo 34 13 5 16 54-40 44 14. SKA Khabarovsk 34 11 5 18 36-46 38 15. Torpedo Rubtsovsk 34 10 6 18 48-57 36 16. Angara Angarsk 34 8 6 20 37-81 30 17. Samotlor XXI Nizhnevartovsk 34 4 4 26 12-81 16 18. Mezhdurechensk 34 3 4 27 20-85 13
Metallurg (Krasnoyarsk) promoted to the First League.Top scorer : 23 - Chaplygin (Metallurg Nvk)
Round 27 Dinamo Om - Metallurg Kr 1:2 (Sokolov - Simonov, Belakhonov) Irtysh - Selenga 3:0 (Toropov, Zarva, Maglakelidze) Motor - Metallurg Nvk 1:3 (Orlov - Chaplygin-3) FC Mezhdurechensk - Kuzbass 0:2 (Baskakov, Kuzmin) Amur - SKA 2:0 (Tsyplyayev, Yermakov) Dinamo Yak - Sakhalin 0:1 (Loktionov) Tom - Victoria 0:0 Samotlor XXI - Angara 1:1 (Tugolukov - Averchenko)
Round 28 Tom - Metallurg Kr 1:0 (Akhijak-pen.) Torpedo - Dinamo Bar 2:1 (Serdtsev, Glukhovtsev - Koloda) Irtysh - Angara 4:0 (Dryomin, Toropov, Sadofyev, Zarva-pen.) FC Mezhdurechensk - Metallurg Nvk 0:2 (Seroshtan-pen., Makarov) Motor - Kuzbass 0:1 (Makeyev) Amur - Sakhalin 5:2 (Korovin-2(pen-2), Yermakov, Semerenko, Udod - Laktionov, Puzanov) Dinamo Om - Victoria 1:0 (Sokolov) Dinamo Yak - SKA 3:0 (Koshko-3) Samotlor XXI - Selenga 1:2 (Shulga - Garmashov, Ivanov)