| Season | 1996 |
|---|---|
←1995 1997 → | |
The1996 Russian Second League was the fifth edition of Russian Second Division. There were 3 zones with 60 teams starting the competition (2 were excluded before the end of the season).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Metallurg Lipetsk(A) | 38 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 105 | 23 | +82 | 93 | Promotion to1997 Russian First League |
| 2 | Anzhi Makhachkala(A) | 38 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 99 | 36 | +63 | 87[a] | |
| 3 | Torpedo Taganrog | 38 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 96 | 33 | +63 | 81 | |
| 4 | Avtozapchast Baksan | 38 | 22 | 4 | 12 | 64 | 41 | +23 | 70 | |
| 5 | MChS-Selyatino Selyatino[b] | 38 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 76 | 49 | +27 | 68 | |
| 6 | Avtodor Vladikavkaz[c] | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 66 | 48 | +18 | 68 | |
| 7 | Angusht Nazran[d] | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 62 | |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Liski | 38 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 53 | 57 | −4 | 57 | |
| 9 | SKA Rostov-on-Don | 38 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 49 | 67 | −18 | 56 | |
| 10 | Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 50 | 62 | −12 | 52 | |
| 11 | Volgodonsk(R) | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 44 | 62 | −18 | 48 | Relegation toThird League |
| 12 | Kavkazkabel Prokhladny | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 46 | |
| 13 | Gatchina | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 46 | |
| 14 | Energiya Pyatigorsk | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 40 | 54 | −14 | 44 | |
| 15 | Avangard Kursk | 38 | 13 | 4 | 21 | 50 | 78 | −28 | 43 | |
| 16 | Armavir | 38 | 11 | 3 | 24 | 40 | 75 | −35 | 36 | |
| 17 | Dynamo Vologda | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 39 | 62 | −23 | 36 | |
| 18 | Olimp Kislovodsk(R) | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 38 | 60 | −22 | 32[e] | Relegation toThird League |
| 19 | Turbostroitel Kaluga[f](R) | 38 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 67 | −42 | 21 | |
| 20 | Dynamo St. Petersburg | 38 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 26 | 81 | −55 | 19 | |
| – | Iriston Vladikavkaz | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | — | 0[g] | |
| – | Kolos Krasnodar | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | — | 0[h] |
Ibragim Gasanbekov (FC Anzhi Makhachkala)| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lada Dimitrovgrad(A) | 42 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 90 | 28 | +62 | 98 | Promotion to1997 Russian First League |
| 2 | CSK VVS-Kristall Smolensk(A) | 42 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 96 | 36 | +60 | 96 | |
| 3 | Amkar Perm | 42 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 86 | 31 | +55 | 93 | |
| 4 | Arsenal Tula | 42 | 29 | 5 | 8 | 79 | 36 | +43 | 92 | |
| 5 | Spartak Ryazan | 42 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 67 | 24 | +43 | 90 | |
| 6 | Rubin Kazan | 42 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 66 | 34 | +32 | 79 | |
| 7 | Don Novomoskovsk | 42 | 24 | 6 | 12 | 60 | 31 | +29 | 78 | |
| 8 | Nosta Novotroitsk | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 84 | 46 | +38 | 76 | |
| 9 | UralAZ Miass | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 60 | 56 | +4 | 67 | |
| 10 | Svetotekhnika Saransk | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 53 | 49 | +4 | 60 | |
| 11 | Tekstilshchik Ivanovo | 42 | 18 | 3 | 21 | 65 | 60 | +5 | 57 | |
| 12 | Torpedo Pavlovo | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 51[a] | |
| 13 | Sibir Kurgan | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 34 | 55 | −21 | 46 | |
| 14 | Energiya Chaikovsky | 42 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 54 | 68 | −14 | 44 | |
| 15 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 42 | 13 | 3 | 26 | 59 | 103 | −44 | 42 | |
| 16 | Spartak Shchyolkovo | 42 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 39 | 60 | −21 | 42 | |
| 17 | Zavodchanin Saratov[b](R) | 42 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 43 | 54 | −11 | 42 | Relegation toThird League |
| 18 | Kosmos Dolgoprudny(R) | 42 | 11 | 4 | 27 | 39 | 83 | −44 | 37 | |
| 19 | Zenit Izhevsk | 42 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 37 | 79 | −42 | 35 | |
| 20 | Zenit Penza(R) | 42 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 31 | 58 | −27 | 34 | Relegation toThird League |
| 21 | Asmaral Moscow(R) | 42 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 33 | 92 | −59 | 28[c] | |
| 22 | Industriya Borovsk(R) | 42 | 7 | 1 | 34 | 27 | 106 | −79 | 22 |
Armen Adamyan (FC CSK VVS-Kristall Smolensk)| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irtysh Omsk(A) | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 59 | 17 | +42 | 69 | Promotion to1997 Russian First League |
| 2 | Tom Tomsk | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 48 | 24 | +24 | 63 | |
| 3 | Viktoriya Nazarovo | 30 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 54 | 37 | +17 | 56 | |
| 4 | Metallurg-ZapSib Novokuznetsk | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 56 | 34 | +22 | 56 | |
| 5 | SKA Khabarovsk | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 48 | 30 | +18 | 54 | |
| 6 | Kuzbass Kemerovo | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 51 | 24 | +27 | 48 | |
| 7 | Irtysh Tobolsk | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 46 | |
| 8 | Samotlor-XXI Nizhnevartovsk | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 45 | |
| 9 | Dynamo Omsk | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 42 | |
| 10 | Dynamo Barnaul | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 24 | +12 | 42 | |
| 11 | Amur Blagoveshchensk | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 42 | |
| 12 | Selenga Ulan-Ude | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 46 | −17 | 41 | |
| 13 | Angara Angarsk | 30 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 29 | 71 | −42 | 21 | |
| 14 | Motor Prokopyevsk(R) | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 51 | −27 | 20 | Relegation toAmateur Football League |
| 15 | Torpedo Rubtsovsk | 30 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 24 | 52 | −28 | 18 | |
| 16 | Mezhdurechensk | 30 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 69 | −48 | 18 |
Yury Khadaronak (FC Samotlor-XXI Nizhnevartovsk)