1996 Russian Second League

The 1996 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).

Top goalscorers

 * 33 goals


 * 🇦🇿 Ibragim Gasanbekov (FC Anzhi Makhachkala)


 * 31 goals


 * Vitali Yermilov (FC Torpedo Taganrog)


 * 29 goals


 * Sergei Lavrentyev (FC MChS-Selyatino Selyatino)


 * 25 goals


 * Igor Lyakhov (FC Metallurg Lipetsk)


 * 23 goals


 * Sergei Polstyanov (FC Metallurg Lipetsk)


 * 17 goals


 * Vladimir Kharin (FC Lokomotiv Liski)


 * 16 goals


 * Aleksandr Zhidkov (FC Metallurg Lipetsk)


 * 15 goals


 * Andrei Bakalets (FC MChS-Selyatino Selyatino)


 * 14 goals


 * Vladimir Ivanov (FC Gatchina)


 * 13 goals


 * Isa Markhiyev (FC Angusht Nazran)

Top goalscorers

 * 34 goals


 * Konstantin Paramonov (FC Amkar Perm)


 * 30 goals


 * Valeri Solyanik (FC CSK VVS-Kristall Smolensk)


 * 27 goals


 * Aleksandr Kuzmichyov (FC Arsenal Tula)


 * 25 goals


 * Aleksei Chernov (FC Lada Dimitrovgrad)


 * 24 goals


 * Andrei Knyazev (FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk)


 * 21 goals


 * Oleg Nechayev (FC Lada Dimitrovgrad)


 * 20 goals


 * Vladimir Pantyushenko (FC Rubin Kazan)


 * 19 goals


 * Oleg Sinelobov (FC Nosta Novotroitsk)


 * 17 goals


 * 🇦🇲 Armen Adamyan (FC CSK VVS-Kristall Smolensk)


 * 16 goals


 * Igor Palachyov (FC Nosta Novotroitsk)
 * Aleksandr Zaikin (FC Lada Dimitrovgrad)

Top goalscorers

 * 22 goals


 * Marat Mulashev (FC Irtysh Omsk)


 * 18 goals


 * Sergei Ageyev (FC Viktoriya Nazarovo)


 * 16 goals


 * Anatoli Kisurin (FC Dynamo Omsk)


 * 14 goals


 * Sergei Rogalevskiy (FC Kuzbass Kemerovo)


 * 13 goals


 * Sergei Shaporenko (FC Irtysh Omsk)


 * 11 goals


 * Aleksandr Bogatyryov (FC Viktoriya Nazarovo)
 * Yevgeni Savin (FC Dynamo Barnaul)


 * 10 goals


 * Maksim Shvetsov (FC SKA Khabarovsk)


 * 9 goals


 * Stanislav Achkasov (FC Kuzbass Kemerovo)
 * Ruslan Akhidzhak (FC Tom Tomsk)
 * Stanislav Chaplygin (FC Metallurg-ZapSib Novokuznetsk)
 * 🇧🇾 Yury Khadaronak (FC Samotlor-XXI Nizhnevartovsk)
 * Sergei Kondratskiy (FC Irtysh Omsk)
 * Konstantin Orlov (FC Metallurg-ZapSib Novokuznetsk)
 * Vitali Razdrogin (FC Irtysh Omsk)
 * Viktor Sebelev (FC Tom Tomsk)
 * Taras Shulga (FC SKA Khabarovsk)