1995 Russian Third League

Zone 1

Overview

Standings

Notes:

1. FC Spartak-d Vladikavkaz were excluded from the league after playing 21 games and gaining 19 points. Their opponents were awarded a win in the remaining games. They played their first professional season. Spartak-d did not play in any national-level competitions in 1996.
2. FC Spartak Alagir were excluded from the league after playing 17 games and gaining 16 points. Their opponents were awarded a win in the remaining games. Spartak did not play in any national-level competitions in 1996.
3. FC Zhemchuzhina-d Sochi was excluded from the league after playing 13 games and gaining 18 points. All their results were discarded. They played their first professional season.
4. FC Kolos-d Krasnodar was excluded from the league after playing 11 games and gaining 13 points. All their results were discarded. They were renamed from FC Kolos-2 Krasnodar. Kolos-d did not play in any national-level competitions in 1996.
5. FC Anzhi-2 Makhachkala was not promoted as reserve teams were not eligible for promotion.
6. FC Ingushetiya Nazran moved to Malgobek and was renamed to FC Angusht.
7. FC Argo Kaspiysk moved to Makhachkala and was renamed to FC Anzhi-2.
8. FC Spartak-2 Nartkala and FC Druzhba-d Maykop played their first professional season.
9. FC Derbent did not play professionally in 1994.

Top goalscorers

;21 goals

• Isa Markhiyev (FC Angusht Malgobek)

;20 goals

• Alisher Gippot (FC Olimp Kislovodsk)

;18 goals

• Budun Budunov (FC Anzhi-2 Makhachkala)

;15 goals

• Yuri Takliyev (FC Iriston Mozdok)

;14 goals

• Oleg Kamyshov (FC Olimp Kislovodsk)
• Kyamran Nurakhmedov (FC Dynamo Makhachkala)

;13 goals

• Ruslan Musayev (FC Angusht Malgobek)

;12 goals

• Yaroslav Kazberov (FC Angusht Malgobek)
• Azerbaijan Narvik Sirkhayev (FC Dynamo Makhachkala)

;11 goals

• Andranik Babayan (FC Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody)

Zone 2

Overview

Standings

Notes:

1. FC Kuban Slavyansk-na-Kubani awarded 1 home win.
2. FC Spartak-Bratskiy Yuzhny awarded 1 home loss.
3. FC Lokomotiv Liski, FC APK Morozovsk and FC Ritm Alekseyevka promoted from the Amateur Football League.
4. FC Atommash Volgodonsk renamed to FC Volgodonsk.
5. FC Luch Tula and FC Dynamo Mykhaylovka played their first professional season.
6. FC Lokomotiv Yelets promoted from the Amateur Football League, where they played in 1994 as FC Torpedo Yelets.
7. FC Ritm Alekseyevka did not play in any national-level competitions in 1996.

Top goalscorers

;21 goals

• Vagif Shirinov (FC Kuban Slavyansk-na-Kubani)

;20 goals

• Vladimir Kharin (FC Lokomotiv Liski)

;18 goals

• German Telesh (FC Luch Tula)

;15 goals

• Aleksandr Glazkov (FC Oryol)

;14 goals

• Konstantin Boyko (FC Istochnik Rostov-on-Don)
• Aleksandr Korneyev (FC Dynamo Mikhaylovka)

;12 goals

• Vladimir Grishchenko (FC Niva Slavyansk-na-Kubani)
• Nikolai Kolchugin (FC Rotor-d Volgograd)

;11 goals

• Valentin Shashkov (FC Shakhtyor Shakhty)
• Yuri Sirota (FC Volgodonsk)

Zone 3

Overview

Standings

Notes:

1. FC Asmaral-d Moscow was excluded from the league after playing 23 games and gaining 4 points. Their opponents were awarded a win in the remaining games. Asmaral-d did not play in any national-level competitions in 1996.
2. PFC CSKA-d Moscow and FC Torpedo-d Moscow awarded 1 home loss each.
3. FC Spartak-d Moscow was not promoted as reserves teams were not eligible for promotion.
4. FC Tekhinvest-M Moskovskiy moved to Selyatino and renamed to FC Moskovskiy-Selyatino.
5. FC Torpedo-MKB Mytishchi renamed to FC Torpedo. Torpedo did not play in any national-level competitions in 1996.
6. FC Fabus Bronnitsy played their first professional season.
7. FC Rossiya Moscow renamed to FC Monolit.
8. FC Krasnogvardeyets Moscow promoted from the Amateur Football League.
9. FC Smena Moscow promoted from the Amateur Football League, where they played in 1994 as FC Smena-Ronika Moscow.

Top goalscorers

;35 goals

• Aleksei Kutsenko (FC Dynamo-d Moscow)

;32 goals

• Aleksei Snigiryov (FC Moskovskiy-Selyatino Selyatino)

;27 goals

• Aleksandr Shirko (FC Spartak-d Moscow)

;21 goals

• Yuri Moiseyev (FC Don Novomoskovsk)

;20 goals

• Armenia Andrey Movsisyan (FC Spartak-d Moscow)

;19 goals

• Dmitri Chesnokov (FC Titan Reutov)

;18 goals

• Anatoli Sigachyov (FC Don Novomoskovsk)

;17 goals

• Andrei Afanasyev (FC Mosenergo Moscow)
• Konstantin Golovskoy (FC Spartak-d Moscow)
• Aleksei Kryuchkov (FC Titan Reutov)
• Andrei Meshchaninov (FC Kosmos Dolgoprudny)

Zone 4

Overview

Standings

Notes:

1. FC Prometey-Dynamo St. Petersburg renamed to FC Dynamo.
2. FC Vympel Rybinsk did not play in any national-level competitions in 1996.

Top goalscorers

;11 goals

• Kamil Ferkhanov (FC Turbostroitel Kaluga)

;9 goals

• Sergei Grabazdin (FC Volochanin Vyshny Volochyok)
• Aleksandr Gusev (FC Metallurg Pikalyovo)
• Vadim Kovalyov (FC Kristall Dyatkovo)

;8 goals

• Valeri Alistarov (FC Turbostroitel Kaluga)
• Aleksei Volkhonskiy (FC Spartak Kostroma)

;7 goals

• Nikolai Churakov (FC Dynamo St. Petersburg)
• Sergei Subratov (FC Dynamo Bryansk)
• Mikhail Zinikov (FC Dynamo St. Petersburg)

;6 goals

• Igor Aksyonov (FC Neftyanik Yaroslavl)
• Aleksei Chikin (FC Spartak Kostroma)
• Aleksandr Gultyayev (FC Mashinostroitel Pskov)
• Sergei Kubryakov (FC Mashinostroitel Pskov)
• Valeri Lenivkov (FC Vympel Rybinsk)

Zone 5

Overview

Standings

Notes:

1. FC Lada-d Togliatti was excluded from the league after playing 25 games. Opponents were awarded wins in the remaining games. That was their first professional season and they did not play in any national-level competitions in 1996.
2. FC Zavodchanin Saratov played their first professional season.
3. FC Planeta Bugulma promoted from the Amateur Football League.
4. FC Tekstilshchik Isheyevka moved to Ulyanovsk and renamed FC Volga.

Top goalscorers

;25 goals

• Vadim Tyurin (FC Zavodchanin Saratov)

;20 goals

• Vladimir Anisimov (FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk)

;14 goals

• Vladimir Mishin (FC Volga Ulyanovsk)

;11 goals

• Viktor Zorkin (FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk)

;10 goals

• Sergei Glazunov (FC Salyut Saratov)

;9 goals

• Uzbekistan Ruslan Adzhiyev (FC Lada-d Togliatti)
• Eduard Bazarov (FC Volga Balakovo)
• Anatoli Lychagov (FC Kristall Sergach)
• Sergei Panov (FC Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola)
• Yuri Telyushov (FC Zenit Penza)
• Aleksei Tilman (FC Astrateks Astrakhan)
• Aleksei Tokarev (FC Zavodchanin Saratov)
• Oleg Zykov (FC Zavodchanin Saratov)

Zone 6

Overview

Standings

Notes:

1. FC Sodovik Sterlitamak awarded 1 home win.
2. FC Dynamo Perm and FC KamAZ-Chally-d Naberezhnye Chelny awarded 1 home loss.
3. FC Amkar Perm and FC Dynamo-Gazovik-d Tyumen played their first professional season.
4. FC Gornyak Kachkanar renamed to FC Gornyak-Vanadiy.
5. FC Gornyak Kushva promoted from the Amateur Football League.
6. FC Estel Ufa renamed to FC Agidel. Agidel did not play in any national-level competitions in 1996.
7. FC KAMAZ-d Naberezhnye Chelny renamed to FC KAMAZ-Chally-d Naberezhnye Chelny.

Top goalscorers

;12 goals

• Aleksandr Feofanov (FC Sodovik Sterlitamak)
• Vladimir Titov (FC Trubnik Kamensk-Uralsky)

;11 goals

• Aleksei Kolotov (FC Elektron Vyatskiye Polyany)

;10 goals

• Vyacheslav Ivanov (FC Agidel Ufa)
• Denis Malyavkin (FC Metiznik Magnitogorsk)
• Andrei Shabanov (FC Uralmash-d Yekaterinburg)
• Arslon Talipov (FC Amkar Perm)

;9 goals

• Aleksandr Chernykh (FC Gornyak-Vanadiy Kachkanar)

;8 goals

• Sergei Chebanov (FC Amkar Perm)
• Sergei Cherkasov (FC Metiznik Magnitogorsk)
• Nazar Polishchuk (FC Energiya Chaikovsky)
• Igor Shmidt (FC Gornyak-Vanadiy Kachkanar)
• Sergei Sidorov (FC Sodovik Sterlitamak)
• Robert Zinnyatulov (FC Sodovik Sterlitamak)
• Konstantin Zyryanov (FC Amkar Perm)