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. The Second Division is geographically divided into 5 zones. The winners of each zone are automatically promoted into the First Division. The bottom finishers of each zone lose professional status and are relegated into the Amateur Football League.

South

FC Abinsk were excluded from the league for failing to fulfil two fixtures (on 28 June and 5 July). They have played 14 matches and were in the 18th position with 5 points. Results of Abinsk were discarded. On 31 July 2009 Oleg Mikheyev, president of FC Rotor Volgograd, announced Rotor's resignation from the league, citing problems with authorities. They have played 18 games and were in the 13th position with 21 points.

Standings

Top scorers

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West

Standings

Top scorers

''Source: FL'' ;17 goals * Andrei Opanasyuk (''

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('' Dynamo St. Petersburg'') * Vadim Klass ('' Sever'') ;15 goals *

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('' Tekstilshchik'') * Anton Proshin ('' Spartak Kostroma'') *

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Torpedo Vladimir Football Club Torpedo Vladimir () is a Russian football club from Vladimir, founded in 1959. In 2011, they played in the Russian First Division after winning their zone of the Russian Second Division in 2010. The club has been called Trud (1959 ...

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Center

First games on April 22, last games on October 28.

Standings

Top scorers

''Source: FL'' ;17 goals * Mikhail Tyufyakov ('' Dynamo Bryansk'') ;16 goals * Sergei Faustov ('' FC Gubkin'') ;13 goals * Aleksei Gavrilov (''

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'') ;12 goals * Kirill Makarov ('' FSA'') ;11 goals * Igor Borozdin ('' Avangard Kursk'') * Andrei Meshchaninov ('' Zvezda'')

Ural-Povolzhye

Standings

Top scorers

''Source: FL'' ;19 goals * Ruslan Mukhametshin ('' SOYUZ-Gazprom /

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East

Standings

Top scorers

''Source: FL'' ;15 goals *

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('' Metallurg-Kuzbass'') ;14 goals * Yevgeni Yaroslavtsev ('' Metallurg-Kuzbass'') ;11 goals * Anton Bagayev (''

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('' Metallurg'') * Dmitri Turutin ('' Sibiryak'') ;8 goals *

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('' Sibiryak'') * Maksim Galiullin ('' Dynamo Barnaul'') *

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Awards

On November 25, 2009, Professional Football League announced the award winners for the season. Zone West * Best player:

(FC Torpedo Vladimir). * Best goalkeeper: Andrei Romanov (FC Spartak Kostroma). * Best defender: Emin Agaev (FC Volga Tver). * Best midfielder: Aleksei Melyoshin (FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow). * Best striker: Andrei Opanasyuk (FC Dynamo Vologda). * Best manager:

Eduard Malofeyev Eduard Vasilyevich Malofeyev ( rus, Эдуа́рд Васи́льевич Малофе́ев, p=məlɐˈfʲeɪf, ; born 2 June 1942) is a Soviet and Belarusian football coach and former international player of Russian origin. Despite being born ...

(FC Dynamo Saint-Petersburg). Zone Center * Best player: Mikhail Tyufyakov (FC Dynamo Bryansk). * Best goalkeeper:

Valeri Chizhov Valeri Nikolayevich Chizhov (; born 14 April 1975) is a Russian football coach and a former goalkeeper. He works as a goalkeeping coach with FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk in Belarus. Honours * Russian Premier League winner: 1992, 1994. * Top 33 player ...

(FC Avangard Kursk). * Best defender: Maksim Tishchenko (FC Avangard Kursk). * Best midfielder: Igor Borozdin (FC Avangard Kursk). * Best striker: Mikhail Tyufyakov. * Best manager: Valeri Yesipov (FC Avangard Kursk). Zone South * Best player: Oleg Veretennikov (FC Volgograd). * Best goalkeeper: Aleksandr Chikhradze (FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi). * Best defender:

Konstantin Gordiyuk Konstantin Aleksandrovich Gordiyuk (; born 11 March 1978) is a former Russian professional association football, footballer. Club career He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk. Honours * Russia ...

(FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi). * Best midfielder: Oleg Veretennikov. * Best striker: Aleksei Zhdanov (FC Volgograd). * Best manager: Oleg Vasilenko (FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi). Zone Ural-Povolzhye * Best player: Ruslan Mukhametshin (FC Mordovia Saransk). * Best goalkeeper: Fyodor Dyachenko (FC Mordovia Saransk). * Best defender: Aleksei Muldarov (FC Mordovia Saransk). * Best midfielder: Marat Shogenov (FC Gazovik Orenburg). * Best striker: Ruslan Mukhametshin. * Best manager:

Fyodor Shcherbachenko Fyodor Anatolyevich Shcherbachenko (; born 13 August 1962) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player and referee. He is an assistant coach with Ural Yekaterinburg. Career Playing As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet S ...

(FC Mordovia Saransk). Zone East * Best player:

(FC Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk). * Best goalkeeper: Aleksei Krasnokutskiy (FC Irtysh Omsk). * Best defender: Sergei Pyatikopov (FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk). * Best midfielder: Yevgeni Andreyev (FC Irtysh Omsk). * Best striker: Valentin Yegunov. * Best manager: Aleksandr Ivchenko (FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk).

References

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