2011–12 Russian Football National League

The 2011–12 Russian National Football League the 20th season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 4 April.

Russian National Football League

Season	2011–12
Champions	Mordovia Saransk
Promoted	Alania Vladikavkaz
Matches played	495
Goals scored	1,134 (2.29 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ruslan Mukhametshin 31 goals (Mordovia Saransk)
Biggest home win	5-0 Shinnik Yaroslavl v Dynamo Bryansk (010/11/2012)
Biggest away win	0-6 FK Khimki v Mordovia Saransk (04/06/2011)
Highest scoring	4-4 SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk v Mordovia Saransk 2-6 Torpedo Moskva v Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast
Longest unbeaten run	Alania Vladikavkaz 12 games (4 May 2011 to 27 June 2011 inclusive)
← 2010 2012–13 →

Overview

FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi officially withdrew from the competition on 7 August 2011 due to lack of financing.^[1] Because they played more than half of their games, all their remaining opponents will be awarded a 3–0 victory.

Alania

Baltika

Volgar

NN

Dynamo B

Zhemchuzhina

KAMAZ

Khimki

Luch-Energiya

Mordovia

Sibir

Shinnik

SKA-Energiya

Ural

Location of the teams participating in the 2011–12 season

Team	Location	Head Coach	Team Captain	Venue	Capacity	2010	Kit Maker
Alania	Vladikavkaz	Vladimir Gazzayev	Georgy Gabulov	Republican Spartak	32,464	PL 15th	Umbro
Baltika	Kaliningrad	Yevgeni Perevertailo	Yegor Kryshtafovich	Baltika	14,664	15th	Nike
Chernomorets	Novorossiysk	Igor Cherniy	Konstantin Belkov	Trud	12,500	D2 "South" 1st	Adidas
Dynamo Bryansk	Bryansk	Valeriy Petrakov	Aleksandr Fomichyov	Dynamo	10,100	14th	Umbro
Fakel	Voronezh	Konstantin Sarsania	Aleksandr Cherkes	Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz (Voronezh)	31,793	D2 "Center" 4th	Adidas
Gazovik	Orenburg	Konstantin Galkin	Sergei Dymov	Gazovik	4,950	D2 "Ural-Povolzhye" 1st	Nike
KAMAZ	Naberezhnye Chelny	Robert Yevdokimov	—	KAMAZ	9,221	4th	Adidas
Khimki	Khimki	Oleg Dolmatov	Sergei Miroshnichenko	Novye Khimki	5,083	13th	Nike
Luch-Energiya	Vladivostok	Sergei Pavlov	Aleksandr Tikhonovetsky	Dynamo	10,185	12th	Puma
Mordovia	Saransk	Fyodor Shcherbachenko	Aleksei Muldarov	Start	7,400	6th	Adidas
Nizhny Novgorod	Nizhny Novgorod	Vladimir Kazakov	Dmitri Kudryashov	Severny	3,180	3rd	Adidas
Sibir	Novosibirsk	Dmitri Radyukin	Veliče Šumulikoski	Spartak	12,500	PL 16th	Erreà
Shinnik	Yaroslavl	Yuri Gazzaev	Roman Voydel	Shinnik	22,990	10th	Puma
SKA-Energiya	Khabarovsk	Aleksandr Grigoryan	Vyacheslav Zapoyaska	Lenin Stadium	15,200	11th	Erreà
Torpedo	Moscow	Igor Chugainov	Andrei Konovalov	Eduard Streltsov	13,400	D2 "Center" 1st	Umbro
Torpedo	Vladimir	Yevgeni Durnev	Ivan Karatygin	Torpedo	26,000	D2 "West" 1st	Adidas
Ural	Yekaterinburg	Yuri Matveyev	Sergei Rashevsky	Uralmash	13,000	7th	Adidas
Volgar-Gazprom	Astrakhan	Khazret Dyshekov	Maksim Volkov	Central	18,500	9th	Adidas
Yenisey	Krasnoyarsk	Aleksandr Alfyorov	Sergei Pyatikopov	Central	22,500	D2 "East" 1st	Adidas
Zhemchuzhina	Sochi	Stanislav Cherchesov	Maksim Demenko	Central	10,280	8th	Adidas

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing	Manner	Date	Table	Incoming	Date	Table
Luch-Energiya	Francisco Arcos	Sacked	6 May 2011	19th	Sergei Pavlov	7 May 2011[2]	19th
Volgar-Gazprom	Lev Ivanov	Sacked	7 May 2011	17th	Aleksandr Krotov	7 May 2011[3]	19th
Sibir	Igor Kriushenko	Resigned	9 May 2011	10th	Dmitri Radyukin	9 May 2011[4]	10th
Dynamo	Aleksandr Smirnov	Sacked	20 May 2011	18th	Oleg Garin (caretaker)	20 May 2011[5]	19th
Dynamo	Oleg Garin (caretaker)	Caretaking spell over	26 May 2011	18th	Valeriy Petrakov	26 May 2011[6]	18th
Ural	Dmitriy Ogai	Sacked	30 May 2011	10th	Yuri Matveyev (caretaker)	26 May 2011[7]	10th
Shinnik	Aleksandr Pobegalov	Sacked	6 June 2011	11th	Galimdzhan Khayrulin (caretaker)	6 June 2011[8]	11th
Shinnik	Galimdzhan Khayrulin (caretaker)	Caretaking spell over	21 June 2011	11th	Yuri Gazzaev	21 June 2011[9]	11th
Baltika	Sergey Frantsev	Resigned	28 June 2011	18th	Aleksandr Gorbachyov (caretaker)	28 June 2011[10]	18th
Khimki	Aleksandr Grigoryan	Resigned	4 July 2011	15th	Oleg Dolmatov	5 July 2011	15th
Baltika	Aleksandr Gorbachyov (caretaker)	Caretaking spell over	20 July 2011	18th	Yevgeni Perevertailo	20 July 2011	18th
Chernomorets	Khazret Dyshekov	Resigned	4 September 2011	14th	Igor Cherniy	4 September 2011	14th
Volgar-Gazprom	Aleksandr Krotov	Sacked	7 September 2011	18th	Khazret Dyshekov	7 September 2011	18th
SKA-Energiya	Igor Protasov	Sacked	11 October 2011	11th	Aleksandr Grigoryan	11 October 2011	11th

First phase

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Alania Vladikavkaz	38	21	10	7	50	24	+26	73[a]	Qualification for Championship group
2	Mordovia Saransk	38	21	10	7	64	44	+20	73[a]
3	Shinnik Yaroslavl	38	21	6	11	61	42	+19	69
4	Nizhny Novgorod	38	21	5	12	53	40	+13	68
5	Sibir Novosibirsk	38	16	13	9	61	39	+22	61
6	Dynamo Bryansk	38	17	9	12	48	40	+8	60
7	Torpedo Moscow	38	16	12	10	50	30	+20	60
8	Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast	38	15	15	8	51	35	+16	60
9	KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny	38	17	8	13	48	36	+12	59	Qualification for Relegation group
10	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	38	14	11	13	45	43	+2	53
11	Khimki	38	13	9	16	47	61	−14	48
12	Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan	38	12	11	15	36	49	−13	47[b]
13	SKA-Khabarovsk	38	12	11	15	46	57	−11	47[b]
14	Torpedo Vladimir	38	12	7	19	45	61	−16	43
15	Luch-Energiya Vladivostok	38	9	15	14	30	32	−2	42
16	Chernomorets Novorossiysk	38	11	8	19	32	36	−4	41
17	Baltika Kaliningrad	38	9	14	15	31	45	−14	41
18	Gazovik Orenburg	38	8	14	16	40	48	−8	38
19	Fakel Voronezh	38	6	12	20	26	46	−20	30
20	Zhemchuzhina-Sochi (R)	38	8	2	28	22	81	−59	26	Excluded from professional football[c]

Source: FNL, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Alania – Mordovia 4–0, Mordovia – Alania 1–2.
2. Head-to-head record: Volgar-Gazprom – SKA 2–0, SKA – Volgar-Gazprom 1–1.
3. FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi excluded from professional football for financial reasons.

Results

Home \ Away	ALA	BAL	CHM	DBR	FAK	GAZ	KAM	KHI	LUE	MOR	NN	SHI	SIB	SKA	TOR	TOV	URA	VGA	YEN	ZHE
Alania Vladikavkaz		2–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	4–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	3–1	1–3	1–0	1–0	2–0	4–0	3–0
Baltika Kaliningrad	0–2		1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	4–1	2–0	0–0	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–3	1–3	2–2	1–0	2–1	0–0
Chernomorets Novorossiysk	0–1	1–2		2–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	2–3	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–1
Dynamo Bryansk	1–0	2–0	1–0		0–1	1–1	1–0	4–2	1–1	4–1	3–2	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–3	0–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–0
Fakel Voronezh	1–1	2–3	1–0	0–1		1–1	1–0	0–1	1–3	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–3	2–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	3–0
Gazovik Orenburg	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–1		0–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–3	3–4	0–2
KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny	2–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	3–1	1–3		1–1	2–0	1–2	0–2	1–2	1–1	0–0	3–2	3–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–0
Khimki	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	0–3		1–0	0–6	1–2	2–0	1–3	2–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	3–0
Luch-Energiya Vladivostok	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–0		0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–1
Mordovia Saransk	1–2	3–1	2–1	3–2	3–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	1–1		3–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	4–0	4–2	3–4	2–3	2–1
Nizhny Novgorod	0–3	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	4–1	1–1		3–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–5	2–1	0–1	3–0
Shinnik Yaroslavl	2–2	0–3	1–0	5–0	1–0	2–1	3–2	4–1	0–0	0–1	4–1		3–3	1–2	0–4	2–0	1–2	3–0	2–0	3–0
Sibir Novosibirsk	3–0	3–0	0–0	4–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–0		2–2	2–0	2–1	0–0	5–1	0–1	2–1
SKA-Khabarovsk	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–5	4–4	1–1	0–0	1–2		0–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–3	3–1
Torpedo Moscow	0–0	4–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–1		1–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	2–1
Torpedo Vladimir	0–3	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–0	0–0	3–2	3–3	1–1	1–2	1–3	1–2	3–2	3–1	3–1		1–0	2–0	0–2	3–0
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–3	5–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–2	3–2	2–0	2–1	3–2		0–0	0–0	1–3
Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan	3–0	2–2	2–2	1–5	2–0	1–3	0–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–3	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–1	0–3		1–0	3–0
Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–0		4–2
Zhemchuzhina-Sochi	0–1	0–3	0–3	2–4	0–0	0–3	0–3	1–0	0–3	0–3	1–0	2–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	2–1	0–3	1–0	0–3

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second phase

Promotion Group

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Mordovia Saransk (C, P)	52	29	13	10	91	56	+35	100	Promotion to Premier League
2	Alania Vladikavkaz (P)	52	28	13	11	66	39	+27	97
3	Nizhny Novgorod[a] (R)	52	29	7	16	76	58	+18	94	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	Shinnik Yaroslavl	52	25	10	17	70	56	+14	85
5	Dynamo Bryansk[b] (R)	52	22	12	18	62	57	+5	78	Excluded from professional football
6	Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast	52	19	21	12	71	52	+19	78
7	Sibir Novosibirsk	52	19	19	14	76	57	+19	76
8	Torpedo Moscow	52	17	17	18	63	53	+10	68

Source: FNL, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. FC Nizhny Novgorod excluded from professional football for financial reasons.
2. FC Dynamo Bryansk excluded from professional football for financial reasons.

Results

Home \ Away	ALA	DBR	MOR	NN	SHI	SIB	TOR	URA
Alania Vladikavkaz		2–0	2–4	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–2
Dynamo Bryansk	1–2		1–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–1
Mordovia Saransk	2–0	3–1		3–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–2
Nizhny Novgorod	2–0	3–1	0–2		1–0	4–3	3–2	1–1
Shinnik Yaroslavl	0–1	0–2	0–2	1–1		1–2	1–0	2–1
Sibir Novosibirsk	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–3	1–1		1–1	0–1
Torpedo Moscow	0–1	2–3	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–1		2–6
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	2–0

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation Group

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny[a] (R)	48	19	10	19	53	46	+7	67	Relegation to Second Division
2	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	48	17	15	16	53	53	0	66
3	SKA-Khabarovsk	48	16	14	18	57	66	−9	62
4	Torpedo Vladimir[b] (R)	48	17	10	21	62	73	−11	61	Excluded from professional football
5	Khimki	48	16	11	21	54	74	−20	59
6	Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan	48	15	14	19	44	57	−13	59
7	Baltika Kaliningrad	48	14	17	17	42	54	−12	59[c]
8	Gazovik Orenburg (R)	48	14	17	17	54	52	+2	59[c]	Relegation to Second Division
9	Luch-Energiya Vladivostok (R)	48	11	21	16	37	39	−2	54
10	Chernomorets Novorossiysk (R)	48	14	10	24	40	45	−5	52
11	Fakel Voronezh (R)	48	9	13	26	34	59	−25	40

Source: FNL, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny relegated to Second Division for financial reasons.
2. FC Torpedo Vladimir excluded from professional football for financial reasons.
3. Head-to-head record: Gazovik – Baltika 1–1, Baltika – Gazovik 0–0, Baltika – Gazovik 2–1.

Results

Home \ Away	BAL	CHM	FAK	GAZ	KAM	KHI	LUE	SKA	TOV	VGA	YEN
Baltika Kaliningrad		1–0	2–0	2–1			1–1				0–1
Chernomorets Novorossiysk					1–0	1–0		1–2	3–0	0–0
Fakel Voronezh		0–0		0–2			0–1	2–1			1–0
Gazovik Orenburg		2–0			2–0	3–0		1–0		1–0
KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny	0–1		2–0				0–0		0–1		2–1
Khimki	1–1		1–3		1–0				0–2		0–0
Luch-Energiya Vladivostok		2–1		0–0		1–2		1–2		0–0
SKA-Khabarovsk	0–0				2–0	2–1			1–1	0–1
Torpedo Vladimir	5–2		2–1	1–1			1–1				3–0
Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan	0–1		2–1		1–1	0–1			3–1
Yenisey Krasnoyarsk		2–1		1–1			0–0	1–1		2–1

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Source: Onedivision.ru (in Russian)

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Ruslan Mukhametshin	Mordovia	31
2	Dmitri Golubov	Baltika / Dynamo	22
3	Dmitri Akimov	Sibir	20
3	Maksim Astafyev	Sibir	16
4	Kirill Panchenko	Mordovia	15
5	Artyom Delkin	Torpedo Vladimir	14
	Eldar Nizamutdinov	Shinnik

See also

• 2011–12 Russian Premier League