Football league season
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)
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.
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.
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
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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
First phase
Standings
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:
^ a b Head-to-head record: Alania – Mordovia 4–0, Mordovia – Alania 1–2.
^ a b Head-to-head record: Volgar-Gazprom – SKA 2–0, SKA – Volgar-Gazprom 1–1.
^ FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi excluded from professional football for financial reasons.
Results
Source:
Soccerway Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Second phase
Standings
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:
^ FC Nizhny Novgorod excluded from professional football for financial reasons.
^ FC Dynamo Bryansk excluded from professional football for financial reasons.
Results
Source:
Soccerway Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Relegation Group
Standings
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:
^ FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny relegated to Second Division for financial reasons.
^ FC Torpedo Vladimir excluded from professional football for financial reasons.
^ a b Head-to-head record: Gazovik – Baltika 1–1, Baltika – Gazovik 0–0, Baltika – Gazovik 2–1.
Results
Source:
Soccerway Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top scorers
Source: Onedivision.ru (in Russian)
See also
References
External links
Russian First League Russian First Division Football National League Russian First Division/League
Domestic leagues Domestic cups Women's competitions International club competitions
National teams