The 2011–12 Russian Second Division was the third strongest division in Russian football. 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.
West
Standings
Top scorers
Source: rfspro.ru
20 goals
Viktor Svistunov (Petrotrest) 18 goals Azamat Kurachinov (Sheksna) 17 goals Dmitri Vakulich (Karelia) 16 goals Aleksei Antonnikov (Volga) Fyodor Pronkov (Saturn) 15 goals Murat Khotov (Dnepr / Petrotrest)
Center
Standings
Top scorers
Source: rfspro.ru
20 goals
Aleksandr Kutyin (Metallurg) 18 goals Yevgeni Polyakov (Rusichi) Denis Tkachuk (Salyut) 17 goals Ivan Rodin (Vityaz) Karen Sargsyan (Avangard) 16 goals Georgi Smurov (Sokol) 14 goals Amir Bazhev (Salyut)
South
Standings
Top scorers
Source: rfspro.ru
19 goals
Mikhail Biryukov (Astrakhan) 16 goals Artyom Maslevskiy (Taganrog) 15 goals Valeri Basiyev (Olimpia) 13 goals Dmitry Mezinov (MITOS) Denis Pavlov (Torpedo) Timirlan Shavanov (Dagdizel) 11 goals Magomed Guguyev (Angusht) Rustam Khabekirov (Druzhba) Aslanbek Konov (Kavkaztransgaz-2005) Sergei Verkashanskiy (Torpedo) Ruslan Zyazikov (Angusht)
Ural-Povolzhye
Standings
Top scorers
Source: rfspro.ru
25 goals
Aleksandr Korotayev (Akademiya) 17 goals Aleksei Sapogov (Gornyak) 16 goals Yuri Budylin (Neftekhimik) 11 goals Anton Bobylev (Volga) Ruslan Galiakberov (Rubin-2) 10 goals Aleksei Kotlyarov (Neftekhimik) Oleg Makeyev (Khimik)
East
Standings
Top scorers
Source: rfspro.ru
18 goals
Sergei Vinogradov (Sakhalin) 16 goals Yevgeni Alkhimov (Chita) Vyacheslav Kirillov (Sibiryak / Metallurg-Kuzbass) 13 goals Andrei Lodis (Smena) Ivan Shpakov (Metallurg-Kuzbass) 10 goals Aleksandr Golubev (Metallurg-Kuzbass) Andrei Volgin (Metallurg-Kuzbass) 9 goals Anton Bagayev (Irtysh) Aleksandr Bulanovskiy (Yakutiya) Ivan Goryunov (Dynamo) Aleksei Sabanov (Sibiryak) Yevgeni Shcherbakov (Chita / Irtysh) Maksim Zhitnev (Sibir-2)
Team names
In the Russian sports tradition, each team has a proper name written in parentheses followed by the indication of the city it represents in brackets: "Spartak" (Moscow), rather than Moscow Spartak, as would be in the English-language tradition. In English, the parentheses and brackets are usually omitted. Further, while North American team names normally use the plural (Chicago Bulls), Russian team names are usually singular. The names tend to reflect the imagined profession of the team players (or rather their fans, like with Edmonton Oilers), or refer to a geographical object related to the city the team represents (usually, a river or a mountain range), or to one of the former Russian-wide sports associations (Spartak, Dynamo etc.), or else to the sponsoring corporation. Below is the list of Second Division teams with their names translated: