The Russian Second Division 2008 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. South Top scorers 27 goals Mikhail Markosov (FC Dynamo Stavropol) 17 goals Dmitry Mezinov (FC Bataysk-2007) Vladimir Serov (FC Rotor Volgograd) Artur Yelbayev (FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz) 16 goals Ivan Gerasimov (FC Olimpia Volgograd) 15 goals Dmitri Pinchuk (FC Olimpia Volgograd / FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi) 14 goals Yevgeni Losev (FC Volgar-Gazprom-2 Astrakhan) 12 goals Nizar Al-Taravna (FC Bataysk-2007) Denis Dorozhkin (FC Krasnodar) Dmitri Kovalenko (FC Olimpia Volgograd) West Top scorers 18 goals Aleksei Baranov (FC Torpedo-RG Moscow / FC MVD Rossii Moscow) 17 goals Ramaz Dzhabnidze (FC Dmitrov / FC Zelenograd) 16 goals Andrei Opanasyuk (FC Spartak Kostroma) 15 goals Yuri Kapusta (FC Nara-ShBFR Naro-Fominsk) Vadim Klass (FC Sever Murmansk) 13 goals Grigory Gnedov (FC Spartak Kostroma) 12 goals Dmitri Vyazmikin (FC Torpedo Vladimir) 10 goals Andrei Bubchikov (FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo) Andrei Dyomkin (FC Sheksna Cherepovets / FC MVD Rossii Moscow) Kirill Makarov (FC Zenit-2 St. Petersburg) Andrei Smirnov (FC Torpedo Vladimir) Ivan Stolbovoy (FC Volga Tver) Ruslan Usikov (FC Dynamo St. Petersburg / FC MVD Rossii Moscow) Aleksei Zhelatin (FC Pskov-747) Center Top scorers 17 goals Andrei Meshchaninov (FC Zvezda Serpukhov) 16 goals Artur Grigoryan (FC Lokomotiv Liski) 14 goals Oleg Shchyotkin (FC Zenit Penza) 13 goals Anzour Nafash (FC Lukhovitsy) Denis Zhukovskiy (FC Dynamo-Voronezh Voronezh) 11 goals Sergei Faustov (FC Gubkin) Andrei Meshcheryakov (FC Lokomotiv Liski) 10 goals Kirill Kurochkin (FC Mordovia Saransk) Sergei Mikhailov (FC Avangard Kursk) Anton Sereda (FC Yelets) Vasili Shatalov (FC Saturn-2 Moscow Oblast) Denis Snimshchikov (FC Mordovia Saransk) Ural-Povolzhye Top scorers 27 goals Mikhail Tyufyakov (FC Rubin-2 Kazan / FC Lada Togliatti) 23 goals Ilya Borodin (FC Nizhny Novgorod) 17 goals Stanislav Prokofyev (FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod) 15 goals Marat Shogenov (FC Gazovik Orenburg) 14 goals Yevgeni Yaroslavtsev (FC SOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk) Dmitri Zarva (FC Tyumen) 13 goals Artyom Delkin (FC Togliatti) Vladimir Morozov (FC Zenit Chelyabinsk) Aleksandr Pavlov (FC Tyumen) 12 goals Yuri Budylin (FC Alnas Almetyevsk) Anatoli Zavyalov (FC Gornyak Uchaly) East Top scorers 14 goals Anton Bagayev (FC Irtysh-1946 Omsk) 13 goals Stanislav Goncharov (FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk) 12 goals Vyacheslav Chadov (FC Amur Blagoveshchensk) Andrei Lodis (FC Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure) Grigori Pogonyshev (FC