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2023 Russian Second League Division B

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Russian Second League Division B
Season2023
Dates16 July 2023 – 25 November 2023
PromotedMashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk
Khimik Dzerzhinsk
Kaluga
Torpedo Miass
RelegatedSKA Rostov-on-Don
Zorkiy Krasnogorsk
Torpedo-2
Krasnoye Znamya Noginsk
Peresvet Domodedovo
Khimik-Avgust Vurnary

The 2023 Russian Second League Division B was the first season of Russia's fourth-tier football league. The season began on 16 July 2023 and ended on 25 November 2023.

Overview

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Before the season, the Russian Second League was reorganized and split into two tiers - third-tier Russian Second League Division A and fourth-tier Russian Second League Division B.[1] Division B also switched to the spring-to-autumn, March-to-November schedule. 2023 was a transitional half-year season.[2] The teams that finished in 6th place or below in their groups in the 2022–23 Russian Second League were included into Division B.

The fourth tier of Russian football was semi-professional before from 1994 to 1997 as Russian Third League, and since then the fourth tier was taken by the Russian Amateur Football League until 2023.

Division B was split into 4 groups, mostly based on geographical location. At the end of the year, four winners of their groups were promoted into the Division A Second Stage Silver Group. Four bottom teams from the Division A First Stage Silver Group were relegated to 2024 Division B.

81 clubs were originally licensed for Division B.[3] FC Zenit-Izhevsk dropped out of the division after receiving the license.[4] FC Balashikha and FC Yadro Saint Petersburg did not receive the license, FC Yessentuki was excluded from the league during the 2022–23 season. FC Kuban-Holding Pavlovskaya, which was eligible for Division A, decided to enter Division B; FC Metallurg Lipetsk took their Division A spot.[5]

New clubs entering the league were FC Akron-2 Tolyatti, FC Rubin-2 Kazan, FC Dynamo-2 Makhachkala (reserve teams of Russian Premier League and Russian First League clubs), SC Astrakhan, FC Dynamo Kirov, FC Irkutsk, FC Kompozit Pavlovsky Posad, FC Pobeda Khasavyurt, FC Uralets-TS Nizhny Tagil (promoted from the Russian Amateur Football League), FC Rubin Yalta and FC Sevastopol (from the Crimean Premier League).

Group 1

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Group 1 was initially split into two subgroups 1.1 and 1.2 of 7 teams each; each team in subgroup played each other twice from 16 July to 14 October. New subgroups were organized then, 1A (which includes top 3 teams from 1.1 and 1.2) and 1B (which includes the remaining 8 teams). Only results between the teams that qualified for a particular second-stage subgroup counted for the second-stage standings (i.e., only results of the 6 games played between top 3 teams of subgroup 1.1 were included in the standings of subgroup 1A and so on). Then, from October to November, the teams in these new subgroups played the teams that were in a different subgroup in the first stage, twice (for 6 additional games in 1A and 8 additional games in 1B for each team). The winner of subgroup 1A was promoted to Division A Silver Group. The bottom two teams of subgroup 1B were relegated from Division B.[6]

First stage

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Subgroup 1.1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Kuban-Holding Pavlovskaya 12 8 0 4 20 8 +12 24 Qualification for the
Second Stage Subgroup 1A
2 Druzhba Maykop 12 7 2 3 8 9 −1 23
3 Rubin Yalta 12 6 3 3 19 12 +7 21
4 Sevastopol 12 6 2 4 11 13 −2 20 Qualification for the
Second Stage Subgroup 1B
5 Biolog-Novokubansk 12 4 3 5 14 12 +2 15
6 SKA Rostov-on-Don 12 4 1 7 10 14 −4 13
7 Dynamo Stavropol 12 1 1 10 3 17 −14 4
Source: Second League Division B (in Russian), Soccerway

Subgroup 1.2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk 12 9 1 2 21 9 +12 28 Qualification for the
Second Stage Subgroup 1A
2 Legion Makhachkala 12 6 5 1 20 11 +9 23
3 Astrakhan 12 5 3 4 21 15 +6 18
4 Spartak Nalchik 12 5 2 5 16 16 0 17 Qualification for the
Second Stage Subgroup 1B
5 Dynamo-2 Makhachkala 12 2 5 5 10 13 −3 11
6 Alania-2 Vladikavkaz 12 3 2 7 17 31 −14 11
7 Pobeda Khasavyurt 12 2 2 8 13 23 −10 8
Source: Second League Division B (in Russian), Soccerway

Second stage

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Subgroup 1A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk 10 6 3 1 15 6 +9 21 Promotion to the
Division A Second Stage Silver Group
2 Rubin Yalta 10 4 3 3 9 7 +2 15
3 Kuban-Holding Pavlovskaya 10 4 3 3 11 6 +5 15
4 Druzhba Maykop 10 4 2 4 8 14 −6 14
5 Astrakhan 10 1 5 4 10 14 −4 8
6 Legion Makhachkala 10 1 4 5 8 14 −6 7
Source: Second League Division B (in Russian), Soccerway
Top goalscorers
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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Gadzhimurad Abdullayev Legion Makhachkala 8
2 Aleksandr Butenko Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk 7
Mikhail Bersnev Astrakhan
Ruslan Suanov Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk
Patcho Astrakhan

Subgroup 1B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sevastopol 14 9 4 1 21 6 +15 31
2 SKA Rostov-on-Don[a] 14 9 1 4 21 15 +6 28 Moved to the Media Football League
3 Spartak Nalchik 14 8 2 4 22 15 +7 26
4 Biolog-Novokubansk 14 5 3 6 16 18 −2 18
5 Dynamo-2 Makhachkala 14 3 6 5 17 18 −1 15
6 Alania-2 Vladikavkaz 14 4 3 7 20 25 −5 15
7 Pobeda Khasavyurt[b] 14 3 4 7 17 27 −10 13
8 Dynamo Stavropol[c] 14 2 3 9 9 19 −10 9
Source: Second League Division B (in Russian), Soccerway
Notes:
  1. ^ On 25 January 2024, the owner of SKA Rostov-on-Don announced the club's move to the Media Football League[7]
  2. ^ On 19 February 2024, Pobeda Khasavyurt was licensed for the 2024 season of the Second League Division B.[8]
  3. ^ On 16 February 2024, Dynamo Stavropol was licensed for the 2024 season of the Second League Division B.[9]
Top goalscorers
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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Zalimkhan Maysultanov Pobeda Khasavyurt 9
2 Pavel Solomatin SKA Rostov-on-Don 8
Alan Khachirov Spartak Nalchik
4 Grigory Minosyan Biolog-Novokubansk 7

Group 2

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Group 2 included 18 teams that played each other once, from 22 July to 12 November, with the host team in each pair determined by the league. The group winner was promoted to the Division A Second Stage Silver Group, the bottom two teams were relegated from Division B.[10]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Khimik Dzerzhinsk 17 14 2 1 33 15 +18 44 Promotion to the
Division A Second Stage Silver Group
2 Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg 17 11 4 2 34 11 +23 37
3 Irkutsk 17 11 4 2 23 9 +14 37
4 Dynamo-2 Moscow 17 9 3 5 30 23 +7 30
5 Dynamo Kirov 17 9 2 6 27 19 +8 29
6 Rodina-M Moscow 17 8 3 6 22 21 +1 27
7 Zorkiy Krasnogorsk[a] 17 7 4 6 16 17 −1 25 Relegation to the Russian Amateur Football League
8 Baltika-BFU Kaliningrad 17 7 4 6 23 21 +2 25
9 Dynamo Saint Petersburg 17 7 2 8 19 18 +1 23
10 Dynamo Vologda 17 6 4 7 17 17 0 22
11 Luki-Energiya Velikiye Luki 17 5 5 7 18 21 −3 20
12 Zvezda Saint Petersburg 17 6 2 9 41 31 +10 20
13 Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo 17 5 5 7 20 25 −5 20
14 Torpedo Vladimir 17 4 3 10 21 32 −11 15
15 Yenisey-2 Krasnoyarsk 17 3 6 8 21 37 −16 15
16 Tver 17 4 3 10 16 23 −7 15
17 Elektron Veliky Novgorod[b] 17 4 1 12 11 38 −27 13
18 Torpedo-2 17 2 5 10 11 25 −14 11 Relegation to the Russian Amateur Football League
Source: Second League Division B (in Russian), Soccerway
Notes:
  1. ^ Zorkiy Krasnogorsk was voluntarily relegated for the 2024 season[11]
  2. ^ On 29 February 2024, Elektron was licensed for the 2024 season of the Second League Division B.[12]

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Ilya Yurchenko Dynamo Kirov 16
2 Igor Bugayenko Zenit-2 St. Petersburg 11
3 Arsen Dzhioyev Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo 10
4 Aleksandr Chupayov Dynamo-2 Moscow 9
Nikita Tankov Dynamo St. Petersburg

Group 3

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Group 3 included 18 teams that played each other once, from 21 July to 12 November, with the host team in each pair determined by the league. The group winner was promoted to the Division A Second Stage Silver Group, the bottom two teams were relegated from Division B.[10]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Kaluga 17 12 3 2 50 6 +44 39 Promotion to the
Division A Second Stage Silver Group
2 Sakhalinets Moscow[a] 17 11 3 3 38 21 +17 36 Dissolved after the season
3 Spartak Tambov 17 10 3 4 26 22 +4 33
4 Dynamo Vladivostok 17 10 0 7 30 21 +9 30
5 Arsenal-2 Tula 17 8 6 3 24 16 +8 30
6 Kompozit Pavlovsky Posad 17 8 5 4 28 20 +8 29
7 Leon Saturn Ramenskoye 17 9 2 6 30 18 +12 29
8 SKA-Khabarovsk-2 17 8 1 8 30 29 +1 25
9 Zenit Penza 17 7 4 6 22 26 −4 25
10 Kosmos Dolgoprudny 17 6 5 6 24 28 −4 23
11 Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 17 7 2 8 16 19 −3 23
12 Kvant Obninsk 17 6 5 6 19 27 −8 23
13 Krasnoye Znamya Noginsk[b] 17 6 4 7 18 26 −8 22 Relegation to the Russian Amateur Football League
14 Khimki-M 17 6 1 10 20 28 −8 19
15 Ryazan 17 4 3 10 24 27 −3 15
16 Strogino Moscow 17 3 5 9 28 36 −8 14
17 Kolomna[c] 17 1 5 11 17 41 −24 8
18 Peresvet Domodedovo 17 2 1 14 21 54 −33 7 Relegation to the Russian Amateur Football League
Source: Second League Division B (in Russian), Soccerway
Notes:
  1. ^ Sakhalinets Moscow dropped out of all competitions due to lack of sponsorship in January 2024.[13]
  2. ^ Krasnoye Znamya Noginsk failed to pass licensing for the 2024 season of the Second League Division B.[14]
  3. ^ On 26 February 2024, Kolomna was licensed for the 2024 season of Second League Division B.[15]

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Dmitri Kamenshchikov Kaluga 16
2 Nikolay Sukhanov Kaluga 11
3 Renat Gaynullin Sakhalinets Moscow 10
4 Timur Melekestsev Leon Saturn Ramenskoye 8
Denis Beskorovayny Krasnoye Znamya Noginsk
Nikita Nikiforov Strogino Moscow

Group 4

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Group 4 included 9 teams that played each other twice, home and away, from 16 July to 12 November. The group winner was promoted to the Division A Second Stage Silver Group, the bottom two teams were relegated from Division B.[10]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Torpedo Miass 16 11 3 2 33 12 +21 36 Promotion to the
Division A Second Stage Silver Group
2 Khimik-Avgust Vurnary[a] 16 8 7 1 19 6 +13 31 Dissolved after the season
3 Rubin-2 Kazan 16 7 5 4 15 14 +1 26
4 Nosta Novotroitsk 16 6 7 3 19 14 +5 25
5 Ural-2 Yekaterinburg 16 5 6 5 20 20 0 21
6 Uralets-TS Nizhny Tagil 16 4 6 6 8 12 −4 18
7 Dynamo Barnaul 16 4 5 7 28 29 −1 17
8 Orenburg-2[b] 16 3 6 7 14 24 −10 15
9 Akron-2 Tolyatti[c] 16 0 3 13 9 34 −25 3
Source: Second League Division B (in Russian), Soccerway
Notes:
  1. ^ On 22 December 2023, Khimik-Avgust announced that the professional team will be abandoned, and only children's football academy will remain under the name.[16]
  2. ^ On 20 February 2024, Orenburg-2 was licensed for the 2024 season of the Second League Division B.[17]
  3. ^ On 16 February 2024, Akron-2 Tolyatti was licensed for the 2024 season of the Second League Division B.[9]

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Oleg Leonov Nosta Novotroitsk 7
Vladimir Zavyalov Dynamo Barnaul
3 Mark Akvazba Torpedo Miass 6
4 Vladislav Shpitalny Torpedo Miass 5
Mekhron Madaminov Torpedo Miass

References

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  1. ^ "Бюро исполкома РФС утвердило реформу Второй лиги" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 10 May 2023.
  2. ^ "ВТОРАЯ ЛИГА БУДЕТ РЕФОРМИРОВАНА С СЕЗОНА 2023/2024" (in Russian). FNL. 10 May 2023.
  3. ^ "81 КЛУБ ПОЛУЧИЛ АТТЕСТАТ ФНЛ ДЛЯ УЧАСТИЯ В СОРЕВНОВАНИЯХ ВТОРОЙ ЛИГИ ДИВИЗИОНА "Б"" (in Russian). Russian Second League. 9 July 2023.
  4. ^ "ФК "Зенит-Ижевск" сняли с Первенства России" (in Russian). Kommersant. 7 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Повезло, как в рулетке – "Металлург" сохранил место во второй лиге из-за отказа южных команд" (in Russian). Gorod48. 13 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Приложение № 5 к Регламенту LEON-Первенства по футболу среди команд Второй Лиги «Дивизион Б» сезона 2023 года - Спортивные условия проведения Соревнования в спортивном сезоне 2023 года в первой группе команд (группа 1)" (PDF). Russian Second League. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  7. ^ "СКА Ростов-на-Дону переходит в Winline Медиалигу" (in Russian). FC SKA Rostov-on-Don. 25 January 2024.
  8. ^ "ДЕВЯТЬ КЛУБОВ LEON-ВТОРОЙ ЛИГИ Б ПРОШЛИ АТТЕСТАЦИЮ" (in Russian). Russian Second League. 19 February 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  9. ^ a b "КЛУБЫ LEON-ВТОРОЙ ЛИГИ Б ПОЛУЧИЛИ АТТЕСТАТЫ ФНЛ" (in Russian). Russian Second League Division B. 16 February 2024.
  10. ^ a b c "РЕГЛАМЕНТ LEON-Первенство по футболу среди команд Второй Лиги «Дивизион Б» сезона 2023 года" (PDF) (in Russian). Russian Second League. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  11. ^ ""Зоркий Красногорск" снимется с участия в ФНЛ-2" (in Russian). Championat. 15 January 2024.
  12. ^ "КЛУБЫ ПОЛУЧИЛИ АТТЕСТАТЫ ФНЛ" (in Russian). Russian Second League. 29 February 2024.
  13. ^ ""Сахалинец" сообщил, что не будет больше участвовать во Второй лиге" (in Russian). Championat. 7 February 2024.
  14. ^ "Тульский "Арсенал-2" лишился соперника по второй лиге" (in Russian). Tula Football. 26 January 2024.
  15. ^ "ШЕСТЬ КЛУБОВ LEON-ВТОРОЙ ЛИГИ Б ПОЛУЧИЛИ АТТЕСТАТЫ ФНЛ" (in Russian). Russian Second League. 27 February 2024.
  16. ^ "К сведению болельщиков ФК "Химик-Август"!" (in Russian). Khimik-Avgust Vurnary. 22 December 2023.
  17. ^ "ВЫДАНЫ ЕЩЁ 11 АТТЕСТАТОВ ФНЛ" (in Russian). Russian Second League. 20 February 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2024.