2023 Russian Second League Division B

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Russian Second League Division B
Season2023
Dates16 July 2023 – 25 November 2023
Promoted Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk
Khimik Dzerzhinsk
Kaluga
Torpedo Miass
Relegated SKA 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.

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Overview

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

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

Subgroup 1.1

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Kuban-Holding Pavlovskaya 12804208+1224Qualification for the
Second Stage Subgroup 1A
2 Druzhba Maykop 1272389−123
3 Rubin Yalta 126331912+721
4 Sevastopol 126241113−220Qualification for the
Second Stage Subgroup 1B
5 Biolog-Novokubansk 124351412+215
6 SKA Rostov-on-Don 124171014−413
7 Dynamo Stavropol 121110317−144
Source: Second League Division B (in Russian), Soccerway

Subgroup 1.2

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk 12912219+1228Qualification for the
Second Stage Subgroup 1A
2 Legion Makhachkala 126512011+923
3 Astrakhan 125342115+618
4 Spartak Nalchik 125251616017Qualification for the
Second Stage Subgroup 1B
5 Dynamo-2 Makhachkala 122551013−311
6 Alania-2 Vladikavkaz 123271731−1411
7 Pobeda Khasavyurt 122281323−108
Source: Second League Division B (in Russian), Soccerway

Second stage

Subgroup 1A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk 10631156+921Promotion to the
Division A Second Stage Silver Group
2 Rubin Yalta 1043397+215
3 Kuban-Holding Pavlovskaya 10433116+515
4 Druzhba Maykop 10424814−614
5 Astrakhan 101541014−48
6 Legion Makhachkala 10145814−67
Source: Second League Division B (in Russian), Soccerway
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals
1Gadzhimurad Abdullayev Legion Makhachkala 8
2 Aleksandr Butenko Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk 7
Mikhail Bersnev Astrakhan
Ruslan Suanov Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk
Patcho Astrakhan

Subgroup 1B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Sevastopol 14941216+1531
2 SKA Rostov-on-Don [lower-alpha 1] 149142115+628Moved to the Media Football League
3 Spartak Nalchik 148242215+726
4 Biolog-Novokubansk 145361618−218
5 Dynamo-2 Makhachkala 143651718−115
6 Alania-2 Vladikavkaz 144372025−515
7 Pobeda Khasavyurt [lower-alpha 2] 143471727−1013
8 Dynamo Stavropol [lower-alpha 3] 14239919−109
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
RankPlayerClubGoals
1Zalimkhan Maysultanov Pobeda Khasavyurt 9
2 Pavel Solomatin SKA Rostov-on-Don 8
Alan Khachirov Spartak Nalchik
4Grigory Minosyan Biolog-Novokubansk 7

Group 2

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]

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 Khimik Dzerzhinsk 1714213315+1844Promotion to the
Division A Second Stage Silver Group
2 Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg 1711423411+2337
3 Irkutsk 171142239+1437
4 Dynamo-2 Moscow 179353023+730
5 Dynamo Kirov 179262719+829
6 Rodina-M Moscow 178362221+127
7 Zorkiy Krasnogorsk [lower-alpha 1] 177461617−125Relegation to the Russian Amateur Football League
8 Baltika-BFU Kaliningrad 177462321+225
9 Dynamo Saint Petersburg 177281918+123
10 Dynamo Vologda 176471717022
11 Luki-Energiya Velikiye Luki 175571821−320
12 Zvezda Saint Petersburg 176294131+1020
13 Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo 175572025−520
14 Torpedo Vladimir 1743102132−1115
15 Yenisey-2 Krasnoyarsk 173682137−1615
16 Tver 1743101623−715
17 Elektron Veliky Novgorod [lower-alpha 2] 1741121138−2713
18 Torpedo-2 1725101125−1411Relegation 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

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

Group 3

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]

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 Kaluga 171232506+4439Promotion to the
Division A Second Stage Silver Group
2 Sakhalinets Moscow [lower-alpha 1] 1711333821+1736Dissolved after the season
3 Spartak Tambov 1710342622+433
4 Dynamo Vladivostok 1710073021+930
5 Arsenal-2 Tula 178632416+830
6 Kompozit Pavlovsky Posad 178542820+829
7 Leon Saturn Ramenskoye 179263018+1229
8 SKA-Khabarovsk-2 178183029+125
9 Zenit Penza 177462226−425
10 Kosmos Dolgoprudny 176562428−423
11 Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 177281619−323
12 Kvant Obninsk 176561927−823
13 Krasnoye Znamya Noginsk [lower-alpha 2] 176471826−822Relegation to the Russian Amateur Football League
14 Khimki-M 1761102028−819
15 Ryazan 1743102427−315
16 Strogino Moscow 173592836−814
17 Kolomna [lower-alpha 3] 1715111741−248
18 Peresvet Domodedovo 1721142154−337Relegation 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

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

Group 4

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]

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 Torpedo Miass 1611323312+2136Promotion to the
Division A Second Stage Silver Group
2 Khimik-Avgust Vurnary [lower-alpha 1] 16871196+1331Dissolved after the season
3 Rubin-2 Kazan 167541514+126
4 Nosta Novotroitsk 166731914+525
5 Ural-2 Yekaterinburg 165652020021
6 Uralets-TS Nizhny Tagil 16466812−418
7 Dynamo Barnaul 164572829−117
8 Orenburg-2 [lower-alpha 2] 163671424−1015
9 Akron-2 Tolyatti [lower-alpha 3] 160313934−253
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

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

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