Season | 2024 |
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Dates | 30 March 2024 – 16 November 2024 |
← 2023 2025 → |
The 2024 Russian Second League Division B is the second season of Russia's fourth-tier football league. The season began on 30 March 2024 and will end on 16 November 2024. There is a three-week break in July after half of the games have been played.
In the summer of 2023, 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] 2024 season is the first full-length season.
Division B is split into 4 groups, mostly based on geographical location. At the end of the year, four winners of their groups will be promoted into the Division A Second Stage Silver Group. Four bottom teams from the Division A First Stage Silver Group will be relegated to 2025 Division B.
At the end of the 2023 season, Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk, Khimik Dzerzhinsk, Kaluga and Torpedo Miass were promoted to Division A as winners of their Division B groups. Forte Taganrog, Amkar Perm, Chertanovo Moscow and Salyut Belgorod were relegated to Division B from Division A.
Torpedo-2 and Peresvet Domodedovo were relegated from Division B. SKA Rostov-on-Don and Zorkiy Krasnogorsk voluntarily dropped out. [3] [4] Sakhalinets Moscow and Khimik-Avgust Vurnary dissolved their professional squads. [5] [6] Krasnoye Znamya Noginsk failed licensing for the season. [7]
Elektron Veliky Novgorod moved to Nizhny Novgorod and was renamed to Volna Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. [8]
Pobeda Khasavyurt, Dynamo Stavropol, Kolomna, Orenburg-2 and Akron-2 Tolyatti, which finished the 2023 season in relegation spots, were kept in the league because of the other teams dropping out.
New teams were Angusht Nazran, Lada-Tolyatti, Nart Cherkessk, Oryol, Sokol Kazan and Stroitel Kamensk-Shakhtinsky (promoted from the Russian Amateur Football League), Krylia Sovetov-2 Samara, Pari NN-2 Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-2 and Spartak-2 Moscow (farm clubs of the Russian Premier League teams). [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Group 1 includes 17 teams that will play each other twice, home and away, from 30 March 2024 to 16 November 2024. [15] The opening games that were initially scheduled for 23 March 2024 were postponed due to the Crocus City Hall attack. [16] The group winner will be promoted to the Division A Second Stage Silver Group, the bottom two teams will be relegated from Division B.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Rostov-2 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 17 | +20 | 32 | Promotion to the Division A Second Stage Silver Group |
2 | Forte Taganrog | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 14 | +12 | 30 | |
3 | Astrakhan | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 30 | |
4 | Legion Makhachkala | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 10 | +16 | 30 | |
5 | Dynamo Stavropol | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 27 | |
6 | Sevastopol | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 9 | +10 | 26 | |
7 | Rubin Yalta | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 15 | +3 | 26 | |
8 | Stroitel Kamensk-Shakhtinsky | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 25 | |
9 | Angusht Nazran | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 22 | |
10 | Spartak Nalchik | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 20 | |
11 | Nart Cherkessk | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 26 | −10 | 19 | |
12 | Kuban-Holding Pavlovskaya | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 20 | −3 | 19 | |
13 | Biolog-Novokubansk | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 18 | |
14 | Pobeda Khasavyurt | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 25 | −6 | 15 | |
15 | Druzhba Maykop | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 23 | −7 | 14 | |
16 | Alania-2 Vladikavkaz | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 40 | −26 | 12 | Relegation to the Russian Amateur Football League |
17 | Dynamo-2 Makhachkala | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 38 | −28 | 5 |
Group 2 includes 16 teams that will play each other twice, home and away, from 6 April 2024 to 3 November 2024. [17] The group winner will be promoted to the Division A Second Stage Silver Group, the bottom two teams will be relegated from Division B.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Dynamo-2 Moscow | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 10 | +25 | 37 | Promotion to the Division A Second Stage Silver Group |
2 | Spartak-2 Moscow | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 8 | +26 | 37 | |
3 | Chertanovo Moscow | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 19 | +13 | 30 | |
4 | Baltika-BFU Kaliningrad | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 21 | +8 | 30 | |
5 | Leon Saturn Ramenskoye | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 19 | +9 | 25 | |
6 | Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 19 | +5 | 24 | |
7 | Dynamo Vologda | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 20 | |
8 | Rodina-M Moscow | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 20 | |
9 | Dynamo Saint Petersburg | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 26 | −1 | 20 | |
10 | Irkutsk | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 25 | −8 | 20 | |
11 | Torpedo Vladimir | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 20 | |
12 | Tver | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 22 | −5 | 16 | |
13 | Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 30 | −15 | 14 | |
14 | Luki-Energiya Velikiye Luki | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 21 | −13 | 10 | |
15 | Zvezda Saint Petersburg | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 41 | −28 | 6 | Relegation to the Russian Amateur Football League |
16 | Yenisey-2 Krasnoyarsk | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 35 | −25 | 5 |
Group 3 includes 15 teams that will play each other twice, home and away, from 7 April 2024 to 3 November 2024. [17] The group winner will be promoted to the Division A Second Stage Silver Group, the bottom two teams will be relegated from Division B.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Dynamo Vladivostok | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 10 | +11 | 34 | Promotion to the Division A Second Stage Silver Group |
2 | Kompozit Pavlovsky Posad | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 16 | +8 | 31 | |
3 | Kosmos Dolgoprudny | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 14 | +10 | 28 | |
4 | Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 26 | |
5 | Khimki-M | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 23 | |
6 | Arsenal-2 Tula | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 21 | |
7 | Salyut Belgorod | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 20 | |
8 | Spartak Tambov | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 19 | |
9 | Ryazan | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 18 | |
10 | Zenit Penza | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 16 | |
11 | Oryol | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 15 | |
12 | Strogino Moscow | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 22 | −5 | 14 | |
13 | Kvant Obninsk | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 29 | −14 | 13 | |
14 | SKA-Khabarovsk-2 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 23 | −4 | 10 | Relegation to the Russian Amateur Football League |
15 | Kolomna | 14 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 29 | −19 | 5 |
Group 4 includes 14 teams that will play each other twice, home and away, from 13 April 2024 to 19 October 2024. [18] The group winner will be promoted to the Division A Second Stage Silver Group, the bottom two teams will be relegated from Division B.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Dynamo Kirov | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 8 | +20 | 32 | Promotion to the Division A Second Stage Silver Group |
2 | Amkar Perm | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 6 | +15 | 30 | |
3 | Sokol Kazan | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 18 | +11 | 28 | |
4 | Rubin-2 Kazan | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 23 | |
5 | Ural-2 Yekaterinburg | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 22 | |
6 | Krylia Sovetov-2 Samara | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 17 | |
7 | Uralets-TS Nizhny Tagil | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 16 | |
8 | Volna Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 15 | |
9 | Nosta Novotroitsk | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 22 | −3 | 14 | |
10 | Dynamo Barnaul | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 12 | |
11 | Pari NN-2 Nizhny Novgorod | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | −11 | 11 | |
12 | Orenburg-2 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 28 | −10 | 11 | |
13 | Lada-Tolyatti | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 22 | −9 | 9 | Relegation to the Russian Amateur Football League |
14 | Akron-2 Tolyatti | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 21 | −13 | 9 |
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