| Season | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 16 July 2023 – 25 November 2023 |
← 2022–23 2024–25 Division A 2024 Division B → | |
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
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 switches to the spring-to-autumn, March-to-November schedule. 2023 is 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 are 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 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 would be 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
| 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 |
Subgroup 1.2
| 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 |
Second stage
Subgroup 1A
| 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 |
Top goalscorers
| 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
| 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 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 28 | |
| 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 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 27 | −10 | 13 | Relegation to the Russian Amateur Football League |
| 8 | Dynamo Stavropol | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 9 |
Top goalscorers
| 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
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.[7]
| 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 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 17 | −1 | 25 | |
| 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 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 38 | −27 | 13 | Relegation to the Russian Amateur Football League |
| 18 | Torpedo-2 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 25 | −14 | 11 |
Top goalscorers
| 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
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.[7]
| 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 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 36 | |
| 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 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 26 | −8 | 22 | |
| 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 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 41 | −24 | 8 | Relegation to the Russian Amateur Football League |
| 18 | Peresvet Domodedovo | 17 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 21 | 54 | −33 | 7 |
Top goalscorers
| 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
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.[7]
| 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 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 31 | |
| 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 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 24 | −10 | 15 | Relegation to the Russian Amateur Football League |
| 9 | Akron-2 Tolyatti | 16 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 34 | −25 | 3 |
Top goalscorers
| 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
- ↑ "Бюро исполкома РФС утвердило реформу Второй лиги" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 10 May 2023.
- ↑ "ВТОРАЯ ЛИГА БУДЕТ РЕФОРМИРОВАНА С СЕЗОНА 2023/2024" (in Russian). FNL. 10 May 2023.
- ↑ "81 КЛУБ ПОЛУЧИЛ АТТЕСТАТ ФНЛ ДЛЯ УЧАСТИЯ В СОРЕВНОВАНИЯХ ВТОРОЙ ЛИГИ ДИВИЗИОНА «Б»" (in Russian). Russian Second League. 9 July 2023.
- ↑ "ФК «Зенит-Ижевск» сняли с Первенства России" (in Russian). Kommersant. 7 July 2023.
- ↑ "Повезло, как в рулетке – "Металлург" сохранил место во второй лиге из-за отказа южных команд" (in Russian). Gorod48. 13 June 2023.
- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 3 "РЕГЛАМЕНТ LEON-Первенство по футболу среди команд Второй Лиги «Дивизион Б» сезона 2023 года" (PDF) (in Russian). Russian Second League. Retrieved 17 July 2023.