Russian Second League
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Russian Second League |
| image | Russian Second League.svg |
| pixels | 140px |
| country | Russia |
| confed | UEFA |
| divisions | 2 |
| teams | Division A – Gold Group: 10 |
| Silver Group: 10 | |
| Division B – Group 1: 17 | |
| Group 2: 16 | |
| Group 3: 15 | |
| Group 4: 14 | |
| promotion | First League |
| relegation | Third Division |
| levels | 3–4 |
| website | |
| current | 2025–26 Division A |
| 2025 Division B | |
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The Russian Second League (), formerly the Russian Professional Football League, are both the third (Division A) and fourth level (Division B) of Russian professional football.
History
In 1998–2010, it was run by the Professional Football League. The 2011–12 season was run by the Department of Professional Football of the Russian Football Union (). From 2013 to 2021 season the league was again run by the Professional Football League and the name Second Division was no longer used, the league was just called PFL. Before the 2021–22 season, the league was merged organizationally with the second-tier First League and renamed to FNL2. Before the 2022–23 season, its short name was changed again, to a historical name "Russian Second League", even though the league's full title ("Second Division of the Football National League") remained the same.
The Second League was geographically divided into 4 zones: 1 (ex-South - Southern European Russia), 2 (ex-West - Western European Russia and Eastern Siberia), 3 (ex-Centre - Northern and Eastern European Russia and Sakhalin), 4 (ex-Ural-Povolzhye - Southern Urals and Western Siberia). The number of clubs in each zone varied between years. In the 2020–21 season, there were 64 clubs in the division.
The winners of each zone were automatically promoted to the Russian First League (known before 2011 as the First Division and from 2011 to 2022 as Russian Football National League). The bottom finishers of each zone lost professional status and were relegated to the Russian Amateur Football League. The teams typically could avoid relegation as long as they still have necessary financing to stay in the FNL2. Each club plays its opponents twice home and away.
For the 2023–24 season, the league was reorganized once again and split into two tiers - third-tier Russian Second League Division A and fourth-tier Russian Second League Division B.
Division A consists of two groups of 10 teams each - Gold Group and Silver Group. In the first stage of the season (summer/autumn), each team in the Gold and Silver groups plays each other team in the same group twice, home-and-away, for 18 games in total for each team.
For the second stage of the season (spring/summer), Groups are re-constituted. Gold Group now includes the top 6 first-stage Gold Group teams and top 4 first-stage Silver Group teams. Silver Group includes bottom 4 first-stage Gold Group teams, 5th and 6th-placed first-stage Silver Group teams and four winners of the Division B groups. Bottom 2 first-stage Silver Group teams are relegated to Division B. 7th and 8th first-stage Silver Group teams play in relegation play-offs against the previous season's bottom two second-stage Silver Group teams, with the losers of the play-offs relegated to Division B and the winners remaining in Division A Silver Group for the second stage. The teams in re-constituted groups play each other twice more for 18 more games. Top 2 Gold Group teams at the end of the season are promoted to the Russian First League for the next season. The 3rd-placed Gold Group team plays in promotion play-offs (two games, home-and-away) against the team that finishes first in the Gold Group in the first stage of the season (or second-placed first-stage team if the first-place first-stage team finishes in the top 2 or the bottom 4 in the second stage, or third-placed first-stage team if the second-place first-stage team also finishes in the top 2 or the bottom 4 in the second stage), the winner of those play-offs is also promoted to the Russian First League. The bottom four teams in the Gold Group at the end of the season are moved to Silver Group for the next season, and the top four teams in the Silver Group are moved to the Gold Group.
Division B consists of four groups, mostly based on geography (1, 2, 3, 4). The winners of groups 1, 2, 3 and 4 are promoted to the Division A Silver Group for the spring/summer part of the Division A season. Division B switched to the spring-to-autumn cycle, the season is played from March to November.
The rotation between Division A and Division B happens in the winter, as described above.
Current Teams
Second League A{{Cite web |title=Summary - Second League A - Russia - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/national/russia/second-league-a-gold/20242025/fall-season-silver/r83295/ |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=uk.soccerway.com}}
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| Team | Home City | Stadium | Capacity | Head Coach |
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| FK Dinamo Bryansk | Bryansk | Stadion Dinamo | 10,100 | RUS Konstantin Sineokov |
| FK Irtysh Omsk | Omsk | Stadion Krasnaya Zvezda | 4,655 | RUS Maksim Mishatkin |
| FK Khimik Dzerzhinsk | Dzerzhinsk | Stadion Khimik | 5,266 | RUS Sergey Perednya |
| FK Krasnodar II | Krasnodar | Stadion Akademii FK Krasnodar | 4,371 | RUS Ilya Valiev |
| FK Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk | Pyatigorsk | Central'nyj Stadion Mashuk | 10,365 | RUS Artur Sadirov |
| FK Metallurg Lipetsk | Lipetsk | Stadion Metallurg | 14,940 | Belarus Maksim Romashchenko |
| FK Murom | Murom | Stadion Park 50 | 3,000 | Belarus Aleksandr Kulchiy |
| FK Rodina Moskva II | Moscow | Stadion Rodina | 10,033 | RUS Filipp Sokolinskiy |
| FK Torpedo Miass | Miass | Stadion Trud | 5,000 | RUS Vladimir Fedorov |
| FK Volga Ulyanovsk | Ulyanovsk | Stadion Trud | 15,000 | RUS Mikhail Belov |
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Second League B Group 1{{Cite web |title=Summary - Second League B - Russia - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/national/russia/2-division/2024/group-1/r79715/ |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=uk.soccerway.com}}
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| Team | Home City | Stadium | Capacity | Head Coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaniya Vladikavkaz II | Grozny | Republican Spartak Stadium | 32,364 | RUS Aslan Zaseev |
| Angusht Nazran | Nezran | Stadion Central'nyj im. Rashida Ausheva | 3,200 | RUS Umar Markhiev |
| FK Astrakhan | Astrakhan | Stadion imeni Kolosova | 5,000 | RUS Artem Kulikov |
| Biolog Novokubansk | Progress | Stadion Biolog | 2,300 | - |
| Dinamo Dagestan | Makhachkala | - | - | RUS Artem Kashuba |
| Dinamo GTS Stavropol | Stavropol | Stadion Dinamo | 15,982 | RUS Ashamaz Shakov |
| Druzhba Maikop | Maykop | Adygeyskiy Respublikanskiy Stadion Druzhba | 15,000 | RUS Sergey Miroshnichenko |
| Forte Taganrog | Taganrog | Forte Arena Taganrog | 16,500 | RUS Eduard Sarkisov |
| Kuban Kholding | Pavlovskaya | Stadion Urozhay | 3,500 | RUS Dmitri Fomin |
| Legion Makhachkala | Machačkala | Stadion Dinamo | 16,100 | RUS Akhmad Magomedkamilov |
| Nark Cherkessk | Cherkessk | - | - | RUS Arslan Khalimbekov |
| FK Pobeda | Khasavyurt | - | - | - |
| FK Rostov II | Rostov-na-Donu | - | - | RUS Aleksandr Abroskin |
| FC Rubin Yalta | Yalta | Stadion Avanhard | 4,000 | RUS Aleksey Grachev |
| FC Sevastopol | Sevastopol | SKS Arena | 5,864 | RUS Stanislav Gudzikevich |
| Stroitel Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy | Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy | - | - | RUS Aleksey Korobchenko |
| Spartak Nal'chik | Nal'chik | Stadion Spartak | 14,384 | RUS Timur Bitokov |
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Second League B Group 2{{Cite web |title=Summary - Second League B - Russia - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/national/russia/2-division/2024/group-2/r79717/ |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=uk.soccerway.com}}
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| Team | Home City | Stadium | Capacity | Head Coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luki-Energiya Velikiye Luki | Velikiye Luki | Stadion Ekspress | 3,500 | RUS Sergey Osadchuk |
| Baltika BFU imeni Immanuila Kanta | Kaliningrad | - | - | RUS Anver Koneev |
| Chertanovo Moskva | Moscow | Arena Chertanovo | 4,000 | RUS Sergey Chikishev |
| Dinamo Moskva II | Moscow | UTB Novogorsk-Dynamo | 1,500 | RUS Pavel Alpatov |
| Dinamo St. Petersburg | St. Petersburg | Malaya Sportivnaya Arena | 3,018 | RUS Aleksandr Fomichev |
| Dinamo Vologda | Vologda | Stadion Dinamo | 8,460 | RUS Rudolf Chesalov |
| FK Irkutsk | Irkutsk | - | - | RUS Konstantin Dzutsev |
| FK Rodina-m | Moscow | - | - | RUS Aleskandr Pavlenko |
| Saturn Moskovskaya Oblast | Ramenskoe | Leon Arena | 16,726 | Belarus Vladimir Korytko |
| FK Spartak Moskva II | Moscow | Futbol'noe pole 4 Akademiya Spartak im. F. Cherenkova | 4,000 | RUS Dmitri Kombarov |
| Torpedo Vladimir | Vladimir | Stadion Torpedo | 19,700 | RUS Denis Evsikov |
| FK Tver | Tver | Stadion Junost' | 650 | RUS Vladislav Ternavskiy |
| FK Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | Krasnoyarsk | Central'nyj Stadion | 32,500 | RUS Aleskandr Kishinevskiy |
| Zenit St. Petersburg II | St. Petersburg | Malaya Sportivnaya Arena | 3,018 | RUS Andrey Pocheptsov |
| Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo | Orekhovo-Zuyevo | Sportkompleks Znamja Truda | 5,500 | RUS Vyacheslav Lugovkin |
| Zvezda St. Petersburg | St. Petersburg | Stadion Nova Arena | 2,000 | - |
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Second League B Group 3{{Cite web |title=Summary - Second League B - Russia - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/national/russia/2-division/2024/group-3/r79718/ |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=uk.soccerway.com}}
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| Team | Home City | Stadium | Capacity | Head Coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal-2 Tula | Kosaya Gora | DYuSSh Arsenal Stadium | 1,000 | RUS Andrey Kozlov |
| Dynamo Vladivostok | Vladivostok | - | - | RUS Mikhail Salnikov |
| Spartak Tambov | Tambov | Stadion Spartak | 8,000 | RUS Mikhail Pilipko |
| FK Khimki II | Khimki | Stadion Novye Khimki | 3,066 | Serbia Branimir Petrović |
| FK Kolomna | Kolomna | Stadion Trud | 3,200 | RUS Aleksandr Kuranov |
| Kompozit Pavlovsky Posad | Pavlovsky Posad | - | - | RUS Igor Rudoy |
| Kosmos Dolgoprudny | Dolgoprudny | - | - | RUS Andrey Proshin |
| Kvant Obninsk | Obninsk | Stadion Trud | 4,000 | RUS Oleg Morozov |
| FK Orel | Orel | Stadion Central'nyj im. V.I. Lenina | 15,292 | RUS Evgeni Polyakov |
| FK Ryazan | Ryazan | Central'nyj Sportivn'yj Kompleks | 20,000 | RUS Yuri Kuleshov |
| Sakhalin Sakhalinsk | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | Stadion Spartak | 4,200 | RUS Yuri Drozdov |
| Salyut Belgorod | Belgorod | Stadion Salyut Belgorod | 11,456 | RUS Viktor Navochenko |
| SKA-Khabarovsk II | Khabarovsk | Stadion imeni V.I. Lenina zapasnoe pole | 1,000 | RUS Marat Khoziev |
| Strogino Moskva | Moscow | Stadion Rublevo | 2,000 | RUS Sergey Zagidullin |
| Zenit Penza | Penza | Stadion Pervomayskiy | 4,000 | - |
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Second League B Group 4{{Cite web |title=Summary - Second League B - Russia - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/national/russia/2-division/2024/group-4/r79719/ |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=uk.soccerway.com}}
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| Team | Home City | Stadium | Capacity | Head Coach |
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| Dinamo Barnaul | Barnaul | Stadion Dinamo | 16,000 | RUS Vitali Vikhlyanov |
| Akron Togliatti II | Togliatti | - | - | RUS Renat Miftakhov |
| Amkar Perm | Perm | Stadion Zvezda | 17,000 | RUS Andrey Blazhko |
| Dinamo Kirov | Novovyatsk | Stadion Rossiya | 3,000 | RUS Viktor Bulatov |
| Krylya Sovetov Samara II | Samara | Stadion Metallurg zapasnoe pole | 1,500 | RUS Dmitri Shukov |
| Lada Tolyatti | Tolyatti | Stadion Torpedo | 18,500 | RUS Vladimir Shcherbak |
| Nosta Novotroitsk | Novotroitsk | Stadion Metallurg | 6,060 | RUS Maksim Gerasin |
| FK Orenburg II | Rostoshi | Stadion Gazovik | 10,046 | RUS Maksim Groshev |
| Rubin Kazan II | Kazan | Stadion Rubin | 10,000 | Turkey Gökdeniz Karadeniz |
| Sokol Kazan | Kazan | - | - | RUS Sergey Ryzhikov |
| Ural-D Ekaterinburg | Ekaterinburg | Stadion Central'nyj | 27,000 | RUS Aleksandr Dantsev |
| Uralets TS Nizhnyi Tagil | Nizhnyi Tagil | Stadion Uralets | 10,000 | RUS Igor Bakhtin |
| Volna Nizhegorodskaya Oblast | Kovernino | - | - | RUS Oleg Makeev |
| RTsPF NN Elektrika | Nizhny Novgorod | - | - | RUS Valeri Burlachenko |
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Winners
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References
References
- link. (6 December 2011). Russian Football Union
- (18 July 2021). "Реформы в российском футболе уже произошли. Всё о ФНЛ-2 с тремя клубами Петербурга". NV Sport.
- (15 July 2022). "ВТОРАЯ ЛИГА – НАЧИНАЕМ!". Russian Second League.
- From 2016–17 – Zone Ural-Povolzh'e was renamed Ural-Privolzh'e and all zones began to be referred to as "groups" instead.
- Since the 2020–21 season, the Vostok group has been abolished. The teams from Vostok were scattered in groups 2, 3 and 4.
- (10 May 2023). "Бюро исполкома РФС утвердило реформу Второй лиги". Russian Football Union.
- (10 May 2023). "ВТОРАЯ ЛИГА БУДЕТ РЕФОРМИРОВАНА С СЕЗОНА 2023/2024". FNL.
- "Summary - Second League A - Russia - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway".
- "Summary - Second League B - Russia - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway".
- "Summary - Second League B - Russia - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway".
- "Summary - Second League B - Russia - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway".
- "Summary - Second League B - Russia - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway".
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