Russian Second League Division A
Season2023–24
Dates16 July 2023 – June 2024
2024–25 Division A
2024 Division B →

The 2023–24 Russian Second League Division A is the 32nd season of Russia's third-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 16 July 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 A consists of two groups of 10 teams each. The Gold Group initially included:

The Silver Group included:

FC Kuban-Holding Pavlovskaya (which came in 5th place in Group 1 in 2022–23 and was thus eligible for the Silver Group) chose to enter Second League Division B instead. FC Biolog-Novokubansk, which came in 6th place in Group 1, made the same decision. The vacant Silver Group spot was taken by FC Metallurg Lipetsk which came in 6th place in their group in 2022–23.[2]

In the first part of the season (summer/autumn 2023), each team in the Gold and Silver groups played each other team in the same group twice, home-and-away, for 18 games in total for each team. For the second part of the season (spring/summer 2024), groups will be re-constituted. The Gold Group will now include top 6 first-stage Gold Group teams and top 4 first-stage Silver Group teams. Silver Group will include bottom 4 first-stage Gold Group teams, 5th and 6th-placed first-stage Silver Group teams and four winners of the Division B groups (FC Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk, FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk, FC Kaluga and FC Torpedo Miass). Bottom 4 first-stage Silver Group teams would be relegated to Division B for 2024. The teams in re-constituted groups will play each other twice more for 18 more games. Top 2 Gold Group teams at the end of the season will be promoted to the Russian First League for the 2024–25 season.

The 3rd-placed second-stage Gold Group team will play in promotion play-offs (two games, home-and-away). Their opponent will be:

  1. The 1st-placed first-stage Gold Group team (FC Krasnodar-2), unless Krasnodar-2 finishes in the Top 3 or in the bottom 4 in the second stage; otherwise
  2. The 2nd-placed first-stage Gold Group team (FC Ufa), unless Ufa finishes in the Top 3 or in the bottom 4 in the second stage; otherwise
  3. The 3rd-placed first-stage Gold Group team (FC Rotor Volgograd), unless Rotor Volgograd finishes in the Top 3 or in the bottom 4 in the second stage.

The winner of those play-offs will also be promoted to the Russian First League.[3]

If none of the top-3 first-stage Gold Group teams qualify for the promotion play-offs under the conditions described above, the play-offs would not be held and the 3rd-place second-stage Gold Group team would be promoted to the Russian First League automatically.

The bottom four teams in the Gold Group at the end of the season would be moved to Silver Group for the 2024–25 season, and the top four teams in the Silver Group would be moved to Gold Group.[4]

The rotation between Division A and Division B will be happening in the winter going forward, as Division B switched to spring-to-autumn, March-to-November cycle for their seasons. For example, in November 2024, bottom 2 teams of Division A Silver Group standings at the time would be relegated to 2025 Division B directly, 7th and 8th-placed teams in Division A Silver Group will play in relegation play-offs against the bottom two teams of the 2023–24 Division A Silver Group season, with 2 losers of the playoffs also relegated to Division B. Winners of the 2024 Division B groups will be promoted to Division A Silver Group at that time. Therefore, there will no relegation from Division A or promotion to it immediately at the end of the 2023–24 season.

First stage

Gold Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Krasnodar-2 18 9 6 3 27 20 +7 33 Qualification for the
Second Stage Gold Group
2 Ufa 18 9 4 5 23 10 +13 31
3 Rotor Volgograd 18 7 7 4 21 17 +4 28
4 Murom 18 6 6 6 24 26 −2 24
5 Veles Moscow 18 6 6 6 16 21 −5 24
6 Chayka Peschanokopskoye 18 6 5 7 23 21 +2 23
7 Volga Ulyanovsk 18 6 5 7 15 18 −3 23 Qualification for the
Second Stage Silver Group
8 Irtysh Omsk 18 6 5 7 15 15 0 23
9 Dynamo Bryansk 18 6 4 8 18 22 −4 22
10 Spartak Kostroma 18 3 4 11 13 25 −12 13
Source: Second League Division A (in Russian), Soccerway

Silver Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Novosibirsk 18 10 5 3 22 13 +9 35 Qualification for the
Second Stage Gold Group
2 Rodina-2 Moscow 18 9 5 4 17 13 +4 32
3 Metallurg Lipetsk 18 7 6 5 19 20 −1 27
4 Chelyabinsk 18 7 5 6 19 16 +3 26
5 Tekstilshchik Ivanovo 18 6 7 5 25 18 +7 25 Qualification for the
Second Stage Silver Group
6 Avangard Kursk 18 7 4 7 27 19 +8 25
7 Forte Taganrog 18 7 3 8 24 27 −3 24 Relegation to the
2024 Division B
8 Amkar Perm 18 6 6 6 19 17 +2 24
9 Chertanovo Moscow 18 5 7 6 21 18 +3 22
10 Salyut Belgorod 18 1 2 15 14 46 −32 5
Source: Second League Division A (in Russian), Soccerway

Second stage

Gold Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Chayka Peschanokopskoye 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to the
Russian First League
2 Chelyabinsk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Krasnodar-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the
promotion play-offs
4 Metallurg Lipetsk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Murom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Novosibirsk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Rodina-2 Moscow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the
2024–25 First Stage Silver Group
8 Rotor Volgograd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Ufa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Veles Moscow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2023. Source: Second League Division A (in Russian), Soccerway

Silver Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Avangard Kursk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the
2024–25 First Stage Gold Group
2 Dynamo Bryansk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Irtysh Omsk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Kaluga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Khimik Dzerzhinsk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Spartak Kostroma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Tekstilshchik Ivanovo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Torpedo Miass 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the
2024 relegation play-offs
10 Volga Ulyanovsk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 19 November 2023. Source: Second League Division A (in Russian), Soccerway

References

  1. ↑ "Бюро исполкома РФС утвердило реформу Второй лиги" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 10 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "Повезло, как в рулетке – "Металлург" сохранил место во второй лиге из-за отказа южных команд" (in Russian). Gorod48. 13 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Russian Second League regulations 2023-24 - paragraph 3.18" (PDF) (in Russian). Russian Second League. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "ВТОРАЯ ЛИГА БУДЕТ РЕФОРМИРОВАНА С СЕЗОНА 2023/2024" (in Russian). FNL. 10 May 2023.
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