2024 Russian Second League Division B
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 ended on 16 November 2024. There was a three-week break in July after half of the games have been played. OverviewIn 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. Team movementAt 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 1Group 1 included 17 teams that played 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.
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Group 2Group 2 included 16 teams that played 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.
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Group 3Group 3 included 15 teams that played 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.
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Group 4Group 4 included 14 teams that played 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.
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