# 2024 Russian Second League Division B

The 2024 Russian Second League Division B was 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.

## Overview

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. Division B also switched to the spring-to-autumn, March-to-November schedule. 2023 was a transitional half-year season. 2024 season was 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 were promoted into the Division A Second Stage Silver Group. Four bottom teams from the Division A First Stage Silver Group were relegated to 2025 Division B.

## Team movement

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. Sakhalinets Moscow and Khimik-Avgust Vurnary dissolved their professional squads. Krasnoye Znamya Noginsk failed licensing for the season.
Elektron Veliky Novgorod moved to Nizhny Novgorod and was renamed to Volna Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.
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).

## Group 1

Group 1 included 17 teams that played each other twice, home and away, from 30 March 2024 to 16 November 2024. The opening games that were initially scheduled for 23 March 2024 were postponed due to the Crocus City Hall attack. The group winner were promoted to the Division A Second Stage Silver Group, the bottom two teams were relegated from Division B.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Forte Taganrog | 32 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 68 | 30 | +38 | 71 | Promotion to the Division A Second Stage Silver Group |
| 2 | Rubin Yalta | 32 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 48 | 26 | +22 | 64 | |
| 3 | Dynamo Stavropol | 32 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 54 | 31 | +23 | 63 | |
| 4 | Legion Makhachkala | 32 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 57 | 26 | +31 | 60 | |
| 5 | Rostov-2 | 32 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 57 | 33 | +24 | 60 | |
| 6 | Sevastopol | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 30 | +17 | 58 | |
| 7 | Stroitel Kamensk-Shakhtinsky | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 48 | |
| 8 | Astrakhan | 32 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 47 | |
| 9 | Nart Cherkessk | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 44 | |
| 10 | Druzhba Maykop | 32 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 41 | 42 | −1 | 42 | |
| 11 | Angusht Nazran | 32 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 38 | |
| 12 | Kuban-Holding Pavlovskaya | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 37 | |
| 13 | Spartak Nalchik | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 47 | 50 | −3 | 37 | |
| 14 | Biolog-Novokubansk | 32 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 41 | 56 | −15 | 30 | Dissolved after the season |
| 15 | Pobeda Khasavyurt | 32 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 30 | |
| 16 | Alania-2 Vladikavkaz | 32 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 87 | −63 | 17 | Relegation to the Russian Amateur Football League |
| 17 | Dynamo-2 Makhachkala | 32 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 70 | −51 | 14 | |
* ↑ Stroitel was purchased by a new owner in February 2025 and relocated to Tomsk as FC KDV Tomsk.
* ↑ Biolog-Novokubansk was dissolved in early 2025.
* ↑ Dynamo-2 was not relegated and was included in the 2025 Second League Division B.

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Magomed Abakarov | Forte Taganrog | 17 |
| 1 | Vadim Zubavlenko | Rubin Yalta | 17 |
| 3 | Aleksandr Olenev | Legion Makhachkala | 14 |
| 3 | Alan Khachirov | Spartak Nalchik | 14 |
| 5 | Makhach Abdulkhamidov | Dynamo Stavropol | 12 |
| 6 | Islam Tlupov | Spartak Nalchik | 11 |
| 6 | Bekkhan Aliyev | Angusht Nazran | 11 |
| 8 | Anar Panayev | Legion Makhachkala | 10 |
| 8 | Gadzhimurad Abdullayev | Druzhba Maykop | 10 |
| 8 | Stanislav Ruban | Stroitel Kamensk-Shakhtinsky | 10 |

## Group 2

Group 2 included 16 teams that played each other twice, home and away, from 6 April 2024 to 3 November 2024. The group winner were promoted to the Division A Second Stage Silver Group, the bottom two teams were relegated from Division B.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Dynamo-2 Moscow | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 66 | 28 | +38 | 70 | Promotion to the Division A Second Stage Silver Group |
| 2 | Spartak-2 Moscow | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 67 | 33 | +34 | 62 | |
| 3 | Leon Saturn Ramenskoye | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 68 | 43 | +25 | 58 | |
| 4 | Irkutsk | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 57 | |
| 5 | Chertanovo Moscow | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 54 | 38 | +16 | 55 | |
| 6 | Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 45 | 30 | +15 | 51 | |
| 7 | Dynamo Vologda | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 45 | 31 | +14 | 51 | |
| 8 | Baltika-BFU Kaliningrad | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 50 | 45 | +5 | 50 | |
| 9 | Dynamo Saint Petersburg | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 54 | 50 | +4 | 39 | |
| 10 | Torpedo Vladimir | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 43 | 40 | +3 | 39 | |
| 11 | Rodina-M Moscow | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 51 | 48 | +3 | 34 | |
| 12 | Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 27 | 52 | −25 | 31 | |
| 13 | Luki-Energiya Velikiye Luki | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 41 | −17 | 28 | |
| 14 | Tver | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 57 | −27 | 25 | |
| 15 | Yenisey-2 Krasnoyarsk | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 26 | 66 | −40 | 14 | |
| 16 | Zvezda Saint Petersburg | 30 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 80 | −56 | 8 | |
* ↑ Leon Saturn was renamed back to Saturn at the end of 2024.
* ↑ The team was renamed to Baltika-2 in January 2025.
* ↑ Yenisey-2 was not relegated and was included in the 2025 Second League Division B.
* ↑ Zvezda was not relegated and was included in the 2025 Second League Division B.

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Vitaly Karpenko | Spartak-2 Moscow | 18 |
| 2 | Anton Betyuzhnov | Dynamo Vologda | 12 |
| 2 | Denis Bokov | Dynamo-2 Moscow | 12 |
| 2 | Artyom Bykovsky | Spartak-2 Moscow | 12 |
| 5 | Stanislav Basyrov | Leon Saturn Ramenskoye | 11 |

## Group 3

Group 3 included 15 teams that played each other twice, home and away, from 7 April 2024 to 3 November 2024. The group winner were promoted to the Division A Second Stage Silver Group, the bottom two teams were relegated from Division B.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Dynamo Vladivostok | 28 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 17 | +25 | 63 | Promotion to the Division A Second Stage Silver Group |
| 2 | Kosmos Dolgoprudny | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 23 | +22 | 54 | |
| 3 | Kompozit Pavlovsky Posad | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 59 | 40 | +19 | 54 | |
| 4 | Salyut Belgorod | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 49 | 34 | +15 | 48 | |
| 5 | Spartak Tambov | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 44 | |
| 6 | Khimki-M | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 44 | |
| 7 | Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 42 | Dissolved after the season |
| 8 | Zenit Penza | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 37 | |
| 9 | Ryazan | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 35 | |
| 10 | Oryol | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 35 | |
| 11 | Strogino Moscow | 28 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 24 | 38 | −14 | 31 | |
| 12 | Arsenal-2 Tula | 28 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 31 | |
| 13 | SKA-Khabarovsk-2 | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 27 | |
| 14 | Kolomna | 28 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 56 | −34 | 21 | |
| 15 | Kvant Obninsk | 28 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 51 | −32 | 19 | |
* ↑ Kompozit has been merged into FC Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo in 2025.
* ↑ Sakhalin was dissolved at the end of the year.
* ↑ FC Kolomna was not relegated and was included in the 2025 Second League Division B.
* ↑ FC Kvant Obnisnk was not relegated and was included in the 2025 Second League Division B.

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Andrei Chasovskikh | Spartak Tambov | 12 |
| 1 | Nikolai Boyarkin | Salyut Belgorod | 12 |
| 1 | Kirill Pomeshkin | Kosmos Dolgoprudny | 12 |
| 1 | Oleg Trofimov | Khimki-M | 12 |
| 5 | Astemir Khashkulov | SKA-Khabarovsk-2 | 11 |

## Group 4

Group 4 included 14 teams that played each other twice, home and away, from 13 April 2024 to 19 October 2024. The group winner were promoted to the Division A Second Stage Silver Group, the bottom two teams were relegated from Division B.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Dynamo Kirov | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 52 | 19 | +33 | 57 | Promotion to the Division A Second Stage Silver Group |
| 2 | Amkar Perm | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 15 | +20 | 55 | |
| 3 | Rubin-2 Kazan | 26 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 38 | 18 | +20 | 46 | |
| 4 | Sokol Kazan | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 45 | |
| 5 | Volna Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 41 | 31 | +10 | 43 | |
| 6 | Krylia Sovetov-2 Samara | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 34 | 28 | +6 | 40 | |
| 7 | Ural-2 Yekaterinburg | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 24 | +7 | 35 | |
| 8 | Uralets-TS Nizhny Tagil | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 32 | |
| 9 | Lada-Tolyatti | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 29 | Relegation to the Russian Amateur Football League |
| 10 | Dynamo Barnaul | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 27 | |
| 11 | Nosta Novotroitsk | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 39 | −12 | 25 | |
| 12 | Orenburg-2 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 44 | −18 | 25 | |
| 13 | Akron-2 Tolyatti | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 41 | −20 | 22 | |
| 14 | Pari NN-2 Nizhny Novgorod | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 53 | −33 | 19 | Dissolved after the season |
* ↑ Lada-Tolyatti dropped out of professional football for financial reasons.
* ↑ Akron-2 was not relegated and was included in the 2025 Second League Division B.
* ↑ Pari NN-2 was dissolved by the parent club at the conclusion of the season.

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ilya Yurchenko | Amkar Perm | 13 |
| 1 | Daniil Motorin | Rubin-2 Kazan | 13 |
| 3 | Ilya Kozhukhar | Dynamo Kirov | 12 |
| 4 | Daniil Nagovitsin | Dynamo Kirov | 11 |
| 5 | Dmitry Usov | Orenburg-2 | 9 |