2022–23 Russian Second League

The 2022–23 Russian Second League is the 31st season of Russia's third-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 15 July 2022. On 23 June 2022, the league was renamed from Russian Football National League 2 to Russian Second League.

Russian Second League

Season	2022–23
Dates	15 July 2022 – 10 June 2023
Matches played	449
Goals scored	1,211 (2.7 per match)
Total attendance	374,987
Average attendance	835
← 2021–22 2023–24 Division A 2023 Division B → All statistics correct as of 10 June 2023.

The Russian Second League is geographically divided into 4 groups. The winners of each zone are automatically promoted into the First League. The bottom finishers of each zone lose professional status and are relegated into the Amateur Football League.

Group 1

First stage

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chernomorets Novorossiysk	26	19	6	1	54	17	+37	63	Qualification to the Subgroup A (Promotion round)
2	Chayka Peschanokopskoye	26	16	7	3	33	9	+24	55
3	Rotor Volgograd	26	15	7	4	47	19	+28	52
4	Biolog-Novokubansk Progress	26	13	7	6	35	24	+11	46
5	Forte Taganrog	26	12	9	5	37	22	+15	45
6	Kuban-Holding Pavlovskaya	26	12	6	8	38	29	+9	42
7	Spartak Nalchik	26	10	7	9	36	30	+6	37	Qualification to the Subgroup B (Relegation round)
8	Druzhba Maykop	26	10	5	11	24	31	−7	35
9	SKA Rostov-on-Don	26	9	7	10	21	31	−10	34
10	Dynamo Stavropol	26	7	10	9	23	38	−15	31
11	Legion Makhachkala	26	5	6	15	22	43	−21	21
12	Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk	26	5	6	15	24	47	−23	21
13	Alania-2 Vladikavkaz	26	2	7	17	18	53	−35	13
14	Yessentuki	26	1	2	23	5	24	−19	5	Team withdrew

Source: Second League (in Russian), Soccerway

Second stage

At the second stage, the teams of subgroup A retain the statistics from the first stage (points, wins, draws, losses, scored and missed goals). The teams of subgroup B retain the statistics from the first stage only in matches against teams from subgroup. Thus, before the second stage, new standings are formed in subgroup B. The teams in each subgroup will play in a single round-robin tournament.

The winner of subgroup A becomes the winner of the group and can qualify to the First league. The two last teams of subgroup B (13th and 14th places in the group) eliminate from the Second League.

Subgroup A

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Chernomorets Novorossiysk	26	19	6	1	54	17	+37	63	Promotion to the First League
2	Chayka Peschanokopskoye	26	16	7	3	33	9	+24	55
3	Rotor Volgograd	26	15	7	4	47	19	+28	52
4	Biolog-Novokubansk Progress	26	13	7	6	35	24	+11	46
5	Forte Taganrog	26	12	9	5	37	22	+15	45
6	Kuban-Holding Pavlovskaya	26	12	6	8	38	29	+9	42

First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: Second League (in Russian), Soccerway

Subgroup B

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Druzhba Maykop	12	6	3	3	12	9	+3	21
2	Spartak Nalchik	12	5	5	2	18	10	+8	20
3	SKA Rostov-on-Don	12	5	5	2	11	7	+4	20
4	Dynamo Stavropol	12	4	6	2	15	12	+3	18
5	Legion Makhachkala	12	3	5	4	16	11	+5	14
6	Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk	12	3	3	6	16	25	−9	12
7	Alania-2 Vladikavkaz	12	0	5	7	10	24	−14	5	Relegation to the Amateur League

First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: Second League (in Russian), Soccerway

Group 2

First stage

Subgroup 1

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Leningradets Leningrad Oblast	20	16	3	1	48	11	+37	51	Qualification to the Subgroup A (Promotion round)
2	Zvezda Saint Petersburg	20	11	8	1	40	16	+24	41
3	Zorkiy Krasnogorsk	20	9	5	6	32	21	+11	32
4	Baltika-BFU Kaliningrad	20	7	8	5	25	19	+6	29
5	Yenisey-2 Krasnoyarsk	20	8	5	7	40	30	+10	29
6	Luki-Energiya Velikiye Luki	20	8	3	9	23	30	−7	27
7	Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg	20	7	6	7	31	31	0	27	Qualification to the Subgroup B (Relegation round)
8	Dynamo Saint Petersburg	20	5	8	7	24	24	0	23
9	Yadro Saint Petersburg	20	3	6	11	25	35	−10	15
10	Rodina-M Moscow	20	3	4	13	13	44	−31	13
11	Elektron Veliky Novgorod	20	3	4	13	13	53	−40	13

Source: Second League (in Russian), Soccerway

Subgroup 2

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tekstilshchik Ivanovo	20	13	3	4	40	15	+25	42	Qualification to the Subgroup A (Promotion round)
2	Murom	20	12	3	5	34	14	+20	39
3	Chertanovo Moscow	20	11	3	6	38	25	+13	36
4	Spartak Kostroma	20	8	5	7	28	25	+3	29
5	Torpedo Vladimir	20	8	4	8	24	31	−7	28
6	Dynamo Vologda	20	8	3	9	21	30	−9	27
7	FC Torpedo-2 Moscow	20	7	6	7	20	27	−7	27	Qualification to the Subgroup B (Relegation round)
8	Dynamo-2 Moscow	20	7	3	10	26	34	−8	24
9	Tver	20	6	4	10	21	22	−1	22
10	Khimik Dzerzhinsk	20	5	6	9	20	25	−5	21
11	Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo	20	3	4	13	14	38	−24	13

Source: Second League (in Russian), Soccerway

Second stage

At the second stage, the teams of subgroup A retain the statistics from the first stage (points, wins, draws, losses, scored and missed goals). The teams of subgroup B retain the statistics from the first stage only in matches against teams from subgroup. Thus, before the second stage, new standings are formed in subgroup B. The teams in each subgroup will play in a double round-robin tournament.

The winner of subgroup A becomes the winner of the group and can qualify to the First league. The three last teams of subgroup B (8th, 9th and 10th places in the subgroup) eliminate from the Second League.

Group 3

First stage

Subgroup 1

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dynamo Bryansk	14	9	3	2	20	7	+13	30	Qualification to the Subgroup A (Promotion round)
2	Avangard Kursk	14	8	5	1	29	12	+17	29
3	Sakhalinets Moscow	14	7	3	4	22	17	+5	24
4	Ryazan	14	6	5	3	18	12	+6	23
5	Rodina-2 Moscow	14	6	5	3	24	12	+12	23
6	Strogino Moscow	14	6	5	3	19	16	+3	23
7	Metallurg Lipetsk	14	6	4	4	22	14	+8	22	Qualification to the Subgroup B (Relegation round)
8	Arsenal-2 Tula	14	6	2	6	24	21	+3	20
9	Spartak Tambov	14	3	3	8	15	27	−12	12
10	Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	14	3	1	10	14	34	−20	10
11	Peresvet Domodedovo	14	3	0	11	15	31	−16	9
12	Kvant Obninsk	14	2	2	10	11	30	−19	8

Updated to match(es) played on 2 October 2022. Source: Second League (in Russian), Soccerway

Subgroup 2

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Salyut Belgorod	14	9	3	2	32	10	+22	30	Qualification to the Subgroup A (Promotion round)
2	Kaluga	14	9	2	3	22	15	+7	29
3	Sokol Saratov	14	8	3	3	16	10	+6	27
4	Dynamo Vladivostok	14	7	2	5	23	14	+9	23
5	Saturn Ramenskoye	14	6	3	5	21	19	+2	21
6	Khimki-M	14	6	3	5	23	16	+7	21
7	Kosmos Dolgoprudny	14	6	2	6	29	17	+12	20	Qualification to the Subgroup B (Relegation round)
8	Kolomna	14	5	2	7	11	27	−16	17
9	Znamya Noginsk	14	4	3	7	12	21	−9	15
10	Balashikha	14	4	1	9	9	22	−13	13
11	SKA-Khabarovsk-2	14	3	4	7	14	19	−5	13
12	Zenit Penza	14	1	4	9	7	29	−22	7

Updated to match(es) played on 2 October 2022. Source: Second League (in Russian), Soccerway

Second stage

At the second stage, the teams of subgroup A retain the statistics from the first stage (points, wins, draws, losses, scored and missed goals). The teams of subgroup B retain the statistics from the first stage only in matches against teams from subgroup. Thus, before the second stage, new standings are formed in subgroup B. The teams in each subgroup will play in a double round-robin tournament.

The winner of subgroup A becomes the winner of the group and can qualify to the First league. The three last teams of subgroup B (10th, 11th and 12th places in the subgroup) eliminate from the Second League.

Group 4

First stage

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tyumen	11	6	4	1	22	10	+12	22	Qualification to the Subgroup A (Promotion round)
2	Irtysh Omsk	11	6	3	2	13	9	+4	21
3	Chelyabinsk	11	6	3	2	16	10	+6	21
4	Amkar Perm	11	6	2	3	19	12	+7	20
5	Zenit-Izhevsk	11	5	3	3	20	15	+5	18
6	Novosibirsk	11	4	5	2	13	10	+3	17
7	Torpedo Miass	11	4	3	4	11	14	−3	15	Qualification to the Subgroup B (Relegation round)
8	Orenburg-2	11	3	5	3	15	17	−2	14
9	Nosta Novotroitsk	11	2	4	5	11	13	−2	10
10	Dynamo Barnaul	11	1	4	6	13	21	−8	7
11	Khimik-Avgust Vurnary	11	2	1	8	9	23	−14	7
12	Ural-2 Yekaterinburg	11	1	3	7	13	21	−8	6

Updated to match(es) played on 2 October 2022. Source: Second League (in Russian), Soccerway

Second stage

At the second stage, the teams of subgroup A retain the statistics from the first stage (points, wins, draws, losses, scored and missed goals). The teams of subgroup B retain the statistics from the first stage only in matches against teams from subgroup. Thus, before the second stage, new standings are formed in subgroup B. The teams in each subgroup will play in a single round-robin tournament.

The winner of subgroup A becomes the winner of the group and can qualify to the First league. The two last teams of subgroup B (11th and 12th places in the group) eliminate from the Second League.