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2024–25 Russian Second League Division A
The 2024–25 Russian Second League Division A is the 33rd season of Russian football, Russia's Russian Second League, third-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 21 July 2024 and will end in June 2025. Overview Before the 2023–24 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. Division A consists of two groups of 10 teams each. The Gold Group initially included: * 3 teams relegated from the 2023–24 Russian First League (FC Leningradets Leningrad Oblast, FC Volgar Astrakhan and FC Kuban Krasnodar (2018), FC Kuban Krasnodar) * 3 teams from the Top 6 of the 2023–24 Russian Second League Division A, 2023–24 Second stage Gold Group that were not promoted to the Russian First League (including FC Novosibirsk, who were renamed to FC Sibir Novosibirsk (2019), FC Sibir Novosibirsk) * Top 4 teams from the 2023– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Second League
The Russian Second League (), formerly the Russian Professional Football League, are both the third (Division A) and fourth level (Division B) of Russian professional Association football, football. History In 1998–2010, it was run by the :ru:Профессиональная футбольная лига (Россия), 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 Russian First League, 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 Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo
FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo () is a Russian association football club based in the city of Ivanovo, playing in the third-tier Russian Second League. It enjoyed Soviet Union football league system, Soviet and Football in Russia#League system, Russian football league systems' second tier membership in 1939, 1945 to 1962, 1965 to 1974, 1983, 1992, 1993, 2007 and from 2019 to 2022. Team name history *1937–1938 Spartak Ivanovo *1939–1943 Osnova Ivanovo *1944–1946 Dynamo Ivanovo *1947–1957 Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo *1958–1998 Tekstilshchik Ivanovo *1999–2000 FC Ivanovo *2001–2003 Tekstilshchik Ivanovo *2004–2007 Tekstilshchik-Telekom Ivanovo (FC Spartak-Telekom Shuya merged with Tekstilschik in 2004) *2008–present Tekstilshchik Ivanovo Current squad As of 16 June 2025, according to thSecond League website Notable players Abdou Jammeh was a Gambia national football team, Gambia international during his spell at Tekstilshchik. References Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Kaluga
FC Kaluga () is an association football club from Kaluga, Russia, founded in 2009. The club is playing in the third-tier Russian Second League Division A. The team appeared after uniting two football Clubs from Kaluga: FC MiK Kaluga and FC Lokomotiv Kaluga. The two teams finished 1st and 2d in Russian Amateur Football League Chernozemic Zone championship in 2009 and Kaluga faced the opportunity to promote a football club that could represent the city to Russian Professional Football League so the two teams were united. Current squad As of 16 June 2025, according to thSecond League website References External links * * on 2liga.ruFC Kalugaon Facebook Facebook is a social media and social networking service owned by the American technology conglomerate Meta Platforms, Meta. Created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with four other Harvard College students and roommates, Eduardo Saverin, Andre ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaluga, FC Association footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Avangard Kursk
FC Avangard Kursk is an association football club based in Kursk, Russia, currently playing in the third tier of Russian football. The team's colors are: home all blue, and away all white. History The club has been known under the following names: * '' Spartak'', 1946–1957 * '' Trudovye Rezervy'', 1958–1965 and 1967–1972 * ''Trud'', 1966 * ''Avangard'', 1973– Spartak made an appearance in the Soviet league in 1946. Since 1957 Kursk was continuously represented in the league by Trudovye Rezervy, Trud, and Avangard. The club played in Class B and in the Second League. The best achievement was the second position in the zone in 1962 and 1964. Avangard entered the Russian Second League in 1992 and was moved to the Third League in 1994, after the number of clubs in the Second League was significantly reduced. In 1995, they won promotion to the Second League, and in 2004 Avangard finished second in their Second Division zone, obtaining promotion to the First Division. Avangar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Football Union
The Russian Football Union (, ''Rossiyskiy Futbolnyy Soyuz'' or RFS) is the official governing body of association football in the Russian Federation. With headquarters in Moscow, it organizes Russian amateur and professional football, including the men's, women's, youth, beach soccer, futsal and Paralympic national teams. The RFS sanctions referees and football tournaments for the Russian Premier League and other football leagues in Russia. RFS is headed by Aleksandr Dyukov, the CEO of Gazprom Neft. Structure The RFS is governed by a board of directors led by a chairman, Nikita Simonyan, and a director general, Aleksandr Alayev. The RFU is a member of international football bodies FIFA and UEFA, and also has a relationship with the International Olympic Committee (IOC). History Russian Empire The All-Russian Football Union (VFS) was created on 19 January 1912 and in the same year was admitted to FIFA. The Unions initially consisted of 52 organizations across the Russian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Wasting
In sports strategy, running out the clock, also known as running down the clock, stonewalling, killing the clock, chewing the clock, stalling, eating clock or time-wasting (or timewasting), is the practice of a winning team allowing the clock to expire through a series of preselected plays, either to preserve a lead or hasten the end of a one-sided contest. Such measures expend time but do not otherwise have a tactical purpose. This is usually done by a team that is winning by a slim margin (or, occasionally, tied) near the end of a game, in order to reduce the time available for the opposing team to score. Generally, it is the opposite strategy of running up the score. The process of running out the clock generally involves low-risk, low-event play, intending to minimize the ability of the other team to interfere or counter. As this produces unexciting sport for spectators, many rulebooks attempt to counteract this; some include a time limit for completing a play, such as a play c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk
FC Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk () is a Russian football club based in Pyatigorsk. The club plays in the third-tier Russian Second League. History The history of Mashuk-KMV dates back to the 1920s and the team named Dynamo. The team was known under different names: *Dynamo until 1965 *Mashinostroitel in 1966–1967 * Mashuk in 1968–1993 and 1998–2002 *Energia in 1994–1997 *Mashuk-KMV since 2003 Dynamo played in the Soviet League in its first year in 1936, but would not participate in the national competition again until 1966, when the team was renamed Mashinostroitel. After three seasons the team won promotion to the Class A, Group 2. However, the team, renamed as Mashuk in 1968, were not very successful at that level and played in the Second League from the reform of Soviet football in 1971 to 1990, when they were relegated to the Second League B. After the dissolution of the USSR, Mashuk played in the Russian Second League in 1992–1993 and in 1995–1997. In 1996 they were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Chelyabinsk
Football Club Chelyabinsk () is a Russian football club from Chelyabinsk that plays in the Russian Second League, the third tier of the Russian football league system. It played professionally from 1989 to 1993 and from 1997 on. The club was called Strela Chelyabinsk (1977–1989) and Zenit Chelyabinsk (1990–2008). It played on the second-highest level, Russian First Division, in 1992 and 1993. History The club was founded in 1977 as Strela Chelyabinsk. From 1977 to 1989 the club played in the regional leagues, and won the league title in 1980. The club also played the regional final 5 times, winning it in 1986 and 1987. In 1990 the club was renamed to Zenit Chelyabinsk. It was promoted to the second-highest level, Russian First Division, in 1992. The following year, the club was relegated. In 2009 the club was renamed to its current name, FC Chelyabinsk. The club made a great run in the 2009–10 Russian Cup, reaching the round of 16. Chelyabinsk entered the competition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Irtysh Omsk
FC Irtysh Omsk () is a Russian football club based in Omsk, Russia. It plays in the third-tier Russian Second League. History Their best result in the 1992 season was 2nd in the Eastern Group of the Russian First Division. It was relegated to the 3rd tier in 1995. It was promoted to 2nd tier in 1996, then relegated to 3rd in 1998. As East Zone champions, Irtysh Omsk was promoted to 2nd tier in 2009. Irtysh Omsk finished 19 out of 20 and relegated to 3rd tier. On 15 May 2020, the 2019–20 PFL season was abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic in Russia The COVID-19 pandemic in Russia was a part of the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The virus was confirmed to have spread to Russia on 31 January 2020, when two Chinese citi .... As Irtysh was leading in their PFL zone at the time, they were promoted to the second-tier FNL for the 2020–21 season. The club was relegated back to PFL after one season. The club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Torpedo Miass
FC Torpedo Miass () is a Russian football team from Miass. It played professionally from 1964 to 1970, from 1988 to 2001 and from 2021. It reached the second-highest level, Russian First Division in 1992 and 1993. From 1995 to 2001 it was called UralAZ Miass after the UralAZ company located in the city. Since 2007 the club played in the Amateur Football League Russian championship among amateur football clubs (III division) () is the fifth overall tier of the Russian football league system. Sometimes it is called Amateur Football League, after the organization that holds the competition (). The league .... For the 2021–22 season, it was licensed once again for the Russian third-tier. On 5 November 2023, Torpedo secured the first place in their zone of the 2023 Russian Second League Division B and promotion to the third-tier Division A. Current squad ''As of 16 June 2025, according to thSecond League website'' Out on loan References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Dynamo Kirov
FC Dynamo Kirov () is a Russian association football club from Kirov, founded in 1923. It plays in the Russian Second League. Club history The club played on the professional level in 1937, 1957 to 1994, 1999 to 2017 and from 2023. The highest level it ever achieved was the second highest (Soviet First League and Russian First Division), where it played in 1957–1962, 1982, 1983, and 1992. It was called Dynamo Vyatka (1923–1934 before the city of Vyatka was renamed to Kirov), Vyatka Kirov (1993–1996), Mashinostroitel Kirov (1997–1998), and Dynamo-Mashinostroitel Kirov (1999–2003). On 18 July 2017, the club voluntarily left the third-tier Russian Professional Football League due to lack of financing. For the 2023 season, Dynamo was licensed for the Russian Second League The Russian Second League (), formerly the Russian Professional Football League, are both the third (Division A) and fourth level (Division B) of Russian professional Association football, football. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |