2021–22_Russian_Football_National_League_2

2021–22 Russian Football National League 2

Football league season

The 2021–22 Russian Football National League 2 is the third highest division in Russian football. The Russian Football National League 2 is geographically divided into 4 groups. The winners of each zone are automatically promoted into the National Football League. The bottom finishers of each zone lose professional status and are relegated into the Amateur Football League.

Quick Facts Season, Promoted ...

Russian Football National League 2
Season	2021–22
Promoted	Dynamo Makhachkala (Group 1) Shinnik Yaroslavl (Group 2) Rodina Moscow (Group 3) Volga Ulyanovsk (Group 4)
Matches played	1,139
Goals scored	3,263 (2.86 per match)
Total attendance	332,365
Average attendance	292
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Group 1 (South)

Standings

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Dynamo Makhachkala (P)	32	25	5	2	62	12	+50	80	Promotion to Russian National Football League
2	SKA Rostov-on-Don	32	24	4	4	74	22	+52	76
3	Chayka	32	21	7	4	88	24	+64	70
4	Forte	32	17	10	5	55	31	+24	61
5	Chernomorets	32	18	6	8	70	35	+35	60
6	Kuban-Holding	32	15	9	8	46	31	+15	54
7	Legion Dynamo	32	12	10	10	44	31	+13	46
8	Biolog	32	11	11	10	50	45	+5	44
9	Anzhi^{[lower-alpha 1]} (D)	32	13	9	10	46	35	+11	42^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Failed to obtain license for the next season, then dissolved.
10	Spartak Nalchik	32	10	10	12	32	28	+4	40
11	Druzhba	32	7	11	14	25	44	−19	32
12	Mashuk-KMV	32	7	10	15	47	54	−7	31
13	Dynamo Stavropol	32	7	8	17	40	57	−17	29
14	Tuapse^{[lower-alpha 3]} (D)	32	12	2	18	36	60	−24	29^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Failed to obtain license for the next season, then dissolved.
15	Rotor-2^{[lower-alpha 5]} (R)	32	5	6	21	26	74	−48	21	Relegation to Amateur Football League
16	Alania-2	32	2	6	24	32	97	−65	12
17	Yessentuki	32	2	4	26	16	106	−90	10

Updated to match(es) played on 5 June 2022. Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1. points won; 2. games won; 3. points in head-to-head matches; 4. games won in head-to-head matches; 5. goal difference in head-to-head matches; 6. goals scored in head-to-head matches; 7. away goals in head-to-head matches; 8. total goal difference; 9. total goals scored; 10. total away goals scored.
(D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Failed FNL2 licensing, dissolved.
Anzhi deducted 6 points.
Relegated after having not obtained license for the next season ^[1]
FC Tuapse deducted 9 points.
Relegated due to their first team's relegation from the FNL.

Group 2 (West)

Group A

Standings

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Tver	18	12	5	1	34	14	+20	41	Qualification for the Promotion round
2	Leningradets	18	12	4	2	42	17	+25	40
3	Krasava	18	9	4	5	28	14	+14	31
4	Dynamo Saint Petersburg	18	8	4	6	25	22	+3	28
5	Zvezda Saint Petersburg	18	8	2	8	26	23	+3	26
6	Kairat Moscow	18	6	5	7	23	28	−5	23
7	Zenit-2	18	5	4	9	25	40	−15	19	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Luki-Energiya	18	4	3	11	16	38	−22	15
9	Baltika-2	18	4	2	12	17	27	−10	14
10	Chita	18	2	7	9	14	27	−13	13
11	Smolensk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Team withdrew^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Updated to match(es) played on 14 November 2021. Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1. points won; 2. games won; 3. points in head-to-head matches; 4. games won in head-to-head matches; 5. goal difference in head-to-head matches; 6. goals scored in head-to-head matches; 7. away goals in head-to-head matches; 8. total goal difference; 9. total goals scored; 10. total away goals scored.
Notes:

On Aug 2, FC Smolensk withdrew due financial troubles, their results are eliminated from the general table.

Group B

Standings

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Shinnik	20	17	1	2	38	8	+30	52	Qualification for the Promotion round
2	Dynamo-2 Moscow	20	10	8	2	40	17	+23	38
3	Kazanka	20	9	4	7	25	17	+8	31
4	Yenisey-2	20	9	3	8	24	27	−3	30
5	Murom	20	7	7	6	26	18	+8	28
6	Volna	20	8	4	8	28	31	−3	28
7	Olimp-Dolgoprudny-2	20	7	5	8	27	24	+3	26	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Khimik	20	5	6	9	18	36	−18	21
9	Torpedo Vladimir	20	5	3	12	16	35	−19	18
10	Znamya Truda	20	5	4	11	25	32	−7	16^{[lower-alpha 1]}
11	Chertanovo	20	4	3	13	16	38	−22	15

Znamya Truda deducted 3 points for submitting forged documents.

Promotion Group

Standings

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Shinnik (P)	21	17	3	1	37	10	+27	54	Promotion to Russian National Football League
2	Tver	21	11	6	4	42	22	+20	39
3	Leningradets	21	11	2	8	30	20	+10	35
4	Murom	21	10	4	7	23	12	+11	34
5	Krasava^{[lower-alpha 1]} (R)	21	8	5	8	32	30	+2	29	Relegation to Russian Amateur Football League
6	Kairat Moscow^{[lower-alpha 2]} (W)	21	8	5	8	29	35	−6	29	Withdrew
7	Zvezda Saint Petersburg	21	8	3	10	29	28	+1	27
8	Volna	21	7	6	8	33	44	−11	27
9	Dynamo-2 Moscow	21	6	7	8	27	28	−1	25
10	Dynamo Saint Petersburg	21	5	5	11	22	35	−13	20
11	Yenisey-2	21	6	2	13	20	41	−21	20
12	Kazanka^{[lower-alpha 3]} (W)	21	2	6	13	13	32	−19	12	Withdrew

They were declined license. ^[2]
Dissolved after the season. ^[3]
Dissolved after the season. ^[4]

Relegation Group

Standings

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Torpedo Vladimir	16	9	2	5	23	20	+3	29
2	Olimp-Dolgoprudny-2^{[lower-alpha 1]} (R)	16	8	4	4	24	17	+7	28	Relegation to Amateur Football League
3	Zenit-2	16	8	2	6	42	28	+14	26
4	Znamya Truda	16	8	1	7	29	21	+8	25
5	Baltika-2	16	6	4	6	17	19	−2	22
6	Chertanovo	16	6	4	6	16	23	−7	22
7	Luki-Energiya	16	6	2	8	24	25	−1	20
8	Chita	16	5	3	8	18	23	−5	18
9	Khimik	16	3	4	9	16	33	−17	13

Denied license. ^[5]

Group 3 (Center)

Group A

Standings

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Rodina	20	16	3	1	58	16	+42	51	Qualification for the Promotion round
2	Saransk	20	14	2	4	44	20	+24	44
3	Strogino	20	13	2	5	40	27	+13	41
4	Peresvet	20	9	4	7	36	27	+9	31
5	SKA-Khabarovsk-2	20	8	5	7	29	23	+6	29
6	Khimki-M	20	7	5	8	31	23	+8	26
7	Saturn	20	7	3	10	31	32	−1	24	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Kolomna	20	6	2	12	32	57	−25	20
9	Znamya Noginsk	20	6	2	12	26	51	−25	20
10	Kvant	20	4	5	11	22	37	−15	17
11	Metallurg-Vidnoye	20	2	3	15	22	58	−36	9

Updated to match(es) played on 15 November 2021. Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1. points won; 2. games won; 3. points in head-to-head matches; 4. games won in head-to-head matches; 5. goal difference in head-to-head matches; 6. goals scored in head-to-head matches; 7. away goals in head-to-head matches; 8. total goal difference; 9. total goals scored; 10. total away goals scored.

Group B

Standings

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sokol	20	14	4	2	38	10	+28	46	Qualification for the Promotion round
2	Dynamo Bryansk	20	11	8	1	37	11	+26	41
3	Salyut	20	12	3	5	32	20	+12	39
4	Dynamo Vladivostok	20	10	9	1	38	14	+24	39
5	Ryazan	20	11	3	6	27	17	+10	36
6	Avangard	20	7	5	8	27	27	0	26
7	Arsenal-2 Tula	20	7	3	10	26	31	−5	24	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Zenit Penza	20	6	3	11	19	32	−13	21
9	Sakhalin	20	5	2	13	14	36	−22	17
10	Kaluga	20	2	5	13	10	27	−17	11
11	Fakel-M	20	1	3	16	6	49	−43	6

Promotion Group

Standings

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Rodina (P)	21	15	4	2	44	18	+26	49	Promotion to Russian National Football League
2	Sokol	21	11	6	4	44	21	+23	39
3	Dynamo Bryansk	21	9	9	3	36	19	+17	36
4	Salyut	21	11	3	7	33	24	+9	36
5	Strogino	21	11	3	7	29	30	−1	36
6	Saransk (D)	21	7	6	8	24	29	−5	27	Did not obtain license for the next season, disbanded.
7	Dynamo Vladivostok	21	5	12	4	24	29	−5	27
8	Avangard	21	6	6	9	24	33	−9	24
9	Khimki-M	21	5	7	9	27	26	+1	22
10	SKA-Khabarovsk-2	21	3	8	10	15	24	−9	17
11	Ryazan	21	2	8	11	13	30	−17	14
12	Peresvet	21	2	6	13	23	53	−30	12

Updated to match(es) played on 4 June 2022. Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1. points won; 2. games won; 3. points in head-to-head matches; 4. games won in head-to-head matches; 5. goal difference in head-to-head matches; 6. goals scored in head-to-head matches; 7. away goals in head-to-head matches; 8. total goal difference; 9. total goals scored; 10. total away goals scored.
(D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted

Relegation Group

Standings

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Zenit Penza	18	11	3	4	30	15	+15	36
2	Sakhalin	18	10	2	6	28	23	+5	32
3	Kaluga	18	9	4	5	28	17	+11	31
4	Arsenal-2 Tula	18	9	3	6	32	25	+7	30
5	Znamya Noginsk	18	8	3	7	28	30	−2	27
6	Kvant	18	7	6	5	22	18	+4	27
7	Saturn	18	8	1	9	33	28	+5	25
8	Fakel-M	18	6	0	12	18	28	−10	18
9	Metallurg-Vidnoye^{[lower-alpha 1]} (R)	18	5	2	11	26	42	−16	17	Relegation to Amateur Football League
10	Kolomna	18	5	0	13	26	45	−19	15

Failed to obtain license for the next season. ^[6]

Group 4 (East)

Standings

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Volga (P)	28	18	8	2	57	20	+37	62	Promotion to Russian National Football League
2	Chelyabinsk	28	20	2	6	56	24	+32	62
3	Tyumen	28	18	6	4	79	30	+49	60
4	Amkar	28	16	4	8	43	28	+15	52
5	Zvezda^{[lower-alpha 1]} (D)	28	16	4	8	52	28	+24	52	Withdrew after the season.
6	Novosibirsk	28	15	5	8	40	24	+16	50
7	Ural-2	28	12	6	10	48	39	+9	42
8	Irtysh	28	10	8	10	50	49	+1	38
9	Torpedo Miass	28	10	5	13	33	41	−8	35
10	Spartak Tuymazy^{[lower-alpha 2]} (R)	28	11	2	15	45	67	−22	32^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Relegation to Amateur Football League
11	Orenburg-2	28	6	9	13	31	52	−21	27
12	Dynamo Barnaul	28	7	5	16	29	42	−13	26
13	Nosta	28	6	3	19	23	54	−31	21
14	Zenit-Izhevsk	28	4	4	20	20	55	−35	16
15	Lada-Tolyatti	28	3	5	20	25	78	−53	11^{[lower-alpha 4]}

Updated to match(es) played on 6 June 2022. Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1. points won; 2. games won; 3. points in head-to-head matches; 4. games won in head-to-head matches; 5. goal difference in head-to-head matches; 6. goals scored in head-to-head matches; 7. away goals in head-to-head matches; 8. total goal difference; 9. total goals scored; 10. total away goals scored.
(D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

FC Zvezda Perm withdrew. ^[7]
FC Spartak Tuymazy decided to discontinue their participation in professional league competition. ^[8]
Spartak Tuymazy deducted 3 points for submitting forged documents.
Lada-Tolyatti deducted 3 points for submitting forged documents.

References

[1]
"Licensing announcement". rfs.ru (in Russian).
[2]
"Licensing announcement". rfs.ru (in Russian).
[3]
"FC Kairat Moscow dissolution". sports.ru (in Russian).
[4]
"News - farm team of FC Lokomotiv Moscow dissolved". sportbox.ru (in Russian).
[5]
"Licensing announcement". rfs.ru (in Russian).
[6]
"Licensing announcement". rfs.ru (in Russian).
[7]
"FC Zvezda Perm case". matchtv.ru (in Russian).
[8]
"Spartak Tuymazy decided to discontinue their participation in professional league competition". matchtv.ru (in Russian).

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