Date | R | Home vs Away | - |
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04/28 06:00 | 30 | FK Yenisey vs Volgar G Astrakhan | View |
04/28 11:00 | 30 | Shinnik Yaroslavl vs Sokol Saratov | View |
04/28 14:00 | 30 | Arsenal Tula vs Alania Vladikavkaz | View |
04/28 14:00 | 30 | FK Leningradets vs SKA Energia Khabarovsk | View |
04/28 14:00 | 30 | Kamaz Nab Chelny vs Akron Tolyatti | View |
04/28 15:00 | 30 | Torpedo Moscow vs FK Khimki | View |
04/28 16:00 | 30 | PFC Kuban vs Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | View |
04/29 14:00 | 30 | FK Chernomorets Novorossiysk vs Dynamo Makhachkala | View |
04/30 12:00 | 30 | Rodina Moscow vs FK Tyumen | View |
05/04 11:30 | 31 | FK Khimki vs Sokol Saratov | View |
05/04 14:00 | 31 | FK Chernomorets Novorossiysk vs Torpedo Moscow | View |
05/04 15:00 | 31 | Alania Vladikavkaz vs Shinnik Yaroslavl | View |
Date | R | Home vs Away | - |
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04/24 16:30 | 29 | Dynamo Makhachkala vs Arsenal Tula | 0-0 |
04/24 16:00 | 29 | FK Khimki vs Kamaz Nab Chelny | 1-0 |
04/24 15:00 | 29 | Sokol Saratov vs FK Yenisey | 0-2 |
04/24 15:00 | 29 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk vs Shinnik Yaroslavl | 1-2 |
04/24 14:30 | 29 | Akron Tolyatti vs FK Leningradets | 0-0 |
04/24 14:00 | 29 | Volgar G Astrakhan vs Torpedo Moscow | 1-1 |
04/24 14:00 | 29 | Alania Vladikavkaz vs PFC Kuban | 3-0 |
04/24 13:00 | 29 | FK Tyumen vs FK Chernomorets Novorossiysk | 1-1 |
04/24 09:00 | 29 | SKA Energia Khabarovsk vs Rodina Moscow | 2-1 |
04/20 15:00 | 28 | Torpedo Moscow vs Arsenal Tula | 1-1 |
04/20 14:00 | 28 | Shinnik Yaroslavl vs Dynamo Makhachkala | 0-1 |
04/20 14:00 | 28 | Alania Vladikavkaz vs Volgar G Astrakhan | 1-2 |
The Russian First League (Russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (Russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (Russian: Первенство Футбольной Национальной Лиги, Pervenstvo Futbol'noy Natsional'noy Ligi) is the second level of the Russian football league system.
The Russian Professional Football League (PFL) used to run the division. Since 2011, it has been managed by the Football National League.
The league consists of 18 clubs. After each season the two top clubs are promoted to the Premier League, and the bottom three clubs are relegated to the Second League. Third and fourth team play in home-and-away promotion play-offs against the 13th and 14th Premier League teams. Should one or more clubs not possess the required licence to participate for the upcoming season, the teams previously relegated are kept in the league instead, in the order of last season's standings.
Due to the dissolution of the Soviet Union, all Russian clubs of the former Soviet Top League and Soviet First League unified into the Russian Top Division, which meant that the new second tier of Russian football would remain regionalized.
On 10 June 2022, the number of teams in the league was reduced from 20 to 18 for the 2022–23 season. On the same day, the league requested Russian Football Union to rename the league to its historical name of Russian First League. RFU officially approved the name change on 23 June 2022. On the same date the league announced that the league's title sponsor would be a bookmaker Melbet.
The following teams are competing in the 2023–24 season:
Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
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Akron Tolyatti | Zhigulyovsk | Kristall Stadium | 3,065 |
Alania Vladikavkaz | Vladikavkaz | Republican Spartak Stadium | 10,250 |
Arsenal Tula | Tula | Arsenal Stadium | 19,241 |
Dynamo Makhachkala | Makhachkala | Dynamo Stadium | 15,200 |
KAMAZ | Naberezhnye Chelny | KAMAZ stadium | 6,248 |
Khimki | Khimki | Arena Khimki | 18,636 |
Leningradets | Leningrad Oblast | Petrovsky Stadium | 20,985 |
Kuban Krasnodar | Krasnodar | Kuban Stadium | 31,654 |
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | Nizhnekamsk | Neftekhimik Stadium | 3,100 |
Rodina Moscow | Moscow | Spartakovets Stadium | 5,000 |
SKA-Khabarovsk | Khabarovsk | Lenin Stadium | 14,800 |
Torpedo Moscow | Moscow | Luzhniki Stadium | 81,000 |
Tyumen | Tyumen | Geolog Stadium | 13,057 |
Sokol Saratov | Saratov | Lokomotiv Stadium | 15,000 |
Chernomorets Novorossiysk | Novorossiysk | Central Stadium (Trud) | 12,500 |
Volgar Astrakhan | Astrakhan | Central Stadium | 21,500 |
Shinnik Yaroslavl | Yaroslavl | Shinnik Stadium | 22,990 |
Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | Krasnoyarsk | Central Stadium | 15,000 |