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Russian First League

Field	Value
logo	Russian First League.svg
pixels	160px
country	Russia
confed	UEFA
founded
teams	18
promotion	Premier League
relegation	Second League
levels	2
domest_cup	Russian Cup
champions	Baltika (2nd title)
season	2024–25
most successful club	Chernomorets
Tyumen
Luch-Energiya
Shinnik
Anzhi
Mordovia
Orenburg
Krylia Sovetov
Rubin
Khimki
Baltika (2 titles)
website
current	2025–26 Russian First League

Tyumen Luch-Energiya Shinnik Anzhi Mordovia Orenburg Krylia Sovetov Rubin Khimki Baltika (2 titles) The Russian First League (, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division () and Russian Football National League (FNL) () 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.

History

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.

Current clubs

The following teams are competing in the 2024–25 season:

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	Head coach
Alania Vladikavkaz	Vladikavkaz	Republican Spartak Stadium	10,250	RUS Soslan Beteev
Arsenal Tula	Tula	Arsenal Stadium	19,241	RUS Aleksandr Storozhuk
Chayka Peschanokopskoye	Peschanokopskoye	Chayka Central Stadium	3,445	RUS Dmitri Pyatibratov
Fakel Voronezh	Voronezh	Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz Stadion	32,750	RUS Dmitri Pyatibratov
Chernomorets Novorossiysk	Novorossiysk		12,500	RUS Vadim Garanin
KAMAZ	Naberezhnye Chelny	KAMAZ stadium	6,248	RUS Vladimir Klontsak
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	Nizhnekamsk	Neftekhimik Stadium	3,100	RUS Kirill Novikov
Rodina Moscow	Moscow	Spartakovets Stadium	5,000	RUS Vladimir Gazzayev
Rotor Volgograd	Volgograd	Volgograd Arena	45,316	RUS Denis Boyarintsev
Shinnik Yaroslavl	Yaroslavl	Shinnik Stadium	22,990	RUS Dmitri Cheryshev
SKA-Khabarovsk	Khabarovsk	Lenin Stadium	14,800	RUS Dmitri Voyetskiy
Sokol Saratov	Saratov	Lokomotiv Stadium	15,000	BLR Aleksey Baga
FC Orenburg	Orenburg	Gazovik Stadium	10,046	BIH Vladimir Slišković
Tyumen	Tyumen	Geolog Stadium	13,057	RUS Igor Menshchikov
Ufa	Ufa	BetBoom Arena	15,234	RUS Yevgeni Kharlachyov
Ural Yekaterinburg	Yekaterinburg	Yekaterinburg Arena	35,696	RUS Yevgeni Averyanov
Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	Krasnoyarsk	Central Stadium	15,000	RUS Andrey Tikhonov

Winners and top scorers

Season	Winners	Also promoted	Top scorer
1992	Zhemchuzhina-Amerus (West)
KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny (Centre)
Luch Vladivostok (East)	–	Georgia Gocha Gogrichiani (Zhemchuzhina-Amerus, West) – 26
Russia Oleg Teryokhin (Sokol Saratov, Centre) – 27
Russia Vyacheslav Kartashov (Irtysh Omsk, East) – 19
1993	Chernomorets Novorossiysk (West, not promoted)
Lada Togliatti (Centre)
Dinamo-Gazovik Tyumen (East)	–	Russia Sergey Burdin (Chernomorets Novorossiysk, West) – 25
Russia Vladimir Filimonov (Zvezda Perm, Centre) – 37
Russia Vyacheslav Kamoltsev (Dinamo-Gazovik Tyumen, East) – 22
1994	Chernomorets Novorossiysk	Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don	Russia Dmitri Silin (Baltika Kaliningrad) – 35
1995	Baltika Kaliningrad	Lada Togliatti
Zenit Saint Petersburg	Russia Sergei Bulatov (Baltika Kaliningrad) – 29
1996	Dinamo-Gazovik Tyumen	Shinnik Yaroslavl
Fakel Voronezh	Georgia Varlam Kilasonia (Lokomotiv Saint Petersburg) – 22
1997	Uralan Elista	–	Russia Aleksei Chernov (Lada-Grad Dimitrovgrad) – 29
1998	Saturn Moscow Region	Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod	Brazil Andradina (Arsenal Tula) – 27
1999	Anzhi Makhachkala	Fakel Voronezh	Russia Konstantin Paramonov (Amkar Perm) – 23
2000	Sokol Saratov	Torpedo-ZIL Moscow	Russia Andrei Fedkov (Sokol Saratov) – 26
2001	Shinnik Yaroslavl	Uralan Elista	Russia Vitaly Kakunin (Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) – 20
2002	Rubin Kazan	Chernomorets Novorossiysk	Russia Vyacheslav Kamoltsev (Chernomorets Novorossiysk) – 20
Georgia David Chaladze (Rubin Kazan) – 20
2003	Amkar Perm	Kuban Krasnodar	Russia Aleksandr Panov (Dynamo Saint Petersburg) – 23
2004	Terek Grozny	Tom Tomsk	Russia Andrei Fedkov (Terek Grozny) – 38
2005	Luch-Energia Vladivostok	Spartak Nalchik	Russia Yevgeni Alkhimov (Lokomotiv Chita) – 24
2006	Khimki	Kuban Krasnodar	Russia Yevgeni Alkhimov (Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast) – 25
2007	Shinnik Yaroslavl	Terek Grozny	Russia Dmitri Akimov (Sibir Novosibirsk) – 34
2008	FC Rostov	Kuban Krasnodar	Russia Denis Popov (Torpedo Moscow/Chernomorets Novorossiysk) – 24
2009	Anzhi Makhachkala	Sibir Novosibirsk
Alania Vladikavkaz	Russia Aleksei Medvedev (Sibir Novosibirsk) – 18
2010	Kuban Krasnodar	Volga Nizhny Novgorod
Krasnodar	Georgia Otar Martsvaladze (Volga Nizhny Novgorod) – 21
2011–12	Mordovia Saransk	Alania Vladikavkaz	Russia Ruslan Mukhametshin (Mordovia Saransk) – 31
2012–13	Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast	Tom Tomsk	Russia Spartak Gogniyev (Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast) – 17
2013–14	Mordovia Saransk	Arsenal Tula
Torpedo Moscow
Ufa	Russia Aleksandr Kutyin (Arsenal Tula) – 19
2014–15	Krylia Sovetov Samara	Anzhi Makhachkala	CIV Yannick Boli (Anzhi Makhachkala) – 15
2015–16	Gazovik Orenburg	Arsenal Tula
Tom Tomsk	RUS Artyom Delkin (Gazovik Orenburg) – 16
RUS Khasan Mamtov (Tyumen) – 16
RUS Maksim Zhitnev (Sibir Novosibirsk) – 16
2016–17	Dynamo Moscow	Tosno
SKA-Khabarovsk	RUS Kirill Panchenko (Dynamo Moscow) – 24
2017–18	Orenburg	Krylia Sovetov Samara
Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	RUS Artyom Kulishev (Dynamo Saint Petersburg) – 17
2018–19	Tambov	Sochi	RUS Maksim Barsov (Sochi) – 19
2019–20	Rotor Volgograd	Khimki	RUS Aleksandr Rudenko (Spartak-2 Moscow/Torpedo Moscow) – 14
RUS Ivan Sergeyev (Torpedo Moscow) – 14
2020–21	Krylia Sovetov Samara	Nizhny Novgorod	RUS Ivan Sergeyev (Krylia Sovetov Samara) – 40
2021–22	Torpedo Moscow	Fakel Voronezh
Orenburg	RUS Maksim Maksimov (Fakel Voronezh) – 22
2022–23	Rubin Kazan	Baltika Kaliningrad
2023–24	Khimki	Dynamo Makhachkala
Akron Tolyatti
2024–25	Baltika Kaliningrad	Torpedo Moscow
Sochi	CRO Martin Sekulić (Ural) – 14

References

(10 June 2022). "18 КОМАНД ПРИМУТ УЧАСТИЕ В ОЛИМП-ФНЛ-1 В СЕЗОНЕ-2022/23". Russian Football National League.
(10 June 2022). "ПРЕЗИДИУМ ФНЛ ПРИНЯЛ РЕШЕНИЕ ОБ УЧАСТИИ 18 КОМАНД В СЕЗОНЕ-2022/23, СТАРТ ТУРНИРА ЗАПЛАНИРОВАН НА 17 ИЮЛЯ". Russian First League.
(23 June 2022). "Первая лига". Russian Football Union.
(23 June 2022). "КОМПАНИЯ "МЕЛБЕТ" СТАЛА ТИТУЛЬНЫМ ПАРТНЁРОМ ПЕРВОЙ ЛИГИ". Russian First League.
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