The 2022–23 Russian First League was the 31st season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 16 July 2022, and will have a 3 month winter break between game weeks 20 and 21 (November to March). For the first time, 18 teams will participate instead of 20 On 23 June 2022, the league was renamed from Russian Football National League to Russian First League.
Stadia by capacity Club City StadiumCapacity Akron Tolyatti Kristall Stadium, Zhigulyovsk 1,565 Alania Vladikavkaz Republican Spartak Stadium 32,464 Arsenal Tula Tula Arsenal Stadium 19,241 Baltika Kaliningrad Arena Baltika 35,212 Dynamo Makhachkala Makhachkala Dynamo Stadium 15,200 KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny KAMAZ Stadium 6,248 Rubin Kazan Kazan Kazan Arena 45,379 Krasnodar-2 Krasnodar Krasnodar Academy 3,500 Kuban Krasnodar Krasnodar Kuban Stadium 35,200 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Neftekhimik Stadium 3,100 Rodina Moscow Moscow Spartakovets 5,000 SKA Khabarovsk Lenin Stadium 15,200 Ufa Ufa BetBoom Arena 15,234 Volga Ulyanovsk Ulyanovsk Trud Stadium 15,000 Veles Moscow Moscow Avangard Stadium, Domodedovo 5,503 Volgar Astrakhan Astrakhan Central Stadium 21,500 Shinnik Yaroslavl Yaroslavl Shinnik Stadium 22,990 Yenisey Krasnoyarsk Central Stadium 15,000
Team changes
To FNL Promoted from FNL2 Dynamo Makhachkala Rodina Moscow Volga Ulyanovsk Shinnik Yaroslavl
Relegated from Premier League Arsenal Tula Rubin Kazan Ufa
From FNL Relegated to Second League Metallurg Lipetsk Rotor Volgograd Tekstilshchik Ivanovo
Dissolved FC Spartak-2 Moscow Olimp-Dolgoprudny Tom Tomsk
Promoted to Premier League Torpedo Moscow Orenburg Fakel Voronezh
Stadia by locations
League table
Positions by round
Results by round
Results
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Gedeon Guzina Baltika Kaliningrad14 Ivan Timoshenko Rodina Moscow3 Nikolai Giorgobiani Alania124 Nuri Abdokov Kuban11 Joel Fameyeh Rubin Kazan6 Vitaly Lisakovich Rubin Kazan106 Tamerlan Musayev Baltika Kaliningrad9 Kirill Panchenko Arsenal Tula Nikita Glushkov Yenisey
Discipline Most yellow cards: 97 KAMAZ
Most red cards: 10 KAMAZ
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