The 2023–24 Russian First League is the 32nd season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began in July 2023, and had a 3-month winter break between game weeks 20 and 21 (November to March). In collaboration with VKontakte, a draft was held in June, giving players a chance to prove themselves to the clubs and to create an alternative culture of player selection.
Stadia by capacity Club City StadiumCapacity Akron Tolyatti Kristall Stadium, Zhigulyovsk 3,065 Alania Vladikavkaz Republican Spartak Stadium 32,464 Arsenal Tula Tula Arsenal Stadium 19,241 Chernomorets Novorossiysk Central Stadium 12,500 Dynamo Makhachkala Makhachkala Trud Stadium 5,600 KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny KAMAZ Stadium 6,248 Khimki Khimki Arena Khimki 18,636 Kuban Krasnodar Krasnodar Kuban Stadium 35,200 Leningradets Roshchino Roshchino Arena 1,500 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Neftekhimik Stadium 3,100 Rodina Moscow Moscow Spartak Moscow Academy Stadium 3,077 SKA Khabarovsk Lenin Stadium 15,200 Shinnik Yaroslavl Yaroslavl Shinnik Stadium 22,990 Sokol Saratov Lokomotiv Stadium 15,000 Torpedo Moscow Moscow Eduard Streltsov Stadium 15,076 Tyumen Tyumen Geolog Stadium 13,057 Volgar Astrakhan Astrakhan Central Stadium 21,500 Yenisey Krasnoyarsk Central Stadium 15,000
Team changes
To First League Promoted from Second League Chernomorets Sokol Leningradets Tyumen Relegated from Premier League Khimki Torpedo Moscow
From First League Relegated to Second League Veles Ufa Volga Ulyanovsk Krasnodar-2
Promoted to Premier League Rubin Kazan Baltika Kaliningrad
Stadia by locations
League table
Positions by round
Results by round
Results
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Jonathan OkoronkwoArsenal 17 2 Islam MashukovAlania 14 Ivan TimoshenkoRodina 4 Aleksandr LomakinYenisey Krasnoyarsk 13 Aleksandr RudenkoKhimki 6 Igor AndreyevShinnik 11 7 Astemir GordyushenkoRodina 10 8 Serder SerderovDynamo 9 Ilya PorokhovTyumen Dmitri SamoylovShinnik
Attendances
References