2023–24 Russian First League
Season | 2023–24 |
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Dates | 15 July 2023 - June 2024 |
Matches played | 274 |
Goals scored | 602 (2.2 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Jonathan Okoronkwo (15 goals) |
Biggest home win | Akron 6–0 Kuban 20 April 2024 |
Biggest away win | Volgar 0–4 Rodina 28 October 2023 Leningradets 0–4 Yenisey 18 March 2024 |
Highest scoring | Khimki 5–4 Sokol 4 May 2024 |
Longest winning run | 5 matches Akron Arsenal Dynamo Rodina Tyumen |
Longest unbeaten run | 15 matches Arsenal |
Longest winless run | 12 matches Sokol Volgar |
Longest losing run | 5 matches Chernomorets Leningradets Volgar |
Highest attendance | 19,534 Dynamo 1–0 Khimki 8 May 2024 |
Lowest attendance | 124 SKA-Khabarovsk 0–1 Neftekhimik 8 April 2024, played in St. Petersburg Excluding the games played without fans |
← 2022–23 2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 8 May 2024. |
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.[1]
Stadia by capacity[edit]
Club | City | Stadium | Capacity |
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Akron | Tolyatti | Kristall Stadium, Zhigulyovsk | 3,065 |
Alania | Vladikavkaz[a] | Republican Spartak Stadium[a] | 32,464 |
Arsenal Tula | Tula | Arsenal Stadium | 19,241 |
Chernomorets | Novorossiysk | Central Stadium | 12,500 |
Dynamo Makhachkala | Makhachkala | Trud Stadium[b] | 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[c] | 1,500 |
Neftekhimik | Nizhnekamsk | Neftekhimik Stadium | 3,100 |
Rodina Moscow | Moscow | Spartak Moscow Academy Stadium[d] | 3,077 |
SKA | Khabarovsk | Lenin Stadium[e] | 15,200 |
Shinnik Yaroslavl | Yaroslavl | Shinnik Stadium | 22,990 |
Sokol | Saratov | Lokomotiv Stadium | 15,000 |
Torpedo Moscow | Moscow | Eduard Streltsov Stadium[f] | 15,076 |
Tyumen | Tyumen | Geolog Stadium | 13,057 |
Volgar Astrakhan | Astrakhan | Central Stadium | 21,500 |
Yenisey | Krasnoyarsk | Central Stadium[g] | 15,000 |
- ^ Alania plays at Akhmat-Arena, Grozny, capacity 30,000, while their own stadium is under reconstruction
- ^ Dynamo plays at Anzhi Arena, Kaspiysk, capacity 26,500, when there is more ticket demand than Trud stadium capacity allows
- ^ Leningradeds also plays at Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, capacity 20,985
- ^ Rodina also plays at Sapsan Arena, capacity 6,000
- ^ SKA-Khabarovsk played their first March 2024 game at Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi, capacity 46,759, as the turf-heating system at their home stadium was out of order.[2] Sochi is 6,880 km away from Khabarovsk. Then they moved to Kirovets Stadium in Saint Petersburg, capacity 3,000 before returning to Khabarovsk in late April.
- ^ Torpedo plays at Luzhniki Stadium, in the Luzhniki Olympic Complex, capacity 81,000, or at Arena Khimki, Khimki, capacity 18,636, while their own stadium is under reconstruction
- ^ Yenisey also plays at the indoor Football-Arena Yenisey, capacity 3,000, if the weather is too cold for an outdoor game
Team changes[edit]
To FNL[edit]
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From FNL[edit]
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Stadia by locations[edit]
League table[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Dynamo Makhachkala | 31 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 14 | +20 | 58 | Promotion to Premier League |
2 | Khimki | 31 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 57 | |
3 | Akron Tolyatti | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 22 | +21 | 53 | Qualification to Premier League play-offs |
4 | Rodina Moscow | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 47 | 28 | +19 | 49 | |
5 | Arsenal Tula | 30 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 48 | |
6 | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 31 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 49 | 40 | +9 | 42[a] | |
7 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 28 | +2 | 42[a] | |
8 | Tyumen | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 42[a] | |
9 | Alania Vladikavkaz | 31 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 42[a] | |
10 | SKA-Khabarovsk | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 30 | +1 | 41[b] | |
11 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 41[b] | |
12 | KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | 31 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 41[b] | |
13 | Torpedo Moscow | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 39 | |
14 | Chernomorets Novorossiysk | 31 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 34 | |
15 | Leningradets | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 36 | −15 | 30 | |
16 | Sokol Saratov | 31 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 51 | −24 | 29 | Relegation to Second League[4] |
17 | Volgar Astrakhan | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 42 | −17 | 27 | |
18 | Kuban Krasnodar | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 47 | −27 | 23 |
Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2024. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; then in case of a two-way tie: 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away matches won; 9) Away goals scored; 10) Best disciplinary record (3 points for red card, 1 point for yellow card); 11) Drawing lots; in case of a three-or-more-way tie when all the teams tied on points played equal number of head-to-head games: 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head matches won; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Matches won; 8) Goal difference; 9) Goals scored; 10) Away matches won; 11) Away goals scored; 12) Best disciplinary record (3 points for red card, 1 point for yellow card); 13) Drawing lots; in case of a three-or-more-way tie when teams tied on points played a different number of head-to-head games: 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away matches won; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Drawing lots.[5]
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; then in case of a two-way tie: 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away matches won; 9) Away goals scored; 10) Best disciplinary record (3 points for red card, 1 point for yellow card); 11) Drawing lots; in case of a three-or-more-way tie when all the teams tied on points played equal number of head-to-head games: 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head matches won; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Matches won; 8) Goal difference; 9) Goals scored; 10) Away matches won; 11) Away goals scored; 12) Best disciplinary record (3 points for red card, 1 point for yellow card); 13) Drawing lots; in case of a three-or-more-way tie when teams tied on points played a different number of head-to-head games: 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away matches won; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Drawing lots.[5]
Notes:
Positions by round[edit]
Promotion | |
Play-offs | |
Relegation to 2024–25 Russian Second League |
Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2024. Source: everysport.com
Results by round[edit]
Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2024. Source: Soccerstats.com (in English)
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose
Results[edit]
Season statistics[edit]
Top goalscorers[edit]
- As of 8 May 2024
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[6] |
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1 | Jonathan Okoronkwo | Arsenal | 15 |
2 | Islam Mashukov | Alania | 14 |
3 | Ivan Timoshenko | Rodina | 13 |
4 | Aleksandr Lomakin | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 11 |
Aleksandr Rudenko | Khimki | ||
6 | Igor Andreyev | Shinnik | 10 |
7 | Serder Serderov | Dynamo | 9 |
8 | Astemir Gordyushenko | Rodina | 8 |
References[edit]
- ^ "FNL IN JUNE WILL HOLD "VKONTAKTE WITH FNL. DRAFT"".
- ^ "ИСТОРИЧЕСКАЯ ПОБЕДА «СКА-ХАБАРОВСК» НА СТАДИОНЕ «ФИШТ»" (in Russian). Tikhookeanskaya Zvezda (Pacific Star). 19 March 2024.
- ^ "TEAMS". 1fnl.ru. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
- ^ "First League 2023-24 regulations - paragraph 3.4" (PDF) (in Russian). Russian First League. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ^ "First League 2023-24 regulations - paragraph 3.5" (PDF) (in Russian). Russian First League. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ^ "Top Scorers" (in Russian). Russian First League. Retrieved 8 May 2024.