# 2013–14 Russian Football National League

The 2013–14 Russian National Football League was the 22nd season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 7 July 2013 and ended on 11 May 2014.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Mordovia Saransk (C, P) | 36 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 59 | 30 | +29 | 73 | Promotion to Russian Premier League |
| 2 | Arsenal Tula (P) | 36 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 62 | 39 | +23 | 69 | Promotion to Russian Premier League |
| 3 | Torpedo Moscow (P) | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 22 | +23 | 65 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Ufa (P) | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 46 | 35 | +11 | 61 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 5 | Gazovik Orenburg | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 46 | 28 | +18 | 61 | |
| 6 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 36 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 47 | 37 | +10 | 57 | |
| 7 | SKA-Khabarovsk | 36 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 56 | |
| 8 | Luch-Energiya Vladivostok | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 40 | 25 | +15 | 55 | |
| 9 | Baltika Kaliningrad | 36 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 54 | |
| 10 | Spartak Nalchik (R) | 36 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 51 | Relegation to Professional Football League |
| 11 | Sibir Novosibirsk | 36 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 38 | 39 | −1 | 51 | |
| 12 | Alania Vladikavkaz (R) | 36 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 29 | 52 | −23 | 46 | Team withdrew during winter break |
| 13 | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 45 | |
| 14 | Dynamo St. Petersburg | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 43 | |
| 15 | Rotor Volgograd (R) | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 43 | 40 | +3 | 41 | Relegation to Professional Football League |
| 16 | Khimik Dzerzhinsk | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 49 | −20 | 37 | |
| 17 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (R) | 36 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 33 | Relegation to Professional Football League |
| 18 | Salyut Belgorod (R) | 36 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 23 | 53 | −30 | 27 | Team withdrew during winter break |
| 19 | Angusht Nazran (R) | 36 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 78 | −55 | 14 | Relegation to Professional Football League |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Ufa – Gazovik 1–0, Gazovik – Ufa 0–0.
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Spartak Nalchik – Sibir 2–0, Sibir – Spartak Nalchik 0–0.
* 1 2 Spartak Nalchik withdrew from the league on 29 May 2014 due to financial problems. Rotor Volgograd withdrew from the league on 17 June 2014.
* 1 2 Alania and Salyut withdrew from the league in February 2014 due to financial problems.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALA | ANG | ARS | BAL | DSP | GAZ | KHI | LUE | MOR | NEF | ROT | SAL | SHI | SIB | SKA | SPN | TOR | UFA | YEN |
| Alania Vladikavkaz | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 |
| Angusht Nazran | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Arsenal Tula | 3–0 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Baltika Kaliningrad | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Dynamo St. Petersburg | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 4–2 |
| Gazovik Orenburg | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Khimik Dzerzhinsk | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Luch-Energiya Vladivostok | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Mordovia Saransk | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 1–2 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Rotor Volgograd | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Salyut Belgorod | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 4–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Shinnik Yaroslavl | 1–0 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Sibir Novosibirsk | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| SKA-Khabarovsk | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Spartak Nalchik | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Torpedo Moscow | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Ufa | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 |
| Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | |

## Statistics
### Top goalscorers

Source: 1fnl.ru (in Russian)
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Aleksandr Kutyin | Arsenal Tula | 19 |
| 2 | Dmitri Golubov | Ufa | 14 |
| 3 | Ilya Mikhalyov | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 12 |
| 4 | Aleksei Ivanov | Mordovia Saransk | 11 |
| 5 | Anton Bobyor | Mordovia Saransk | 10 |
| 6 | Nathan Júnior | SKA-Khabarovsk | 9 |
| 6 | Denis Tkachuk | Gazovik Orenburg | 9 |
| 6 | Yevgeny Savin | Luch-Energiya | 9 |
| 6 | Vladislav Ryzhkov | Arsenal Tula | 9 |

## Events

During winter break 2013-2014, Salyut experienced huge financial difficulties. Almost all contracts with first-team players were terminated by mutual consent. As a result, on 14 February 2014 club officially withdrew from competition in Russian National Football League.