# 2022–23 Russian First League

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 | Stadium | Capacity |
| 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 |
* ^ Alania plays at Akhmat-Arena, Grozny, capacity 30,000, while their own stadium is under reconstruction

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Rubin Kazan (C, P) | 34 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 53 | 27 | +26 | 69 | Promotion to Premier League |
| 2 | Baltika Kaliningrad (P) | 34 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 56 | 30 | +26 | 67 | Promotion to Premier League |
| 3 | Alania Vladikavkaz | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 56 | 35 | +21 | 62 | Failed Russian Premier League licensing |
| 4 | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (Q) | 34 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 54 | Qualification to Premier League play-offs |
| 5 | Rodina Moscow (Q) | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 50 | Qualification to Premier League play-offs |
| 6 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 47 | |
| 7 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 46 | |
| 8 | Dynamo Makhachkala | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 29 | −4 | 46 | |
| 9 | Akron Tolyatti | 34 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 46 | |
| 10 | SKA-Khabarovsk | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 44 | |
| 11 | KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 35 | 36 | −1 | 44 | |
| 12 | Volgar Astrakhan | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 44 | |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 41 | |
| 14 | Kuban Krasnodar | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 37 | |
| 15 | Veles Moscow (R) | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 35 | 55 | −20 | 33 | Relegation to Second League |
| 16 | Ufa (R) | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 32 | Relegation to Second League |
| 17 | Krasnodar-2 (R) | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 32 | 54 | −22 | 31 | Relegation to Second League |
| 18 | Volga Ulyanovsk (R) | 34 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 23 | 41 | −18 | 30 | Relegation to Second League |
* ↑ Alania Vladikavkaz failed to receive a 2023–24 Premier League license due to deficiencies with their stadium. Shinnik and Dynamo Makhachkala did not apply for the license.

## Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Rubin Kazan | 1 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Baltika Kaliningrad | 13 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Alania Vladikavkaz | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Rodina Moscow | 16 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 15 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 6 |
| Shinnik Yaroslavl | 17 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| Dynamo Makhachkala | 11 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Akron Tolyatti | 14 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 9 |
| SKA-Khabarovsk | 12 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 10 |
| KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 11 |
| Volgar Astrakhan | 7 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 12 |
| Arsenal Tula | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 13 |
| Kuban Krasnodar | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Veles Moscow | 5 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Ufa | 18 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Krasnodar-2 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 |
| Volga Ulyanovsk | 8 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 |
* Promotion
* Play-offs
* Relegation to 2023 Russian Second League

## Results by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Akron Tolyatti | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | D | D | D | W | D | W | D | D | W | L | D | D | D | W | D | W | W | D | D | L | D | W | L | D | W | W |
| Alania Vladikavkaz | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | W |
| Arsenal Tula | W | W | D | L | D | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | D | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | L | L |
| Baltika Kaliningrad | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | D | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | D | D | W | D | W | W | L | D | W |
| Dynamo Makhachkala | D | W | L | W | D | D | W | D | D | W | D | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | D | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | L |
| KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | D | L | L | D | W | D | W | L | D | L | L | W | D | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | L |
| Rubin Kazan | W | L | D | D | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D |
| Krasnodar-2 | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | W |
| Kuban Krasnodar | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | D | D | D | L | L | D | L | W |
| Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | L | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | L | D | L | D | W | W | D | D | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | L | D | W | W |
| Rodina Moscow | L | L | W | D | D | D | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | D |
| Shinnik Yaroslavl | L | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | W | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | W | W | L |
| SKA-Khabarovsk | L | L | L | W | D | D | W | D | D | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | L | D | L | D | D | D | L | D | L | W | L | W |
| Ufa | L | W | D | L | W | D | L | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | L |
| Volga Ulyanovsk | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | D | L | D | D | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | D | L | D | D | D | W | L | L | W | L | D |
| Veles Moscow | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | W | L | D | D | W | L | L | L |
| Volgar Astrakhan | W | L | W | D | W | D | L | D | W | L | D | W | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | D | W | D | D | W | D | L | L | L | L | L |
| Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | D | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | D | D | D | L | L | W | D | D | W | D |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AKR | ALA | ARS | BAL | DYN | KAM | KR2 | KUB | NEF | ROD | RUB | SHI | SKA | UFA | VEL | ULY | VOL | YEN |
| Akron Tolyatti | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Alania Vladikavkaz | 3–3 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Arsenal Tula | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 0–5 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 |
| Baltika Kaliningrad | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 |
| Dynamo Makhachkala | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Krasnodar-2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Kuban Krasnodar | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 1–5 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Rodina Moscow | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Rubin Kazan | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 |
| Shinnik Yaroslavl | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| SKA-Khabarovsk | 3–0 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Ufa | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Veles Moscow | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| Volga Ulyanovsk | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 0–3 | 1–1 |
| Volgar Astrakhan | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 2–0 |
| Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Gedeon Guzina | Baltika Kaliningrad | 14 |
| 1 | Ivan Timoshenko | Rodina Moscow | 14 |
| 3 | Nikolai Giorgobiani | Alania | 12 |
| 4 | Nuri Abdokov | Kuban | 11 |
| 4 | Joel Fameyeh | Rubin Kazan | 11 |
| 6 | Vitaly Lisakovich | Rubin Kazan | 10 |
| 6 | Tamerlan Musayev | Baltika Kaliningrad | 9 |
| 6 | Kirill Panchenko | Arsenal Tula | 9 |
| 6 | Nikita Glushkov | Yenisey | 9 |

### Discipline

* Most yellow cards: 97
** KAMAZ
* Most red cards: 10
** KAMAZ