# 2023–24 Russian First League

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 | Stadium | Capacity |
| 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 |
* ^ 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
* ^ Leningradets 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. 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

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Khimki (P) | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 56 | 39 | +17 | 66 | Promotion to Premier League |
| 2 | Dynamo Makhachkala (P) | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 19 | +18 | 61 | Promotion to Premier League |
| 3 | Akron Tolyatti (P) | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 48 | 26 | +22 | 59 | Qualification to Premier League play-offs |
| 4 | Arsenal Tula (Q) | 34 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 39 | 25 | +14 | 55 | Qualification to Premier League play-offs |
| 5 | Rodina Moscow | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 53 | 31 | +22 | 55 | |
| 6 | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 55 | 40 | +15 | 51 | |
| 7 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 51 | |
| 8 | Alania Vladikavkaz | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 49 | |
| 9 | Tyumen | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 36 | 35 | +1 | 48 | |
| 10 | Torpedo Moscow | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 47 | |
| 11 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 42 | |
| 12 | KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 41 | |
| 13 | SKA-Khabarovsk | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 41 | |
| 14 | Sokol Saratov | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 53 | −21 | 38 | |
| 15 | Chernomorets Novorossiysk | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 35 | |
| 16 | Leningradets (R) | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 27 | 44 | −17 | 34 | Relegation to Second League |
| 17 | Volgar Astrakhan (R) | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 29 | 44 | −15 | 34 | Relegation to Second League |
| 18 | Kuban Krasnodar (R) | 34 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 20 | 53 | −33 | 23 | Relegation to Second League |
* ↑ Arsenal initially did not receive the license for the 2024–25 Russian Premier League season, but later received it on appeal.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Arsenal 4, Rodina 1.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Yenisey 4, Shinnik 1
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: KAMAZ 4, SKA-Khabarovsk 1.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Leningradets 4, Volgar 1.

## 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 |
| Khimki | 14 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dynamo Makhachkala | 15 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Akron Tolyatti | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Arsenal Tula | 10 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Rodina Moscow | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 6 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| Shinnik Yaroslavl | 17 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 |
| Alania Vladikavkaz | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
| Tyumen | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
| Torpedo Moscow | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 7 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | 16 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| SKA-Khabarovsk | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Sokol Saratov | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
| Chernomorets Novorossiysk | 9 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
| Leningradets | 11 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Volgar Astrakhan | 12 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Kuban Krasnodar | 13 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
* Promotion
* Play-offs
* Relegation to 2024–25 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 | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | D | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | W |
| Alania Vladikavkaz | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | D | W | L | D | D | D | L | D | L | D | W | L | D | L | L | W | D | D | L | D | W | W |
| Arsenal Tula | D | D | L | W | L | D | D | W | L | W | D | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | L | W | D | D | D | D | W | D | W | L |
| Chernomorets Novorossiysk | D | D | D | D | W | D | D | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | D | L | D | D | L | L |
| Dynamo Makhachkala | L | D | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | L |
| KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | D | D | L | W | L | L | W | D | L | W | D | D | L | D | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | D | D | L | L | L |
| Khimki | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W |
| Kuban Krasnodar | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | D | W | L | D | W | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L |
| Leningradets | D | W | D | L | L | D | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | D | L | L | D | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | W | L |
| Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | L | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | L | L | L |
| Rodina Moscow | W | D | D | D | L | L | W | W | D | D | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | L | D | D | W | W | L | W |
| Shinnik Yaroslavl | L | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | D | L | D | D | W | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | W |
| SKA-Khabarovsk | W | W | L | D | W | D | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | D | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | L | L | L | L |
| Sokol Saratov | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | W | W | W |
| Torpedo Moscow | W | W | D | L | L | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | W | D | L | D | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | D | W | D | W |
| Tyumen | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | L | D | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | D | D | L | L | W | W | L |
| Volgar Astrakhan | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | D | D | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | D | L | D | L | W | D | D | L | D | W | L | W |
| Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | W | L | L | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | D | D | W | W | W |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AKR | ALA | ARS | CHE | DYN | KAM | KHI | KUB | LEN | NEF | ROD | SHI | SKA | SOK | TOR | TYU | VOL | YEN |
| Akron Tolyatti | | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Alania Vladikavkaz | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Arsenal Tula | 1–0 | 3–3 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Chernomorets Novorossiysk | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Dynamo Makhachkala | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Khimki | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 5–4 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Kuban Krasnodar | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Leningradets | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 |
| Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Rodina Moscow | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 1–4 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Shinnik Yaroslavl | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| SKA-Khabarovsk | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Sokol Saratov | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Torpedo Moscow | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 |
| Tyumen | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Volgar Astrakhan | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 2–2 |
| Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 2–3 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

    As of 25 May 2024
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Jonathan Okoronkwo | Arsenal | 17 |
| 2 | Islam Mashukov | Alania | 14 |
| 2 | Ivan Timoshenko | Rodina | 14 |
| 4 | Aleksandr Lomakin | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 13 |
| 4 | Aleksandr Rudenko | Khimki | 13 |
| 6 | Igor Andreyev | Shinnik | 11 |
| 7 | Astemir Gordyushenko | Rodina | 10 |
| 8 | Serder Serderov | Dynamo | 9 |
| 8 | Ilya Porokhov | Tyumen | 9 |
| 8 | Dmitri Samoylov | Shinnik | 9 |

## Attendances

| # | Football club | Home games | Average attendance |
| 1 | FC Dynamo Makhachkala | 17 | 9,347 |
| 2 | FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk | 17 | 6,459 |
| 3 | FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 17 | 3,591 |
| 4 | FC Arsenal Tula | 17 | 3,523 |
| 5 | FC Tyumen | 17 | 3,109 |
| 6 | FC Sokol Saratov | 17 | 3,023 |
| 7 | FC KAMAZ | 17 | 2,225 |
| 8 | FC Shinnik Yaroslavl | 17 | 2,092 |
| 9 | FC Torpedo Moscow | 17 | 1,969 |
| 10 | FC SKA-Khabarovsk | 17 | 1,815 |
| 11 | FC Volgar Astrakhan | 17 | 1,650 |
| 12 | FC Kuban Krasnodar | 17 | 1,464 |
| 13 | FC Khimki | 17 | 1,342 |
| 14 | FC Akron Tolyatti | 17 | 993 |
| 15 | FC Leningradets | 17 | 959 |
| 16 | FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 17 | 750 |
| 17 | FC Rodina Moscow | 17 | 670 |
| 18 | FC Alania Vladikavkaz | 17 | 503 |