# 2021–22 Russian First Division

The 2021–22 Russian Football National League was the 30th season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 10 July 2021, and had a 3 month winter break between game weeks 25 and 26 (December to March).

## Stadia by capacity

| Club | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| Akron | Tolyatti | Kristall Stadium, Zhigulyovsk | 1,565 |
| Alania | Vladikavkaz | Republican Spartak Stadium | 32,464 |
| Baltika | Kaliningrad | Arena Baltika | 35,212 |
| Fakel | Voronezh | Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz | 31,793 |
| KAMAZ | Naberezhnye Chelny | KAMAZ Stadium | 6,248 |
| Krasnodar-2 | Krasnodar | Krasnodar Academy | 3,500 |
| Kuban Krasnodar | Krasnodar | Kuban Stadium | 35,200 |
| Metallurg Lipetsk | Lipetsk | Metallurg Stadium | 10,000 |
| Neftekhimik | Nizhnekamsk | Neftekhimik Stadium | 3,100 |
| Olimp-Dolgoprudny | Dolgoprudny | Salyut Stadium | |
| Orenburg | Orenburg | Gazovik Stadium | 7,520 |
| Rotor Volgograd | Volgograd | Volgograd Arena | 45,568 |
| SKA | Khabarovsk | Lenin Stadium | 15,200 |
| Spartak-2 | Moscow | Spartak Academy | 3,077 |
| Tekstilshchik | Ivanovo | Tekstilshchik | 9,565 |
| Tom | Tomsk | Trud | 10,028 |
| Torpedo Moscow | Moscow | Sports Village, Luzhniki Olympic Complex | 1,872 |
| Veles Moscow | Moscow | Avangard Stadium, Domodedovo | 5,503 |
| 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
* ^ Torpedo's own Eduard Streltsov Stadium is under reconstruction

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Torpedo Moscow (C, P) | 38 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 65 | 36 | +29 | 75 | Promotion to Russian Premier League |
| 2 | Fakel Voronezh (P) | 38 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 60 | 33 | +27 | 74 | Promotion to Russian Premier League |
| 3 | Orenburg (Q, P) | 38 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 64 | 37 | +27 | 74 | Qualification to Russian Premier League play-offs |
| 4 | SKA-Khabarovsk (Q) | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 65 | Qualification to Russian Premier League play-offs |
| 5 | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 58 | 55 | +3 | 63 | |
| 6 | Alania Vladikavkaz | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 75 | 53 | +22 | 60 | |
| 7 | Spartak-2 Moscow (D) | 38 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 48 | 55 | −7 | 58 | Dissolved after the season |
| 8 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 60 | 43 | +17 | 58 | |
| 9 | Akron Tolyatti | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 58 | |
| 10 | Baltika Kaliningrad | 38 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 51 | 30 | +21 | 58 | |
| 11 | Krasnodar-2 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 53 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 12 | Kuban Krasnodar | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 49 | |
| 13 | Veles Moscow | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 48 | |
| 14 | Tom Tomsk (D) | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 51 | 60 | −9 | 48 | Dissolved after the season |
| 15 | Olimp-Dolgoprudny (D) | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 35 | 47 | −12 | 41 | Dissolved after the season |
| 16 | Volgar Astrakhan | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 30 | 43 | −13 | 39 | |
| 17 | KAMAZ | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 29 | 45 | −16 | 37 | |
| 18 | Rotor Volgograd (R) | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 36 | Relegation to lower divisions |
| 19 | Metallurg Lipetsk (R) | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 31 | 70 | −39 | 33 | Relegation to lower divisions |
| 20 | Tekstilshchik Ivanovo (R) | 38 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 31 | 76 | −45 | 23 | Relegation to lower divisions |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Fakel Voronezh 6, Orenburg 0
* 1 2 On 23 May 2022, FC Spartak Moscow announced that FC Spartak-2 Moscow will be dissolved and not participate in the 2022–23 season. League president announced that the replacement will be chosen at a later date.
* ↑ On 3 June 2022, the Russian Football Union rejected Tom's appeal on its previous decision to deny Tom the RFS-2 license that is necessary to play in the FNL. Tom announced they will file an application for the FNL2 license.
* ↑ On 3 June 2022, the Russian Football Union confirmed their decision to not grant Olimp-Dolgoprudny the RFS-2 license that is necessary to play in the FNL. Their appeal was not considered as it was not filed according to the procedure.
* ↑ On 6 June 2022, KAMAZ confirmed that they will participate in the 2022–23 FNL season to replace the clubs that failed licensing.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AKR | ALA | BAL | FAK | KAM | KR2 | KUB | MLP | NEF | OLD | ORE | ROT | SKA | SP2 | TEK | TOM | TOR | VEL | VOL | YEN |
| Akron | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Alania | 2–2 | | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Baltika | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Fakel | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| KAMAZ | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Krasnodar-2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Kuban Krasnodar | 2–0 | 5–5 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 |
| Metallurg Lipetsk | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Neftekhimik | 0–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 5–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 |
| Olimp-Dolgoprudny | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Orenburg | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Rotor Volgograd | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| SKA-Khabarovsk | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 |
| Spartak-2 Moscow | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Tekstilshchik | 2–2 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–5 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Tom Tomsk | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–5 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Torpedo Moscow | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Veles Moscow | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–5 | | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Volgar | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 2–3 |
| Yenisey | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | |

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

    As of matches played on 21 May 2022.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Maksim Maksimov | Fakel Voronezh | 22 |
| 2 | Aleksandr Yushin | Neftekhimik | 18 |
| 3 | Aleksandr Stavpets | Tomsk | 17 |
| 4 | Joel Fameyeh | Orenburg | 15 |
| 4 | Mukhammad Sultonov | Torpedo Moscow | 15 |
| 6 | David Karayev | SKA-Khabarovsk | 14 |
| 6 | Islam Mashukov | Alania | 14 |
| 8 | Artur Galoyan | Veles Moscow | 13 |
| 8 | Amur Kalmykov | Torpedo Moscow | 13 |
| 8 | Vladislav Shitov | Spartak-2 Moscow | 13 |