# 2020–21 Russian Football National League

The 2020–21 Russian Football National League was the 29th season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on August 1, 2020, and end on 15 May 2021.

## 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 |
| Chayka | Peschanokopskoye | Chayka Central Stadium | 3,000 |
| Chertanovo | Moscow | Sports Village, Luzhniki Olympic Complex | 1,872 |
| Dynamo Bryansk | Bryansk | Dynamo Stadium | 10,100 |
| Fakel | Voronezh | Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz | 31,793 |
| Irtysh Omsk | Omsk | Red Star Stadium | 18,000 |
| Krasnodar-2 | Krasnodar | Krasnodar Academy | 3,500 |
| Krylia Sovetov Samara | Samara | Samara Arena | 44,918 |
| Neftekhimik | Nizhnekamsk | Neftekhimik Stadium | 3,100 |
| Nizhny Novgorod | Nizhny Novgorod | Nizhny Novgorod | 44,899 |
| Orenburg | Orenburg | Gazovik Stadium | 7,520 |
| Shinnik | Yaroslavl | Shinnik Stadium | 22,990 |
| 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 | Krylia Sovetov Samara (C, P) | 42 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 100 | 26 | +74 | 101 | Promotion to Russian Premier League |
| 2 | Orenburg | 42 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 78 | 33 | +45 | 94 | Failed Russian Premier League licensing |
| 3 | Nizhny Novgorod (P) | 42 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 67 | 28 | +39 | 88 | Promotion to Russian Premier League |
| 4 | Alania Vladikavkaz | 42 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 74 | 40 | +34 | 77 | Failed Russian Premier League licensing |
| 5 | Baltika Kaliningrad | 42 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 73 | |
| 6 | Torpedo Moscow | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 65 | 41 | +24 | 72 | |
| 7 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 64 | 44 | +20 | 70 | |
| 8 | Veles Moscow | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 66 | |
| 9 | Fakel Voronezh | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 57 | 43 | +14 | 64 | |
| 10 | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 42 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 63 | |
| 11 | SKA-Khabarovsk | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 60 | |
| 12 | Chayka Peschanokopskoye (R) | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 56 | Relegation to lower divisions |
| 13 | Volgar Astrakhan | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 47 | 45 | +2 | 54 | |
| 14 | Spartak-2 Moscow | 42 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 53 | 77 | −24 | 49 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 15 | Tekstilshchik Ivanovo | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 47 | |
| 16 | Krasnodar-2 | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 46 | 68 | −22 | 45 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 17 | Akron Tolyatti | 42 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 35 | 54 | −19 | 42 | |
| 18 | Tom Tomsk | 42 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 50 | −18 | 41 | |
| 19 | Irtysh Omsk (R) | 42 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 61 | −28 | 35 | Relegation to lower divisions |
| 20 | Dynamo Bryansk (R) | 42 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 66 | −42 | 32 | Relegation to lower divisions |
| 21 | Chertanovo Moscow (R) | 42 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 35 | 80 | −45 | 27 | Relegation to lower divisions |
| 22 | Shinnik Yaroslavl (R) | 42 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 39 | 90 | −51 | 25 | Relegation to lower divisions |
* 1 2 Orenburg and Alania Vladikavkaz failed to receive a 2021–22 Premier League license due to deficiencies with their stadiums. The promotion play-offs will not be held and Nizhny Novgorod is promoted directly.
* 1 2 On 2 July 2021, Russian Football Union decided to relegate Chayka from FNL back to PFL for the 2021–22 season for fixing games in the 2018–19 season. According to that, Tom Tomsk avoided relegation to the PFL.
* ↑ On 15 May 2021, FNL confirmed that FC Tambov, which placed last in the Premier League and was expected to be relegated to FNL, did not apply for the FNL license for the 2021–22 season and therefore Akron will not be relegated.
* ↑ Dynamo Bryansk deducted 3 points for fielding players who tested positive for COVID-19.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AKR | ALA | BAL | CHA | CHE | DYN | FAK | IRT | KRA | KRY | NEF | NIZ | ORE | SHI | SKA | SPA | TEK | TOM | TOR | VEL | VOL | YEN |
| Akron | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 |
| Alania | 5–1 | | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Baltika | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Chayka | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Chertanovo | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Dynamo Bryansk | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–5 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Fakel | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Irtysh | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Krasnodar-2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 7–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Krylia Sovetov | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 7–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 6–0 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| Neftekhimik | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Nizhny Novgorod | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Orenburg | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 |
| Shinnik | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–4 | | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| SKA-Khabarovsk | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Spartak-2 Moscow | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 3–5 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Tekstilshchik | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Tom | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Torpedo | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Veles | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–5 | | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Volgar | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | | 1–1 |
| Yenisey | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–4 | |

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

    As of matches played on 15 May 2021.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ivan Sergeyev | Krylia Sovetov | 40 |
| 2 | Dmitry Vorobyov | Orenburg | 24 |
| 3 | Merabi Uridia | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 17 |
| 4 | Eduard Spertsyan | Krasnodar-2 | 16 |
| 5 | Yegor Golenkov | Krylia Sovetov | 14 |
| 6 | Batraz Gurtsiyev | Alania Vladikavkaz | 13 |
| 7 | Konstantin Bazelyuk | SKA-Khabarovsk | 12 |
| 7 | Joel Fameyeh | Orenburg | 12 |
| 7 | Amur Kalmykov | Torpedo Moscow | 12 |
| 7 | Andrei Razborov | Fakel Voronezh | 12 |