# 2024–25 Russian First League

The 2024–25 Russian First League is the 33rd season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 13 July 2024, and had a 3-month winter break between game weeks 21 and 22 (1 December 2024 to 1 March 2025).

## Team changes
### To First League
#### Promoted from Second League Division A

* Ufa
* Chayka Peschanokopskoye
* Rotor Volgograd

#### Relegated from Premier League

* Ural Yekaterinburg
* Baltika Kaliningrad
* Sochi

### From First League
#### Relegated to Second League

* Leningradets
* Volgar Astrakhan
* Kuban Krasnodar

#### Promoted to Premier League

* Khimki
* Dynamo Makhachkala
* Akron Tolyatti

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Baltika Kaliningrad | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 30 | 13 | +17 | 50 | Promotion to Premier League |
| 2 | Torpedo Moscow | 24 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 40 | 18 | +22 | 47 | Promotion to Premier League |
| 3 | Sochi | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 44 | Qualification to Premier League play-offs |
| 4 | Ural Yekaterinburg | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 23 | +10 | 41 | Qualification to Premier League play-offs |
| 5 | Chernomorets Novorossiysk | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 40 | |
| 6 | SKA-Khabarovsk | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 35 | |
| 7 | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 26 | −1 | 34 | |
| 8 | Rotor Volgograd | 24 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 33 | |
| 9 | Arsenal Tula | 24 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 32 | |
| 10 | Chayka Peschanokopskoye | 24 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 26 | 27 | −1 | 30 | |
| 11 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 29 | |
| 12 | KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 22 | +1 | 28 | |
| 13 | Rodina Moscow | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 28 | |
| 14 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 24 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 22 | −8 | 25 | |
| 15 | Ufa | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 33 | −10 | 22 | |
| 16 | Sokol Saratov | 24 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 31 | −17 | 21 | Relegation to Second League |
| 17 | Alania Vladikavkaz | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 29 | −17 | 19 | Relegation to Second League |
| 18 | Tyumen | 24 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 36 | −19 | 16 | Relegation to Second League |
* 1 2 Ranked on head-to-head points (KAMAZ 3; Rodina 0)

## 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 |
| Baltika Kaliningrad | 10 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Torpedo Moscow | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Sochi | 16 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Ural Yekaterinburg | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Chernomorets Novorossiysk | 15 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| SKA-Khabarovsk | 18 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 4 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| Rotor Volgograd | 5 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Arsenal Tula | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Chayka Peschanokopskoye | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | 13 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Rodina Moscow | 11 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Shinnik Yaroslavl | 14 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Ufa | 12 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Sokol Saratov | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Alania Vladikavkaz | 9 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Tyumen | 17 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 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 |
| Alania Vladikavkaz | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | L |
| Arsenal Tula | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | D | W | D | D | D | D | D | D | L | D | D | L | L | L | D | D |
| Baltika Kaliningrad | D | D | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W |
| Chayka Peschanokopskoye | D | W | W | D | D | L | W | D | L | D | W | L | L | D | D | W | W | L | D | D | D | D | L | D |
| Chernomorets Novorossiysk | L | L | W | L | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | L |
| KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | L | L | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | L |
| Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | W | W | L | W | D | L | D | D | L | L | D | W | D | W | D | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | L |
| Rodina Moscow | D | W | W | L | D | D | D | D | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | L | D | W |
| Rotor Volgograd | W | D | L | L | W | W | D | D | D | D | L | D | W | D | W | L | L | D | W | W | D | D | D | D |
| Shinnik Yaroslavl | L | L | L | L | D | D | W | D | W | D | D | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | D | D | D | D | L | W |
| SKA-Khabarovsk | L | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | W | W | D | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | L |
| Sochi | L | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | D | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W |
| Sokol Saratov | D | W | W | D | D | L | D | D | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | D |
| Torpedo Moscow | W | D | W | D | D | W | D | W | D | W | D | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | W |
| Tyumen | L | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | L |
| Ufa | D | L | D | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | D | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | D | D | L |
| Ural Yekaterinburg | W | W | L | D | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | L | D | W | D | L | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | W |
| Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | L | L | D | W | W | D | W |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALA | ARS | BAL | CHA | CHE | KAM | NEF | ROD | ROT | SHI | SKA | SOC | SOK | TOR | TYU | UFA | URA | YEN |
| Alania Vladikavkaz | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 1–3 | | | 1–1 | | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Arsenal Tula | 0–0 | | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Baltika Kaliningrad | 3–0 | 0–0 | | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Chayka Peschanokopskoye | | 2–2 | 0–1 | | | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Chernomorets Novorossiysk | | 0–0 | | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | | 0–2 | |
| Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | | | | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Rodina Moscow | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | | 2–2 | | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | | 1–1 |
| Rotor Volgograd | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | | 0–0 | |
| Shinnik Yaroslavl | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| SKA-Khabarovsk | 0–3 | | | 1–0 | 6–1 | | 2–0 | | | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | |
| Sochi | | | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | |
| Sokol Saratov | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | | 1–0 | 1–3 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | | 0–1 | | 1–0 |
| Torpedo Moscow | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | | | | 4–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 2–1 |
| Tyumen | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 1–4 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | | | | 4–1 |
| Ufa | | | | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 3–3 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Ural Yekaterinburg | 3–1 | | | 2–0 | 2–1 | | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | | 4–3 |
| Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | |

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

    As of 17 March 2025
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Martin Kramarič | Sochi | 8 |
| 1 | Martin Sekulić | Ural | 8 |
| 1 | Aleksandr Yushin | Rodina | 8 |
| 4 | Georgi Gongadze | SKA-Khabarovsk | 7 |
| 4 | Aleksandr Lomakin | Yenisey | 7 |
| 4 | Pavel Melyoshin | Sochi | 7 |
| 4 | Vladislav Rudenko | Chayka | 7 |
| 8 | Ravil Netfullin | Torpedo | 6 |
| 8 | Aleksandr Khokhlachyov | Chayka | 6 |