2023-24_Russian_Premier_League
2023–24 Russian Premier League
32nd season of top-tier football league in Russia
The 2023–24 Russian Premier League (known as the Mir Russian Premier League, also written as Mir Russian Premier Liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 32nd season of the premier football competition in Russia since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the 20th under the current Russian Premier League name.
| Season | 2023–24 |
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| Dates | 21 July 2023 – 25 May 2024 |
| Matches played | 208 |
| Goals scored | 541 (2.6 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Mateo Cassierra (16 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Krylia Sovetov 5–1 Rostov 5 August 2023 Sochi 4–0 Rostov 28 April 2024 |
| Biggest away win | Akhmat 1–7 Baltika 13 April 2024 |
| Highest scoring | Akhmat 1–7 Baltika 13 April 2024 |
| Longest winning run | 4 matches Krasnodar Rubin Zenit |
| Longest unbeaten run | 12 matches Krasnodar |
| Longest winless run | 10 matches Sochi Ural |
| Longest losing run | 6 matches Pari NN Sochi |
| Highest attendance | 57,858 Zenit 0–0 Spartak 2 March 2024 |
| Lowest attendance | 1,968 Sochi 1–1 Orenburg 10 December 2023 |
| Total attendance | 2,258,856[1] |
| Average attendance | 10,860[1] |
← 2022–23 2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 29 April 2024. | |
As in the previous season, 16 teams played in the 2023–24 season. After the 2022–23 season, Khimki and Torpedo Moscow were both relegated to the 2023–24 Russian First League. They were replaced by Rubin Kazan and Baltika Kaliningrad.
Venues
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | Ural Yekaterinburg | Rubin Kazan | Rostov |
|---|---|---|---|
| Krestovsky Stadium | Central Stadium | Ak Bars Arena | Rostov Arena |
| Capacity: 67,800 | Capacity: 35,696 | Capacity: 45,093 | Capacity: 45,000 |
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| Spartak Moscow |
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| Otkritie Arena | Solidarnost Arena | ||
| Capacity: 44,307 | Capacity: 44,918 | ||
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| Krasnodar | Akhmat Grozny | ||
| Krasnodar Stadium | Akhmat-Arena | ||
| Capacity: 34,291 | Capacity: 30,597 | ||
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| CSKA Moscow | Lokomotiv Moscow | ||
| VEB Arena | RZD Arena | ||
| Capacity: 30,457 | Capacity: 27,320 | ||
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| Sochi | Pari Nizhny Novgorod | ||
| Fisht Olympic Stadium | Nizhny Novgorod Stadium | ||
| Capacity: 47,659 | Capacity: 44,899 | ||
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| Fakel Voronezh | Dynamo Moscow | Orenburg | Baltika Kaliningrad |
| Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz Stadion | VTB Arena | Gazovik Stadium | Kaliningrad Stadium |
| Capacity: 31,793 | Capacity: 26,319 | Capacity: 10,046 | Capacity: 35,016 |
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Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dynamo Moscow |  Pavel Alpatov (caretaker) |
Moved to Dynamo-2 Moscow | 22 June 2023[2] | Pre-season |  Marcel Lička |
22 June 2023[2] |
| Orenburg | Marcel Lička |
Signed by Dynamo Moscow | 22 June 2023[2] | Jiří Jarošík |
22 June 2023[3] | |
| Akhmat Grozny | Sergei Tashuyev |
Mutual consent | 15 August 2023 | 12th | Isa Baytiyev (caretaker) |
15 August 2023[4] |
| Akhmat Grozny | Isa Baytiyev (caretaker) |
End of caretaker spell | 18 August 2023 | 12th |  Miroslav Romaschenko |
18 August 2023[5] |
| Orenburg | Jiří Jarošík |
Mutual consent | 22 August 2023 | 16th |  David Deogracia |
22 August 2023[6] |
| Fakel Voronezh | Vadim Yevseyev |
Sacked | 5 September 2023[7] | 15th | Sergei Tashuyev |
8 September 2023[8] |
| Sochi | Dmitri Khokhlov |
Mutual consent | 17 September 2023[9] | 13th | Aleksandr Tochilin |
17 September 2023 |
| Sochi | Aleksandr Tochilin |
Sacked | 3 December 2023[10] | 16th | Denis Klyuyev (caretaker) |
3 December 2023 |
| Sochi | Denis Klyuyev (caretaker) |
End of caretaker spell | 15 December 2023[11] | 16th | Robert Moreno |
15 December 2023 |
| Krasnodar |  Vladimir Ivić |
Sacked | 13 March 2024[12] | 2nd | Murad Musayev |
14 March 2024[13] |
| Akhmat Grozny | Miroslav Romaschenko |
Resigned | 4 April 2024[14] | 12th | Magomed Adiyev |
5 April 2024[15] |
| Spartak Moscow | Guille Abascal |
Sacked | 14 April 2024[16] | 6th |  Vladimir Slišković (caretaker) |
14 April 2024 |
| Fakel Voronezh | Sergei Tashuyev |
Resigned | 26 April 2024[17] | 11th |  Igor Cherevchenko |
26 April 2024[18] |
| Pari Nizhny Novgorod | Sergei Yuran |
Resigned | 28 April 2024[19] | 11th | Anton Khazov (caretaker) |
28 April 2024 |
The 16 teams play a round-robin tournament whereby each team plays each one of the other teams twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 240 matches with each team playing 30.
The season started on 21 July. The last games before the winter break were played on 10 December; the spring part of the season began on 1 March and the last games will be played on 25 May.[20]
Promotion and relegation
For the purpose of determining First League positions for the following season, the teams that do not pass 2024–25 RPL licensing or drop out of 2024–25 season for any other reason, or the second teams of RPL clubs, or the teams that finished lower than 6th place in First League standings will not be considered. For example, if the teams that finished 1st, 3rd and 4th in the First League standings failed licensing, the team that finished 2nd would be considered the 1st-placed team, the team that finished 5th will be considered the 2nd-placed team, and the team that finished 6th will be considered the 3rd-placed team. There would be no designated 4th-placed team in this scenario.
The teams that finish 15th and 16th will be relegated to the 2024–25 First League, while the top two in that league will be promoted to the Premier League for the 2024–25 season.
The 13th and 14th Premier League teams will play the 4th and 3rd 2023–24 First League teams respectively in two (home-and-away) playoff games, with penalty shootout in effect if necessary. The winners will secure Premier League spots for the 2024–25 season. If both of the teams that finish RPL in 13th and 14th place fail licensing for the 2024–25 season or drop out for any other reason, play-offs will not be held, and the 3rd and 4th First League teams will be promoted automatically. If one of the teams that place 13th and 14th in the Premier League fails licensing for 2024–25 season or drops out for other reasons, 3rd First League team will be promoted automatically and the 13th or 14th-placed team that passes licensing will play 4th First League team in playoffs, with the winners securing the Premier League spot. If only one First League team is eligible for the play-offs (as in the example scenario above), that team will play the 14th-placed RPL team in playoffs, with the winners securing the Premier League spot, and the 13th RPL team will remain in the league. If none of the First League teams are eligible for the play-offs, they will not be held and 13th and 14th-placed RPL teams will remain in the league. If any of the teams are unable to participate in the season after the play-offs have been concluded, or there are not enough teams that pass licensing to follow the above procedures, the replacement will be chosen by the Russian Football Union in consultation with RPL and FNL.[21]
Exclusion from the league
Any team can be excluded from the Premier League during the season for the following reasons: a) using counterfeit documents or providing inaccurate information to the league; b) not arriving to the game on more than one occasion; c) match fixing. Such a team is automatically relegated and is not replaced during the season, and only one additional team (that gains the least amount of points at the end of the season) is directly relegated. If the excluded team had played fewer than 15 games at the time of exclusion, all its results would be annulled and would not count for the standings. If the excluded team had played at least 15 games at the time of exclusion, all their remaining opponents would be awarded a victory without effect on their goal difference.[21]
Issues related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 22 May 2023, FIFA extended their ruling that allows foreign players in Russia to unilaterally suspend their contracts with their clubs and sign with a club outside of Russia until 30 June 2024. However, this option would only be available to the players whose contract was already suspended under these regulations at the end of the 2022–23 season. The players who joined a Russian club after these regulations were originally introduced in March 2022, or players who played in Russia in the 2022–23 season (including those who originally suspended their contract in the 2021–22 season and then returned), would not be able to use this condition in the 2023–24 season.[22]
- Players who suspended their contracts
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 44 | 23 | +21 | 50[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 2 | Krasnodar | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 41 | 25 | +16 | 50[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 3 | Dynamo Moscow | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 47 | |
| 4 | Spartak Moscow | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 42 | |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 41 | |
| 6 | Krylia Sovetov Samara | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 40[lower-alpha 2] | |
| 7 | Rostov | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 40[lower-alpha 2] | |
| 8 | CSKA Moscow | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 45 | 36 | +9 | 38 | |
| 9 | Rubin Kazan | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 37 | |
| 10 | Akhmat Grozny | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 29 | |
| 11 | Pari Nizhny Novgorod | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 28 | |
| 12 | Fakel Voronezh | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 27 | |
| 13 | Baltika Kaliningrad | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 26[lower-alpha 3] | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 14 | Orenburg | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 26[lower-alpha 3] | |
| 15 | Ural Yekaterinburg | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 40 | −15 | 25 | Relegation to First League |
| 16 | Sochi | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 40 | −14 | 20 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head matches won; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Matches won; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) 2022–23 position (not applicable to final standings); 10) Play-off.
Notes:
| Home \ Away | AKH | BAL | CSK | DYN | FAK | KRA | KRY | LOK | ORE | PNN | ROS | RUB | SOC | SPA | URA | ZEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akhmat Grozny | — | 1–7 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Baltika Kaliningrad | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | ||
| CSKA Moscow | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | ||
| Dynamo Moscow | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | ||
| Fakel Voronezh | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |||
| Krasnodar | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | ||
| Krylia Sovetov Samara | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | — | 3–3 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | ||
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | ||
| Orenburg | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | |||
| Pari Nizhny Novgorod | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | ||
| Rostov | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 1–1 | ||
| Rubin Kazan | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–3 | |
| Sochi | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | ||
| Spartak Moscow | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–3 | ||
| Ural Yekaterinburg | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 3–2 | — | 1–4 | ||
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | — |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
Top goalscorers
Hat-tricks
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fyodor Chalov | CSKA Moscow | Akhmat Grozny | 3–2 (A) | 30 July 2023 | [32] |
 Alex Fernandes | Baltika Kaliningrad | Akhmat Grozny | 7–1 (A) | 13 April 2024 | [33] |
Clean sheets
- Notes
- Aleksandr Selikhov and Aleksandr Maksimenko each played a half in Spartak's 1–0 win over Dynamo Moscow on 23 September 2023.
- Giorgi Sheliya and Mikhail Oparin each played a half in Akhmat's 0–0 draw with Rostov on 9 December 2023.
Monthly awards
| Month | Player of the Month | Manager of the Month | Goal of the Month | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | Manager | Club | Player | Club | ||
| July/August |  Benjamín Garré |
Krylia Sovetov Samara | Vladimir Ivić |
Krasnodar | Dmitri Skopintsev |
Dynamo Moscow | [34][35][36] |
| September | Braian Mansilla |
Orenburg | Vladimir Ivić |
Krasnodar |  Nikoloz Kutateladze |
Pari Nizhny Novgorod | [37][38][39] |
| October |  Eduard Spertsyan |
Krasnodar | Sergei Tashuyev |
Fakel Voronezh | Ilya Ishkov |
Ural Yekaterinburg | [40][41][42] |
| November/December | Konstantin Tyukavin |
Dynamo Moscow | Rashid Rakhimov |
Rubin Kazan |  Víctor Dávila |
CSKA Moscow | [43][44][45] |
| March |  Mohammad Mohebi |
Rostov | Valery Karpin |
Rostov | Matías Pérez |
Orenburg | [46][47][48] |
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