Russian_Football_National_League

Russian First League

Russian First League

Football league


The Russian First League (Russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (Russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (Russian: Первенство Футбольной Национальной Лиги, Pervenstvo Futbol'noy Natsional'noy Ligi) is the second level of the Russian football league system.

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Old logo from 2011 to 2020.
Previous logo, 2020 to 2022.

The Russian Professional Football League (PFL) used to run the division. Since 2011, it has been managed by the Football National League.

The league consists of 18 clubs. After each season the two top clubs are promoted to the Premier League, and the bottom three clubs are relegated to the Second League. Third and fourth team play in home-and-away promotion play-offs against the 13th and 14th Premier League teams. Should one or more clubs not possess the required licence to participate for the upcoming season, the teams previously relegated are kept in the league instead, in the order of last season's standings.

History

Due to the dissolution of the Soviet Union, all Russian clubs of the former Soviet Top League and Soviet First League unified into the Russian Top Division, which meant that the new second tier of Russian football would remain regionalized.

On 10 June 2022, the number of teams in the league was reduced from 20 to 18 for the 2022–23 season.[1] On the same day, the league requested Russian Football Union to rename the league to its historical name of Russian First League.[2] RFU officially approved the name change on 23 June 2022.[3] On the same date the league announced that the league's title sponsor would be a bookmaker Melbet.[4][5][6]

The following teams are competing in the 2023–24 season:

Winners and top scorers

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See also


References

  1. "18 КОМАНД ПРИМУТ УЧАСТИЕ В ОЛИМП-ФНЛ-1 В СЕЗОНЕ-2022/23" (in Russian). Russian Football National League. 10 June 2022. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  2. "Первая лига" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 23 June 2022. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  3. "КОМПАНИЯ "МЕЛБЕТ" СТАЛА ТИТУЛЬНЫМ ПАРТНЁРОМ ПЕРВОЙ ЛИГИ" (in Russian). Russian First League. 23 June 2022. Archived from the original on 23 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  4. "MelBet Account Verification". MelBet Bangladesh. Archived from the original on 13 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  5. "Melbet app". Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2023.

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