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2024–25 Russian First League
The 2024–25 Russian First League was 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 Khimki (, ) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located approximately northwest from central Moscow, and is part of the Moscow metropolitan area. History Origins and formation Khimki was initially a railway station that had existed sin ... * Dynamo Makhachkala * Akron Tolyatti Stadiums by locations League table Positions by round Results by round ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian First League
The Russian First League (, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division () and Russian Football National League (FNL) () is the second level of the Football in Russia#League system, Russian football league system. The Russian Professional Football League (PFL) used to run the division. Since 2011, it has been managed by the :ru:Футбольная Национальная Лига, Football National League. The league consists of 18 clubs. After each season the two top clubs are promoted to the Russian Premier League, Premier League, and the bottom three clubs are relegated to the Russian Second League, 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 Sovi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023–24 Russian Second League Division A
The 2023–24 Russian Second League Division A was the 32nd season of Russia's third-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 16 July 2023 and ended on 16 June 2024. Overview Before the season, the Russian Second League was reorganized and split into two tiers - third-tier Russian Second League Division A and fourth-tier Russian Second League Division B. Division A consists of two groups of 10 teams each. The Gold Group initially included: * 4 teams relegated from the 2022–23 Russian First League (FC Veles Moscow, FC Ufa, FC Krasnodar-2 and FC Volga Ulyanovsk) * 4 teams that came in 2nd place in their zones of the 2022–23 Russian Second League ( FC Chayka Peschanokopskoye, FC Murom, FC Dynamo Bryansk and FC Irtysh Omsk) * 2 best 3rd-placed 2022–23 Second League teams ( FC Rotor Volgograd and FC Spartak Kostroma); The Silver Group included: * 2 worst 3rd-placed 2022–23 teams ( FC Rodina-2 Moscow and FC Amkar Perm) * 7 4th- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk
FK Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (ФК Енисей Красноярск) is a Russian football club based in Krasnoyarsk, in Krasnoyarsk Krai. The club plays in the Russian First League. History The club was founded in 1937 as ''Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk'' and spent one season in Class D of the Soviet league. In 1957 the club was re-formed and entered the ''Far East'' zone of Class B. In 1968 Lokomotiv was renamed ''Rassvet'' and, in 1970, ''Avtomobilist''. In 1991 it became ''Metallurg'', a title it held until February 2010 when it was renamed ''Metallurg-Yenisey'' (formally, Metallurg was excluded from the league and a new independent club Metallurg-Yenisey was admitted into the league). In 2011, the club was renamed to ''Yenisey''. The club is named after the Yenisei river, on which Krasnoyarsk is located. Yenisey (or their predecessors) never played in the Soviet Top League or Russian Premier League until 2018. Their best result in Soviet League was a 2nd position in Group 7 of Class B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny
KAMAZ () is a Russian Association football, football football club, club based in Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia. The club plays in the second-tier Russian First League. Colours are (Home) all white. (Away) Light blue shirts, white shorts. History The club was founded on 11 November 1981 at the KAMAZ, KAMAZ plant under the name ''Trud-PRZ''. The team played in local tournaments until 1988, when they entered Soviet Second League. KAMAZ stayed in this league until 1992, when following the collapse of the Soviet Union they were entitled to play in the Russian National Football League, Russian First League. They won the Centre Zone tournament and were promoted into the Russian Premier League, Top League. The best result achieved by KAMAZ in the Top League was a 6th position in 1994. It allowed the club to participate in the Intertoto Cup, where KAMAZ reached the semifinals, defeating TSV 1860 Munich, München 1860 in the group stage. KAMAZ stayed in the top flight from 1993 to 1997 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Akron Tolyatti
FC Akron Tolyatti () is a Russian professional football club based in Tolyatti founded in 2018 who play in the Russian Premier League. History In June 2019, it was confirmed that the club will enter the Russian Professional Football League in the 2019–20 season. On 15 May 2020, the 2019–20 PFL season was abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic in Russia. As Akron was leading in their PFL zone at the time, they were promoted to the second-tier FNL for the 2020–21 season. Akron finished their first FNL season in 17th place, which would normally mean relegation. 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 would not be relegated. In June 2022, Akron became the backer of Konoplyov football academy. In the 2022–23 season, Akron had an impressive run in the Russian Cup. They consecutively eliminated four Moscow-based R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Dynamo Makhachkala
FC Dynamo Makhachkala () is a Russian professional football club based in Makhachkala that plays in the Russian Premier League. History In the 2006 season Dynamo finished 16th in the Russian First Division. However, the club was denied the professional license and thus relegated to amateur level. Colours are all white (home) or white shirt with broad blue stripe, blue shorts (away). The club was founded in 1927 and debuted in the North Caucasus zone of the Soviet Group 3, finishing seventh of eight teams. Following this, Dynamo would not play in the Soviet League until 1958, when they entered Class B. In 1958–1960 the team was known as ''Temp''. In 1967, Dynamo became the winners of Class B and were promoted to Class A, Group 2. After the reorganization of the league in 1971, Dynamo Makhachkala played in the Second League. They stayed at that level until 1990, when they were moved to Second League B. The best Dynamo's achievement in the league was the top finish in their zo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Khimki
FC Khimki () was a Russian professional football club based in Khimki. History The team was formed in 1996 by merging two amateur clubs from Khimki, Rodina, and Novator. Khimki entered the amateur league and played their first official match on 17 May 1997. Of more than 150 amateur teams in the competition, only the champions would be promoted to the Third League. Khimki won the tournament, overcoming Energiya Ulyanovsk in the final match in a penalty shootout. On 30 January 1997, Khimki became a professional football club. In the Third League regional tournament, Khimki finished second and were promoted to the Russian Second Division, Second League. Khimki were promoted to the Russian First Division, First Division after the 2000 season. They finished first in the ''Centre'' zone of the Second Division, but lost the promotion play-off to Severstal Cherepovets on away goals. After Severstal refused to play in the First Division, their place was given to Khimki. In 2005, Khimki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024–25 Russian Premier League
The 2024–25 Russian Premier League (known as the Mir Russian Premier League, also written as Mir Russian Premier Liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 33rd season of the premier football competition in Russia since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the 23rd under the current Russian Premier League name. Teams As in the previous season, 16 teams play in the 2024–25 season. After the 2023–24 season, Ural Yekaterinburg, Baltika Kaliningrad and Sochi were relegated to the 2024–25 Russian First League after eleven, one and five years respectively. They were replaced by Khimki return to top tier after one year absence, Dynamo Makhachkala and Akron Tolyatti play in top tier for the first time in history this season. Venues Personnel and kits Managerial changes Tournament format and regulations 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 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Kuban Krasnodar (2018)
PFC Kuban Krasnodar (Known as FC Urozhay from 2018 to 2020, ) is a Russian association football, football team based in Krasnodar. It was founded on 4 June 2018. It plays the third-tier Russian Second League (Division A). The club is colloquially seen by some to be the successor to FC Kuban Krasnodar, which dissolved in 2018 before being restarted at a regional level, although it is legally not permitted to claim its heritage. History Private limited company Football Club Urozhay was officially registered on 4 June 2018. Originally it was to be named Ekaterinodar, but eventually, for unknown reasons, the club was named Urozhay. According to the results of the local web portal's ''Yuga.ru'' poll about the team's name that was held from 5 to 14 June, the poll option Urozhay took the last place. On 22 June 2018 FC Urozhay received a license for participating in the third-tier Russian Professional Football League in the 2018–19 Russian Professional Football League. In July 2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Volgar Astrakhan
Volgar FC () is an association football club based in Astrakhan, Russia. They play in the Russian Second League Division A (third tier). History The club has been known under following names: *''Pishchevik'' (food industry worker) (1925−1958) *''Trud'' (labour) (1958–59) *''Volgar'' (1960–94) (2012–) *''Volgar-Gazprom'' (1995–2007), (2010–2012) *''Volgar-Gazprom-2'' (2007–10) Pishchevik played in the Second Group of the Soviet League. Trud (and later Volgar) played in the Class B (1958, 1960–1967), in Class A, Group 2 (1968–1969), in Class A, Group 1 (1970), Soviet First League (1971), Soviet Second League (1972–1990), Soviet Second League B (1991). In 1992 Volgar entered the Russian Second League, played in the Third League in 1994 (finished top and were promoted), returned to the Second League in 1995 and stayed until 1998. In 1998 Volgar-Gazprom were promoted and in 1999 they started playing in the Russian First Division. With the exception of the relegatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Leningradets Leningrad Oblast
FC Leningradets Leningrad Oblast () is a Russian football team from Leningrad Oblast. History Following the bankruptcy of FC Tosno, Leningrad Oblast governor decided to organize a new professional club. It received the license for the third-tier Russian Professional Football League for the 2018–19 season. The club's office is located in Prudy, Vyborgsky District, but majority of the games are played at Saint Petersburg stadiums. The club also previously played in Roshchino. On 28 May 2023, the club secured promotion to the Russian First League. Leningradets was relegated back to third tier after one season on second level. Stadium Leningradets hosts its home matches at Petrovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ..., sometimes also at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024–25 Russian Second League Division A
The 2024–25 Russian Second League Division A is the 33rd season of Russian football, Russia's Russian Second League, third-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 21 July 2024 and will end in June 2025. Overview Before the 2023–24 season, the Russian Second League was reorganized and split into two tiers - third-tier Russian Second League Division A and fourth-tier Russian Second League Division B. Division A consists of two groups of 10 teams each. The Gold Group initially included: * 3 teams relegated from the 2023–24 Russian First League (FC Leningradets Leningrad Oblast, FC Volgar Astrakhan and FC Kuban Krasnodar (2018), FC Kuban Krasnodar) * 3 teams from the Top 6 of the 2023–24 Russian Second League Division A, 2023–24 Second stage Gold Group that were not promoted to the Russian First League (including FC Novosibirsk, who were renamed to FC Sibir Novosibirsk (2019), FC Sibir Novosibirsk) * Top 4 teams from the 2023– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
