2024–25 Russian First League
| Season | 2024–25 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 13 July 2024 - 25 May 2025 |
| Matches played | 270 |
| Goals scored | 571 (2.11 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Pavel Melyoshin (11 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Sochi 5–0 Chayka 6 October 2024 Torpedo 5–0 Sokol 12 October 2024 SKA-Khabarovsk 6–1 Chernomorets 26 October 2024 |
| Biggest away win | Ufa 0–6 Baltika 23 March 2025 |
| Highest scoring | Ufa 3–4 Sochi 25 August 2024 SKA-Khabarovsk 6–1 Chernomorets 26 October 2024 Ural 4–3 Yenisey 16 November 2024 Sochi 5–2 Ufa 22 November 2024 Ural 2–5 Baltika 26 April 2025 |
| Longest winning run | 8 matches Baltika |
| Longest unbeaten run | 21 matches Torpedo |
| Longest winless run | 16 matches Arsenal |
| Longest losing run | 5 matches Tyumen |
| Highest attendance | 22,118 Rotor 2–0 Baltika 16 August 2024 |
| Lowest attendance | 187 SKA-Khabarovsk 2–0 Neftekhimik 15 September 2024 (played in Ramenskoye) |
| Total attendance | 1,014,695 |
| Average attendance | 3,800 (three games held behind closed doors are not used to calculate the average) |
← 2023–24 2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 27 April 2025. | |
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
[edit]To First League
[edit]- Promoted from Second League Division A
- Relegated from Premier League
From First League
[edit]- Relegated to Second League
- Promoted to Premier League
Stadia by locations
[edit]
League table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baltika Kaliningrad (X) | 30 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 50 | 17 | +33 | 66 | Promotion to Premier League |
| 2 | Torpedo Moscow | 30 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 47 | 24 | +23 | 55 | |
| 3 | Chernomorets Novorossiysk | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 54 | Qualification to Premier League play-offs |
| 4 | Sochi | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 48 | 29 | +19 | 53 | |
| 5 | Ural Yekaterinburg | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 41 | 32 | +9 | 50 | |
| 6 | SKA-Khabarovsk | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 44 | |
| 7 | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 42 | |
| 8 | Rodina Moscow | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 41[a] | |
| 9 | Rotor Volgograd | 30 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 25 | 23 | +2 | 41[a] | |
| 10 | Arsenal Tula | 30 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 22 | 23 | −1 | 37 | |
| 11 | KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 36 | |
| 12 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 35 | |
| 13 | Chayka Peschanokopskoye | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 34[b] | |
| 14 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 34[b] | |
| 15 | Ufa | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 44 | −17 | 29 | |
| 16 | Tyumen | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 43 | −18 | 26 | Relegation to Second League |
| 17 | Alania Vladikavkaz | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 43 | −24 | 23[c] | |
| 18 | Sokol Saratov | 30 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 39 | −21 | 23[c] |
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2025. Source: Soccerway
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) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Matches won; 8) Goal difference; 9) Goals scored; 10) Away matches won; 11) Away goals scored; 12) Best disciplinary record (3 points for red card, 1 point for yellow card); 13) Drawing lots. If teams tied on points did not play an equal number of head-to-head games, head-to-head criteria and disciplinary record are not used for positioning. If 1st- and 2nd-placed teams are tied in the final standings on the first 12 criteria, a winner is determined in an additional play-off game, with no extra time and a penalty-shootout if tied at the end of regulation, instead of drawing lots.[2]
(X) Assured of at least promotion playoffs, but may yet be promoted automatically.
Notes:
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) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Matches won; 8) Goal difference; 9) Goals scored; 10) Away matches won; 11) Away goals scored; 12) Best disciplinary record (3 points for red card, 1 point for yellow card); 13) Drawing lots. If teams tied on points did not play an equal number of head-to-head games, head-to-head criteria and disciplinary record are not used for positioning. If 1st- and 2nd-placed teams are tied in the final standings on the first 12 criteria, a winner is determined in an additional play-off game, with no extra time and a penalty-shootout if tied at the end of regulation, instead of drawing lots.[2]
(X) Assured of at least promotion playoffs, but may yet be promoted automatically.
Notes:
Positions by round
[edit]| Promotion | |
| Play-offs | |
| Relegation to 2024–25 Russian Second League |
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2025. Source: everysport.com
Results by round
[edit]Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2025. Source: Soccerstats.com (in English)
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose
Results
[edit]Season statistics
[edit]Top goalscorers
[edit]- As of 27 April 2025
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[3] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Pavel Melyoshin
|
Sochi | 11 |
| 2 | Artyom Maksimenko
|
Rodina | 10 |
 Martin Sekulić
|
Ural | ||
| Aleksandr Yushin
|
Rodina | ||
| 5 | Roman Akbashev
|
Chernomorets | 9 |
 Martin Kramarič
|
Sochi | ||
| 7 | Georgi Gongadze
|
SKA-Khabarovsk | 8 |
| 8 | Aleksandr Lomakin
|
Yenisey | 7 |
| Rashid Magomedov
|
Neftekhimik | ||
| Vladislav Rudenko
|
Chayka | ||
| Aleksandr Khokhlachyov
|
Chayka |
References
[edit]- ^ "TEAMS". 1fnl.ru. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "First League 2024-25 regulations - paragraph 3.5" (PDF) (in Russian). Russian First League. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ "Top Scorers" (in Russian). Russian First League. Retrieved 27 April 2025.