2021–22 Russian First Division

Russian Football National League
Season2021–22
Dates10 July 2021 – 21 May 2022
ChampionsTorpedo Moscow
(1st title)
PromotedTorpedo Moscow
Fakel Voronezh
Orenburg (through promotion play-offs)
RelegatedTom Tomsk
Olimp-Dolgoprudny
Metallurg Lipetsk
Rotor Volgograd
Tekstilshchik Ivanovo
Matches played380
Goals scored955 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorerMaksim Maksimov
(22 goals)
Biggest home winTorpedo Moscow 7–1 Metallurg Lipetsk
29 August 2021
Biggest away winTekstilshchik 0–5 Fakel
16 April 2022
Highest scoringKuban Krasnodar 5–5 Alania Vladikavkaz
17 November 2021
Longest winning run6 matches
Yenisey[1]
27 November 2021 - 2 April 2022
Longest unbeaten run12 matches
Torpedo Moscow
10 July 2021 - 19 September 2021
Longest winless run16 matches
Tekstilshchik
6 November 2021 - 7 May 2022
Longest losing run8 matches
Rotor Volgograd
6 November 2021 - 19 March 2022
All statistics correct as of 21 May 2022.

The 2021–22 Russian Football National League was the 30th season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 10 July 2021, and had a 3 month winter break between game weeks 25 and 26 (December to March).

Stadia by capacity

Club City Stadium Capacity
Akron Tolyatti Kristall Stadium, Zhigulyovsk 1,565
Alania Vladikavkaz[1] Republican Spartak Stadium[1] 32,464
Baltika Kaliningrad Arena Baltika 35,212
Fakel Voronezh Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz 31,793
KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny KAMAZ Stadium 6,248
Krasnodar-2 Krasnodar Krasnodar Academy 3,500
Kuban Krasnodar Krasnodar Kuban Stadium 35,200
Metallurg Lipetsk Lipetsk Metallurg Stadium 10,000
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Neftekhimik Stadium 3,100
Olimp-Dolgoprudny Dolgoprudny Salyut Stadium
Orenburg Orenburg Gazovik Stadium 7,520
Rotor Volgograd Volgograd Volgograd Arena 45,568
SKA Khabarovsk Lenin Stadium 15,200
Spartak-2 Moscow Spartak Academy 3,077
Tekstilshchik Ivanovo Tekstilshchik 9,565
Tom Tomsk Trud 10,028
Torpedo Moscow Moscow Sports Village, Luzhniki Olympic Complex[2] 1,872
Veles Moscow Moscow Avangard Stadium, Domodedovo 5,503
Volgar Astrakhan Astrakhan Central Stadium 21,500
Yenisey Krasnoyarsk Central Stadium 15,000
  1. ^
    Alania plays at Akhmat-Arena, Grozny, capacity 30,000, while their own stadium is under reconstruction
  2. ^
    Torpedo's own Eduard Streltsov Stadium is under reconstruction

Team changes

Stadia by locations

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Location of teams in 2021–22 FNL.
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Location of Moscow teams.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Torpedo Moscow (C, P) 38 20 15 3 65 36 +29 75 Promotion to Russian Premier League
2 Fakel Voronezh (P) 38 23 5 10 60 33 +27 74[a]
3 Orenburg (Q, P) 38 23 5 10 64 37 +27 74[a] Qualification to Russian Premier League play-offs
4 SKA-Khabarovsk (Q) 38 19 8 11 48 38 +10 65
5 Yenisey Krasnoyarsk 38 19 6 13 58 55 +3 63
6 Alania Vladikavkaz 38 17 9 12 75 53 +22 60
7 Spartak-2 Moscow (D) 38 18 4 16 48 55 −7 58 Dissolved after the season[b]
8 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 38 17 7 14 60 43 +17 58
9 Akron Tolyatti 38 16 10 12 47 40 +7 58
10 Baltika Kaliningrad 38 14 16 8 51 30 +21 58
11 Krasnodar-2 38 15 8 15 45 45 0 53 Ineligible for promotion
12 Kuban Krasnodar 38 13 10 15 45 48 −3 49
13 Veles Moscow 38 14 6 18 45 48 −3 48
14 Tom Tomsk[c] (D) 38 13 9 16 51 60 −9 48 Dissolved after the season[b]
15 Olimp-Dolgoprudny[d] (D) 38 9 14 15 35 47 −12 41
16 Volgar Astrakhan 38 10 9 19 30 43 −13 39
17 KAMAZ[e] 38 8 13 17 29 45 −16 37
18 Rotor Volgograd (R) 38 8 12 18 37 53 −16 36 Relegation to lower divisions
19 Metallurg Lipetsk (R) 38 9 6 23 31 70 −39 33
20 Tekstilshchik Ivanovo (R) 38 5 8 25 31 76 −45 23
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; then in case of a two-way tie: 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 goals scored; 11) Drawing lots; in case of a three-or-more-way tie: 2) Matches won; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head matches won; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Goal difference; 9) Goals scored; 10) Away goals scored; 11) Drawing lots.[9]
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Fakel Voronezh 6, Orenburg 0
  2. ^ a b On 23 May 2022, FC Spartak Moscow announced that FC Spartak-2 Moscow will be dissolved and not participate in the 2022–23 season.[4] League president announced that the replacement will be chosen at a later date.[5]
  3. ^ On 3 June 2022, the Russian Football Union rejected Tom's appeal on its previous decision to deny Tom the RFS-2 license that is necessary to play in the FNL. Tom announced they will file an application for the FNL2 license.[6]
  4. ^ On 3 June 2022, the Russian Football Union confirmed their decision to not grant Olimp-Dolgoprudny the RFS-2 license that is necessary to play in the FNL. Their appeal was not considered as it was not filed according to the procedure.[7]
  5. ^ On 6 June 2022, KAMAZ confirmed that they will participate in the 2022–23 FNL season to replace the clubs that failed licensing.[8]


Results

Home \ Away AKR ALA BAL FAK KAM KR2 KUB MLP NEF OLD ORE ROT SKA SP2 TEK TOM TOR VEL VOL YEN
Akron 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–3 2–1 0–3 1–0 1–2 0–1 4–1 3–3 1–0 1–1 1–0 4–1
Alania 2–2 0–3 1–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 5–0 2–3 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 2–3 4–0 3–0 5–1 2–1 0–1 1–2
Baltika 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 4–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–2
Fakel 1–0 2–1 3–3 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–2 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–1
KAMAZ 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 0–4 0–2 1–2 4–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–3 0–0 1–1
Krasnodar-2 2–0 1–3 0–3 1–2 4–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 5–2 1–1 3–1 1–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 4–0
Kuban Krasnodar 2–0 5–5 1–1 0–4 1–0 0–0 0–3 0–2 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–2 0–2 1–3 2–1
Metallurg Lipetsk 2–2 0–3 0–4 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 3–2 1–3 1–0 1–0 0–2
Neftekhimik 0–0 5–2 0–0 3–0 1–1 4–1 0–3 5–0 1–0 2–1 1–3 0–0 5–0 3–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–3
Olimp-Dolgoprudny 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–4 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–4 1–0 1–0 3–3 0–2 2–1 0–0
Orenburg 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–3 4–0 1–0 2–2 0–3 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 4–0 2–0
Rotor Volgograd 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–3 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–3 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–5 1–1 0–3 1–1 2–3
SKA-Khabarovsk 0–3 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 3–3 1–0 3–1 0–1 4–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 4–3
Spartak-2 Moscow 0–1 3–2 1–2 2–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 3–2 0–4 0–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 2–1
Tekstilshchik 2–2 0–4 3–2 0–5 4–1 0–1 1–3 1–2 1–0 3–1 2–5 1–3 0–3 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–1
Tom Tomsk 2–1 1–3 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–5 1–0 2–1 0–1
Torpedo Moscow 0–0 3–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–2 7–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 5–0 0–0 3–3 1–0 1–0 2–1
Veles Moscow 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–4 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–2 3–1 1–2 2–1 3–2 1–0 3–5 0–2 1–0
Volgar 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–3 0–1 0–1 2–3
Yenisey 3–2 0–3 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 2–3 0–1 3–2 2–2
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 21 May 2022.[10]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Russia Maksim Maksimov Fakel Voronezh 22
2 Russia Aleksandr Yushin Neftekhimik 18
3 Russia Aleksandr Stavpets Tomsk 17
4 Ghana Joel Fameyeh Orenburg 15
Russia Mukhammad Sultonov Torpedo Moscow
6 Russia David Karayev SKA-Khabarovsk 14
Russia Islam Mashukov Alania
8 Russia Artur Galoyan Veles Moscow 13
Russia Amur Kalmykov Torpedo Moscow
Russia Vladislav Shitov Spartak-2 Moscow

References

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  5. ^ "АЛЕКСАНДР АЛАЕВ: "СПАРТАК" ПОДТВЕРДИЛ ЗАКРЫТИЕ ВТОРОЙ КОМАНДЫ, ОФИЦИАЛЬНЫЕ ДОКУМЕНТЫ ПОСТУПЯТ В ЛИГУ В БЛИЖАЙШЕЕ ВРЕМЯ"" (in Russian). Russian Football National League. 23 May 2022.
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  10. ^ "2020/21 FNL". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 May 2021.