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. FC Krasnodar won the league title, also marking the club’s first trophy in their history.

Russian Premier League

Season	2024–25
Dates	20 July 2024 – 24 May 2025
Champions	Krasnodar (1st title)
Relegated	Fakel Voronezh Khimki
Matches played	240
Goals scored	648 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorer	Manfred Ugalde (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Zenit 5–0 Rostov 3 August 2024 Krasnodar 5–0 Fakel 30 March 2025 Spartak Moscow 5–0 Khimki 24 May 2025
Biggest away win	Akhmat 0–5 Lokomotiv 4 August 2024 Akron 0–5 Zenit 18 October 2024
Highest scoring	Akron 2–5 Krasnodar 21 September 2024 Khimki 3–4 Dynamo Moscow 27 October 2024 Spartak 5–2 Lokomotiv 23 November 2024 Pari NN 5–2 Krylia Sovetov 12 May 2025
Longest winning run	11 matches Krasnodar
Longest unbeaten run	16 matches Krasnodar
Longest winless run	19 matches Orenburg
Longest losing run	8 matches Orenburg
Highest attendance	57,101 Zenit 4–1 Krasnodar 13 April 2025
Lowest attendance	1,029 Khimki 0–0 Orenburg 22 September 2024 (The game between Fakel and Akhmat was held behind closed doors on 5 April 2025 as punishment for misbehavior of Fakel fans)
Total attendance	2,905,075[1]
Average attendance	12,155[1]
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of complete.

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

Zenit Saint Petersburg			Spartak Moscow			Rubin Kazan			Rostov
Krestovsky Stadium			Lukoil Arena			Ak Bars Arena			Rostov Arena
Capacity: 60,228			Capacity: 44,929			Capacity: 42,398			Capacity: 43,472
Dynamo Makhachkala			Fakel Krasnodar Orenburg Rostov Akhmat Zenit Dynamo Moscow Lokomotiv Spartak CSKA Khimki Krylia Sovetov Akron Pari Nizhny Novgorod Rubin Dynamo Makhachkala Locations of teams in the 2024–25 Russian Premier League Dynamo Lokomotiv Spartak CSKA Khimki Locations of teams in the 2024–25 Russian Premier League in Moscow						Krylia Sovetov Samara / Akron Tolyatti
Anzhi Arena									Solidarnost Arena
Capacity: 24,859									Capacity: 42,347
Krasnodar									Akhmat Grozny
Krasnodar Stadium									Akhmat-Arena
Capacity: 35,179									Capacity: 30,597
CSKA Moscow									Lokomotiv Moscow
VEB Arena									RZD Arena
Capacity: 30,114									Capacity: 27,032
Khimki									Pari Nizhny Novgorod
Arena Khimki									Nizhny Novgorod Stadium
Capacity: 18,636									Capacity: 44,242
Fakel Voronezh				Dynamo Moscow				Orenburg
Fakel Stadium				VTB Arena				Gazovik Stadium
Capacity: 10,052				Capacity: 25,716				Capacity: 10,046

Personnel and kits

Team	Location	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor(s)
					Main	Other
Akhmat	Grozny	Fyodor Shcherbachenko (caretaker)	Rizvan Utsiyev	Joma	Akhmat Foundation	List Front: Pari Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: Pari
Akron	Tolyatti	Zaur Tedeyev	Konstantin Savichev	Jögel	Fonbet	List Front: Novostal-M, Lada Back: Electroshield Samara Sleeves: None Shorts: Zavod Invertor
CSKA	Moscow	Marko Nikolić	Igor Akinfeev	CSKA (self-branded)	Apotheka	List Front: Fonbet, Promsvyazbank Back: VEB.RF, Aeroflot, Rosseti Sleeves: Fonbet Shorts: VEB.RF, Rosseti
Dynamo Makhachkala	Makhachkala	Khasanbi Bidzhiyev	Mutalip Alibekov	Joma	Magnit	List Front: BETCITY, Chistoe Serdtse, Immidstroy Back: BETCITY, Cen Geo Sleeves: Water Mever Shorts: BETCITY
Dynamo Moscow	Moscow	Rolan Gusev (caretaker)	Fabián Balbuena	Puma	BetBoom	List Front: VTB Bank, Wildberries, Changan Back: Rossiya Airlines, Dixy Sleeves: None Shorts: BetBoom, VTB Bank
Fakel	Voronezh	Igor Shalimov	Irakli Kvekveskiri	Demix	EkoNiva	List Front: MelBet, TNS Energo Voronezh Back: Mezhregiontruboprovodstroy Sleeves: TechnoResource International Shorts: MelBet
Khimki	Khimki	Magomed Adiyev	Anton Zabolotny	Puma	None	List Front: None Back: Khotkovsky Avtomost Sleeves: Khimki Shorts: Vorgol
Krasnodar	Krasnodar	Murad Musayev	Eduard Spertsyan	Krasnodar (self-branded)	Winline	List Front: None Back: GK TOCHNO Sleeves: Constell Group Shorts: None
Krylia Sovetov	Samara	Vacant	Aleksandr Soldatenkov	Puma	Fonbet	List Front: None Back: Solidarnost Bank, Samara Oblast, Apotheka Sleeves: Wildberries, Fonbet Shorts: Fonbet
Lokomotiv	Moscow	Mikhail Galaktionov	Dmitri Barinov	Lokomotiv (self-branded)	Russian Railways	List Front: BetBoom, SWM (A & T) Back: BetBoom, Russian Railways, Sapsan Sleeves: SWM (H) Shorts: Federal Freight
Orenburg	Orenburg	Vladimir Slišković	Andrei Malykh	Adidas	EcoGas	List Front: Leon Bet Back: Leon Bet, Gazprom Dobycha Orenburg Sleeves: Orenburg Oblast Shorts: Gazprom Dobycha Orenburg
Pari	Nizhny Novgorod	Viktor Goncharenko	Kirill Gotsuk	Jako	Pari	List Front: Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, GloraX Back: GloraX Sleeves: Nizhegorodets Motors Shorts: Pari
Rostov	Rostov-on-Don	Jonatan Alba	Nikolay Komlichenko	Puma	TNS Energo Rostov-on-Don	List Front: Samolet Group, Fonbet Back: Novoshakhtinsk Zavod Neft Produktov, Rostselmash Sleeves: Fonbet Shorts: Fonbet, Novoshakhtinsk Zavod Neft Produktov
Rubin	Kazan	Rashid Rakhimov	Igor Vujačić	Rubin (self-branded)	Kazanorgsintez	List Front: Nizhnekamskneftekhim, Fonbet, Ingosstrakh Back: Kazanorgsintez Sleeves: Kazanorgsintez Shorts: Fonbet, Kazanorgsintez
Spartak	Moscow	Dejan Stanković	Roman Zobnin	Jögel	Lukoil	List Front: Winline, Chery, Ecto 100, BQ Russia Back: Wildberries, Winline, Plastikovyye okna Melke Sleeves: Alfa-Bank Shorts: Lukoil Genesis, Lukoil Licard, Komus, Plastikovyye okna Melke
Zenit	Saint Petersburg	Sergei Semak	Douglas Santos	Kelme	Gazprom	List Front: Winline, MegaFon Back: Rossiya Airlines, G-Drive Sleeves: Wildberries, Gazprombank, Winline Shorts: G-Energy

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Spartak Moscow	Vladimir Slišković (caretaker)	End of caretaking spell	16 May 2024[2]	Pre-season	Dejan Stanković	16 May 2024[2]
CSKA Moscow	Vladimir Fedotov	Sacked	3 June 2024[3]		Marko Nikolić	6 June 2024[4]
Khimki	Andrey Talalayev		20 June 2024[5]		Franc Artiga	28 June 2024[6]
Fakel Voronezh	Igor Cherevchenko	Mutual consent	12 August 2024[7]	16th	Dmitri Pyatibratov	13 August 2024[8]
Akhmat Grozny	Magomed Adiyev		1 September 2024[9]	15th	Sergei Tashuyev	3 September 2024[10]
Orenburg	David Deogracia	Sacked	3 October 2024[11]	14th	Ilshat Aitkulov (caretaker)	3 October 2024
Pari	Saša Ilić	Mutual consent	5 October 2024[12]	11th	Viktor Goncharenko	9 October 2024[13]
Orenburg	Ilshat Aitkulov (caretaker)	End of caretaking spell	7 October 2024[14]	15th	Vladimir Slišković	7 October 2024
Rostov	Valery Karpin	Resigned	25 February 2025[15]	7th	Jonatan Alba	25 February 2025[16]
Fakel Voronezh	Dmitri Pyatibratov		30 March 2025[17]	15th	Igor Shalimov	2 April 2025[18]
Khimki	Franc Artiga	Mutual consent	15 April 2025[19]	12th	Magomed Adiyev	16 April 2025[20]
Dynamo Moscow	Marcel Lička	Resigned	1 May 2025[21]	5th	Rolan Gusev (caretaker)	1 May 2025[22]
Krylia Sovetov Samara	Igor Osinkin	Mutual consent	27 May 2025[23]	Post-season
Akhmat Grozny	Sergei Tashuyev	Resigned	28 May 2025[24]	Relegation play-offs	Fyodor Shcherbachenko (caretaker)	28 May 2025

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 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.^[25]

Promotion and relegation

For the purpose of determining First League positions for the following considerations, the teams that do not pass 2025–26 RPL licensing or drop out of 2025–26 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 2025–26 First League, while the top two in that league will be promoted to the Premier League for the 2025–26 season.

The 13th and 14th Premier League teams will play the 4th and 3rd 2024–25 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 2025–26 season. If both of the teams that finish RPL in 13th and 14th place fail licensing for the 2025–26 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 2025–26 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.^[26]

On 24 May 2025, Russian Football Union announced that Khimki (12th in the RPL), Chernomorets Novorossiysk (3rd in the First League) and SKA-Khabarovsk (6th in the First League) were not issued a Premier League license for next season.^[27] Therefore 4th-placed First League team (Ural Yekaterinburg) played Akhmat and 5th-placed First League team (Sochi) played Pari NN in the RPL play-offs.^[28]

As Khimki finished the season outside of relegation zone, they would be replaced following the play-offs, according to the RPL regulations, priority for replacement was the highest-placed 2024–25 RPL team which did not otherwise qualify for 2025–26 RPL. Therefore, if both Akhmat and Pari won in the play-offs, Orenburg would have remained in the league to replace Khimki. If Pari won and Akhmat lost, Akhmat would have remained in the league to replace Khimki. Pari lost their matchup, and they were widely expected to remain in the league to replace Khimki. On 3 June 2025, the league recommended that Pari is kept in the league, as per the vote by most of the league clubs, with the final decision to be made by the Russian Football Union.^[29] On 4 June 2025, majority of the First League clubs also voted for keeping Pari in the Premier League.^[30] On 16 June 2025, Russian Football Union confirmed that Pari will remain in the league.^[31]

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.^[26]

Season events

Last match day

For the second consecutive season, the champion was determined on the last matchday on 24 May 2025, with all the games played simultaneously with common kick-off time of 16:30 Moscow Time. Krasnodar entered the day with 64 points, and the defending champions Zenit St. Petersburg with 63.^[32] Krasnodar hosted Dynamo Moscow and Zenit hosted Akhmat Grozny. Krasnodar defeated Dynamo on the last day of the previous season, preventing Dynamo from winning the title. Head-to-head results are the first tiebreaker in case the teams are tied on points. Zenit had head-to-head advantage over Krasnodar after beating them with the score of 4–1 at home and losing 0–2 away. Krasnodar would win the title if they defeated Dynamo, or if they tied against Dynamo and Zenit did not beat Akhmat, or if Krasnodar and Zenit both lost their respective games. Zenit would win the title in all other scenarios. Krasnodar defeated Dynamo with the score of 3–0 and won the title.^[33]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Krasnodar (C)	30	20	7	3	59	23	+36	67
2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	30	20	6	4	58	18	+40	66
3	CSKA Moscow	30	17	8	5	47	21	+26	59
4	Spartak Moscow	30	17	6	7	56	25	+31	57
5	Dynamo Moscow	30	16	8	6	61	35	+26	56
6	Lokomotiv Moscow	30	15	8	7	51	41	+10	53
7	Rubin Kazan	30	13	6	11	42	45	−3	45
8	Rostov	30	10	9	11	41	43	−2	39
9	Akron Tolyatti	30	10	5	15	39	55	−16	35
10	Krylia Sovetov Samara	30	8	7	15	36	51	−15	31
11	Dynamo Makhachkala	30	6	11	13	27	35	−8	29[a]
12	Khimki (D, R)	30	6	11	13	35	56	−21	29[a]	Administratively relegated, then dissolved.[b]
13	Pari Nizhny Novgorod (X)	30	7	6	17	27	54	−27	27	Qualification to relegation play-offs
14	Akhmat Grozny (O)	30	4	13	13	27	48	−21	25
15	Orenburg[c]	30	4	7	19	28	56	−28	19
16	Fakel Voronezh (R)	30	2	12	16	14	42	−28	18	Relegation to First League

Source: Premier Liga
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) 2023–24 position (not applicable to final standings); 10) Play-off. Note: if teams tied on points did not play an equal number of head-to-head games, head-to-head results are not considered for the standings.^[38]
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated; (X) Lost in the play-offs, reprieved from relegation after Khimki was administratively relegated.
Notes:

1. Dynamo Makhachkala 4–1 Khimki, Khimki 1–1 Dynamo Makhachkala
2. Khimki were not issued the 2025–26 RPL license and were administratively relegated. They were replaced by Pari Nizhny Novgorod.^[34][35] Khimki were then dissolved.^[36]
3. Orenburg was originally relegated, then returned to Russian Premier League on 11 July 2025 to replace Torpedo Moscow which was originally promoted and then removed from the league for attempted match-fixing in the previous season.^[37]

Relegation play-offs

The draw to determine the hosts in each leg was held on 14 May 2025.^[39] Third-placed First League club Chernomorets Novorossiysk was not issued the RPL license and was replaced in the play-offs by fifth-placed Sochi.^[28] As Khimki, which finished 12th in the RPL, was also not issued a license, it would be replaced by the highest-placed RPL team that did not otherwise qualify for the 2025–26 RPL.

First leg

28 May 2025 (2025-05-28)

19:30

Sochi	1–2	Pari Nizhny Novgorod
Pasevich 14' Pisarsky  35' Nacho  42' Aberdin  57'	Report	Ektov  42' Troshechkin 45+4' Aleksandrov 88'  90'

Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi

Attendance: 4,508

Referee: Sergei Karasev

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28 May 2025 (2025-05-28)

17:00 (19:00 YEKT)

Ural Yekaterinburg	2–1	Akhmat Grozny
Yegorychev  15' Sungatulin  25' Sekulić 50' (pen.), 59' Begić  65'	Report	Todorović  16' Melkadze 21'

Yekaterinburg Arena, Yekaterinburg

Attendance: 19,679

Referee: Kirill Levnikov

Second leg

31 May 2025 (2025-05-31)

17:00

Pari Nizhny Novgorod	1–3	Sochi
Tsarukyan  49' Castillo  80' Boselli 84' (pen.)	Report	Zaika 21'  47' Aberdin  29' Kramarič 45+4' (pen.), 45+6'

Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod

Attendance: 13,680

Referee: Artyom Chistyakov

Sochi won 4–3 on aggregate and was promoted to the Russian Premier League, Pari Nizhny Novgorod remained in the league as replacement for FC Khimki.

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31 May 2025 (2025-05-31)

19:30

Akhmat Grozny	2–0	Ural Yekaterinburg
Adamov  38' Sadulayev  41' Melkadze 51' (pen.)  56' Zorin 90+2'	Report	Begić  49' Ayupov  56' Malkevich  73' Zheleznov  83'

Akhmat-Arena, Grozny

Referee: Sergey Ivanov

Akhmat won 3–2 on aggregate and remained in the Russian Premier League, Ural remained in the Russian First League.

Results

Home \ Away	AKH	AKR	CSK	DMA	DMO	FAK	KHI	KRA	KRY	LOK	ORE	PNN	ROS	RUB	SPA	ZEN
Akhmat Grozny	—	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–3	1–1	1–1	0–5	1–0	0–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–2
Akron Tolyatti	3–2	—	1–2	1–0	0–2	1–0	3–0	2–5	2–0	1–4	1–0	2–2	2–3	1–2	2–3	0–5
CSKA Moscow	3–0	4–0	—	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	5–1	2–0	1–2	2–2	0–2	0–1
Dynamo Makhachkala	1–0	1–1	0–1	—	0–1	0–0	4–1	2–3	4–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–3	1–1	0–1
Dynamo Moscow	4–2	2–1	1–2	4–0	—	3–1	4–1	0–1	1–0	3–1	5–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1
Fakel Voronezh	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–2
Khimki	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	3–4	1–0	—	2–2	1–3	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	3–2	1–3	1–1
Krasnodar	3–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	5–0	4–0	—	1–1	0–0	4–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	0–3	2–0
Krylia Sovetov Samara	2–1	0–2	1–2	0–1	1–3	2–0	0–0	1–2	—	5–1	2–0	3–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–4
Lokomotiv Moscow	1–1	3–2	2–2	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–3	0–3	1–0	—	1–1	3–0	3–2	1–0	3–1	1–1
Orenburg	0–0	2–2	0–2	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–4	—	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–0	0–1
Pari Nizhny Novgorod	1–0	2–1	0–3	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–3	5–2	1–3	1–2	—	1–1	2–4	0–2	0–3
Rostov	2–3	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	4–1	3–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	3–2	4–0	—	1–1	0–3	0–1
Rubin Kazan	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–4	2–1	2–3	1–1	0–2	1–0	4–2	1–0	1–0	—	2–1	0–4
Spartak Moscow	0–0	4–0	1–2	1–2	2–2	3–0	5–0	0–3	3–0	5–2	2–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	—	2–1
Zenit Saint Petersburg	3–0	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	4–1	2–3	1–1	1–0	2–1	5–0	4–0	0–0	—

Source: Russian Premier League
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.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[40]
1	Manfred Ugalde	Spartak Moscow	17
2	Mirlind Daku	Rubin Kazan	15
3	Aleksey Batrakov	Lokomotiv Moscow	14
4	Jhon Córdoba	Krasnodar	12
	Dmitry Vorobyov	Lokomotiv Moscow
	Esequiel Barco	Spartak Moscow
7	Eduard Spertsyan	Krasnodar	11
8	Luciano Gondou	Zenit St. Petersburg	10
	Yaroslav Gladyshev	Dynamo Moscow
	Juan Manuel Boselli	Pari Nizhny Novgorod

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Maksim Glushenkov	Zenit St. Petersburg	Rostov	5–0 (H)	3 August 2024	[41]
Manfred Ugalde4	Spartak Moscow	Lokomotiv Moscow	5–2 (H)	23 November 2024	[42]
Juan Manuel Boselli4	Pari Nizhny Novgorod	Krylia Sovetov Samara	5–2 (H)	12 May 2025	[43]

• ⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Yevgeni Latyshonok	Zenit St. Petersburg	16
2	Stanislav Agkatsev	Krasnodar	15
	Aleksandr Maksimenko	Spartak Moscow
4	Igor Akinfeev	CSKA Moscow	12
5	Yevgeni Staver	Rubin Kazan	7
	Aleksandr Vasyutin	Akron Tolyatti
7	Nikita Medvedev	Pari Nizhny Novgorod	6
	David Volk	Dynamo Makhachkala
9	Vitali Gudiyev	Fakel Voronezh	5
	Nikita Kokarev	Khimki
	Ilya Lantratov	Lokomotiv Moscow
	Andrey Lunyov	Dynamo Moscow
	Giorgi Sheliya	Akhmat Grozny

Notes

• Sergei Pesyakov and Ivan Lomayev each played a half in Krylia Sovetov's 2–0 win over Rubin Kazan on 13 September 2024.
• Aleksandr Vasyutin was substituted by Sergey Volkov in the second half of Akron's 2–0 win over Rostov on 28 September 2024.
• Aleksandr Vasyutin was substituted by Sergey Volkov in the second half of Akron's 2–0 win over Krylia Sovetov on 9 March 2025.
• Rustam Yatimov was substituted by Daniil Odoyevsky in the second half of Rostov's 2–0 win over Fakel on 20 April 2025.
• Ilya Pomazun was substituted by Aleksandr Dovbnya in the second half of Spartak's 2–0 win over Krylia Sovetov on 18 May 2025.

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month		Manager of the Month		Goal of the Month		Ref.
	Player	Club	Manager	Club	Player	Club
July/August	Maksim Glushenkov	Zenit	Sergei Semak	Zenit	Maksim Glushenkov	Zenit	[44][45][46]
September	Aleksey Batrakov	Lokomotiv	Murad Musayev	Krasnodar	Konstantin Tyukavin	Dynamo Moscow	[47][48][49]
October	Jhon Córdoba	Krasnodar			Jhon Córdoba	Krasnodar	[50][51][52]
November/December	Manfred Ugalde	Spartak	Dejan Stanković	Spartak	Maksim Samorodov	Akhmat	[53][54][55]
March	Igor Akinfeev	CSKA	Marko Nikolić	CSKA	Ivan Sergeyev	Krylia Sovetov	[56][57][58]
April	Yaroslav Gladyshev	Dynamo Moscow			Rodrigo Escoval	Akron Tolyatti	[59][60][61]