2013–14 Russian Football National League

The 2013–14 Russian National Football League was the 22nd season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 7 July 2013 and ended on 11 May 2014.

Russian National Football League

Season	2013–14
Champions	Mordovia Saransk
Promoted	Mordovia Saransk Arsenal Tula Torpedo Moscow Ufa
Relegated	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Angusht Nazran Salyut Belgorod withdrew Alania Vladikavkaz withdrew Spartak Nalchik withdrew Rotor Volgograd withdrew
Top goalscorer	Aleksandr Kutyin (19)
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

Teams

Spartak N

Baltika

Yenisey

Dynamo

Neftekhimik

Rotor

Salyut

Shinnik

Sibir

SKA-Energiya

Torpedo

Ufa

Alania

Angusht

Arsenal

Gazovik

Khimik

Luch-Energiya

Mordovia

Location of the teams participating in the 2013–14 season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Mordovia Saransk (C, P)	36	22	7	7	59	30	+29	73	Promotion to Russian Premier League
2	Arsenal Tula (P)	36	21	6	9	62	39	+23	69
3	Torpedo Moscow (P)	36	19	8	9	45	22	+23	65	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	Ufa (P)	36	17	10	9	46	35	+11	61[a]
5	Gazovik Orenburg	36	17	10	9	46	28	+18	61[a]
6	Shinnik Yaroslavl	36	17	6	13	47	37	+10	57
7	SKA-Khabarovsk	36	15	11	10	43	34	+9	56
8	Luch-Energiya Vladivostok	36	15	10	11	40	25	+15	55
9	Baltika Kaliningrad	36	14	12	10	39	31	+8	54
10	Spartak Nalchik (R)	36	13	12	11	36	34	+2	51[b]	Relegation to Professional Football League[c]
11	Sibir Novosibirsk	36	13	12	11	38	39	−1	51[b]
12	Alania Vladikavkaz (R)	36	14	4	18	29	52	−23	46	Team withdrew during winter break[d]
13	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	36	12	9	15	40	47	−7	45
14	Dynamo St. Petersburg	36	12	7	17	38	46	−8	43
15	Rotor Volgograd (R)	36	10	11	15	43	40	+3	41	Relegation to Professional Football League[c]
16	Khimik Dzerzhinsk	36	10	7	19	29	49	−20	37
17	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (R)	36	7	12	17	38	45	−7	33	Relegation to Professional Football League
18	Salyut Belgorod (R)	36	6	9	21	23	53	−30	27	Team withdrew during winter break[d]
19	Angusht Nazran (R)	36	3	5	28	23	78	−55	14	Relegation to Professional Football League

Source: FNL, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Ufa – Gazovik 1–0, Gazovik – Ufa 0–0.
2. Head-to-head record: Spartak Nalchik – Sibir 2–0, Sibir – Spartak Nalchik 0–0.
3. Spartak Nalchik withdrew from the league on 29 May 2014 due to financial problems.^[1] Rotor Volgograd withdrew from the league on 17 June 2014.^[2]
4. Alania and Salyut withdrew from the league in February 2014 due to financial problems.^[3]

Results

Home \ Away	ALA	ANG	ARS	BAL	DSP	GAZ	KHI	LUE	MOR	NEF	ROT	SAL	SHI	SIB	SKA	SPN	TOR	UFA	YEN
Alania Vladikavkaz		1–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	3–0	4–0	0–0	0–3	2–1	2–1		0–3	0–3	0–3	1–0	0–3	0–3	2–1
Angusht Nazran	1–0		1–3	1–2	2–0	0–1	2–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–1	1–2	0–2	0–1	1–2
Arsenal Tula	3–0	3–0		1–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–3	0–0	2–1	4–0	3–0	4–0	2–0	5–1	3–2	1–0	1–0	1–2
Baltika Kaliningrad	0–1	1–0	2–1		2–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–2	3–0	2–2	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0
Dynamo St. Petersburg	3–0	4–0	0–1	2–0		0–1	1–2	1–1	0–3	0–3	0–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–3	2–0	4–2
Gazovik Orenburg	3–0	5–0	2–2	2–0	2–1		2–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	4–0	0–2	0–0	2–2
Khimik Dzerzhinsk	3–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–0		1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–2	0–1	3–2	0–3	1–2	1–0
Luch-Energiya Vladivostok	3–0	1–0	0–3	1–1	0–1	1–4	2–0		1–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	4–0
Mordovia Saransk	0–0	3–0	0–1	1–0	4–1	1–0	4–0	1–0		2–2	2–0	1–0	4–2	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–2	3–0
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	1–2	5–1	2–3	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–2	0–1		2–1	1–3	1–2	4–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–2
Rotor Volgograd	3–0	3–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	3–0	0–2	1–1	0–0		3–0	2–0	0–2	1–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–0
Salyut Belgorod	0–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–3	0–3	0–0	1–0		4–0	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–2	1–1
Shinnik Yaroslavl	1–0	4–2	5–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	4–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	0–0		2–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–0
Sibir Novosibirsk	1–1	1–1	0–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–2	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–0		0–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0
SKA-Khabarovsk	0–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	2–1		1–1	0–0	2–2	2–2
Spartak Nalchik	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	0–0	1–3	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–1		0–0	0–0	1–0
Torpedo Moscow	2–0	4–2	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–2	0–1	2–0	4–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–2		0–0	0–0
Ufa	2–1	2–1	3–4	3–2	3–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	3–2	1–0	2–1	0–3	2–0	0–1	1–0		1–0
Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	3–0	4–1	1–3	0–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–4	1–0	1–4	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–1

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Source: 1fnl.ru (in Russian)

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Aleksandr Kutyin	Arsenal Tula	19
2	Dmitri Golubov	Ufa	14
3	Ilya Mikhalyov	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	12
4	Aleksei Ivanov	Mordovia Saransk	11
5	Anton Bobyor	Mordovia Saransk	10
6	Nathan Júnior	SKA-Khabarovsk	9
	Denis Tkachuk	Gazovik Orenburg
	Yevgeny Savin	Luch-Energiya
	Vladislav Ryzhkov	Arsenal Tula

Events

During winter break 2013-2014, Salyut experienced huge financial difficulties. Almost all contracts with first-team players were terminated by mutual consent.^[4] As a result, on 14 February 2014 club officially withdrew from competition in Russian National Football League.^[5]