2018–19 Russian Football National League

The 2018–19 Russian National Football League was the 27th season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 17 July 2018 and ended on 25 May 2019.

Russian National Football League

Season	2018–19
Biggest home win	Tyumen 4–1 Baltika
Biggest away win	Zenit-2 1–4 Sochi
Longest losing run	FC Zenit-2 (6 Matches)
Highest attendance	30,611 Round 6 Rotor Volgograd Vs. Luch Energiya 12 August 2018
← 2017–18 2019–20 → All statistics correct as of 30 July 2018.

Winner: Fc tambov with 73 points

Team changes

To FNL Promoted from PFL Chertanovo Moscow Armavir Mordovia Saransk Krasnodar-2 Relegated from Premier League SKA-Khabarovsk

From FNL Relegated to PFL Volgar Astrakhan Promoted to Premier League Orenburg Krylia Sovetov Samara Yenisey Krasnoyarsk

Excluded teams

Amkar Perm and Tosno were excluded from Premier League due to financial problems, but were also refused a license for the 2018–19 Russian Professional Football League, being subsequently dissolved.

Kuban Krasnodar was excluded from championship due to financial problems, then being dissolved.

Ararat Moscow was promoted from 2017–18 PFL, but were refused a license for the 2018–19 Russian National Football League, the club being subsequently dissolved.

Teams spared from relegation

Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg, Rotor Volgograd, Luch Vladivostok, Tyumen and Fakel Voronezh were spared from relegation due to lack of teams enrolled for the 2018–19 season.

Other teams

Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk finished on the promotion place at the end of the 2017–18 PFL season, but refused to be promoted.

Renamed teams

Dynamo Saint Petersburg was moved from Saint Petersburg to Sochi and renamed as PFC Sochi.

Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod was renamed to FC Nizhny Novgorod.

Luch-Energiya Vladivostok was renamed to Luch Vladivostok.

Stadia by capacity

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Armavir	Armavir	Yunost	5,700
Avangard	Kursk	Trudovye Rezervy	11,329
Baltika	Kaliningrad	Arena Baltika	25,000
Chertanovo	Moscow	Arena Chertanovo	500
Fakel	Voronezh	Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz	31,793
Khimki	Khimki	Rodina	5,083
Krasnodar-2	Krasnodar	Krasnodar Academy	3,500
Luch	Vladivostok	Dynamo	10,200
Mordovia	Saransk	Mordovia Arena	28,000
Nizhny Novgorod	Nizhny Novgorod	Nizhny Novgorod	44,899
Rotor	Volgograd	Volgograd Arena	45,568
Shinnik	Yaroslavl	Shinnik	22,990
Sibir	Novosibirsk	Spartak	12,500
SKA	Khabarovsk	Lenin	15,200
Sochi	Sochi	Fisht Olympic	47,659
Spartak-2	Moscow	Spartak Academy	4,000
Tambov	Tambov	Spartak	8,000
Tom	Tomsk	Trud	10,028
Tyumen	Tyumen	Geolog	13,057
Zenit-2	Saint Petersburg	MSA Petrovsky / Petrovsky	2,809 / 21,405

Stadia by locations

Moscow

Armavir

Avangard

Baltika

Fakel

Krasnodar

Luch

Mordovia

Nizhny Novgorod

Rotor

Shinnik

Sibir

SKA

Sochi

Tambov

Tom

Tyumen

Zenit-2

Location of teams in 2018–19 FNL.

Chertanovo

Khimki

Spartak-2

Location of Moscow teams.

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Armavir	Arsen Papikyan	Sergei Miroshnichenko	Adidas
Avangard Kursk	Igor Belyayev	Mikhail Bagayev	Adidas
Baltika Kaliningrad	Valery Nepomnyashchy	Aleksandr Sheshukov	Jako	Sodruzhestvo
Chertanovo Moscow	Igor Osinkin	Aleksandr Soldatenkov	Nike	Chertanovo Education Center
Fakel Voronezh	Sergei Volgin	Igor Lebedenko	Adidas	TNS Energo
Khimki	Igor Shalimov	Aleksandr Dimidko	Puma
Krasnodar-2	Igor Picușceac	Ivan Taranov	Puma	WAFF!
Luch Vladivostok	Rustem Khuzin	Maksim Nasadyuk	Nike
Mordovia Saransk	Marat Mustafin	Ruslan Mukhametshin	Nike
Nizhny Novgorod	Dmitri Cheryshev	Andrei Khripkov	Jako
Rotor Volgograd	Robert Yevdokimov	Ismail Ediyev	Jako
Shinnik Yaroslavl	Aleksandr Pobegalov	Eldar Nizamutdinov	Jako
Sibir Novosibirsk	Sergei Kirsanov	Eugeniu Cebotaru	Jako
SKA-Khabarovsk	Sergei Perednya	Denys Dedechko	Adidas
Sochi	Aleksandr Tochilin	Yevgeni Pesegov	Nike
Spartak-2 Moscow	Viktor Bulatov	Nikolai Tyunin	Nike	Lukoil
Tambov	Timur Shipshev	Mladen Kašćelan	Jako
Tom Tomsk	Vasili Baskakov	Sergei Zuykov	Joma
Tyumen	Goran Aleksić	Ivan Chudin	Jako	Sibur
Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg	Vladislav Radimov	Sergei Bugriyev	Nike	Gazprom

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Tambov (C, P)	38	21	10	7	55	35	+20	73	Promotion to Premier League
2	Sochi (P)	38	19	12	7	63	34	+29	69
3	Tom Tomsk	38	17	13	8	40	25	+15	64	Qualification to Premier League play-offs
4	Nizhny Novgorod	38	18	8	12	41	31	+10	62
5	Chertanovo Moscow	38	17	10	11	65	53	+12	61
6	Shinnik Yaroslavl	38	16	12	10	42	31	+11	60
7	SKA-Khabarovsk	38	15	13	10	46	41	+5	58
8	Avangard Kursk	38	16	8	14	48	42	+6	56
9	Khimki	38	14	11	13	47	49	−2	53
10	Krasnodar-2	38	12	15	11	45	52	−7	51	Ineligible for promotion
11	Rotor Volgograd	38	12	14	12	34	36	−2	50
12	Mordovia Saransk	38	12	11	15	37	46	−9	47
13	Luch Vladivostok	38	10	17	11	29	28	+1	47
14	Spartak-2 Moscow	38	12	10	16	45	47	−2	46	Ineligible for promotion
15	Armavir	38	10	14	14	32	44	−12	44
16	Baltika Kaliningrad[a]	38	10	12	16	38	52	−14	42
17	Fakel Voronezh[b]	38	9	14	15	36	40	−4	41
18	Sibir Novosibirsk[c]	38	8	13	17	28	45	−17	37	Dissolved after the season
19	Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg	38	7	7	24	33	57	−24	28	Relegation to Professional Football League
20	Tyumen[d]	38	5	16	17	30	46	−16	25

Source: Football National League (Russian), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 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; 8) Goal difference; 9) Goals scored; 10) Away goals scored.^[4]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted to Premier League
Notes:

1. On 28 May 2019, FC Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk won the East zone of the Russian Professional Football League. As they have not applied for the FNL license, they will not be promoted and Baltika will not be relegated.^[1]
2. On 29 May 2019, FC Anzhi Makhachkala, which was relegated to FNL at the end of the 2018–19 Russian Premier League season, recalled their appeal to the Russian Football Union on earlier RFU's decision to deny them the FNL license. Therefore Anzhi will not play in the FNL in the 2019–20 season and Fakel will not be relegated.^[2]
3. Team folded after season and phoenix club joined the 2019-2020 Russian Professional Football League season. ^[3]
4. Tyumen is stripped of six points for CAS requirements fulfillment failure.

Results

Home \ Away	ARM	AVA	BAL	CHE	FAK	KHI	KR2	LUC	MOR	NNO	ROT	SHI	SIB	SKA	SOC	SP2	TAM	TOM	TYU	ZE2
Armavir		0–0	2–2	1–3	4–1	0–2	3–3	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–1	2–0	0–3	0–0	1–3	0–0	1–0	1–0
Avangard Kursk	1–0		0–2	2–1	1–0	4–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	3–2	1–1	2–1	3–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–1
Baltika Kaliningrad	1–1	2–1		2–0	0–2	2–1	1–4	0–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–2
Chertanovo Moscow	1–1	3–2	3–1		2–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	0–2	3–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–2	2–6	1–0	0–1	1–1	4–0	4–0
Fakel Voronezh	0–0	3–2	1–1	1–1		2–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	1–3	1–2	3–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–2
Khimki	2–3	3–1	3–3	3–2	1–1		3–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–3	2–0	0–1	2–1	3–0
Krasnodar-2	0–0	0–2	2–1	3–1	1–2	4–2		2–1	1–2	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–3	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–1
Luch Vladivostok	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1		0–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–2	0–1	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–0
Mordovia Saransk	2–1	1–4	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–0		2–2	1–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–3	0–1	1–1	1–0
Nizhny Novgorod	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	3–1		1–3	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0
Rotor Volgograd	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–1		1–3	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–1
Shinnik Yaroslavl	0–0	4–2	1–0	3–3	1–0	0–1	2–2	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–0		2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–0
Sibir Novosibirsk	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–2		1–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	2–0	0–1
SKA-Khabarovsk	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–3	2–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1		2–2	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	3–1
Sochi	1–0	1–0	4–1	2–1	0–2	3–2	1–1	2–2	0–2	0–1	4–2	0–0	4–1	2–0		0–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	2–0
Spartak-2 Moscow	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–2	2–1	0–1	2–3	2–2	4–0	1–2	2–0	1–4	3–0	2–1	1–1		2–2	1–1	0–0	1–1
Tambov	0–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	3–0	1–2	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	3–2	0–3	2–0		3–0	1–1	2–1
Tom Tomsk	3–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	1–0	2–1	1–1		1–0	1–0
Tyumen	1–0	0–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	3–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–3	1–2		1–2
Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	5–2	0–1	3–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–4	0–3	1–2	0–1	0–0

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

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of match played 4 May 2019^[5]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Maksim Barsov	Sochi	19
2	Igor Lebedenko	Fakel	14
3	Maksim Glushenkov	Spartak-2	12
	Vladimir Obukhov	Tambov
	Vladislav Sarveli	Chertanovo
6	Anton Zinkovsky	Chertanovo	11
7	Roman Akbashev	Avangard	10
	Ilya Kukharchuk	Khimki
	Vladislav Panteleyev	Spartak-2
	Yevgeni Pesegov	Sochi