2024–25 Russian First League

The 2024–25 Russian First League was 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).

Russian First League

Season	2024–25
Dates	13 July 2024 - 24 May 2025
Champions	Baltika (1st title)
Promoted	Baltika Sochi
Relegated	Tyumen Alania
Matches played	306
Goals scored	663 (2.17 per match)
Top goalscorer	Martin Sekulić (14 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	Rodina 6–2 Shinnik 24 May 2025
Longest winning run	8 matches Baltika
Longest unbeaten run	21 matches Torpedo
Longest winless run	16 matches Arsenal
Longest losing run	5 matches Shinnik Tyumen
Highest attendance	30,112 Baltika 0–1 Torpedo 3 May 2025
Lowest attendance	187 SKA-Khabarovsk 2–0 Neftekhimik 15 September 2024 (played in Ramenskoye)
Total attendance	1,217,647
Average attendance	4,019 (three games held behind closed doors are not used to calculate the average)
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of complete.

Team changes

To First League

Promoted from Second League Division A

• Ufa
• Chayka Peschanokopskoye
• Rotor Volgograd

Relegated from Premier League

• Ural Yekaterinburg
• Baltika Kaliningrad
• Sochi

From First League

Relegated to Second League

• Leningradets
• Volgar Astrakhan
• Kuban Krasnodar

Promoted to Premier League

• Khimki
• Dynamo Makhachkala
• Akron Tolyatti

Stadiums by locations

Alania

Arsenal

Baltika

Chayka

Chernomorets

KAMAZ

Neftekhimik

Rodina

Rotor

SKA

Shinnik

Sochi

Sokol

Torpedo

Tyumen

Ufa

Ural

Yenisey

Ural

Location of teams in 2024–25 First League.^[1]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Baltika Kaliningrad (C, P)	34	19	12	3	50	18	+32	69	Promotion to Premier League
2	Torpedo Moscow[a]	34	17	14	3	51	25	+26	65
3	Chernomorets Novorossiysk[b]	34	19	7	8	51	34	+17	64
4	Ural Yekaterinburg	34	16	11	7	50	38	+12	59	Qualification to Premier League play-offs
5	Sochi (O, P)	34	16	9	9	55	34	+21	57
6	SKA-Khabarovsk	34	15	8	11	44	41	+3	53
7	Rodina Moscow	34	13	11	10	41	31	+10	50
8	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	34	14	7	13	36	39	−3	49
9	Rotor Volgograd	34	11	14	9	32	26	+6	47
10	Arsenal Tula	34	8	17	9	25	30	−5	41
11	KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny	34	10	8	16	31	35	−4	38[c]
12	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	34	9	11	14	31	37	−6	38[c]
13	Chayka Peschanokopskoye	34	8	14	12	31	43	−12	38[c]
14	Shinnik Yaroslavl	34	8	11	15	24	42	−18	35[d]
15	Ufa	34	9	8	17	32	48	−16	35[d]
16	Sokol Saratov[e]	34	7	11	16	25	41	−16	32
17	Alania Vladikavkaz (R)	34	6	9	19	24	50	−26	27[f]	Relegation to Second League
18	Tyumen (R)	34	7	6	21	30	51	−21	27[f]

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.^[7]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. The owner and the general director of Torpedo were arrested on 19 June 2025 and later charged with attempting to bribe a referee during the 2024–25 season. Russian Football Union conducted their own investigation.^[2][3] On 10 July 2025, Torpedo was excluded from the RPL for the 2025–26 season, cancelling their promotion. They remained in the Russian First League.^[4]
2. Chernomorets was not issued the 2025–26 RPL license and was replaced in the play-offs by Sochi.^[5][6]
3. Ranked on head-to-head points (KAMAZ 6, Neftekhimik 5, Chayka 4)
4. Ranked on head-to-head goal difference (Shinnik +1, Ufa –1)
5. Sokol was not relegated despite finishing in the relegation spot, as Khimki which was administratively relegated from Premier League to the First League was later dissolved, with Sokol replacing them in the First League
6. Ranked on head-to-head points (Alania 4, Tyumen 1)

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Baltika Kaliningrad	10	11	14	9	11	13	10	6	4	4	7	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Torpedo Moscow	1	4	3	4	5	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Chernomorets Novorossiysk	15	14	10	15	16	14	14	14	11	6	4	5	6	5	6	6	7	6	6	5	5	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Ural Yekaterinburg	3	2	6	7	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	5	4	5	5	5	3	4	5	5	5	5	4
Sochi	16	13	16	10	9	12	7	4	5	5	8	7	5	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	3	3	3	3	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	5
SKA-Khabarovsk	18	18	13	16	15	17	18	18	16	14	13	11	11	11	12	10	12	9	9	9	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Rodina Moscow	11	9	5	8	7	8	8	9	6	9	6	8	8	9	10	12	11	8	10	11	12	13	13	13	12	10	10	8	7	8	7	7	7	7
Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	4	10	11	13	12	6	11	11	9	11	11	9	12	12	9	11	8	10	11	10	10	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	9	7	9	9	9	8
Rotor Volgograd	5	6	8	11	10	5	6	8	8	8	10	12	7	8	7	9	10	11	8	7	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	9
Arsenal Tula	6	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	4	5	6	6	9	9	9	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny	13	16	17	14	13	11	13	12	15	13	14	14	14	13	14	13	14	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	11	13	13	14	11	11	11	12	11
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	2	1	7	2	3	4	5	7	10	12	12	10	10	7	8	8	9	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	13	11	12	13	14	14	12	13	12
Chayka Peschanokopskoye	8	5	2	3	4	7	4	5	7	7	5	6	9	10	11	7	6	7	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	12	14	11	12	13	13	13	11	13
Shinnik Yaroslavl	14	15	18	18	18	18	17	16	13	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	14	11	12	12	14	14	14
Ufa	12	12	15	17	17	15	15	15	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Sokol Saratov	7	7	4	5	6	9	9	10	12	10	9	13	13	14	15	15	13	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	17	18	16	16
Alania Vladikavkaz	9	8	9	6	8	10	12	13	14	16	16	16	16	16	13	14	17	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	16	16	17	17	16	17	17	17
Tyumen	17	17	12	12	14	16	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	18	16	18	18

	Promotion
	Play-offs
	Relegation to 2024–25 Russian Second League

Source: everysport.com

Results by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Alania Vladikavkaz	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	L
Arsenal Tula	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	D	D	D	D	D	D	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	D
Baltika Kaliningrad	D	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	D	D
Chayka Peschanokopskoye	D	W	W	D	D	L	W	D	L	D	W	L	L	D	D	W	W	L	D	D	D	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	W	L
Chernomorets Novorossiysk	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W
KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	D	D
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	W	W	L	W	D	L	D	D	L	L	D	W	D	W	D	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	W
Rodina Moscow	D	W	W	L	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W
Rotor Volgograd	W	D	L	L	W	W	D	D	D	D	L	D	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	D	D	D	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	L
Shinnik Yaroslavl	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	D	D	D	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L
SKA-Khabarovsk	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	L
Sochi	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	L	L
Sokol Saratov	D	W	W	D	D	L	D	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	W
Torpedo Moscow	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	D
Tyumen	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	L
Ufa	D	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	W
Ural Yekaterinburg	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	W
Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	D	W

Source: Soccerstats.com (in English)
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Results

Home \ Away	ALA	ARS	BAL	CHA	CHE	KAM	NEF	ROD	ROT	SHI	SKA	SOC	SOK	TOR	TYU	UFA	URA	YEN
Alania Vladikavkaz		0–0	0–2	2–3	2–0	0–2	1–2	0–1	1–3	1–2	0–4	1–1	2–1	2–4	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1
Arsenal Tula	0–0		0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–1
Baltika Kaliningrad	3–0	0–0		4–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–0
Chayka Peschanokopskoye	0–3	2–2	0–1		0–2	0–0	4–0	2–2	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0
Chernomorets Novorossiysk	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–2		2–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–2	2–1
KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny	1–1	2–1	0–1	3–1	0–1		0–0	1–0	0–4	3–0	3–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–3	1–0	0–2	0–0
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	0–0	2–2	1–2	2–1	0–2	0–0		2–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	0–1
Rodina Moscow	4–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–3		2–2	6–2	1–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	3–2	1–1
Rotor Volgograd	0–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–1		1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–2	0–0	3–0
Shinnik Yaroslavl	1–0	2–1	1–3	0–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–1		0–1	0–2	0–4	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–0
SKA-Khabarovsk	0–3	1–0	1–2	1–0	6–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–0		0–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	1–0	3–3	1–2
Sochi	4–0	5–1	1–1	5–0	2–1	2–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–2		0–0	0–1	3–0	5–2	1–0	2–1
Sokol Saratov	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–3	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–1		1–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0
Torpedo Moscow	3–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	4–0	2–2	5–0		1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1
Tyumen	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–4	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–3		1–1	1–2	4–1
Ufa	2–1	1–2	0–6	0–1	0–3	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–3	3–4	2–0	0–1	2–2		0–2	0–1
Ural Yekaterinburg	3–1	0–0	2–5	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–1		4–3
Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	1–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	0–3	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	0–1	4–3	1–0	3–0

Source: First League (in Russian), Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[8]
1	Martin Sekulić	Ural	14
2	Georgi Gongadze	SKA-Khabarovsk	12
3	Martin Kramarič	Sochi	11
	Artyom Maksimenko	Rodina
	Pavel Melyoshin	Sochi
	Aleksandr Yushin	Rodina
7	Roman Akbashev	Chernomorets	9
8	Aleksandr Lomakin	Yenisey	8
	Zakhar Fyodorov	Shinnik
10	Gedeon Guzina	Chernomorets	7
	Rashid Magomedov	Neftekhimik
	Yordy Reyna	Rodina
	Vladislav Rudenko	Chayka
	Maksim Turishchev	Rotor
	Merabi Uridia	Chernomorets
	Aleksandr Khokhlachyov	Chayka