2021–22 Russian Football National League

The 2021–22 Russian Football National League is 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 will have a 3 month winter break between game weeks 25 and 26 (December - March).

Russian Football National League
Season2021–22
Dates10 July 2021 - 21 May 2022
Matches played250
Goals scored613 (2.45 per match)
Top goalscorerAleksandr Yushin
(18 goals)
Biggest home winTorpedo Moscow 7–1 Metallurg Lipetsk
29 August 2021
Biggest away winKAMAZ 0–4 Orenburg
11 September 2021
Kuban Krasnodar 0–4 Fakel
19 September 2021
Veles Moscow 0-4 Fakel
31 October 2021
Highest scoringKuban Krasnodar 5–5 Alania Vladikavkaz
17 November 2021
Longest winning run5 matches
Akron[1]
Longest unbeaten run12 matches
Torpedo Moscow
Longest winless run12 matches
Rotor Volgograd
Longest losing run6 matches
Metallurg Lipetsk
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 27 November 2021.

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

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Orenburg 25 17 2 6 40 17 +23 53 Promotion to Russian Premier League
2 Fakel Voronezh 25 15 4 6 43 23 +20 49
3 Torpedo Moscow 25 12 11 2 46 28 +18 47 Qualification to Russian Premier League play-offs
4 Alania Vladikavkaz 25 12 7 6 55 35 +20 43
5 SKA-Khabarovsk 25 12 5 8 29 25 +4 41
6 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 25 12 5 8 41 25 +16 41
7 Baltika Kaliningrad 25 9 11 5 31 20 +11 38
8 Akron Tolyatti 25 10 6 9 29 29 0 36
9 Yenisey Krasnoyarsk 25 10 5 10 36 37 −1 35
10 Veles Moscow 25 10 3 12 28 31 −3 33
11 Spartak-2 Moscow 25 10 3 12 27 41 −14 33 Ineligible for promotion
12 Krasnodar-2 25 9 6 10 24 29 −5 33
13 KAMAZ 25 8 9 8 23 23 0 33
14 Tom Tomsk 25 8 7 10 33 41 −8 31
15 Olimp-Dolgoprudny 25 6 11 8 23 25 −2 29
16 Kuban Krasnodar 25 7 4 14 26 38 −12 25
17 Rotor Volgograd 25 4 12 9 24 30 −6 24 Relegation to lower divisions
18 Volgar Astrakhan 25 6 5 14 14 26 −12 23
19 Metallurg Lipetsk 25 6 3 16 19 50 −31 21
20 Tekstilshchik Ivanovo 25 4 7 14 22 40 −18 19
Updated to match(es) played on 27 November 2021. 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.[4]

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 2–0 1–3 2–1 0–3 1–2 3–3 1–0 1–0 4–1
Alania 1–0 2–1 2–1 5–0 2–3 1–0 3–1 2–3 4–0 5–1 2–1 1–2
Baltika 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 1–1 1–0 0–2
Fakel 1–0 3–3 0–0 3–2 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 3–1
KAMAZ 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 0–4 1–2 4–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1
Krasnodar-2 2–0 1–3 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0
Kuban Krasnodar 5–5 0–4 1–0 0–3 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 0–2 2–1
Metallurg Lipetsk 2–2 0–4 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 3–2 1–0 0–2
Neftekhimik 0–0 3–0 4–1 5–0 1–0 1–3 0–0 5–0 3–1 0–1 0–1 2–3
Olimp-Dolgoprudny 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 3–3 0–2 0–0
Orenburg 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–0 4–0 1–0 0–3 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 4–0 2–0
Rotor Volgograd 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–3 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1
SKA-Khabarovsk 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 4–3
Spartak-2 Moscow 0–1 3–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 2–1
Tekstilshchik 2–2 3–2 4–1 0–1 1–3 3–1 0–3 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–1
Tom Tomsk 2–1 1–3 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1
Torpedo Moscow 3–1 2–2 1–1 7–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 5–0 0–0 3–3 1–0 2–1
Veles Moscow 1–1 2–2 0–4 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 3–5 1–0
Volgar 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–1
Yenisey 0–3 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 2–3 2–2
Updated to match(es) played on 27 November 2021. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers
As of matches played on 27 November 2021.[5]
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Aleksandr Yushin Neftekhimik 18
2 Aleksandr Stavpets Tomsk 15
3 Amur Kalmykov Torpedo Moscow 12
David Karayev SKA-Khabarovsk
Maksim Maksimov Fakel Voronezh
6 Joel Fameyeh Orenburg 10
Islam Mashukov Alania
8 Mukhammad Sultonov Torpedo Moscow 9
9 Artur Galoyan Veles Moscow 8
Batraz Gurtsiyev Alania

References
  1. https://www.whoscored.com/Regions/182/Tournaments/257/Russia-Football-National-League
  2. Исполком РФС утвердил итоги Олимп-Первенства ФНЛ-2019/20
  3. "Итоги КДК РФС" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 2 July 2021.
  4. "2020–21 FNL regulations, paragraph 3.5" (PDF) (in Russian). Russian Football National League. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  5. "2020/21 FNL". soccerway.com/. Soccerway. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
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