2018–19 Russian Football National League

Football league season

Russian National Football LeagueSeason| 2018–19

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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.

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.

Winner: Fc tambov with 73 points

## Team changes

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### To FNL

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Promoted from PFL

* Chertanovo Moscow
* Armavir
* Mordovia Saransk
* Krasnodar-2

Relegated from Premier League

* SKA-Khabarovsk

### From FNL

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Relegated to PFL

* Volgar Astrakhan

Promoted to Premier League

* Orenburg
* Krylia Sovetov Samara
* Yenisey Krasnoyarsk

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### Excluded teams

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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

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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

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

### Renamed teams

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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

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Club  | City  | Stadium  | Capacity

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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

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Moscow

Armavir

Avangard

Baltika

Fakel

Krasnodar

Luch

Mordovia

Nizhny Novgorod

Rotor

Shinnik

Sibir

SKA

Sochi

Tambov

Tom

Tyumen

Zenit-2

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Location of teams in 2018–19 FNL.

Chertanovo

Khimki

Spartak-2

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Location of Moscow teams.

## Personnel and kits

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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

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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

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation

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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

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Home \ Away  | ARM | AVA | BAL | CHE | FAK | KHI | KR2 | LUC | MOR | NNO | ROT | SHI | SIB | SKA | SOC | SP2 | TAM | TOM | TYU | ZE2

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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

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### Top goalscorers

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As of match played 4 May 2019[5]
Rank  | Player  | Club  | Goals

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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

## References

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1. ^ "Сахалин" выиграл первенство ПФЛ в зоне "Восток", но не сыграет в ФНЛ [Sakhalin won the PFL East zone, but will not play in the FNL] (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 28 May 2019.
2. ^ "Анжи" не будет выступать в ФНЛ в следующем сезоне [Anzhi will not play in the FNL next season] (in Russian). Sport Express. 29 May 2019.
3. ^ "РФС: ФК "Новосибирск" не является клубом-двойником команды "Сибирь"" [Russian Football Union: FC Novosibirsk is not a doppelganger of FC Sibir] (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 26 June 2019.
4. ^ "FNL 2018/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
5. ^ "Russian Football National League top goalscorers". soccerway.com. 30 July 2018.

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