Football Championship of the National League

Logo of the Football National League

The Football Championship of the National League (Russian: Первенство Футбольной Национальной Лиги), formerly called Russian First Division (Russian: Первый дивизион) is the second level of Russian professional football.

The Professional Football League used to run the division. Since 2011, it has been managed by the Football National League.

The league consists of 20 clubs. After each season the two top clubs are promoted to the Premier League, and the bottom five clubs are relegated to the Second Division.

History

Due to the dissolution of the Soviet Union, all Russian clubs of the former Soviet Top League and Soviet First League formed a single Russian Top Division, which meant that the new second tier of Russian football would remain regionalized. For the first two seasons three regional groups were formed the second tier, until 1994 when a single division was formed.

Clubs 2011

• Alania Vladikavkaz
• Baltika Kaliningrad
• Chernomorets Novorossiysk
• Dynamo Bryansk
• Fakel Voronezh
• Gazovik Orenburg
• KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny
• Khimki
• Luch-Energiya Vladivostok
• Mordovia Saransk
• Nizhny Novgorod
• Shinnik Yaroslavl
• Sibir Novosibirsk
• SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk
• Torpedo Moscow
• Torpedo Vladimir
• Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast
• Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan
• Yenisey Krasnoyarsk
• Zhemchuzhina-Sochi

Winners and Top Scorers

Season	Winners	Also promoted	Top scorer
1992	Zhemchuzhina — Amerus (West) KAMAZ (Centre) Luch (East)	–	Gogrichiani (Zhemchuzhina, West) – 26 Teryokhin (Sokol, Centre) – 27 Kartashov (Irtysh, East) – 19
1993	Chernomorets (West, not promoted), Lada Togliatti (Centre), Dinamo-Gazovik (East)	–	Burdin (Chernomorets, West) – 25 Filimonov (Zvezda Perm, Centre) – 37 Kamoltsev (Dinamo-Gazovik, East) – 22
1994	Chernomorets	Rostselmash	Silin (Baltika) – 35
1995	Baltika	Lada Togliatti Zenit SPb	Bulatov (Baltika) – 29
1996	Dinamo-Gazovik	Shinnik Fakel Voronezh	Kilasonia (Lokomotiv SPb) – 22
1997	Uralan	–	Chernov (Lada-Grad) – 29
1998	Saturn Ramenskoe	Lokomotiv N.N.	Andradina (Arsenal Tula) – 27
1999	Anzhi	Fakel Voronezh	Paramonov (Amkar) – 23
2000	Sokol Saratov	Torpedo-ZIL	Fedkov (Sokol Saratov) – 26
2001	Shinnik	Uralan	Kakunin (Neftekhimik) – 20
2002	Rubin Kazan	Chernomorets	Kamoltsev (Chernomorets) – 20 Chaladze (Rubin Kazan) – 20
2003	Amkar	Kuban Krasnodar	Panov (Dinamo-SPb) – 23
2004	Terek	Tom' Tomsk	Fedkov (Terek) – 38
2005	Luch-Energia	Spartak Nalchik	Alkhimov (Lokomotiv Chita) – 24
2006	Khimki	Kuban Krasnodar	Alkhimov (Ural) – 25
2007	Shinnik	Terek	Akimov (Sibir) – 34
2008	FC Rostov	Kuban Krasnodar	Popov (Torpedo M/Chernomorets) – 24
2009	Anzhi	Sibir Alania Vladikavkaz	Medvedev (Sibir) – 18
2010	Kuban Krasnodar	Volga Krasnodar	Otar Martsvaladze (Volga) – 21

See also

• Sports league attendances

External links

• (Russian) Professional Football League official website
• (Russian) Football National League official website