2020–21 Russian Football National League

Russian Football National League
Season	2020–21
Dates	1 August 2020 - 15 May 2021
Champions	Krylia Sovetov
Promoted	Krylia Sovetov; Nizhny Novgorod
Relegated	Chayka Peschanokopskoye; Irtysh Omsk; Dynamo Bryansk; Chertanovo Moscow; Shinnik Yaroslavl
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,132 (2.45 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ivan Sergeyev (40 goals)
Biggest home win	Krylia Sovetov 7–0 Dynamo Bryansk; (23 September 2020); Krasnodar-2 7–0 Spartak-2; (5 December 2020)
Biggest away win	Irtysh 0–5 Spartak-2; (22 August 2020); Veles 0–5 Torpedo; (30 August 2020)
Highest scoring	Alania 4–4 Shinnik; (17 October 2020); Fakel 6–2 Krasnodar-2; (15 November 2020); Spartak-2 3–5 Fakel; (28 April 2021)
Longest winning run	11 matches; Krylia Sovetov; (5 December 2020 - 17 April 2021)
Longest unbeaten run	18 matches; Nizhny Novgorod; (9 September 2020 - 28 November 2020)
Longest winless run	18 matches; Shinnik; (25 November 2020 - 8 May 2021)
Longest losing run	7 matches; Chertanovo; (16 August 2020 - 19 September 2020); Shinnik; (25 November 2020 - 13 March 2021); Irtysh; (11 April 2021 - 15 May 2021)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 → All statistics correct as of 15 May 2021.

The 2020–21 Russian Football National League was the 29th season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on August 1, 2020, and end on 15 May 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
Chayka	Peschanokopskoye	Chayka Central Stadium	3,000
Chertanovo	Moscow	Sports Village, Luzhniki Olympic Complex	1,872
Dynamo Bryansk	Bryansk	Dynamo Stadium	10,100
Fakel	Voronezh	Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz	31,793
Irtysh Omsk	Omsk	Red Star Stadium	18,000^{[disputed – discuss]}
Krasnodar-2	Krasnodar	Krasnodar Academy	3,500
Krylia Sovetov Samara	Samara	Samara Arena	44,918
Neftekhimik	Nizhnekamsk	Neftekhimik Stadium	3,100
Nizhny Novgorod	Nizhny Novgorod	Nizhny Novgorod	44,899
Orenburg	Orenburg	Gazovik Stadium	7,520
Shinnik	Yaroslavl	Shinnik Stadium	22,990
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

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Alania plays at Akhmat-Arena, Grozny, capacity 30,000, while their own stadium is under reconstruction
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Torpedo's own Eduard Streltsov Stadium is under reconstruction

Team changes

To FNL

Promoted from PFL^[1]^[2]^[3]

Relegated from Premier League

From FNL

Relegated to PFL^[5]

Avangard Kursk

Demoted to lower divisions

Unable to pay for licensing

Mordovia

Promoted to Premier League

Stadia by locations

Location of teams in 2020–21 FNL.

Location of Moscow teams.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Krylia Sovetov Samara (C, P)	42	32	5	5	100	26	+74	101	Promotion to Russian Premier League
2	Orenburg	42	28	10	4	78	33	+45	94	Failed Russian Premier League licensing^[a]
3	Nizhny Novgorod (P)	42	27	7	8	67	28	+39	88	Promotion to Russian Premier League
4	Alania Vladikavkaz	42	22	11	9	74	40	+34	77	Failed Russian Premier League licensing^[a]
5	Baltika Kaliningrad	42	22	7	13	49	35	+14	73
6	Torpedo Moscow	42	21	9	12	65	41	+24	72
7	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	42	20	10	12	64	44	+20	70
8	Veles Moscow	42	18	12	12	54	46	+8	66
9	Fakel Voronezh	42	17	13	12	57	43	+14	64
10	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	42	19	6	17	52	54	−2	63
11	SKA-Khabarovsk	42	17	9	16	52	47	+5	60
12	Chayka Peschanokopskoye^[b] (R)	42	15	11	16	44	53	−9	56	Relegation to lower divisions
13	Volgar Astrakhan	42	14	12	16	47	45	+2	54
14	Spartak-2 Moscow	42	14	7	21	53	77	−24	49	Ineligible for promotion
15	Tekstilshchik Ivanovo	42	12	11	19	32	51	−19	47
16	Krasnodar-2	42	11	12	19	46	68	−22	45	Ineligible for promotion
17	Akron Tolyatti^[c]	42	10	12	20	35	54	−19	42
18	Tom Tomsk^[b]	42	10	11	21	32	50	−18	41
19	Irtysh Omsk (R)	42	9	8	25	33	61	−28	35	Relegation to lower divisions
20	Dynamo Bryansk (R)	42	10	5	27	24	66	−42	32^[d]
21	Chertanovo Moscow (R)	42	7	6	29	35	80	−45	27
22	Shinnik Yaroslavl (R)	42	5	10	27	39	90	−51	25

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.^[11]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Orenburg and Alania Vladikavkaz failed to receive a 2021–22 Premier League license due to deficiencies with their stadiums. The promotion play-offs will not be held and Nizhny Novgorod is promoted directly.^[7]^[8]
^ ^a ^b On 2 July 2021, Russian Football Union decided to relegate Chayka from FNL back to PFL for the 2021–22 season for fixing games in the 2018–19 season. According to that, Tom Tomsk avoided relegation to the PFL.^[9]
^ On 15 May 2021, FNL confirmed that FC Tambov, which placed last in the Premier League and was expected to be relegated to FNL, did not apply for the FNL license for the 2021–22 season and therefore Akron will not be relegated.^[10]
^ Dynamo Bryansk deducted 3 points for fielding players who tested positive for COVID-19.

Results

Home \ Away	AKR	ALA	BAL	CHA	CHE	DYN	FAK	IRT	KRA	KRY	NEF	NIZ	ORE	SHI	SKA	SPA	TEK	TOM	TOR	VEL	VOL	YEN
Akron		1–2	0–2	0–2	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	3–4	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–3	3–0
Alania	5–1		5–0	1–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	4–4	2–4	2–1	3–1	2–3	1–1	0–0	2–0	3–0
Baltika	1–0	2–0		0–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	3–2	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	1–0
Chayka	0–1	3–3	0–1		1–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–3	1–0	1–1	0–1	5–1	2–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–2	0–2	2–1	0–1
Chertanovo	0–1	0–3	1–2	1–2		0–1	0–3	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–3	2–3	2–2	0–4	1–2	0–1	2–0	0–0	2–4	1–1	1–2
Dynamo Bryansk	2–0	0–2	1–3	0–1	1–2		0–2	0–3	2–1	0–2	0–3	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–5	0–3	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–0
Fakel	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	4–1	0–0		3–1	6–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0
Irtysh	1–0	0–2	0–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	1–0		0–0	0–4	1–2	0–1	0–4	0–0	1–2	0–5	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–2	1–0	1–2
Krasnodar-2	1–1	0–4	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–0		1–1	1–1	2–3	1–1	1–2	4–2	7–0	0–1	2–0	0–3	2–1	1–0	0–2
Krylia Sovetov	3–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	5–0	7–0	5–1	3–1	6–0		2–0	3–0	0–1	4–1	2–0	2–1	4–0	2–0	5–1	2–1	3–0	4–0
Neftekhimik	3–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	5–1	3–1	1–0	5–0	1–1		0–1	1–2	1–1	3–2	0–1	4–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–0
Nizhny Novgorod	3–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–2	3–0	1–2	2–0	3–0	0–1	0–1		0–0	3–0	1–0	4–0	2–1	1–0	4–1	1–0	1–0	1–2
Orenburg	0–0	2–0	2–2	3–0	3–1	3–2	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–1		3–0	2–2	5–2	1–1	2–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–3
Shinnik	1–3	0–1	1–3	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–3	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–3	1–4		2–3	1–2	0–3	2–3	1–0	1–2	2–1	3–0
SKA-Khabarovsk	2–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	3–2	0–1	1–0	2–1		3–0	1–0	1–1	2–4	1–1	1–0	0–1
Spartak-2 Moscow	1–0	3–3	0–2	1–2	4–3	0–0	3–5	1–2	1–2	0–2	0–1	0–4	0–3	4–2	1–0		1–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1
Tekstilshchik	0–2	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–3	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	0–2		1–1	1–3	0–0	1–1	2–2
Tom	2–1	0–1	0–1	3–0	1–2	0–2	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–2	1–2	0–2		1–0	0–0	1–3	1–0
Torpedo	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	3–0	3–0	4–1	1–0	4–2	3–1	4–0	0–2	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0		0–1	1–0	0–1
Veles	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	1–3	1–1	4–2	1–0	5–0	2–1	0–0	0–5		1–0	1–1
Volgar	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	3–2	1–2		1–1
Yenisey	0–1	3–2	1–2	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–3	2–1	0–1	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	6–0	2–0	4–2	1–0	0–1	0–3	2–0	1–4

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

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 15 May 2021.^[12]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ivan Sergeyev	Krylia Sovetov	40
2	Dmitry Vorobyov	Orenburg	24
3	Merabi Uridia	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	17
4	Eduard Spertsyan	Krasnodar-2	16
5	Yegor Golenkov	Krylia Sovetov	14
6	Batraz Gurtsiyev	Alania Vladikavkaz	13
7	Konstantin Bazelyuk	SKA-Khabarovsk	12
	Joel Fameyeh	Orenburg
	Amur Kalmykov	Torpedo Moscow
	Andrei Razborov	Fakel Voronezh

References

^ В российском футболе – мощный конфликт интересов. Из-за путёвок в РФПЛ
^ ФНЛ досрочно завершила сезон, но вопрос путевок в РФПЛ остался открытым
^ ФНЛ завершила сезон
^ ""Алания" будет выступать в ФНЛ!" (in Russian). Russian Football National League. 24 July 2020.
^ Исполком РФС утвердил итоги Олимп-Первенства ФНЛ-2019/20
^ «Армавир» снялся с ФНЛ. Клуб не смог выполнить условия лицензирования
^ ""Оренбург" готов обратиться в CAS при недопуске в РПЛ в виде исключения" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 12 May 2021.
^ "Стыковых матчей РПЛ-ФНЛ не будет. "Оренбург" и "Алания" не получили лицензии, РФС не сделал для них исключения" (in Russian). Sports.ru. 15 May 2021.
^ "Итоги КДК РФС" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 2 July 2021.
^ ""Акрон" остается в ФНЛ" (in Russian). Russian Football National League. 15 May 2021.
^ "2020–21 FNL regulations, paragraph 3.5" (PDF) (in Russian). Russian Football National League. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
^ "2020/21 FNL". soccerway.com/. Soccerway. Retrieved 15 May 2021.

[cnote_1] 
Alania plays at Akhmat-Arena, Grozny, capacity 30,000, while their own stadium is under reconstruction

[cnote_2] 
Torpedo's own Eduard Streltsov Stadium is under reconstruction

[table_note_res_LIC0.15998659523203-9] Orenburg and Alania Vladikavkaz failed to receive a 2021–22 Premier League license due to deficiencies with their stadiums. The promotion play-offs will not be held and Nizhny Novgorod is promoted directly.^[7]^[8]

[table_note_CHA0.15998659523203-11] On 2 July 2021, Russian Football Union decided to relegate Chayka from FNL back to PFL for the 2021–22 season for fixing games in the 2018–19 season. According to that, Tom Tomsk avoided relegation to the PFL.^[9]

[table_note_AKR0.15998659523203-13] On 15 May 2021, FNL confirmed that FC Tambov, which placed last in the Premier League and was expected to be relegated to FNL, did not apply for the FNL license for the 2021–22 season and therefore Akron will not be relegated.^[10]

[table_hth_DIN0.15998659523203-14] Dynamo Bryansk deducted 3 points for fielding players who tested positive for COVID-19.

[1] В российском футболе – мощный конфликт интересов. Из-за путёвок в РФПЛ

[2] ФНЛ досрочно завершила сезон, но вопрос путевок в РФПЛ остался открытым

[3] ФНЛ завершила сезон

[4] ""Алания" будет выступать в ФНЛ!" (in Russian). Russian Football National League. 24 July 2020.

[IsRFS-5] Исполком РФС утвердил итоги Олимп-Первенства ФНЛ-2019/20

[6] «Армавир» снялся с ФНЛ. Клуб не смог выполнить условия лицензирования

[7] ""Оренбург" готов обратиться в CAS при недопуске в РПЛ в виде исключения" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 12 May 2021.

[8] "Стыковых матчей РПЛ-ФНЛ не будет. "Оренбург" и "Алания" не получили лицензии, РФС не сделал для них исключения" (in Russian). Sports.ru. 15 May 2021.

[10] "Итоги КДК РФС" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 2 July 2021.

[12] ""Акрон" остается в ФНЛ" (in Russian). Russian Football National League. 15 May 2021.

[15] "2020–21 FNL regulations, paragraph 3.5" (PDF) (in Russian). Russian Football National League. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

[16] "2020/21 FNL". soccerway.com/. Soccerway. Retrieved 15 May 2021.

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