2018–19 Russian Football National League


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.

Team changes

To FNL

Promoted from PFL
Relegated from Premier League
Relegated to PFL
Promoted to Premier League
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

, 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

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

Renamed teams

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

Stadia by locations

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Armavir Sergei MiroshnichenkoAdidas
Avangard Kursk Mikhail BagayevAdidas
Baltika Kaliningrad Aleksandr SheshukovJakoSodruzhestvo
Chertanovo Moscow Aleksandr SoldatenkovNikeChertanovo Education Center
Fakel Voronezh Igor LebedenkoAdidasTNS Energo
Khimki Puma
Krasnodar-2 Ivan TaranovPumaWAFF!
Luch Vladivostok Maksim NasadyukNike
Mordovia Saransk Nike
Nizhny Novgorod Andrei KhripkovJako
Rotor Volgograd Jako
Shinnik Yaroslavl Eldar NizamutdinovJako
Sibir Novosibirsk Eugeniu CebotaruJako
SKA-Khabarovsk Denys DedechkoAdidas
Sochi Yevgeni PesegovNike
Spartak-2 Moscow NikeLukoil
Tambov Mladen KašćelanJako
Tom Tomsk Sergei ZuykovJoma
Tyumen JakoSibur
Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg NikeGazprom

League table

Results

Statistics

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Maksim BarsovSochi19
2 Igor LebedenkoFakel Voronezh14
3 Maksim GlushenkovSpartak-2 Moscow12
3 Vladimir ObukhovTambov12
3 Vladislav SarveliChertanovo Moscow12
6 Anton ZinkovskyChertanovo Moscow11
7 Roman AkbashevAvangard Kursk10
7 Ilya KukharchukKhimki10
7 Vladislav PanteleyevSpartak-2 Moscow10
7 Yevgeni PesegovSochi10