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
To FNL Promoted from PFL Chertanovo Moscow Armavir Mordovia Saransk Krasnodar-2
Relegated from Premier League SKA-Khabarovsk
From FNL Relegated to PFL Volgar Astrakhan
Promoted to Premier League Orenburg Krylia Sovetov Samara Yenisey Krasnoyarsk
Excluded teams 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 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 Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk finished on the promotion place at the end of the 2017–18 PFL season, but refused to be promoted.
Renamed teams 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 Club City StadiumCapacity 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
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. Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Armavir Sergei Miroshnichenko Adidas Avangard Kursk Mikhail Bagayev Adidas Baltika Kaliningrad Aleksandr Sheshukov Jako Sodruzhestvo Chertanovo Moscow Aleksandr Soldatenkov Nike Chertanovo Education Center Fakel Voronezh Igor Lebedenko Adidas TNS Energo Khimki Puma Krasnodar-2 Ivan Taranov Puma WAFF! Luch Vladivostok Maksim Nasadyuk Nike Mordovia Saransk Nike Nizhny Novgorod Andrei Khripkov Jako Rotor Volgograd Jako Shinnik Yaroslavl Eldar Nizamutdinov Jako Sibir Novosibirsk Eugeniu Cebotaru Jako SKA-Khabarovsk Denys Dedechko Adidas Sochi Yevgeni Pesegov Nike Spartak-2 Moscow Nike Lukoil Tambov Mladen Kašćelan Jako Tom Tomsk Sergei Zuykov Joma Tyumen Jako Sibur Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg Nike Gazprom
League table
Results
Statistics
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Maksim BarsovSochi192 Igor LebedenkoFakel143 Maksim GlushenkovSpartak-212 Vladimir ObukhovTambov Vladislav SarveliChertanovo6 Anton ZinkovskyChertanovo117 Roman AkbashevAvangard10 Ilya KukharchukKhimki Vladislav PanteleyevSpartak-2 Yevgeni PesegovSochi
References
External links Official website