| Season | 2025–26 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 19 July 2025 - May 2026 |
| Matches | 180 |
| Goals | 419 (2.33 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Belajdi Pusi (12 goals) |
| Biggest home win | KAMAZ 5–0Yenisey 24 October 2025 |
| Biggest away win | Chayka 0–6Rotor 3 September 2025 |
| Highest scoring | Neftekhimik 1–5Rodina 3 September 2025 Chayka 0–6Rotor 3 September 2025 Chayka 2–4Spartak 20 September 2025 KAMAZ 5–1Ural 6 October 2025 Volga 2–4Yenisey 11 October 2025 Chelyabinsk 3–3KAMAZ 16 November 2025 Chayka 2–4Neftekhimik 22 November 2025 |
| Longest winning run | 6 matches Fakel |
| Longest unbeaten run | 13 matches Spartak |
| Longest winless run | 12 matches Chayka |
| Longest losing run | 7 matches Chayka |
| Highest attendance | 21,118 Rotor 3–0KAMAZ 14 September 2025 |
| Lowest attendance | 515 Neftekhimik 1–0Ural 15 November 2025 |
| Total attendance | 767,354 |
| Average attendance | 4,263 |
2026–27 → All statistics correct as of 24 November 2025. | |
The2025–26 Russian First League (First League Pari for sponsorship reasons) is the 34th season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 19 July 2025, and will have a 3-month winter break between December 2025 and March 2026.
Khimki, which was administratively relegated from the Premier League, was then dissolved and did not enter the First League.[1]
Pari Nizhny Novgorod, which lost in the relegation play-offs, was kept in the Premier League as a replacement for Khimki.
Orenburg, which was originally relegated from the Premier League, remained in it due to the attempted match-fixing byTorpedo Moscow in the previous season.[2][3]
Sokol Saratov, which finished the previous season in the relegation zone, was kept in the league as a replacement for Khimki
Torpedo Moscow, which was initially promoted to the Premier League, was kept in the First League due to attempted match-fixing in the previous season.[2][3]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fakel Voronezh | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 11 | +16 | 45 | Promotion to2026–27 Premier League |
| 2 | Ural Yekaterinburg | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 18 | +12 | 40 | |
| 3 | Rodina Moscow | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 16 | +12 | 35 | Qualification toPremier League play-offs |
| 4 | Spartak Kostroma | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 23 | +7 | 34 | |
| 5 | Chelyabinsk | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 32 | |
| 6 | KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 24 | +12 | 31 | |
| 7 | Rotor Volgograd | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 17 | +7 | 29 | |
| 8 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 27[a] | |
| 9 | Arsenal Tula | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 27[a] | |
| 10 | SKA-Khabarovsk | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 21 | −2 | 26[b] | |
| 11 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 26[b] | |
| 12 | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 25 | −11 | 22 | |
| 13 | Chernomorets Novorossiysk | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 21[c] | |
| 14 | Volga Ulyanovsk | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 21[c] | |
| 15 | Ufa | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 28 | −5 | 19 | |
| 16 | Torpedo Moscow | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 29 | −13 | 18 | Relegation to2026–27 Second League |
| 17 | Sokol Saratov | 20 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 20 | −10 | 16 | |
| 18 | Chayka Peschanokopskoye | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 43 | −26 | 11 |
| Home \ Away | ARS | CHA | CHL | CHE | FAK | KAM | NEF | ROD | ROT | SHI | SKA | SOK | SPA | TOR | UFA | URA | VOL | YEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal Tula | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | ||||||||
| Chayka Peschanokopskoye | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |||||||||
| Chelyabinsk | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | ||||||||
| Chernomorets Novorossiysk | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | |||||||||
| Fakel Voronezh | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |||||||||
| KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 5–0 | ||||||||
| Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |||||||
| Rodina Moscow | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | ||||||||
| Rotor Volgograd | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | ||||||||
| Shinnik Yaroslavl | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |||||||
| SKA-Khabarovsk | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | |||||||
| Sokol Saratov | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | ||||||||
| Spartak Kostroma | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |||||||||
| Torpedo Moscow | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | ||||||||
| Ufa | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | |||||||
| Ural Yekaterinburg | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | ||||||||
| Volga Ulyanovsk | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 | ||||||||
| Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fakel Voronezh | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ural Yekaterinburg | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Rodina Moscow | 11 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Spartak Kostroma | 17 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Chelyabinsk | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | 8 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Rotor Volgograd | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 12 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Arsenal Tula | 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| SKA-Khabarovsk | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Shinnik Yaroslavl | 16 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Chernomorets Novorossiysk | 6 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| Volga Ulyanovsk | 15 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Ufa | 10 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | ||||||||||||||
| Torpedo Moscow | 14 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| Sokol Saratov | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | ||||||||||||||
| Chayka Peschanokopskoye | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| Promotion | |
| Play-offs | |
| Relegation to 2026–27Russian Second League |
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal Tula | D | D | W | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | D | D | L | W | W | W | D | ||||||||||||||
| Chayka Peschanokopskoye | W | D | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | ||||||||||||||
| Chernomorets Novorossiysk | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | D | D | L | L | W | D | ||||||||||||||
| Chelyabinsk | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | D | W | D | W | D | D | D | D | L | L | W | D | W | ||||||||||||||
| Fakel Voronezh | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | ||||||||||||||
| KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | D | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | L | D | L | W | D | L | W | W | L | D | D | ||||||||||||||
| Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | D | D | D | W | L | L | D | L | D | W | W | W | D | L | D | L | D | D | W | W | ||||||||||||||
| Rodina Moscow | D | L | L | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | ||||||||||||||
| Rotor Volgograd | W | L | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | ||||||||||||||
| Shinnik Yaroslavl | L | D | L | L | W | D | W | D | W | D | D | W | L | L | D | D | W | L | W | D | ||||||||||||||
| SKA-Khabarovsk | D | W | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | D | L | D | D | ||||||||||||||
| Sokol Saratov | D | D | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | D | D | D | W | L | D | L | D | ||||||||||||||
| Spartak Kostroma | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | D | L | D | W | L | L | D | ||||||||||||||
| Torpedo Moscow | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | D | L | L | W | L | D | D | W | L | D | W | L | ||||||||||||||
| Ufa | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | D | L | L | D | D | D | D | L | W | W | L | L | L | ||||||||||||||
| Ural Yekaterinburg | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | ||||||||||||||
| Volga Ulyanovsk | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | ||||||||||||||
| Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | L | L | D | L | D | W | W | D | L | L | D | L | D | W | W | L | L | W | D | D |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[6] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fakel | 12 | |
| 2 | KAMAZ | 10 | |
| 3 | Arsenal | 8 | |
| Chernomorets | |||
| Rodina | |||
| KAMAZ | |||
| 7 | Spartak | 6 | |
| Neftekhimik | |||
| Ural | |||
| Chelyabinsk | |||
| Chelyabinsk | |||
| Rotor |