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2019–20 Russian Football National League

The 2019–20 Russian Football National League was the 28th season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 7 July 2019 and ended on 15 May 2020 (last games were played on 15 March).

Russian Football National League
Season2019–20
PromotedFC Rotor Volgograd
FC Khimki[1]
RelegatedNone[1]
Goals scored474
Top goalscorerAleksandr Rudenko (Spartak-2 Moscow / Torpedo Moscow)
Ivan Sergeyev (Torpedo) (14 goals)
Biggest home winSpartak-2 7-2 Fakel
Biggest away winTekstilshchik 1-5 Baltika,
Fakel 0-4 Shinnik
Highest scoringSpartak-2 7-2 Fakel (9 goals)
Longest winning runTorpedo Moscow (9 games)
Longest unbeaten runBaltika (14 games)
Longest winless runYenisey (13 games)
Longest losing runMordovia (5 games)
Highest attendanceNizhny Novgorod 0–2 Tom (7 July 2019, 8,229 in attendance)
Lowest attendanceTekstilshchik 0–1 Yenisey (7 July 2019, 600 in attendance)
Average attendance4,530
All statistics correct as of 8 July 2019.

Summary

On 17 March 2020, the league was suspended until 10 April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia.[2] On 1 April 2020, Russian Football Union extended the suspension until 31 May 2020.[3]

On 15 April 2020, FC Armavir dropped out of the competition due to lack of financing necessary to acquire the license for the 2020–21 season.[4] The club was in the 12th place in the table with 30 points acquired in 27 games. Even though the league was suspended at that time due to COVID-19 pandemic in Russia, FNL president Igor Yefremov stated that the drop-out was not directly related to that and the club was in financial trouble before the pandemic.[5] According to the league regulations, all Armavir's opponents in the second half of the season were to automatically assigned a 3–0 victory in all of their second games against Armavir, including retroactively in the games that were already played. As a result, FC Fakel Voronezh, FC Torpedo Moscow and FC Spartak-2 Moscow (who lost to Armavir in their second games of the season) were expected to gain 3 extra points and FC Tom Tomsk (who tied with Armavir) were expected to gain 2 extra points.[6]

On 30 April 2020, the clubs voted unanimously that the league can not be concluded by 2 August 2020 as planned. The teams that were in positions from 3 to 5 (FC Chertanovo Moscow, FC Torpedo Moscow and FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) suggested extending the season past that date (the 3rd and 4th placed teams were expected to play in Russian Premier League relegation/promotion playoffs), but were overruled by the other 17 clubs.[7] The decision was complicated by FC Armavir announcing that the club is dropping out of the competition but not officially filing related paperwork with the league. If they formally dropped out, FC Torpedo Moscow would have gained 3 points in the game they already played and lost to Armavir, and would have advanced into the 2nd position in the table that secures direct promotion into the Premier League.[citation needed]

On 15 May 2020, the league was abandoned, and the top two teams (FC Rotor Volgograd and FC Khimki) were promoted, pending licensing for the Premier League for 2020–21 season. None of the teams were relegated to PFL and all the winners of the PFL zones were promoted to the FNL as well for the 2020–21 season, all conditional on passing FNL licensing.[1]

Team changes

FC Anzhi Makhachkala

On May 29, 2019, Anzhi, which was relegated to FNL at the end of the 2018–19 Russian Premier League season, recalled their appeal to the Russian Football Union on earlier RFU's decision to deny them the FNL license. Therefore, Anzhi did not play in the FNL in the 2019–20 season. Anzhi then passed the licensing procedure of the RFU, which allows them to participate in the PFL.[9][10]

Stadia by capacity

ClubCityStadiumCapacity
ArmavirArmavirYunost5,700
AvangardKurskTrudovye Rezervy11,329
BaltikaKaliningradArena Baltika35,212
ChaykaPeschanokopskoyeChayka Central Stadium3,000
ChertanovoMoscowArena Chertanovo500
FakelVoronezhTsentralnyi Profsoyuz31,793
KhimkiKhimkiRodina5,083
Krasnodar-2KrasnodarKrasnodar Academy3,500
LuchVladivostokDynamo10,200
MordoviaSaranskMordovia Arena44,442
Nizhny NovgorodNizhny NovgorodNizhny Novgorod44,899
NeftehimikNizhnekamskNeftekhimik3,200
RotorVolgogradVolgograd Arena45,568
ShinnikYaroslavlShinnik Stadium22,990
SKAKhabarovskLenin Stadium15,200
Spartak-2MoscowSpartak Academy4,000
TekstilshchikIvanovoTekstilshchik9,565
TomTomskTrud10,028
Torpedo MoscowMoscowEduard Streltsov Stadium13,420
YeniseyKrasnoyarskCentral Stadium15,000

Stadia by locations

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Location of teams in 2019–20 FNL.
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Location of Moscow teams.

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion, qualification or relegation
1Rotor Volgograd (P)2717554121+2056Promotion to Premier League
2Khimki (P)2716655019+3154
3Chertanovo Moscow2715933719+1854
4Torpedo Moscow2716563925+1453
5Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk2713953825+1348
6SKA-Khabarovsk2712784230+1243
7Baltika Kaliningrad2712783423+1143
8Shinnik Yaroslavl2712784335+843
9Tom Tomsk2710983226+639
10Chayka Peschanokopskoye2710893129+238
11Nizhny Novgorod279992829−136
12Armavir2779112329−630Relegation to lower divisions
13Avangard Kursk2751482939−1029
14Yenisey Krasnoyarsk2777132340−1728
15Krasnodar-227610113234−228Ineligible for promotion
16Luch Vladivostok2769122840−1227Relegation to lower divisions
17Spartak-2 Moscow2768133845−726Relegation to Russian Professional Football League[a]
18Tekstilshchik Ivanovo2754182552−2719
19Fakel Voronezh2747161444−3019
20Mordovia Saransk2747162144−2319Relegation to lower divisions
Updated to match(es) played on 15 March. Source: Football National League (Russian), Soccerway
(P) Promoted
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayARMAVABALCHACHEFAKKHIKR2LUCMORNNONEFROTSHISKASP2TEKTOMTORYEN
Armavir1–12–11–11–02–10–00–00–20–00–11–12–01–12–1
Avangard Kursk2–10–01–10–10–31–12–21–00–32–22–22–13–22–2
Baltika Kaliningrad2–00–11–23–04–10–02–11–02–11–00–11–1
Chayka Peschanokopskoye1–01–11–00–10–11–11–13–10–00–22–10–22–13–0
Chertanovo Moscow3–14–00–01–23–02–21–00–11–02–21–01–12–1
Fakel Voronezh0–20–01–20–00–00–31–02–10–20–40–20–00–11–1
Khimki1–03–00–11–03–13–04–03–20–21–02–13–04–0
Krasnodar-21–01–20–02–01–22–20–12–22–21–10–14–0
Luch Vladivostok2–21–10–13–02–51–10–00–22–10–22–41–10–10–1
Mordovia Saransk0–30–02–31–10–31–20–10–10–11–12–31–01–01–1
Nizhny Novgorod1–01–10–01–20–02–11–00–11–31–12–20–22–11–3
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk2–11–11–02–21–01–11–11–22–22–21–21–01–0
Rotor Volgograd1–12–01–10–02–02–11–12–35–33–22–00–22–1
Shinnik Yaroslavl1–11–30–22–30–13–11–01–30–13–23–02–10–0
SKA-Khabarovsk3–01–02–03–20–01–01–11–22–01–23–01–10–12–0
Spartak-2 Moscow1–31–17–20–30–22–02–00–30–12–21–22–32–0
Tekstilshchik Ivanovo1–51–41–41–04–30–21–20–11–13–11–10–20–00–1
Tom Tomsk2–02–00–03–10–02–14–02–00–10–12–22–10–0
Torpedo Moscow2–13–12–02–10–11–02–10–22–20–22–02–13–12–12–0
Yenisey Krasnoyarsk1–11–12–21–30–21–00–12–12–20–31–31–03–0
Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2020. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of match played 15 March 2020[11]
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Aleksandr RudenkoSpartak-2/Torpedo14
Ivan SergeyevTorpedo
3 Denis MakarovNeftekhimik11
Mikhail MarkinBaltika
German OnugkhaKrasnodar-2
Merabi UridiaNeftekhimik
7 Sergey SamodinShinnik10
Vladislav SarveliChertanovo
9 Adlan KatsayevSKA-Khabarovsk9
Eldar NizamutdinovShinnik
Mukhammad SultonovRotor

References

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