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 in 15 May 2021.
Stadia by capacity
Team changes
To FNL
; Promoted from
PFL
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Akron
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Dynamo Bryansk
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Irtysh Omsk
*
Veles Moscow
*
Volgar Astrakhan
*
Alania Vladikavkaz
FC Alania Vladikavkaz (russian: "Алания" (Владикавказ), os, Футболон клуб "Алани" (Дзæуджыхъæу)) is a Russian football team from Vladikavkaz. Founded in 1921, the club played in the Soviet Top League ...
; Relegated from
Premier League
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Krylia Sovetov Samara
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Orenburg
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From FNL
; Relegated to
PFL["IsRFS]
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* Avangard Kursk
; Demoted to lower divisions
* Luch Vladivostok
* Armavir
; Unable to pay for licensing
* Mordovia
The Republic of Mordovia (russian: Респу́блика Мордо́вия, r=Respublika Mordoviya, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə mɐrˈdovʲɪjə; mdf, Мордовия Республиксь, ''Mordovija Respublikś''; myv, Мордовия Рес ...
; Promoted to Premier League
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* Khimki
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History Origins and formation
Khimki was initially a railway station tha ...
* Rotor Volgograd
SC Rotor Volgograd (russian: СK Ротор) is a Russian professional football club from the large city of Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast (formerly Stalingrad). The club will play in the third-tier Russian Football National League 2 in the 2022– ...
Stadia by locations
League table
Results
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
References
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2020–21 in Russian football leagues
Russian First League seasons
Russian
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