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with 73 points

Team changes

To FNL

Promoted from PFL *

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* Armavir * Mordovia Saransk * Krasnodar-2 Relegated from

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* SKA-Khabarovsk

From FNL

Relegated to PFL * Volgar Astrakhan Promoted to

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* Krylia Sovetov Samara * Yenisey Krasnoyarsk

Excluded teams

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and

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were excluded from

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,

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, Luch Vladivostok,

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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

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and renamed as

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. 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

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eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

League table

Results

Statistics

Top goalscorers

References

External links

Official website
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