The 2024–25 Russian First League was the 33rd season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 13 July 2024, and had a 3-month winter break between game weeks 21 and 22 (1 December 2024 to 1 March 2025).

Team changes

To First League

; Promoted from Second League Division A * Ufa * Chayka Peschanokopskoye * Rotor Volgograd ; Relegated from

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* Ural Yekaterinburg * Baltika Kaliningrad *

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From First League

; Relegated to Second League * Leningradets * Volgar Astrakhan * Kuban Krasnodar ; Promoted to

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* Dynamo Makhachkala * Akron Tolyatti

Stadiums by locations

League table

Positions by round

Results by round

Results

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

References

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