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
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Ufa
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Chayka Peschanokopskoye
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Rotor Volgograd
; Relegated from
Premier League
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Ural Yekaterinburg
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Baltika Kaliningrad
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Sochi
Sochi ( rus, Сочи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg, from – ''seaside'') is the largest Resort town, resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi (river), Sochi River, along the Black Sea in the North Caucasus of Souther ...
From First League
; Relegated to
Second League
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Leningradets
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Volgar Astrakhan
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Kuban Krasnodar
; Promoted to
Premier League
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Khimki
Khimki (, ) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located approximately northwest from central Moscow, and is part of the Moscow metropolitan area.
History Origins and formation
Khimki was initially a railway station that had existed sin ...
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Dynamo Makhachkala
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Akron Tolyatti
Stadiums by locations
League table
Positions by round
Results by round
Results
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:2024-25 Russian Football National League
2024–25 in Russian football leagues
Russian First League seasons
Russian