2023–24 Russian Premier League

The 2023–24 Russian Premier League (known as the Mir Russian Premier League, also written as Mir Russian Premier Liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 32nd season of the premier football competition in Russia since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the 20th under the current Russian Premier League name.

Russian Premier League
Season2023–24
Dates21 July 2023 – 25 May 2024
Matches played96
Goals scored262 (2.73 per match)
Top goalscorerMateo Cassierra
(9 goals)
Biggest home winKrylia Sovetov 5–1 Rostov
5 August 2023

Sochi 4–0 Rostov
19 August 2023
Akhmat 4–0 Orenburg
20 August 2023
Zenit 4–0 Ural
26 August 2023

Krylia Sovetov 4–0 Spartak
1 October 2023
Biggest away winFakel 1–4 Lokomotiv
30 July 2023

Rubin 1–4 Spartak
5 August 2023
Rubin 0–3 Zenit
17 September 2023

Ural 1–4 Sochi
22 October 2023
Highest scoringKrylia Sovetov 3–3 Dynamo
29 July 2023

Krylia Sovetov 5–1 Rostov
5 August 2023

Rostov 3–3 CSKA
24 September 2023
Longest winning run4 matches
Krasnodar
Longest unbeaten run12 matches
Krasnodar
Longest winless run7 matches
Rostov
Ural
Longest losing run6 matches
Sochi
Highest attendance36,283
Zenit 1–2 Lokomotiv
24 September 2023
Lowest attendance2,551
Orenburg 1–2 Fakel
21 October 2023
Total attendance1,065,990[1]
Average attendance11,104[1]
2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 22 October 2023.

Teams

As in the previous season, 16 teams played in the 2023–24 season. After the 2022–23 season, Khimki and Torpedo Moscow were both relegated to the 2023–24 Russian First League. They were replaced by Rubin Kazan and Baltika Kaliningrad.

Venues
Zenit Saint Petersburg Ural Yekaterinburg Rubin Kazan Rostov
Krestovsky Stadium Central Stadium Ak Bars Arena Rostov Arena
Capacity: 67,800 Capacity: 35,696 Capacity: 45,093 Capacity: 45,000
Spartak Moscow
Locations of teams in the 2023–24 Russian Premier League
Locations of teams in the 2023–24 Russian Premier League in Moscow
 Krylia Sovetov Samara
Otkritie Arena Solidarnost Arena
Capacity: 44,307 Capacity: 44,918
Krasnodar Akhmat Grozny
Krasnodar Stadium Akhmat-Arena
Capacity: 34,291 Capacity: 30,597
CSKA Moscow Lokomotiv Moscow
VEB Arena RZD Arena
Capacity: 30,457 Capacity: 27,320
Sochi Pari Nizhny Novgorod
Fisht Olympic Stadium Nizhny Novgorod Stadium
Capacity: 47,659 Capacity: 44,899
Fakel Voronezh Dynamo Moscow Orenburg Baltika Kaliningrad
Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz Stadion VTB Arena Gazovik Stadium Kaliningrad Stadium
Capacity: 31,793 Capacity: 26,319 Capacity: 10,046 Capacity: 35,016

    Personnel and kits
    Team Location Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
    Akhmat Grozny Belarus Miroslav Romaschenko Russia Rizvan Utsiyev Spain Joma TBA
    Baltika Kaliningrad Russia Sergei Ignashevich Russia Yan Kazayev Melbet; Rostec
    CSKA Moscow Russia Vladimir Fedotov Russia Igor Akinfeev Wildberries
    Dynamo Moscow Czech Republic Marcel Lička Paraguay Fabián Balbuena Germany Puma BetBoom
    Fakel Voronezh Voronezh Russia Sergei Tashuyev Russia Irakli Kvekveskiri Spain Kelme EkoNiva
    Krasnodar Krasnodar Serbia Vladimir Ivić Russia Matvei Safonov Winline
    Krylia Sovetov Samara Russia Igor Osinkin Russia Aleksandr Soldatenkov Germany Puma Fonbet
    Lokomotiv Moscow Russia Mikhail Galaktionov Russia Dmitri Barinov RZD
    Orenburg Orenburg Spain David Deogracia Russia Andrei Malykh Germany Adidas TBA
    Pari Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod Russia Sergei Yuran Russia Kirill Gotsuk Germany Jako PARI
    Rostov Rostov-on-Don Russia Valery Karpin Russia Danil Glebov Germany Puma Fonbet; TNS energo; Samolet
    Rubin Kazan Tajikistan Rashid Rakhimov Belarus Alyaksandr Martynovich Germany Jako Kazan Orgsintez
    Sochi Sochi Russia Aleksandr Tochilin Slovenia Vanja Drkušić Germany Puma Liga Stavok
    Spartak Moscow Spain Guille Abascal Russia Georgi Dzhikiya Lukoil
    Ural Yekaterinburg Belarus Viktor Goncharenko Ukraine Denys Kulakov Spain Kelme BetBoom; TMK
    Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia Sergei Semak Brazil Douglas Santos Spain Joma Gazprom

    Managerial changes
    Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
    Dynamo Moscow Russia Pavel Alpatov (caretaker) Moved to Dynamo-2 Moscow 22 June 2023[2] Off-season Czech Republic Marcel Lička 22 June 2023[2] Off-season
    Orenburg Czech Republic Marcel Lička Signed by Dynamo Moscow 22 June 2023[2] Czech Republic Jiří Jarošík 22 June 2023[3]
    Akhmat Grozny Russia Sergei Tashuyev Mutual consent 15 August 2023 12th Russia Isa Baytiyev (caretaker) 15 August 2023[4] 12th
    Akhmat Grozny Russia Isa Baytiyev (caretaker) Caretaking spell over 18 August 2023 12th Belarus Miroslav Romaschenko 18 August 2023[5] 12th
    Orenburg Czech Republic Jiří Jarošík Mutual consent 22 August 2023 16th Spain David Deogracia 22 August 2023[6] 16th
    Fakel Voronezh Russia Vadim Yevseyev Fired 5 September 2023[7] 15th Russia Sergei Tashuyev 8 September 2023[8] 15th
    Sochi Russia Dmitri Khokhlov Mutual consent 17 September 2023[9] 13th Russia Aleksandr Tochilin 17 September 2023 13th

    Tournament format and regulations

    The 16 teams play a round-robin tournament whereby each team plays each one of the other teams twice, once at home and once away. Thus, a total of 240 matches will be played, with 30 matches will be played by each team.

    The season will start on 21 July. Last games before the winter break will be played on 10 December, the spring part of the season will begin on 1 March and the last games will be played on 25 May.[10]

    Promotion and relegation

    For the purpose of determining First League positions for the following, the teams that will not pass 2024–25 RPL licensing or drop out of 2024–25 season for any other reason, or the second teams of RPL clubs, or the teams that finished lower than 6th place in First League standings will not be considered. For example, if the teams that finished 1st, 3rd and 4th in the First League standings fail licensing, the team that finished 2nd will be considered 1st-placed team, the team that finished 5th will be considered 2nd-placed team and the team that finished 6th will be considered 3rd-placed team. There will be no designated 4th-placed team in this scenario.

    The teams that finish 15th and 16th will be relegated to the 2024–25 First League, while the top 2 in that league will be promoted to the Premier League for the 2024–25 season.

    The 13th and 14th Premier League teams will play the 4th and 3rd 2023–24 First League teams respectively in two (home-and-away) playoff games, with penalty shootout in effect, if necessary, the winners will secure Premier League spots for the 2024–25 season. If both of the teams that finish RPL in 13th and 14th place fail licensing for the 2024–25 season or drop out for any other reason, play-offs will not be held, and 3rd and 4th First League teams will be promoted automatically. If one of the teams that place 13th and 14th in the Premier League fails licensing for 2024–25 season or drops out for other reasons, 3rd First League team will be promoted automatically and the 13th or 14th-placed team that passes licensing will play 4th First League team in playoffs, with the winners securing the Premier League spot. If only one First League team is eligible for the play-offs (as in the example scenario above), that team will play the 14th-placed RPL team in playoffs, with the winners securing the Premier League spot, and the 13th RPL team will remain in the league. If none of the First League teams are eligible for the play-offs, they will not be held and 13th and 14th-placed RPL teams will remain in the league. If any of the teams are unable to participate in the season after the play-offs have been concluded, or there are not enough teams that pass licensing to follow the above procedures, the replacement will be chosen by the Russian Football Union in consultation with RPL and FNL.[11]

    Exclusion from the league

    Any team can be excluded from the Premier League during the season for the following reasons: a) using counterfeit documents or providing inaccurate information to the league; b) not arriving to the game on more than one occasion; c) match fixing. Such a team is automatically relegated and is not replaced during the season, and only one additional team (that gains the least amount of points at the end of the season) is directly relegated. If the excluded team plays fewer than 15 games at the time of exclusion, all its results would be annulled and will not count for the standings. If the excluded team plays at least 15 games at the time of exclusion, all their remaining opponents are awarded a victory, without effect on their goal difference.[11]

    Season events

    On 22 May 2023, FIFA extended their ruling that allows foreign players in Russia to unilaterally suspend their contracts with their clubs and sign with a club outside of Russia until 30 June 2024. However, this option would only be available to the players whose contract was already suspended under these regulations at the end of the 2022–23 season. The players who joined a Russian club after these regulations were originally introduced in March 2022, or players who played in Russia in the 2022–23 season (including those who originally suspended their contract in the 2021–22 season and then returned), would not be able to use this condition in the 2023–24 season.[12]

    Players who suspended their contracts

    League table
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
    1 Krasnodar 12 8 4 0 21 7 +14 28
    2 Zenit Saint Petersburg 12 7 2 3 25 12 +13 23
    3 Krylia Sovetov Samara 12 6 3 3 26 17 +9 21
    4 Spartak Moscow 12 6 2 4 18 18 0 20[lower-alpha 1]
    5 Lokomotiv Moscow 12 5 5 2 18 16 +2 20[lower-alpha 1]
    6 Dynamo Moscow 12 4 6 2 17 15 +2 18[lower-alpha 2]
    7 CSKA Moscow 12 4 6 2 22 17 +5 18[lower-alpha 2]
    8 Pari Nizhny Novgorod 12 5 2 5 11 11 0 17
    9 Ural Yekaterinburg 12 4 4 4 13 18 −5 16
    10 Rostov 12 3 4 5 20 24 −4 13[lower-alpha 3]
    11 Rubin Kazan 12 3 4 5 11 20 −9 13[lower-alpha 3]
    12 Akhmat Grozny 12 3 3 6 12 15 −3 12[lower-alpha 4]
    13 Fakel Voronezh 12 3 3 6 9 15 −6 12[lower-alpha 4] Qualification for relegation play-offs
    14 Baltika Kaliningrad 12 3 2 7 12 18 −6 11[lower-alpha 5]
    15 Orenburg 12 3 2 7 14 20 −6 11[lower-alpha 5] Relegation to the First League
    16 Sochi 12 3 0 9 13 19 −6 9
    Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2023. Source: Premier Liga
    Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head matches won; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Matches won; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) 2022–23 position (not applicable to final standings); 10) Play-off.
    Notes:
    1. No head-to-head matches played. Matches won: Spartak Moscow 6, Lokomotiv Moscow 5.
    2. Head-to-head points: Dynamo Moscow 3, CSKA Moscow 0.
    3. Head-to-head points: Rostov 3, Rubin Kazan 0.
    4. No head-to-head matches played. Goal difference: Akhmat Grozny –3, Fakel Voronezh –6.
    5. Head-to-head points: Baltika Kaliningrad 3, Orenburg 0.

    Results
    Home \ Away AKH BAL CSK DYN FAK KRA KRY LOK ORE PNN ROS RUB SOC SPA URA ZEN
    Akhmat Grozny — 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–2 4–0 0–1
    Baltika Kaliningrad 1–0 — 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 0–1
    CSKA Moscow 1–0 — 2–2 4–1 3–1 a 1–1
    Dynamo Moscow 2–0 2–1 — 0–0 1–3 1–1 a
    Fakel Voronezh — 0–0 1–4 2–0 0–1 2–0
    Krasnodar — 1–1 1–0 3–2 2–0 2–0 2–0
    Krylia Sovetov Samara 2–1 3–3 3–0 — 5–1 2–1 4–0
    Lokomotiv Moscow 3–2 0–0 1–1 — 0–2 1–0 2–2
    Orenburg 1–1 1–2 0–2 — 3–0 0–2 3–1
    Pari Nizhny Novgorod 2–0 2–0 3–1 — 1–0 2–1 0–2
    Rostov 3–0 3–3 1–2 2–1 — 3–0 2–2 1–1
    Rubin Kazan 0–0 2–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 — 1–4 0–3
    Sochi 1–2 2–0 0–1 4–0 — 0–2
    Spartak Moscow 0–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 3–2 2–0 1–0 — 1–3
    Ural Yekaterinburg 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–4 3–2 —
    Zenit Saint Petersburg 2–3 2–0 3–1 1–2 4–0 —
    Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2023. Source: Russian Premier League
    Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
    For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

    Season statistics

    Top goalscorers
    Rank Player Club Goals[21]
    1 Colombia Mateo Cassierra Zenit St. Petersburg 9
    2 Colombia Jhon Córdoba Krasnodar 6
    Russia Fyodor Chalov CSKA Moscow
    Armenia Eduard Spertsyan Krasnodar
    5 Russia Yegor Golenkov Rostov 5
    Russia Anton Zabolotny CSKA Moscow
    7 Russia Dmitry Vorobyov Orenburg 4
    Slovenia Martin Kramarič Sochi
    Armenia Nair Tiknizyan Lokomotiv Moscow
    Democratic Republic of the Congo Théo Bongonda Spartak Moscow
    Brazil Wendel Zenit St. Petersburg
    Russia Nikita Saltykov Krylia Sovetov Samara
    Armenia Edgar Sevikyan Pari Nizhny Novgorod
    Russia Andrei Yegorychev Ural Yekaterinburg
    Russia Yevgeni Markov Fakel Voronezh
    Argentina Benjamín Garré Krylia Sovetov Samara
    Russia Fyodor Smolov Dynamo Moscow

    Hat-tricks
    PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
    Russia Fyodor ChalovCSKA MoscowAkhmat Grozny3–2 (A)30 July 2023[22]

    Clean sheets
    Rank Player Club Clean sheets
    1 Russia Matvei Safonov Krasnodar 7
    2 Russia Mikhail Kerzhakov Zenit St. Petersburg 4
    Russia Artur Nigmatullin Pari Nizhny Novgorod
    Russia Ilya Pomazun Ural Yekaterinburg
    5 Russia Aleksandr Belenov Fakel Voronezh 3
    Russia Yury Dyupin Rubin Kazan
    Russia Ilya Lantratov Lokomotiv Moscow
    Russia Aleksandr Selikhov Spartak Moscow
    Russia Giorgi Sheliya Akhmat Grozny
    10 Russia Igor Akinfeev CSKA Moscow 2
    Russia Vitali Gudiyev Fakel Voronezh
    Russia Yevgeni Latyshonok Baltika Kaliningrad
    Russia Igor Leshchuk Dynamo Moscow
    Russia Aleksandr Maksimenko Spartak Moscow
    Russia Sergei Pesyakov Rostov
    Russia Nikolai Sysuyev Orenburg
    Russia Nikolai Zabolotny Sochi
    Notes

    Aleksandr Selikhov and Aleksandr Maksimenko each played a half in Spartak's 1–0 win over Dynamo Moscow on 23 September 2023.

    Awards

    Monthly awards
    Month Player of the Month Manager of the Month Goal of the Month Ref.
    Player Club Manager Club Player Club
    July/August Argentina Benjamín Garré Krylia Sovetov Samara Serbia Vladimir Ivić Krasnodar Russia Dmitri Skopintsev Dynamo Moscow [23][24][25]
    September Argentina Braian Mansilla Orenburg Serbia Vladimir Ivić Krasnodar Georgia (country) Nikoloz Kutateladze Pari Nizhny Novgorod [26][27][28]

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