Mir Russian Premier Liga
FIFA Region
UEFA
Season
2023-2024
Location
Russia
Abbreviation
RUS1

Summary

The Russian Premier Liga (RUS1) or the Mir Russian Premier League, is the top football league in Russia's football system. At the end of the 2023-2024 RUS1 season, the RUS1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, teams from RUS1 will not be allowed to participate in 2023-2024 international club compeitions (UEFACL, UEFAEL, and UEFAECL).

Leagues Pyramid - Russia

Abbrev League # of Teams
RUS1 Russian Premier Liga 16
RUS2 Russian First League 18
RUS3 Football National League 2 76

Competition Structure

Season

# of Teams

22 Jul 2023 - 25 May 2024  16: RUS1 (12 minimum), RUS2 (4 maximum)

Season Format

Each RUS1 team plays Home-Away matches with the other 15 RUS1 teams for a total of 30 league matches. Table ranking ties are broken by (1) head-to-head points, (2) head-to-head wins, (3) head-to-head goal difference, (4) head-to-head goals scored, (5) matches won, (6) goal difference, (7) goals scored, (8) 2021-2022 table position, then (9) a playoff.

(Note: The RUS1 shuts down for the Winter, typically mid-November to mid-March.)

Playoffs

Not applicable.

Relegation

At the end of the 2023-2024 RUS1 season, the 15th and 16th place RUS1 teams will be relegated to the RUS2, and the 1st and 2nd place RUS2 teams will be promoted to the 2024-2025 RUS1. The 13th place RUS1 team enters into a Home-Away highest aggregate score playoff with the 4th place RUS2 teams, and the 14th place RUS1 team enters into a Home-Away highest aggregate score playoff with the 3rd place RUS2 teams. The playoff winners will play in the 2024-2025 RUS1, and the losers will play in the RUS2.


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Relegation Playoffs

DateHome Status RoadVenue
AggregateUral Sverdlovsk (RUS1) 23 FK Akron Togliatti (RUS2) 
29.05.24Ural Sverdlovsk 02 FK Akron TogliattiStadion Central'nyj (Yekaterinburg)
01.06.24FK Akron Togliatti 12 Ural SverdlovskStadion Kristall Zhigulyovsk
 FK Akron Togliatti is promoted to RUS1 
AggregateFC Nizhny Novgorod (RUS1) 32 FC Arsenal-Tula (RUS2) 
29.05.24FC Nizhny Novgorod 12 FC Arsenal-TulaStadion Nizhny Novgorod
01.06.24FC Arsenal-Tula 02 FC Nizhny NovgorodStadion Arsenal (Tula)
 FC Nizhny Novgorod remains in RUS2 

 LeagueHomeRoad
POSMPW - D - LPTSCPTSGFGAGDMPW - D - LPTSGFGAGDMPW - D - LPTSGFGAGD
1Zenit St Petersburg 3017 -6-757-522725159 -2-429231211158 -4-328291514
2FK Krasnodar 3016 -8-656-4529161511 -2-235241113155 -6-42121183
3Dinamo Moscow 3016 -8-656-5339141510 -2-33225169156 -6-32428235
4Lokomotiv Moskva 3014 -11-553-523814157 -7-12824168157 -4-42528226
5Spartak Moskva 3014 -8-850-413291510 -3-233241410154 -5-6171718-1
6CSKA Moskva 3012 -12-648-564016158 -5-229291613154 -7-41927243
7FK Rostov-na-Donu 3012 -7-1143-4346-3159 -4-23128199153 -3-9121527-12
8FK Rubin Kazan 3011 -9-1042-3138-7155 -6-4211619-3156 -3-6211519-4
9Kryliya Sovetov 3011 -8-1141-46442157 -6-227301713154 -2-9141627-11
10FK Akhmat Grozny 3010 -5-1535-3345-12155 -3-7182126-5155 -2-8171219-7
11FC Fakel Voronezh 307 -11-1232-2231-9154 -7-41912102153 -4-8131021-11
12FC Orenburg 307 -10-1331-3441-7156 -4-52220164151 -6-891425-11
13Ural Sverdlovsk 307 -9-1430-3046-16155 -4-6192024-4152 -5-8111022-12
14FC Nizhny Novgorod 308 -6-1630-2951-22157 -3-5242122-1151 -3-116829-21
15FK Baltika Kaliningrad 307 -5-1826-3342-9156 -3-6211819-1151 -2-1251523-8
16PFC Sochi 305 -9-1624-3748-11154 -5-61724213151 -4-1071327-14
Relegation Playoff
Relegation to RUS2

Results

Sat - 25 May 2024
 FK Rubin Kazan 11 PFC SochiAk Bars Arena
 FC Orenburg 00 Spartak MoskvaStadion Gazovik
 FC Fakel Voronezh 20 FK Akhmat GroznyCentral'nyi Stadion Profsoyuzov
 CSKA Moskva 20 Ural SverdlovskVEB Arena (Moskva)
 FK Krasnodar 10 Dinamo MoscowStadion FK Krasnodar
 Zenit St Petersburg 21 FK Rostov-na-DonuSaint-Petersburg Stadium
Mon - 20 May 2024
 FC Nizhny Novgorod 26 CSKA MoskvaStadion Nizhny Novgorod
Sun - 19 May 2024
 Ural Sverdlovsk 33 FC OrenburgStadion Central'nyj (Yekaterinburg)
Sat - 18 May 2024
 PFC Sochi 23 FK KrasnodarOlimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht
Sun - 12 May 2024
 PFC Sochi 61 FC Nizhny NovgorodOlimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht
 FC Fakel Voronezh 00 Ural SverdlovskCentral'nyi Stadion Profsoyuzov
 FC Orenburg 02 Lokomotiv MoskvaStadion Gazovik
Sat - 11 May 2024
 FK Baltika Kaliningrad 23 Dinamo MoscowStadion Kaliningrad