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Mir Russian Premier Liga

FIFA Region

UEFA

Season

2024-2025

Location

Russia

Abbreviation

RUS1

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Summary

The Russian Premier Liga (RUS1) or the Mir Russian Premier League, is the top football league in Russia's football system. Russia is not allowed to participate in the UEFACL, the UEFAEL, or the UEFAECL due to its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

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	79

Competition Structure

Season			# of Teams
20 Jul 2024 - 24 May 2025			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) 2023-2024 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 2024-2025 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 2025-2026 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 2025-2026 RUS1, and the losers will play in the RUS2.

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Relegation Playoffs

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Status

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Aggregate

Ural Sverdlovsk (RUS2)

FK Akhmat Grozny (RUS1)

28.05.25

Ural Sverdlovsk

FK Akhmat Grozny

Stadion Central'nyj (Yekaterinburg)

31.05.25	FK Akhmat Grozny		20		Ural Sverdlovsk	Stadion Nizhny Novgorod
	FK Akhmat Grozny remains in RUS1

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PFC Sochi (RUS2)

FC Nizhny Novgorod (RUS1)

28.05.25

PFC Sochi

FC Nizhny Novgorod

Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht

31.05.25	FC Nizhny Novgorod		13		PFC Sochi	Akhmat-Arena
	PFC Sochi is promoted to RUS1

		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
1	FK Krasnodar	30	20 -7-3	67	-	59	23	36	15	11 -3-1	36	31	8	23	15	9 -4-2	31	28	15	13
2	Zenit St Petersburg	30	20 -6-4	66	-	58	18	40	15	10 -3-2	33	30	10	20	15	10 -3-2	33	28	8	20
3	CSKA Moskva	30	17 -8-5	59	-	47	21	26	15	8 -3-4	27	25	11	14	15	9 -5-1	32	22	10	12
4	Spartak Moskva	30	17 -6-7	57	-	56	25	31	15	10 -2-3	32	35	12	23	15	7 -4-4	25	21	13	8
5	Dinamo Moscow	30	16 -8-6	56	-	61	35	26	15	11 -2-2	35	37	14	23	15	5 -6-4	21	24	21	3
6	Lokomotiv Moskva	30	15 -8-7	53	-	51	41	10	15	9 -4-2	31	26	18	8	15	6 -4-5	22	25	23	2
7	FK Rubin Kazan	30	13 -6-11	45	-	42	45	-3	15	9 -2-4	29	22	19	3	15	4 -4-7	16	20	26	-6
8	FK Rostov-na-Donu	30	10 -9-11	39	-	41	43	-2	15	5 -5-5	20	22	18	4	15	5 -4-6	19	19	25	-6
9	FK Akron Togliatti	30	10 -5-15	35	-	39	55	-16	15	6 -1-8	19	22	30	-8	15	4 -4-7	16	17	25	-8
10	Kryliya Sovetov	30	8 -7-15	31	-	36	51	-15	15	5 -2-8	17	19	23	-4	15	3 -5-7	14	17	28	-11
11	FK Dynamo Makhachkala	30	6 -11-13	29	-	27	35	-8	15	4 -5-6	17	19	16	3	15	2 -6-7	12	8	19	-11
12	FC Khimki	30	6 -11-13	29	-	35	56	-21	15	4 -7-4	19	21	22	-1	15	2 -4-9	10	14	34	-20
13	FC Nizhny Novgorod	30	7 -6-17	27	-	27	54	-27	15	4 -4-7	16	16	26	-10	15	3 -2-10	11	11	28	-17
14	FK Akhmat Grozny	30	4 -13-13	25	-	27	48	-21	15	3 -8-4	17	16	22	-6	15	1 -5-9	8	11	26	-15
15	FC Orenburg	30	4 -7-19	19	-	28	56	-28	15	3 -5-7	14	18	23	-5	15	1 -2-12	5	10	33	-23
16	FC Fakel Voronezh	30	2 -12-16	18	-	14	42	-28	15	1 -9-5	12	5	12	-7	15	1 -3-11	6	9	30	-21
Relegation Playoff Relegation to RUS2