2023–24 Russian Premier League

Russian Premier League 2023–24
Season information
Dates	21 July 2023–25 May 2024
Winners	Zenit
Relegated	Baltika Sochi Ural Yekaterinburg
Season statistics
Matches played	240
Goals scored	637
Average	(2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mateo Cassierra (21 goals)
Biggest home win	Sochi 6–1 Pari NN 12 May 2024
Biggest away win	Akhmat 1–7 Baltika 13 April 2024
Highest scoring	Akhmat 1–7 Baltika 13 April 2024 Pari NN 2–6 CSKA 20 May 2024
← 2022–23	2024–25 →

The 2023–24 Russian Premier League (known as the Mir Russian Premier League, also written as Mir Russian Premier Liga for sponsorship reasons) was 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.

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

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replacement	Date of appointment	Position in table
Dynamo Moscow	Pavel Alpatov (caretaker)	Moved to Dynamo-2 Moscow	22 June 2023	Off-season	Marcel Lička	22 June 2023	Off-season
Orenburg	Marcel Lička	Signed by Dynamo Moscow	22 June 2023		Jiří Jarošík	22 June 2023
Akhmat Grozny	Sergei Tashuyev	Mutual consent	15 August 2023	12th	Isa Baytiyev (caretaker)	15 August 2023	12th
Akhmat Grozny	Isa Baytiyev (caretaker)	Caretaking spell over	18 August 2023	12th	Miroslav Romaschenko	18 August 2023	12th
Orenburg	Jiří Jarošík	Mutual consent	22 August 2023	16th	David Deogracia	22 August 2023	16th
Fakel Voronezh	Vadim Yevseyev	Fired	5 September 2023	15th	Sergei Tashuyev	8 September 2023	15th
Sochi	Dmitri Khokhlov	Mutual consent	17 September 2023	13th	Aleksandr Tochilin	17 September 2023	13th
	🇷🇺 Aleksandr Tochilin	Sacked	3 December 2023	16th	🇷🇺 Denis Kluyoyev	3 December 2023	16th
	🇷🇺 Denis Kluyoyev	End of interim spell	15 December 2023	16th	Robert Moreno	15 December 2023	16th
Krasnodar	Vladimir Ivić	Sacked	13 March 2024	2nd	Murad Musayev	14 March 2024
Akhmat Grozny	Miroslav Romaschenko	Resigned	4 April 2024	12th	Magomed Adiyev	5 April 2024
Spartak Moscow	Guille Abascal	Sacked	14 April 2024	6th	Vladimir Slišković (caretaker)	14 April 2024
Fakel Voronezh	Sergei Tashuyev	Resigned	26 April 2024	11th	Igor Cherevchenko	26 April 2024
Pari Nizhny Novgorod	Sergei Yuran	Resigned	28 April 2024	11th	Anton Khazov (caretaker)	28 April 2024
Pari Nizhny Novgorod	Anton Khazov (caretaker)	Caretaking spell over	4 May 2024	11th	Saša Ilić	4 May 2024
Ural Yekaterinburg	Viktor Goncharenko	Sacked	30 May 2024	Relegation play-offs	Yevgeni Averyanov (caretaker)	30 May 2024

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.

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.

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.

Season events

Issues related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine

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.

Players who suspended their contracts

• Pontus Almqvist - Rostov
• Chidera Ejuke - CSKA Moscow
• Armin Gigović - Rostov
• Dennis Hadžikadunić - Rostov
• Alex Král - Spartak Moscow
• Ivan Ordets - Dynamo Moscow
• Arnór Sigurðsson - CSKA Moscow
• Ali Sowe - Rostov

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zenit Saint Petersburg (C)	30	17	6	7	52	27	+25	57
2	Krasnodar	30	16	8	6	45	29	+16	56
3	Dynamo Moscow	30	16	8	6	53	39	+14	56
4	Lokomotiv Moscow	30	14	11	5	52	38	+14	53
5	Spartak Moscow	30	14	8	8	41	32	+9	50
6	CSKA Moscow	30	12	12	6	56	40	+16	48
7	Rostov	30	12	7	11	43	46	−3	43
8	Rubin Kazan	30	11	9	10	31	38	−7	42
9	Krylia Sovetov Samara	30	11	8	11	46	44	+2	41
10	Akhmat Grozny	30	10	5	15	33	45	−12	35
11	Fakel Voronezh	30	7	11	12	22	31	−9	32
12	Orenburg	30	7	10	13	34	41	−7	31
13	Pari Nizhny Novgorod (O)	30	8	6	16	29	51	−22	30	Qualification to relegation play-offs
14	Ural Yekaterinburg (R)	30	7	9	14	30	46	−16	30
15	Baltika Kaliningrad (R)	30	7	5	18	33	42	−9	26	Relegation to First League
16	Sochi (R)	30	5	9	16	37	48	−11	24

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. Note: if teams tied on points played an equal number of head-to-head games, head-to-head results are considered in aggregate, in a separate 'table'. If teams tied on points played a different number of head-to-head games, head-to-head criteria are considered in one-on-one pairs for each team against each other, then the teams are ordered by the number of one-on-one matchups they have advantage in.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated

Relegation play-offs

The draw to determine the hosts in each leg was held on 22 May 2024. The kick-off times were set on 26 May 2024. The referees were assigned on 28 May 2024.

First leg

29 May 2024 (2024-05-29) 17:00 (19:00 YEKT)	Ural Yekaterinburg	0–2	Akron Tolyatti	Yekaterinburg Arena Attendance: 13,511 Referee: Vasily Kazartsev
		Report	Anđelković  67' Danilin  72'

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29 May 2024 (2024-05-29) 19:15	Pari Nizhny Novgorod	1–2	Arsenal Tula	Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Attendance: 14,339 Referee: Kirill Levnikov
	Botaka  8' (o.g.)	Report	Kaynov  2' Botaka  33'

Second leg

1 June 2024 (2024-06-01) 15:00 (16:00 SAMT)	Akron Tolyatti	1–2	Ural Yekaterinburg	Kristall Stadium Attendance: 2,827 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov
	Ponce  47'	Report	Begić  74', 79'

Akron Tolyatti won 3–2 on aggregate and was promoted to the Russian Premier League, Ural Yekaterinburg was relegated to the First League.

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1 June 2024 (2024-06-01) 18:00	Arsenal Tula	0–2	Pari Nizhny Novgorod	Arsenal Stadium Attendance: 4,997 Referee: Pavel Kukuyan
		Report	Bozhenov  18' Botaka  58' (o.g.)

Pari Nizhny Novgorod won 3–2 on aggregate and retained their Russian Premier League spot, Arsenal Tula remained in the First League.

Results

Home \ Away	AKH	BAL	CSK	DYN	FAK	KRA	KRY	LOK	ORE	PNN	ROS	RUB	SOC	SPA	URA	ZEN
Akhmat Grozny	—	1–7	2–3	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	0–2	4–0	5–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–5
Baltika Kaliningrad	1–0	—	3–1	2–3	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–3	1–0	2–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	0–2
CSKA Moscow	1–2	1–0	—	2–3	4–1	1–0	2–2	4–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	2–2	3–1	0–0	2–0	1–1
Dynamo Moscow	2–0	2–0	2–1	—	0–0	1–3	4–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–4	1–0	3–2	1–2	2–1	1–0
Fakel Voronezh	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	—	0–0	0–1	1–4	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–1
Krasnodar	0–1	3–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	—	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	3–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–2
Krylia Sovetov Samara	0–2	2–1	0–2	3–3	3–0	0–0	—	3–3	1–1	1–1	5–1	2–0	2–1	4–0	3–1	1–1
Lokomotiv Moscow	2–1	3–2	3–3	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	—	0–2	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–1
Orenburg	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–2	2–1	0–2	—	3–1	1–1	3–0	3–0	0–0	0–2	3–1
Pari Nizhny Novgorod	2–0	0–0	2–6	1–4	1–1	3–4	2–0	2–3	3–1	—	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–2
Rostov	3–0	2–1	3–3	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	—	3–0	2–2	1–5	2–2	1–1
Rubin Kazan	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	3–1	—	1–1	1–4	1–1	0–3
Sochi	1–2	2–0	2–2	3–3	0–0	2–3	0–2	0–1	1–1	6–1	4–0	0–2	—	1–0	2–2	0–2
Spartak Moscow	0–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	0–2	1–0	3–0	3–2	3–2	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	—	0–0	1–3
Ural Yekaterinburg	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	1–2	2–2	3–3	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–4	3–2	—	1–4
Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	3–0	0–0	4–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2024. 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
1	Mateo Cassierra	Zenit St. Petersburg	21
2	Konstantin Tyukavin	Dynamo Moscow	15
	Jhon Córdoba	Krasnodar
4	Fyodor Chalov	CSKA Moscow	12
5	Mohamed Konaté	Akhmat Grozny	11
	Eduard Spertsyan	Krasnodar
7	Mirlind Daku	Rubin Kazan	10
8	Anton Zabolotny	CSKA Moscow	9
	Benjamín Garré	Krylia Sovetov Samara
	Yevgeni Markov	Fakel Voronezh

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Fyodor Chalov	CSKA Moscow	Akhmat Grozny	3–2 (A)	02023-07-30-30 July 2023
Alex Fernandes	Baltika Kaliningrad	Akhmat Grozny	7–1 (A)	02024-04-13-13 April 2024
Mateo Cassierra5	Zenit St. Petersburg	Akhmat Grozny	5–1 (A)	02024-05-19-19 May 2024

• ⁵ Player scored 5 goals

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Matvei Safonov	Krasnodar	11
2	Aleksandr Belenov	Fakel Voronezh	10
	Aleksandr Maksimenko	Spartak Moscow
4	Yury Dyupin	Rubin Kazan	9
	Artur Nigmatullin	Pari Nizhny Novgorod
6	Mikhail Kerzhakov	Zenit St. Petersburg	8
	Ilya Lantratov	Lokomotiv Moscow
	Giorgi Sheliya	Akhmat Grozny
9	Igor Akinfeev	CSKA Moscow	7
10	Sergei Pesyakov	Rostov	6
	Ilya Pomazun	Ural Yekaterinburg
	Nikolai Sysuyev	Orenburg

Notes

• Aleksandr Selikhov and Aleksandr Maksimenko each played a half in Spartak's 1–0 win over Dynamo Moscow on 23 September 2023.
• Giorgi Sheliya and Mikhail Oparin each played a half in Akhmat's 0–0 draw with Rostov on 9 December 2023.

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month		Manager of the Month		Goal of the Month
	Player	Club	Manager	Club	Player	Club
July/August	Benjamín Garré	Krylia Sovetov Samara	Vladimir Ivić	Krasnodar	Dmitri Skopintsev	Dynamo Moscow
September	Braian Mansilla	Orenburg	Vladimir Ivić	Krasnodar	Nikoloz Kutateladze	Pari Nizhny Novgorod
October	Eduard Spertsyan	Krasnodar	Sergei Tashuyev	Fakel Voronezh	Ilya Ishkov	Ural Yekaterinburg
November/December	Konstantin Tyukavin	Dynamo Moscow	Rashid Rakhimov	Rubin Kazan	Víctor Dávila	CSKA Moscow
March	Mohammad Mohebi	Rostov	Valery Karpin	Rostov	Matías Pérez	Orenburg
April	Konstantin Tyukavin	Dynamo Moscow	Vladimir Slišković	Spartak Moscow	Eduard Spertsyan	Krasnodar

Annual awards

Winline-Heroes of the RPL Awards

Awarded by the league.

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the Season	Konstantin Tyukavin	Dynamo Moscow
Discovery of the Season	Abbosbek Fayzullaev	CSKA Moscow
Goalkeeper of the Season	Matvei Safonov	Krasnodar
Defender of the Season	Douglas Santos	Zenit St. Petersburg
Midfielder of the Season	Eduard Spertsyan	Krasnodar
Forward of the Season	Konstantin Tyukavin	Dynamo Moscow
Manager of the Season	Marcel Lička	Dynamo Moscow
Goal of the Season	Konstantin Tyukavin	Dynamo Moscow
Assist of the Season	Fyodor Chalov	CSKA Moscow
Young Player of the Season	Nikita Saltykov	Krylia Sovetov Samara
Top Scorer of the Season	Mateo Cassierra (21 goals)	Zenit St. Petersburg
Most Assists	Maksim Glushenkov (16 assists)	Lokomotiv Moscow

External links

• Official website

2023–24 in Russian football

Domestic leagues

Premier League · First League · Second League

Domestic cups

Russian Cup (Final) · Super Cup

2022–23                                                        2024–25