2020–21 Russian Football National League

The 2020–21 Russian Football National League was the 29th season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on August 1, 2020, and end on 15 May 2021.

To FNL

 * Promoted from PFL
 * Akron
 * Dynamo Bryansk
 * Irtysh Omsk
 * Veles Moscow
 * Volgar Astrakhan
 * Alania Vladikavkaz


 * Relegated from Premier League
 * Krylia Sovetov Samara
 * Orenburg

From FNL

 * Relegated to PFL
 * Avangard Kursk


 * Demoted to lower divisions
 * Luch Vladivostok
 * Armavir


 * Unable to pay for licensing
 * Mordovia


 * Promoted to Premier League
 * Khimki
 * Rotor Volgograd