2021–22 Russian First Division

The 2021–22 Russian Football National League was the 30th season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 10 July 2021, and had a 3 month winter break between game weeks 25 and 26 (December to March).

To FNL

 * Promoted from PFL
 * Kuban Krasnodar
 * Olimp-Dolgoprudny
 * Metallurg Lipetsk
 * KAMAZ


 * Relegated from Premier League
 * Rotor Volgograd

From FNL

 * Relegated to PFL
 * Irtysh Omsk
 * Dynamo Bryansk
 * Chertanovo Moscow
 * Shinnik Yaroslavl


 * Demoted to lower divisions
 * Chayka Peschanokopskoye


 * Promoted to Premier League
 * Krylia Sovetov
 * Nizhny Novgorod