The 2023–24 Russian Premier League (known as the Mir Russian Premier League, also written as Mir Russian Premier Liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 32nd season of the premier football competition in Russia since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the 22nd 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	Fakel Krasnodar Ural Orenburg Rostov Akhmat Zenit CSKA Dynamo Lokomotiv Spartak Krylia Sovetov Pari Nizhny Novgorod Sochi Rubin Baltika class=notpageimage| Locations of teams in the 2023–24 Russian Premier League Dynamo Lokomotiv Spartak CSKA class=notpageimage| Locations of teams in the 2023–24 Russian Premier League in Moscow		Krylia Sovetov Samara
Lukoil 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	Magomed Adiyev	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	Igor Cherevchenko	Irakli Kvekveskiri	Kelme	EkoNiva
Krasnodar	Krasnodar	Murad Musayev	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	Saša Ilić	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	Robert Moreno	Vanja Drkušić	Puma	Liga Stavok
Spartak	Moscow	Vladimir Slišković (caretaker)	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	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Dynamo Moscow	Pavel Alpatov (caretaker)	Moved to Dynamo-2 Moscow	22 June 2023[2]	Pre-season	Marcel Lička	22 June 2023[2]
Orenburg	Marcel Lička	Signed by Dynamo Moscow	22 June 2023[2]		Jiří Jarošík	22 June 2023[3]
Akhmat Grozny	Sergei Tashuyev	Mutual consent	15 August 2023	12th	Isa Baytiyev (caretaker)	15 August 2023[4]
Akhmat Grozny	Isa Baytiyev (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	18 August 2023	12th	Miroslav Romaschenko	18 August 2023[5]
Orenburg	Jiří Jarošík	Mutual consent	22 August 2023	16th	David Deogracia	22 August 2023[6]
Fakel Voronezh	Vadim Yevseyev	Sacked	5 September 2023[7]	15th	Sergei Tashuyev	8 September 2023[8]
Sochi	Dmitri Khokhlov	Mutual consent	17 September 2023[9]	13th	Aleksandr Tochilin	17 September 2023
Sochi	Aleksandr Tochilin	Sacked	3 December 2023[10]	16th	Denis Klyuyev (caretaker)	3 December 2023
Sochi	Denis Klyuyev (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	15 December 2023[11]	16th	Robert Moreno	15 December 2023
Krasnodar	Vladimir Ivić	Sacked	13 March 2024[12]	2nd	Murad Musayev	14 March 2024[13]
Akhmat Grozny	Miroslav Romaschenko	Resigned	4 April 2024[14]	12th	Magomed Adiyev	5 April 2024[15]
Spartak Moscow	Guille Abascal	Sacked	14 April 2024[16]	6th	Vladimir Slišković (caretaker)	14 April 2024
Fakel Voronezh	Sergei Tashuyev	Resigned	26 April 2024[17]	11th	Igor Cherevchenko	26 April 2024[18]
Pari Nizhny Novgorod	Sergei Yuran	Resigned	28 April 2024[19]	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[20]

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, for a total of 240 matches with each team playing 30.

The season started on 21 July. The last games before the winter break were played on 10 December; the spring part of the season began on 1 March and the last games will be played on 25 May.^[21]

Promotion and relegation

For the purpose of determining First League positions for the following season, the teams that do 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 failed licensing, the team that finished 2nd would be considered the 1st-placed team, the team that finished 5th will be considered the 2nd-placed team, and the team that finished 6th will be considered the 3rd-placed team. There would 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 two 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 the 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.^[22]

Russian Football Union announced their initial 2024–25 licensing decision on 17 May 2024, with two games left to play in the Premier League and the First League. All the 2023–24 Premier League teams, and four out of the top 5 First League teams (Khimki, Dynamo Makhachkala, Akron Tolyatti and Rodina Moscow) were issued the license. 4th-placed First League club Arsenal Tula was denied the license. Shinnik Yaroslavl, which could finish in the Top 5 First League position, did not apply for the license. The final decision would be released on 23 May 2024, Arsenal could file an appeal for the denial before then.^[23]

On 20 May 2024, Dynamo Makhachkala and Khimki secured the top two spots in the First League and the direct promotion.^[24]

On 22 May 2024, Russian Football Union held a draw which determined that the first leg of the relegation play-offs will be hosted by the RPL teams. The games will be played on 29 May 2024 and 1 June 2024. In case Baltika Kaliningrad qualified for the play-offs, the games in Baltika's match-up would be played on 6 June 2024 and 9 June 2024, as Baltika qualified for the 2023–24 Russian Cup superfinal, to be played on 2 June 2024.^[25]

On 23 May 2024, RFU announced that Arsenal's appeal was successful and they will be issued a conditional RPL license and participate in the play-offs.^[26] Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=2023–24_Russian_Premier_League
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