The Football National League (FNL) is the second most important league in Russian football after RPL. The tournament has changed format several times. Today, 20 teams take part in it, which play with each other according to the two-round system "autumn - spring".

Two the best clubs directly go to the Premier League, two more teams that took 3rd and 4th place play transitional matches with clubs that took 13th and 14th place in the RPL. The last five teams are relegated to the PFL.

Features of betting on FNL

Speaking about the features of betting on the FNL, first of all, it is worth noting the specifics of the tournament. Several points can be made here.

long distance flights

Teams from different parts of the country play in the FNL, and in pre-match analysis it is always necessary to take into account such a factor as the distance between the cities that the clubs represent. After long-haul flights and changing time zones, it takes time to acclimatize, and far from always the away team manages to get into the right tone for the match.

Low performance

One of the most common outcomes in FNL games is 1:0 or 0:1. This score falls on average in every fourth match of the season. Low scoring, rather frequent boring matches and weak attacking play of most teams are the main reasons why Russian fans began to sarcastically call the FNL " the best league in the world".

"Weird" Matches

O fixed matches in the lower football leagues in Russia, many guess. Evidence of such matches has been cited more than once, but Russian football functionaries categorically deny the existence of such games.

Unpredictable and strange matches include games in another category: not all representatives of the FNL are able to financially pull the level of the Premier League, therefore, at the end of the championship, the team, being at the top standings, begin to "give" matches to rivals, just not to get into the RPL.

In the second round of the championship, those who are used to betting on favorites should be especially careful: it is necessary to thoroughly study latest news from the camp of teams and analyze the quotes of bookmakers.

How to choose a bet on FNL

The FNL is a unique tournament that has its own specifics and unique originality. You can bet on the championship matches of the Football National League at any time.

All the necessary information about the tournament for betting is presented on the page above. On it you can see the schedule and results of matches, as well as learn about the best odds for FNL games. On the page of each meeting, you can find the latest news about the teams and statistics of their previous performances. Also, all visitors to our site have access to free FNL predictions from Legalbet experts and cappers.

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Decisive for many clubs was the final round of the championship, matches which took place on Saturday.

9:41 13.05.2018

Football club Orenburg became the champion of the Football National League (FNL), four more teams dropped out of the Professional League at the end of the season football league(PFL). Decisive for many clubs was the final round of the championship, matches which took place on Saturday.

Final standings of the FNL championship 2017/18

Main intrigue final round championship of the FNL was formed at the bottom of the standings. Six teams fought for the preservation of a place in the first division at once: Moscow Spartak-2, Tomsk Tomsk, St. Petersburg Zenit-2, Rotor-Volgograd, Vladivostok Luch-Energia and Tyumen.

According to the regulations, according to the results of the FNL championship, five clubs are relegated from the league, and next season they play in the PFL. However, earlier the Russian Football Union (RFU) reported that not a single club in the East PFL zone had applied for licensing the FNL, so only four teams would drop from the first to the second division.

As a result, the Voronezh "Torch", "Tyumen", "Luch-Energia" and "Rotor-Volgograd" leave the first division. Zenit-2, which took 16th place, retained its registration in the league thanks to the teams of the East zone of the PFL. "Tom" played a draw with the "Kuban" and remained in the FNL, finishing 15th. In the 80th minute of the match with Sibir, after a goal by Zelimkhan Bakaev, Spartak-2 (2:1) escaped from relegation, rising to 14th place.

The head coach of “Spartak-2” at a press conference said that his wards more successfully prevented the poor implementation of moments.

“We knew that only victory would leave us in the FNL, we tuned in, prepared, the guys were aware of everything. The difficulty of the situation lasts throughout the spring, but the players showed best qualities for which we thank them. I don’t know how many rods and crossbars there were, but the ball didn’t want to go into the goal, the implementation is letting us down,” he said.

"Orenburg" and "Wings of the Soviets" entered the Premier League directly

Among the teams directly entering the Russian Football Premier League (RFPL) before the final round of the FNL championship, their own intrigue has been preserved. At the top of the standings, the question was decided who would become the league champion.

Occupying the first and second places, respectively, "Orenburg" and "Wings of the Soviets" lost points in their matches. The Orenburg team played a draw with "Tambov" (1:1), and the Samara club lost to "Luch-Energy" (0:2). Thus, in the FNL championship of the 2017/18 season, the victory was won by Orenburg (84 points), which for the second time in its history entered the Premier League from the first place. Samara "Wings of the Soviets" (82 points) moved up from the second line to the top league.

Before the final round of the championship, the question of who gets into the zone has already been resolved. play-offs: Krasnoyarsk "Yenisei" took third place in the FNL, and "Tambov" - fourth. Their rivals, who will take 13th and 14th places in the Premier League, will be determined on Sunday.

Enisey will face either Anji Makhachkala or Tosno from the Leningrad Region, which currently occupy 14th and 15th places in the RFPL, respectively. Candidates for 13th place in major league much more: Permian “Amkar”, “Rostov”, Kazan “Rubin”, Moscow “Dynamo” or Ekaterinburg “Ural” can become the opponent of “Tambov”.

The best championship in the last 7 years

After the final round of the FNL, the president of the league, in an interview with TASS, summed up the results of the season. In his opinion, every year the interest in the championship of the FNL is growing. "This championship was probably the most interesting in the last seven years. This season, test matches have shown people's interest in games, and I hope this trend will continue," he said.

Despite the end of the FNL season, the list of clubs that left the league is not yet final. If one of the winning teams in their PFL zone fails to pass the FNL licensing, then the club that occupies the highest line among the eliminated will remain in its place in the first league. Now Rotor-Volgograd, which took 17th place, has the greatest chances to maintain a residence permit in the FNL. Behind him, "Luch-Energy", "Tyumen" and "Torch" were successively located.

"The 16th place definitely does not fly out and remains in the league. For the rest, let's wait for licensing. According to the regulations, four teams from the FNL fly out, but in fact we will wait for the information from the licensing commission and on May 15 it will be possible to give some comments," Efremov emphasized.

The meeting of the FNL club licensing commission will be held in the RFU on Monday. All the leaders of their PFL zones, except for the East, submitted documents for this procedure: Chertanovo (West zone), Ararat (Centre zone), Mordovia (Ural-Volga zone) and " Afips" with "Armavir" (zone "South").

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