| Competition: | Russian First League |
| Season: | 2022–23 |
| Dates: | 16 July 2022 — 3 June 2023 |
| Winners: | Rubin Kazan |
| Promoted: | Rubin Kazan Baltika |
| Relegated: | Krasnodar-2 Volga Veles Ufa |
| Matches: | 306 |
| Total Goals: | 703 |
| League Topscorer: | Gedeon Guzina (14 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | SKA 6-0 Veles Moscow SKA-Khabarovsk 6-0 Arsenal Tula |
| Biggest Away Win: | Arsenal Tula 0–5 Baltika |
| Highest Scoring: | Rubin Kazan 5-2 Krasnodar-2 FC Alania 5-2 Krasnodar-2 Krasnodar-2 5-2 Veles Moscow |
| Longest Wins: | Rubin Kazan (7 matches) |
| Longest Unbeaten: | Baltika (30 matches) |
| Longest Winless: | Krasnodar-2 (15 matches) |
| Longest Losses: | Krasnodar-2 (6 matches) |
| Prevseason: | 2021–22 |
| Nextseason: | 2023–24 |
| Updated: | 27 May 2023 |
The 2022–23 Russian First League was the 31st season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 16 July 2022, and will have a 3 month winter break between game weeks 20 and 21 (November to March). For the first time, 18 teams will participate instead of 20 [1] On 23 June 2022, the league was renamed from Russian Football National League to Russian First League.[2]
| Club | City | Stadium | data-sort-type="number" | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akron | Tolyatti | Kristall Stadium, Zhigulyovsk | 1,565 | |
| Alania | Vladikavkaz | Republican Spartak Stadium | 32,464 | |
| Arsenal Tula | Tula | Arsenal Stadium | 19,241 | |
| Baltika | Kaliningrad | Arena Baltika | 35,212 | |
| Dynamo Makhachkala | Makhachkala | Dynamo Stadium | 15,200 | |
| KAMAZ | Naberezhnye Chelny | KAMAZ Stadium | 6,248 | |
| Rubin Kazan | Kazan | Kazan Arena | 45,379 | |
| Krasnodar-2 | Krasnodar | Krasnodar Academy | 3,500 | |
| Kuban Krasnodar | Krasnodar | Kuban Stadium | 35,200 | |
| Neftekhimik | Nizhnekamsk | Neftekhimik Stadium | 3,100 | |
| Rodina Moscow | Moscow | Spartakovets | 5,000 | |
| SKA | Khabarovsk | Lenin Stadium | 15,200 | |
| Ufa | Ufa | BetBoom Arena | 15,234 | |
| Volga Ulyanovsk | Ulyanovsk | Trud Stadium | 15,000 | |
| Veles Moscow | Moscow | Avangard Stadium, Domodedovo | 5,503 | |
| Volgar Astrakhan | Astrakhan | Central Stadium | 21,500 | |
| Shinnik Yaroslavl | Yaroslavl | Shinnik Stadium | 22,990 | |
| Yenisey | Krasnoyarsk | Central Stadium | 15,000 |
