| Competition: | Russian National Football League |
| Season: | 2018–19 |
| Biggest Home Win: | Tyumen 4–1 Baltika |
| Biggest Away Win: | Zenit-2 1–4 Sochi |
| Longest Losses: | FC Zenit-2 (6 Matches) |
| Highest Attendance: | 30,611 Round 6 Rotor Volgograd Vs. Luch Energiya 12 August 2018 |
| Prevseason: | 2017–18 |
| Nextseason: | 2019–20 |
| Updated: | 30 July 2018 |
The 2018–19 Russian National Football League was the 27th season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 17 July 2018 and ended on 25 May 2019.
Winner: Fc tambov with 73 points
Promoted from PFL
Relegated from Premier League
Relegated to PFL
Promoted to Premier League
Amkar Perm and Tosno were excluded from Premier League due to financial problems, but were also refused a license for the 2018–19 Russian Professional Football League, being subsequently dissolved.
Kuban Krasnodar was excluded from championship due to financial problems, then being dissolved.
Ararat Moscow was promoted from 2017–18 PFL, but were refused a license for the 2018–19 Russian National Football League, the club being subsequently dissolved.
Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg, Rotor Volgograd, Luch Vladivostok, Tyumen and Fakel Voronezh were spared from relegation due to lack of teams enrolled for the 2018–19 season.
Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk finished on the promotion place at the end of the 2017–18 PFL season, but refused to be promoted.
Dynamo Saint Petersburg was moved from Saint Petersburg to Sochi and renamed as PFC Sochi.
Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod was renamed to FC Nizhny Novgorod.
Luch-Energiya Vladivostok was renamed to Luch Vladivostok.
| Club | City | Stadium | data-sort-type="number" | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armavir | Armavir | Yunost | 5,700 | |
| Avangard | Kursk | Trudovye Rezervy | 11,329 | |
| Baltika | Kaliningrad | Arena Baltika | 25,000 | |
| Chertanovo | Moscow | Arena Chertanovo | 500 | |
| Fakel | Voronezh | Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz | 31,793 | |
| Khimki | Khimki | Rodina | 5,083 | |
| Krasnodar-2 | Krasnodar | Krasnodar Academy | 3,500 | |
| Luch | Vladivostok | Dynamo | 10,200 | |
| Mordovia | Saransk | Mordovia Arena | 28,000 | |
| Nizhny Novgorod | Nizhny Novgorod | Nizhny Novgorod | 44,899 | |
| Rotor | Volgograd | Volgograd Arena | 45,568 | |
| Shinnik | Yaroslavl | Shinnik | 22,990 | |
| Sibir | Novosibirsk | Spartak | 12,500 | |
| SKA | Khabarovsk | Lenin | 15,200 | |
| Sochi | Sochi | Fisht Olympic | 47,659 | |
| Spartak-2 | Moscow | Spartak Academy | 4,000 | |
| Tambov | Tambov | Spartak | 8,000 | |
| Tom | Tomsk | Trud | 10,028 | |
| Tyumen | Tyumen | Geolog | 13,057 | |
| Zenit-2 | Saint Petersburg | MSA Petrovsky / Petrovsky | 2,809 / 21,405 |
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armavir |  | Sergei Miroshnichenko | Adidas | ||
| Avangard Kursk | | Mikhail Bagayev | Adidas | ||
| Baltika Kaliningrad | | Aleksandr Sheshukov | Jako | Sodruzhestvo | |
| Chertanovo Moscow | | Aleksandr Soldatenkov | Nike | Chertanovo Education Center | |
| Fakel Voronezh |  | Igor Lebedenko | Adidas | TNS Energo | |
| Khimki | | | Puma | ||
| Krasnodar-2 |  | Ivan Taranov | Puma | WAFF! | |
| Luch Vladivostok | | Maksim Nasadyuk | Nike | ||
| Mordovia Saransk | | | Nike | ||
| Nizhny Novgorod | | Jako | |||
| Rotor Volgograd | | | Jako | ||
| Shinnik Yaroslavl | | Jako | |||
| Sibir Novosibirsk | | Jako | |||
| SKA-Khabarovsk | |  Denys Dedechko | Adidas | ||
| Sochi | | Yevgeni Pesegov | Nike | ||
| Spartak-2 Moscow | | | Nike | Lukoil | |
| Tambov | |  Mladen Kašćelan | Jako | ||
| Tom Tomsk | | Sergei Zuykov | Joma | ||
| Tyumen |  | | Jako | Sibur | |
| Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg | | | Nike | Gazprom |