After the 2021–22 season, Arsenal Tula, Rubin Kazan and Ufa were all relegated to the 2022–23 Russian Football National League.
The second half of the season began the weekend of 4–5 March with the final round of matches scheduled for 3 June 2023.
[45] Rubin Kazan and Baltika Kaliningrad, which secured the top two First League spots at that time, were licensed for the RPL and will receive a direct promotion.
Out of the teams that could potentially finish in a Top 6 First League spot at that time (with two games remaining in the season), 3rd-placed Alania, Volgar, Arsenal Tula and SKA-Khabarovsk were all denied the RPL license, those clubs could appeal that decision.
If the excluded team plays fewer than 15 games at the time of exclusion, all its results would be annulled and will not count for the standings.
If the excluded team plays at least 15 games at the time of exclusion, all their remaining opponents are awarded a victory, without effect on their goal difference.
The ID is a QR code issued after an application online and a visit to a government office to confirm identity.
[57] In June 2022, Communist Party of the Russian Federation introduced a draft of a new law to reverse the introduction of Fan ID.
[58] Ultras for most Premier League clubs (with the exception of FC Akhmat Grozny) boycotted the games in protest against Fan ID, considering it a privacy and rights violation.
According to league's president Aleksandr Alayev, 315,000 people were issued Fan ID by late November.
[64] In mid-March, the application procedure was adjusted so that it can be fully completed online, and a personal visit to the government office is no longer necessary (the identity is confirmed by scanning your biometric passport by a NFC-supporting smartphone).
Soslan Dzhanayev was sent off in the 25th minute of Sochi's 2–0 victory over Dynamo Moscow on 1 April 2023, with Denis Adamov playing the rest of the game.
Yegor Baburin played in a 1–1 draw against Pari NN that was awarded to Torpedo on technicality after the fact with the score of 3–0, that game does not count for his clean sheets total.