2016–17 Russian Professional Football League

Russian Professional Football League

Season	2016–17
Promoted	Avangard Kursk Dynamo St. Petersburg Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod Rotor Volgograd
Relegated	Dynamo Kirov Irtysh Omsk Kuban-2 Krasnodar Oryol Volga Tver
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Professional Football League was the third highest division in Russian football. The Professional Football League is geographically divided into 5 zones. The winners of each zone are automatically promoted into the National Football League. The bottom finishers of each zone lose professional status and are relegated into the Amateur Football League.

West

Teams and stadia

CRFSO Smolensk

Dynamo St Petersburg

Moscow

Kolomna

Pskov-747

Spartak Kostroma

Tekstilshchik

Vladimir

Volga Tver

Moscow teams:
Dolgoprudny
Domodedovo
Dynamo-2
Solyaris
Strogino
Znamya

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Locations of teams in the 2016–17 Russian Professional Football League (West)

#	Team	Head coach	Stadium	Capacity	Ref
1	CRFSO Smolensk	Vladimir Silovanov, Sergei Gunko	SGAFKST, Smolensk	2,000
2	Dynamo St Petersburg	Aleksandr Tochilin	MSA Petrovsky, Saint Petersburg	2,835
3	Dolgoprudny	Andrei Meshchaninov	Salyut, Dolgoprudny	5,750
4	Domodedovo	Artyom Gorlov	Avangard, Domodedovo	6,000
5	Dynamo-2 Moscow	Sergei Chikishev	Arena Khimki, Khimki	18,636
6	Kolomna	Aleksandr Bodrov	Avangard, Kolomna	8,000
7	Pskov-747	Igor Vasilyev	Lokomotiv, Pskov	3,010
8	Solyaris	Vladimir Maminov	Spartakovets, Moscow	5,100
9	Strogino	Vladimir Shcherbak	Yantar, Moscow	2,000
10	Spartak Kostroma	Aleksandr Gushchin	Urozhai, Kostroma	3,000
11	Tekstilshchik Ivanovo	Sergei Petrov	Tekstilshchik, Ivanovo	9,565
12	Torpedo-Vladimir	Aleksandr Akimov	Torpedo, Vladimir	18,000
13	Volga Tver	Vladimir Antipov	Khimik, Tver	8,331
14	Znamya Truda	Sergei Bondar	Torpedo, Orekhovo-Zuyevo	1,500

Rules

• Format: for the 2016-17 season, the Russian Professional Football League West consists of 14 teams, each team plays the others twice on a home and away basis for a total of 26 games each, over 26 game weeks.

• Points scored: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss.

• Rules for classification: 1. Points won; 2. Games won; 3. Points in head-to-head matches; 4. Games won in head-to-head matches; 5. Goal difference in head-to-head matches; 6. Goals scored in head-to-head matches; 7. Away goals in head-to-head matches; 8. Total goal difference; 9. Total goals scored; 10. Total away goals scored.

• Relegation to the Professional Football League from the Football National League: 0-5 teams

• Promotion from the Professional Football League to the Football National League: 1 team (Champion)

• Relegation from the Professional Football League to the Amateur Football League: 1 team (last place)

• Promotion to the Professional Football League from the Amateur Football League: no set number of teams to be promoted

• Promotion and relegation of club second teams:

1. Second teams (Dynamo-2 Moscow) cannot be promoted.
2. If any of them finishes in a promotion spot, then the next best team in the final table is promoted in their place.
3. Second teams are to be relegated regardless of their league position if their first team gets relegated to the Professional Football League.
4. In such case and if the II team is above the relegation zone, the best placed team in the relegation zone keeps its place in Professional Football League instead.

Source:

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Dynamo St. Petersburg (C, P)	26	20	4	2	63	19	+44	64	Promotion to Russian National Football League
2	Dolgoprudny	26	16	8	2	53	20	+33	56
3	Tekstilshchik Ivanovo	26	15	7	4	49	23	+26	52
4	Dynamo-2 Moscow	26	13	4	9	38	25	+13	43
5	Spartak Kostroma	26	11	10	5	39	22	+17	43
6	Solyaris Moscow (R)	26	10	7	9	50	40	+10	37	Relegation to Amateur Football League
7	Torpedo Vladimir	26	9	8	9	30	31	−1	35
8	Domodedovo Moscow (R)	26	9	6	11	21	32	−11	33	Relegation to Amateur Football League
9	CRFSO Smolensk	26	6	11	9	35	37	−2	29
10	Pskov-747 Pskov	26	6	10	10	18	31	−13	28
11	Strogino Moscow	26	5	8	13	18	42	−24	23
12	Kolomna	26	4	9	13	19	43	−24	21
13	Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo	26	4	4	18	15	47	−32	16
14	Volga Tver (R)	26	4	4	18	14	50	−36	16	Relegation to Amateur Football League

Source:
Rules for classification: 1. points won; 2. games won; 3. points in head-to-head matches; 4. games won in head-to-head matches; 5. goal difference in head-to-head matches; 6. goals scored in head-to-head matches; 7. away goals in head-to-head matches; 8. total goal difference; 9. total goals scored; 10. total away goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

As of 4 June 2017

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Maksim Barsov	Solyaris	15
	Mikhail Markosov	Dynamo St Petersburg
3	Artyom Kulishev	Dynamo St Petersburg	12
4	Nikolay Obolsky	Dynamo-2 Moscow	10
	Aleksey Rogov	Dolgoprudny
	Maksim Rogov	Dynamo St Petersburg

Center

Teams and stadia

Arsenal-2

Avangard Kursk

Chertanovo

Dynamo-Bryansk

Energomash Belgorod

Kaluga

Metallurg Lipetsk

Oryol

Ryazan

Saturn Ramenskoye

Torpedo Moscow

Vityaz Podolsk

Zenit Penza

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Locations of teams in the 2016–17 Russian Professional Football League (Center)

#	Team	Head coach	Stadium	Capacity	Ref
1	Arsenal-2 Tula	Yuri Cheryevskiy	DYuSSh Arsenal, Tula	1,500
2	Avangard Kursk	Igor Belyaev	Trudovye Rezervy, Kursk	11,329
3	Chertanovo	Igor Osinkin	Yantar, Moscow	2,000
4	Dynamo-Bryansk	Yuri Bykov	Dynamo, Bryansk	10,100
5	Energomash	Viktor Navochenko	Energomash, Belgorod	11,456
6	Kaluga	Vitaly Safronov	Annenki, Kaluga	3,643
7	Metallurg Lipetsk	Sergei Mashnin	Metallurg, Lipetsk	14,578
8	Oryol	Anatoli Shelest	Tsentralny, Oryol	14,600
9	Ryazan	Garnik Avalyan	Olimpiets, Ryazan	5,880
10	Saturn Ramenskoye	Dmitri Seryozhkin	Saturn, Ramenskoye	14,685
11	Torpedo Moscow	Viktor Bulatov	Spartak Academy, Moscow	2,700
12	Vityaz Podolsk	Andrei Romanov Sergei Polstyanov	Trud, Podolsk	11,887
13	Zenit Penza	Mikhail Solovyov	Pervomaisky, Penza	5,100

Rules

• Format: for the 2016-17 season, the Russian Professional Football League West consists of 13 teams, each team plays the others twice on a home and away basis for a total of 24 games each, over 26 game weeks.

• Points scored: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss.

• Rules for classification: 1. Points won; 2. Games won; 3. Points in head-to-head matches; 4. Games won in head-to-head matches; 5. Goal difference in head-to-head matches; 6. Goals scored in head-to-head matches; 7. Away goals in head-to-head matches; 8. Total goal difference; 9. Total goals scored; 10. Total away goals scored.

• Relegation to the Professional Football League from the Football National League: 0-5 teams

• Promotion from the Professional Football League to the Football National League: 1 team (Champion)

• Relegation from the Professional Football League to the Amateur Football League: 1 team (last place)

• Promotion to the Professional Football League from the Amateur Football League: no set number of teams to be promoted

• Promotion and relegation of club second teams:

1. Second teams (Arsenal-2 Tula) cannot be promoted.
2. If any of them finishes in a promotion spot, then the next best team in the final table is promoted in their place.
3. Second teams are to be relegated regardless of their league position if their first team gets relegated to the Professional Football League.
4. In such case and if the II team is above the relegation zone, the best placed team in the relegation zone keeps its place in Professional Football League instead.

Source:

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Avangard Kursk (C, P)	24	13	6	5	28	16	+12	45	Promotion to Russian National Football League
2	Saturn Ramenskoye	24	11	9	4	32	20	+12	42
3	Torpedo Moscow	24	11	9	4	36	19	+17	42
4	Energomash Belgorod	24	12	5	7	47	24	+23	41
5	Vityaz Podolsk (R)	24	12	4	8	43	35	+8	40	Relegation to Amateur Football League
6	Chertanovo Moscow	24	9	7	8	36	33	+3	34
7	Metallurg Lipetsk	24	8	7	9	27	29	−2	31
8	Ryazan	24	7	10	7	29	25	+4	31
9	Dynamo Bryansk	24	8	6	10	22	19	+3	30
10	Kaluga	24	8	6	10	25	28	−3	30
11	Zenit Penza	24	7	6	11	31	43	−12	27
12	Arsenal-2 Tula (R)	24	4	5	15	24	52	−28	17	Relegation to Amateur Football League
13	Oryol (R)	24	3	6	15	13	50	−37	15

Source:
Rules for classification: 1. points won; 2. games won; 3. points in head-to-head matches; 4. games won in head-to-head matches; 5. goal difference in head-to-head matches; 6. goals scored in head-to-head matches; 7. away goals in head-to-head matches; 8. total goal difference; 9. total goals scored; 10. total away goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

As of 28 May 2017

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Nikolai Prudnikov	Chertanovo Moscow	12
2	Aleksandr Podymov	Vityaz Podolsk	9
3	Mikhail Markin	Zenit Penza	8
	Dmitri Samoilov	Energomash Belgorod
	Viktor Sergeyev	Energomash Belgorod
	Aleksandr Yuryev	Vityaz Podolsk

South

Teams and stadia

Afips

Angusht

Armavir

Biolog

Chayka

Chernomorets

Druzhba Maykop

Dynamo Stavropol

Krasnodar

Legion-Dynamo

Mashuk-KMV

Rotor Volgograd

SKA Rostov-on-Don

Sochi

Spartak Vladikavkaz

Krasnodar teams:
Krasnodar-2
Kuban-2

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Locations of teams in the 2016–17 Russian Professional Football League (South)

#	Team	Head coach	Stadium	Capacity	Ref
1	Afips	Dmitry Petrenko	Andrei-Arena, Afipsky	3,000
2	Angusht Nazran	Valeri Zazdravnykh	Rashid Aushev, Nazran	3,000
3	Armavir	Arsen Papikyan	Yunost, Armavir	5,000
4	Biolog-Novokubansk	Leonid Nazarenko	Biolog, Progress	2,300
5	Chayka Peschanokopskoye	Albert Borzenkov	I.P. Chayka, Peschanokopskoye	1,915
6	Chernomorets Novorossiysk	Eduard Sarkisov	Tsentralny, Novorossiysk	12,500
7	Druzhba Maykop	Aleksandr Deriberin	Respublikansky, Maykop	16,000
8	Dynamo Stavropol	Andrei Mulikov	Dynamo, Stavropol	16,000
9	Krasnodar-2	Dmitry Kudinov	Krasnodar Academy, Krasnodar	1,500
10	Kuban-2 Krasnodar	Andriy Yudin Yevgeny Kaleshin	Trud, Krasnodar	31,798
11	Legion-Dynamo Makhachkala	Muslim Daliyev	Dinamo, Makhachkala	12,100
12	Mashuk-KMV	Zurab Sanaya	Tsentralny, Pyatigorsk	10,365
13	Rotor Volgograd	Lev Ivanov	Zenit, Volgograd	3,470
14	SKA Rostov-on-Don	Mikhail Kupriyanov	Lokomotiv, Rostov-on-Don	3,000
15	Sochi	Khazret Dyshekov Gennady Bondaruk	Sochi Central, Sochi	10,200
16	Spartak Vladikavkaz	Marat Dzoblayev	Spartak, Vladikavkaz	30,901

Rules

• Format: for the 2016-17 season, the Russian Professional Football League South consists of 16 teams, each team plays the others twice on a home and away basis for a total of 30 games each, over 30 game weeks.

• Points scored: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss.

• Rules for classification: 1. Points won; 2. Games won; 3. Points in head-to-head matches; 4. Games won in head-to-head matches; 5. Goal difference in head-to-head matches; 6. Goals scored in head-to-head matches; 7. Away goals in head-to-head matches; 8. Total goal difference; 9. Total goals scored; 10. Total away goals scored.

• Relegation to the Professional Football League from the Football National League: 0-5 teams

• Promotion from the Professional Football League to the Football National League: 1 team (Champion)

• Relegation from the Professional Football League to the Amateur Football League: 1 team (last place)

• Promotion to the Professional Football League from the Amateur Football League: no set number of teams to be promoted

• Promotion and relegation of club second teams:

1. Second teams (Krasnodar-2 and Kuban-2) cannot be promoted.
2. If any of them finishes in a promotion spot, then the next best team in the final table is promoted in their place.
3. Second teams are to be relegated regardless of their league position if their first team gets relegated to the Professional Football League.
4. In such case and if the II team is above the relegation zone, the best placed team in the relegation zone keeps its place in Professional Football League instead.

Source:

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Rotor Volgograd (C, P)	30	21	4	5	66	24	+42	67	Promotion to Russian National Football League
2	Afips Afipsky	30	19	5	6	42	24	+18	62
3	Armavir	30	18	8	4	44	18	+26	62
4	Chayka Peschanokopskoye	30	14	10	6	44	25	+19	52
5	Chernomorets Novorossiysk	30	15	5	10	37	21	+16	50
6	Krasnodar-2	30	15	5	10	47	28	+19	50
7	Sochi	30	13	9	8	44	32	+12	48
8	SKA Rostov-on-Don	30	10	10	10	31	33	−2	40
9	Druzhba Maykop	30	11	5	14	36	45	−9	38
10	Spartak Vladikavkaz	30	10	7	13	26	36	−10	37
11	Biolog-Novokubansk	30	10	4	16	26	44	−18	34
12	Dynamo Stavropol	30	8	5	17	23	42	−19	29
13	Angusht Nazran	30	6	9	15	18	32	−14	27
14	Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk	30	7	5	18	30	54	−24	26
15	Legion-Dynamo Makhachkala	30	6	6	18	22	52	−30	24
16	Kuban-2 Krasnodar	30	6	5	19	22	48	−26	23

Source:
Rules for classification: 1. points won; 2. games won; 3. points in head-to-head matches; 4. games won in head-to-head matches; 5. goal difference in head-to-head matches; 6. goals scored in head-to-head matches; 7. away goals in head-to-head matches; 8. total goal difference; 9. total goals scored; 10. total away goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Top scorers

As of 4 June 2017

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Alexei Zhdanov	Rotor Volgograd	23
2	Marat Safin	Sochi	16
3	Artur Grigoryan	Chernomorets	10
	Sergei Sechin	Rotor Volgograd
5	Sergei Miroshnichenko	Armavir	9
	Maxim Obozny	Chayka

Ural-Povolzhye

Teams and stadia

Chelyabinsk

Dinamo

KAMAZ

Nosta

Volga Region

Zenit

Volga Region teams:
Lada-Togliatti
Olimpiyets
Syzran-2003
Volga

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Locations of teams in the 2016–17 Russian Professional Football League (Center)

#	Team	Head coach	Stadium	Capacity	Ref
1	Chelyabinsk	Ruslan Uzakov	Central Stadium, Chelyabinsk	14,400
2	Dynamo Kirov	Konstantin Olenev	Russia Stadium, Kirov	3,000
3	KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny	Vladimir Klontsak	KAMAZ Stadium, Naberezhnye Chelny	6,200
4	Lada-Togliatti	Rustem Khuzin	Torpedo, Tolyatti	16,311
5	Nosta Novotroitsk	Mikhail Belov	Metallurg, Novotroitsk	6,000
6	Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod	Nikolai Pisarev	Lokomotiv, Nizhny Novgorod	17,800
7	Syzran-2003	Dmitri Voyetskiy	Kristall, Syzran	2,070
8	Volga Ulyanovsk	Sergei Sedyshev	Start, Ulyanovsk	4,320
9	Zenit-Izhevsk	Igor Menshchikov	Central Stadium, Izhevsk	18,000

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod (C, P)	24	17	4	3	47	17	+30	55	Promotion to Russian National Football League
2	Zenit-Izhevsk	24	15	6	3	47	18	+29	51
3	Chelyabinsk	24	12	3	9	37	21	+16	39
4	Syzran-2003	24	10	5	9	21	21	0	35
5	Nosta Novotroitsk	24	10	3	11	31	39	−8	33
6	Volga Ulyanovsk	24	8	7	9	23	25	−2	31
7	KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny	24	8	5	11	23	25	−2	29
8	Lada-Togliatti	24	5	6	13	15	41	−26	21
9	Dynamo Kirov (R)	24	2	3	19	15	52	−37	9	Relegation to Amateur Football League

Source:
Rules for classification: 1. points won; 2. games won; 3. points in head-to-head matches; 4. games won in head-to-head matches; 5. goal difference in head-to-head matches; 6. goals scored in head-to-head matches; 7. away goals in head-to-head matches; 8. total goal difference; 9. total goals scored; 10. total away goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

As of 4 June 2017

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Igor Gorbunov	Olimpiyets	10
	Marat Shaymordanov	Chelyabinsk
3	Viktor Karpukhin	Nosta	9
4	Igor Belyakov	Olimpiyets	7
	Aleksei Sazonov	Chelyabinsk
	Pavel Shadrin	Zenit-Izhevsk
	Vladimir Yatsuk	Zenit-Izhevsk

East

Teams and stadia

Chita

Dynamo-Barnaul

Irtysh Omsk

Sakhalin

Smena

Zenit Irkutsk

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Locations of teams in the 2016–17 Russian Professional Football League (East)

Team	Head coach	Captain	Stadium	Capacity
Chita	Ilya Makienko	Artyom Drobyshev	Lokomotiv, Chita	10,200
Dynamo-Barnaul	Oleg Yakovlev	Bogdan Karyukin	Dynamo, Barnaul	15,000
Irtysh Omsk	Sergei Boyko	Anton Bagayev	Krasnaya Zvezda, Omsk	4,655
Sakhalin	Aleksandr Alfyorov	Murtazi Alakhverdov	Spartak, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	4,200
Smena	Mikhail Semyonov	Soslan Takazov	Metallurg, Komsomolsk-na-Amure	3,000
Zenit Irkutsk	Sergei Shishkin		Tuymaada, Yakutsk	12,500

Rules

• Format: for the 2016-17 season, the Russian Professional Football League East consists of 6 teams, each team plays the others 4 times on a 2 at home and 2 away basis for a total of 20 games each, over 20 game weeks.

• Points scored: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss.

• Rules for classification: 1. Points won; 2. Games won; 3. Points in head-to-head matches; 4. Games won in head-to-head matches; 5. Goal difference in head-to-head matches; 6. Goals scored in head-to-head matches; 7. Away goals in head-to-head matches; 8. Total goal difference; 9. Total goals scored; 10. Total away goals scored.

• Relegation to the Professional Football League from the Football National League: 0-5 teams

• Promotion from the Professional Football League to the Football National League: 1 team (Champion)

• Relegation from the Professional Football League to the Amateur Football League: 1 team (last place)

• Promotion to the Professional Football League from the Amateur Football League: no set number of teams to be promoted

Source:

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chita (C)	20	15	1	4	36	14	+22	46	Refused promotion to Russian National Football League
2	Dynamo Barnaul	20	12	2	6	28	26	+2	38
3	Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	20	8	6	6	30	21	+9	30
4	Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure	20	7	4	9	25	26	−1	25
5	Zenit Irkutsk	20	4	4	12	20	34	−14	16
6	Irtysh Omsk	20	4	3	13	18	36	−18	15

Source:
Rules for classification: 1. points won; 2. games won; 3. points in head-to-head matches; 4. games won in head-to-head matches; 5. goal difference in head-to-head matches; 6. goals scored in head-to-head matches; 7. away goals in head-to-head matches; 8. total goal difference; 9. total goals scored; 10. total away goals scored.
(C) Champions

Top scorers

As of 4 June 2017

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Sergei Narylkov	Chita	9
2	Vladimir Zavyalov	Dynamo Barnaul	8
3	Ibragim Bazayev	Smena	7
	Almaz Fatikhov	Chita
5	Vadim Larionov	Irtysh Omsk	6
	Viktor Lipin	Dynamo Barnaul
	Roman Tuzovskiy	Dynamo Barnaul