# 2015–16 Russian Professional Football League

The 2015–16 Professional Football League is 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 stadiums

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Stadium | Capacity |
| Dnepr Smolensk | Vladimir Silovanov | Sergei Davydov | SGAFKST, Smolensk | 2,000 |
| Dolgoprudny | Andrei Meshchaninov | | Salyut, Dolgoprudny | 5,750 |
| Domodedovo | Artyom Gorlov | | Avangard, Domodedovo | 6,000 |
| Dinamo St. Petersburg | Aleksandr Tochilin | Evgeny Pesegov | MSA Petrovsky, Saint Petersburg | 2,835 |
| Kareliya | Denis Zubko | | Spartak, Petrozavodsk | 14,545 |
| Khimki | Vadim Khafizov | | Rodina, Khimki | 5,080 |
| Kolomna | Vladimir Bondarenko | Aleksei Voronkov | Avangard, Kolomna | 8,000 |
| Pskov-747 | Igor Vasilyev | Igor Surin | Lokomotiv, Pskov | 3,010 |
| Solyaris | Sergei Shustikov | Vyacheslav Danilin | Spartakovets, Moscow | 5,100 |
| Strogino | Vladimir Shcherbak | Danila Polyakov | Yantar, Moscow | 2,000 |
| Spartak Kostroma | Galimdzhan Khairulin | Mikhail Solovei | Urozhai, Kostroma | 3,000 |
| Tekstilshchik Ivanovo | Ravil Sabitov | Andrei Romanov | Tekstilshchik, Ivanovo | 9,565 |
| Torpedo-Vladimir | Evgeny Durnev | Ivan Karatygin | Torpedo, Vladimir | 18,000 |
| Volga Tver | Emin Ağayev | Sergei Korovushkin | Khimik, Tver | 8,331 |
| Znamya Truda | Sergei Bondar | Mikhail Sorokin | Torpedo, Orekhovo-Zuyevo | 1,500 |

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Khimki (P) | 28 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 53 | 14 | +39 | 69 | Promotion to Russian National Football League |
| 2 | Dolgoprudny | 28 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 49 | 30 | +19 | 55 | |
| 3 | Solyaris Moscow | 28 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 50 | 24 | +26 | 55 | |
| 4 | Tekstilshchik Ivanovo | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 49 | 23 | +26 | 53 | |
| 5 | Torpedo Vladimir | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 37 | 24 | +13 | 51 | |
| 6 | Spartak Kostroma | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 42 | 33 | +9 | 47 | |
| 7 | Dynamo St. Petersburg | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 44 | 31 | +13 | 47 | |
| 8 | Pskov-747 Pskov | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 38 | |
| 9 | Strogino Moscow | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 33 | |
| 10 | CRFSO Smolensk | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 32 | −6 | 31 | |
| 11 | Volga Tver | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 28 | |
| 12 | Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo | 28 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 28 | 54 | −26 | 25 | |
| 13 | Domodedovo Moscow | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 30 | 52 | −22 | 22 | |
| 14 | Kareliya (R) | 28 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 26 | 58 | −32 | 20 | Relegation to Amateur Football League |
| 15 | Kolomna | 28 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 65 | −45 | 10 | |
* ↑ Kareliya didn't receive the license for the next season due to lack of financing.

### Top scorers

    As of 31 May 2016
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Mikhail Markosov | Solyaris | 14 |
| 2 | Aleksandr Alekseyev | Pskov-747 | 13 |
| 3 | Andrey Pochipov | Pskov-747 | 11 |
| 4 | Sergei Orlov | Tekstilshchik | 10 |
| 4 | Maksim Rogov | Dynamo St. Petersburg | 10 |
| 4 | Ivan Sergeyev | Strogino | 10 |

## Center
### Teams and stadiums

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Stadium | Capacity |
| Arsenal-2 Tula | Vasily Rozhnov | | DYuSSh Arsenal, Tula | 1,500 |
| Avangard Kursk | Igor Belyaev | Denis Sinyaev | Trudovye Rezervy, Kursk | 11,329 |
| Chertanovo | Mikhail Semernya | Aleksandr Kotov | Yantar, Moscow | 2,000 |
| Dynamo-Bryansk | Oleg Garin | Aleksandr Fomichyov | Dynamo, Bryansk | 10,100 |
| Energomash | Viktor Navochenko | Andrei Kolesnikov | Energomash, Belgorod | 11,456 |
| Kaluga | Vitaly Safronov | Dmitri Baranov | Annenki, Kaluga | 3,643 |
| Lokomotiv Liski | Igor Pyvin | | Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz, Voronezh | 31,793 |
| Metallurg Lipetsk | Sergei Mashnin | | Metallurg, Lipetsk | 14,578 |
| Oryol | Eduard Dyomin | | Tsentralny, Oryol | 14,600 |
| Ryazan | Garnik Avalyan | Oleg Yeliseyev | Olimpiets, Ryazan | 5,880 |
| Tambov | Valery Esipov | Aleksei Mikhalyov | Spartak, Tambov | 6,300 |
| Torpedo Moscow | Valery Petrakov | Andrei Shiryaev | Spartak Academy, Moscow | 2,700 |
| Vityaz Podolsk | Sergei Polstyanov | Aleksei Khrapov | Trud, Podolsk | 11,887 |
| Zenit Penza | | Denis Belobayev | Pervomaisky, Penza | 5,100 |

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Tambov | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 41 | 19 | +22 | 54 | Promotion to Russian National Football League |
| 2 | Energomash Belgorod | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 16 | +12 | 46 | |
| 3 | Ryazan | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 40 | |
| 4 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 26 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 40 | |
| 5 | Avangard Kursk | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 33 | 22 | +11 | 39 | |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Liski | 26 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 27 | 19 | +8 | 39 | Dissolved |
| 7 | Zenit Penza | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 38 | |
| 8 | Kaluga | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 33 | |
| 9 | Dynamo Bryansk | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 25 | −3 | 31 | |
| 10 | Vityaz Podolsk | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 31 | |
| 11 | Chertanovo Moscow | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 42 | −11 | 30 | |
| 12 | Torpedo Moscow | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 28 | −7 | 30 | |
| 13 | Oryol | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 25 | −16 | 22 | |
| 14 | Arsenal-2 Tula | 26 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 47 | −25 | 15 | |

### Top scorers

    As of 30 May 2016
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Roman Grigoryan | Tambov | 8 |
| 1 | Denis Sinyaev | Avangard Kursk | 8 |
| 1 | Elbrus Tandelov | Ryazan | 8 |
| 4 | Sergei Anokhin | Kaluga | 7 |
| 4 | Nikita Salamatov | Vityaz Podolsk | 7 |

## South
### Teams and stadiums

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Stadium | Capacity |
| Afips | Nikolai Yuzhanin | Evgeny Shamrin | Andrei-Arena, Afipsky | 3,000 |
| Alania | Zaur Tedeyev | German Tuayev | Spartak, Vladikavkaz | 30,901 |
| Angusht | Gennady Bondaruk | | Rashid Aushev, Nazran | 3,000 |
| Astrakhan | Sergei Gunko | | Astrakhan, Astrakhan | 3,000 |
| Biolog-Novokubansk | Leonid Nazarenko | Maksim Farinov | Biolog, Progress | 2,300 |
| Druzhba Maykop | Bibert Kaghado | | Respublikansky, Maykop | 16,000 |
| Dynamo Stavropol | Valery Zazdravnykh | Anatoly Baklanov | Dynamo, Stavropol | 16,000 |
| Krasnodar-2 | Igor Shalimov | Ilya Zhigulyov | Krasnodar Academy, Krasnodar | 1,500 |
| Mashuk-KMV | Sergei Trubitsyn | | Tsentralny, Pyatigorsk | 10,365 |
| MITOS | | | Yermak, Novocherkassk | 2,500 |
| SKA Rostov-na-Donu | Mikhail Kupriyanov | Vyacheslav Bokov | SKA SKVO, Rostov-on-Don | 11,000 |
| Spartak-Nalchik | Khasanbi Bidzhiyev | Amir Bazhev | Spartak, Nalchik | 13,800 |
| Terek-2 | Magomed Adiyev | | Sultan Bilimkhanov, Grozny | 10,300 |
| Chernomorets Novorossiysk | Eduard Sarkisov | Kirill Kochubey | Tsentralny, Novorossiysk | 12,500 |

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Spartak Nalchik | 26 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 43 | 6 | +37 | 63 | Promotion to Russian National Football League |
| 2 | Afips Afipsky | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 49 | |
| 3 | Krasnodar-2 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 53 | 26 | +27 | 48 | |
| 4 | Chernomorets Novorossiysk | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 22 | +13 | 48 | |
| 5 | Angusht Nazran | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 17 | +4 | 41 | |
| 6 | SKA Rostov-on-Don | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 24 | +10 | 38 | |
| 7 | Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 32 | −6 | 35 | |
| 8 | Dynamo Stavropol | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 35 | |
| 9 | Terek-2 Grozny | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 31 | Dissolved |
| 10 | Biolog-Novokubansk | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 34 | −13 | 27 | |
| 11 | Alania Vladikavkaz | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 37 | −18 | 25 | |
| 12 | MITOS Novocherkassk | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 23 | Dissolved |
| 13 | Astrakhan | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 49 | −26 | 21 | Dissolved |
| 14 | Druzhba Maykop | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 44 | −22 | 20 | |

### Top scorers

    As of 30 May 2016
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Nikolay Komlichenko | Krasnodar-2 | 24 |
| 2 | Ruslan Aliyev | Mashuk-KMV | 13 |
| 3 | Nikolai Boyarintsev | Chernomorets Novorossiysk | 12 |
| 3 | Artyom Maslevskiy | Afips Afipsky | 12 |
| 5 | Aleksandr Podbeltsev | SKA Rostov-on-Don | 10 |

## Ural-Povolzhye
### Teams and stadiums

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Stadium | Capacity |
| Chelyabinsk | Igor Lazarev | | Tsentralny, Chelyabinsk | 15,000 |
| Dynamo Kirov | Aleksei Lipatnikov | Aleksandr Zakhlestin | Rossiya, Kirov | 3,000 |
| Khimik Dzerzhinsk | | | Khimik, Dzerzhinsk | 5,266 |
| Lada-Tolyatti | Vladimir Kukhlevsky | Aleksei Churavtsev | Torpedo, Tolyatti | 18,000 |
| Neftekhimik | Rustem Khuzin | Sergei Morozov | Neftekhimik, Nizhnekamsk | 3,140 |
| Nosta | Konstantin Galkin | Valery Sorokin | Metallurg, Novotroitsk | 6,000 |
| Syzran-2003 | Dmitri Voyetsky | Sergei Simonov | Kristall, Syzran | 2,070 |
| Volga Ulyanovsk | Sergei Sedyshev | Aleksei Storozhuk | Start, Ulyanovsk | 4,700 |
| Volga-Olimpiyets | Valery Bogdanets | Aleksei Domshinskiy | Severny, Nizhny Novgorod | 4,500 |
| Zenit-Izhevsk | Igor Menshchikov | | Zenit, Izhevsk | 18,000 |

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 27 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 56 | 15 | +41 | 60 | Promotion to Russian National Football League |
| 2 | Zenit Izhevsk | 27 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 49 | 25 | +24 | 54 | |
| 3 | Volga-Olimpiyets | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 38 | 19 | +19 | 53 | |
| 4 | Syzran-2003 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 46 | |
| 5 | Chelyabinsk | 27 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 41 | 27 | +14 | 44 | |
| 6 | Volga Ulyanovsk | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 35 | |
| 7 | Nosta Novotroitsk | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 28 | |
| 8 | Khimik Dzerzhinsk | 27 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 28 | 54 | −26 | 25 | Dissolved |
| 9 | Lada Tolyatti | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 56 | −33 | 22 | |
| 10 | Dynamo Kirov | 27 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 56 | −38 | 9 | |

### Top scorers

    As of 31 May 2016
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Dmitri Otstavnov | Volga Ulyanovsk | 16 |
| 2 | Marat Safin | Zenit-Izhevsk | 13 |
| 3 | Denis Uryvkov | Chelyabinsk | 10 |
| 4 | Maksim Malakhovskiy | Zenit-Izhevsk | 9 |
| 5 | Viktor Karpukhin | Nosta | 7 |
| 5 | Leonid Reshetnikov | Neftekhimik | 7 |

## East
### Teams and stadiums

| 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 |
| Novokuznetsk | | | Metallurg, Novokuznetsk | 8,000 |
| Sakhalin | Aleksandr Alfyorov | Murtazi Alakhverdov | Spartak, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | 4,200 |
| Sibir-2 | Dmitri Mamonov | | Spartak, Novosibirsk | 12,500 |
| Smena | Mikhail Semyonov | Soslan Takazov | Metallurg, Komsomolsk-na-Amure | 3,000 |
| Tom-2 | Viktor Sebelev | Mikhail Bashilov | Temp, Tomsk | 3,000 |
| Yakutiya | Sergei Shishkin | | Tuymaada, Yakutsk | 12,500 |

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 45 | 25 | +20 | 49 | Refused promotion due to lack of financing |
| 2 | Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 17 | +23 | 48 | |
| 3 | Chita | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 34 | |
| 4 | Dynamo Barnaul | 24 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 31 | |
| 5 | Irtysh Omsk | 24 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 23 | +2 | 31 | |
| 6 | Sibir-2 Novosibirsk | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 40 | −11 | 26 | |
| 7 | Tom-2 Tomsk | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 25 | |
| 8 | Yakutiya Yakutsk | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 25 | Dissolved |
| 9 | Novokuznetsk | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 48 | −24 | 20 | Relegation to Amateur Football League |
* ↑ FC Novokuznetsk dropped out of the competition in February 2016 after playing 16 games and gaining 20 points. All the remaining games will be awarded to the opponents with the score of 3-0.

### Top scorers

    As of 29 May 2016
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Vladislav Aksyutenko | Dynamo Barnaul | 12 |
| 1 | Aleksandr Gagloyev | Sakhalin | 12 |
| 3 | Ibragim Bazayev | Smena | 10 |
| 4 | Andrei Razborov | Chita | 9 |
| 5 | Almaz Fatikhov | Chita | 8 |
| 5 | Aleksei Sabanov | Novokuznetsk | 8 |
| 5 | Aleksandr Yashan | Smena | 8 |