# 2020–21 Russian Professional Football League

The 2020–21 Professional Football League was the third highest division in Russian football. The Professional Football League is geographically divided into 4 groups. 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.

## Group 1
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Kuban Krasnodar (P) | 32 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 88 | 22 | +66 | 80 | Promotion to Russian National Football League |
| 2 | Kuban-Holding | 32 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 63 | 24 | +39 | 77 | |
| 3 | Chernomorets | 32 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 57 | 19 | +38 | 72 | |
| 4 | Legion Dynamo | 32 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 56 | 22 | +34 | 61 | |
| 5 | SKA Rostov-on-Don | 32 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 70 | 34 | +36 | 59 | |
| 6 | Anzhi | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 51 | |
| 7 | Dynamo Stavropol | 32 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 51 | 45 | +6 | 48 | |
| 8 | Makhachkala | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 47 | |
| 9 | Forte | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 53 | 32 | +21 | 47 | |
| 10 | Spartak Nalchik | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 38 | +5 | 42 | |
| 11 | Biolog | 32 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 61 | 53 | +8 | 39 | |
| 12 | Krasnodar-3 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 40 | 57 | −17 | 36 | Dissolved after the season |
| 13 | Mashuk-KMV | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 40 | 56 | −16 | 34 | |
| 14 | Druzhba | 32 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 27 | 79 | −52 | 25 | |
| 15 | Inter Cherkessk | 32 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 89 | −61 | 18 | Dissolved after the season |
| 16 | Tuapse | 32 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 37 | 112 | −75 | 15 | |
| 17 | Yessentuki | 32 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 26 | 80 | −54 | 13 | |
* ↑ Team folded after season as the club decided not to apply for the PFL license for the 2021–22 season.
* ↑ Team folded after season as the club failed to receive a PFL license for the 2021–22 season.

### Top goalscorers

    As of match played 2 June 2021
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Georgi Gongadze | SKA Rostov-on-Don | 16 |
| 2 | Rizvan Akhmedkhanov | Chernomorets Novorossiysk | 14 |
| 3 | Ivan Timoshenko | Chernomorets Novorossiysk | 13 |
| 3 | Pavel Solomatin | Yessentuki | 13 |
| 5 | Aleksei Shulgin | Kuban Krasnodar | 12 |
| 6 | Magomed Magomedov | Anzhi Makhachkala | 11 |
| 6 | Magomednabi Yagyayev | Anzhi Makhachkala | 11 |
| 6 | Rashid Magomedov | Legion Dynamo Makhachkala | 11 |
| 6 | Abu-Said Eldarushev | Legion Dynamo Makhachkala | 11 |
| 6 | Khasan Mamtov | Kuban Krasnodar | 11 |

## Group 2
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Olimp-Dolgoprudny (P) | 30 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 51 | 18 | +33 | 72 | Promotion to Russian National Football League |
| 2 | Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 56 | 26 | +30 | 59 | |
| 3 | Tver | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 56 | 27 | +29 | 59 | |
| 4 | Dynamo-2 Moscow | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 63 | 37 | +26 | 58 | |
| 5 | Leningradets | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 51 | 29 | +22 | 54 | |
| 6 | Kazanka | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 52 | 39 | +13 | 48 | |
| 7 | Rodina | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 59 | 46 | +13 | 45 | |
| 8 | Zvezda Saint Petersburg | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 45 | |
| 9 | Torpedo Vladimir | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 39 | |
| 10 | Znamya Truda | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 33 | |
| 11 | Smolensk | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 46 | −20 | 31 | |
| 12 | Murom | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 42 | −10 | 30 | |
| 13 | Luki-Energiya | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 31 | 56 | −25 | 30 | |
| 14 | Chita | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 26 | 66 | −40 | 25 | |
| 15 | Kolomna | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 38 | 63 | −25 | 22 | |
| 16 | Zenit Irkutsk (R) | 30 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 68 | −53 | 17 | Relegation to Amateur Football League |

## Group 3
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Metallurg Lipetsk (P) | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 59 | 28 | +31 | 63 | Promotion to Russian National Football League |
| 2 | Ryazan | 30 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 57 | 33 | +24 | 59 | |
| 3 | Saturn | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 63 | 29 | +34 | 58 | |
| 4 | Salyut | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 56 | 25 | +31 | 56 | |
| 5 | Sokol | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 55 | |
| 6 | Strogino | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 48 | |
| 7 | Kaluga | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 47 | |
| 8 | Khimik-Arsenal | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 43 | |
| 9 | Znamya | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 43 | |
| 10 | Krasny (R) | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 40 | Relegation to Amateur Football League |
| 11 | Avangard | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 36 | |
| 12 | Khimki-M | 30 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 42 | 65 | −23 | 32 | |
| 13 | Kvant | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 31 | 54 | −23 | 28 | |
| 14 | Metallurg Vidnoye | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 32 | 76 | −44 | 25 | |
| 15 | Fakel-M | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 64 | −42 | 20 | |
| 16 | Sakhalin | 30 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 54 | −28 | 19 | |

## Group 4
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | KAMAZ (P) | 28 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 75 | 25 | +50 | 64 | Promotion to Russian National Football League |
| 2 | Tyumen | 28 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 55 | 22 | +33 | 63 | |
| 3 | Chelyabinsk | 28 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 62 | 22 | +40 | 59 | |
| 4 | Volga | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 15 | +30 | 59 | |
| 5 | Novosibirsk | 28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 53 | 25 | +28 | 58 | |
| 6 | Zvezda Perm | 28 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 54 | 29 | +25 | 55 | |
| 7 | Dynamo Barnaul | 28 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 33 | 38 | −5 | 44 | |
| 8 | Nosta | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 36 | |
| 9 | Ural-2 | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 35 | |
| 10 | Volna | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 35 | |
| 11 | Lada Dimitrovgrad (R) | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 27 | Relegation to Amateur Football League |
| 12 | Zenit-Izhevsk | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 22 | |
| 13 | Lada-Tolyatti | 28 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 100 | −85 | 13 | |
| 14 | Krylia Sovetov-2 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 25 | 63 | −38 | 12 | |
| 15 | Orenburg-2 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 70 | −55 | 12 | |