# 2016–17 Russian Football National League

The 2016–17 Russian National Football League was the 25th season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 11 July 2016 and ended on 19 May 2017.

## Teams
### Stadiums, personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kitmaker | Sponsor | Stadium | Capacity |
| Baltika | Ihor Zakhariak | Yevgeni Tsimbal | Nike | Sodruzhestvo | Baltika, Kaliningrad | 14,660 |
| Dynamo Moscow | Yuriy Kalitvintsev | Anton Shunin | Nike | VTB | Arena Khimki, Khimki | 18,636 |
| Fakel Voronezh | Pavel Gusev | Andrei Murnin | Adidas | TNS Energo | Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz, Voronezh | 32,750 |
| Khimki | Aleksandr Irkhin | Igor Chernyshov | Macron | - | Rodina Stadium, Khimki | 5,083 |
| Kuban Krasnodar | Nikolai Yuzhanin | Igor Armaș | Adidas | - | Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar | 35,200 |
| Luch-Energiya | Sergei Perednya | Aleksei Rebko | Nike | - | Dynamo, Vladivostok | 10,200 |
| Mordovia | Dmitri Cheryshev | Renat Sabitov | Nike | - | Start Stadium, Saransk | 11,613 |
| Neftekhimik | Rustem Khuzin | Aleksandr Samokhvalov | Adidas | HXHK | Neftekhimik Stadium, Nizhnekamsk | 3,200 |
| Shinnik | Aleksandr Pobegalov | Eldar Nizamutdinov | Jako | - | Shinnik, Yaroslavl | 22,990 |
| Sibir | Sergei Kirsanov | Tomáš Vychodil | Joma | - | Spartak, Novosibirsk | 12,500 |
| SKA-Khabarovsk | Aleksandr Grigoryan | Aleksandr Dimidko | Adidas | - | Lenin, Khabarovsk | 15,200 |
| Sokol | Vadim Khafizov | Vladimir Romanenko | Adidas | ZMK | Lokomotiv, Saratov | 15,000 |
| Spartak-2 | Yevgeny Bushmanov | Artyom Samsonov | Nike | Lukoil | Spartak Academy, Moscow | 2,700 |
| Spartak Nalchik | Khasanbi Bidzhiyev | Amir Bazhev | Umbro | - | Spartak Stadium, Nalchik | 14,149 |
| Tambov | Andrei Talalayev | Aleksey Mikhalyov | 2K Sport | TBS | Spartak Stadium, Tambov | 5,000 |
| Tosno | Dmytro Parfyonov | Guram Tetrashvili | Nike | Fort Group | Electron Stadium, Veliky Novgorod | 3,223 |
| Tyumen | Aleksandr Ivchenko | Khasan Mamtov | Jako | Sibur | Geolog, Tyumen | 13,057 |
| Volgar | Yuri Gazzayev | Elbrus Zurayev | Adidas | Gazprom | Tsentralny, Astrakhan | 17,712 |
| Yenisey | Andrey Tikhonov | Mikhail Komkov | Nike | - | Tsentralny, Krasnoyarsk | 22,500 |
| Zenit-2 | Vladislav Radimov | Konstantin Zyryanov | Nike | Gazprom | MSA Petrovsky, Saint Petersburg | 2,809 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dynamo Moscow (C, P) | 38 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 64 | 25 | +39 | 87 | Promotion to Premier League |
| 2 | Tosno (P) | 38 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 63 | 30 | +33 | 75 | Promotion to Premier League |
| 3 | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 54 | 42 | +12 | 63 | Qualification to Premier League play-offs |
| 4 | SKA-Khabarovsk (O, P) | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 59 | Qualification to Premier League play-offs |
| 5 | Tambov | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 42 | 34 | +8 | 57 | |
| 6 | Spartak-2 Moscow | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 56 | 43 | +13 | 56 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 7 | Kuban Krasnodar | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 55 | |
| 8 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 54 | |
| 9 | Tyumen | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 48 | 43 | +5 | 53 | |
| 10 | Fakel Voronezh | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 53 | |
| 11 | Khimki | 38 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 49 | |
| 12 | Volgar Astrakhan | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 39 | 49 | −10 | 45 | |
| 13 | Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 43 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 14 | Baltika Kaliningrad | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 42 | |
| 15 | Sibir Novosibirsk | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 31 | 46 | −15 | 42 | |
| 16 | Luch-Energiya Vladivostok | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 27 | 41 | −14 | 42 | |
| 17 | Mordovia Saransk (R) | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 40 | Relegation to Professional Football League |
| 18 | Sokol Saratov (R) | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 34 | 53 | −19 | 39 | Relegation to Professional Football League |
| 19 | Spartak Nalchik (R) | 38 | 7 | 17 | 14 | 26 | 37 | −11 | 38 | Relegation to Professional Football League |
| 20 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (R) | 38 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 53 | −25 | 27 | Relegation to Professional Football League |
* 1 2 Tyumen is ahead of Fakel on head-to-head points: Tyumen 3–1 Fakel, Fakel 1–1 Tyumen.
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head points: Baltika 4 pts, Sibir 4 pts, Luch-Energiya 4 pts. Baltika is ahead of Sibir and Luch on head-to-head goals scored: Baltika 3, Sibir 2, Luch-Energiya 1.
* ↑ The league confirmed on 9 June 2017 that FC Chita, which won the East zone of the 2016–17 Russian Professional Football League, did not apply for the FNL license for the 2017–18 season. According to the league regulations, Luch-Energiya was not relegated.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BAL | DYN | FAK | KHI | KUB | LUE | MOR | NEF | SHI | SIB | SKA | SOK | SP2 | SPN | TAM | TOS | TYU | VOL | YEN | ZE2 |
| Baltika Kaliningrad | | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Dynamo Moscow | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Fakel Voronezh | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 |
| Khimki | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 4–1 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Kuban Krasnodar | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Luch-Energiya Vladivostok | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Mordovia Saransk | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Shinnik Yaroslavl | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 |
| Sibir Novosibirsk | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| SKA-Khabarovsk | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Sokol Saratov | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 |
| Spartak-2 Moscow | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 |
| Spartak Nalchik | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Tambov | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Tosno | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 |
| Tyumen | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 |
| Volgar Astrakhan | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 4–3 |
| Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 0–3 |
| Zenit-2 St. Petersburg | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |

## Statistics
### Scoring

* First goal of the season: Vadim Minich for Luch-Energiya against Mordovia Saransk (11 July 2016)

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Kirill Panchenko | Dynamo Moscow | 24 |
| 2 | Khasan Mamtov | Tyumen | 23 |
| 3 | Anton Zabolotny | Tosno | 16 |
| 4 | Denis Davydov | Spartak-2 | 13 |
| 5 | Ruslan Koryan | SKA-Khabarovsk | 12 |
| 6 | Georgi Melkadze | Spartak-2 | 11 |
| 7 | Spartak Gogniyev | Kuban | 10 |
| 7 | Artyom Fedchuk | Spartak-2 | 10 |
| 7 | Sergey Samodin | Yenisey | 10 |
| 10 | Fatos Bećiraj | Dynamo Moscow | 9 |
| 10 | Eugeniu Cebotaru | Sibir | 9 |
| 10 | Danil Klenkin | Tyumen | 9 |
| 10 | Aleksei Sutormin | Volgar | 9 |
Last updated: 21 May 2017