# 2016–17 Russian Professional Football League

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

| # | Team | Head coach | Stadium | Capacity |
| 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:
   * Second teams (Dynamo-2 Moscow) cannot be promoted.
   * If any of them finishes in a promotion spot, then the next best team in the final table is promoted in their place.
   * Second teams are to be relegated regardless of their league position if their first team gets relegated to the Professional Football League.
   * 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 |

### Top scorers

    As of 4 June 2017
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Maksim Barsov | Solyaris | 15 |
| 1 | Mikhail Markosov | Dynamo St Petersburg | 15 |
| 3 | Artyom Kulishev | Dynamo St Petersburg | 12 |
| 4 | Nikolay Obolsky | Dynamo-2 Moscow | 10 |
| 4 | Aleksey Rogov | Dolgoprudny | 10 |
| 4 | Maksim Rogov | Dynamo St Petersburg | 10 |

## Center
### Teams and stadia

| # | Team | Head coach | Stadium | Capacity |
| 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:
   * Second teams (Arsenal-2 Tula) cannot be promoted.
   * If any of them finishes in a promotion spot, then the next best team in the final table is promoted in their place.
   * Second teams are to be relegated regardless of their league position if their first team gets relegated to the Professional Football League.
   * 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 | Relegation to Amateur Football League |

### 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 |
| 3 | Dmitri Samoilov | Energomash Belgorod | 8 |
| 3 | Viktor Sergeyev | Energomash Belgorod | 8 |
| 3 | Aleksandr Yuryev | Vityaz Podolsk | 8 |

## South
### Teams and stadia

| # | Team | Head coach | Stadium | Capacity |
| 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:
   * Second teams (Krasnodar-2 and Kuban-2) cannot be promoted.
   * If any of them finishes in a promotion spot, then the next best team in the final table is promoted in their place.
   * Second teams are to be relegated regardless of their league position if their first team gets relegated to the Professional Football League.
   * 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 | |

### 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 |
| 3 | Sergei Sechin | Rotor Volgograd | 10 |
| 5 | Sergei Miroshnichenko | Armavir | 9 |
| 5 | Maxim Obozny | Chayka | 9 |

## Ural-Povolzhye
### Teams and stadia

| # | Team | Head coach | Stadium | Capacity |
| 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 |

### Top scorers

    As of 4 June 2017
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Igor Gorbunov | Olimpiyets | 10 |
| 1 | Marat Shaymordanov | Chelyabinsk | 10 |
| 3 | Viktor Karpukhin | Nosta | 9 |
| 4 | Igor Belyakov | Olimpiyets | 7 |
| 4 | Aleksei Sazonov | Chelyabinsk | 7 |
| 4 | Pavel Shadrin | Zenit-Izhevsk | 7 |
| 4 | Vladimir Yatsuk | Zenit-Izhevsk | 7 |

## East
### Teams and stadia

| 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 | |

### 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 |
| 3 | Almaz Fatikhov | Chita | 7 |
| 5 | Vadim Larionov | Irtysh Omsk | 6 |
| 5 | Viktor Lipin | Dynamo Barnaul | 6 |
| 5 | Roman Tuzovskiy | Dynamo Barnaul | 6 |