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 CapacityDnepr Smolensk Vladimir Silovanov Sergei Davydov SGAFKST, Smolensk2,000Dolgoprudny Andrei Meshchaninov Salyut, Dolgoprudny5,750Domodedovo Artyom Gorlov Avangard, Domodedovo6,000Dinamo St. Petersburg Aleksandr Tochilin Evgeny Pesegov MSA Petrovsky, Saint Petersburg2,835Kareliya Denis Zubko Spartak, Petrozavodsk14,545Khimki Vadim Khafizov Rodina, Khimki5,080Kolomna Vladimir Bondarenko Aleksei Voronkov Avangard, Kolomna8,000Pskov-747 Igor Vasilyev Igor Surin Lokomotiv, Pskov3,010Solyaris Sergei Shustikov Vyacheslav Danilin Spartakovets, Moscow5,100Strogino Vladimir Shcherbak Danila Polyakov Yantar, Moscow2,000Spartak Kostroma Galimdzhan Khairulin Mikhail Solovei Urozhai, Kostroma3,000Tekstilshchik Ivanovo Ravil Sabitov Andrei Romanov Tekstilshchik, Ivanovo9,565Torpedo-Vladimir Evgeny Durnev Ivan Karatygin Torpedo, Vladimir18,000Volga Tver Emin Ağayev Sergei Korovushkin Khimik, Tver8,331Znamya Truda Sergei Bondar Mikhail Sorokin Torpedo, Orekhovo-Zuyevo1,500
Standings
Top scorers
RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Mikhail MarkosovSolyaris142 Aleksandr AlekseyevPskov-747133 Andrey PochipovPskov-747114 Sergei OrlovTekstilshchik10 Maksim RogovDynamo St. Petersburg Ivan SergeyevStrogino
Center
Teams and stadiums
Team Head coach Captain Stadium CapacityArsenal-2 Tula Vasily Rozhnov DYuSSh Arsenal, Tula1,500Avangard Kursk Igor Belyaev Denis Sinyaev Trudovye Rezervy, Kursk11,329Chertanovo Mikhail Semernya Aleksandr Kotov Yantar, Moscow2,000Dynamo-Bryansk Oleg Garin Aleksandr Fomichyov Dynamo, Bryansk10,100Energomash Viktor Navochenko Andrei Kolesnikov Energomash, Belgorod11,456Kaluga Vitaly Safronov Dmitri Baranov Annenki, Kaluga3,643Lokomotiv Liski Igor Pyvin Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz, Voronezh31,793Metallurg Lipetsk Sergei Mashnin Metallurg, Lipetsk14,578Oryol Eduard Dyomin Tsentralny, Oryol14,600Ryazan Garnik Avalyan Oleg Yeliseyev Olimpiets, Ryazan5,880Tambov Valery Esipov Aleksei Mikhalyov Spartak, Tambov6,300Torpedo Moscow Valery Petrakov Andrei Shiryaev Spartak Academy, Moscow2,700Vityaz Podolsk Sergei Polstyanov Aleksei Khrapov Trud, Podolsk11,887Zenit Penza Denis Belobayev Pervomaisky, Penza5,100
Standings
Top scorers
RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Roman GrigoryanTambov8 Denis SinyaevAvangard Kursk Elbrus TandelovRyazan4 Sergei AnokhinKaluga7 Nikita SalamatovVityaz Podolsk
South
Teams and stadiums
Team Head coach Captain Stadium CapacityAfips Nikolai Yuzhanin Evgeny Shamrin Andrei-Arena, Afipsky3,000Alania Zaur Tedeyev German Tuayev Spartak, Vladikavkaz30,901Angusht Gennady Bondaruk Rashid Aushev, Nazran3,000Astrakhan Sergei Gunko Astrakhan, Astrakhan3,000Biolog-Novokubansk Leonid Nazarenko Maksim Farinov Biolog, Progress2,300Druzhba Maykop Bibert Kaghado Respublikansky, Maykop16,000Dynamo Stavropol Valery Zazdravnykh Anatoly Baklanov Dynamo, Stavropol16,000Krasnodar-2 Igor Shalimov Ilya Zhigulyov Krasnodar Academy, Krasnodar1,500Mashuk-KMV Sergei Trubitsyn Tsentralny, Pyatigorsk10,365MITOS Yermak, Novocherkassk2,500SKA Rostov-na-Donu Mikhail Kupriyanov Vyacheslav Bokov SKA SKVO, Rostov-on-Don11,000Spartak-Nalchik Khasanbi Bidzhiyev Amir Bazhev Spartak, Nalchik13,800Terek-2 Magomed Adiyev Sultan Bilimkhanov, Grozny10,300Chernomorets Novorossiysk Eduard Sarkisov Kirill Kochubey Tsentralny, Novorossiysk12,500
Standings
Top scorers
RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Nikolay KomlichenkoKrasnodar-2242 Ruslan AliyevMashuk-KMV133 Nikolai BoyarintsevChernomorets Novorossiysk12 Artyom MaslevskiyAfips Afipsky5 Aleksandr PodbeltsevSKA Rostov-on-Don10
Ural-Povolzhye
Teams and stadiums Team Head coach Captain Stadium CapacityChelyabinsk Igor Lazarev Tsentralny, Chelyabinsk15,000Dynamo Kirov Aleksei Lipatnikov Aleksandr Zakhlestin Rossiya, Kirov3,000Khimik Dzerzhinsk Khimik, Dzerzhinsk5,266Lada-Tolyatti Vladimir Kukhlevsky Aleksei Churavtsev Torpedo, Tolyatti18,000Neftekhimik Rustem Khuzin Sergei Morozov Neftekhimik, Nizhnekamsk3,140Nosta Konstantin Galkin Valery Sorokin Metallurg, Novotroitsk6,000Syzran-2003 Dmitri Voyetsky Sergei Simonov Kristall, Syzran2,070Volga Ulyanovsk Sergei Sedyshev Aleksei Storozhuk Start, Ulyanovsk4,700Volga-Olimpiyets Valery Bogdanets Aleksei Domshinskiy Severny, Nizhny Novgorod4,500Zenit-Izhevsk Igor Menshchikov Zenit, Izhevsk18,000
Standings
Top scorers
RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Dmitri OtstavnovVolga Ulyanovsk162 Marat SafinZenit-Izhevsk133 Denis UryvkovChelyabinsk104 Maksim MalakhovskiyZenit-Izhevsk95 Viktor KarpukhinNosta7 Leonid ReshetnikovNeftekhimik
East
Teams and stadiums
Team Head coach Captain Stadium CapacityChita Ilya Makienko Artyom Drobyshev Lokomotiv, Chita10,200Dynamo-Barnaul Oleg Yakovlev Bogdan Karyukin Dynamo, Barnaul15,000Irtysh Omsk Sergei Boyko Anton Bagayev Krasnaya Zvezda, Omsk4,655Novokuznetsk Metallurg, Novokuznetsk8,000Sakhalin Aleksandr Alfyorov Murtazi Alakhverdov Spartak, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk4,200Sibir-2 Dmitri Mamonov Spartak, Novosibirsk12,500Smena Mikhail Semyonov Soslan Takazov Metallurg, Komsomolsk-na-Amure3,000Tom-2 Viktor Sebelev Mikhail Bashilov Temp, Tomsk3,000Yakutiya Sergei Shishkin Tuymaada, Yakutsk12,500
Standings
Top scorers
RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Vladislav AksyutenkoDynamo Barnaul12 Aleksandr GagloyevSakhalin3 Ibragim BazayevSmena104 Andrei RazborovChita95 Almaz FatikhovChita8 Aleksei SabanovNovokuznetsk Aleksandr YashanSmena
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