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 Ref1CRFSO Smolensk Vladimir Silovanov, Sergei Gunko SGAFKST, Smolensk2,0002Dynamo St Petersburg Aleksandr Tochilin MSA Petrovsky, Saint Petersburg2,8353Dolgoprudny Andrei Meshchaninov Salyut, Dolgoprudny5,7504Domodedovo Artyom Gorlov Avangard, Domodedovo6,0005Dynamo-2 Moscow Sergei Chikishev Arena Khimki, Khimki18,6366Kolomna Aleksandr Bodrov Avangard, Kolomna8,0007Pskov-747 Igor Vasilyev Lokomotiv, Pskov3,0108Solyaris Vladimir Maminov Spartakovets, Moscow5,1009Strogino Vladimir Shcherbak Yantar, Moscow2,00010Spartak Kostroma Aleksandr Gushchin Urozhai, Kostroma3,00011Tekstilshchik Ivanovo Sergei Petrov Tekstilshchik, Ivanovo9,56512Torpedo-Vladimir Aleksandr Akimov Torpedo, Vladimir18,00013Volga Tver Vladimir Antipov Khimik, Tver8,33114Znamya Truda Sergei Bondar Torpedo, Orekhovo-Zuyevo1,500
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.
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Standings
Top scorers
RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Maksim BarsovSolyaris15 Mikhail MarkosovDynamo St Petersburg3 Artyom KulishevDynamo St Petersburg124 Nikolay ObolskyDynamo-2 Moscow10 Aleksey RogovDolgoprudny Maksim RogovDynamo St Petersburg
Center Teams and stadia
# Team Head coach Stadium Capacity Ref1Arsenal-2 Tula Yuri Cheryevskiy DYuSSh Arsenal, Tula1,5002Avangard Kursk Igor Belyaev Trudovye Rezervy, Kursk11,3293Chertanovo Igor Osinkin Yantar, Moscow2,0004Dynamo-Bryansk Yuri Bykov Dynamo, Bryansk10,1005Energomash Viktor Navochenko Energomash, Belgorod11,4566Kaluga Vitaly Safronov Annenki, Kaluga3,6437Metallurg Lipetsk Sergei Mashnin Metallurg, Lipetsk14,5788Oryol Anatoli Shelest Tsentralny, Oryol14,6009Ryazan Garnik Avalyan Olimpiets, Ryazan5,88010Saturn Ramenskoye Dmitri Seryozhkin Saturn, Ramenskoye14,68511Torpedo Moscow Viktor Bulatov Spartak Academy, Moscow2,70012Vityaz Podolsk Andrei Romanov Sergei Polstyanov Trud, Podolsk11,88713Zenit Penza Mikhail Solovyov Pervomaisky, Penza5,100
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
Top scorers
RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Nikolai PrudnikovChertanovo Moscow122 Aleksandr PodymovVityaz Podolsk93 Mikhail MarkinZenit Penza8 Dmitri SamoilovEnergomash Belgorod Viktor SergeyevEnergomash Belgorod Aleksandr YuryevVityaz Podolsk
South Teams and stadia
# Team Head coach Stadium Capacity Ref1Afips Dmitry Petrenko Andrei-Arena, Afipsky3,0002Angusht Nazran Valeri Zazdravnykh Rashid Aushev, Nazran3,0003Armavir Arsen Papikyan Yunost, Armavir5,0004Biolog-Novokubansk Leonid Nazarenko Biolog, Progress2,3005Chayka Peschanokopskoye Albert Borzenkov I.P. Chayka, Peschanokopskoye1,9156Chernomorets Novorossiysk Eduard Sarkisov Tsentralny, Novorossiysk12,5007Druzhba Maykop Aleksandr Deriberin Respublikansky, Maykop16,0008Dynamo Stavropol Andrei Mulikov Dynamo, Stavropol16,0009Krasnodar-2 Dmitry Kudinov Krasnodar Academy, Krasnodar1,50010Kuban-2 Krasnodar Andriy Yudin Yevgeny Kaleshin Trud, Krasnodar31,79811Legion-Dynamo Makhachkala Muslim Daliyev Dinamo, Makhachkala12,10012Mashuk-KMV Zurab Sanaya Tsentralny, Pyatigorsk10,36513Rotor Volgograd Lev Ivanov Zenit, Volgograd3,47014SKA Rostov-on-Don Mikhail Kupriyanov Lokomotiv, Rostov-on-Don3,00015Sochi Khazret Dyshekov Gennady Bondaruk Sochi Central, Sochi10,20016Spartak Vladikavkaz Marat Dzoblayev Spartak, Vladikavkaz30,901
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
Top scorers
RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Alexei ZhdanovRotor Volgograd232 Marat SafinSochi163 Artur GrigoryanChernomorets10 Sergei SechinRotor Volgograd5 Sergei MiroshnichenkoArmavir9 Maxim OboznyChayka
Ural-Povolzhye Teams and stadia
# Team Head coach Stadium Capacity Ref1Chelyabinsk Ruslan Uzakov Central Stadium, Chelyabinsk14,4002Dynamo Kirov Konstantin Olenev Russia Stadium, Kirov3,0003KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny Vladimir Klontsak KAMAZ Stadium, Naberezhnye Chelny6,2004Lada-Togliatti Rustem Khuzin Torpedo, Tolyatti16,3115Nosta Novotroitsk Mikhail Belov Metallurg, Novotroitsk6,0006Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod Nikolai Pisarev Lokomotiv, Nizhny Novgorod17,8007Syzran-2003 Dmitri Voyetskiy Kristall, Syzran2,0708Volga Ulyanovsk Sergei Sedyshev Start, Ulyanovsk4,3209Zenit-Izhevsk Igor Menshchikov Central Stadium, Izhevsk18,000
Standings
Top scorers
RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Igor GorbunovOlimpiyets10 Marat ShaymordanovChelyabinsk3 Viktor KarpukhinNosta94 Igor BelyakovOlimpiyets7 Aleksei SazonovChelyabinsk Pavel ShadrinZenit-Izhevsk Vladimir YatsukZenit-Izhevsk
East Teams and stadia
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, Omsk4,655Sakhalin Aleksandr Alfyorov Murtazi Alakhverdov Spartak, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk4,200Smena Mikhail Semyonov Soslan Takazov Metallurg, Komsomolsk-na-Amure3,000Zenit Irkutsk Sergei Shishkin Tuymaada, Yakutsk12,500
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
Top scorers
RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Sergei NarylkovChita92 Vladimir ZavyalovDynamo Barnaul83 Ibragim BazayevSmena7 Almaz FatikhovChita5 Vadim LarionovIrtysh Omsk6 Viktor LipinDynamo Barnaul Roman TuzovskiyDynamo Barnaul
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