2016–17 Russian Football National League
The 2016–17 Russian National Football League is 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 | :ru:2K Sport international|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
Results
Statistics
Scoring
- First goal of the season: Vadim Minich for Luch-Energiya against Mordovia Saransk
Top goalscorers