2016–17 Russian Professional Football League


The 2016–17 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 stadia

#TeamHead coachStadiumCapacityRef
1CRFSO Smolensk Vladimir Silovanov,
Sergei Gunko
SGAFKST, Smolensk2,000
2Dynamo St Petersburg Aleksandr TochilinMSA Petrovsky, Saint Petersburg2,835
3Dolgoprudny Andrei MeshchaninovSalyut, Dolgoprudny5,750
4Domodedovo Artyom GorlovAvangard, Domodedovo6,000
5Dynamo-2 Moscow Sergei ChikishevArena Khimki, Khimki18,636
6Kolomna Aleksandr BodrovAvangard, Kolomna8,000
7Pskov-747 Igor VasilyevLokomotiv, Pskov3,010
8Solyaris Vladimir MaminovSpartakovets, Moscow5,100
9Strogino Vladimir ShcherbakYantar, Moscow2,000
10Spartak Kostroma Aleksandr GushchinUrozhai, Kostroma3,000
11Tekstilshchik Ivanovo Sergei PetrovTekstilshchik, Ivanovo9,565
12Torpedo-Vladimir Aleksandr AkimovTorpedo, Vladimir18,000
13Volga Tver Vladimir AntipovKhimik, Tver8,331
14Znamya Truda Sergei BondarTorpedo, Orekhovo-Zuyevo1,500

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Standings

Top scorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Maksim BarsovSolyaris15
1 Mikhail MarkosovDynamo St Petersburg15
3 Artyom KulishevDynamo St Petersburg12
4 Nikolay ObolskyDynamo-2 Moscow10
4 Aleksei RogovDolgoprudny10
4 Maksim RogovDynamo St Petersburg10

Center

Teams and stadia

#TeamHead coachStadiumCapacityRef
1Arsenal-2 Tula Yuri CheryevskiyDYuSSh Arsenal, Tula1,500
2Avangard Kursk Igor BelyaevTrudovye Rezervy, Kursk11,329
3Chertanovo Igor OsinkinYantar, Moscow2,000
4Dynamo-Bryansk Yuri BykovDynamo, Bryansk10,100
5Energomash Viktor NavochenkoEnergomash, Belgorod11,456
6Kaluga Vitaly SafronovAnnenki, Kaluga3,643
7Metallurg Lipetsk Sergei MashninMetallurg, Lipetsk14,578
8Oryol Anatoli ShelestTsentralny, Oryol14,600
9Ryazan Garnik AvalyanOlimpiets, Ryazan5,880
10Saturn Ramenskoye Dmitri SeryozhkinSaturn, Ramenskoye14,685
11Torpedo Moscow Viktor BulatovSpartak Academy, Moscow2,700
12Vityaz Podolsk Andrei Romanov
Sergei Polstyanov
Trud, Podolsk11,887
13Zenit Penza Mikhail SolovyovPervomaisky, Penza5,100

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Standings

Top scorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Nikolai PrudnikovChertanovo Moscow12
2 Aleksandr PodymovVityaz Podolsk9
3 Mikhail MarkinZenit Penza8
3 Dmitri SamoilovEnergomash Belgorod8
3 Viktor SergeyevEnergomash Belgorod8
3 Aleksandr YuryevVityaz Podolsk8

South

Teams and stadia

#TeamHead coachStadiumCapacityRef
1Afips Dmitry PetrenkoAndrei-Arena, Afipsky3,000
2Angusht Nazran Valeri ZazdravnykhRashid Aushev, Nazran3,000
3Armavir Arsen PapikyanYunost, Armavir5,000
4Biolog-Novokubansk Leonid NazarenkoBiolog, Progress2,300
5Chayka Peschanokopskoye Albert BorzenkovI.P. Chayka, Peschanokopskoye1,915
6Chernomorets Novorossiysk Eduard SarkisovTsentralny, Novorossiysk12,500
7Druzhba Maykop Aleksandr DeriberinRespublikansky, Maykop16,000
8Dynamo Stavropol Andrei MulikovDynamo, Stavropol16,000
9Krasnodar-2 Dmitry KudinovKrasnodar Academy, Krasnodar1,500
10Kuban-2 Krasnodar Andriy Yudin
Yevgeny Kaleshin
Trud, Krasnodar31,798
11Legion-Dynamo Makhachkala Muslim DaliyevDinamo, Makhachkala12,100
12Mashuk-KMV Zurab SanayaTsentralny, Pyatigorsk10,365
13Rotor Volgograd Lev IvanovZenit, Volgograd3,470
14SKA Rostov-on-Don Mikhail KupriyanovLokomotiv, Rostov-on-Don3,000
15Sochi Khazret Dyshekov
Gennady Bondaruk
Sochi Central, Sochi10,200
16Spartak Vladikavkaz Marat DzoblayevSpartak, Vladikavkaz30,901

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Standings

Top scorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Alexei ZhdanovRotor Volgograd23
2 Marat SafinSochi16
3 Artur GrigoryanChernomorets10
3 Sergei SechinRotor Volgograd10
5 Sergei MiroshnichenkoArmavir9
5 Maxim OboznyChayka9

Ural-Povolzhye

Teams and stadia

#TeamHead coachStadiumCapacityRef
1Chelyabinsk Ruslan UzakovCentral Stadium, Chelyabinsk14,400
2Dynamo Kirov Konstantin OlenevRussia Stadium, Kirov3,000
3KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny Vladimir KlontsakKAMAZ Stadium, Naberezhnye Chelny6,200
4Lada-Togliatti Rustem KhuzinTorpedo, Tolyatti16,311
5Nosta Novotroitsk Mikhail BelovMetallurg, Novotroitsk6,000
6Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod Nikolai PisarevLokomotiv, Nizhny Novgorod17,800
7Syzran-2003 Dmitri VoyetskiyKristall, Syzran2,070
8Volga Ulyanovsk Sergei SedyshevStart, Ulyanovsk4,320
9Zenit-Izhevsk Igor MenshchikovCentral Stadium, Izhevsk18,000

Standings

Top scorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Igor GorbunovOlimpiyets10
1 Marat ShaymordanovChelyabinsk10
3 Viktor KarpukhinNosta9
4 Igor BelyakovOlimpiyets7
4 Aleksei SazonovChelyabinsk7
4 Pavel ShadrinZenit-Izhevsk7
4 Vladimir YatsukZenit-Izhevsk7

East

Teams and stadia

TeamHead coachCaptainStadiumCapacity
Chita Ilya Makienko Artyom DrobyshevLokomotiv, Chita10,200
Dynamo-Barnaul Oleg Yakovlev Bogdan KaryukinDynamo, Barnaul15,000
Irtysh Omsk Sergei Boyko Anton BagayevKrasnaya Zvezda, Omsk4,655
Sakhalin Aleksandr Alfyorov Murtazi AlakhverdovSpartak, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk4,200
Smena Mikhail Semyonov Soslan TakazovMetallurg, Komsomolsk-na-Amure3,000
Zenit Irkutsk Sergei ShishkinTuymaada, Yakutsk12,500

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Standings

Top scorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Sergei NarylkovChita9
2 Vladimir ZavyalovDynamo Barnaul8
3 Ibragim BazayevSmena7
3 Almaz FatikhovChita7
5 Vadim LarionovIrtysh Omsk6
5 Viktor LipinDynamo Barnaul6
5 Roman TuzovskiyDynamo Barnaul6