2016–17 Russian Professional Football League

Russian Professional Football League

Season	2016–17
← 2014–15 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 5 January 2017.

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

CRFSO Smolensk

Dolgoprudny

Domodedovo

Dynamo St Petersburg

Kolomna

Pskov-747

Spartak Kostroma

Tekstilshchik

Vladimir

Volga Tver

Moscow Clubs:
Dynamo-2,
Solyaris,
Strogino,
Znamya Truda

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Locations of teams in the 2016–17 Russian Professional Football League (West)

#	Team	Head coach	Stadium	Capacity	Ref
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:

1. Second teams (Dynamo-2 Moscow) cannot be promoted.
2. If any of them finishes in a promotion spot, then the next best team in the final table is promoted in their place.
3. Second teams are to be relegated regardless of their league position if their first team gets relegated to the Professional Football League.
4. 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

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Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Maksim Rogov	Dynamo St Petersburg	10
2	Artyom Kulishev	Dynamo St Petersburg	8
3	Maksim Barsov	Solyaris	7
4	Andrei Bychkov	Dolgoprudny	6
	Mikhail Markosov	Dynamo St Petersburg
	Maxim Nesterov	Spartak Kostroma
	Maxim Sidorov	Spartak Kostroma