2015–16 Russian Professional Football League

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.

Russian Professional Football League
Season2015–16
All statistics correct as of 9 November 2015.

West

Teams and stadiums
Team Head coach Captain Stadium Capacity
Dnepr Smolensk Vladimir Silovanov Sergei Davydov SGAFKST, Smolensk 2,000
Dolgoprudny Andrei Meshchaninov Salyut, Dolgoprudny 5,750
Domodedovo Artyom Gorlov Avangard, Domodedovo 6,000
Dinamo St. Petersburg Aleksandr Tochilin Evgeny Pesegov MSA Petrovsky, Saint Petersburg 2,835
Kareliya Denis Zubko Spartak, Petrozavodsk 14,545
Khimki Vadim Khafizov Rodina, Khimki 5,080
Kolomna Vladimir Bondarenko Aleksei Voronkov Avangard, Kolomna 8,000
Pskov-747 Igor Vasilyev Igor Surin Lokomotiv, Pskov 3,010
Solyaris Sergei Shustikov Vyacheslav Danilin Spartakovets, Moscow 5,100
Strogino Vladimir Shcherbak Danila Polyakov Yantar, Moscow 2,000
Spartak Kostroma Galimdzhan Khairulin Mikhail Solovei Urozhai, Kostroma 3,000
Tekstilshchik Ivanovo Ravil Sabitov Andrei Romanov Tekstilshchik, Ivanovo 9,565
Torpedo-Vladimir Evgeny Durnev Ivan Karatygin Torpedo, Vladimir 18,000
Volga Tver Emin Ağayev Sergei Korovushkin Khimik, Tver 8,331
Znamya Truda Sergei Bondar Mikhail Sorokin Torpedo, Orekhovo-Zuyevo 1,500

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Khimki (P) 28 21 6 1 53 14 +39 69 Promotion to Russian National Football League
2 Dolgoprudny 28 17 4 7 49 30 +19 55
3 Solyaris Moscow 28 17 4 7 50 24 +26 55
4 Tekstilshchik Ivanovo 28 15 8 5 49 23 +26 53
5 Torpedo Vladimir 28 14 9 5 37 24 +13 51
6 Spartak Kostroma 28 14 5 9 42 33 +9 47
7 Dynamo St. Petersburg 28 14 5 9 44 31 +13 47
8 Pskov-747 Pskov 28 11 5 12 38 38 0 38
9 Strogino Moscow 28 8 9 11 28 27 +1 33
10 CRFSO Smolensk 28 7 10 11 26 32 −6 31
11 Volga Tver 28 7 7 14 26 43 −17 28
12 Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo 28 7 4 17 28 54 −26 25
13 Domodedovo Moscow 28 5 7 16 30 52 −22 22
14 Kareliya (R) 28 5 5 18 26 58 −32 20 Relegation to Amateur Football League[lower-alpha 1]
15 Kolomna 28 2 4 22 20 65 −45 10
Source: pfl-russia.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Kareliya didn't receive the license for the next season due to lack of financing.

Top scorers
As of 31 May 2016[1]
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Mikhail Markosov Solyaris 14
2 Aleksandr Alekseyev Pskov-747 13
3 Andrey Pochipov Pskov-747 11
4 Sergei Orlov Tekstilshchik 10
Maksim Rogov Dynamo St. Petersburg
Ivan Sergeyev Strogino

Center

Teams and stadiums
Team Head coach Captain Stadium Capacity
Arsenal-2 Tula Vasily Rozhnov DYuSSh Arsenal, Tula 1,500
Avangard Kursk Igor Belyaev Denis Sinyaev Trudovye Rezervy, Kursk 11,329
Chertanovo Mikhail Semernya Aleksandr Kotov Yantar, Moscow 2,000
Dynamo-Bryansk Oleg Garin Aleksandr Fomichyov Dynamo, Bryansk 10,100
Energomash Viktor Navochenko Andrei Kolesnikov Energomash, Belgorod 11,456
Kaluga Vitaly Safronov Dmitri Baranov Annenki, Kaluga 3,643
Lokomotiv Liski Igor Pyvin Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz, Voronezh 31,793
Metallurg Lipetsk Sergei Mashnin Metallurg, Lipetsk 14,578
Oryol Eduard Dyomin Tsentralny, Oryol 14,600
Ryazan Garnik Avalyan Oleg Yeliseyev Olimpiets, Ryazan 5,880
Tambov Valery Esipov Aleksei Mikhalyov Spartak, Tambov 6,300
Torpedo Moscow Valery Petrakov Andrei Shiryaev Spartak Academy, Moscow 2,700
Vityaz Podolsk Sergei Polstyanov Aleksei Khrapov Trud, Podolsk 11,887
Zenit Penza Denis Belobayev Pervomaisky, Penza 5,100

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Tambov 26 15 9 2 41 19 +22 54 Promotion to Russian National Football League
2 Energomash Belgorod 26 13 7 6 28 16 +12 46
3 Ryazan 26 10 10 6 19 15 +4 40
4 Metallurg Lipetsk 26 9 13 4 26 21 +5 40
5 Avangard Kursk 26 10 9 7 33 22 +11 39
6 Lokomotiv Liski 26 9 12 5 27 19 +8 39 Dissolved
7 Zenit Penza 26 10 8 8 25 21 +4 38
8 Kaluga 26 9 6 11 24 27 −3 33
9 Dynamo Bryansk 26 8 7 11 22 25 −3 31
10 Vityaz Podolsk 26 8 7 11 31 32 −1 31
11 Chertanovo Moscow 26 8 6 12 31 42 −11 30
12 Torpedo Moscow 26 8 6 12 21 28 −7 30
13 Oryol 26 5 7 14 9 25 −16 22
14 Arsenal-2 Tula 26 2 9 15 22 47 −25 15
Source: pfl-russia.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored

Top scorers
As of 30 May 2016[2]
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Roman Grigoryan Tambov 8
Denis Sinyaev Avangard Kursk
Elbrus Tandelov Ryazan
4 Sergei Anokhin Kaluga 7
Nikita Salamatov Vityaz Podolsk

South

Teams and stadiums
Team Head coach Captain Stadium Capacity
Afips Nikolai Yuzhanin Evgeny Shamrin Andrei-Arena, Afipsky 3,000
Alania Zaur Tedeyev German Tuayev Spartak, Vladikavkaz 30,901
Angusht Gennady Bondaruk Rashid Aushev, Nazran 3,000
Astrakhan Sergei Gunko Astrakhan, Astrakhan 3,000
Biolog-Novokubansk Leonid Nazarenko Maksim Farinov Biolog, Progress 2,300
Druzhba Maykop Bibert Kaghado Respublikansky, Maykop 16,000
Dynamo Stavropol Valery Zazdravnykh Anatoly Baklanov Dynamo, Stavropol 16,000
Krasnodar-2 Igor Shalimov Ilya Zhigulyov Krasnodar Academy, Krasnodar 1,500
Mashuk-KMV Sergei Trubitsyn Tsentralny, Pyatigorsk 10,365
MITOS Yermak, Novocherkassk 2,500
SKA Rostov-na-Donu Mikhail Kupriyanov Vyacheslav Bokov SKA SKVO, Rostov-on-Don 11,000
Spartak-Nalchik Khasanbi Bidzhiyev Amir Bazhev Spartak, Nalchik 13,800
Terek-2 Magomed Adiyev Sultan Bilimkhanov, Grozny 10,300
Chernomorets Novorossiysk Eduard Sarkisov Kirill Kochubey Tsentralny, Novorossiysk 12,500

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Spartak Nalchik 26 19 6 1 43 6 +37 63 Promotion to Russian National Football League
2 Afips Afipsky 26 15 4 7 35 27 +8 49
3 Krasnodar-2 26 14 6 6 53 26 +27 48
4 Chernomorets Novorossiysk 26 14 6 6 35 22 +13 48
5 Angusht Nazran 26 11 8 7 21 17 +4 41
6 SKA Rostov-on-Don 26 11 5 10 34 24 +10 38
7 Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk 26 10 5 11 26 32 −6 35
8 Dynamo Stavropol 26 9 8 9 30 30 0 35
9 Terek-2 Grozny 26 8 7 11 32 31 +1 31 Dissolved
10 Biolog-Novokubansk 26 7 6 13 21 34 −13 27
11 Alania Vladikavkaz 26 6 7 13 19 37 −18 25
12 MITOS Novocherkassk 26 6 5 15 30 48 −18 23 Dissolved
13 Astrakhan 26 5 6 15 23 49 −26 21
14 Druzhba Maykop 26 5 5 16 22 44 −22 20
Source: pfl-russia.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored

Top scorers
As of 30 May 2016[3]
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Nikolay Komlichenko Krasnodar-2 24
2 Ruslan Aliyev Mashuk-KMV 13
3 Nikolai Boyarintsev Chernomorets Novorossiysk 12
Artyom Maslevskiy Afips Afipsky
5 Aleksandr Podbeltsev SKA Rostov-on-Don 10

Ural-Povolzhye

Teams and stadiums
Team Head coach Captain Stadium Capacity
Chelyabinsk Igor Lazarev Tsentralny, Chelyabinsk 15,000
Dynamo Kirov Aleksei Lipatnikov Aleksandr Zakhlestin Rossiya, Kirov 3,000
Khimik Dzerzhinsk Khimik, Dzerzhinsk 5,266
Lada-Tolyatti Vladimir Kukhlevsky Aleksei Churavtsev Torpedo, Tolyatti 18,000
Neftekhimik Rustem Khuzin Sergei Morozov Neftekhimik, Nizhnekamsk 3,140
Nosta Konstantin Galkin Valery Sorokin Metallurg, Novotroitsk 6,000
Syzran-2003 Dmitri Voyetsky Sergei Simonov Kristall, Syzran 2,070
Volga Ulyanovsk Sergei Sedyshev Aleksei Storozhuk Start, Ulyanovsk 4,700
Volga-Olimpiyets Valery Bogdanets Aleksei Domshinskiy Severny, Nizhny Novgorod 4,500
Zenit-Izhevsk Igor Menshchikov Zenit, Izhevsk 18,000

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 27 18 6 3 56 15 +41 60 Promotion to Russian National Football League
2 Zenit Izhevsk 27 17 3 7 49 25 +24 54
3 Volga-Olimpiyets 27 15 8 4 38 19 +19 53
4 Syzran-2003 27 13 7 7 35 29 +6 46
5 Chelyabinsk 27 13 5 9 41 27 +14 44
6 Volga Ulyanovsk 27 10 5 12 33 32 +1 35
7 Nosta Novotroitsk 27 7 7 13 33 41 −8 28
8 Khimik Dzerzhinsk 27 7 4 16 28 54 −26 25 Dissolved
9 Lada Tolyatti 27 5 7 15 23 56 −33 22
10 Dynamo Kirov 27 1 6 20 18 56 −38 9
Source: pfl-russia.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored

Top scorers
As of 31 May 2016[4]
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Dmitri Otstavnov Volga Ulyanovsk 16
2 Marat Safin Zenit-Izhevsk 13
3 Denis Uryvkov Chelyabinsk 10
4 Maksim Malakhovskiy Zenit-Izhevsk 9
5 Viktor Karpukhin Nosta 7
Leonid Reshetnikov Neftekhimik

East

Teams and stadiums
Team Head coach Captain Stadium Capacity
Chita Ilya Makienko Artyom Drobyshev Lokomotiv, Chita 10,200
Dynamo-Barnaul Oleg Yakovlev Bogdan Karyukin Dynamo, Barnaul 15,000
Irtysh Omsk Sergei Boyko Anton Bagayev Krasnaya Zvezda, Omsk 4,655
Novokuznetsk Metallurg, Novokuznetsk 8,000
Sakhalin Aleksandr Alfyorov Murtazi Alakhverdov Spartak, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 4,200
Sibir-2 Dmitri Mamonov Spartak, Novosibirsk 12,500
Smena Mikhail Semyonov Soslan Takazov Metallurg, Komsomolsk-na-Amure 3,000
Tom-2 Viktor Sebelev Mikhail Bashilov Temp, Tomsk 3,000
Yakutiya Sergei Shishkin Tuymaada, Yakutsk 12,500

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure 24 14 7 3 45 25 +20 49 Refused promotion due to lack of financing
2 Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 24 14 6 4 40 17 +23 48
3 Chita 24 9 7 8 30 25 +5 34
4 Dynamo Barnaul 24 7 10 7 33 29 +4 31
5 Irtysh Omsk 24 7 10 7 25 23 +2 31
6 Sibir-2 Novosibirsk 23 7 5 11 29 40 −11 26
7 Tom-2 Tomsk 23 6 7 10 27 35 −8 25
8 Yakutiya Yakutsk 24 6 7 11 38 49 −11 25 Dissolved
9 Novokuznetsk 24 5 5 14 24 48 −24 20 Relegation to Amateur Football League[lower-alpha 1]
Source: pfl-russia.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
Notes:
  1. FC Novokuznetsk dropped out of the competition in February 2016 after playing 16 games and gaining 20 points. All the remaining games will be awarded to the opponents with the score of 3-0.

Top scorers
As of 29 May 2016[5]
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Vladislav Aksyutenko Dynamo Barnaul 12
Aleksandr Gagloyev Sakhalin
3 Ibragim Bazayev Smena 10
4 Andrei Razborov Chita 9
5 Almaz Fatikhov Chita 8
Aleksei Sabanov Novokuznetsk
Aleksandr Yashan Smena
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