2016–17 Russian Premier League

Russian Premier League
Season 2016–17
Matches played 131
Goals scored 269 (2.05 per match)
Top goalscorer Fyodor Smolov
(9 goals)
Biggest home win Spartak 4–0 Arsenal
Krasnodar 4–0 Terek
Krylia Sovetov 4–0 Spartak
CSKA 4–0 Ural
Biggest away win Tom 1–6 Lokomotiv
Highest scoring Tom 1–6 Lokomotiv
Longest winning run 4 matches:
Spartak (21 Aug-16 Sep)
Longest unbeaten run 12 matches:
Zenit (30 Jul-30 Oct)
Longest winless run 9 matches:
Orenburg (30 Jul-1 Oct)
Longest losing run 3 matches:
Tom (20 Aug-10 Sep)
Krylia Sovetov (26 Aug-18 Sep)
Lokomotiv (11 Sep-24 Sep)
Orenburg (16 Sep-1 Oct)
Highest attendance 44,884
Spartak-CSKA Moscow
(29 October 2016)
Lowest attendance 2,950
Tom-Ural
(1 October 2016)
2017–18 →

All statistics correct as of 4 December 2016.

The 2016–17 Russian Premier League is the 25th season of the premier league football competition in Russia since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the 14th under the current Russian Premier League name. CSKA Moscow came into the season as the defending champions of the 2015-16 season. Fixtures for the 2016–17 season were announced on 20 June 2016.[1]

Teams

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(not on map)
Locations of teams in the 2016–17 Russian Premier League

As in previous season, 16 teams play in the 2016–17 season. After the 2015–16 season, FC Kuban Krasnodar, FC Dynamo Moscow and FC Mordovia Saransk were relegated to the 2016–17 Russian National Football League. They were replaced by three clubs from the 2015–16 Russian National Football League, FC Arsenal Tula, FC Orenburg and FC Tom Tomsk.

Stadiums

Team Stadium City Opened Capacity
Amkar Zvezda Stadium Perm 1969 17,000
Anzhi Anzhi Arena Kaspiysk 2003 26,400
Arsenal Arsenal Stadium Tula 1959 20,048
CSKA Arena CSKA Moscow 2016 30,000
Krasnodar Krasnodar Stadium Krasnodar 2016 34,291
Krylia Sovetov Metallurg Stadium Samara 1957 33,001
Lokomotiv Lokomotiv Stadium Moscow 2002 28,800
Orenburg Gazovik Stadium Orenburg 2002 7,500
Rostov Olimp-2 Rostov-on-Don 1930 15,840
Rubin Kazan Arena Kazan 2013 45,379
Spartak Otkrytiye Arena Moscow 2014 45,360
Terek Akhmat-Arena Grozny 2011 30,597
Tom Trud Stadium Tomsk 1929 10,028
Ufa Neftyanik Stadium Ufa 1967 15,234
Ural SKB-Bank Arena Yekaterinburg 1940 10,000
Zenit Petrovsky Saint Petersburg 1925 21,405

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Location Head coach
Amkar Perm Perm Russia Gadzhi Gadzhiyev
Anzhi Makhachkala Makhachkala Czech Republic Pavel Vrba
Arsenal Tula Tula Russia Sergei Kiriakov
CSKA Moscow Moscow Russia Leonid Slutsky
Krasnodar Krasnodar Russia Igor Shalimov
Krylia Sovetov Samara Samara Belarus Vadim Skripchenko
Lokomotiv Moscow Moscow Russia Yuri Semin
Orenburg Orenburg Russia Robert Yevdokimov
Rostov Rostov-on-Don Moldova Ivan Daniliants
Rubin Kazan Kazan Spain Javi Gracia
Spartak Moscow Moscow Italy Massimo Carrera
Terek Grozny Grozny Tajikistan Rashid Rakhimov
Tom Tomsk Tomsk Russia Valery Petrakov
Ufa Ufa Belarus Viktor Goncharenko
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast Yekaterinburg Russia Aleksandr Tarkhanov
Zenit Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg Romania Mircea Lucescu

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing Manner Date Table Incoming Date Table
Zenit Portugal André Villas-Boas Contract expired 24 May 2016 pre-season Romania Mircea Lucescu 24 May 2016[2] pre-season
Rubin Ukraine Valeriy Chaly Contract expired 21 May 2016[3] pre-season Spain Javi Gracia 27 May 2016[4] pre-season
Ufa Russia Sergei Tomarov (caretaker) Caretaking spell over 6 June 2016 pre-season Belarus Viktor Goncharenko 6 June 2016[5] pre-season
Anzhi Uzbekistan Ruslan Agalarov Contract expired 31 May 2016[6] pre-season Czech Republic Pavel Vrba 30 June 2016[7] pre-season
Spartak Russia Dmitri Alenichev Resigned 5 August 2016[8] 1st Italy Massimo Carrera (caretaker)
Italy Massimo Carrera 		5 August 2016
permanent since 17 August 2016[9]		 1st
2nd
Rostov Turkmenistan Kurban Berdyev Resigned 6 August 2016[10] 4th Russia Dmitri Kirichenko (caretaker) 6 August 2016 4th
Lokomotiv Tajikistan Igor Cherevchenko Resigned 10 August 2016[11] 9th Uzbekistan Oleg Pashinin (caretaker) 10 August 2016 9th
Lokomotiv Uzbekistan Oleg Pashinin (caretaker) Caretaking spell over 26 August 2016[12] 12th Russia Yuri Semin 26 August 2016 12th
Rostov Russia Dmitri Kirichenko (caretaker) Caretaking spell over 9 September 2016[13] 7th Austria Ivan Daniliants 9 September 2016 7th
Krasnodar Russia Oleg Kononov Resigned 13 September 2016[14] 7th Russia Igor Shalimov (caretaker)
Russia Igor Shalimov		 13 September 2016
permanent since 6 October 2016[15]		 7th
6th
Arsenal Tula Russia Sergei Pavlov Mutual consent 5 October 2016[16] 14th Russia Andrei Kozlov (caretaker) 5 October 2016[17] 14th
Arsenal Tula Russia Andrei Kozlov (caretaker) Caretaking spell over 6 October 2016[18] 14th Russia Sergei Kiriakov 6 October 2016 14th
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast Belarus Vadim Skripchenko Resigned 1 November 2016[19] 13th Russia Yuri Matveyev (caretaker) 1 November 2016[20] 13th
Krylia Sovetov Belgium Franky Vercauteren Mutual consent 1 November 2016[21] 16th Netherlands Hans Visser (caretaker) 1 November 2016 16th
Krylia Sovetov Netherlands Hans Visser (caretaker) Caretaking spell over 3 November 2016[22] 16th Belarus Vadim Skripchenko 3 November 2016 16th
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast Russia Yuri Matveyev (caretaker) Caretaking spell over 3 November 2016[23] 13th Russia Aleksandr Tarkhanov 3 November 2016 13th

Last updated: 3 November 2016

Tournament format and regulations

Basic

The 16 teams will play a round-robin tournament whereby each team plays each one of the other teams twice, once at home and once away. Thus, a total of 240 matches will be played, with 30 matches played by each team.

Promotion and relegation

The teams that finish 15th and 16th will be relegated to the FNL, while the top 2 in that league will be promoted to the Premier League for the 2016–17 season.

The 13th and 14th Premier League teams will play the 4th and 3rd FNL teams respectively in two playoff games with the winners securing Premier League spots for the 2017–18 season.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Spartak Moscow 16 12 1 3 24 12 +12 37 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Zenit Saint Petersburg 17 10 5 2 33 13 +20 35 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 CSKA Moscow 17 9 5 3 21 11 +10 32 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
4 Terek Grozny 17 8 4 5 21 21 0 28
5 Krasnodar 16 7 6 3 23 13 +10 27
6 Rostov 17 7 4 6 19 12 +7 25
7 Amkar Perm 16 6 6 4 13 12 +1 24
8 Rubin Kazan 16 6 5 5 19 17 +2 23
9 Lokomotiv Moscow 17 5 8 4 21 13 +8 23
10 Ufa 16 6 4 6 11 13 −2 22
11 Anzhi Makhachkala 16 5 5 6 13 17 −4 20
12 Ural Yekaterinburg 17 3 5 9 11 25 −14 14
13 Krylia Sovetov Samara 16 3 5 8 16 19 −3 14 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
14 Orenburg 16 2 6 8 11 18 −7 12
15 Tom Tomsk 16 2 3 11 8 30 −22 9 Relegation to FNL
16 Arsenal Tula 16 1 6 9 5 23 −18 9
Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2016. Source: Russian Premier League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head matches won; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals; 8) Goal difference; 9) Goals scored; 10) Away goals scored.[24]

Results

Home ╲ Away AMK ANZ ARSCSKKRAKRYLOKOREROSRUBSPATERTOMUFAURAZEN
Amkar Perm 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0
Anzhi Makhachkala 3–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–1 2–2
Arsenal Tula 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–5
CSKA Moscow 2–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 4–0
Krasnodar 1–0 1–2 3–3 2–1 1–0 4–0 3–0 3–0 2–1
Krylia Sovetov Samara 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 4–0 3–0 0–1 2–2
Lokomotiv Moscow 4–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 0–1 1–1
Orenburg 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 3–1 0–1
Rostov 2–0 4–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–0
Rubin Kazan 0–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–1
Spartak Moscow 1–0 4–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1
Terek Grozny 1–3 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 0–0 2–1
Tom Tomsk 0–3 1–0 0–1 1–6 0–1 1–0 1–1
Ufa 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–3 1–3 0–0
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–4 2–0 0–2
Zenit St. Petersburg 3–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 3–2 4–1 4–2 1–0 2–0

Updated to games played on 4 December 2016.
Source: Russian Premier League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Team \ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Spartak Moscow 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1                          
Zenit St. Petersburg 7 10 5 8 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2                          
CSKA Moscow 6 6 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 3                          
Terek Grozny 5 7 10 7 3 5 7 8 7 7 5 4 3 4 5 4                            
Krasnodar 2 1 1 4 6 7 5 6 6 6 4 5 5 5 3 5                            
Rostov 4 4 7 5 7 6 8 5 4 5 6 7 7 6 6 6                            
Amkar Perm 10 5 4 2 5 4 4 4 5 4 7 6 6 7 7 7                            
Rubin Kazan 9 11 13 13 14 10 12 10 10 9 10 10 8 8 9 8                            
Ufa 14 12 16 16 13 13 9 9 9 10 9 9 10 9 8 9                            
Anzhi Makhachkala 11 13 8 6 8 8 6 7 8 8 8 8 9 10 10 10                            
Lokomotiv Moscow 8 9 12 12 9 9 11 13 13 12 11 11 11 11 11 11                            
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast 3 3 6 9 11 11 14 11 11 11 12 13 13 13 13 12                            
Krylia Sovetov Samara 12 15 14 14 16 16 16 16 15 16 16 16 16 16 14 13                            
Orenburg 13 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 15 15 12 12 12 12 14                            
Tom Tomsk 15 14 9 11 12 14 10 12 12 13 14 15 15 14 15 15                            
Arsenal Tula 16 8 11 10 10 12 13 14 14 14 13 14 14 15 16 16                            

Last updated: 3 December 2016
Source: resultados-futbol.com

Season statistics

Scoring

References

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