2013–14 Russian Professional Football League

The 2013–14 Professional Football League was the twenty-third season of a third division in Russian football and the first under this name. 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

Season	2013–14
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

West

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Tosno (P)	32	21	8	3	51	16	+35	71	Promotion to Russian National Football League
2	Tekstilshchik Ivanovo	32	20	7	5	58	32	+26	67
3	Khimki	32	16	10	6	67	37	+30	58
4	Pskov-747 Pskov	32	17	5	10	44	31	+13	56
5	CRFSO Smolensk	32	15	7	10	48	43	+5	52
6	Torpedo Vladimir	32	14	7	11	48	38	+10	49
7	Sever Murmansk	32	13	9	10	39	34	+5	48	Team withdrew
8	Dolgoprudny	32	12	9	11	40	32	+8	45
9	Lokomotiv-2 Moscow	32	11	12	9	49	40	+9	45	Team withdrew
10	Zenit-2 St. Petersburg	32	11	10	11	43	43	0	43
11	Strogino Moscow	32	11	6	15	37	39	−2	39
12	Spartak Kostroma	32	10	6	16	31	33	−2	36
13	Kolomna	32	10	5	17	32	56	−24	35
14	Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo	32	7	9	16	19	52	−33	30
15	Vologda	32	7	8	17	34	49	−15	29	Team withdrew
16	Volga Tver	32	6	8	18	28	52	−24	26
17	Rus Saint Petersburg (R)	32	4	8	20	16	57	−41	20	Team withdrew[a]

Source: rfspro.ru
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. Rus withdrew from the league in February 2014 due to financial problems

Top scorers

Source: rfspro.ru (in Russian)

20 goals

• Anzor Sanaya (Tekstilshchik)

15 goals

• Yevgeni Kobzar (Lokomotiv-2)

14 goals

• Aleksei Zhdanov (Sever)

13 goals

• Yevgeni Losev (Tekstilshchik)

12 goals

• Aleksandr Savin (Tosno)

11 goals

• Anton Shishayev (Pskov-747)

10 goals

• Artyom Motov (Vologda)
• Dmitri Proshin (Pskov-747)
• Maksim Zimarev (Torpedo)

Center

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sokol Saratov (P)	30	21	6	3	62	24	+38	69	Promotion to Russian National Football League
2	Vityaz Podolsk	30	19	3	8	51	32	+19	60
3	Fakel Voronezh	30	17	9	4	47	21	+26	60
4	Spartak-2 Moscow	30	15	5	10	58	40	+18	50
5	Dynamo Bryansk	30	14	6	10	35	32	+3	48
6	Kaluga	30	12	9	9	44	36	+8	45
7	Avangard Kursk	30	12	6	12	37	39	−2	42
8	Podolye Podolsky district	30	13	3	14	41	52	−11	42
9	Metallurg Lipetsk	30	11	7	12	35	36	−1	40
10	Zenit Penza	30	7	14	9	28	29	−1	35
11	Zvezda Ryazan	30	7	12	11	20	30	−10	33
12	Tambov	30	8	7	15	38	44	−6	31
13	Metallurg Vyksa	30	6	11	13	25	40	−15	29
14	Oryol	30	8	5	17	30	41	−11	29
15	Lokomotiv Liski	30	7	8	15	31	42	−11	29
16	Metallurg-Oskol Stary Oskol (R)	30	4	7	19	22	66	−44	19	Team withdrew[a]

Source: rfspro.ru
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. Metallurg-Oskol withdrew from the league in February 2014 due to financial problems

Top scorers

Source: rfspro.ru (in Russian)

15 goals

• Aleksandr Degtyaryov (Sokol)

13 goals

• Vladimir Obukhov (Spartak-2)

11 goals

• Yevgeni Povarnitsyn (Podolye)
• Mikhail Tynyany (Tambov)

10 goals

• Igor Boyarov (Vityaz)
• Azamat Gonezhukov (Sokol)
• Vadim Minich (Dynamo Bryansk)
• Ruslan Shoniya (Vityaz)

9 goals

• Aleksandr Kozlov (Spartak-2)

South

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Volgar Astrakhan (P)	34	28	6	0	73	15	+58	90	Promotion to Russian National Football League
2	Chernomorets Novorossiysk	34	27	4	3	74	19	+55	85
3	Vityaz Krymsk	34	17	9	8	48	31	+17	60
4	Olimpia Volgograd	34	17	7	10	51	35	+16	58
5	Dagdizel Kaspiysk	34	16	7	11	41	36	+5	55
6	MITOS Novocherkassk	34	15	9	10	42	27	+15	54
7	Astrakhan	34	14	9	11	43	36	+7	51
8	SKVO Rostov-on-Don	34	13	11	10	39	30	+9	50
9	Gazprom transgaz Stavropol Ryzdvyany	34	13	8	13	37	32	+5	47
10	Armavir	34	12	10	12	41	41	0	46
11	Taganrog	34	12	7	15	38	47	−9	43
12	Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk	34	9	7	18	28	54	−26	34
13	Alania-d Vladikavkaz	34	10	3	21	43	46	−3	33
14	Biolog-Novokubansk Progress	34	7	12	15	37	53	−16	33
15	Druzhba Maykop	34	8	8	18	26	47	−21	32
16	Terek-2 Grozny	34	7	9	18	30	53	−23	30
17	Krasnodar-2	34	7	6	21	35	66	−31	27
18	Energiya Volzhsky (R)	34	5	6	23	31	70	−39	21	Relegation to Amateur Football League

Source: rfspro.ru
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

Top scorers

Source: rfspro.ru (in Russian)

22 goals

• Sergei Verkashanskiy (Chernomorets)

20 goals

• Aleksandr Alkhazov (Volgar)

19 goals

• Dmitry Akhba (Volgar)

16 goals

• Anatoly Shevchenko (Chernomorets)

13 goals

• Viktor Borisov (Olimpia)
• Tofik Kadimov (Dagdizel)
• Dzambolat Khastsayev (Alania-d)

12 goals

• Roman Smolskiy (MITOS)

11 goals

• Mikhail Biryukov (SKVO)

10 goals

• Oleg Aleynik (Olimpia)
• Sergei Sinyayev (Chernomorets)

Ural-Povolzhye

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tyumen (P)	27	19	4	4	44	17	+27	61	Qualification for Championship group
2	Volga Ulyanovsk	27	19	3	5	40	23	+17	60
3	KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny	27	15	4	8	44	36	+8	49
4	Chelyabinsk	27	13	5	9	45	25	+20	44
5	Zenit-Izhevsk	27	10	10	7	28	19	+9	40
6	Syzran-2003	27	10	10	7	33	30	+3	40
7	Lada-Togliatti Togliatti	27	9	8	10	31	31	0	35	Qualification for Relegation group
8	Nosta Novotroitsk	27	6	11	10	30	32	−2	29
9	Oktan Perm	27	5	10	12	17	35	−18	25
10	Dynamo Kirov	27	5	8	14	16	23	−7	23
11	Spartak Yoshkar-Ola	27	2	12	13	20	41	−21	18
12	Rubin-2 Kazan	27	3	7	17	18	54	−36	16

Source: rfspro.ru
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

Top scorers

Source: rfspro.ru (in Russian)

16 goals

• Dmitri Zarva (Chelyabinsk)

9 goals

• Marat Safin (Volga)
• Denis Uryvkov (Chelyabinsk)

7 goals

• Mikhail Kanayev (Tyumen)
• Andrei Samoylov (Syzran-2003)

East

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (P)	24	15	6	3	44	16	+28	51	Promotion to Russian National Football League
2	Chita	24	12	6	6	31	20	+11	42
3	Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure	24	12	5	7	33	18	+15	41
4	Amur-2010 Blagoveshchensk	24	11	5	8	30	24	+6	38
5	Baikal Irkutsk	24	9	9	6	31	20	+11	36
6	Yakutiya Yakutsk	24	10	5	9	36	36	0	35
7	Irtysh Omsk	24	8	8	8	28	28	0	32
8	Sibir-2 Novosibirsk	24	4	2	18	15	45	−30	14
9	Sibiryak Bratsk (R)	24	2	4	18	11	52	−41	10	Relegation to Amateur Football League

Source: rfspro.ru
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

Top scorers

Source: rfspro.ru (in Russian)

8 goals

• Anton Bagayev (Irtysh)
• Aleksei Nekrasov (Baikal)

7 goals

• Aleksandr Gagloyev (Sakhalin)
• Roman Kuklin (Amur-2010)

6 goals

• Azer Aliyev (Sakhalin)
• Ibragim Bazayev (Amur-2010)
• Sergei Vinogradov (Sakhalin)

5 goals

• Vyacheslav Bokov (Smena)
• Yakov Ehrlich (Sakhalin)
• Almaz Fatikhov (Chita)
• Vyacheslav Kirillov (Chita)
• Aleksei Sabanov (Sibiryak)