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

Season	2015–16
← 2014–15 2016–17 → 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[a]
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[a]

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