2016 Russian Women's Football Championship

The 2016 Russian Women's Football Championship was the 25th season of the Russian women's football top-level league. Zvezda 2005 Perm were the defending champions.

Russian Women's Football Championship

Season	2016
Dates	29 April – 30 September
Champions	WFC Rossiyanka
UEFA Women's Champions League	WFC Rossiyanka • Zvezda 2005 Perm
Matches played	45
Goals scored	120 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Margarita Chernomyrdina & Nadezhda Karpova (8 goals each)
← 2015 2017 →

WFC Rossiyanka won the championship, finishing ahead of Zvezda 2005 Perm.^[1]

League table

Teams played each other three times.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	WFC Rossiyanka (C, Q)	15	11	2	2	25	9	+16	35	Qualification to Champions League
2	Zvezda 2005 Perm (Q)	15	8	2	5	24	13	+11	26
3	Ryazan VDV	15	7	4	4	21	18	+3	25
4	FC Chertanovo Moscow	15	6	3	6	20	18	+2	21
5	ZFK CSKA Moscow	15	4	3	8	17	25	−8	15
6	Kubanochka Krasnodar	15	1	2	12	13	37	−24	5

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Number of wins; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head wins; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals; 7) Head-to-head away goals; 8) Goal difference; 9) Goals scored; 10) Drawing of lots
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[2]
1	Margarita Chernomyrdina	FC Chertanovo Moscow	8
	Nadezhda Karpova	FC Chertanovo Moscow
3	Gabrielle Onguéné	WFC Rossiyanka	6
	Daryna Apanaschenko	Zvezda 2005 Perm
5	Olesja Kurotschkina	Zvezda 2005 Perm	4
	Yulia Kornievets	Zvezda 2005 Perm
	Josée Nahi	WFC Rossiyanka
	Anna Sinyutina	Ryazan VDV
9	8 Players		3