2017–18 Russian Football National League

The 2017–18 Russian National Football League was the 26th season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 8 July 2017 and ended on 12 May 2018.

Russian National Football League

Season	2017–18
Champions	Orenburg
Promoted	Orenburg Krylia Sovetov Yenisey
Relegated	Volgar Astrakhan
← 2016–17 2018–19 → All statistics correct as of 3 August 2017.

Teams

Avangard

Baltika

Dynamo
Zenit-2

Fakel

Khimki

Krylia Sovetov

Kuban

Luch

Olimpiyets

Orenburg

Rotor

Shinnik

Sibir

Spartak-2

Tambov

Tom

Tyumen

Volgar

Yenisey

Team locations

Stadiums, personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kitmaker	Sponsor	Stadium	Capacity
Avangard	Igor Belyayev	Denis Sinyayev	Adidas		Trudovye Rezervy, Kursk	11,329
Baltika	Igor Cherevchenko	Aleksandr Sheshukov	Jako	Sodruzhestvo	Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad	35,212
Dynamo	Aleksandr Tochilin	Yevgeni Pesegov	Nike		MSA Petrovskiy, Saint Petersburg	2,809
Fakel	Pavel Gusev		Adidas	TNS Energo	Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz, Voronezh	32,750
Khimki	Aleksandr Irkhin		Macron	-	Rodina Stadium, Khimki	5,083
Krylia Sovetov	Andrey Tikhonov	Ivan Taranov	Nike		Cosmos Arena, Samara	44,918
Kuban	Yevgeni Kaleshin	Sergei Bendz	Adidas	-	Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar	35,200
Luch-Energiya	Aleksandr Grigoryan		Nike	-	Dynamo, Vladivostok	10,200
Olimpiyets	Nikolai Pisarev	Andrei Khripkov	Jako		Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod	44,899
Orenburg	Vladimir Fedotov	Dmitri Andreyev	Nike		Gazovik Stadium, Orenburg	7,500
Rotor	Sergei Pavlov	Roman Kontsedalov	Adidas		Volgograd Arena, Volgograd	45,568
Shinnik	Aleksandr Pobegalov	Eldar Nizamutdinov	Jako	-	Shinnik, Yaroslavl	22,990
Sibir	Sergei Kirsanov	Eugeniu Cebotaru	Joma	-	Spartak, Novosibirsk	12,500
Spartak-2	Dmitri Gunko	Artyom Samsonov	Nike	Lukoil	Spartak Academy, Moscow	2,700
Tambov	Andrei Talalayev	Aleksei Rybin	Jako	TBS	Spartak Stadium, Tambov	5,000
Tom	Vasili Baskakov	Dmitri Sasin	Joma		Trud Stadium, Tomsk	10,028
Tyumen	Vladimir Maminov		Jako	Sibur	Geolog, Tyumen	13,057
Volgar	Yuri Gazzayev	Stanislav Buchnev	Adidas	Gazprom	Tsentralny, Astrakhan	17,712
Yenisey	Dmitri Alenichev	Aleksandr Kharitonov	Nike	-	Tsentralny, Krasnoyarsk	22,500
Zenit-2	Konstantin Zyryanov	Yegor Baburin	Nike	Gazprom	MSA Petrovsky, Saint Petersburg	2,809

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Orenburg (C, P)	38	26	6	6	59	26	+33	84	Promotion to Premier League
2	Krylia Sovetov Samara (P)	38	26	4	8	60	23	+37	82
3	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (O, P)	38	25	6	7	68	32	+36	81	Qualification to Premier League play-offs
4	Tambov	38	20	8	10	57	36	+21	68
5	Baltika Kaliningrad	38	19	7	12	44	35	+9	64
6	Dynamo Saint Petersburg	38	13	16	9	52	47	+5	55
7	Sibir Novosibirsk	38	14	11	13	38	31	+7	53
8	Shinnik Yaroslavl	38	14	11	13	45	45	0	53
9	Kuban Krasnodar[a] (D)	38	12	13	13	47	47	0	49	Dissolved after the season
10	Volgar Astrakhan[b] (R)	38	12	9	17	40	46	−6	45	Relegation to Professional Football League
11	Avangard Kursk	38	10	15	13	43	46	−3	45
12	Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod	38	11	11	16	37	50	−13	44
13	Khimki	38	12	7	19	33	49	−16	43
14	Spartak-2 Moscow	38	11	9	18	47	64	−17	42	Ineligible for promotion
15	Tom Tomsk	38	10	11	17	36	56	−20	41
16	Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg[c]	38	11	7	20	43	59	−16	40	Ineligible for promotion
17	Rotor Volgograd[b]	38	10	10	18	38	45	−7	40
18	Luch-Energiya Vladivostok[a]	38	9	13	16	40	52	−12	40
19	Tyumen[a]	38	9	12	17	41	54	−13	39
20	Fakel Voronezh[a]	38	9	8	21	27	52	−25	35

Source: Football National League (Russian), 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.^[4]
(C) Champions; (D) Dissolved after the season; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. On 30 May 2018, the league announced that FC Kuban Krasnodar (9th place), FC Tosno (relegated from the 2017–18 Russian Premier League) and FC Ararat Moscow (promoted from the 2017–18 Russian Professional Football League, zone Center) failed in their appeal to get the FNL license for the 2018–19 season. According to league regulation, 18th, 19th and 20th-placed teams will not be relegated.^[1]
2. On 28 May 2018, the league announced that FC Volgar Astrakhan chose to get relegated voluntarily due to lack of financial opportunities. According to league regulations, Rotor Volgograd will not be relegated.^[2]
3. Russian Football Union announced on 11 May 2018, that none of the teams from the East zone of the 2017–18 Russian Professional Football League applied for the FNL license for the 2018–19 season. According to the league regulations, 16th-placed team will not be relegated.^[3]

Results

Home \ Away	AVA	BAL	DSP	FAK	KHI	KRY	KUB	LUE	ONN	ORE	ROT	SHI	SIB	SP2	TAM	TOM	TYU	VOL	YEN	ZE2
Avangard Kursk		1–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–4	0–1	1–2	2–3	0–2	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–3	0–0	1–0	0–4	1–1
Baltika Kaliningrad	1–0		3–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	5–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	6–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	2–1	0–5	0–1
Dynamo St. Petersburg	1–2	3–1		2–0	2–1	1–3	2–2	3–2	3–1	0–1	0–3	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	3–3
Fakel Voronezh	0–4	0–1	0–0		0–1	1–0	0–2	3–1	4–1	0–1	2–0	2–2	0–1	0–3	1–2	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–3	0–1
Khimki	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–3		0–2	2–1	2–0	0–2	0–1	3–0	0–3	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–1
Krylia Sovetov Samara	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	2–0		1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–3	3–0	5–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0
Kuban Krasnodar	0–3	0–1	0–1	2–2	0–1	2–1		0–0	0–0	4–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–3	0–0	3–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–0
Luch-Energiya Vladivostok	2–2	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–2		1–2	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	3–0	4–2	0–0	0–1	1–1
Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod	2–2	1–2	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–3	1–0		0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–2	0–1
Orenburg	1–1	0–1	4–3	5–0	5–2	3–2	1–0	2–0	3–0		2–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	1–0
Rotor Volgograd	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	1–2	0–2		1–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	4–1
Shinnik Yaroslavl	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	2–0	2–3	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	3–1		0–1	1–0	1–0	3–3	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–1
Sibir Novosibirsk	0–2	3–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	3–0		1–2	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	3–1
Spartak-2 Moscow	0–1	0–2	2–2	0–0	0–1	0–3	0–0	1–3	2–2	1–0	2–2	1–2	2–1		0–3	2–1	3–1	2–3	1–2	3–1
Tambov	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	4–1	3–0		3–1	3–1	3–1	5–0	3–1
Tom Tomsk	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–4	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–3	1–1	1–2	0–0		0–0	2–1	1–1	1–2
Tyumen	4–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	1–1		3–1	1–1	2–2
Volgar Astrakhan	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–1	3–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–3	1–2	2–0	1–0		1–2	3–2
Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	4–1	1–0	0–2	4–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	4–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	3–2	3–1	2–1		2–1
Zenit-2 St. Petersburg	0–4	2–0	0–1	4–1	1–0	0–2	3–3	1–2	2–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–2	1–2	0–3

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Andrei Kozlov	Yenisey	15
2	Andrei Panyukov	Zenit-2	12
3	Sergei Kornilenko	Krylia Sovetov	10
	Dmitri Skopintsev	Baltika
	Artyom Kulishev	Dynamo
6	Aleksei Sutormin	Volgar	9
7	Sergey Samodin	Krylia Sovetov	8
	Fashion Sakala	Spartak-2
	Denis Popović	Orenburg

Last updated: 25 November 2017^[5]