2016–17 Russian Premier League
| Season | 2016–17 |
|---|---|
| Matches played | 117 |
| Goals scored | 231 (1.97 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Fyodor Smolov (9 goals each) |
| Biggest home win | Spartak 4–0 Arsenal Krasnodar 4–0 Terek |
| Biggest away win | Arsenal 0–5 Zenit |
| Highest scoring | Zenit 4–2 Spartak Krasnodar 3–3 Orenburg |
| 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) |
← 2015–16 2017–18 →
All statistics correct as of 26 November 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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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
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing | Manner | Date | Table | Incoming | Date | Table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zenit |  André Villas-Boas
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Contract expired | 24 May 2016 | pre-season |  Mircea Lucescu
|
24 May 2016[2] | pre-season |
| Rubin |  Valeriy Chaly
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Contract expired | 21 May 2016[3] | pre-season |  Javi Gracia
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27 May 2016[4] | pre-season |
| Ufa |  Sergei Tomarov (caretaker)
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Caretaking spell over | 6 June 2016 | pre-season |  Viktor Goncharenko
|
6 June 2016[5] | pre-season |
| Anzhi |  Ruslan Agalarov
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Contract expired | 31 May 2016[6] | pre-season |  Pavel Vrba
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30 June 2016[7] | pre-season |
| Spartak | Dmitri Alenichev
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Resigned | 5 August 2016[8] | 1st |  Massimo Carrera (caretaker) Massimo Carrera
|
5 August 2016 permanent since 17 August 2016[9] |
1st 2nd |
| Rostov |  Kurban Berdyev
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Resigned | 6 August 2016[10] | 4th | Dmitri Kirichenko (caretaker)
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6 August 2016 | 4th |
| Lokomotiv |  Igor Cherevchenko
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Resigned | 10 August 2016[11] | 9th | Oleg Pashinin (caretaker)
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10 August 2016 | 9th |
| Lokomotiv | Oleg Pashinin (caretaker)
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Caretaking spell over | 26 August 2016[12] | 12th | Yuri Semin
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26 August 2016 | 12th |
| Rostov | Dmitri Kirichenko (caretaker)
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Caretaking spell over | 9 September 2016[13] | 7th |  Ivan Daniliants
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9 September 2016 | 7th |
| Krasnodar | Oleg Kononov
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Resigned | 13 September 2016[14] | 7th | Igor Shalimov (caretaker) Igor Shalimov
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13 September 2016 permanent since 6 October 2016[15] |
7th 6th |
| Arsenal Tula | Sergei Pavlov
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Mutual consent | 5 October 2016[16] | 14th | Andrei Kozlov (caretaker)
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5 October 2016[17] | 14th |
| Arsenal Tula | Andrei Kozlov (caretaker)
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Caretaking spell over | 6 October 2016[18] | 14th | Sergei Kiriakov
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6 October 2016 | 14th |
| Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast | Vadim Skripchenko
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Resigned | 1 November 2016[19] | 13th | Yuri Matveyev (caretaker)
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1 November 2016[20] | 13th |
| Krylia Sovetov |  Franky Vercauteren
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Mutual consent | 1 November 2016[21] | 16th |  Hans Visser (caretaker)
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1 November 2016 | 16th |
| Krylia Sovetov | Hans Visser (caretaker)
|
Caretaking spell over | 3 November 2016[22] | 16th | Vadim Skripchenko
|
3 November 2016 | 16th |
| Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast | Yuri Matveyev (caretaker)
|
Caretaking spell over | 3 November 2016[23] | 13th | 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 (C) | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 27 | +19 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 47 | 15 | +32 | 62 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 50 | 19 | +31 | 61 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Krasnodar | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 40 | 22 | +18 | 49 | |
| 5 | Terek Grozny | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 48 | |
| 6 | Rostov | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 36 | 18 | +18 | 48 | |
| 7 | Ufa | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 25 | −3 | 43 | |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 39 | 27 | +12 | 42 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a] |
| 9 | Rubin Kazan | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 38 | |
| 10 | Amkar Perm | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 25 | 29 | −4 | 35 | |
| 11 | Ural Yekaterinburg | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 44 | −20 | 30 | |
| 12 | Anzhi Makhachkala | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 38 | −14 | 30[b] | |
| 13 | Orenburg (R) | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 36 | −11 | 30[b] | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
| 14 | Arsenal Tula (O) | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 40 | −22 | 28 | |
| 15 | Krylia Sovetov Samara (R) | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 28 | Relegation to Football National League |
| 16 | Tom Tomsk (R) | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 64 | −47 | 14 |
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]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
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]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Lokomotiv Moscow qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2016–17 Russian Cup.]
- ^ a b Anzhi Makhachkala ahead of Orenburg on head-to-head points; Orenburg–Anzhi Makhachkala 0–0, Anzhi Makhachkala–Orenburg 1–0.
Results
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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.
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Scoring
- First goal of the season: Ivan Novoseltsev for Rostov against Orenburg (30 July 2016)[25]
- First double: Jano Ananidze for Spartak Moscow against Arsenal Tula (31 July 2016)[26]
- First hat-trick: Pavel Nyakhaychyk for Orenburg against Tom Tomsk (16 October 2016)[27]
| 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 |
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- ^ Валерий Чалый покинул пост главного тренера «Рубина» (in Russian). Kazan First. 21 May 2016.
- ^ Официально! Хави Грасия – новый главный тренер «Рубина» (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 27 May 2016.
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- ^ Агаларов и Сирхаев покидают тренерский штаб (in Russian). FC Anzhi Makhachkala. 31 May 2016.
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- ^ АЛЕКСАНДР ТАРХАНОВ ВОЗВРАЩАЕТСЯ В «УРАЛ» (in Russian). FC Ural Yekaterinburg. 3 November 2016.
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External links
- Official website
- 2016–17 Russian Premier League at Soccerway