2015–16 Russian Premier League

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Average attendance10,996[3]
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The 2015–16 Russian Premier League was the 24th season of the premier football competition in Russia since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the 14th under the current Russian Premier League name.

Zenit Saint Petersburg came into the season as defending champions of the 2014–15 season. CSKA Moscow won the title on the final day.

Teams

Ural
Zenit
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Locations of teams in the 2015–16 Russian Premier League

As in previous season, 16 teams played in the 2015–16 season. After the

FC Krylia Sovetov Samara and FC Anzhi Makhachkala
.

Stadiums

Team Stadium Opened Capacity
Amkar Zvezda, Perm 1969 17,130
Anzhi Anzhi Arena, Kaspiysk 2003 24,859
CSKA Arena Khimki, Khimki 2008 18,636
Dynamo Moscow Arena Khimki, Khimki 2008 18,636
Krasnodar Kuban, Krasnodar 1961 30,889
Krylia Sovetov
Samara
 1957 33,001
Kuban Kuban, Krasnodar 1961 30,889
Lokomotiv Lokomotiv, Moscow 2002 28,810
Mordovia Start, Saransk 2004 11,613
Rostov Olimp-2, Rostov-on-Don 1930 15,843
Rubin
Kazan Arena, Kazan
 2013 45,379
Spartak Moscow
Otkrytiye Arena, Moscow
 2014 44,929
Terek
 Akhmat-Arena, Grozny 2011 30,597
Ufa Neftyanik, Ufa 1967 15,234
Ural
 SKB-Bank Arena, Yekaterinburg 1940 10,000
Zenit Petrovsky, Saint Petersburg 1925 21,042

Personnel and sponsorship

Team
Location
 Head coach Captain Kitmaker Sponsor
Amkar Perm Russia Gadzhi Gadzhiyev
Dmitri Belorukov
 Joma Government of Perm Region
Anzhi Makhachkala Uzbekistan Ruslan Agalarov Russia Ali Gadzhibekov Nike Caspian Flat Glass
CSKA Moscow
Leonid Slutsky
 Russia Igor Akinfeev Adidas Rosseti
Dynamo Moscow Russia Sergei Chikishev (caretaker) Russia Igor Denisov Nike
VTB
Krasnodar Krasnodar Russia Oleg Kononov Sweden Andreas Granqvist
Kappa
 Constell Group
Krylia Sovetov
Samara
 Belgium Franky Vercauteren Russia Ivan Taranov Nike Government of Samara
Kuban Krasnodar Russia Igor Osinkin Russia Aleksandr Belenov Adidas RGMK
Lokomotiv Moscow Tajikistan Igor Cherevchenko Croatia Vedran Ćorluka Adidas RZD
Mordovia Saransk Russia Marat Mustafin (caretaker)
Aleksei Ivanov
 Adidas Mordovcement
Rostov Rostov-on-Don Turkmenistan Kurban Berdyev Moldova Alexandru Gațcan Joma Energosbyt Rostovenergo
Rubin Kazan Ukraine Valeriy Chaly Russia Oleg Kuzmin
Puma
 TAIF-NK
Spartak Moscow Russia Dmitri Alenichev Russia Artyom Rebrov Nike Lukoil
Terek
 		Grozny Russia Rashid Rakhimov Russia Rizvan Utsiyev Adidas Akhmat Foundation
Ufa Ufa Russia Sergei Tomarov (caretaker) Russia Azamat Zaseyev Joma Bashinformsvyaz
Ural
 		Yekaterinburg Belarus Vadim Skripchenko Russia Spartak Gogniyev Umbro TMK Group Renova Group
Zenit St. Petersburg Portugal André Villas-Boas Portugal Danny Nike Gazprom

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing Manner Date Table Incoming Date Table
Mordovia
Yuri Semin
 Contract expired 31 May 2015[4] pre-season Russia Andrei Gordeyev 3 June 2015[5] pre-season
Spartak Switzerland Murat Yakin Mutual consent 31 May 2015[6] pre-season Russia Dmitri Alenichev 10 June 2015[7] pre-season
Anzhi Makhachkala Russia Sergei Tashuyev Contract expired 31 May 2015[8] pre-season
Yuri Semin
 18 June 2015[9] pre-season
Kuban Krasnodar
Andrei Sosnitskiy
(caretaker) 		End as caretaker 31 May 2015[10] pre-season Russia Dmitri Khokhlov 10 June 2015[11] pre-season
Lokomotiv Moscow Tajikistan Igor Cherevchenko (caretaker) Change of contract 2 June 2015[12] pre-season Tajikistan Igor Cherevchenko 2 June 2015[12] pre-season
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast
 Russia Aleksandr Tarkhanov Change of contract 8 June 2015[13] pre-season Belarus Viktor Goncharenko 14 June 2015[14] pre-season
Dynamo Moscow Russia Stanislav Cherchesov Mutual consent 13 July 2015[15] pre-season Russia Andrey Kobelev 13 July 2015 pre-season
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast
 Belarus Viktor Goncharenko Mutual consent 1 September 2015[16] 11th Belarus Vadim Skripchenko 3 September 2015 (caretaker)[17]
22 September 2015 (permanent)[18] 		11th
Rubin Kazan Russia Rinat Bilyaletdinov Fired 4 September 2015[19] 15th Russia Yuri Utkulbayev (caretaker) 6 September 2015[20] 15th
Rubin Kazan Russia Yuri Utkulbayev (caretaker) Caretaking spell over 10 September 2015 15th Ukraine Valeriy Chaly 10 September 2015 (caretaker)[21]
9 October 2015 (permanent)[22] 		15th
Kuban Krasnodar Russia Dmitri Khokhlov Fired 16 September 2015[23] 16th Russia Sergei Tashuyev 17 September 2015[24] 16th
Anzhi Makhachkala
Yuri Semin
 Mutual consent 29 September 2015[25] 16th Uzbekistan Ruslan Agalarov 29 September 2015 (caretaker)
24 October 2015 (permanent)[26] 		16th
Ufa Russia Igor Kolyvanov Mutual consent 21 October 2015[27] 15th
Yevgeni Perevertailo
 21 October 2015 15th
Mordovia Saransk Russia Andrei Gordeyev Mutual consent 7 April 2016[28] 15th Russia Marat Mustafin (caretaker) 7 April 2016 15th
Kuban Krasnodar Russia Sergei Tashuyev Resigned 26 April 2016[29] 14th Russia Arsen Papikyan (caretaker) 26 April 2016 14th
Kuban Krasnodar Russia Arsen Papikyan (caretaker) Caretaking spell over 4 May 2016[30] 15th Russia Igor Osinkin 4 May 2016 15th
Dynamo Moscow Russia Andrey Kobelev Mutual consent 10 May 2016[31] 12th Russia Sergei Chikishev (caretaker) 10 May 2016 12th
Ufa
Yevgeni Perevertailo
 Resigned 18 May 2016[32] 15th Russia Sergei Tomarov (caretaker) 18 May 2016 15th

Last updated: 18 May 2016

Tournament format and regulations

Basic

The 16 teams played 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 was 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 2016–17 season.

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 CSKA Moscow (C) 30 20 5 5 51 25 +26 65 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Rostov 30 19 6 5 41 20 +21 63 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Zenit Saint Petersburg 30 17 8 5 61 32 +29 59 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
4 Krasnodar 30 16 8 6 54 25 +29 56 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5 Spartak Moscow 30 15 5 10 48 39 +9 50
6 Lokomotiv Moscow 30 14 8 8 43 33 +10 50
7
Terek Grozny
 30 11 11 8 35 30 +5 44
8
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast
 30 10 9 11 39 46 −7 39
9
Krylia Sovetov Samara
 30 9 8 13 19 31 −12 35
10 Rubin Kazan 30 9 6 15 33 39 −6 33
11 Amkar Perm 30 7 10 13 22 33 −11 31
12 Ufa 30 6 9 15 25 44 −19 27
13 Anzhi Makhachkala (O) 30 6 8 16 28 50 −22 26 Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
14 Kuban Krasnodar (R) 30 5 11 14 34 44 −10 26
15 Dynamo Moscow (R) 30 5 10 15 25 47 −22 25 Relegation to Football National League
16 Mordovia Saransk (R) 30 4 12 14 30 50 −20 24
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.[33]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Zenit Saint Petersburg qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 Russian Cup.

Relegation play-offs

The draw for relegation play-offs scheduling took place on 10 May 2016.[34]

First leg

Volgar Astrakhan0–1Anzhi Makhachkala
Report Boli 90+2'
Attendance: 10,500
Kuban Krasnodar1–0Tom Tomsk
Armaș 19' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 9,501
Referee: Aleksandr Egorov

Second leg

Anzhi Makhachkala2–0Volgar Astrakhan
Lazić 7'
Boli 34'		 Report
Attendance: 21,500

Anzhi Makhachkala won 3–0 on aggregate and remained in the 2016–17 Russian Premier League.

Tom Tomsk2–0Kuban Krasnodar
Bashkirov 57'
Ciupercă 72'		 Report
Vitaly Meshkov

Tom Tomsk won 2–1 on aggregate and were promoted to the 2016–17 Russian Premier League.

Results

Home \ Away AMK ANZ CSK DYN KRA
KRY
 KUB LOK MOR ROS RUB SPA
TER
 UFA
URA
 ZEN
Amkar Perm 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–2
Anzhi Makhachkala 0–1 1–1 2–3 2–2 0–1 1–0 1–3 3–0 0–0 1–2 0–4 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–1
CSKA Moscow 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 7–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 2–2
Dynamo Moscow 0–0 1–2 0–2 1–4 0–1 2–1 2–2 2–2 1–3 0–0 2–3 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–3
Krasnodar 1–0 3–0 2–1 4–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 4–0 6–0 0–0
Krylia Sovetov Samara
 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–4 3–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–2
Kuban Krasnodar 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–3 2–0 6–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 2–2
Lokomotiv Moscow 3–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 0–2 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 2–2 2–0
Mordovia Saransk 1–1 4–0 4–6 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–3
Rostov 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–0
Rubin Kazan 0–2 1–2 0–1 4–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–3 2–2 0–1 3–1 1–2 1–3
Spartak Moscow 2–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 3–2 1–0 2–2 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–2 0–1 2–2
Terek Grozny
 2–0 3–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–2 2–1 2–1 4–1 1–1 4–1
Ufa 2–1 2–0 1–3 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–3 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–1 0–1
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast
 3–1 4–2 0–3 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–3 3–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 3–3 1–0 1–4
Zenit St. Petersburg 1–1 5–1 2–0 2–1 0–2 1–3 4–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 4–2 5–2 3–0 1–1 3–0
Source: Russian Premier League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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.

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Krylia Sovetov Samara
589101197567889101211111212121212121010109999
Rubin Kazan12161616131415131212131212121099999910999910101010
Amkar Perm1495688911111111111191112121010101091011111111111111
Ufa7131314911141516151415131413131313131414141313131313131512
Anzhi Makhachkala151515151616131415161514161616161614141516161516151616161313
Kuban Krasnodar161410121515161614141213141314141415151313131414141515151214
Dynamo Moscow1112127776878101010119101011111111111112121212121415
Mordovia Saransk131111131413101213131616151515151516161615151615161414141616
Source: resultados-futbol.com