2016–17 Russian Premier League

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Arsenal (30 Oct–30 Nov)
Tom (27 Nov-11 Mar)
Highest attendance44,884
Spartak 3–1 CSKA Moscow
(29 October 2016)
Lowest attendance2,950
Tom 1–1 Ural
(1 October 2016)
Average attendance11,246
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The 2016–17 Russian Premier League was the 25th season of the premier league

2015-16 season. Fixtures for the 2016–17 season were announced on 20 June 2016.[1]

Teams

Zenit
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Locations of teams in the 2016–17 Russian Premier League
Map of Russia with the teams of the 2016–17 Premier League
Moscow
Moscow
Tom Tomsk
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Locations of teams in 2016–17 Russian Premier League (Tomsk)

As in the previous season, 16 teams played in the 2016–17 season. After 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

Team Location Head coach
Amkar Perm Perm Russia Gadzhi Gadzhiyev
Anzhi Makhachkala Makhachkala Russia Aleksandr Grigoryan
Arsenal Tula Tula Russia Sergei Kiriakov
CSKA Moscow Moscow Belarus Viktor Goncharenko
Krasnodar Krasnodar Russia Igor Shalimov
Krylia Sovetov Samara
Samara
 Belarus Vadim Skripchenko
Lokomotiv Moscow Moscow
Yuri Semin
Orenburg Orenburg Russia Robert Yevdokimov
Rostov Rostov-on-Don Moldova Ivan Daniliants
Rubin Kazan Kazan Spain Javi Gracia
Spartak Moscow Moscow Italy Massimo Carrera
Terek Grozny
 Grozny Tajikistan Rashid Rakhimov
Tom Tomsk Tomsk Russia Valery Petrakov
Ufa Ufa Russia Sergei Semak
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast
 Yekaterinburg Russia Aleksandr Tarkhanov
Zenit Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg Romania Mircea Lucescu

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing Manner Date Table Incoming Date Table
Zenit Portugal André Villas-Boas Contract expired 24 May 2016 pre-season Romania Mircea Lucescu 24 May 2016[2] pre-season
Rubin Ukraine Valeriy Chaly Contract expired 21 May 2016[3] pre-season Spain Javi Gracia 27 May 2016[4] pre-season
Ufa Russia Sergei Tomarov (caretaker) Caretaking spell over 6 June 2016 pre-season Belarus Viktor Goncharenko 6 June 2016[5] pre-season
Anzhi Uzbekistan Ruslan Agalarov Contract expired 31 May 2016[6] pre-season Czech Republic Pavel Vrba 30 June 2016[7] pre-season
Spartak Russia Dmitri Alenichev Resigned 5 August 2016[8] 1st Italy Massimo Carrera (caretaker)
Italy Massimo Carrera 		5 August 2016
permanent since 17 August 2016[9] 		1st
2nd
Rostov Turkmenistan Kurban Berdyev Resigned 6 August 2016[10] 4th Russia Dmitri Kirichenko (caretaker) 6 August 2016 4th
Lokomotiv Tajikistan Igor Cherevchenko Resigned 10 August 2016[11] 9th Uzbekistan Oleg Pashinin (caretaker) 10 August 2016 9th
Lokomotiv Uzbekistan Oleg Pashinin (caretaker) Caretaking spell over 26 August 2016[12] 12th
Yuri Semin
 26 August 2016 12th
Rostov Russia Dmitri Kirichenko (caretaker) Caretaking spell over 9 September 2016[13] 7th Austria Ivan Daniliants 9 September 2016 7th
Krasnodar Russia Oleg Kononov Resigned 13 September 2016[14] 7th Russia Igor Shalimov (caretaker)
Russia Igor Shalimov 		13 September 2016
permanent since 6 October 2016[15] 		7th
6th
Arsenal Tula
Sergei Pavlov
 Mutual consent 5 October 2016[16] 14th Russia Andrei Kozlov (caretaker) 5 October 2016[17] 14th
Arsenal Tula Russia Andrei Kozlov (caretaker) Caretaking spell over 6 October 2016[18] 14th Russia Sergei Kiriakov 6 October 2016 14th
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast
 Belarus Vadim Skripchenko Resigned 1 November 2016[19] 13th Russia Yuri Matveyev (caretaker) 1 November 2016[20] 13th
Krylia Sovetov
 Belgium Franky Vercauteren Mutual consent 1 November 2016[21] 16th Netherlands Hans Visser (caretaker) 1 November 2016 16th
Krylia Sovetov
 Netherlands Hans Visser (caretaker) Caretaking spell over 3 November 2016[22] 16th Belarus Vadim Skripchenko 3 November 2016 16th
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast
 Russia Yuri Matveyev (caretaker) Caretaking spell over 3 November 2016[23] 13th Russia Aleksandr Tarkhanov 3 November 2016 13th
CSKA Moscow
Leonid Slutsky
 Resigned 7 December 2016[24] 3rd Belarus Viktor Goncharenko 12 December 2016[25] 3rd
Ufa Belarus Viktor Goncharenko Mutual consent 12 December 2016[26] 8th Russia Sergei Semak 30 December 2016[27] 8th
Anzhi Makhachkala Czech Republic Pavel Vrba Mutual consent 30 December 2016[28] 11th Armenia Aleksandr Grigoryan 5 January 2017[29] 11th

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 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.[30]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Lokomotiv Moscow qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2016–17 Russian Cup.]
  2. ^ a b Anzhi Makhachkala ahead of Orenburg on head-to-head points; Orenburg–Anzhi Makhachkala 0–0, Anzhi Makhachkala–Orenburg 1–0.

Relegation play-offs

The draw for relegation play-offs scheduling took place on 24 April 2017.[31]

First leg

SKA-Khabarovsk0–0Orenburg
Report
Attendance: 11,300
Yenisey Krasnoyarsk2–1Arsenal Tula
Aleksandrov 11' (o.g.)
Maloyan 90+1'		 Report 72' Kombarov
Attendance: 14,000

Second leg

Orenburg0–0 (a.e.t.)SKA-Khabarovsk
Report
Penalties
 3–5
Attendance: 6,971

0–0 on aggregate. SKA-Khabarovsk won 5–3 on penalties and were promoted to the

2017–18 Russian National Football League
.

Arsenal Tula1–0Yenisey Krasnoyarsk
Shevchenko 29' Report
Attendance: 13,400
Referee: Vladimir Seldiakov (Balashikha)

2–2 on aggregate. Arsenal Tula won on away goals and retained their spot in the

2017–18 Russian National Football League
.

Results

Home \ Away AMK ANZ ARS CSK KRA
KRY
 LOK ORE ROS RUB SPA
TER
 TOM UFA URA ZEN
Amkar Perm — 2–0 1–0 0–2 0–2 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0
Anzhi Makhachkala 3–1 — 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 3–3 0–1 2–3 2–2
Arsenal Tula 0–0 1–0 — 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–3 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 3–0 0–2 2–0 0–5
CSKA Moscow 2–2 4–0 3–0 — 1–1 2–1 4–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 3–0 4–0 1–0 4–0 0–0
Krasnodar 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 — 1–1 1–2 3–3 2–1 1–0 2–2 4–0 3–0 0–0 3–0 2–1
Krylia Sovetov Samara
 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 — 0–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 4–0 1–3 3–0 0–1 2–2 1–3
Lokomotiv Moscow 3–3 4–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 — 4–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 0–2
Orenburg 0–0 0–0 3–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 — 2–0 1–1 1–3 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 0–1
Rostov 1–0 2–0 4–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 — 4–2 3–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–0
Rubin Kazan 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 0–1 3–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 — 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 0–2
Spartak Moscow 1–0 1–0 4–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 — 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1
Terek Grozny
 1–3 0–1 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 — 0–0 0–1 5–2 2–1
Tom Tomsk 1–0 0–3 1–0 0–1 1–5 0–2 1–6 1–2 0–6 2–2 0–1 1–2 — 1–0 1–1 0–2
Ufa 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–3 1–3 1–3 1–0 — 1–0 0–0
Ural Yekaterinburg 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–3 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–4 1–0 2–0 — 0–2
Zenit Saint Petersburg 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 3–2 4–1 4–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 —
Source: Russian Premier League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

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
121514141616161615161616161614131214151415141314151414141315
Tom Tomsk15149111214101212131415151415151616161616161616161616161616
Source: resultados-futbol.com