The 2015–16 Professional Football League is the third highest division in Russian football. The Professional Football League is geographically divided into 5 zones.
The winners of each zone are automatically promoted into the National Football League. The bottom finishers of each zone lose professional status and are relegated into the Amateur Football League.
West
Teams and stadiums
Team |
Head coach |
Captain |
Stadium |
Capacity |
Dnepr Smolensk |
Vladimir Silovanov |
Sergei Davydov |
SGAFKST, Smolensk |
2,000 |
Dolgoprudny |
Andrei Meshchaninov |
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Salyut, Dolgoprudny |
5,750 |
Domodedovo |
Artyom Gorlov |
|
Avangard, Domodedovo |
6,000 |
Dinamo St. Petersburg |
Aleksandr Tochilin |
Evgeny Pesegov |
MSA Petrovsky, Saint Petersburg |
2,835 |
Kareliya |
Denis Zubko |
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Spartak, Petrozavodsk |
14,545 |
Khimki |
Vadim Khafizov |
|
Rodina, Khimki |
5,080 |
Kolomna |
Vladimir Bondarenko |
Aleksei Voronkov |
Avangard, Kolomna |
8,000 |
Pskov-747 |
Igor Vasilyev |
Igor Surin |
Lokomotiv, Pskov |
3,010 |
Solyaris |
Sergei Shustikov |
Vyacheslav Danilin |
Spartakovets, Moscow |
5,100 |
Strogino |
Vladimir Shcherbak |
Danila Polyakov |
Yantar, Moscow |
2,000 |
Spartak Kostroma |
Galimdzhan Khairulin |
Mikhail Solovei |
Urozhai, Kostroma |
3,000 |
Tekstilshchik Ivanovo |
Ravil Sabitov |
Andrei Romanov |
Tekstilshchik, Ivanovo |
9,565 |
Torpedo-Vladimir |
Evgeny Durnev |
Ivan Karatygin |
Torpedo, Vladimir |
18,000 |
Volga Tver |
Emin Ağayev |
Sergei Korovushkin |
Khimik, Tver |
8,331 |
Znamya Truda |
Sergei Bondar |
Mikhail Sorokin |
Torpedo, Orekhovo-Zuyevo |
1,500 |
Standings
Updated to games played on 9 November 2015.
Source: pfl-russia.com
Rules for classification:
1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Top scorers
- As of 9 November 2015[1]
Center
Teams and stadiums
Team |
Head coach |
Captain |
Stadium |
Capacity |
Arsenal-2 Tula |
Vasily Rozhnov |
|
DYuSSh Arsenal, Tula |
1,500 |
Avangard Kursk |
Igor Belyaev |
Denis Sinyaev |
Trudovye Rezervy, Kursk |
11,329 |
Chertanovo |
Mikhail Semernya |
Aleksandr Kotov |
Yantar, Moscow |
2,000 |
Dynamo-Bryansk |
Oleg Garin |
Aleksandr Fomichyov |
Dynamo, Bryansk |
10,100 |
Energomash |
Viktor Navochenko |
Andrei Kolesnikov |
Energomash, Belgorod |
11,456 |
Kaluga |
Vitaly Safronov |
Dmitri Baranov |
Annenki, Kaluga |
3,643 |
Lokomotiv Liski |
Igor Pyvin |
|
Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz, Voronezh |
31,793 |
Metallurg Lipetsk |
Sergei Mashnin |
|
Metallurg, Lipetsk |
14,578 |
Oryol |
Eduard Dyomin |
|
Tsentralny, Oryol |
14,600 |
Ryazan |
Garnik Avalyan |
Oleg Yeliseyev |
Olimpiets, Ryazan |
5,880 |
Tambov |
Valery Esipov |
Aleksei Mikhalyov |
Spartak, Tambov |
6,300 |
Torpedo Moscow |
Valery Petrakov |
Andrei Shiryaev |
Spartak Academy, Moscow |
2,700 |
Vityaz Podolsk |
Sergei Polstyanov |
Aleksei Khrapov |
Trud, Podolsk |
11,887 |
Zenit Penza |
|
Denis Belobayev |
Pervomaisky, Penza |
5,100 |
Standings
Updated to games played on 9 November 2015.
Source: pfl-russia.com
Rules for classification:
1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Top scorers
- As of 9 November 2015[2]
South
Teams and stadiums
Team |
Head coach |
Captain |
Stadium |
Capacity |
Afips |
Nikolai Yuzhanin |
Evgeny Shamrin |
Andrei-Arena, Afipsky |
3,000 |
Alania |
Zaur Tedeyev |
German Tuayev |
Spartak, Vladikavkaz |
30,901 |
Angusht |
Gennady Bondaruk |
|
Rashid Aushev, Nazran |
3,000 |
Astrakhan |
Sergei Gunko |
|
Astrakhan, Astrakhan |
3,000 |
Biolog-Novokubansk |
Leonid Nazarenko |
Maksim Farinov |
Biolog, Progress |
2,300 |
Druzhba Maykop |
Bibert Kaghado |
|
Respublikansky, Maykop |
16,000 |
Dynamo Stavropol |
Valery Zazdravnykh |
Anatoly Baklanov |
Dynamo, Stavropol |
16,000 |
Krasnodar-2 |
Igor Shalimov |
Ilya Zhigulyov |
Krasnodar Academy, Krasnodar |
1,500 |
Mashuk-KMV |
Sergei Trubitsyn |
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Tsentralny, Pyatigorsk |
10,365 |
MITOS |
|
|
Yermak, Novocherkassk |
2,500 |
SKA Rostov-na-Donu |
Mikhail Kupriyanov |
Vyacheslav Bokov |
SKA SKVO, Rostov-on-Don |
11,000 |
Spartak-Nalchik |
Khasanbi Bidzhiyev |
Amir Bazhev |
Spartak, Nalchik |
13,800 |
Terek-2 |
Magomed Adiyev |
|
Sultan Bilimkhanov, Grozny |
10,300 |
Chernomorets Novorossiysk |
Eduard Sarkisov |
Kirill Kochubey |
Tsentralny, Novorossiysk |
12,500 |
Standings
Updated to games played on 9 November 2015.
Source: pfl-russia.com
Rules for classification:
1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Top scorers
- As of 9 November 2015[3]
Ural-Povolzhye
Teams and stadiums
Team |
Head coach |
Captain |
Stadium |
Capacity |
Chelyabinsk |
Igor Lazarev |
|
Tsentralny, Chelyabinsk |
15,000 |
Dynamo Kirov |
Aleksei Lipatnikov |
Aleksandr Zakhlestin |
Rossiya, Kirov |
3,000 |
Khimik Dzerzhinsk |
|
|
Khimik, Dzerzhinsk |
5,266 |
Lada-Tolyatti |
Vladimir Kukhlevsky |
Aleksei Churavtsev |
Torpedo, Tolyatti |
18,000 |
Neftekhimik |
Rustem Khuzin |
Sergei Morozov |
Neftekhimik, Nizhnekamsk |
3,140 |
Nosta |
Konstantin Galkin |
Valery Sorokin |
Metallurg, Novotroitsk |
6,000 |
Syzran-2003 |
Dmitri Voyetsky |
Sergei Simonov |
Kristall, Syzran |
2,070 |
Volga Ulyanovsk |
Sergei Sedyshev |
Aleksei Storozhuk |
Start, Ulyanovsk |
4,700 |
Volga-Olimpiyets |
Valery Bogdanets |
Aleksei Domshinskiy |
Severny, Nizhny Novgorod |
4,500 |
Zenit-Izhevsk |
Igor Menshchikov |
|
Zenit, Izhevsk |
18,000 |
Standings
Pos
|
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
| Qualification or relegation
|
1 |
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk !Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk |
18 |
12 |
4 |
2 |
37 |
10 | +27 |
40| | Promotion to Russian National Football League
|
2 |
Chelyabinsk !Chelyabinsk |
18 |
11 |
2 |
5 |
34 |
15 | +19 |
35 |
3 |
Zenit Izhevsk !Zenit Izhevsk |
18 |
10 |
3 |
5 |
32 |
20 | +12 |
33 |
4 |
Volga-Olimpiyets |
18 |
9 |
6 |
3 |
25 |
13 |
+12 |
33 |
5 |
Syzran-2003 |
18 |
9 |
4 |
5 |
26 |
20 |
+6 |
31 |
6 |
Volga Ulyanovsk !Volga Ulyanovsk |
18 |
7 |
2 |
9 |
23 |
22 | +1 |
23 |
7 |
Khimik Dzerzhinsk !Khimik Dzerzhinsk |
18 |
6 |
3 |
9 |
22 |
30 | −8 |
21 |
8 |
Lada Tolyatti |
18 |
4 |
3 |
11 |
16 |
45 |
−29 |
15 |
9 |
Nosta Novotroitsk !Nosta Novotroitsk |
18 |
3 |
6 |
9 |
13 |
28 | −15 |
15 |
10 |
Dynamo Kirov !Dynamo Kirov |
18 |
1 |
3 |
14 |
14 |
39 | −25 |
6| | Relegation to Amateur Football League
|
Updated to games played on 9 November 2015.
Source: pfl-russia.com
Rules for classification:
1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Top scorers
- As of 9 November 2015[4]
East
Teams and stadiums
Team |
Head coach |
Captain |
Stadium |
Capacity |
Chita |
Ilya Makienko |
Artyom Drobyshev |
Lokomotiv, Chita |
10,200 |
Dynamo-Barnaul |
Oleg Yakovlev |
Bogdan Karyukin |
Dynamo, Barnaul |
15,000 |
Irtysh Omsk |
Sergei Boyko |
Anton Bagayev |
Krasnaya Zvezda, Omsk |
4,655 |
Novokuznetsk |
|
|
Metallurg, Novokuznetsk |
8,000 |
Sakhalin |
Aleksandr Alfyorov |
Murtazi Alakhverdov |
Spartak, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk |
4,200 |
Sibir-2 |
Dmitri Mamonov |
|
Spartak, Novosibirsk |
12,500 |
Smena |
Mikhail Semyonov |
Soslan Takazov |
Metallurg, Komsomolsk-na-Amure |
3,000 |
Tom-2 |
Viktor Sebelev |
Mikhail Bashilov |
Temp, Tomsk |
3,000 |
Yakutiya |
Sergei Shishkin |
|
Tuymaada, Yakutsk |
12,500 |
Standings
Pos
|
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
| Qualification or relegation
|
1 |
Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure !Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure |
16 |
9 |
5 |
2 |
28 |
18 | +10 |
32| | Promotion to Russian National Football League
|
2 |
Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk !Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk |
16 |
8 |
5 |
3 |
29 |
14 | +15 |
29 |
3 |
Irtysh Omsk !Irtysh Omsk |
15 |
5 |
6 |
4 |
18 |
16 | +2 |
21 |
4 |
FC Novokuznetsk |
16 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
24 |
24 |
0 |
20 |
5 |
Dynamo Barnaul !Dynamo Barnaul |
16 |
4 |
7 |
5 |
19 |
20 | −1 |
19 |
6 |
Yakutiya Yakutsk !Yakutiya Yakutsk |
16 |
4 |
6 |
6 |
24 |
31 | −7 |
18 |
7 |
Sibir-2 Novosibirsk !Sibir-2 Novosibirsk |
16 |
4 |
5 |
7 |
19 |
29 | −10 |
17 |
8 |
Tom-2 Tomsk !Tom-2 Tomsk |
16 |
4 |
5 |
7 |
15 |
22 | −7 |
17 |
9 |
Chita !Chita |
15 |
4 |
4 |
7 |
17 |
19 | −2 |
16| | Relegation to Amateur Football League
|
Updated to games played on 9 November 2015.
Source: pfl-russia.com
Rules for classification:
1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Note: FC Novokuznetsk dropped out of the competition in February 2016 after playing 16 games and gaining 20 points. All the remaining games will be awarded to the opponents with a score of 3-0.
Top scorers
- As of 9 November 2015[5]
References
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| Ural-Povolzhye | |
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| Russian Second League | |
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| Russian Second Division | |
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| Professional Football League | |
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2015–16 in Russian football |
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| Domestic cups | |
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| Women's competitions |
- Russian Championship
- Russian Cup
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| National teams | |
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| Club seasons | | Premier League | |
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| National Football League |
- Arsenal
- Baikal
- Baltika
- Fakel
- Gazovik
- KAMAZ
- Luch-Energiya
- Sibir
- Shinnik
- SKA-Energiya
- Sokol
- Spartak-2
- Tom
- Torpedo Armavir
- Tosno
- Tyumen
- Volga
- Volgar
- Yenisey
- Zenit-2
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