2016–17 Russian Football National League

Russian National Football League
Season	2016–17
Champions	Dynamo Moscow
Promoted	Dynamo Moscow; Tosno; SKA-Khabarovsk
Relegated	Neftekhimik; Spartak Nalchik; Sokol Saratov; Mordovia Saransk
Matches played	380
Goals scored	828 (2.18 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kirill Panchenko (24 goals)
Biggest home win	5 goals:; TYU 5–0 KHI; (6 August 2016); DYN 5–0 VOL; (6 August 2016)
Biggest away win	4 goals:; YEN 0–4 SP2; (17 August 2016); ZEN 0–4 KUB; (22 October 2016)
Highest scoring	6 goals:; TOS 4–2 NEF; (15 October 2016)
	← 2015–16 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 31 May 2017.

The 2016–17 Russian National Football League was the 25th season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 11 July 2016 and ended on 19 May 2017.

Teams

Team locations

Stadiums, personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kitmaker	Sponsor	Stadium	Capacity
Baltika	Ihor Zakhariak	Yevgeni Tsimbal	Nike	Sodruzhestvo	Baltika, Kaliningrad	14,660
Dynamo Moscow	Yuriy Kalitvintsev	Anton Shunin	Nike	VTB	Arena Khimki, Khimki	18,636
Fakel Voronezh	Pavel Gusev	Andrei Murnin	Adidas	TNS Energo	Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz, Voronezh	32,750
Khimki	Aleksandr Irkhin	Igor Chernyshov	Macron	-	Rodina Stadium, Khimki	5,083
Kuban Krasnodar	Nikolai Yuzhanin	Igor Armaș	Adidas	-	Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar	35,200
Luch-Energiya	Sergei Perednya	Aleksei Rebko	Nike	-	Dynamo, Vladivostok	10,200
Mordovia	Dmitri Cheryshev	Renat Sabitov	Nike	-	Start Stadium, Saransk	11,613
Neftekhimik	Rustem Khuzin	Aleksandr Samokhvalov	Adidas	HXHK	Neftekhimik Stadium, Nizhnekamsk	3,200
Shinnik	Aleksandr Pobegalov	Eldar Nizamutdinov	Jako	-	Shinnik, Yaroslavl	22,990
Sibir	Sergei Kirsanov	Tomáš Vychodil	Joma	-	Spartak, Novosibirsk	12,500
SKA-Khabarovsk	Aleksandr Grigoryan	Aleksandr Dimidko	Adidas	-	Lenin, Khabarovsk	15,200
Sokol	Vadim Khafizov	Vladimir Romanenko	Adidas	ZMK	Lokomotiv, Saratov	15,000
Spartak-2	Yevgeny Bushmanov	Artyom Samsonov	Nike	Lukoil	Spartak Academy, Moscow	2,700
Spartak Nalchik	Khasanbi Bidzhiyev	Amir Bazhev	Umbro	-	Spartak Stadium, Nalchik	14,149
Tambov	Andrei Talalayev	Aleksey Mikhalyov	2K Sport	TBS	Spartak Stadium, Tambov	5,000
Tosno	Dmytro Parfyonov	Guram Tetrashvili	Nike	Fort Group	Electron Stadium, Veliky Novgorod	3,223
Tyumen	Aleksandr Ivchenko	Khasan Mamtov	Jako	Sibur	Geolog, Tyumen	13,057
Volgar	Yuri Gazzayev	Elbrus Zurayev	Adidas	Gazprom	Tsentralny, Astrakhan	17,712
Yenisey	Andrey Tikhonov	Mikhail Komkov	Nike	-	Tsentralny, Krasnoyarsk	22,500
Zenit-2	Vladislav Radimov	Konstantin Zyryanov	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	Dynamo Moscow (C, P)	38	26	9	3	64	25	+39	87	Promotion to Premier League
2	Tosno (P)	38	21	12	5	63	30	+33	75	Promotion to Premier League
3	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	38	19	6	13	54	42	+12	63	Qualification to Premier League play-offs
4	SKA-Khabarovsk (O, P)	38	15	14	9	45	33	+12	59	Qualification to Premier League play-offs
5	Tambov	38	15	12	11	42	34	+8	57
6	Spartak-2 Moscow	38	15	11	12	56	43	+13	56	Ineligible for promotion
7	Kuban Krasnodar	38	14	13	11	44	37	+7	55
8	Shinnik Yaroslavl	38	15	9	14	41	39	+2	54
9	Tyumen	38	14	11	13	48	43	+5	53^[a]
10	Fakel Voronezh	38	14	11	13	38	40	−2	53^[a]
11	Khimki	38	11	16	11	40	47	−7	49
12	Volgar Astrakhan	38	12	9	17	39	49	−10	45
13	Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg	38	9	16	13	44	51	−7	43	Ineligible for promotion
14	Baltika Kaliningrad	38	9	15	14	25	35	−10	42^[b]
15	Sibir Novosibirsk	38	9	15	14	31	46	−15	42^[b]
16	Luch-Energiya Vladivostok^[c]	38	9	15	14	27	41	−14	42^[b]
17	Mordovia Saransk (R)	38	11	7	20	39	50	−11	40	Relegation to Professional Football League
18	Sokol Saratov (R)	38	8	15	15	34	53	−19	39
19	Spartak Nalchik (R)	38	7	17	14	26	37	−11	38
20	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (R)	38	6	9	23	28	53	−25	27

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.^[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tyumen is ahead of Fakel on head-to-head points: Tyumen 3–1 Fakel, Fakel 1–1 Tyumen.
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head points: Baltika 4 pts, Sibir 4 pts, Luch-Energiya 4 pts. Baltika is ahead of Sibir and Luch on head-to-head goals scored: Baltika 3, Sibir 2, Luch-Energiya 1.
^ The league confirmed on 9 June 2017 that FC Chita, which won the East zone of the 2016–17 Russian Professional Football League, did not apply for the FNL license for the 2017–18 season. According to the league regulations, Luch-Energiya was not relegated.^[1]

Results

Home \ Away	BAL	DYN	FAK	KHI	KUB	LUE	MOR	NEF	SHI	SIB	SKA	SOK	SP2	SPN	TAM	TOS	TYU	VOL	YEN	ZE2
Baltika Kaliningrad		0–3	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–0
Dynamo Moscow	2–1		0–1	0–0	1–0	3–2	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	3–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–1	3–0	5–0	2–2	0–0
Fakel Voronezh	1–2	2–1		2–0	2–2	0–1	1–2	3–2	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–3	1–0
Khimki	1–0	0–0	0–0		4–1	2–2	4–3	3–2	3–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–3	3–2	1–1	2–2	2–1
Kuban Krasnodar	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–1		1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	5–2	3–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	3–0
Luch-Energiya Vladivostok	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–1		1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	0–2	0–0
Mordovia Saransk	0–1	0–1	2–0	5–0	1–3	1–1		1–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–4	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	3–0	1–2	2–2
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–4	1–1	1–0		1–2	0–1	0–0	2–2	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	2–0	0–2	1–0
Shinnik Yaroslavl	0–1	2–3	0–2	2–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	2–1		3–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	4–2	1–2
Sibir Novosibirsk	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–1		0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–1
SKA-Khabarovsk	1–0	2–3	1–1	1–1	5–0	0–1	1–3	1–0	0–0	2–0		1–1	3–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0
Sokol Saratov	1–0	0–3	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–3		0–4	2–1	1–4	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–3	0–3
Spartak-2 Moscow	1–2	1–1	1–0	4–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	3–2		0–0	1–2	1–3	2–3	0–0	3–1	4–1
Spartak Nalchik	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–3	3–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1		0–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–0
Tambov	0–1	1–2	4–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	3–2	3–1	0–0	1–0	0–0		3–0	0–1	3–0	1–0	0–0
Tosno	4–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	4–2	0–0	3–0	3–1	5–2	1–1	0–0	2–0		2–2	3–0	1–2	4–1
Tyumen	2–2	0–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	5–1	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–2		1–0	2–3	1–0
Volgar Astrakhan	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	3–2	1–2	3–0	2–0	4–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–1	2–0		0–0	4–3
Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	2–1	0–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	4–0	0–1	1–3	3–2	3–1	3–1	0–4	0–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	1–0		0–3
Zenit-2 St. Petersburg	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–4	1–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–3	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0

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

Statistics

Scoring

First goal of the season: Vadim Minich for Luch-Energiya against Mordovia Saransk (11 July 2016)

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Kirill Panchenko	Dynamo Moscow	24
2	Khasan Mamtov	Tyumen	23
3	Anton Zabolotny	Tosno	16
4	Denis Davydov	Spartak-2	13
5	Ruslan Koryan	SKA-Khabarovsk	12
6	Georgi Melkadze	Spartak-2	11
7	Spartak Gogniyev	Kuban	10
	Artyom Fedchuk	Spartak-2
	Sergey Samodin	Yenisey
10	Fatos Bećiraj	Dynamo Moscow	9
	Eugeniu Cebotaru	Sibir
	Danil Klenkin	Tyumen
	Aleksei Sutormin	Volgar