2016–17_Russian_Premier_League

2016–17 Russian Premier League

2016–17 Russian Premier League

25th season of top-tier football league in Russia


The 2016–17 Russian Premier League was 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]

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Teams

Map of Russia with the teams of the 2016–17 Premier League
Moscow
Moscow
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 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

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Personnel and sponsorship

Managerial changes

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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 201617 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 201718 season.

League table

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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. 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

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Second leg

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0–0 on aggregate. SKA-Khabarovsk won 5–3 on penalties and were promoted to the 2017–18 Russian Premier League; Orenburg were relegated to the 2017–18 Russian National Football League.


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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 Premier League; Yenisey Krasnoyarsk remained in the 2017–18 Russian National Football League.

Results

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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.

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Season statistics

Scoring

Top goalscorers

Last updated: 28 May 2017[35]

Season events

Transfer bans

On 3 November 2016, FC Tom Tomsk was banned from registering new players for debts to PFC CSKA Moscow for Pyotr Ten's transfer fee.[36] On 27 December 2016, the ban was re-confirmed for debts to a former player Andrei Lyakh.[37] On 19 January 2017, the ban was re-confirmed for debts to player Sergey Kuznetsov and former players Maksim Tishkin, Artyom Yarmolitsky, Aslan Dudiyev, Aleksandr Zhirov, Sergey Samodin, Vitali Dyakov, Anton Kochenkov and Pyotr Ten.[38] On 31 January 2017, the ban was re-confirmed for debts to former players Oleksandr Kasyan and Pavel Golyshev.[39] On 10 February 2017, the ban was re-confirmed for debts to former players Pavel Golyshev and Kirill Pogrebnyak.[40] On 20 February 2017, the ban was re-confirmed for debts to players Aleksei Pugin, Artyom Popov and Kirill Kombarov.[41] By the time the winter player registration window closed on 24 February 2017, the ban remained as place. Most of the players who represented Tom in games played in 2016 left the club as free agents due to non-payment of wages, and as a result, Tom were forced to play out the 2017 games remaining on their schedule with the players registered for their Under-21 squad.

On 16 November 2016, FC Rubin Kazan was banned from registering new players for debts to former player Shota Bibilov.[42] On 23 December 2016, the ban was re-confirmed for debts to player Ruslan Kambolov.[43] On 17 February 2017, the ban was removed.[44]

On 19 December 2016, FC Krylia Sovetov Samara, FC Tom Tomsk, FC Amkar Perm and FC Rubin Kazan were banned from registering new players by the licensing committee of the Russian Football Union for unspecified debts.[45] Krylia Sovetov's ban was removed on 30 January 2017.[39]

Attendances

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Source:
Notes:
1: Zenit played two of their home matches at Krestovsky Stadium.
2: Krasnodar played their first five home matches of the season at Kuban Stadium.
3: CSKA Moscow played last season at Arena Khimki.
4: Team played last season in the Russian Football National League.
5: Rubin Kazan played six of its home matches at Central Stadium and played eight of its home matches there last season.
6: Krylia Sovetov played one of their home matches at a Neftyanik Stadium and played three of their home matches last season at Start Stadium.
7: Ufa played one of its home matches last season at Start Stadium.
8: Tom Tomsk played its home matches against Rostov and Lokomotiv Moscow at the away team's stadium and played last season in the Russian Football National League.

Awards

Top 33

On 22 May 2017, Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:[46]

Other awards announced on the same day included:

Player of the year: Denis Glushakov.

Hope prize (under-21 players): Fyodor Chalov (CSKA).

Coach of the year: Massimo Carrera (Spartak).

Referee of the year: Vladislav Bezborodov.

Team of the year: FC Spartak Moscow.

For contribution to football development: Nikita Simonyan.


References

  1. "Проект календаря РОСГОССТРАХ Чемпионата России 2016-2017 г.г." www.rfpl.org. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  2. Валерий Чалый покинул пост главного тренера «Рубина» (in Russian). Kazan First. 21 May 2016. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  3. Виктор Гончаренко – главный тренер ФК «Уфа»! (in Russian). FC Ufa. 6 June 2016. Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  4. Агаларов и Сирхаев покидают тренерский штаб (in Russian). FC Anzhi Makhachkala. 31 May 2016. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  5. Павел Врба – главный тренер «Анжи» (in Russian). FC Anzhi Makhachkala. 30 June 2016. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  6. Курбан Бердыев попрощался с командой (in Russian). FC Rostov. 6 August 2016. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  7. Иван Данильянц назначен главным тренером «Ростова» (in Russian). FC Rostov. 9 September 2016. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  8. ВАДИМ СКРИПЧЕНКО ПОКИДАЕТ «УРАЛ» (in Russian). FC Ural Yekaterinburg. 1 November 2016. Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  9. АЛЕКСАНДР ТАРХАНОВ ВОЗВРАЩАЕТСЯ В «УРАЛ» (in Russian). FC Ural Yekaterinburg. 3 November 2016. Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  10. Виктор Гончаренко покинул Уфу (in Russian). FC Ufa. 12 December 2016. Archived from the original on 14 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  11. «Анжи» и Врба прекратили сотрудничество (in Russian). FC Anzhi Makhachkala. 30 December 2016. Archived from the original on 2 January 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  12. "Главным тренером Анжи назначен Александр Григорян" (in Russian). FC Anzhi Makhachkala. 5 January 2017. Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  13. "Premier League 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 16 July 2016.

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