2017–18_Russian_Premier_League

2017–18 Russian Premier League

2017–18 Russian Premier League

26th season of top-tier football league in Russia


The 2017–18 Russian Premier League was the 26th season of the premier football competition in Russia since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the 15th under the current Russian Premier League name. Spartak Moscow came into the season as the defending champions.

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Teams

Locations of teams in 2017–18 Russian Premier League
Locations of teams in 2017–18 Russian Premier League (Khabarovsk)

As in the previous season, 16 teams played in the 2017–18 season. After the 2016–17 season, FC Orenburg, FC Tom Tomsk and FC Krylia Sovetov Samara were relegated to the 2017–18 Russian National Football League. They were replaced by three clubs from the 2016–17 Russian National Football League, FC Dynamo Moscow, FC Tosno and FC SKA-Khabarovsk. Dynamo returned after one season of absence, while Tosno and SKA-Khabarovsk made their debuts in the Russian top-tier division.

Before the season, FC Terek Grozny changed its name to FC Akhmat Grozny.

Stadiums

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

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Tournament format and regulations

Basic

The 16 teams will play 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 will be 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 201819 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 201819 season.

League table

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Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2018. Source: Russian Premier League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head matches won; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals; 7) Matches won; 8) Goal difference; 9) Goals scored; 10) Away goals scored.[32]
(C) Champions; (D) Dissolved after the season; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Tosno qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2017–18 Russian Cup. However, since they failed to obtain a UEFA licence, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed to fourth-placed team, the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team was passed to fifth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fifth-placed team was passed to sixth-placed team.
  2. Head-to-head: Rostov 1–0 Ural, Ural 1–1 Rostov
  3. On 13 June 2018, FC Amkar Perm announced that the Russian Football Union recalled their 2018–19 season license, making them ineligible for the Russian Premier League or Russian Football National League.[28] On 18 June 2018, club president Gennadi Shilov announced that the club will not register for the third-tier Russian Professional Football League and will be dissolved.[29] As a consequence, Anzhi Makhachkala was not relegated.
  4. Head-to-head: Anzhi 2–0 Tosno, Tosno 2–2 Anzhi
  5. On 30 May 2018, Russian Football National League announced that FC Tosno failed in its appeal to obtain the FNL license for the 2018–19 season.[30] On 9 June 2018, the founder of FORT Group (the company that owned the team), Maxim Levchenko, announced that the team is officially dissolved.[31]

Relegation play-offs

The draw for relegation play-offs scheduling took place on 4 May 2018.[33] The kick-off times were announced on 14 May 2018.[34]

First leg

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Football Arena Yenisey, Krasnoyarsk
Attendance: 3,000

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Second leg

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STC Tambov, Tambov
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Roman Galimov (Ulan-Ude)

Amkar Perm won 3–0 on aggregate and retained their spot in the 2018–19 Russian Premier League; FC Tambov remained in the 2018–19 Russian National Football League.


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Yenisey Krasnoyarsk won 6–4 on aggregate and were promoted to the 2018–19 Russian Premier League; Anzhi Makhachkala were relegated to the 2018–19 Russian National Football League.

On 13 June 2018, FC Amkar Perm announced that the Russian Football Union recalled their 2018–19 season license, making them ineligible for the Russian Premier League or Russian Football National League. The final decision on the club's future will be made on 18 June 2018 at the club's board meeting.[35] As a consequence, Anzhi Makhachkala will not be relegated.[36]

Results

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Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2018. 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: 13 May 2018[37]

Season events

Attendances

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Source:
Notes:
1: Zenit played most of last season at Petrovsky Stadium.
2: Rostov played its final three home games of the season at Rostov Arena.
3: Rubin Kazan played part of last season at Central Stadium.
4: Ural played its final three home games of the season at Central Stadium.
5: Team played last season in the Russian Football National League.
6: Tosno played one of its home matches at a neutral venue and played last season in the Russian Football National League at Stadion im. Aleksandra Nevskogo.
7: Amkar Perm played two of its home matches at the away team's stadium.


References

  1. "Russian Premier League Statistics". Russian Premier League. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  2. Леонид Кучук – новый главный тренер «Ростова» (in Russian). FC Rostov. 9 June 2017. Archived from the original on 13 June 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  3. ИНФОРМАЦИОННОЕ СООБЩЕНИЕ (in Russian). FC Anzhi Makhachkala. 13 August 2017. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  4. Вадим Скрипченко - главный тренер «Анжи» (in Russian). FC Anzhi Makhachkala. 14 August 2017. Archived from the original on 16 December 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  5. Леонид Кучук подал в отставку (in Russian). FC Rostov. 6 December 2017. Archived from the original on 9 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  6. Дмитрий Кириченко – исполняющий обязанности главного тренера (in Russian). FC Rostov. 6 December 2017. Archived from the original on 9 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  7. "Валерий Карпин – новый главный тренер ФК Ростов" (in Russian). FC Rostov. 19 December 2017. Archived from the original on 22 November 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  8. РИНАТ БИЛЯЛЕТДИНОВ ПОКИДАЕТ ФК «СКА-ХАБАРОВСК» (in Russian). FC SKA-Khabarovsk. 31 March 2018. Archived from the original on 1 April 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  9. "Клубы ФНЛ получили лицензии" (in Russian). Russian National Football League. 30 May 2018.
  10. "Premier League 2017/2018 - Season rules" (PDF). rfpl.org. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  11. "Бомбардиры" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. Retrieved 25 September 2017.

Notes

  1. The match was played in Ufa.

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