The 2016–17 Russian Premier League was the 25th season of the premier league

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competition in Russia since the dissolution of the

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and the 14th under the current

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name.

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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.

Teams

As in the previous season, 16 teams played in the 2016–17 season. After the 2015–16 season,

FC Kuban Krasnodar FC Kuban (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Кубань" Краснодар) was a Russian football club based in Krasnodar. The team began playing in the Russian Premier League in 2011, after it was promoted for winning the Ru ...

FC Dynamo Moscow FC Dynamo Moscow (''FC Dynamo Moskva'', russian: Дина́мо Москва́ ) is a Russian football club based in Moscow. Dynamo returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2017–18 season after one season in the second-tier Russian Footb ...

and

FC Mordovia Saransk FC Mordovia Saransk (russian: ФК Мордовия Саранск) is a Russian association football club from Saransk, Republic of Mordovia. In its current state it was formed in 2005, through the merge of Biokhimik-Mordovia and Lisma-Mordovia ...

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 Arsenal Tula (russian: ФК Арсенал Тула) is a Russian professional football club from Tula playing in the second-tier Russian First League. Originally founded in 1923, FC Arsenal Tula was promoted to the Russian Premier League ...

FC Orenburg FC Orenburg (russian: ФК «Оренбург») is a Russian professionalism in association football, professional football club from Orenburg, founded in 1976. It will return to the Russian Premier League for the 2022–23 season. History It ...

and

FC Tom Tomsk FC Tom Tomsk (russian: Футбольный клуб Томь Томск) is a Russian professional football club, based in the Siberian city of Tomsk. The team plays in Trud Stadium (Tomsk). History The team was previously named ''Burevestnik'' ...

Stadiums

Personnel and sponsorship

Managerial changes

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

Relegation play-offs

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

First leg

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Second leg

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

2017–18 Russian Premier League 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 ...

; Orenburg were relegated to the 2017–18 Russian National Football League.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate. Arsenal Tula won on away goals and retained their spot in the

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

Results

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.

Season statistics

Scoring

* First goal of the season: Ivan Novoseltsev for

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against

Orenburg Orenburg (russian: Оренбу́рг, ), formerly known as Chkalov (1938–1957), is the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It lies on the Ural River, southeast of Moscow. Orenburg is also very close to the Kazakhstan-Russia bor ...

(''30 July 2016'') * First double:

Jano Ananidze Jano Ananidze ( ka, ჯანო ანანიძე, ; ; born 10 October 1992) is a Georgian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Spartak Moscow Ananidze appeared in Spartak Moscow colours in spring of 200 ...

for

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against Arsenal Tula (''31 July 2016'') * First

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Pavel Nyakhaychyk Pavel Alyaksandravich Nyakhaychyk ( be, Павел Аляксандравіч Няхайчык; russian: Павел Александрович Нехайчик (Pavel Aleksandrovich Nekhaychik); born 15 July 1988) is a Belarusian former professi ...

for

against

Tom Tomsk FC Tom Tomsk (russian: Футбольный клуб Томь Томск) is a Russian professional football club, based in the Siberian city of Tomsk. The team plays in Trud Stadium (Tomsk). History The team was previously named ''Burevestnik'' ...

(''16 October 2016'')

Top goalscorers

Last updated: 28 May 2017

Top players by combined goals and assists

Last updated: 6 May 2017

Top assists

Last updated: 6 May 2017

Season events

Transfer bans

On 3 November 2016,

was banned from registering new players for debts to

PFC CSKA Moscow Professional Football Club CSKA (russian: link=yes, Профессиональный футбольный клуб – ЦСКА, derived from the historical name 'Центральный спортивный клуб армии', English l ...

for Pyotr Ten's transfer fee. On 27 December 2016, the ban was re-confirmed for debts to a former player

Andrei Lyakh Andrei Ivanovich Lyakh (russian: Андрей Иванович Лях; born 24 September 1990) is a Russian professional football player who plays for FC Ufa. Club career He made his debut in the Russian Professional Football League for FC Kh ...

. On 19 January 2017, the ban was re-confirmed for debts to player Sergey Kuznetsov and former players Maksim Tishkin, Artyom Yarmolitsky,

Aslan Dudiyev Aslan Muratovich Dudiyev (russian: Аслан Муратович Дудиев; born 15 June 1990) is a Russian professional football player. He plays as a right-back for FC Baltika Kaliningrad. Club career He made his Russian Premier League d ...

, Aleksandr Zhirov, Sergey Samodin, Vitali Dyakov, Anton Kochenkov and Pyotr Ten. On 31 January 2017, the ban was re-confirmed for debts to former players Oleksandr Kasyan and

Pavel Golyshev Pavel Sergeyevich Golyshev (russian: Павел Серге́евич Голышев; born 7 July 1987) is a Russian footballer who plays for FC Rosich Moskovsky. Club career He made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Moscow on 6 November 2 ...

. On 10 February 2017, the ban was re-confirmed for debts to former players

and

Kirill Pogrebnyak Kirill Viktorovich Pogrebnyak (russian: Кирилл Викторович Погребняк; born 27 June 1992) is a Russian former football second striker. Career Pogrebnyak made his professional debut for Tom Tomsk on 17 July 2011 in the Ru ...

. On 20 February 2017, the ban was re-confirmed for debts to players Aleksei Pugin, Artyom Popov and

Kirill Kombarov Kirill Vladimirovich Kombarov ( rus, Кири́лл Влади́мирович Комба́ров, p=kʲɪˈrʲil vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ kɐmˈbarəf; born 22 January 1987) is a Russian football official and a former player who played as a r ...

. 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 FC Rubin Kazan (russian: Футбо́льный клуб Руби́н Каза́нь, ''Futbolny klub Rubin Kazan'' , Tatar language, Tatar: Рубин Казан) is a Russian professional association football, football club based in the city o ...

was banned from registering new players for debts to former player

Shota Bibilov Shota Gennadyevich Bibilov (russian: Шота Геннадьевич Бибилов; born 6 August 1990) is a Russian former professional footballer of Ossetian descent. Club career He made his professional debut in the Russian First Divisio ...

. On 23 December 2016, the ban was re-confirmed for debts to player

Ruslan Kambolov Ruslan Aleksandrovich Kambolov (russian: Руслан Александрович Камболов; born 1 January 1990) is a Russian footballer who plays as a centre-back or defensive midfielder. Club career On 1 February 2014, he signed with ...

. On 17 February 2017, the ban was removed. On 19 December 2016,

FC Krylia Sovetov Samara PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara (russian: Профессиональный футбольный клуб «Крылья Советов» Самара) is a football club from Russia based in Samara. It returned to the Russian Premier League for the 20 ...

FC Amkar Perm FC Amkar Perm (russian: link=no, Футбо́льный клуб "Амка́р" Пермь ) is a professional football club. Originally founded in 1994, it is based in the city of Perm. It was a participant in second-tier football from 1995 and ...

and

were banned from registering new players by the licensing committee of the

Russian Football Union The Russian Football Union (russian: Российский Футбольный Союз, ''Rossiyskiy Futbolnyy Soyuz'' or RFS) is the official governing body of association football in the Russian Federation. With headquarters in Moscow, it org ...

for unspecified debts. Krylia Sovetov's ban was removed on 30 January 2017.

Attendances

Awards

Top 33

On 22 May 2017,

named its list of 33 top players: Other awards announced on the same day included: Player of the year:

Denis Glushakov Denis Borisovich Glushakov (russian: Денис Борисович Глушаков; born 27 January 1987) is a Russian international footballer who plays for Khimki and the Russian national team as a defensive midfielder and box-to-box midfield ...

. Hope prize (under-21 players):

Fyodor Chalov Fyodor Nikolayevich Chalov (russian: Фёдор Николаевич Чалов; born 10 April 1998) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a striker for CSKA Moscow and the Russia national team. Club career CSKA Moscow Chalov mad ...

(CSKA). Coach of the year:

Massimo Carrera Massimo Carrera (; born 22 April 1964) is an Italian professional football manager and former player, who was most recently the manager of clubs Spartak Moscow and later AEK Athens, before leaving continental football and joining local club Bari ...

(Spartak). Referee of the year:

Vladislav Bezborodov Vladislav Yuryevich Bezborodov (russian: Владислав Юрьевич Безбородов; born 15 January 1973) is a Russian professional football referee and former footballer. Playing career Bezborodov played for Zenit St. Petersburg, ...

. Team of the year:

FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow (russian: Футбольный клуб «Спартак» Москва, Futbolʹnyy klub «Spartak» Moskva, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships (second only to Dyna ...

. For contribution to football development:

Nikita Simonyan Nikita Pavlovich Simonyan ( hy, Նիկիտա Մկրտիչ Սիմոնյան, born ''Mkrtych Pogosovich Simonyan'', 12 October 1926) is a former Soviet football striker and coach of Armenian descent. He was born in Armavir. As of 2021 he was ...

References

External links

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