The 2016–17 Russian Premier League was the 25th season of the premier league football competition in Russia since the dissolution of the

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and the 14th under the current

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 200 ...

name.

CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow (russian: ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was a central piece ...

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 R ...

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 Fo ...

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-Mordovi ...

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

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 t ...

; 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 Ivan Petrovich Novoseltsev (born January 23, 1979) is a Russian former professional ice hockey winger. He is the uncle of Vladislav Namestnikov. Playing career As a youth, Novoseltsev played in the 1993 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tourna ...

for

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

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for Spartak Moscow against

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 ...

(''31 July 2016'') * First

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: Pavel Nyakhaychyk for Orenburg against Tom Tomsk (''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: ...

for

Pyotr Ten Pyotr Alekseyevich Ten (russian: Пётр Алексеевич Тен; born 12 July 1992) is a Russian professional football player who plays as a right back or left back. Career He made his debut in the Russian Premier League on 26 May 2013 fo ...

'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 Artyom Nikolayevich Yarmolitsky (russian: Артём Николаевич Ярмолицкий; born 10 April 1994) is a Russian former football player. Club career He made his debut in the Russian Football National League for FC Tom Tomsk on 31 ...

, Aslan Dudiyev, Aleksandr Zhirov,

Sergey Samodin Sergey Aleksandrovich Samodin (russian: Сергей Александрович Самодин; born 14 February 1985) is a Russian former footballer who played as a striker. Club career He made his debut for PFC CSKA Moscow on 8 March 2003 in ...

Vitali Dyakov Vitali Aleksandrovich Dyakov (russian: Виталий Александрович Дьяков; born 31 January 1989) is a Russian former professional footballer. Career He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division The Russia ...

Anton Kochenkov Anton Aleksandrovich Kochenkov (russian: Антон Александрович Коченков; born 2 April 1987) is a Kyrgyzstani professional football player whose position is a goalkeeper. Club career On 2 August 2021, he joined FC Arsenal ...

and

. On 31 January 2017, the ban was re-confirmed for debts to former players

Oleksandr Kasyan Oleksandr Kasyan ( uk, Олександр Юрійович Кас'ян; born 27 January 1989) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays in Uzbekistan for FC AGMK. Career He has been called up to the Ukraine national under-21 football t ...

and Pavel Golyshev. On 10 February 2017, the ban was re-confirmed for debts to former players Pavel Golyshev and Kirill Pogrebnyak. On 20 February 2017, the ban was re-confirmed for debts to players

Aleksei Pugin Aleksei Anatolyevich Pugin (russian: Алексей Анатольевич Пугин; born 7 March 1987) is a Russian former football player. Club career He made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Torpedo Moscow on 2 August 2014 in a ga ...

Artyom Popov Artyom Igorevich Popov (russian: Артём Игоревич Попов; born 30 August 1992) is a Russian professional football player who plays as a full-back (left or right) for FC Arsenal Tula. Earlier in his career, he mostly played as a ...

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: Рубин Казан) is a Russian professional football club based in the city of Kazan. They play in the second-tier ...

was banned from registering new players for debts to former player Shota Bibilov. On 23 December 2016, the ban was re-confirmed for debts to player Ruslan Kambolov. 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 2 ...

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 an ...

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. 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 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 Dy ...

. For contribution to football development: Nikita Simonyan.

References

External links

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