West
Teams and stadia
Rules
*Format: for the 2016-17 season, the Russian Professional Football League West consists of 14 teams, each team plays the others twice on a home and away basis for a total of 26 games each, over 26 game weeks. *Points scored: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss. *Rules for classification: 1. Points won; 2. Games won; 3. Points in head-to-head matches; 4. Games won in head-to-head matches; 5. Goal difference in head-to-head matches; 6. Goals scored in head-to-head matches; 7. Away goals in head-to-head matches; 8. Total goal difference; 9. Total goals scored; 10. Total away goals scored. *Relegation to the Professional Football League from the Football National League: 0-5 teams *Promotion from the Professional Football League to the Football National League: 1 team (Champion) *Relegation from the Professional Football League to the Amateur Football League: 1 team (last place) *Promotion to the Professional Football League from the Amateur Football League: no set number of teams to be promoted *Promotion and relegation of club second teams: :# Second teams (Dynamo-2 Moscow) cannot be promoted. :# If any of them finishes in a promotion spot, then the next best team in the final table is promoted in their place. :# Second teams are to be relegated regardless of their league position if their first team gets relegated to the Professional Football League. :# In such case and if the II team is above the relegation zone, the best placed team in the relegation zone keeps its place in Professional Football League instead. Source:Standings
Top scorers
Center
Teams and stadia
Rules
*Format: for the 2016-17 season, the Russian Professional Football League West consists of 13 teams, each team plays the others twice on a home and away basis for a total of 24 games each, over 26 game weeks. *Points scored: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss. *Rules for classification: 1. Points won; 2. Games won; 3. Points in head-to-head matches; 4. Games won in head-to-head matches; 5. Goal difference in head-to-head matches; 6. Goals scored in head-to-head matches; 7. Away goals in head-to-head matches; 8. Total goal difference; 9. Total goals scored; 10. Total away goals scored. *Relegation to the Professional Football League from the Football National League: 0-5 teams *Promotion from the Professional Football League to the Football National League: 1 team (Champion) *Relegation from the Professional Football League to the Amateur Football League: 1 team (last place) *Promotion to the Professional Football League from the Amateur Football League: no set number of teams to be promoted *Promotion and relegation of club second teams: :# Second teams (Arsenal-2 Tula) cannot be promoted. :# If any of them finishes in a promotion spot, then the next best team in the final table is promoted in their place. :# Second teams are to be relegated regardless of their league position if their first team gets relegated to the Professional Football League. :# In such case and if the II team is above the relegation zone, the best placed team in the relegation zone keeps its place in Professional Football League instead. Source:Standings
Top scorers
South
Teams and stadia
Rules
*Format: for the 2016-17 season, the Russian Professional Football League South consists of 16 teams, each team plays the others twice on a home and away basis for a total of 30 games each, over 30 game weeks. *Points scored: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss. *Rules for classification: 1. Points won; 2. Games won; 3. Points in head-to-head matches; 4. Games won in head-to-head matches; 5. Goal difference in head-to-head matches; 6. Goals scored in head-to-head matches; 7. Away goals in head-to-head matches; 8. Total goal difference; 9. Total goals scored; 10. Total away goals scored. *Relegation to the Professional Football League from the Football National League: 0-5 teams *Promotion from the Professional Football League to the Football National League: 1 team (Champion) *Relegation from the Professional Football League to the Amateur Football League: 1 team (last place) *Promotion to the Professional Football League from the Amateur Football League: no set number of teams to be promoted *Promotion and relegation of club second teams: :# Second teams (Krasnodar-2 and Kuban-2) cannot be promoted. :# If any of them finishes in a promotion spot, then the next best team in the final table is promoted in their place. :# Second teams are to be relegated regardless of their league position if their first team gets relegated to the Professional Football League. :# In such case and if the II team is above the relegation zone, the best placed team in the relegation zone keeps its place in Professional Football League instead. Source:Standings
Top scorers
Ural-Povolzhye
Teams and stadia
Standings
Top scorers
East
Teams and stadia
Rules
*Format: for the 2016-17 season, the Russian Professional Football League East consists of 6 teams, each team plays the others 4 times on a 2 at home and 2 away basis for a total of 20 games each, over 20 game weeks. *Points scored: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss. *Rules for classification: 1. Points won; 2. Games won; 3. Points in head-to-head matches; 4. Games won in head-to-head matches; 5. Goal difference in head-to-head matches; 6. Goals scored in head-to-head matches; 7. Away goals in head-to-head matches; 8. Total goal difference; 9. Total goals scored; 10. Total away goals scored. *Relegation to the Professional Football League from the Football National League: 0-5 teams *Promotion from the Professional Football League to the Football National League: 1 team (Champion) *Relegation from the Professional Football League to the Amateur Football League: 1 team (last place) *Promotion to the Professional Football League from the Amateur Football League: no set number of teams to be promoted Source:Standings
Top scorers
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Russian Second Division 2016-17