2017–18_Russian_Football_National_League
2017–18 Russian Football National League
Russian Football National League
The 2017–18 Russian National Football League was the 26th season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 8 July 2017 and ended on 12 May 2018.
Quick Facts Season, Champions ...
| Season | 2017–18 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Orenburg |
| Promoted | Orenburg Krylia Sovetov Yenisey |
| Relegated | Volgar Astrakhan |
← 2016–17 2018–19 →
All statistics correct as of 3 August 2017. | |
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Stadiums, personnel and sponsorship
More information Team, Head coach ...
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More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orenburg (C, P) | 38 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 59 | 26 | +33 | 84 | Promotion to Premier League |
| 2 | Krylia Sovetov Samara (P) | 38 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 60 | 23 | +37 | 82 | |
| 3 | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (O, P) | 38 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 68 | 32 | +36 | 81 | Qualification to Premier League play-offs |
| 4 | Tambov | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 57 | 36 | +21 | 68 | |
| 5 | Baltika Kaliningrad | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 44 | 35 | +9 | 64 | |
| 6 | Dynamo Saint Petersburg | 38 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 55 | |
| 7 | Sibir Novosibirsk | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 38 | 31 | +7 | 53 | |
| 8 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 53 | |
| 9 | Kuban Krasnodar[lower-alpha 1] (D) | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 49 | Dissolved after the season |
| 10 | Volgar Astrakhan[lower-alpha 2] (R) | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 45 | Relegation to Professional Football League |
| 11 | Avangard Kursk | 38 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 45 | |
| 12 | Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 44 | |
| 13 | Khimki | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 33 | 49 | −16 | 43 | |
| 14 | Spartak-2 Moscow | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 47 | 64 | −17 | 42 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 15 | Tom Tomsk | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 36 | 56 | −20 | 41 | |
| 16 | Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg[lower-alpha 3] | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 43 | 59 | −16 | 40 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 17 | Rotor Volgograd[lower-alpha 2] | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 40 | |
| 18 | Luch-Energiya Vladivostok[lower-alpha 1] | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 40 | 52 | −12 | 40 | |
| 19 | Tyumen[lower-alpha 1] | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 41 | 54 | −13 | 39 | |
| 20 | Fakel Voronezh[lower-alpha 1] | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 52 | −25 | 35 |
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Source: Football National League (Russian), 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.[4]
(C) Champions; (D) Dissolved after the season; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
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.[4]
(C) Champions; (D) Dissolved after the season; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- On 30 May 2018, the league announced that FC Kuban Krasnodar (9th place), FC Tosno (relegated from the 2017–18 Russian Premier League) and FC Ararat Moscow (promoted from the 2017–18 Russian Professional Football League, zone Center) failed in their appeal to get the FNL license for the 2018–19 season. According to league regulation, 18th, 19th and 20th-placed teams will not be relegated.[1]
- On 28 May 2018, the league announced that FC Volgar Astrakhan chose to get relegated voluntarily due to lack of financial opportunities. According to league regulations, Rotor Volgograd will not be relegated.[2]
- Russian Football Union announced on 11 May 2018, that none of the teams from the East zone of the 2017–18 Russian Professional Football League applied for the FNL license for the 2018–19 season. According to the league regulations, 16th-placed team will not be relegated.[3]
More information Home \ Away, AVA ...
| Home \ Away | AVA | BAL | DSP | FAK | KHI | KRY | KUB | LUE | ONN | ORE | ROT | SHI | SIB | SP2 | TAM | TOM | TYU | VOL | YEN | ZE2 |
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| Avangard Kursk | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | |
| Baltika Kaliningrad | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 0–1 | |
| Dynamo St. Petersburg | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | |
| Fakel Voronezh | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | |
| Khimki | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Krylia Sovetov Samara | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Kuban Krasnodar | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| Luch-Energiya Vladivostok | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |
| Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | |
| Orenburg | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 5–0 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Rotor Volgograd | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | |
| Shinnik Yaroslavl | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | |
| Sibir Novosibirsk | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | |
| Spartak-2 Moscow | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | |
| Tambov | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | |
| Tom Tomsk | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
| Tyumen | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | |
| Volgar Astrakhan | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | |
| Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| Zenit-2 St. Petersburg | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 |
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Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
More information Rank, Player ...
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Andrei Kozlov |
Yenisey | 15 |
| 2 | Andrei Panyukov |
Zenit-2 | 12 |
| 3 |  Sergei Kornilenko |
Krylia Sovetov | 10 |
| Dmitri Skopintsev |
Baltika | ||
| Artyom Kulishev |
Dynamo | ||
| 6 | Aleksei Sutormin |
Volgar | 9 |
| 7 | Sergey Samodin |
Krylia Sovetov | 8 |
 Fashion Sakala |
Spartak-2 | ||
 Denis Popović |
Orenburg |
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Last updated: 25 November 2017[5]
- Клубы ФНЛ получили лицензии (in Russian). Russian National Football League. 30 May 2018.
- «Волгарь» не будет играть в ФНЛ, его может заменить «Ротор-Волгоград» (in Russian). Russian National Football League. 28 May 2018.
- Итоги заседания Комиссии РФС по лицензированию футбольных клубов (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 11 May 2018.
- "FNL 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- "Russian Football National League top goalscorers". Championat.com. 14 August 2017. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.