2015–16 Russian Football National League
Appearance
Season | 2015–16 |
---|---|
Promoted | Gazovik Arsenal Tom |
Relegated | Torpedo Baikal KAMAZ |
Matches played | 380 |
Goals scored | 901 (2.37 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Artyom Delkin (16 goals) |
Biggest away win | Baikal 0–6 Sibir |
Longest winning run | Volgar (8) |
Longest unbeaten run | Volgar (13) Arsenal (13) |
Longest winless run | KAMAZ (15) |
Longest losing run | Baikal (8) |
← 2014–15 2016–17 → |
The 2015–16 Russian National Football League was the 24th season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 11 July 2015 and is due to end on 21 May 2016.
Teams
Stadiums, personnel and sponsorship
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Gazovik Orenburg (C, P) | 38 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 61 | 20 | +41 | 86 | Promotion to Premier League |
2 | Arsenal Tula (P) | 38 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 64 | 36 | +28 | 82 | |
3 | Tom Tomsk (O, P) | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 58 | 35 | +23 | 74 | Qualification to Premier League play-offs |
4 | Volgar Astrakhan | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 63 | |
5 | Spartak-2 Moscow | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 52 | 49 | +3 | 59 | |
6 | Fakel Voronezh | 38 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 56 | |
7 | Tosno | 38 | 17 | 4 | 17 | 57 | 53 | +4 | 55 | |
8 | Tyumen | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 44 | 45 | −1 | 54 | |
9 | Sokol Saratov | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 43 | 38 | +5 | 53 | |
10 | Volga Nizhny Novgorod[a] | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 51[b] | Dissolved after the season |
11 | Sibir Novosibirsk | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 47 | 50 | −3 | 51[b] | |
12 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 50[c] | |
13 | Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 61 | 56 | +5 | 50[c] | |
14 | SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 36 | 35 | +1 | 49 | |
15 | Luch-Energiya Vladivostok | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 46 | −15 | 45 | |
16 | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk[d] | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 44 | |
17 | Baltika Kaliningrad[a] | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 44 | |
18 | Torpedo Armavir (R) | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 44 | −16 | 40 | Relegation to Professional Football League |
19 | Baikal Irkutsk (R) | 38 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 29 | 73 | −44 | 26 | |
20 | KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny (R) | 38 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 60 | −40 | 24 |
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.[3]
(C) Champions; (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.[3]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ a b On 15 June 2016, it was announced that FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod would be dissolved due to debt.[1] According to league regulations, its place in the league would be taken by FC Baltika Kaliningrad, which would not be relegated.
- ^ a b Head-to-head record: Volga – Sibir 2–1, Sibir – Volga 1–2.
- ^ a b Head-to-head record: Zenit-2 – Shinnik 2–2, Shinnik – Zenit-2 4–0.
- ^ On 4 June 2016, it was announced that FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk would not be relegated as one of the teams that won one of the PFL zones, FC Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure, refused to be promoted.[2]
Results
Statistics
Scoring
- First goal of the season: Denis Klopkov for Luch-Energiya against SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk (11 July 2015)
Top goalscorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Artyom Delkin | Gazovik | 16 |
Khasan Mamtov | Tyumen | ||
Maksim Zhitnev | Sibir | ||
4 | Mikhail Biryukov | Fakel | 13 |
5 | Kirill Pogrebnyak | Tom Tomsk | 12 |
Aleksandr Kutyin | Arsenal Tula/Tosno | ||
Vladimir Ilyin | Tosno | ||
Aleksandr Degtyaryov | Sokol |
Last updated: 10 May 2016[4]
Hat-tricks
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Denis Tkachuk | Zenit-2 | Tom Tomsk | 3–2[5] | 27 July 2015 |
Artyom Delkin | Gazovik | Baykal | 3–0[6] | 27 July 2015 |
Aleksei Pugin | Tom | Torpedo | 4–0[7] | 17 August 2015 |
Aleksandr Alkhazov** | Volgar | Luch-Energiya | 4–1[8] | 15 October 2015 |
Sergei Maslov | Arsenal | Spartak-2 | 4–1[9] | 26 October 2015 |
- 4 Player scored 4 goals
- ** All goals scored from the penalty spot
Last updated: 8 November 2015[10]
Attendance
Average home attendances
Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.[11]
Updated as of 8 November 2015
Team | GP | Total | High | Low | Average |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fakel | 9 | 90,400 | 12,800 | 7,200 | 10,044 |
Arsenal | 11 | 63,000 | 8,200 | 3,200 | 5,727 |
Baltika | 9 | 46,400 | 7,500 | 3,400 | 5,156 |
Sokol | 9 | 35,150 | 6,600 | 1,150 | 3,906 |
Luch-Energiya | 9 | 27,500 | 6,100 | 1,100 | 3,056 |
Tom | 12 | 35,520 | 4,500 | 1,500 | 2,960 |
Volga | 10 | 24,450 | 3,800 | 1,000 | 2,445 |
Gazovik | 10 | 24,200 | 3,000 | 2,000 | 2,420 |
Yenisey | 9 | 20,450 | 4,900 | 900 | 2,272 |
Sibir | 9 | 19,950 | 4,000 | 1,000 | 2,217 |
Torpedo | 8 | 15,900 | 2,500 | 800 | 1,988 |
SKA-Energiya | 10 | 19,500 | 3,100 | 1,000 | 1,950 |
Shinnik | 11 | 20,200 | 5,600 | 1,000 | 1,836 |
Tyumen | 11 | 20,050 | 2,500 | 1,000 | 1,823 |
Baikal | 9 | 13,950 | 3,200 | 250 | 1,550 |
Volgar | 10 | 13,100 | 2,200 | 950 | 1,310 |
Zenit-2 | 9 | 10,015 | 1,500 | 495 | 1,113 |
Spartak-2 | 8 | 7,962 | 2,506 | 107 | 964 |
Tosno | 8 | 5,250 | 1,900 | 350 | 656 |
KAMAZ | 9 | 2,250 | 450 | 100 | 250 |
References
- ^ ФК «Волга» будет расформирован (in Russian). FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod. 15 June 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-06-20. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
- ^ «Енисей» займёт место «Смены» в ФНЛ (in Russian). Championat.com. 4 June 2016.
- ^ "FNL 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
- ^ "Russian Football National League top goalscorers". Championat.com. 8 November 2015.
- ^ "Tom Tomsk 2-3 Zenit-2". Soccerway. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ^ "Baykal 0-3 Gazovik". Soccerway. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ^ "Tom 4-0 Torpedo". Championat.com. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ "Volgar 4-1 Luch-Energiya". Championat.com. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ "Arsenal 4-1 Spartak-2". Championat.com. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ "Russian Football National League top goalscorers". Championat.com. 8 November 2015.
- ^ "Футбол. ФНЛ 2015/2016 - Стадионы - Чемпионат". championat.com. championat.com.