2017–18 Russian Premier League Explained

Competition:Russian Premier League
Season:2017–18
Winners:Lokomotiv Moscow
3rd title
Relegated:Amkar Perm
Tosno
SKA-Khabarovsk
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Lokomotiv Moscow
CSKA Moscow
Spartak Moscow
Continentalcup2:Europa League
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Krasnodar
Zenit St. Petersburg
Ufa
Matches:240
Total Goals:541
League Topscorer:Quincy Promes (15 goals)
Biggest Home Win:Rubin 6–0 Anzhi
CSKA Moscow 6–0 Tosno
CSKA Moscow 6–0 Arsenal Tula
Zenit St. Petersburg 6–0 SKA-Khabarovsk
Biggest Away Win:Anzhi 1–5 Krasnodar
Dynamo Moscow 0–4 Lokomotiv Moscow
Highest Scoring:Spartak Moscow 3–4 Lokomotiv Moscow
Longest Wins:5 matches:
Spartak Moscow (5 Nov–10 Dec)
Longest Unbeaten:18 matches:
Spartak Moscow (27 Aug–8 Apr)
Longest Winless:18 matches:
SKA-Khabarovsk (14 Oct–13 May)
Longest Losses:9 matches:
SKA-Khabarovsk (29 Oct–17 Mar)
Highest Attendance:53,359
Zenit St. Petersburg 5–1 Spartak Moscow
(6 August 2017)
Lowest Attendance:1,089
Amkar 0–2 Arsenal (9 March 2018)
Attendance:3,353,024[1]
Average Attendance:13,971
Prevseason:2016–17
Nextseason:2018–19

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 16th under the current Russian Premier League name. Spartak Moscow came into the season as the defending champions.

Teams

As in the previous season, 16 teams played in the 2017–18 season. After the 2016–17 season, FC Orenburg, FC Tom Tomsk and FC Krylia Sovetov Samara were relegated to the 2017–18 Russian National Football League. They were replaced by three clubs from the 2016–17 Russian National Football League, FC Dynamo Moscow, FC Tosno and FC SKA-Khabarovsk. Dynamo returned after one season of absence, while Tosno and SKA-Khabarovsk made their debuts in the Russian top-tier division.

Before the season, FC Terek Grozny changed its name to FC Akhmat Grozny.

Stadiums

TeamStadiumCityOpenedCapacity
Akhmat GroznyAkhmat-ArenaGrozny201130,597
Amkar PermZvezda StadiumPerm196917,000
Anzhi MakhachkalaAnzhi ArenaKaspiysk200326,400
Arsenal TulaArsenal StadiumTula195920,048
CSKA MoskvaVEB ArenaMoscow201630,000
Dynamo MoskvaArena KhimkiKhimki200818,636
KrasnodarKrasnodar StadiumKrasnodar201634,291
Lokomotiv MoskvaLokomotiv StadiumMoscow200228,800
RostovRostov ArenaRostov-on-Don201837,868
Rubin KazanKazan ArenaKazan201345,379
SKA-KhabarovskLenin StadiumKhabarovsk195115,200
Spartak MoskvaOtkrytiye ArenaMoscow201445,360
TosnoPetrovsky StadiumSaint Petersburg192521,405
UfaNeftyanik StadiumUfa196715,234
Ural YekaterinburgCentral StadiumYekaterinburg194035,696
Zenit Saint PetersburgKrestovsky StadiumSaint Petersburg201764,287

Personnel and kits

TeamLocationHead coachKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Akhmat GroznyGrozny Igor Lediakhov (caretaker)AdidasAkhmat Foundation
Amkar PermPerm Vadim Evseev (caretaker)Adidas
Anzhi MakhachkalaMakhachkala Vadim SkripchenkoNike
Arsenal TulaTula Miodrag BožovićAdidasSPLAV
CSKA MoscowMoscow Viktor GoncharenkoAdidasRosseti
Dynamo MoscowMoscow Dmitri KhokhlovNikeVTB
KrasnodarKrasnodar Murad Musayev (caretaker)PumaConstell Group
Lokomotiv MoscowMoscow Yuri SeminAdidasRZhD
RostovRostov-on-Don Valeri KarpinAdidas
Rubin KazanKazan Kurban BerdyevJako, New BalanceNizhnekamskneftekhim
SKA-KhabarovskKhabarovsk Sergei PerednyaAdidasLeonBets
Spartak MoscowMoscow Massimo CarreraNikeLUKOIL
TosnoTosno Dmytro ParfenovNikeFort Group
UfaUfa Sergei SemakJoma
Ural YekaterinburgYekaterinburg Aleksandr TarkhanovJomaRenova, TMK
Zenit Saint PetersburgSaint Petersburg Roberto ManciniNikeGazprom

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced byDate of appointment
Akhmat Rashid RakhimovMutual consent22 May 2017pre-season Oleg Kononov22 May 2017[2]
Zenit Mircea LucescuFired28 May 2017[3] Roberto Mancini1 June 2017[4]
Arsenal Sergei KiriakovContract expired31 May 2017[5] Miodrag Božović18 June 2017[6]
Rostov Ivan Daniliants1 June 2017 Leonid Kuchuk9 June 2017[7]
Rubin Javi GraciaMutual consent8 June 2017[8] Kurban Berdyev9 June 2017[9]
Anzhi Aleksandr GrigoryanResigned13 August 2017[10] 15th Vadim Skripchenko14 August 2017[11]
Dynamo Yuriy KalitvintsevMutual consent7 October 2017[12] 15th Dmitri Khokhlov7 October 2017
Akhmat Oleg KononovResigned30 October 2017[13] 9th Mikhail Galaktionov (caretaker)
(permanent)
30 October 2017
14 December 2017[14]
Rostov Leonid KuchukResigned6 December 2017[15] 10th Dmitri Kirichenko (caretaker)6 December 2017[16]
Rostov Dmitri Kirichenko (caretaker)Caretaking spell over19 December 201710th Valeri Karpin19 December 2017[17]
SKA-Khabarovsk Aleksei PoddubskiyMoved to the director of sports position20 December 2017[18] 16th Rinat Bilyaletdinov12 January 2018[19]
Amkar Gadzhi GadzhiyevResigned2 March 2018[20] 13th Vadim Evseev (caretaker)2 March 2018[21]
SKA-Khabarovsk Rinat BilyaletdinovMutual consent31 March 2018[22] 16th Sergei Perednya3 April 2018[23]
Krasnodar Igor ShalimovFired2 April 2018[24] 5th Murad Musayev (caretaker)3 April 2018[25]
Akhmat Mikhail GalaktionovResigned7 April 2018[26] 11th Igor Lediakhov (caretaker)7 April 2018[27]

Tournament format and regulations

Basic

The 16 teams will play 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 will be 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 2018 - 19 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 2018 - 19 season.

Relegation play-offs

The draw for relegation play-offs scheduling took place on 4 May 2018.[28] The kick-off times were announced on 14 May 2018.[29]

First leg

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Second leg

Amkar Perm won 3–0 on aggregate and retained their spot in the 2018–19 Russian Premier League; FC Tambov remained in the 2018–19 Russian National Football League.----Yenisey Krasnoyarsk won 6–4 on aggregate and were promoted to the 2018–19 Russian Premier League; Anzhi Makhachkala were relegated to the 2018–19 Russian National Football League.

On 13 June 2018, FC Amkar Perm announced that the Russian Football Union recalled their 2018–19 season license, making them ineligible for the Russian Premier League or Russian Football National League. The final decision on the club's future will be made on 18 June 2018 at the club's board meeting.[30] As a consequence, Anzhi Makhachkala will not be relegated.[31]

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

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Quincy PromesSpartak15
2 Fyodor SmolovKrasnodar14
3 Viktor ClaessonKrasnodaralign=center rowspan=510
Jefferson FarfánLokomotiv
Aleksandr KokorinZenit
Luiz AdrianoSpartak
VitinhoCSKA
8 Yevgeni MarkovTosno
Dynamo
9
9 Eric BicfalviUral8
10 Luka ĐorđevićArsenalalign=center rowspan=77
Artem DzyubaZenit
Arsenal
Manuel FernandesLokomotiv
Sylvester IgbounUfa
Aleksei MiranchukLokomotiv
Aleksandr TashayevDynamo
Aleksandr YerokhinZenit
Last updated: 13 May 2018[32]

External links

Notes and References

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  3. Web site: FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. http://fc-zenit.ru/news/2017-05-28-zenit-blagodarit-mirchu-luchesku-za-sotrudnichestvo.htm. ru:«Зенит» благодарит Мирчу Луческу за сотрудничество. 28 May 2017. ru.
  4. Web site: FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. http://fc-zenit.ru/news/2017-06-01-roberto-manchini-naznachen-glavnym-trenerom-zenita.htm. ru:Роберто Манчини назначен главным тренером «Зенита». 1 June 2017. ru.
  5. Web site: FC Arsenal Tula. https://arsenaltula.ru/news/novosti-kluba/sergey-kiryakov-pokinul-arsenal/. ru:СЕРГЕЙ КИРЬЯКОВ ПОКИНУЛ «АРСЕНАЛ». 31 May 2017. ru.
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  8. Web site: FC Rubin Kazan. http://rubin-kazan.ru/ru/news_items/6932-havier-grasiya-pokidaet-rubin. ru:Хавьер Грасия покидает «Рубин». 8 June 2017. ru.
  9. Web site: FC Rubin Kazan. http://www.rubin-kazan.ru/ru/news_items/6934-kurban-berdyev-vozglavit-rubin. ru:Курбан Бердыев возглавит «Рубин». 9 June 2017. ru.
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  12. Web site: FC Dynamo Moscow. http://fcdynamo.ru/news/events/?id_4=13079. ru:Хохлов сменил Калитвинцева. 7 October 2017. ru.
  13. Web site: FC Akhmat Grozny. https://twitter.com/akhmatgrozny/status/925114520422486017. ru:Олег Кононов подал в отставку с поста главного тренера. 30 October 2017. ru.
  14. Web site: FC Akhmat Grozny. http://fc-akhmat.ru/page/9205. ru:Михаил Галактионов подписал долгосрочный контракт с ФК «АХМАТ». 14 December 2017.
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  19. Web site: FC SKA-Khabarovsk. https://fcska.ru/media/news/ska-khabarovsk-treniruetsya-na-plyazhe-oformlyaet-trudovye-otnosheniya-s-trenerskim-shtabom-i-arendu/. ru:«СКА-ХАБАРОВСК» ТРЕНИРУЕТСЯ НА ПЛЯЖЕ, ОФОРМЛЯЕТ ТРУДОВЫЕ ОТНОШЕНИЯ С ТРЕНЕРСКИМ ШТАБОМ И АРЕНДУЕТ ЗАЩИТНИКА ИЗ САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГА. 12 January 2017. ru. 12 January 2018. 25 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181025150254/https://fcska.ru/media/news/ska-khabarovsk-treniruetsya-na-plyazhe-oformlyaet-trudovye-otnosheniya-s-trenerskim-shtabom-i-arendu/. dead.
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