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.
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 → |
Teams
editStadiums, personnel and sponsorship
editLeague table
editPos | 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
editStatistics
editScoring
edit- First goal of the season: Denis Klopkov for Luch-Energiya against SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk (11 July 2015)
Top goalscorers
editRank | 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
editPlayer | 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
editAverage home attendances
editRanked 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
edit- ^ 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.