2020–21 Russian Professional Football League

Russian Professional Football League
Season2020–21
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The 2020–21 Professional Football League was the third highest division in Russian football. The Professional Football League is geographically divided into 4 groups. The winners of each zone are automatically promoted into the National Football League. The bottom finishers of each zone lose professional status and are relegated into the Amateur Football League.

Group 1

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Kuban Krasnodar (P) 32 26 2 4 88 22 +66 80 Promotion to Russian National Football League
2 Kuban-Holding 32 24 5 3 63 24 +39 77
3 Chernomorets 32 22 6 4 57 19 +38 72
4 Legion Dynamo 32 16 13 3 56 22 +34 61
5 SKA Rostov-on-Don 32 18 5 9 70 34 +36 59
6 Anzhi 32 14 9 9 59 43 +16 51
7 Dynamo Stavropol 32 14 6 12 51 45 +6 48
8 Makhachkala 32 13 8 11 48 42 +6 47
9 Forte 32 13 8 11 53 32 +21 47
10 Spartak Nalchik 32 11 9 12 43 38 +5 42
11 Biolog 32 12 3 17 61 53 +8 39
12 Krasnodar-3[a] 32 10 6 16 40 57 −17 36 Dissolved after the season
13 Mashuk-KMV 32 9 7 16 40 56 −16 34
14 Druzhba 32 7 4 21 27 79 −52 25
15 Inter Cherkessk[b] 32 4 6 22 28 89 −61 18 Dissolved after the season
16 Tuapse 32 4 3 25 37 112 −75 15
17 Yessentuki 32 3 4 25 26 80 −54 13
Source: [1]
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.
(P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Team folded after season as the club decided not to apply for the PFL license for the 2021–22 season.
  2. ^ Team folded after season as the club failed to receive a PFL license for the 2021–22 season.

Top goalscorers

As of match played 2 June 2021[2]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Russia Georgi Gongadze SKA Rostov-on-Don 16
2 Russia Rizvan Akhmedkhanov Chernomorets Novorossiysk 14
3 Russia Ivan Timoshenko Chernomorets Novorossiysk 13
Russia Pavel Solomatin Yessentuki
5 Russia Aleksei Shulgin Kuban Krasnodar 12
6 Russia Magomed Magomedov Anzhi Makhachkala 11
Russia Magomednabi Yagyayev Anzhi Makhachkala
Russia Rashid Magomedov Legion Dynamo Makhachkala
Russia Abu-Said Eldarushev Legion Dynamo Makhachkala
Russia Khasan Mamtov Kuban Krasnodar

Group 2

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Olimp-Dolgoprudny (P) 30 22 6 2 51 18 +33 72 Promotion to Russian National Football League
2 Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg 30 17 8 5 56 26 +30 59
3 Tver 30 18 5 7 56 27 +29 59
4 Dynamo-2 Moscow 30 17 7 6 63 37 +26 58
5 Leningradets 30 16 6 8 51 29 +22 54
6 Kazanka 30 13 9 8 52 39 +13 48
7 Rodina 30 12 9 9 59 46 +13 45
8 Zvezda Saint Petersburg 30 11 12 7 44 29 +15 45
9 Torpedo Vladimir 30 12 3 15 40 40 0 39
10 Znamya Truda 30 8 9 13 31 39 −8 33
11 Smolensk 30 8 7 15 26 46 −20 31
12 Murom 30 7 9 14 32 42 −10 30
13 Luki-Energiya 30 9 3 18 31 56 −25 30
14 Chita 30 7 4 19 26 66 −40 25
15 Kolomna 30 5 7 18 38 63 −25 22
16 Zenit Irkutsk (R) 30 5 2 23 15 68 −53 17 Relegation to Amateur Football League
Source: [3]
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.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group 3

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Metallurg Lipetsk (P) 30 19 6 5 59 28 +31 63 Promotion to Russian National Football League
2 Ryazan 30 19 2 9 57 33 +24 59
3 Saturn 30 17 7 6 63 29 +34 58
4 Salyut 30 16 8 6 56 25 +31 56
5 Sokol 30 16 7 7 44 21 +23 55
6 Strogino 30 15 3 12 51 42 +9 48
7 Kaluga 30 14 5 11 50 37 +13 47
8 Khimik-Arsenal 30 11 10 9 45 41 +4 43
9 Znamya 30 11 10 9 44 38 +6 43
10 Krasny (R) 30 11 7 12 40 49 −9 40 Relegation to Amateur Football League
11 Avangard 30 9 9 12 35 41 −6 36
12 Khimki-M 30 10 2 18 42 65 −23 32
13 Kvant 30 7 7 16 31 54 −23 28
14 Metallurg Vidnoye 30 8 1 21 32 76 −44 25
15 Fakel-M 30 5 5 20 22 64 −42 20
16 Sakhalin 30 4 7 19 26 54 −28 19
Source: [4]
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.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group 4

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 KAMAZ (P) 28 21 1 6 75 25 +50 64 Promotion to Russian National Football League
2 Tyumen 28 19 6 3 55 22 +33 63
3 Chelyabinsk 28 19 2 7 62 22 +40 59
4 Volga 28 18 5 5 45 15 +30 59
5 Novosibirsk 28 17 7 4 53 25 +28 58
6 Zvezda Perm 28 17 4 7 54 29 +25 55
7 Dynamo Barnaul 28 14 2 12 33 38 −5 44
8 Nosta 28 10 6 12 38 40 −2 36
9 Ural-2 28 9 8 11 39 40 −1 35
10 Volna 28 10 5 13 32 39 −7 35
11 Lada Dimitrovgrad (R) 28 6 9 13 33 34 −1 27 Relegation to Amateur Football League
12 Zenit-Izhevsk 28 5 7 16 31 43 −12 22
13 Lada-Tolyatti 28 3 4 21 15 100 −85 13
14 Krylia Sovetov-2 28 3 3 22 25 63 −38 12
15 Orenburg-2 28 3 3 22 15 70 −55 12
Source: [5]
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.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

References

  1. ^ "Футбольная национальная лига 2".
  2. ^ "БОМБАРДИРЫ". pfl-russia.com. Professional Football League. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Summary - FNL 2 - Russia - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway".
  4. ^ "Summary - FNL 2 - Russia - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway".
  5. ^ "Summary - FNL 2 - Russia - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway".