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Russian Premier League
Season	2017–18
Dates	15 July 2017 – 13 May 2018
Champions	Lokomotiv Moscow; 3rd title
Relegated	Amkar Perm; Tosno; SKA-Khabarovsk
Champions League	Lokomotiv Moscow; CSKA Moscow; Spartak Moscow
Europa League	Krasnodar; Zenit St. Petersburg; Ufa
Matches played	240
Goals scored	541 (2.25 per match)
Top goalscorer	Quincy Promes (15)
Average attendance	13,971
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Russian Premier League (Russian: Чемпионат России по футболу 2017/2018, Chempionat Rossii po futbolu 2017/2018) was the 16th Russian Premier League season, and the 26th top division football tournament. It was played from 15 July 2017 to 13 May 2018. Spartak Moscow were the defending champions, but Lokomotiv Moscow won the tournament.

Table

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lokomotiv Moscow (C)	30	18	6	6	41	21	+20	60	Champions League group stage
2	CSKA Moscow	30	17	7	6	49	23	+26	58	Champions League group stage
3	Spartak Moscow	30	16	8	6	51	32	+19	56	Champions League third qualifying round
4	Krasnodar	30	16	6	8	46	30	+16	54	Europa League group stage
5	Zenit St. Petersburg	30	14	11	5	46	21	+25	53	Europa League third qualifying round
6	Ufa	30	11	10	9	34	30	+4	43	Europa League second qualifying round
7	Arsenal Tula	30	12	6	12	35	41	−6	42
8	Dynamo Moscow	30	10	10	10	29	30	−1	40
9	Ahmat Grozny	30	10	9	11	30	34	−4	39
10	Rubin Kazan	30	9	11	10	32	25	+7	38
11	Rostov	30	9	10	11	27	28	−1	37
12	Ural Yekaterinburg	30	8	13	9	31	32	−1	37
13	Amkar Perm (R)	30	9	8	13	20	30	−10	35	Dissolved after the season^[3]
14	Anzhi Makhachkala	30	6	6	18	31	55	−24	24	Relegation play-offs
15	Tosno (R)	30	6	6	18	23	54	−31	24	Dissolved after the season^[4]
16	SKA-Khabarovsk (R)	30	2	7	21	16	55	−39	13	Relegation to FNL

Relegation play-offs

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	6–4	Anzhi Makhachkala	3–0	3–4
Amkar Perm	3–0	Tambov	2–0	1–0

Because Amkar Perm was dissolved when the season ended, Anzhi Makhachkala were allowed to stay in the Premier League. Yenisey Krasnoyarsk will be promoted to the Premier League for the first time in the team's history.^[5]