2014–15 Russian Professional Football League

Russian Professional Football League
Season	2014–15
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The 2014–15 Professional Football League was the third highest division in Russian football. The Professional Football League is geographically divided into 5 zones. 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.

West

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Spartak-2 Moscow (P)	30	20	5	5	65	26	+39	65	Promotion to Russian National Football League
2	Zenit-2 St. Petersburg (P)	30	18	3	9	78	41	+37	57	Promotion to Russian National Football League
3	Strogino Moscow	30	16	6	8	39	29	+10	54
4	Khimki	30	15	9	6	42	27	+15	54
5	Tekstilshchik Ivanovo	30	15	8	7	51	29	+22	53
6	Dolgoprudny	30	14	9	7	46	39	+7	51
7	Saturn Ramenskoye	30	15	5	10	42	31	+11	50	Team voluntarily relegated after the season
8	Torpedo Vladimir	30	14	6	10	41	36	+5	48
9	Pskov-747 Pskov	30	11	9	10	39	38	+1	42
10	Domodedovo Moscow	30	10	8	12	48	50	−2	38
11	Volga Tver	30	9	5	16	36	54	−18	32
12	Solyaris Moscow	30	8	4	18	39	59	−20	28
13	Spartak Kostroma	30	7	7	16	26	39	−13	28
14	CRFSO Smolensk	30	7	7	16	32	49	−17	28
15	Kolomna	30	6	5	19	28	67	−39	23
16	Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo	30	4	6	20	21	59	−38	18

Source: pfl-russia.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(P) Promoted

Top scorers

Source: pfl-russia.com (in Russian)

20 goals

Vladimir Obukhov (Spartak-2)

19 goals

Ivan Lukyanov (Tekstilshchik)

18 goals

Aleksei Medvedev (Saturn)

17 goals

Aleksei Yevseyev (Zenit-2)

16 goals

Ramil Sheydayev (Zenit-2)

13 goals

Maksim Kazankov (Domodedovo/Saturn)

10 goals

Anton Shishayev (Pskov-747)

Center

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Fakel Voronezh (P)	30	25	5	0	64	14	+50	80	Promotion to Russian National Football League
2	Ryazan	30	21	6	3	51	13	+38	69
3	Tambov	30	19	8	3	71	26	+45	65
4	Lokomotiv Liski	30	15	8	7	34	22	+12	53
5	Zenit Penza	30	14	7	9	32	22	+10	49
6	Kaluga	30	14	7	9	42	31	+11	49
7	Metallurg Lipetsk	30	13	10	7	42	39	+3	49
8	Vityaz Podolsk	30	12	8	10	43	47	−4	44
9	Avangard Kursk	30	13	4	13	45	35	+10	43
10	Dynamo Bryansk	30	9	11	10	30	26	+4	38
11	Vybor-Kurbatovo Voronezh	30	7	8	15	22	46	−24	29	Team withdrew
12	Podolye Podolsky district	30	9	1	20	30	58	−28	28	Team disbanded after the season
13	Oryol	30	5	5	20	25	59	−34	20
14	Metallurg Vyksa	30	5	4	21	16	57	−41	19	Team withdrew
15	Chertanovo Moscow	30	4	6	20	30	63	−33	18
16	Arsenal-2 Tula	30	1	8	21	19	54	−35	11

Source: pfl-russia.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(P) Promoted

Top scorers

Source: pfl-russia.com (in Russian)

17 goals

Mikhail Biryukov (Fakel Voronezh)

14 goals

Nikita Zhdankin (Ryazan)

10 goals

9 goals

Roman Grigoryan (Tambov)
Dmitri Kortava (Metallurg Lipetsk)

8 goals

Nikita Andreev (Tambov)

South

First round

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chernomorets Novorossiysk (Q)	14	9	4	1	28	14	+14	31	Advances to Group A
2	Afips Afipsky (Q)	14	9	2	3	19	12	+7	29
3	Vityaz Krymsk (Q)	14	9	1	4	22	17	+5	28
4	Armavir (Q)	14	7	3	4	24	18	+6	24
5	Biolog-Novokubansk Progress (Q)	14	5	1	8	16	20	−4	16
6	Druzhba Maykop (Q)	14	3	2	9	13	20	−7	11
7	Krasnodar-2 (R, Q)	14	3	1	10	15	24	−9	10	Advances to Group B
8	Sochi (R, Q)	14	2	4	8	14	26	−12	10	Advances to Group B

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dynamo GTS Stavropol (Q)	20	11	5	4	23	11	+12	38	Advances to Group A
2	MITOS Novocherkassk (Q)	20	9	7	4	30	13	+17	34
3	Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk (Q)	20	9	6	5	25	22	+3	33
4	Spartak Nalchik (Q)	20	9	6	5	28	16	+12	33
5	Taganrog (Q)	20	7	7	6	18	18	0	28
6	Rotor Volgograd	20	7	6	7	26	24	+2	27	Team withdrew
7	Angusht Nazran (Q)	20	5	8	7	13	23	−10	23	Advances to Group A
8	Anzhi-2 Makhachkala (R, Q)	20	5	7	8	14	22	−8	22	Advances to Group B
9	Alania Vladikavkaz (R, Q)	20	5	6	9	21	33	−12	21
10	Terek-2 Grozny (R, Q)	20	3	9	8	12	18	−6	18
11	Astrakhan (R, Q)	20	4	5	11	19	29	−10	17

Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Second round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Armavir (P)	22	14	3	5	37	23	+14	45	Promotion to Russian National Football League
2	Vityaz Krymsk	22	14	1	7	38	26	+12	43	Team disbanded after the season
3	Chernomorets Novorossiysk	22	12	7	3	45	21	+24	43
4	Afips Afipsky	22	12	5	5	32	18	+14	41
5	Dynamo GTS Stavropol	22	10	6	6	26	21	+5	36
6	MITOS Novocherkassk	22	9	3	10	24	27	−3	30
7	Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk	22	7	7	8	23	27	−4	28
8	Spartak Nalchik	22	7	5	10	26	27	−1	26
9	Taganrog	22	5	6	11	15	31	−16	21	Team disbanded after the season
10	Druzhba Maykop	22	5	4	13	20	29	−9	19
11	Biolog-Novokubansk Progress	22	5	3	14	19	32	−13	18
12	Angusht Nazran	22	4	6	12	17	40	−23	18

Source: www.pfl-russia.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(P) Promoted

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
13	Anzhi-2 Makhachkala	10	6	1	3	20	15	+5	19	Team disbanded after the season
14	Alania Vladikavkaz	10	6	0	4	15	11	+4	18
15	Astrakhan	10	5	1	4	23	15	+8	16
16	Krasnodar-2	10	5	1	4	19	17	+2	16
17	Terek-2 Grozny	10	2	5	3	10	15	−5	11
18	Sochi (R)	10	1	2	7	10	24	−14	5	Relegation to Amateur Football League

Source: www.pfl-russia.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(R) Relegated

Top scorers

Source: pfl-russia.com (in Russian)

14 goals

Magomed Guguyev (Spartak Nalchik)

13 goals

Vladimir Lobkaryov (Torpedo Armavir)

12 goals

10 goals

Sergei Serdyukov (Dynamo GTS)
Semyon Sinyavskiy (Chernomorets)
Sergei Sechin (FC Astrakhan)
Stanislav Vaniyev (Vityaz)

Ural-Povolzhye

First round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny (Q)	20	14	6	0	35	5	+30	48	Qualification for Group A
2	Zenit-Izhevsk (Q)	20	11	4	5	34	18	+16	37
3	Chelyabinsk (Q)	20	11	2	7	24	17	+7	35
4	Rubin-2 Kazan (Q)	20	10	4	6	34	20	+14	34
5	Volga Ulyanovsk (Q)	20	7	12	1	27	11	+16	33
6	Syzran-2003 (Q)	20	8	6	6	29	18	+11	30
7	Nosta Novotroitsk (R, Q)	20	6	4	10	15	26	−11	22	Qualification for Group B
8	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (R, Q)	20	5	4	11	19	29	−10	19
9	Lada-Togliatti Togliatti (R, Q)	20	4	7	9	21	31	−10	19
10	Dynamo Kirov (R, Q)	20	3	6	11	13	31	−18	15
11	Spartak Yoshkar-Ola (R, Q)	20	1	5	14	12	57	−45	8

Source: pfl-russia rfspro.ru
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Second round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny (P)	25	16	7	2	39	10	+29	55	Promotion to Russian National Football League
2	Zenit-Izhevsk	25	12	6	7	39	24	+15	42
3	Syzran-2003	25	11	8	6	37	19	+18	41
4	Chelyabinsk	25	12	4	9	27	22	+5	40
5	Rubin-2 Kazan	25	11	7	7	39	25	+14	40	Team disbanded after the season
6	Volga Ulyanovsk	25	8	14	3	29	16	+13	38

Source: pfl-russia rfspro.ru
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(P) Promoted

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
7	Nosta Novotroitsk	24	7	7	10	22	30	−8	28
8	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	24	7	5	12	24	32	−8	26
9	Lada-Togliatti Togliatti	24	5	9	10	27	36	−9	24
10	Dynamo Kirov	24	4	8	12	17	36	−19	20
11	Spartak Yoshkar-Ola (R)	24	1	7	16	17	67	−50	10	Relegation to Amateur Football League

Source: pfl-russia rfspro.ru
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(R) Relegated

Top scorers

Source: pfl-russia.com (in Russian)

11 goals

Ruslan Galiakberov (Rubin-2 Kazan)

8 goals

Pavel Shadrin (Rubin-2 Kazan)
Dmitri Otstavnov (Neftekhimik / Rubin-2 Kazan)
Denis Uryvkov (Chelyabinsk)

East

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Baikal Irkutsk (P)	24	11	11	2	37	18	+19	44	Promotion to Russian National Football League
2	Irtysh Omsk	24	12	7	5	35	17	+18	43
3	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	24	11	10	3	38	19	+19	43
4	Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure	24	10	8	6	25	20	+5	38
5	Chita	24	10	6	8	27	30	−3	36
6	Dynamo Barnaul	24	10	4	10	43	39	+4	34
7	Yakutiya Yakutsk	24	6	2	16	28	47	−19	20
8	Sibir-2 Novosibirsk	24	5	5	14	27	40	−13	20
9	Tom-2 Tomsk	24	5	3	16	25	55	−30	18

Source: pfl-russia.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(P) Promoted

Top scorers

Source: pfl-russia.com (in Russian)

9 goals

Konstantin Maltsev (Yakutiya/Metallurg Novokuznetsk)
Yevgeni Shcherbakov (Dynamo Barnaul)
Dmitri Galin (Baikal)

8 goals

Anton Kiselyov (Metallurg Novokuznetsk)

7 goals

Eduard Krug (Dynamo Barnaul)
Viktor Sergeyev (Sibir-2)

References

External links

(in Russian) Official site
(in Russian) Website of the Department of Professional Football of the Russian Football Union (DPF RFS)
(in English) 2014–15 season (comprehensive). RSSSF