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Russian Premier League
Season 2017–18
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


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

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
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
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
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.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

15 goals

  • Netherlands Quincy Promes (Spartak Moscow)

14 goals

  • Russia Fyodor Smolov (Kuban Krasnodar)

10 goals

9 goals

8 goals

  • Romania Eric Bicfalvi (Ural)

See also

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