2015-16 Russian Premier League
| Season | 2015–16 |
|---|---|
| Champions | CSKA Moscow |
| Relegated |
Kuban Krasnodar Dynamo Moscow Mordovia Saransk |
| Champions League |
CSKA Moscow Rostov |
| Europa League |
Zenit Saint Petersburg Krasnodar Spartak Moscow |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 588 (2.45 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Fyodor Smolov (20 goals) |
| Biggest home win |
CSKA 7–1 Mordovia Krasnodar 6–0 Ural |
| Biggest away win |
Krylia Sovetov 0–4 Krasnodar Anzhi 0–4 Spartak |
| Highest scoring | Mordovia 4–6 CSKA |
| Longest winning run | 7 matches: CSKA (18 Jul–30 Aug) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 14 matches: CSKA (18 Jul–31 Oct) |
| Longest winless run | 10 matches: Mordovia (22 Nov–23 Apr) |
| Longest losing run | 5 matches: Mordovia (14 Sep–19 Oct) |
| Highest attendance | 41,850 Spartak – CSKA (14 August 2015) |
| Lowest attendance | 1,107 Mordovia – Rubin (30 August 2015, played in Samara) |
| Average attendance | 10,996 |
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The 2015–16 Russian Premier League was the 24th season of the premier football competition in Russia since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the 14th under the current Russian Premier League name.
Zenit Saint Petersburg came into the season as defending champions of the 2014–15 season. CSKA Moscow won the title on the final day.
As in previous season, 16 teams will play in the 2015–16 season. After the 2014–15 season, FC Torpedo Moscow and FC Arsenal Tula were relegated to the 2015–16 Russian National Football League. They were replaced by two clubs who qualified automatically from the 2014–15 Russian National Football League, FC Krylia Sovetov Samara and FC Anzhi Makhachkala.
Last updated: 18 May 2016
The 16 teams will play a round-robin tournament whereby each team plays each one of the other teams twice, once at home and once away. Thus, a total of 240 matches will be played, with 30 matches played by each team.
The teams that finish 15th and 16th will be relegated to the FNL, while the top 2 in that league will be promoted to the Premier League for the 2016–17 season.
The 13th and 14th Premier League teams will play the 4th and 3rd FNL teams respectively in two playoff games with the winners securing Premier League spots for the 2016–17 season.
The draw for relegation play-offs scheduling took place on 10 May 2016.
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