2020–21 Russian Professional Football League

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.

Russian Professional Football League

Season	2020–21
← 2019–20 2021-22 →

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	Georgi Gongadze	SKA Rostov-on-Don	16
2	Rizvan Akhmedkhanov	Chernomorets Novorossiysk	14
3	Ivan Timoshenko	Chernomorets Novorossiysk	13
	Pavel Solomatin	Yessentuki
5	Aleksei Shulgin	Kuban Krasnodar	12
6	Magomed Magomedov	Anzhi Makhachkala	11
	Magomednabi Yagyayev	Anzhi Makhachkala
	Rashid Magomedov	Legion Dynamo Makhachkala
	Abu-Said Eldarushev	Legion Dynamo Makhachkala
	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

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