2011–12 Russian Premier League#League table

The 2011–12 season is a transitional season, as it will stretch over 18 months instead of the conventional 12 months. The unusual length of the season is the result of the decision to adapt the playing year to an autumn-spring rhythm similar to most of the other UEFA leagues.{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}}

The season will comprise two phases.{{cite web|url=http://www.championat.ru/football/news-593653.html|title=Прядкин: чемпионат 2011/12 пройдёт в три круга|access-date=6 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100911221412/http://www.championat.ru/football/news-593653.html|archive-date=11 September 2010|url-status=dead}} The first phase will consist of a regular home-and-away schedule, meaning that each team will play the other teams twice for a total of 30 matches per team. The league will then be split into two groups for the second phase, where each team plays another home-and-away schedule against every other team of its respective group.

The top eight teams of the first phase will compete for the championship and the spots for both the 2012–13 Champions League and Europa League. Accordingly, the bottom eight teams will have to avoid relegation. The bottom two teams of this group will be directly relegated, while the 13th- and 14-placed teams will compete in a relegation/promotion playoff with the third- and fourth-placed teams of the 2011–12 National League Championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.championat.ru/football/news-597775.html|title=Утверждена схема перехода ЧР на систему "осень-весна"|access-date=6 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100916151253/http://www.championat.ru/football/news-597775.html|archive-date=16 September 2010|url-status=dead}}

Alania Vladikavkaz and Sibir Novosibirsk were relegated at the end of the 2010 season after finishing the season in the bottom two places. Both teams returned to the First Division, rechristened the National League Championship starting with the 2011–12 season, after just one year.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2010 First Division champions Kuban Krasnodar and runners-up Volga Nizhny Novgorod. Kuban made their immediate return to the Premier League, while Volga is playing their first season at the highest football level of Russia.

In further team changes, Saturn Moscow Oblast was forced to withdraw from the league due to financial reasons. The club did not return at any level of Russian football in the 2011–12 season, as the club was eventually disbanded after amassing debts of RUB 800m.{{cite web|url=http://www.championat.ru/football/news-682240.html|title=До конца года "Сатурн" может сняться с турнира Премьер-Лиги|access-date=6 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219151842/http://www.championat.ru/football/news-682240.html|archive-date=19 December 2010|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.championat.ru/football/news-694086.html|title=Принято решение о расформировании "Сатурна"|access-date=6 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105013315/http://www.championat.ru/football/news-694086.html|archive-date=5 January 2011|url-status=dead}} Their former farm club, FC Saturn-2 Moscow Oblast, participates in the Russian Second Division in 2011. Amkar Perm, who originally requested to withdraw as well,{{cite web|url=http://www.championat.ru/football/news-686962.html|title="Амкар" принял решение покинуть Премьер-Лигу|access-date=6 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224074208/http://www.championat.ru/football/news-686962.html|archive-date=24 December 2010|url-status=dead}} revoked this request on 24 January 2011.{{cite web|publisher=sportbox.ru|url=http://news.sportbox.ru/Vidy_sporta/Futbol/Russia/rc_2011_2012/premier_league/spbnews_Amkar-ostanetsya-v-premier-lige|script-title=ru:"Амкар" останется в премьер-лиге|date=24 January 2011|access-date=25 January 2011|language=ru}}

In a meeting on 25 January 2011, an extraordinary general meeting of Premier League clubs decided to replace Saturn with FC Krasnodar, the fifth-placed team from the 2010 First Division.{{cite web|publisher=RFPL official website|url=http://www.rfpl.org/news/2011/01/25/minus_saturn_pljus_krasnodar|script-title=ru:Минус "Сатурн" плюс "Краснодар"|date=25 January 2011|access-date=25 January 2011|language=ru|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120907163619/http://www.rfpl.org/news/2011/01/25/minus_saturn_pljus_krasnodar|archive-date=7 September 2012|url-status=dead}} Similar to Volga Nizhny Novgorod, Krasnodar made their debut at the Premier League.

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In early 2011, the contracts of three young FC Spartak Moscow players (Maksim Grigoryev, Dmitri Malyaka and Yevgeni Filippov) expired, and they decided to switch to FC Rostov. According to Russian football regulations, when a player under 23 years of age who was raised in the club system transfers to a different club after his contract expires, his old club is due compensation from his new club. If the new club plays on the third level (Russian Second Division), the compensation is the player's 5 previous years' salary multiplied by 1, if his new club is in the National League Championship, it's multiplied by 2 and if it's a Russian Premier League club, it's multiplied by 3. The three players signed with a Russian Second Division team FC MITOS Novocherkassk who immediately loaned them to the Russian Premier League team FC Rostov. Spartak lodged a complaint with the Russian Football Union, claiming this was not a fair transfer as the only reason for it was to lower the compensation that FC Rostov was due to pay Spartak. After the protest was declined on 29 March 2011, Grigoryev was registered for FC Rostov and scored a goal on his debut against FC Lokomotiv Moscow on 2 April 2011, the game ended with a score of 1–1.{{cite web|publisher=infox.ru|url=http://www.infox.ru/sport/football/2011/03/29/__Spartaku___za_tran.phtml|title="Спартаку" заплатили в три раза меньше за трансферы|date=29 March 2011}} FC Lokomotiv's president, Olga Smorodskaya, filed a complaint with the Russian Football Union and Premier League, claiming Grigoryev was not eligible to be registered and play for FC Rostov.{{cite web|publisher=RIA Novosti|url=http://sport.rian.ru/sport/20110404/360976483.html|title=ФК "Локомотив" выиграет в "деле Григорьева" - президент клуба|date=4 April 2011}} Before the protest was heard, Grigoryev scored a goal in Rostov's 2–1 victory over FC Dynamo Moscow in the 2010–11 Russian Cup quarterfinal. The protest was heard by the RFU's Dispute Resolution Chamber on 21 April 2011. Smorodskaya insisted that FC MITOS did not have the transfer certificate from Spartak in their possession before the transfer deadline and therefore could not have legally registered Grigoryev.{{cite web|publisher=Sovetsky Sport|url=http://www.sovsport.ru/gazeta/article-item/452953|title="Локо" подал заявление в палату по "Делу Григорьева"|date=20 April 2011|access-date=21 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110423012208/http://www.sovsport.ru/gazeta/article-item/452953|archive-date=23 April 2011|url-status=dead}} The protest was declined as, according to the league, Grigoryev et al. were registered with RFPL before the transfer deadline, even though they were not included on the official rosters on the league's website or in any other sources. The official league website actually still lists the date of their registration as 1 April.{{cite web|publisher=Sport Express|url=http://news.sport-express.ru/2011-04-21/433843/|title=Ольга Смородская: "Позиция палаты по разрешению споров по "делу Григорьева" нас шокировала"|date=21 April 2011}} In another twist, in January 2012, Lokomotiv signed Grigoryev from FC MITOS. In March 2012, Court of Arbitration for Sport began considering Grigoryev's case. CAS made their decision in May 2012, denying Lokomotiv's appeal.{{cite web|publisher=Russian Football Union|url=http://rfs.ru/main/news/ct134/73829.html|title=Апелляция "Локомотива" в САС отклонена|date=12 May 2012}}

According to the league regulations, every team has to put at least one player with a Russian citizenship born in 1990 or later on their game roster in every game (even if the player in question stays on the bench). If there is no such player or players, the team guilty is punished by the victory being awarded to their opponent and a fine. In the game against PFC CSKA Moscow on 10 April 2011, Zenit St. Petersburg did not have such a player in their lineup (the game ended in 1–1 draw). The youngest player was born in 1989. After the game, Russian Football Union president Sergei Fursenko said that Zenit would likely be awarded a defeat for breaking the regulations.{{cite web|publisher=Sport Express|url=http://news.sport-express.ru/2011-04-10/431394/|title=Сергей Фурсенко: "Зениту" грозит поражение и штраф в 200 тысяч"|date=10 April 2011}} Zenit manager Luciano Spalletti said after the game that they did this intentionally, as they were told it is punishable by a fine only, and the team was ready to pay the fine. They have done the same thing in the 2010 season and fine was the only punishment.{{cite web|publisher=FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|url=http://www.fc-zenit.ru/main/news/ct3/55368.html|title=Лучано Спаллетти: "Мы показали хороший футбол"|date=10 April 2011}} However, the regulations were updated in December 2010, and the current exact language of Article 109 of the Disciplinary Regulations of the RFU states it is punishable by "a defeat awarded and a fine", not "a defeat awarded or a fine".{{cite web|publisher=Russian Football Union |url=http://www.rfs.ru/sites/default/files/disreg2010itog.docx |title=Дисциплинарный регламент РФС |access-date=10 April 2011 }}{{dead link|date=September 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Zenit was awarded a defeat by the RFU on 13 April.{{cite web|publisher=Sport Express|url=http://news.sport-express.ru/2011-04-13/431965/|title="Зениту" присуждено поражение|date=13 April 2011}} Zenit removed Vladislav Radimov, who as team director was responsible for filing the game roster with the league, from his position to the reserve team's assistant coach position, with a reduction in salary. Zenit's lawyer was punished by the club by having his bonus cancelled.

Following the RFU decision, the Premier League further decided that the goals scored by Mark González and Konstantin Zyryanov would not count for their scoring totals, but the yellow cards received in the game would count for disciplinary purposes.{{cite web

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On 23 April 2011 during a FC Rostov - FC Terek Grozny game, Rostov goalkeeper Dejan Radić collided with Terek's Zaur Sadayev fighting for a high ball. He had to be rushed into the hospital and after it was discovered that his kidney is seriously injured, he had to undergo nephrectomy (surgical removal of a kidney).{{cite web|publisher=RIA Novosti|url=http://sport.rian.ru/sport/20110424/367680664.html|script-title=ru:Вратарь ФК "Ростов" Радич находится в реанимации после операции|date=24 April 2011|language=ru}} His club, FC Rostov, announced that he will continue to receive all the bonuses he would have received if he was able to play as a starter during the time of his recovery.{{cite web|publisher=RIA Novosti|url=http://sport.rian.ru/sport/20110424/367762168.html|script-title=ru:Вратарь Радич продолжит получать премиальные - директор ФК "Ростов"|date=24 April 2011|language=ru}} Former Russian international Valeri Minko, who played more than 200 games after undergoing nephrectomy himself after an in-game collision, said he expects Radić to fully recover and play again.{{cite web|publisher=RIA Novosti|url=http://sport.rian.ru/sport/20110424/367824256.html|script-title=ru:Потеря почки не должна повлиять на футбольную карьеру Радича - Минько|date=24 April 2011|language=ru}} Despite Rostov's initial promises, Radić stopped getting paid by Rostov in June 2011 and have not received any money stipulated in his contract from that time until March 2012. Terek and Chechnya's president Ramzan Kadyrov have paid him $50,000 as a goodwill gesture.{{cite web|publisher=Soviet Sport|url=http://www.sovsport.ru/gazeta/article-item/517371|title=Rostov's goalkeeper Dejan Radić: I have not been paid since June|language=ru|date=27 March 2012|access-date=30 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329213237/http://www.sovsport.ru/gazeta/article-item/517371|archive-date=29 March 2012|url-status=dead}}

On 21 May 2011 FC Amkar Perm goalkeeper Sergei Narubin was seriously injured in a collision with FC Rostov's Kornel Saláta. He had to undergo splenectomy (surgical removal of the spleen).{{cite web|url=http://fc-amkar.org/news/?id=26726|script-title=ru:Рашид Рахимов: "Готовимся к матчу в обычном режиме".|date=26 May 2011|publisher=FC Amkar Perm|language=ru}}

FC Tom Tomsk was not able to score a single goal in 12 consecutive games from game day 18 (30 July) to game day 29 (30 October), they played 1166 minutes of game time without scoring a goal. They finally scored on the last game day of the first stage on 5 November. They only gained 1 point in those 12 games; when the series started, they were 9th in the league in goals scored with 18 goals in 17 games. The previous mark was set by FC Lokomotiv Moscow who could not score for 10 consecutive games and 943 minutes in the 1954 Soviet Top League.{{cite web|publisher=Sovetsky Sport|url=http://www.sovsport.ru/gazeta/article-item/488739|title=Антирекорд "Анжи", достижение спартаковца Каюмова и прерванный полет "Динамо". 28-й тур премьер-лиги в цифрах|date=23 October 2011|access-date=25 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111029082909/http://www.sovsport.ru/gazeta/article-item/488739|archive-date=29 October 2011|url-status=dead}} The record was marked by Guinness World Records as "Longest football (soccer) goalless streak".{{Cite web |date=2011-11-20 |title=Longest football (soccer) goalless streak |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/100387-longest-football-soccer-goalless-streak |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=Guinness World Records |language=en-gb}}

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|match_LOK_DYN=3–2

|match_LOK_KRA=1–0

|match_LOK_KRY=0–0

|match_LOK_KUB=2–1

|match_LOK_ROS=1–1

|match_LOK_RUB=1–1

|match_LOK_SPA=0–2

|match_LOK_SPN=3–1

|match_LOK_TER=4–0

|match_LOK_TOM=3–0

|match_LOK_VNN=1–0

|match_LOK_ZEN=4–2

|name_ROS=Rostov

|match_ROS_AMK=3–0

|match_ROS_ANZ=1–1

|match_ROS_CSK=1–1

|match_ROS_DYN=0–2

|match_ROS_KRA=1–3

|match_ROS_KRY=1–0

|match_ROS_KUB=1–2

|match_ROS_LOK=0–3

|match_ROS_RUB=1–3

|match_ROS_SPA=4–0

|match_ROS_SPN=0–0

|match_ROS_TER=1–0

|match_ROS_TOM=2–1

|match_ROS_VNN=1–3

|match_ROS_ZEN=1–3

|name_RUB=Rubin Kazan

|match_RUB_AMK=1–1

|match_RUB_ANZ=0–3

|match_RUB_CSK=1–1

|match_RUB_DYN=3–0

|match_RUB_KRA=2–1

|match_RUB_KRY=1–0

|match_RUB_KUB=0–2

|match_RUB_LOK=0–0

|match_RUB_ROS=1–1

|match_RUB_SPA=3–0

|match_RUB_SPN=0–0

|match_RUB_TER=2–0

|match_RUB_TOM=4–1

|match_RUB_VNN=2–0

|match_RUB_ZEN=2–3

|name_SPA=Spartak Moscow

|match_SPA_AMK=1–2

|match_SPA_ANZ=3–0

|match_SPA_CSK=2–2

|match_SPA_DYN=0–2

|match_SPA_KRA=4–0

|match_SPA_KRY=3–0

|match_SPA_KUB=1–1

|match_SPA_LOK=3–0

|match_SPA_ROS=3–2

|match_SPA_RUB=0–0

|match_SPA_SPN=1–0

|match_SPA_TER=0–0

|match_SPA_TOM=4–0

|match_SPA_VNN=1–0

|match_SPA_ZEN=2–2

|name_SPN=Spartak Nalchik

|match_SPN_AMK=2–1

|match_SPN_ANZ=1–1

|match_SPN_CSK=0–2

|match_SPN_DYN=2–3

|match_SPN_KRA=2–2

|match_SPN_KRY=1–0

|match_SPN_KUB=0–1

|match_SPN_LOK=1–2

|match_SPN_ROS=0–1

|match_SPN_RUB=0–1

|match_SPN_SPA=1–1

|match_SPN_TER=2–2

|match_SPN_TOM=1–2

|match_SPN_VNN=1–1

|match_SPN_ZEN=2–2

|name_TER=Terek Grozny

|match_TER_AMK=1–0

|match_TER_ANZ=1–0

|match_TER_CSK=2–4

|match_TER_DYN=0–0

|match_TER_KRA=2–0

|match_TER_KRY=2–0

|match_TER_KUB=1–2

|match_TER_LOK=0–4

|match_TER_ROS=1–1

|match_TER_RUB=0–1

|match_TER_SPA=2–4

|match_TER_SPN=0–1

|match_TER_TOM=2–0

|match_TER_VNN=1–0

|match_TER_ZEN=0–1

|name_TOM=Tom Tomsk

|match_TOM_AMK=0–0

|match_TOM_ANZ=0–0

|match_TOM_CSK=1–1

|match_TOM_DYN=0–2

|match_TOM_KRA=0–4

|match_TOM_KRY=1–1

|match_TOM_KUB=0–1

|match_TOM_LOK=2–2

|match_TOM_ROS=1–1

|match_TOM_RUB=0–2

|match_TOM_SPA=1–1

|match_TOM_SPN=0–2

|match_TOM_TER=0–1

|match_TOM_VNN=0–3

|match_TOM_ZEN=2–1

|name_VNN=Volga Nizhny Novgorod

|match_VNN_AMK=0–0

|match_VNN_ANZ=1–2

|match_VNN_CSK=0–2

|match_VNN_DYN=3–0

|match_VNN_KRA=0–2

|match_VNN_KRY=2–0

|match_VNN_KUB=0–1

|match_VNN_LOK=0–0

|match_VNN_ROS=0–1

|match_VNN_RUB=1–0

|match_VNN_SPA=0–2

|match_VNN_SPN=1–0

|match_VNN_TER=3–1

|match_VNN_TOM=2–0

|match_VNN_ZEN=0–2

|name_ZEN=Zenit St. Petersburg

|match_ZEN_AMK=1–1

|match_ZEN_ANZ=2–0

|match_ZEN_CSK=0–3

|match_ZEN_CSK_note=Zenit received a 0–3 loss in a home game against CSKA due to violation of regulations.

|match_ZEN_DYN=0–0

|match_ZEN_KRA=5–0

|match_ZEN_KRY=3–0

|match_ZEN_KUB=1–0

|match_ZEN_LOK=1–1

|match_ZEN_ROS=4–0

|match_ZEN_RUB=2–2

|match_ZEN_SPA=3–0

|match_ZEN_SPN=1–0

|match_ZEN_TER=0–0

|match_ZEN_TOM=4–0

|match_ZEN_VNN=3–0

|update=complete

|source=[http://www.rfpl.org/calendar?year=2011 Russian Premier League]

}}

Last updated: 6 November 2011

Source: [http://rfpl.org/champ/stats?year=2011 Russian Premier League]{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

After the first 30 fixtures, teams were split into two groups of eight which play against each other on a home-and-away basis. Fixtures 31 and 32 were scheduled to be held on the weekends of the 3rd and the 4th weeks of November 2011 respectively. Fixture 33 will take place on 3–4 March 2012. The matches of Fixture 44 (the last one) will start simultaneously at 11 a.m. GMT on 13 May 2012. Russian Football Union decided to set up the calendar for the championship group manually, instead of the computer draw. The computer draw will be done only for the relegation group. The final version of the second phase calendar became available on 7 November 2011.{{cite news|url=http://football.sport-express.ru/reviews/17032/|title=2 тура - в 2011-м, 12 - в 2012-м|work=Sport-Express|publisher=Sport-Express|date=12 October 2011|access-date=2011-10-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016034034/http://football.sport-express.ru/reviews/17032|archive-date=16 October 2011|url-status=dead}}

The top eight teams of the first phase participate in this group, which will decide which team will win the championship. Additionally, teams in this group compete for two 2012–13 Champions League and three Europa League spots.

The winners will qualify for the Champions League group stage, with the runners-up earning a spot in the third qualifying round. Furthermore, the third-placed team will qualify for the play-off round of the Europa League, with the fourth- and fifth-placed teams earning spots in the third qualifying round and second qualifying round, respectively.

An additional Europa League play-off round spot is awarded to the winners of the 2011–12 Russian Cup. However, depending on the final league placement of both finalists, the allocation of all four Europa League spots may vary according to the table below.

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=Championship group

|res_col_header=Q

|team1=ZEN|name_ZEN=Zenit St. Petersburg

|team2=SPA|name_SPA=Spartak Moscow

|team3=CSK|name_CSK=CSKA Moscow

|team4=DYN|name_DYN=Dynamo Moscow

|team5=ANZ|name_ANZ=Anzhi Makhachkala

|team6=RUB|name_RUB=Rubin Kazan

|team7=LOK|name_LOK=Lokomotiv Moscow

|team8=KUB|name_KUB=Kuban Krasnodar

|win_ZEN=24|draw_ZEN=16|loss_ZEN=4|gf_ZEN=85|ga_ZEN=40|status_ZEN=C

|win_SPA=21|draw_SPA=12|loss_SPA=11|gf_SPA=69|ga_SPA=47

|win_CSK=19|draw_CSK=16|loss_CSK=9|gf_CSK=72|ga_CSK=47

|win_DYN=20|draw_DYN=12|loss_DYN=12|gf_DYN=66|ga_DYN=50

|win_ANZ=19|draw_ANZ=13|loss_ANZ=12|gf_ANZ=54|ga_ANZ=42

|win_RUB=17|draw_RUB=17|loss_RUB=10|gf_RUB=55|ga_RUB=41

|win_LOK=18|draw_LOK=12|loss_LOK=14|gf_LOK=59|ga_LOK=48

|win_KUB=15|draw_KUB=16|loss_KUB=13|gf_KUB=50|ga_KUB=45

|col_CLGS=green1|text_CLGS=Qualification to Champions League group stage

|result1=CLGS

|col_CLPOR=green2|text_CLPOR=Qualification to Champions League play-off round

|result2=CLPOR

|col_ELPOR=blue1|text_ELPOR=Qualification to Europa League play-off round

|result3=ELPOR

|col_EL3=blue2|text_EL3=Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round

|result4=EL3

|col_EL2=blue3|text_EL2=Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round

|result5=EL2

|col_ELGS=blue1|text_ELGS=Qualification to Europa League group stage

|note_res_ELGS=Rubin have won the 2011–12 Russian Cup and thus have qualified for the group stage of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.

|result6=ELGS

|update = complete

|source=[http://www.rfpl.org/champ/table?year=2011 Russian Premier League]

|class_rules=1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) head-to-head points; 4) number of head-to-head wins; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) number of head-to-head goals scored; 7) number of head-to-head away goals scored; 8) goal difference; 9) number of goals scored; 10) number of away goals scored

}}

{{#invoke:Sports results|main

|matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey

|team1=ANZ|team2=CSK|team3=DYN|team4=KUB|team5=LOK

|team6=RUB|team7=SPA|team8=ZEN

|name_ANZ=Anzhi Makhachkala

|match_ANZ_CSK=2–1

|match_ANZ_DYN=0–1

|match_ANZ_KUB=2–0

|match_ANZ_LOK=3–1

|match_ANZ_RUB=3–1

|match_ANZ_SPA=0–0

|match_ANZ_ZEN=0–2

|name_CSK=CSKA Moscow

|match_CSK_ANZ=0–0

|match_CSK_DYN=1–1

|match_CSK_KUB=0–0

|match_CSK_LOK=0–2

|match_CSK_RUB=1–2

|match_CSK_SPA=2–1

|match_CSK_ZEN=2–2

|name_DYN=Dynamo Moscow

|match_DYN_ANZ=0–1

|match_DYN_CSK=1–0

|match_DYN_KUB=2–1

|match_DYN_LOK=2–2

|match_DYN_RUB=1–1

|match_DYN_SPA=1–3

|match_DYN_ZEN=1–5

|name_KUB=Kuban Krasnodar

|match_KUB_ANZ=2–2

|match_KUB_CSK=1–1

|match_KUB_DYN=1–1

|match_KUB_LOK=1–1

|match_KUB_RUB=1–0

|match_KUB_SPA=1–1

|match_KUB_ZEN=2–2

|name_LOK=Lokomotiv Moscow

|match_LOK_ANZ=1–0

|match_LOK_CSK=0–3

|match_LOK_DYN=0–2

|match_LOK_KUB=2–0

|match_LOK_RUB=0–0

|match_LOK_SPA=0–2

|match_LOK_ZEN=0–1

|name_RUB=Rubin Kazan

|match_RUB_ANZ=1–0

|match_RUB_CSK=3–1

|match_RUB_DYN=2–0

|match_RUB_KUB=1–1

|match_RUB_LOK=0–0

|match_RUB_SPA=1–1

|match_RUB_ZEN=2–2

|name_SPA=Spartak Moscow

|match_SPA_ANZ=0–3

|match_SPA_CSK=1–2

|match_SPA_DYN=1–1

|match_SPA_KUB=2–0

|match_SPA_LOK=2–0

|match_SPA_RUB=2–0

|match_SPA_ZEN=1–2

|name_ZEN=Zenit St. Petersburg

|match_ZEN_ANZ=0–0

|match_ZEN_CSK=2–0

|match_ZEN_DYN=2–1

|match_ZEN_KUB=1–1

|match_ZEN_LOK=2–1

|match_ZEN_RUB=1–1

|match_ZEN_SPA=2–3

|update=complete

|source=[http://www.rfpl.org/calendar?year=2011 Russian Premier League]

}}

Last updated: 13 May 2012

Source: [http://rfpl.org/champ/stats?year=2011 Russian Premier League]{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

The bottom eight teams of the first phase will determine the teams to be relegated to the 2012–13 National League Championship. The bottom two teams of this group will be directly relegated, while the fifth- and sixth-placed teams will have to compete in relegation/promotion playoffs with the third- and fourth-placed teams of the 2011–12 National League Championship.

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=Relegation group

|res_col_header=QR

|team1=KRA|pos_KRA=9|name_KRA=Krasnodar

|team2=AMK|pos_AMK=10|name_AMK=Amkar Perm

|team3=TER|pos_TER=11|name_TER=Terek Grozny

|team4=KRY|pos_KRY=12|name_KRY=Krylia Sovetov Samara

|team5=ROS|pos_ROS=13|name_ROS=Rostov

|team6=VNN|pos_VNN=14|name_VNN=Volga Nizhny Novgorod

|team7=TOM|pos_TOM=15|name_TOM=Tom Tomsk

|team8=SPN|pos_SPN=16|name_SPN=Spartak Nalchik

|win_KRA=16|draw_KRA=13|loss_KRA=15|gf_KRA=58|ga_KRA=61

|win_AMK=14|draw_AMK=13|loss_AMK=17|gf_AMK=40|ga_AMK=51

|win_TER=14|draw_TER=10|loss_TER=20|gf_TER=45|ga_TER=62

|win_KRY=12|draw_KRY=15|loss_KRY=17|gf_KRY=33|ga_KRY=50

|win_ROS=12|draw_ROS=12|loss_ROS=20|gf_ROS=45|ga_ROS=61|status_ROS=O

|win_VNN=12|draw_VNN=5|loss_VNN=27|gf_VNN=37|ga_VNN=60|status_VNN=O

|win_TOM=8|draw_TOM=13|loss_TOM=23|gf_TOM=30|ga_TOM=70|status_TOM=R

|win_SPN=7|draw_SPN=13|loss_SPN=24|gf_SPN=39|ga_SPN=60|status_SPN=R

|col_QRPO=red2|text_QRPO=Qualification to Relegation play-offs

|result5=QRPO|result6=QRPO

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to Football National League

|result7=R|result8=R

|update = complete

|source=[http://www.rfpl.org/champ/table?year=2011 Russian Premier League]

|class_rules=1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) head-to-head points; 4) number of head-to-head wins; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) number of head-to-head goals scored; 7) number of head-to-head away goals scored; 8) goal difference; 9) number of goals scored; 10) number of away goals scored

}}

{{#invoke:Sports results|main

|matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey

|team1=AMK|team2=KRA|team3=KRY|team4=ROS|team5=SPN

|team6=TER|team7=TOM|team8=VNN

|name_AMK=Amkar Perm

|match_AMK_KRA=2–2

|match_AMK_KRY=2–1

|match_AMK_ROS=1–0

|match_AMK_SPN=1–0

|match_AMK_TER=2–0

|match_AMK_TOM=0–0

|match_AMK_VNN=4–1

|name_KRA=Krasnodar

|match_KRA_AMK=0–1

|match_KRA_KRY=0–2

|match_KRA_ROS=1–0

|match_KRA_SPN=3–2

|match_KRA_TER=1–3

|match_KRA_TOM=3–1

|match_KRA_VNN=2–1

|name_KRY=Krylia Sovetov Samara

|match_KRY_AMK=2–1

|match_KRY_KRA=1–1

|match_KRY_ROS=2–1

|match_KRY_SPN=1–0

|match_KRY_TER=1–1

|match_KRY_TOM=1–0

|match_KRY_VNN=1–0

|name_ROS=Rostov

|match_ROS_AMK=1–1

|match_ROS_KRA=1–1

|match_ROS_KRY=1–0

|match_ROS_SPN=2–1

|match_ROS_TER=1–1

|match_ROS_TOM=3–1

|match_ROS_VNN=1–0

|name_SPN=Spartak Nalchik

|match_SPN_AMK=1–2

|match_SPN_KRA=3–3

|match_SPN_KRY=0–0

|match_SPN_ROS=2–2

|match_SPN_TER=3–0

|match_SPN_TOM=0–2

|match_SPN_VNN=3–0

|name_TER=Terek Grozny

|match_TER_AMK=3–1

|match_TER_KRA=0–1

|match_TER_KRY=0–0

|match_TER_ROS=1–0

|match_TER_SPN=2–0

|match_TER_TOM=1–0

|match_TER_VNN=1–3

|name_TOM=Tom Tomsk

|match_TOM_AMK=0–0

|match_TOM_KRA=0–0

|match_TOM_KRY=0–0

|match_TOM_ROS=2–1

|match_TOM_SPN=1–1

|match_TOM_TER=3–0

|match_TOM_VNN=1–0

|name_VNN=Volga Nizhny Novgorod

|match_VNN_AMK=1–2

|match_VNN_KRA=1–2

|match_VNN_KRY=0–0

|match_VNN_ROS=2–0

|match_VNN_SPN=1–0

|match_VNN_TER=1–3

|match_VNN_TOM=2–0

|update=complete

|source=[http://www.rfpl.org/calendar?year=2011 Russian Premier League]

}}

Last updated: 13 May 2012

Source: [http://rfpl.org/champ/stats?year=2011 Russian Premier League]{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

{{football box

|date=18 May 2012

|time=18:00 MST

|team1=FC Rostov

|score=3 – 0

|report=[https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/05/18/russia/play-offs-12/fk-rostov-na-donu/fk-shinnik-yaroslavl/1284469/ Summary]

|team2=FC Shinnik Yaroslavl

|goals1=Cociș {{goal|8}}
Kirichenko {{goal|45}}
Adamov {{goal|70}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Olimp – 2

|attendance=8,950

|referee=

}}

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{{football box

|date=18 May 2012

|time=20:00 MST

|team1=FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod

|score=2 – 1

|report=[https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/05/18/russia/play-offs-12/volga-nyzhnyi-novgorod/fk-nizhnyi-novgorod/1284470/ Summary]

|team2=FC Nizhny Novgorod

|goals1=Maksimov {{goal|61||65}}

|goals2=Salugin {{goal|32}}

|stadium=Lokomotiv Stadium

|attendance=7,150

|referee=

}}

{{football box

|date=22 May 2012

|time=17:00 MST

|team1=FC Nizhny Novgorod

|score= 0 – 0

|report=

|team2=FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod won 2–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=22 May 2012

|time=20:00 MST

|team1=FC Shinnik Yaroslavl

|score= 0 – 1

|report=

|team2=FC Rostov

|goals1=

|goals2=Adamov {{goal|90}}

|stadium=

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

FC Rostov won 4–0 on aggregate.

On 15 May 2012 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:{{cite news |script-title=ru:Список 33-х лучших игроков Премьер-Лиги сезона-2009|url=http://rfs.ru/main/news/ct134/73841.html|publisher=Russian Football Union|date=15 May 2012 |access-date=2012-05-15 |language=ru}}

{{center|

{{col-begin}}

{{col-3}}

{{col-3}}

;Goalkeepers

1. {{flagicon|Russia}} Vyacheslav Malafeev (Zenit)
2. {{flagicon|Russia}} Igor Akinfeev (CSKA)
3. {{flagicon|Russia}} Anton Shunin (Dynamo)

{{col-end}}

{{col-begin}}

{{col-4}}

;Right backs

1. {{flagicon|Russia}} Aleksandr Anyukov (Zenit)
2. {{flagicon|Russia}} Aleksei Berezutskiy (CSKA)
3. {{flagicon|Russia}} Roman Shishkin (Lokomotiv)

{{col-4}}

;Right-centre backs

1. {{flagicon|Russia}} Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA)
2. {{flagicon|Slovakia}} Tomáš Hubočan (Zenit)
3. {{flagicon|Russia}} Taras Burlak (Lokomotiv)

{{col-4}}

;Left-centre backs

1. {{flagicon|Belgium}} Nicolas Lombaerts (Zenit)
2. {{flagicon|Russia}} Vasili Berezutskiy (CSKA)
3. {{flagicon|Italy}} Salvatore Bocchetti (Rubin)

{{col-4}}

;Left backs

1. {{flagicon|Italy}} Domenico Criscito (Zenit)
2. {{flagicon|Argentina}} Cristian Ansaldi (Rubin)
3. {{flagicon|Russia}} Vladimir Granat (Dynamo)

{{col-end}}

{{col-begin}}

{{col-3}}

{{col-3}}

;Defensive midfielders

1. {{flagicon|Russia}} Igor Denisov (Zenit)
2. {{flagicon|Russia}} Denis Glushakov (Lokomotiv)
3. {{flagicon|Israel}} Bibras Natcho (Rubin)

{{col-end}}

{{col-begin}}

{{col-3}}

;Right wingers

1. {{flagicon|Russia}} Aleksandr Samedov (Dynamo)
2. {{flagicon|Ireland}} Aiden McGeady (Spartak M.)
3. {{flagicon|Turkey}} Gökdeniz Karadeniz (Rubin)

{{col-3}}

;Central midfielders

1. {{flagicon|Russia}} Roman Shirokov (Zenit)
2. {{flagicon|Russia}} Alan Dzagoev (CSKA)
3. {{flagicon|Morocco}} Mbark Boussoufa (Anzhi)

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;Left wingers

1. {{flagicon|Russia}} Yuri Zhirkov (Anzhi)
2. {{flagicon|Portugal}} Danny (Zenit)
3. {{flagicon|Russia}} Dmitri Kombarov (Spartak M.)

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{{col-4}}

{{col-4}}

;Right forwards

1. {{flagicon|Russia}} Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Zenit)
2. {{flagicon|Cameroon}} Samuel Eto'o (Anzhi)
3. {{flagicon|Nigeria}} Emmanuel Emenike (Spartak M.)

{{col-4}}

;Left forwards

1. {{flagicon|Côte d'Ivoire}} Seydou Doumbia (CSKA)
2. {{flagicon|Côte d'Ivoire}} Lacina Traoré (Kuban)
3. {{flagicon|Ukraine}} Andriy Voronin (Dynamo)

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{{Col-end}}

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