2016–17 Russian Professional Football League

Russian Professional Football League
Season2016–17
PromotedAvangard Kursk
Dynamo St. Petersburg
Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod
Rotor Volgograd
RelegatedDynamo Kirov
Irtysh Omsk
Kuban-2 Krasnodar
Oryol
Volga Tver

The 2016–17 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.