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Russian First Division

The Russian First Division is the second level of Russian professional football

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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
. The division is run by Russian Professional Football League.

The First division consists of 20 clubs. After each season two top clubs are promoted to the Premier League

Russian Premier League

The Russian Premier League is the top division of Russian football. There are 16 teams in the competition. At the end of the season two teams are relegated to the Russian First Division and replaced with the two top First Division teams....
, and bottom five clubs are relegated to the Second Division

Russian Second Division

The Russian Second Division is the third level of Russian professional football . The division is run by Russian Professional Football League....
.

to the collapse of the Soviet Union, all Russian clubs of the former Soviet Premier Division

Soviet Top League

The Soviet Top League was the top division of Soviet Union football ....
and Soviet First Division

Soviet First League

The Soviet First League was the second highest division of Soviet Union football , below the Soviet Top League. The division lasted from the inception of Soviet league football in 1936 to the dissolution of USSR in 1991....
conformed a single Russian Top Division, which meant that the new second tier of Russian football would remain regionalized.

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The Russian First Division is the second level of Russian professional football

Football (soccer)

Russian Premier League

Russian Second Division

The Russian Second Division is the third level of Russian professional football . The division is run by Russian Professional Football League....
.

History

Due to the collapse of the Soviet Union, all Russian clubs of the former Soviet Premier Division

Soviet Top League

The Soviet Top League was the top division of Soviet Union football ....
and Soviet First Division

Soviet First League

Winners

Season	Winners	Also promoted
1992	Zhemchuzhina Sochi FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi is a Russian Football club based in Sochi, Krasnodar Krai.The club was bankrupted in 2003. One of its successor FC Sochi-04 was formed in 2004, and another successor Zhemchuzhina-A was formed in 2007.... (West), KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny KAMAZ is a Russian football football club based in Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan. The club is currently in the Russian First Division.Colours are all white.... (Centre), Luch Vladivostok FC Luch-Energia Vladivostok FC Luch-Energiya is a Russian football club based in Vladivostok. In 2005, Luch-Energia won the Russian First Division and played in the Russian Premier League in 2006 and 2007, although was almost relegated in the latter year.... (East)	-
1993	Chernomorets Novorossiysk FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk is a Russian football football club based in Novorossiysk. The club plays in the Russian First Division.The club was founded in 1960 as Cement Novorossiysk and was known by its name in 1960-1969 and 1978-1991.... (West, not promoted), Lada Tolyatti (Centre), Dinamo-Gazovik Tyumen (East)	-
1994	Chernomorets Novorossiysk FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk is a Russian football football club based in Novorossiysk. The club plays in the Russian First Division.The club was founded in 1960 as Cement Novorossiysk and was known by its name in 1960-1969 and 1978-1991....	Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don FC Rostov FC Rostov is a Russian football club, from Rostov-on-Don, in the south of Russia....
1995	Baltika Kaliningrad FC Baltika Kaliningrad Baltika is a Russian football club based in Kaliningrad. Currently the club plays in the Russian First Division....	Lada Tolyatti, Zenit Saint Petersburg FC Zenit Saint Petersburg FC Zenit Saint Petersburg is a Russian football club from Saint Petersburg. Founded in 1925 , the club plays in the Russian Premier League and currently is the richest in the country, due to the the ownership of the club by Gazprom....
1996 1996 in Russian football 1996 in Russian football returned the fifth national title to Spartak Moscow, while the Russian Cup was taken by Lokomotiv Moscow....	Dinamo-Gazovik Tyumen	Shinnik Yaroslavl FC Shinnik Yaroslavl FC Shinnik Yaroslavl is a Russian football club, based in Yaroslavl.From 1957 to 1960 the team was called Khimik.... , Fakel Voronezh FC Fakel Voronezh Fakel is a Russian football club based in Voronezh. Currently the club plays in the Amateur Football League. The name of the club means "Torch" ....
1997 1997 in Russian football 1997 in Russian football brought the fifth national title to Spartak Moscow, and the second Russian Cup victory to Lokomotiv Moscow....	Uralan Elista	-
1998 1998 in Russian football 1998 in Russian football was marked by Spartak Moscow's sixth national title....	Saturn Ramenskoe	Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod
1999 1999 in Russian football 1999 in Russian football was marked by the national team's failure to qualify for the Euro 2000. Spartak Moscow won the league title, while Zenit were the victors of the Russian Cup....	Anzhi Makhachkala FC Anzhi Makhachkala FC Anzhi Makhachkala is a Russian football club based in Makhachkala, capital of Dagestan. Currently the club plays in the Russian First Division....	Fakel Voronezh FC Fakel Voronezh Fakel is a Russian football club based in Voronezh. Currently the club plays in the Amateur Football League. The name of the club means "Torch" ....
2000 2000 in Russian football 2000 in Russian football saw the eighth title for FC Spartak Moscow and the third Cup for FC Lokomotiv Moscow. The national team began qualification for the 2002 FIFA World Cup....	Sokol Saratov	Torpedo-ZIL Moscow FC Moskva This article refers to the Moscow government team formed in 2004. For the predecessors in the Russian Premier League, see FC Torpedo-ZIL and FC Torpedo-Metallurg....
2001 2001 in Russian football 2001 in Russian football saw the ninth title for FC Spartak Moscow and the fourth Cup for FC Lokomotiv Moscow. The national team qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup....	Shinnik Yaroslavl FC Shinnik Yaroslavl FC Shinnik Yaroslavl is a Russian football club, based in Yaroslavl.From 1957 to 1960 the team was called Khimik....	Uralan Elista
2002 2002 in Russian football 2002 in Russian football was the first season of the Russian Premier League, which was won by FC Lokomotiv Moscow . The national team participated in the 2002 FIFA World Cup....	Rubin Kazan FC Rubin Kazan FC Rubin Kazan , is a Russian football club, based in the city of Kazan . Rubin are the current Russian Premier League champions for 2008....	Chernomorets Novorossiysk FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk is a Russian football football club based in Novorossiysk. The club plays in the Russian First Division.The club was founded in 1960 as Cement Novorossiysk and was known by its name in 1960-1969 and 1978-1991....
2003 2003 in Russian football 2003 in Russian football saw the first title for PFC CSKA Moscow. FC Spartak Moscow, the Cup winners, had the worst league finish since 1976. The national team qualified for Euro 2004....	Amkar Perm FC Amkar Perm FC Amkar Perm is a professional football club playing in Russian Premier League.It is based in the city of Perm and is the easternmost football club in Europe playing in top national competition ....	Kuban Krasnodar FC Kuban Krasnodar FC Kuban is a Russian football club based in Krasnodar. In 2007 they were relegated to the Russian First Division. Kuban have previously spent three seasons in the Russian Premier League and three seasons in the Soviet Top League....
2004 2004 in Russian football 2004 in Russian football was marked with FC Lokomotiv Moscow's second championship, FC Terek Grozny's cup victory, and Russia national football team playing at 2004 European Football Championship....	Terek Grozny FC Terek Grozny FC Terek Grozny is a Russian football club, currently playing in Russian Premier League.Originally founded in 1946, as Dynamo, it changed the name in 1948 to Neftyanik and in 1958 to Terek....	Tom' Tomsk FC Tom' Tomsk FC Tom' Tomsk , is a Russian football club, based in the Siberian city of Tomsk. The team plays in Trud Stadium ....
2005 2005 in Russian football 2005 was marked by a greatest success in the Russian club football so far, as PFC CSKA Moscow won the UEFA Cup. Later, CSKA completed the treble, winning the Russian Cup and the Russian Premier League title....	Luch-Energia Vladivostok FC Luch-Energia Vladivostok FC Luch-Energiya is a Russian football club based in Vladivostok. In 2005, Luch-Energia won the Russian First Division and played in the Russian Premier League in 2006 and 2007, although was almost relegated in the latter year....	Spartak Nalchik
2006 2006 in Russian football National teamRussia national football team played two friendly matches under the caretaker coach Aleksandr Borodyuk. On 1 March, they lost 0?1 to Brazil national football team in Moscow, and on 27 May drew 0?0 with Spain national football team in Albacete....	Khimki FC Khimki FC Khimki is a Russian football club based in Khimki....	Kuban Krasnodar FC Kuban Krasnodar FC Kuban is a Russian football club based in Krasnodar. In 2007 they were relegated to the Russian First Division. Kuban have previously spent three seasons in the Russian Premier League and three seasons in the Soviet Top League....
2007 2007 in Russian football National teamLeaguesPremier LeagueSecond DivisionRussian Cup 2006-07Russian Cup 2007-08...	Shinnik Yaroslavl FC Shinnik Yaroslavl FC Shinnik Yaroslavl is a Russian football club, based in Yaroslavl.From 1957 to 1960 the team was called Khimik....	Terek Grozny FC Terek Grozny FC Terek Grozny is a Russian football club, currently playing in Russian Premier League.Originally founded in 1946, as Dynamo, it changed the name in 1948 to Neftyanik and in 1958 to Terek....
2008 Russian First Division 2008 The Russian First Division 2008 was the 16th edition of Russian First Division. There were 22 teams....	FC Rostov FC Rostov FC Rostov is a Russian football club, from Rostov-on-Don, in the south of Russia....	Kuban Krasnodar FC Kuban Krasnodar FC Kuban is a Russian football club based in Krasnodar. In 2007 they were relegated to the Russian First Division. Kuban have previously spent three seasons in the Russian Premier League and three seasons in the Soviet Top League....

Russian First Division

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