The Russian Premier League , currently called SOGAZ Russian Football Championship due to sponsorship reasons, is the top division of Russian football. There are 16 teams in the competition. The league has three
Champions LeagueThe UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
qualifying places given to teams who finish in the top three at the end of the season and two Europa League places to teams who finish fourth and fifth.
Relegation to the
National League ChampionshipThe Football Championship of the National League , formerly called Russian First Division is the second level of Russian professional football....
are given to teams who finish bottom and second-bottom at the end of the season.
The Russian Premier League was established in 2001 and succeeded the
Top Division, the difference being that the Top Division was run by the Professional Football League of Russia, and the creation of the Premier League gave the clubs a greater degree of independence.
The Russian league has improved considerably of late, and the Russian Premier League is now ranked 7th by
UEFAThe Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....
.
FC Zenit Saint PetersburgFootball Club Zenit is a Russian football club from the city of Saint-Petersburg. Founded in 1925 , the club plays in the Russian Premier League...
are the current Russian Premier League champions.
History
After the break-up of the
Soviet UnionThe Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
, starting in 1992, each former Soviet republic organized an independent national championship. In Russia, the six Russian teams who had played in the
Soviet Top LeagueThe Soviet Top League since 1970 was officially known as the Supreme League serving as the top division of Soviet Union football since 1936.It was one of the best football leagues in Europe ranking second among the UEFA members in 1988-1989 seasons...
in 1991 (
CSKA Moscow,
Spartak MoscowFC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...
,
Torpedo MoscowFC Torpedo Moscow is an association football club, based in Moscow, Russia. The club was founded in 1930. On March 19, 2009 it was denied membership of the Professional Football League and did not play in the professional competitions in 2009...
,
Dynamo MoscowDynamo Moscow is a Russian football club based in Moscow, currently playing in the Russian Premier League. Dynamo's traditional kit colours are blue and white...
, Spartak Vladikavkaz, and
Lokomotiv MoscowThe following years were rather successful as Lokomotiv were consistent in the national championships. However, performances after World War II suffered and actually in the space of five year Lokomotiv were relegated to the Soviet First League twice. In 1951, Lokomotiv came second and eventually...
) were supplemented with 14 teams from lower divisions to organize a 20-team Russian Top Division. The Top Division was further divided into two groups to reduce the total number of matches. The number of teams in the Top Division was gradually reduced to 18 in 1993 and 16 in 1994. Since then, the Russian Top Division (and subsequently the Premier League) has consisted of 16 teams, except for a short-lived experiment with having two more teams in 1996 and 1997.
Spartak Moscow was the dominant force in the Top Division, winning nine of the first ten titles. Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz was the only team which managed to break Spartak's dominance, winning the Top Division title in 1995.
Lokomotiv Moscow won the title twice, and CSKA Moscow three times.
In 2007, Zenit St. Petersburg climbed to the top, winning the title for the first time in their history in Russian professional football; they had also won a Soviet title in 1984. 2008 brought the pinnacle of the rise of
Rubin KazanFC Rubin Kazan is a Russian association football club based in the city of Kazan . Rubin won the Russian Premier League championship in 2008 and 2009.-History:...
, a club entirely new to the Russian top flight, as it had never even competed in the Soviet Top League.
Competition
Teams in the Russian Premier League play each other twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 30 matches. Three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss. If teams are level on points, the tie-breakers are the number of wins, then the goal difference, followed by several other factors. If the teams are tied for the first position, the tie-breakers are the number of wins, then head-to-head results. If the teams tied for the first place cannot be separated by these tie-breakers, a championship play-off is ordered.
As of 2010, the champions and the runners-up qualify for the
UEFA Champions LeagueThe UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
group stage. The third-placed team qualifies for the Champions League second qualifying round. The fourth- and fifth-placed teams qualify for the UEFA Europa League. The bottom two teams are relegated to the
First DivisionThe Football Championship of the National League , formerly called Russian First Division is the second level of Russian professional football....
(renamed the National League Championship starting in 2011).
Unlike most other European football leagues, the league traditionally ran in summer, from March to November, to avoid playing games under the cold and snowy weather in winter. This will be altered ahead of the 2012/13 season, with the league planning to run the season from autumn to spring. The transitional season of the competition began in early 2011 and will continue until summer of 2012. After the 16 Premier League teams have played each other twice over the course of the year 2011, they will be split into two groups of eight, and the teams will play other teams in their groups two more times for a total of 44 games (30 in 2011 and 14 in 2012). Those two groups will be contested in spring 2012, with the top eight clubs playing for the title and European places. The other sides will vie to avoid relegation: the bottom two will go down while the next two play off against the sides third and fourth in the National League Championship, with the two losers being demoted (or denied promotion).
Youth championship
The Youth championship , also known as Youth teams championship , Reserve team tournament or Reserves tournament , full name Youth football championship of Russia among teams of clubs of the Premier League , is a league that runs in parallel to the Russian Premier League and includes the youth or
reserve teamLarge professional sports clubs often have far more players under contract than could possibly play in a match. As a result, many of these clubs create second teams composed of players who need playing time, but have little hope of playing on the first team. The players on this second team are...
s of the Russian Premier League teams. The number of players a team can have on the pitch at a time that are over 21 years of age or without a Russian citizenship is limited. 16 teams participate in the league. Matches are commonly played a day before the match of the senior teams of the respective teams. All of the Russian Premier League teams are obliged to have a youth team that would participate in the Youth championship. The teams that are promoted from the National League Championship and do not have a youth team must create one. The teams in the league are not relegated based on their final league position, but on the league position of their respective clubs' senior teams.
It has to be noted however that some Premier League clubs have three teams. Apart from the senior team and the team that plays in the Youth championship a team might have another senior team that plays in a lower division of Russian football and serves as the
farm teamIn sports, a farm team, farm system, feeder team or nursery club, is generally a team or club whose role is to provide experience and training for young players, with an agreement that any successful players can move on to a higher level at a given point...
for the main team. Some examples include Lokomotiv-2, and
Rubin-2FC Rubin-2 Kazan is a Russian association football club from Kazan, founded in 1997. Currently, it plays in the Russian Second Division, where it has been playing since 2004. It is a farm club of FC Rubin Kazan.-Current squad:...
, playing in the
Russian Second DivisionThe Russian Second Division is the third level of Russian professional football.In 1998–2010, it was run by the Professional Football League....
. Also of note is that for example Lokomotiv-2 has a youth team of its own, participating in the
Amateur Football League. So a total of 4 teams for
LokomotivThe following years were rather successful as Lokomotiv were consistent in the national championships. However, performances after World War II suffered and actually in the space of five year Lokomotiv were relegated to the Soviet First League twice. In 1951, Lokomotiv came second and eventually...
: Premier League, Youth Championship, Second Division and Amateur League.
Youth Champions since 2001
- 2001: Rotor Volgograd
- 2002-2003: Dinamo Moscow
Dynamo Moscow is a Russian football club based in Moscow, currently playing in the Russian Premier League. Dynamo's traditional kit colours are blue and white...
- 2004: FC Moscow
- 2005: PFC CSKA Moscow
- 2006-2008: Spartak Moscow
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- 2009: Zenit Petersbourg
Football Club Zenit is a Russian football club from the city of Saint-Petersburg. Founded in 1925 , the club plays in the Russian Premier League...
- 2010: Spartak Moscow
FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...
2011–12 clubs
The following teams are confirmed to compete in the
2011–12The 2011–12 Russian Premier League is the 20th season of the Russian football championship since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and 10th under the current Russian Premier League name. The season began on 12 March 2011. The last matches will be played in spring 2012, as the league will switch...
season:
- Amkar Perm
FC Amkar Perm is a professional football club playing in Russian Premier League.They are based in the city of Perm and are the easternmost football club in Europe playing in top national competition...
- Anzhi Makhachkala
FC Anzhi Makhachkala is a Russian football club based in Makhachkala, capital of the Republic of Dagestan, which plays in the Russian Premier League. The word "Anzhi" is part of Anzhi-Qala the old name of Makhachkala.-History:The club was founded in 1991 and has played in the Russian league since...
- CSKA Moscow
- Dynamo Moscow
Dynamo Moscow is a Russian football club based in Moscow, currently playing in the Russian Premier League. Dynamo's traditional kit colours are blue and white...
- Krasnodar
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- Krylia Sovetov Samara
- Kuban Krasnodar
FC Kuban is a Russian football club based in Krasnodar. In 2011 will play in the Russian Premier League after having won the Russian First Division in 2010....
- Lokomotiv Moscow
The following years were rather successful as Lokomotiv were consistent in the national championships. However, performances after World War II suffered and actually in the space of five year Lokomotiv were relegated to the Soviet First League twice. In 1951, Lokomotiv came second and eventually...
- Rostov
FC Rostov is a Russian football club based in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast. The club are currently members of the Russian Premier League and play at the Olimp – 2 stadium.-History:...
- Rubin Kazan
FC Rubin Kazan is a Russian association football club based in the city of Kazan . Rubin won the Russian Premier League championship in 2008 and 2009.-History:...
- Spartak Moscow
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- Spartak Nalchik
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- Terek Grozny
FC Terek Grozny is a Russian football club, currently playing in the Russian Premier League....
- Tom Tomsk
- Volga Nizhny Novgorod
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- Zenit St. Petersburg
Champions and top scorers
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1992Statistics of Russian Top League in season 1992.-Overview:Twenty clubs of the former Soviet competition took place in this season. The league was combined out of six clubs of the Soviet Top League, 11 - Soviet First League, and the rest out of the Buffer League...
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Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...
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Alania Vladikavkaz |
Dynamo Moscow Dynamo Moscow is a Russian football club based in Moscow, currently playing in the Russian Premier League. Dynamo's traditional kit colours are blue and white...
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 Veli KasumovVali Aydin oglu Gasimov , also spelled Veli Kasumov , is a former Azerbaijani footballer, who played as a striker.-Football career:...
(Dinamo MoscowDynamo Moscow is a Russian football club based in Moscow, currently playing in the Russian Premier League. Dynamo's traditional kit colours are blue and white...
, 16 goals - 1-8 place)
 Yuri MatveyevYuri Aleksandrovich Matveyev is an association football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast.-Honours:* Soviet Premier League bronze: 1991.* Soviet Cup runner-up: 1991....
(UralmashFC Ural is a Russian football club. The club is based in Yekaterinburg but represents all Sverdlovsk Oblast. The club is in the Russian First Division.-Club colours:-History:...
, 20 goals - 9-20 place) |
| 1993 -Overview:18 teams participated, and FC Spartak Moscow won the championship.-League standings:FC Rostselmash and FC Asmaral were relegated. FC Krylia Sovetov, FC Luch and FC Okean played in a promotion tournament against the winners of the three zones of the Russian First League 1993, in which...
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Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...
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Rotor Volgograd |
Dynamo Moscow Dynamo Moscow is a Russian football club based in Moscow, currently playing in the Russian Premier League. Dynamo's traditional kit colours are blue and white...
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Victor Panchenko Viktor Vyacheslavovich Panchenko is a former Russian footballer who was the top scorer of the Russian Top Division in 1993. He scored 21 goals for KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny....
(KamAZ Naberezhnye ChelnyKAMAZ is a Russian football club based in Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan. The club is currently in the Russian First Division.Colours are all white. Light blue shirts, white shorts.-History:...
, 21 goals) |
| 1994 -Overview:16 teams participated, and FC Spartak Moscow won the championship.-League standings:Notes.# FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi was called FC Zhemchuzhina-Kuban Sochi for part of the season.-Top scorers:21 goals...
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Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...
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Dynamo Moscow Dynamo Moscow is a Russian football club based in Moscow, currently playing in the Russian Premier League. Dynamo's traditional kit colours are blue and white...
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Lokomotiv Moscow The following years were rather successful as Lokomotiv were consistent in the national championships. However, performances after World War II suffered and actually in the space of five year Lokomotiv were relegated to the Soviet First League twice. In 1951, Lokomotiv came second and eventually...
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 Igor SimutenkovIgor Vitalyevich Simutenkov is a retired association footballer. Currently, he works as an assistant coach at FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.- Club career :...
(Dinamo MoscowDynamo Moscow is a Russian football club based in Moscow, currently playing in the Russian Premier League. Dynamo's traditional kit colours are blue and white...
, 21 goals) |
| 1995 -Overview:16 teams participated, and Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz won the championship.-League standings:-Top scorers:25 goals* Oleg Veretennikov 18 goals* Aleksandr Maslov 16 goals...
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Alania Vladikavkaz |
Lokomotiv Moscow The following years were rather successful as Lokomotiv were consistent in the national championships. However, performances after World War II suffered and actually in the space of five year Lokomotiv were relegated to the Soviet First League twice. In 1951, Lokomotiv came second and eventually...
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Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...
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Oleg Veretennikov Oleg Veretennikov is a professional association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records...
(Rotor Volgograd, 25 goals) |
| 1996 In 1996 the Top League was extended to 18 clubs.-Overview:-Standings:As Alania and Spartak finished at the top of the table with equal points, the title was decided in a championship play-off.Tikhonov 84'|goals2 = Kanishchev 88'...
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Alania Vladikavkaz |
Rotor Volgograd |
Aleksandr MaslovAleksandr Maslov is a Russian ex-footballer. He played as a striker for Russian, Spanish and Swiss professional clubs, most notably for FC Rostov. Currently he is an assistant coach at Rostov....
(RostselmashFC Rostov is a Russian football club based in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast. The club are currently members of the Russian Premier League and play at the Olimp – 2 stadium.-History:...
, 23 goals) |
| 1997* |
Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...
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Rotor Volgograd |
Dynamo Moscow Dynamo Moscow is a Russian football club based in Moscow, currently playing in the Russian Premier League. Dynamo's traditional kit colours are blue and white...
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Oleg Veretennikov Oleg Veretennikov is a professional association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records...
(Rotor Volgograd, 22 goals) |
| 1998 Spartak Moscow won their third consecutive Russian title, and sixth overall.-Overview:-Standings:Notes.# FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow renamed to FC Torpedo.# FC Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen renamed to FC Tyumen.- Top goalscorers :...
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CSKA Moscow |
Lokomotiv Moscow The following years were rather successful as Lokomotiv were consistent in the national championships. However, performances after World War II suffered and actually in the space of five year Lokomotiv were relegated to the Soviet First League twice. In 1951, Lokomotiv came second and eventually...
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Oleg Veretennikov Oleg Veretennikov is a professional association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records...
(Rotor Volgograd, 22 goals) |
| 1999 Spartak Moscow won their fourth consecutive Russian title, and seventh overall.Alania qualified for the UEFA Cup thanks to Lokomotiv winning the Russian Cup in 2000.- Top goalscorers :-Awards:...
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Lokomotiv Moscow The following years were rather successful as Lokomotiv were consistent in the national championships. However, performances after World War II suffered and actually in the space of five year Lokomotiv were relegated to the Soviet First League twice. In 1951, Lokomotiv came second and eventually...
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CSKA Moscow |
 Georgi DemetradzeGeorgi Demetradze is a retired Georgian international footballer. He was a striker.- Career :Demetradze played for the Dinamo Tbilisi youth team and signed for the club in 1994 after spending two seasons with Kaheti Telavi. He has become the Georgian league top scorer with Dinamo.In 1997...
(Alania Vladikavkaz, 21 goals) |
| 2000 Spartak Moscow won their fifth consecutive Russian title, and eighth overall.- Standings :Chernomorets qualified for the UEFA Cup thanks to Lokomotiv winning the Russian Cup in 2001.- Top goalscorers :-Awards:...
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(Lokomotiv MoscowThe following years were rather successful as Lokomotiv were consistent in the national championships. However, performances after World War II suffered and actually in the space of five year Lokomotiv were relegated to the Soviet First League twice. In 1951, Lokomotiv came second and eventually...
, 18 goals) |
| 2001 Spartak Moscow won their sixth consecutive Russian title, and ninth overall.During the round 22 match between Anzhi and CSKA on 18 August, CSKA and Ukraine goalkeeper Serhiy Perkhun clashed heads with Anzhi striker Budun Budunov...
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| 2002 2002 was the first season of the Russian Premier League. While the structure of the competition did not change, the top level clubs gained independence from the Professional Football League.Spartak's six-year dominance in the league was broken by Lokomotiv....
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Lokomotiv Moscow The following years were rather successful as Lokomotiv were consistent in the national championships. However, performances after World War II suffered and actually in the space of five year Lokomotiv were relegated to the Soviet First League twice. In 1951, Lokomotiv came second and eventually...
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CSKA Moscow |
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Rolan Gusev Rolan Gusev is a former Russian international association football player. He is a right midfielder and is known for his dribbling and crossing....
(CSKA Moscow, 15 goals)
Dmitri Kirichenko (CSKA Moscow, 15 goals) |
| 2003 |
CSKA Moscow |
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Dmitri LoskovDmitri Vyacheslavovich Loskov is an association footballer currently playing for Lokomotiv Moscow.He was often considered Russia's best playmaker in the late 1990s – early 2000s, along with Spartak Moscow's Egor Titov. This is because he is double footed and has a wide range of passing...
(Lokomotiv MoscowThe following years were rather successful as Lokomotiv were consistent in the national championships. However, performances after World War II suffered and actually in the space of five year Lokomotiv were relegated to the Soviet First League twice. In 1951, Lokomotiv came second and eventually...
, 14 goals) |
| 2004 Lokomotiv won their second Premier League title, while Krylya Sovetov finished in the top three for the first time, winning bronze. Kuban were relegated after just one season in the Premier League. They were joined by Rotor who played at the top level since the beginning of the Russian league.- Top...
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Lokomotiv Moscow The following years were rather successful as Lokomotiv were consistent in the national championships. However, performances after World War II suffered and actually in the space of five year Lokomotiv were relegated to the Soviet First League twice. In 1951, Lokomotiv came second and eventually...
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CSKA Moscow |
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Aleksandr Kerzhakov Aleksandr Anatolyevich Kerzhakov is a Russian international association football striker currently playing for Russian Premier League club Zenit St. Petersburg.-Zenit:...
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, 18 goals) |
| 2005 - Final standings :- Top goalscorers :-Season statistics:*Goals: 539 **From penalties: 58 **Saved/Missed penalties: 17 **Goals scored home: 324 **Goals scored away: 215...
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CSKA Moscow (2) |
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Dmitri Kirichenko (FC Moscow, 14 goals) |
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, 18 goals) |
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CSKA Moscow |
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, 14 goals)
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(FC Moscow, 14 goals) |
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CSKA Moscow |
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 Vágner LoveVágner Silva de Souza , commonly known as Vágner Love, is a Brazilian football striker who plays for CSKA Moscow.-Palmeiras:...
(CSKA Moscow, 20 goals) |
| 2009 The 2009 Russian Premier League was the 18th season of the Russian football championship since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and 8th under the current Russian Premier League name. The season started on 14 March 2009 with a goalless draw between Amkar Perm and Rostov. The last matches were...
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Rubin KazanFC Rubin Kazan is a Russian association football club based in the city of Kazan . Rubin won the Russian Premier League championship in 2008 and 2009.-History:...
(2) |
Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...
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Zenit Saint PetersburgFootball Club Zenit is a Russian football club from the city of Saint-Petersburg. Founded in 1925 , the club plays in the Russian Premier League...
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Welliton (Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...
, 21 goals) |
| 2010 |
Zenit Saint PetersburgFootball Club Zenit is a Russian football club from the city of Saint-Petersburg. Founded in 1925 , the club plays in the Russian Premier League...
(2) |
CSKA Moscow |
Rubin KazanFC Rubin Kazan is a Russian association football club based in the city of Kazan . Rubin won the Russian Premier League championship in 2008 and 2009.-History:...
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Welliton (Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...
, 19 goals) |
* The league was named Top League
** The league was named Top Division |
| Club |
Winners |
Runners-Up |
Years Won |
| Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...
|
9 |
4 |
1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 |
| CSKA Moscow |
3 |
5 |
2003, 2005, 2006 |
| Lokomotiv Moscow The following years were rather successful as Lokomotiv were consistent in the national championships. However, performances after World War II suffered and actually in the space of five year Lokomotiv were relegated to the Soviet First League twice. In 1951, Lokomotiv came second and eventually...
|
2 |
4 |
2002, 2004 |
| Zenit St. Petersburg |
2 |
1 |
2007, 2010 |
Rubin KazanFC Rubin Kazan is a Russian association football club based in the city of Kazan . Rubin won the Russian Premier League championship in 2008 and 2009.-History:...
|
2 |
|
2008, 2009 |
| Alania Vladikavkaz |
1 |
2 |
1995 |
| Rotor Volgograd |
|
2 |
|
| Dynamo Moscow Dynamo Moscow is a Russian football club based in Moscow, currently playing in the Russian Premier League. Dynamo's traditional kit colours are blue and white...
|
|
1 |
|
UEFA Ranking
National League Ranking at the ending of the 2010 season
- 3.
Fußball-BundesligaThe Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
- 4.
Serie ASerie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
- 5.
Ligue 1Ligue 1 , is the French professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 2....
- 6.
Primeira Liga
- 7. Russian Premier League
- 8.
Ukrainian Premier LeagueThe Ukrainian Premier League is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Supreme League it was founded in 1991 after the fold of the Soviet Union's Vysshaya Liga. In 2008 it was reformed into a more autonomous entity of the Football Federation of Ukraine and changed...
(see UEFA coefficients full list for more information)
All-time table
- As of beginning of 2011/12 season
| Rank | Club1 | Seasons | Spells | Most
recent
season | Played2 | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals | Points3 | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1 |
Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...
|
19 |
1 |
|
579 |
328 |
146 |
105 |
1123-586 |
1130 |
9 |
4 |
2 |
| 2 |
Lokomotiv Moscow The following years were rather successful as Lokomotiv were consistent in the national championships. However, performances after World War II suffered and actually in the space of five year Lokomotiv were relegated to the Soviet First League twice. In 1951, Lokomotiv came second and eventually...
|
19 |
1 |
|
579 |
293 |
161 |
125 |
869-526 |
1040 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
| 3 |
CSKA Moscow |
19 |
1 |
|
579 |
290 |
140 |
149 |
913-566 |
1010 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
| 4 |
Dynamo Moscow Dynamo Moscow is a Russian football club based in Moscow, currently playing in the Russian Premier League. Dynamo's traditional kit colours are blue and white...
|
19 |
1 |
|
578 |
239 |
169 |
170 |
814-661 |
886 |
| 1 |
4 |
| 5 |
Zenit Saint PetersburgFootball Club Zenit is a Russian football club from the city of Saint-Petersburg. Founded in 1925 , the club plays in the Russian Premier League...
|
16 |
2 |
|
488 |
218 |
140 |
130 |
715-515 |
794 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
| 6 |
Krylya Sovetov SamaraKrylia Sovetov is a football club from Russia based in Samara. In 2004 they finished third in the Russian Premier League. The name "Krylia Sovetov" means "Wings of the Soviets".-History:FC Krylia Sovetov Samara was founded in 1942....
|
19 |
1 |
|
582 |
193 |
156 |
233 |
649-750 |
735 |
| 1 |
| 7 |
Torpedo MoscowFC Torpedo Moscow is an association football club, based in Moscow, Russia. The club was founded in 1930. On March 19, 2009 it was denied membership of the Professional Football League and did not play in the professional competitions in 2009...
|
15 |
1 |
2006 |
462 |
182 |
131 |
149 |
597-553 |
677 |
| 1 |
| 8 |
Alania Vladikavkaz |
15 |
2 |
2010 |
459 |
175 |
102 |
182 |
604-610 |
627 |
1 |
2 |
| 9 |
FC RostovFC Rostov is a Russian football club based in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast. The club are currently members of the Russian Premier League and play at the Olimp – 2 stadium.-History:...
|
17 |
3 |
|
518 |
139 |
154 |
225 |
539-728 |
571 |
| 10 |
Rotor Volgograd |
13 |
1 |
2004 |
402 |
151 |
109 |
142 |
562-506 |
562 |
| 2 |
1 |
| 11 |
Saturn Moscow OblastFC Saturn Ramenskoye was a Russian football club, based in the Moscow suburb of Ramenskoye. It is also known as FC Saturn Moscow Region . The club was founded in 1946...
|
12 |
1 |
2010 |
360 |
120 |
121 |
119 |
396-378 |
481 |
| 12 |
Rubin KazanFC Rubin Kazan is a Russian association football club based in the city of Kazan . Rubin won the Russian Premier League championship in 2008 and 2009.-History:...
|
8 |
1 |
|
240 |
111 |
66 |
63 |
338-230 |
399 |
2 |
| 2 |
| 13 |
FC Moscow |
9 |
1 |
2009 |
270 |
92 |
83 |
95 |
295-311 |
359 |
| 14 |
Shinnik YaroslavlFC Shinnik Yaroslavl is a Russian football club, based in Yaroslavl.From 1957 to 1960 the team was called Khimik.- Russia:- Current squad :, according to the .-Out on loan:- Notable players :...
|
10 |
4 |
2008 |
304 |
85 |
86 |
133 |
294-403 |
341 |
| 15 |
Chernomorets NovorossiyskFC Chernomorets Novorossiysk is a Russian association football club based in Novorossiysk. In 2011, the club will play in the Russian First Division after winning their zone of the Russian Second Division....
|
8 |
2 |
2003 |
248 |
74 |
65 |
109 |
274-357 |
287 |
| 16 |
Lokomotiv Nizhny NovgorodFC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod was a Russian football club based in Nizhny Novgorod. They spent eight seasons in the Russian Premier League.-History:...
|
8 |
2 |
2000 |
248 |
68 |
63 |
117 |
233-356 |
267 |
| 17 |
Amkar PermFC Amkar Perm is a professional football club playing in Russian Premier League.They are based in the city of Perm and are the easternmost football club in Europe playing in top national competition...
|
7 |
1 |
|
210 |
61 |
70 |
79 |
187-236 |
253 |
| 18 |
Zhemchuzhina SochiFC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi is a Russian association football club based in Sochi, Krasnodar Krai founded in 1991.-History:Zhemchuzhina Sochi was founded in 1991 and named after a hotel which was one of the founders. Zhemchuzhina is Russian for "a pearl"...
|
7 |
1 |
1999 |
222 |
61 |
57 |
104 |
263-390 |
240 |
| 19 |
Tom Tomsk |
6 |
1 |
|
180 |
56 |
52 |
72 |
189-222 |
220 |
| 20 |
Uralmash Yekaterinburg |
5 |
1 |
1996 |
158 |
57 |
33 |
68 |
215-241 |
204 |
| 21 |
Energia-Tekstilshchik Kamyshin |
5 |
1 |
1996 |
158 |
53 |
43 |
62 |
172-177 |
202 |
| 22 |
Spartak Nalchik |
5 |
1 |
|
150 |
47 |
44 |
59 |
168-179 |
185 |
| 23 |
KAMAZ Naberezhnye ChelnyKAMAZ is a Russian football club based in Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan. The club is currently in the Russian First Division.Colours are all white. Light blue shirts, white shorts.-History:...
|
5 |
1 |
1997 |
162 |
51 |
32 |
79 |
198-253 |
1794 |
| 24 |
Uralan Elista |
5 |
2 |
2003 |
150 |
36 |
39 |
75 |
138-225 |
147 |
| 25 |
Anzhi MakhachkalaFC Anzhi Makhachkala is a Russian football club based in Makhachkala, capital of the Republic of Dagestan, which plays in the Russian Premier League. The word "Anzhi" is part of Anzhi-Qala the old name of Makhachkala.-History:The club was founded in 1991 and has played in the Russian league since...
|
4 |
2 |
|
120 |
36 |
34 |
50 |
123-147 |
142 |
| 26 |
Luch-Energia VladivostokFC Luch-Energiya is a Russian football club based in Vladivostok. In 2005, Luch-Energia won the Russian First Division and played in the Premier League from 2006 to 2008....
|
4 |
2 |
2008 |
124 |
34 |
32 |
58 |
116-187 |
134 |
| 27 |
Baltika KaliningradBaltika is an association football club based in Kaliningrad, Russia. Currently the club plays in the Football Championship of the National League.-History:The club was founded on 22 December 1954 as Pishchevik Kaliningrad...
|
3 |
1 |
1998 |
98 |
30 |
37 |
31 |
114-111 |
127 |
| 28 |
Fakel Voronezh FC Fakel Voronezh is a Russian association football club based in Voronezh. Currently the club plays in the Russian First Division. The name of the club means "Torch" ....
|
4 |
3 |
2001 |
124 |
31 |
29 |
64 |
101-175 |
122 |
| 29 |
Terek GroznyFC Terek Grozny is a Russian football club, currently playing in the Russian Premier League....
|
4 |
2 |
|
120 |
31 |
28 |
61 |
109-174 |
1155 |
| 30 |
Kuban KrasnodarFC Kuban is a Russian football club based in Krasnodar. In 2011 will play in the Russian Premier League after having won the Russian First Division in 2010....
|
4 |
4 |
|
120 |
23 |
40 |
57 |
100-184 |
109 |
| 31 |
Dynamo Stavropol |
3 |
1 |
1994 |
94 |
27 |
23 |
44 |
94-125 |
104 |
| 32 |
FC TyumenFC Tyumen is a Russian football club based in Tyumen. The former member of the Russian Premier League, Tyumen plays in the Second Division.The club was previously known as Geolog , Priboy , Neftyanik , Stroitel , Fakel FC Tyumen is a Russian football club based in Tyumen. The former member of the...
|
5 |
3 |
1998 |
154 |
25 |
26 |
103 |
116-326 |
101 |
| 33 |
Okean NakhodkaOkean Nakhodka is a Russian football club based in Nakhodka, Primorsky Krai. The club's colours are white and blue.-History:In 1989 Okean won the RSFSR Cup, and in 1991 they won the regional league....
|
2 |
1 |
1993 |
64 |
22 |
14 |
28 |
65-83 |
80 |
| 34 |
FC KhimkiFC Khimki is a Russian association football club based in Khimki.-History:The team was formed in 1996 by merging two amateur clubs from Khimki, Rodina, and Novator. Khimki entered the amateur league and played their first official match on 17 May 1996. Of more than 150 amateur teams in the...
|
3 |
1 |
2009 |
90 |
17 |
23 |
50 |
86-151 |
74 |
| 35 |
Asmaral Moscow |
2 |
1 |
1993 |
60 |
19 |
11 |
30 |
74-102 |
68 |
| 36 |
Sokol Saratov |
2 |
1 |
2002 |
60 |
17 |
13 |
30 |
55-87 |
64 |
| 37 |
Lada Togliatti FC Lada Tolyatti was a Russian football club based in Tolyatti. In March 2010, the club was excluded from the Second Division, along with another Toylatti team, FC Togliatti, with Tolyatti now represented by FC Akademiya Togliatti.-History:...
|
2 |
2 |
1996 |
64 |
10 |
16 |
38 |
42-105 |
46 |
| 38 |
Sibir NovosibirskFC Sibir Novosibirsk is a Russian association football club based in Novosibirsk. The club plays at the Spartak Stadium. As a result of their first-ever season in the Russian Premier League in 2010, FC Sibir has been relegated to play the next season in Russian First Division.-History:The club was...
|
1 |
1 |
2010 |
30 |
4 |
8 |
18 |
34-58 |
20 |
| 39 |
Volga Nizhny NovgorodFC Volga Nizhny Novgorod is a Russian football club from Nizhny Novgorod, founded in 1963. In 2008, FC Volga won the Ural-Povolzhye zone of the Russian Second Division and advanced to the Russian First Division. It finished First Division as 4th in 2009 and finished one as 2nd in 2010 and...
|
| 40 |
FC KrasnodarFC Krasnodar is a Russian association football club from Krasnodar. In 2009 the club was promoted to the Russian First Division, the second highest division of the Russian football league system despite finishing Zone South of Second Division as 3rd. In 2009 club finished as 10th...
|
Players with most appearances
- As of 21 November 2011 http://www.championat.ru/football/article-24739.html http://rsssf.com/tablesr/rus08squads.html http://football.sport-express.ru/russia/premier/2009/teams/ http://www.aksport.ru/index.php?news=off&year=09&paper=on&num=26&script=sc8
| Rank | Player | Apps |
| 1 |
Dmitri LoskovDmitri Vyacheslavovich Loskov is an association footballer currently playing for Lokomotiv Moscow.He was often considered Russia's best playmaker in the late 1990s – early 2000s, along with Spartak Moscow's Egor Titov. This is because he is double footed and has a wide range of passing...
|
448 |
| 2 |
Sergei Semak Sergei Bogdanovich Semak is a Russian international football midfielder of Ukrainian origins.-Early life:Semak was born in the selo Sychanskoye in the Voroshilovgradskaya Oblast into a peasant family of modest economical background. He was an excellent student and had an ideal behavior...
|
429 |
| 3 |
Igor SemshovIgor Petrovich Semshov is a Russian professional footballer who plays for Dynamo Moscow and Russia.- Career :Semshov graduated from the CSKA academy in 1996, but was unable to hold a starting place and left for Torpedo Moscow in 1998 after only two seasons. He played well, and became one of the...
|
392 |
| 4 |
Valery Yesipov Valery Yesipov is a retired association footballer and a current manager, who is currently an assistant manager for FC Rotor Volgograd. He holds the record for most appearances in the Russian Premier League...
|
390 |
| 5 |
Dmitri Kirichenko |
349 |
| 6 |
Andrey TikhonovAndrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...
|
346 |
| 7 |
Yegor Titov |
336 |
| = |
 Deividas ŠemberasDeividas Šemberas is a Lithuanian professional footballer who plays as centre back for Russian Premier League club PFC CSKA Moscow...
|
336 |
| 9 |
Yury Drozdov |
321 |
| 10 |
Ruslan Adzhindzhal Ruslan Alekseyevich Adzhindzhal is a Russian footballer currently playing for FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod. He is an identical twin brother of Beslan Adzhindzhal.-External links:*...
|
320 |
| = |
Sergei Ignashevich |
320 |
All-time top scorers
- As of 21 November 2011 http://bombarder.narod.ru/01.htm
| Rank | Player | Goals | Apps | Avg/Game |
| 1 |
Oleg Veretennikov Oleg Veretennikov is a professional association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records...
|
143 |
273 |
0.52 |
| 2 |
Dmitri Kirichenko |
121 |
349 |
0.35 |
| 3 |
Dmitri LoskovDmitri Vyacheslavovich Loskov is an association footballer currently playing for Lokomotiv Moscow.He was often considered Russia's best playmaker in the late 1990s – early 2000s, along with Spartak Moscow's Egor Titov. This is because he is double footed and has a wide range of passing...
|
120 |
448 |
0.27 |
| 4 |
Aleksandr Kerzhakov Aleksandr Anatolyevich Kerzhakov is a Russian international association football striker currently playing for Russian Premier League club Zenit St. Petersburg.-Zenit:...
|
112 |
260 |
0.43 |
| 5 |
Andrey TikhonovAndrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...
|
98 |
346 |
0.28 |
| 6 |
Sergei Semak Sergei Bogdanovich Semak is a Russian international football midfielder of Ukrainian origins.-Early life:Semak was born in the selo Sychanskoye in the Voroshilovgradskaya Oblast into a peasant family of modest economical background. He was an excellent student and had an ideal behavior...
|
95 |
429 |
0.22 |
| 7 |
Igor SemshovIgor Petrovich Semshov is a Russian professional footballer who plays for Dynamo Moscow and Russia.- Career :Semshov graduated from the CSKA academy in 1996, but was unable to hold a starting place and left for Torpedo Moscow in 1998 after only two seasons. He played well, and became one of the...
|
94 |
392 |
0.24 |
| 8 |
Yegor Titov |
88 |
336 |
0.26 |
| 9 |
Valery Yesipov Valery Yesipov is a retired association footballer and a current manager, who is currently an assistant manager for FC Rotor Volgograd. He holds the record for most appearances in the Russian Premier League...
|
88 |
390 |
0.23 |
| 10 |
Oleg Teryokhin Oleg Ivanovich Teryokhin is a retired Russian football player. He last worked as a scout for FC Kuban Krasnodar.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 2000.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1997....
|
84 |
208 |
0.40 |
Champions (Players)
- 9-time Dmitri Ananko (1992-1994), (1996–2001) Dmitry Khlestov (1992-1994), (1996–2001)
Media coverage
Russian network
NTV PlusNTV Plus is the brand name for the Russian digital satellite television service from NTV, transmitted from Eutelsat's W4 satellite at 36.0°E & from Bonum 1 at 56.0°E...
owns exclusive broadcasting rights for the league. In Russia, some matches are shown on generally accessible
Channel OneChannel One is the first television channel to broadcast in the Soviet Union. The channel was renamed Ostankino Channel 1 in 1991, after the Soviet Union broke up and the Russian SFSR became the Russian Federation. According to a recent government publication, the Russian government controls 51%...
and Russia 2 channels as well.
In
ItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, the league is broadcast by Sky Sport.
In the
Czech RepublicThe Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
, selected games are broadcast by Nova Sport.
Sport KlubSportklub is a European sports channel which has been broadcast in Hungary, Romania, Poland, Serbia and Slovenia since 2006. The Channel commenced broadcasts in Croatia during the autumn of 2007....
is the main broadcaster in several
Eastern EuropeEastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region"...
an countries.
In
AustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, the Russian Premier League is broadcast by
Setanta SportsSetanta Sports Australia is a sports television channel operating in Australia and is available to homes and businesses across all of Australia...
,
SetantaSportsnet World is a Canadian English language Category B specialty channel owned by Rogers Media. Sportsnet World primarily airs top level association football , featuring exclusive coverage of the Barclays Premier League along with content from other leagues in Europe...
broadcasts it in Canada as well.
In July 2009,
ESPNEntertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
announced that they will be screening up to two live games a week on their new channel set up in the
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and
Republic of IrelandIreland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
.
ESPN BrasilESPN Brasil is a Brazilian cable television network. Launched in June 1995 through a joint venture between ESPN Inc. and Grupo Abril's television arm TVA, ESPN Brasil was the first country-specific version of ESPN outside the United States. Today, the network has 12.2 million subscribers...
also broadcast the Russian league in
BrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
and in Germany the Premjer Liga is broadcasted by the digital sports channel, sportdigital.
See also
- Football in Russia
When the USSR broke down into 15 different countries, the once renowned sports structure collapsed as well. Football was one of the most popular sports in the Soviet Union. While the national teams and the clubs used to be linked to state institutions or mass organizations, in 1991 they became...
- Russian Cup
- Soviet Top League
The Soviet Top League since 1970 was officially known as the Supreme League serving as the top division of Soviet Union football since 1936.It was one of the best football leagues in Europe ranking second among the UEFA members in 1988-1989 seasons...
- Sports league attendances
- List of foreign Russian Premier League players
External links