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Russian Premier League

The Russian Premier League (Russian: Российская футбольная премьер-лига) 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. The Russian Premier League was organized 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. FC Rubin Kazan are the current Russian Premier League champions.

Contents

Countries

Russia

Confederation

UEFA

Founded

2001

Number of teams

16

Relegation to

Russian First Division

Level on pyramid

Level 1

Domestic cup(s)

Russian Cup

International cup(s)

Champions League UEFA Cup

1 History 2 Competition 3 2009 clubs 4 Champions and top scorers 5 UEFA Ranking 6 All-time table 6.1 Players with most appearances 6.2 All-time top scorers 6.3 Champions (Players) 7 Media Coverage 8 See also 9 External links

Intertoto Cup Current champions

Rubin Kazan (2008)

Most championships

FC Spartak Moscow (9 titles)*

Website

http://www.rfpl.org 2009 season

Incl. Rus. Top League and Rus. Top Division titles

History After the break-up of the Soviet Union, starting in 1992, each former Soviet republic organized an independent national championship. In Russia, the 6 Russian teams who had played in the Soviet Top League in 1991 (CSKA Moscow, Spartak Moscow, Torpedo Moscow, Dinamo Moscow, Spartak Vladikavkaz, and Lokomotiv Moscow) 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 9 of the first 10 titles. Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz was the only team which managed to break Spartak's dominance, winning the Top Division title in 1995.

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Lokomotiv Moscow won the title twice, and CSKA Moscow three times. In 2007, Zenit Saint Petersburg climbed to the top. Zenit won the title for the first time. They had also won a Soviet title in 1984.

Competition Teams 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 others. 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 2008, the champions qualify for the UEFA Champions League group stage, as well as the runners-up. The third-placed team qualifies for the Champions League 2nd qualifying round. The fourth- and fifth-placed teams qualify for the newly named UEFA Europa League. The bottom two teams are relegated to the First Division.

Russian Premier League match between Zenit and Dynamo (the last Zenit's match on the Kirov Stadium, stadium had been already partially demolished)

Unlike other European football leagues, the league typically runs in summer, from March to November, to avoid playing games under the cold and snowy weather in winter.

2009 clubs In the 2009 season, the following teams will compete in the Russian Premier League: FC Amkar Perm PFC CSKA Moscow FC Dynamo Moscow FC Khimki FC Krylia Sovetov Samara FC Kuban Krasnodar FC Lokomotiv Moscow FC Moscow

FC Rostov FC Rubin Kazan FC Saturn Moscow Oblast FC Spartak Moscow PFC Spartak Nalchik FC Terek Grozny FC Tom Tomsk FC Zenit Saint Petersburg

Champions and top scorers Season

Champion

1992* Spartak Moscow

Runner-up Spartak Vladikavkaz

3rd position Dynamo Moscow

1993* Spartak Moscow (2) Rotor Volgograd Dynamo Moscow 1994* Spartak Moscow (3) Dynamo Moscow

Lokomotiv Moscow

Top scorer Veli Kasumov (Dynamo Moscow, 16 goals) Victor Panchenko (KamAZ, 21 goals) Igor Simutenkov (Dynamo Moscow, 21 goals)

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1995*

Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz

1996* Spartak Moscow (4)

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Lokomotiv Moscow

Spartak Moscow

Oleg Veretennikov (Rotor, 25 goals)

Alania Vladikavkaz

Rotor Volgograd

Aleksandr Maslov (Rostselmash, 23 goals)

1997* Spartak Moscow (5) Rotor Volgograd Dynamo Moscow 1998** Spartak Moscow (6) CSKA Moscow

Oleg Veretennikov (Rotor, 22 goals)

Lokomotiv Moscow

Oleg Veretennikov (Rotor, 22 goals)

1999** Spartak Moscow (7)

Lokomotiv Moscow

CSKA Moscow

Georgi Demetradze (Alania Vladikavkaz, 21 goals)

2000** Spartak Moscow (8)

Lokomotiv Moscow

Torpedo Moscow

Dmitri Loskov (Lokomotiv Moscow, 15 goals)

2001** Spartak Moscow (9)

Lokomotiv Moscow

Zenit Saint Petersburg

Dmitri Vyazmikin (Torpedo Moscow, 18 goals)

2002

Lokomotiv Moscow CSKA Moscow

2003

CSKA Moscow

2004

Zenit Saint Petersburg

Rolan Gusev (CSKA Moscow, 15 goals) Spartak Moscow Dmitri Kirichenko (CSKA Moscow, 15 goals) Rubin Kazan

Dmitri Loskov (Lokomotiv Moscow, 14 goals)

Lokomotiv Moscow CSKA Moscow (2)

Krylya Sovetov Samara

Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Zenit Saint Petersburg, 18 goals)

2005

CSKA Moscow (2)

Spartak Moscow

Lokomotiv Moscow

Dmitri Kirichenko (Moskva, 14 goals)

2006

CSKA Moscow (3)

Spartak Moscow

Lokomotiv Moscow

Roman Pavlyuchenko (Spartak Moscow, 18 goals)

2007

Zenit Saint Petersburg

Spartak Moscow CSKA Moscow

Roman Pavlyuchenko (Spartak Moscow, 14 goals) Roman Adamov (Moskva, 14 goals)

2008

Rubin Kazan

CSKA Moscow

Vágner Love (CSKA Moscow, 20 goals)

Dynamo Moscow

* The league was named Top League ** The league was named Top Division

Club

Winners

Winning Years

Spartak Moscow

9

1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001

CSKA Moscow

3

2003, 2005, 2006

Lokomotiv Moscow

2

2002, 2004

Zenit Saint Petersburg

1

2007

Rubin Kazan

1

2008

Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz

1

1995

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UEFA Ranking National League Ranking at the beginning of the 2008 season 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Serie A Ligue 1 Fußball-Bundesliga Russian Premier League Liga I Portuguese Liga Eredivisie

(see UEFA coefficients full list for more information)

All-time table As of end of 2008 season

Rank

Club1

Most Seasons recent Played2 Won Drawn Lost season

1

Spartak Moscow

17

519

298 132

89

2

Lokomotiv Moscow

17

519

265 143

3

CSKA Moscow

17

519

4

Dynamo Moscow

17

5

Torpedo Moscow

15

6

Zenit Saint Petersburg

Goals

Points3 Gold Silver Bronze 9

3

2

111 792-467 938

2

4

4

256 128

135 814-514 896

3

4

2

518

218 150

150 745-593 804

-

1

4

462

182 131

149 597-553 677

-

-

1

14

428

183 123

122 606-467 672

1

1

1

7

Krylya Sovetov Samara

17

522

176 140

206 589-668 668

-

-

1

8

Alania Vladikavkaz

14

2005

429

168 93

168 579-569 597

1

2

-

9

Rotor Volgograd

13

2004

402

151 109

142 562-506 562

-

2

1

10

Rostov

15

458

122 139

197 484-645 505

-

-

-

11

Saturn Moscow Oblast

10

300

99

105

96

331-300 402

-

-

-

12

Shinnik Yaroslavl

10

304

85

86

133 294-403 341

-

-

-

2006

2008

1019-519 1026

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Moscow

8

14

Chernomorets 8 Novorossiysk

15

Rubin Kazan 6

16

Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod

8

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240

79

74

87

256-283 311

-

-

-

248

74

65

109 274-357 287

-

-

-

180

77

47

56

239-193 278

1

-

1

2000

248

68

63

117 233-356 267

-

-

-

Zhemchuzhina 7 Sochi

1999

222

61

57

104 263-390 240

-

-

-

18

Uralmash 5 Yekaterinburg

1996

158

57

33

68

215-241 204

-

-

-

19

EnergiaTekstilshchik Kamyshin

1996

158

53

43

62

172-177 202

-

-

-

20

Amkar Perm 5

150

45

55

50

136-164 190

-

-

-

21

KAMAZChally Naberezhnye Chelny

5

1997

162

51

32

79

198-253 1794

-

-

-

22

Uralan Elista

5

2003

150

36

39

75

138-225 147

-

-

-

23

Tom Tomsk

4

120

35

37

48

123-140 142

-

-

-

24

Luch-Energia 4 Vladivostok

2008

124

34

32

58

116-187 134

-

-

-

25

Baltika Kaliningrad

3

1998

98

30

37

31

114-111 127

-

-

-

26

Fakel Voronezh

4

2001

124

31

29

64

101-175 122

-

-

-

27

Anzhi 3 Makhachkala

2002

90

27

28

35

94-108

109

-

-

-

28

Spartak Nalchik

3

90

27

25

38

92-109

106

-

-

-

29

Dynamo Stavropol

3

1994

94

27

23

44

94-125

104

-

-

-

30

Tyumen

5

1998

164

26

27

111 124-346 105

-

-

-

31

Okean Nakhodka

2

1993

74

27

17

30

78-91

98

-

-

-

32

Kuban Krasnodar

3

100

20

33

47

88-145

93

-

-

-

33

Asmaral Moscow

2

66

21

13

32

79-110

76

-

-

-

34

Khimki

2

60

15

19

26

66-87

64

-

-

-

35

Sokol Saratov 2

60

17

13

30

55-87

64

-

-

-

36

Terek Grozny

60

14

13

33

48-92

495

-

-

-

37

Lada Togliatti 2

64

10

16

38

42-105

46

-

-

-

5

2003

1993

2002

2 1996

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1. For clubs that have been renamed, their name at the time of their most recent season in the Premier League is given. The current members are listed in bold. 2. Includes championship play-offs. 3. For the purposes of this table, each win is worth 3 points. The three-points system was adopted in 1995. 4. KAMAZ-Chally were deducted 6 points in 1997. 5. Terek were deducted 6 points in 2005.

Players with most appearances

All-time top scorers

As of 23 November 2008 [1] (http://www.championat.ru/football/article24739.html) [2] (http://rsssf.com/tablesr /rus08squads.html)

As of 23 November 2008 [3] (http://bombarder.narod.ru/01.htm) Rank

Rank

Player

Apps

1

Valery Yesipov

390

2

Dmitri Loskov

386

3

Sergei Semak

374

4

Andrey Tikhonov

345

5

Yegor Titov

336

6

Yury Drozdov

321

7

Igor Chugaynov

318

8

Igor Semshov

311

9

Yury Kovtun

304

10

Aleksandr Filimonov 295

Player

Goals

1

Oleg Veretennikov

143

2

Dmitri Loskov

111

3

Dmitri Kirichenko

103

4

Andrey Tikhonov

98

5

Egor Titov

88

5

Valery Yesipov

88

7

Sergei Semak

86

8

Oleg Teryokhin

84

9

Roman Pavlyuchenko 83

10

Aleksandr Shirko

78

Champions (Players) 9-time Dmitri Ananko 1992-1994,1996-2001 Dmitry Khlestov 1992-1994,1996-2001

Media Coverage In Australia the Russian Premier League broadcast by Setanta Sports

See also Football in Russia Russian Cup Soviet Top League Sports league attendances

External links Official website (http://www.rfpl.org/)

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