Russian Premier League

Russian national top division professional association football league

Football league

Russian Premier League

Organising body| Russian Football Union (RFU)
Founded| 1992 (as Top League)
2001 (as Premier League)
Country| Russia
Confederation| UEFA
Number of clubs| 16
Level on pyramid| 1
Relegation to| First League
Domestic cup(s)| Russian Cup
Russian Super Cup
Current champions| Krasnodar (1st title)
(2024–25)
Most championships| Spartak Moscow
Zenit Saint Petersburg (10 titles)
Broadcaster(s)| List of broadcasters
Website| premierliga.ru
Current: 2024–25 Russian Premier League

The Russian Premier League (RPL; Russian: Российская премьер-лига, Rossiyskaya premyer-liga; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga,[1] is a professional association football league in Russia and the highest level of the Russian football league system.[2] It was established at the end of 2001 as the Russian Football Premier League (RFPL; Russian: Российская футбольная премьер-лига; РФПЛ) and was rebranded with its current name in 2018.[3] From 1992 through 2001, the top level of the Russian league system was the Russian Football Championship (Russian: Чемпионат России по футболу, Chempionat Rossii po Futbolu).[4]

There are 16 teams in the competition. As of the 2021/22 season, the league had two Champions League qualifying spots for the league winners and league runners-up, and two spots in the UEFA Conference League were allocated to the third- and fourth-placed teams.[5] However, those have all been suspended due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, along with the national team's participation in international competitions.[6] The last two teams are relegated to the Russian First League at the end of the season, while the 13th and 14th placed teams compete against the National League's 4th and 3rd teams respectively in a two-legged playoff.[7]

The Russian Premier League succeeded the Top Division including history and records. The Top Division was run by the Professional Football League of Russia. Since July 2022, the league is currently called Mir Russian Premier League (Russian: Мир Российская премьер-лига), also written as Mir Russian Premier Liga (after the Mir payment system), for sponsorship reasons.[8]

Since the introduction of the Russian Premier League in 2002, Zenit Saint Petersburg and Spartak Moscow (10 times each), CSKA Moscow (6 times), Lokomotiv Moscow (3 times), Rubin Kazan (2 times) and Krasnodar (1 time) have won the title. Krasnodar are the current champions, winning the competition in 2024–25.

## History

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After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, 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 League in 1991 (CSKA Moscow, Spartak Moscow, Torpedo Moscow, Dynamo Moscow, Spartak Vladikavkaz, and Lokomotiv Moscow) were supplemented with 14 teams from lower divisions to form a 20-team Russian Top Division. The Top Division was divided into two groups to reduce the total number of matches. The number of teams in the Top Division was reduced to 18 in 1993 and 16 in 1994. Since then, the Russian Top Division (and the Premier League since 2002) has consisted of 16 teams, except for a short-lived experiment with having two more teams in 1996 and 1997.[9][citation needed]

Spartak Moscow won 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 have won the title three times,[10] and CSKA Moscow six times.[11][citation needed] In 2007, Zenit St. Petersburg won 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 rise of Rubin Kazan, a club entirely new to the Russian top flight, as it had never competed in the Soviet Top League.[citation needed]

In preparation for the 2018–19 season, it was decided to hold a rebranding in which a new logo was presented.[12][13][14][15][16]

As a result of the Russia's invasion of Ukraine, all Russian club and national teams were banned from European competition indefinitely. Spartak Moscow, who were competing in the UEFA Europa League and were the only Russian club team remaining in European competition at the time, were disqualified from their tie against RB Leipzig, who advanced on a walkover.[6]

## Competition

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

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.[citation needed]

Russian Premier League match between Lokomotiv and Spartak at the RZD Arena

As of 2020–21 season, the champions qualify for the UEFA Champions League group stage. The runners-up qualifies for the Champions League third qualifying round. The third and fourth-place teams qualify for the UEFA Europa Conference League. If the winner of Russian Cup ends in first or second on the championship in same season, then the third-place team qualifies to UEFA Europa League group stage, while fourth and fifth-place teams qualify for the UEFA Europa Conference League instead. The bottom two teams are relegated to the First League. Starting on the 2020–21 season the teams ranked in 13th and 14th-place play a two legs relegation play-off against 4th and 3rd-place team from National League. The two winners of this play-off secures the right to play in Premier League in following season.[citation needed]

Unlike most other European football leagues, the league traditionally used to run in summer, from March to November, to avoid playing games in the cold and snowy weather in winter. This was 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 continued until summer of 2012. After the 16 Premier League teams played each other twice over the course of the 2011 calendar year, they were split into two groups of eight, and the teams played other teams in their groups two more times for a total of 44 games (30 in 2011 and 14 in 2012). Those two groups were contested in spring 2012, with the top eight clubs playing for the title and European places. The other sides vied to avoid relegation: the bottom two went down while the next two played off against the sides third and fourth in the National Football League, with the two losers being relegated (or denied promotion).[17] Under the current autumn-spring calendar, the league takes a three-month winter break from mid-December until mid-March. Merging the calendar with other UEFA leagues however, has increased numbers of games in winter. This has resulted in the Russian Far East and Siberian teams being forced to play more home games in hostile weather conditions which affected the Premier League when SKA Khabarovsk took part.[18]

## Youth championship

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The Youth championship (Russian: Молодежное первенство), also known as Youth teams championship (Russian: Первенство молодёжных команд), Reserve team tournament (Russian: Турнир дублирующих составов) or Reserves tournament (Russian: Турнир дублёров), full name Youth football championship of Russia among teams of clubs of the Premier League (Russian: Молодёжное Первенство России по футболу среди команд клубов Премьер-Лиги), is a league that runs in parallel to the Russian Premier League and includes the youth or reserve teams 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 Football League 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.[citation needed]

However, 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 team for the main team. An example is Krasnodar-2, playing in the Russian First League.[citation needed]

### Reserves tournament champions (2001–2007)

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* 2001: Rotor Volgograd
* 2002: Dynamo Moscow
* 2003: Dynamo Moscow
* 2004: Terek Grozny
* 2005: CSKA Moscow
* 2006: Spartak Moscow
* 2007: Spartak Moscow

### Youth championship winners (since 2008)

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* 2008: Spartak Moscow
* 2009: Zenit Saint Petersburg
* 2010: Spartak Moscow
* 2011: Lokomotiv Moscow
* 2012: Dynamo Moscow
* 2012–13: Spartak Moscow
* 2013–14: Dynamo Moscow
* 2014–15: Dynamo Moscow
* 2015–16: Lokomotiv Moscow
* 2016–17: Spartak Moscow
* 2017–18: Krasnodar
* 2018–19: CSKA Moscow
* 2019–20: Dynamo Moscow
* 2020–21: CSKA Moscow
* 2021–22: CSKA Moscow

## UEFA club rankings

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Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia have been suspended from UEFA and from participating in UEFA competitions and therefore the UEFA coefficient ranking of the Russian Premier League is an automatic 0.

## Current clubs

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Akron

Torpedo

Dynamo Makhachkala

Krasnodar

Rostov

Akhmat

Zenit

CSKA
Dynamo
Lokomotiv
Spartak

Krylia

Pari Nizhny Novgorod

Rubin

Sochi

Baltika

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Locations of teams in 2025–26 Russian Premier League

The following teams are competing in the 2025–26 season:

Team  | Home city  | Stadium  | Capacity  | Head coach

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Akron Tolyatti | Zhigulyovsk | Kristall Stadium | 3,065  |  Zaur Tedeyev
Akhmat Grozny | Grozny | Akhmat-Arena | 30,597  |  Aleksandr Storozhuk
Baltika Kaliningrad | Kaliningrad | Kaliningrad Stadium | 35,016  |  Andrey Talalayev
CSKA Moscow | Moscow | VEB Arena | 30,457[19] |  Fabio Celestini
Dynamo Makhachkala | Makhachkala | Dynamo Stadium | 15,200  |  Khasanbi Bidzhiyev
Dynamo Moscow | Moscow | VTB Arena | 26,700  |  Valeri Karpin
Krasnodar | Krasnodar | Krasnodar Stadium | 34,291  |  Murad Musayev
Krylia Sovetov | Samara | Solidarnost Arena | 44,918  |  Magomed Adiyev
Lokomotiv Moscow | Moscow | RZD Arena | 27,320  |  Mikhail Galaktionov
FC Nizhny Novgorod | Nizhny Novgorod | Nizhny Novgorod Stadium | 44,899  |  Aleksey Shpilevsky
Rostov | Rostov-on-Don | Rostov Arena | 45,000  |
Rubin Kazan | Kazan | Kazan Arena | 45,379  |  Rashid Rakhimov
Sochi | Sochi | Fisht Olympic Stadium | 44,287  |  Robert Moreno
Spartak Moscow | Moscow | Lukoil Arena | 44,307[20] |  Dejan Stanković
Torpedo Moscow | Moscow | Luzhniki Stadium | 81,000  |  Oleg Kononov
Zenit Saint Petersburg | Saint Petersburg | Krestovsky Stadium | 67,800[21] |  Sergei Semak

## Champions

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Main article: List of Soviet and Russian football champions

Season  | Champions  | Runners-up  | Third place  | Top scorer

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1992 | Spartak Moscow | Spartak Vladikavkaz | Dynamo Moscow |  Yuri Matveyev (Uralmash Yekaterinburg, 20 goals)
1993 | Spartak Moscow (2)  | Rotor Volgograd | Dynamo Moscow (2)  |  Victor Panchenko (KamAZ Naberezhnye Chelny, 21 goals)
1994 | Spartak Moscow (3)  | Dynamo Moscow | Lokomotiv Moscow |  Igor Simutenkov (Dinamo Moscow, 21 goals)
1995 | Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz | Lokomotiv Moscow | Spartak Moscow |  Oleg Veretennikov (Rotor Volgograd, 25 goals)
1996 | Spartak Moscow (4)  | Alania Vladikavkaz (2)  | Rotor Volgograd |  Aleksandr Maslov (Rostselmash, 23 goals)
1997 | Spartak Moscow (5)  | Rotor Volgograd (2)  | Dynamo Moscow (3)  |  Oleg Veretennikov (Rotor Volgograd, 22 goals)
1998 | Spartak Moscow (6)  | CSKA Moscow | Lokomotiv Moscow (2)  |  Oleg Veretennikov (Rotor Volgograd, 22 goals)
1999 | Spartak Moscow (7)  | Lokomotiv Moscow (2)  | CSKA Moscow |  Georgi Demetradze (Alania Vladikavkaz, 21 goals)
2000 | Spartak Moscow (8)  | Lokomotiv Moscow (3)  | Torpedo Moscow |  Dmitri Loskov (Lokomotiv Moscow, 18 goals)
2001 | Spartak Moscow (9)  | Lokomotiv Moscow (4)  | Zenit Saint Petersburg |  Dmitri Vyazmikin (Torpedo Moscow, 18 goals)
2002 | Lokomotiv Moscow | CSKA Moscow (2)  | Spartak Moscow (2)  |  Rolan Gusev (CSKA Moscow, 15 goals)
Dmitri Kirichenko (CSKA Moscow, 15 goals)
2003 | CSKA Moscow | Zenit Saint Petersburg | Rubin Kazan |  Dmitri Loskov (Lokomotiv Moscow, 14 goals)
2004 | Lokomotiv Moscow (2)  | CSKA Moscow (2)  | Krylia Sovetov Samara |  Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Zenit St. Petersburg, 18 goals)
2005 | CSKA Moscow (2)  | Spartak Moscow | Lokomotiv Moscow (3)  |  Dmitri Kirichenko (Moscow, 14 goals)
2006 | CSKA Moscow (3)  | Spartak Moscow (2)  | Lokomotiv Moscow (4)  |  Roman Pavlyuchenko (Spartak Moscow, 18 goals)
2007 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | Spartak Moscow (3)  | CSKA Moscow (2)  |  Roman Pavlyuchenko (Spartak Moscow, 14 goals)
Roman Adamov (Moscow, 14 goals)
2008 | Rubin Kazan | CSKA Moscow (4)  | Dynamo Moscow (4)  |  Vágner Love (CSKA Moscow, 20 goals)
2009 | Rubin Kazan (2)  | Spartak Moscow (4)  | Zenit Saint Petersburg (2)  |  Welliton (Spartak Moscow, 21 goals)
2010 | Zenit Saint Petersburg (2)  | CSKA Moscow (5)  | Rubin Kazan (2)  |  Welliton (Spartak Moscow, 19 goals)
2011–12 | Zenit Saint Petersburg (3)  | Spartak Moscow (5)  | CSKA Moscow (3)  |  Seydou Doumbia (CSKA Moscow, 28 goals)
2012–13 | CSKA Moscow (4)  | Zenit Saint Petersburg (2)  | Anzhi Makhachkala |  Yura Movsisyan (Krasnodar/Spartak Moscow, 13 goals)
Wánderson (Krasnodar, 13 goals)
2013–14 | CSKA Moscow (5)  | Zenit Saint Petersburg (3)  | Lokomotiv Moscow (5)  |  Seydou Doumbia (CSKA Moscow, 18 goals)
2014–15 | Zenit Saint Petersburg (4)  | CSKA Moscow (6)  | Krasnodar |  Hulk (Zenit Saint Petersburg, 15 goals)
2015–16 | CSKA Moscow (6)  | Rostov | Zenit Saint Petersburg (3)  |  Fyodor Smolov (Krasnodar, 20 goals)
2016–17 | Spartak Moscow (10)  | CSKA Moscow (7)  | Zenit Saint Petersburg (4)  |  Fyodor Smolov (Krasnodar, 18 goals)
2017–18 | Lokomotiv Moscow (3)  | CSKA Moscow (8)  | Spartak Moscow (3)  |  Quincy Promes (Spartak Moscow, 15 goals)
2018–19 | Zenit Saint Petersburg (5)  | Lokomotiv Moscow (5)  | Krasnodar (2)  |  Fyodor Chalov (CSKA Moscow, 15 goals)
2019–20 | Zenit Saint Petersburg (6)  | Lokomotiv Moscow (6)  | Krasnodar (3)  |  Sardar Azmoun (Zenit Saint Petersburg, 17 goals)
Artem Dzyuba (Zenit Saint Petersburg, 17 goals)
2020–21 | Zenit Saint Petersburg (7)  | Spartak Moscow (6)  | Lokomotiv Moscow (6)  |  Artem Dzyuba (Zenit Saint Petersburg, 20 goals)
2021–22 | Zenit Saint Petersburg (8)  | Sochi | Dynamo Moscow (5)  |  Gamid Agalarov (Ufa, 19 goals)
2022–23 | Zenit Saint Petersburg (9)  | CSKA Moscow (9)  | Spartak Moscow (4)  |  Malcom (Zenit Saint Petersburg, 23 goals)
2023–24 | Zenit Saint Petersburg (10)  | Krasnodar (1)  | Dynamo Moscow (6)  |  Mateo Cassierra (Zenit Saint Petersburg, 21 goals)
2024–25 | Krasnodar (1)  | Zenit Saint Petersburg (4)  | CSKA Moscow (4)  |  Manfred Ugalde (Spartak Moscow, 17 goals)

### Performance by club

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Club  | Winners  | Runners-up  | Third place  | Seasons won

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Spartak Moscow |

| 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2016–17
Zenit Saint Petersburg |

| 2007, 2010, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
CSKA Moscow |

| 2003, 2005, 2006, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16
Lokomotiv Moscow |

| 2002, 2004, 2017–18
Rubin Kazan |

| 2008, 2009
Alania Vladikavkaz |

| 1995
Krasnodar |

| 2024–25
Rotor Volgograd |

Dynamo Moscow |

Rostov |

Sochi |

Torpedo Moscow |

Krylia Sovetov Samara |

Anzhi Makhachkala |

Total  | 33  | 33  | 33  |

## Russian all-time champions

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Club  | Titles  | Seasons Won  | Runners up

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Spartak Moscow | 22 | 1936(a), 1938, 1939, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1962, 1969, 1979, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2016–17 | 18
CSKA Moscow | 13 | 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1970, 1991, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16 | 13
Dynamo Moscow | 11 | 1936(s), 1937, 1940, 1945, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1963, 1976(s) | 12
Zenit Saint Petersburg | 11 | 1984, 2007, 2010, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 | 4
Lokomotiv Moscow | 3 | 2002, 2004, 2017–18 | 7
Torpedo Moscow | 3 | 1960, 1965, 1976(a) | 3
Rubin Kazan | 2 | 2008, 2009 | 0
Alania Vladikavkaz | 1 | 1995 | 2
Krasnodar | 1 | 2024–25 | 1

## Most seasons by club (1992–2025)

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A total of 52 teams have competed in at least one season at the top division. Spartak Moscow, CSKA Moscow and Lokomotiv Moscow are the only teams to have played in the top division in every season since the league's inception at 1992. The teams in bold participate in the 2025–26 Premier League.

Seasons  | Clubs

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33 | Spartak Moscow, CSKA Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow
32 | Dynamo Moscow
31 | Rostov
30 | Zenit Saint Petersburg, Krylia Sovetov Samara
21 | Rubin Kazan
18 | Akhmat Grozny
17 | Torpedo Moscow
16 | Alania Vladikavkaz, Ural Yekaterinburg
14 | Rotor Volgograd, Amkar Perm, Krasnodar
12 | Saturn Ramenskoye
11 | Anzhi Makhachkala
10 | Shinnik Yaroslavl
9 | Moscow, Tom Tomsk, Kuban Krasnodar
8 | Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod, Chernomorets Novorossiysk, Ufa
7 | Zhemchuzhina-Sochi, Arsenal Tula, Fakel Voronezh, Khimki
6 | Spartak Nalchik, Orenburg
5 | Tekstilshchik Kamyshin, KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny, Uralan Elista, Tyumen, Sochi
4 | Luch Vladivostok, Baltika Kaliningrad, Nizhny Novgorod
3 | Dynamo Stavropol, Volga Nizhny Novgorod, Mordovia Saransk
2 | Okean Nakhodka, Asmaral Moscow, Sokol Saratov, Lada-Tolyatti, Tambov
1 | Sibir Novosibirsk, Tosno, SKA-Khabarovsk, Yenisey Krasnoyarsk, Akron Tolyatti, Dynamo Makhachkala

## All-time table

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As of the end of the 2021–22 season. Teams in bold compete in 2024–25 Premier League.
Rank | Club1 | Seasons | Spells | Most
recent
season | Played2 | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals | Points3 | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Notes

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1 | Spartak Moscow | 30 | 1 |  | 893 | 470 | 204 | 189 | 1551-917 | 1670 | 10 | 5 | 4 |
2 | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 1 |  | 893 | 449 | 202 | 212 | 1288-816 | 1607 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
3 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 30 | 1 |  | 893 | 424 | 240 | 199 | 1262-810 | 1572 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
4 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 27 | 2 |  | 802 | 395 | 210 | 167 | 1448-783 | 1247 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
5 | Dynamo Moscow | 29 | 2 |  | 862 | 339 | 240 | 253 | 1152-956 | 1297 | - | 1 | 4 |
6 | Krylya Sovetov Samara | 27 | 4 |  | 806 | 249 | 218 | 339 | 851–1057 | 965 | - | - | 1 |
7 | Rostov | 28 | 3 |  | 832 | 242 | 230 | 330 | 865–1067 | 993 | - | 1 | - |
8 | Rubin Kazan | 19 | 1 |  | 554 | 215 | 153 | 156 | 654–525 | 836 | 2 | - | 2 |
9 | Torpedo Moscow | 16 | 2 | 2014–15 | 492 | 188 | 142 | 162 | 625–598 | 706 | - | - | 1 |
10 | Alania Vladikavkaz | 16 | 3 | 2012–13 | 489 | 179 | 109 | 201 | 630–663 | 646 | 1 | 2 | - | Disbanded 2020
11 | Rotor Volgograd | 14 | 2 | 2020-21 | 432 | 156 | 116 | 160 | 577–558 | 584 | - | 2 | 1 |
12 | Amkar Perm | 14 | 1 | 2017–18 | 434 | 114 | 131 | 159 | 368–478 | 508 | - | - | - |
13 | Saturn Moscow Oblast | 12 | 1 | 2010 | 360 | 120 | 121 | 119 | 396–378 | 481 | - | - | - |
14 | Akhmat Grozny | 12 | 2 |  | 344 | 102 | 77 | 135 | 322–404 | 422 4 | - | - | - |
15 | Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast | 11 | 2 | 2023-24 | 308 | 93 | 58 | 127 | 337–421 | 374 | - | - | - |
16 | Krasnodar | 8 | 1 |  | 224 | 88 | 54 | 52 | 295–213 | 372 | - | - | 1 |
17 | Anzhi Makhachkala | 11 | 3 |  | 314 | 86 | 83 | 115 | 299–353 | 365 | - | - | 1 | Disbanded 2022
18 | Moscow | 9 | 1 | 2009 | 270 | 92 | 83 | 95 | 295–311 | 359 | - | - | - | Disbanded 2010
19 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 10 | 4 | 2008 | 304 | 85 | 86 | 133 | 294–403 | 341 | - | - | - |
21 | Tom Tomsk | 9 | 2 | 2016–17 | 284 | 75 | 77 | 132 | 259–395 | 302 | - | - | - | Dissolved 2022
22 | Chernomorets Novorossiysk | 8 | 2 | 2003 | 248 | 74 | 65 | 109 | 274–357 | 287 | - | - | - |
24 | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | 7 | 1 | 1999 | 222 | 61 | 57 | 104 | 263–390 | 240 | - | - | - | Disbanded 2003 and 2013, reestablished 2007
25 | Spartak Nalchik | 6 | 1 | 2011–12 | 194 | 54 | 57 | 83 | 207–239 | 219 | - | - | - |
26 | Energia-Tekstilshchik Kamyshin | 5 | 1 | 1996 | 158 | 53 | 43 | 62 | 172–177 | 202 | - | - | - |
27 | KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | 5 | 1 | 1997 | 162 | 51 | 32 | 79 | 198–253 | 179 5 | - | - | - |
28 | Uralan Elista | 5 | 2 | 2003 | 150 | 36 | 39 | 75 | 138–225 | 147 | - | - | - | Disbanded 2005, reestablished 2014
29 | Ufa | 4 | 1 |  | 90 | 25 | 26 | 39 | 73–108 | 144 | - | - | - |
30 | Luch-Energia Vladivostok | 4 | 2 | 2008 | 124 | 34 | 32 | 58 | 116–187 | 134 | - | - | - |
31 | Baltika Kaliningrad | 3 | 1 | 2023-24 | 98 | 30 | 37 | 31 | 114–111 | 127 | - | - | - |
32 | Fakel Voronezh | 4 | 3 |  | 124 | 31 | 29 | 64 | 101–175 | 122 | - | - | - |
33 | Dynamo Stavropol | 3 | 1 | 1994 | 94 | 27 | 23 | 44 | 94–125 | 104 | - | - | - | Disbanded 2014, re-established 2015
34 | Tyumen | 5 | 3 | 1998 | 154 | 25 | 26 | 103 | 116–326 | 101 | - | - | - |
35 | Arsenal Tula | 3 | 2 |  | 60 | 14 | 11 | 35 | 38–86 | 95 | - | - | - |
36 | Volga Nizhny Novgorod | 3 | 1 | 2013–14 | 104 | 25 | 16 | 63 | 87–171 | 91 | - | - | - | Disbanded 2016
37 | Mordovia Saransk | 3 | 2 | 2015–16 | 90 | 20 | 22 | 48 | 82–150 | 82 | - | - | - |
38 | Okean Nakhodka | 2 | 1 | 1993 | 64 | 22 | 14 | 28 | 65–83 | 80 | - | - | - | Disbanded 2015, reestablished 2018
39 | Khimki | 3 | 1 |  | 90 | 17 | 23 | 50 | 86–151 | 74 | - | - | - |
40 | Asmaral Moscow | 2 | 1 | 1993 | 60 | 19 | 11 | 30 | 74–102 | 68 | - | - | - | Disbanded 1999
41 | Sokol Saratov | 2 | 1 | 2002 | 60 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 55–87 | 64 | - | - | - |
42 | Lada Togliatti | 2 | 2 | 1996 | 64 | 10 | 16 | 38 | 42–105 | 46 | - | - | - |
43 | Orenburg | 2 | 2 |  | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 25–36 | 30 | - | - | - |
44 | Tosno | 1 | 1 | 2017–18 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 23–54 | 24 | - | - | - | Disbanded 2018
46 | SKA-Khabarovsk | 1 | 1 | 2017–18 | 30 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 16–55 | 13 | - | - | - |
47 | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 1 | 1 | 2018-19 | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 24-55 | 20 | - | - | - |
Competing in RPL

Competing in RFL (2nd tier)
Competing in PFLA (3rd tier)
Competing in PFLB (4th tier)
Competing in amateur leagues (below 4th tier)
Defunct (see notes)

Notes

1. For clubs that have been renamed, their name at the time of their most recent season in the Russian League is given. The current members are listed in bold.
2. Includes championship play-offs, does not include relegation play-offs.
3. For the purposes of this table, each win is worth 3 points. The three-point system was adopted in 1995.
4. Terek were deducted 6 points in 2005.
5. KAMAZ-Chally were deducted 6 points in 1997.

## Player records

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### Most appearances

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As of 4 May 2025
Rank | Player | Apps

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1 |  Igor Akinfeev | 593
2 |  Sergei Ignashevich | 489
3 |  Sergei Semak | 456
4 |  Dmitri Loskov | 453
5 |  Artem Dzyuba | 441
6 |  Igor Semshov | 433
7 |  Vasili Berezutski | 402
8 |  Ruslan Adzhindzhal | 397
9 |  Igor Lebedenko | 394
10 |  Oleg Ivanov | 391

### Most goals

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As of 2 May 2025
Rank | Player | Goals | Apps | Avg/Game

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1 |  Artem Dzyuba | 170 | 441 | 0.39
2 |  Oleg Veretennikov | 143 | 274 | 0.52
3 |  Aleksandr Kerzhakov | 139 | 340 | 0.41
4 |  Dmitri Kirichenko | 129 | 377 | 0.34
5 |  Dmitri Loskov | 120 | 453 | 0.26
6 |  Fedor Smolov | 109 | 339 | 0.33
7 |  Roman Pavlyuchenko | 104 | 309 | 0.34
8 |  Sergei Semak | 102 | 456 | 0.22
9 |  Andrey Tikhonov | 98 | 346 | 0.28
10 |  Igor Semshov | 98 | 433 | 0.23

### Champions (players)

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9-time

* Dmitri Ananko (1992–94), (1996–01)

## Media coverage

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### 2020–21 and 2021–22

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#### Russia and CIS

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Channel  | Summary  | Ref

|
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Match TV | 60 matches per season live  | [22]
Match Premier | All 240 matches live

#### Worldwide

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All 240 matches are aired live globally on YouTube with a required subscription. There will be two membership levels for the viewers outside Russia, CIS, and China. The first level includes two matches with English commentary each matchday and will cost a monthly fee of $2.99. The second level, for $4.99 a month, gives subscribers access to all eight matches in Russian and two matches with English commentary as well.[23] In 2018–19 season, YouTube broadcast four live matches per week for free (in matchweek 30, aired all last eight matches).[24] From 2020 to 2021, YouTube also broadcast the FTA coverage of Super Cup before airing the league.

Country/Region  | Broadcaster

|

Southeast Europe

*  Bosnia and Herzegovina
*  Croatia
*  Montenegro
*  North Macedonia
*  Serbia
*  Slovenia

| Sportklub
Belarus | Belarus 5
Brazil | Grupo Bandeirantes
CIS

*  Kazakhstan
*  Kyrgyzstan

| Qsport
Hong Kong | i-cable
Latin America | Gol TV

## See also

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* Football in Russia
* Russian Cup
* Soviet Top League
* List of attendance figures at domestic professional sports leagues
* List of foreign Russian Premier League players

## Notes

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## References

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2. ^ "Russia - League". UEFA. Archived from the original on 11 December 2014.
3. ^ "RFPL". Russian Football Premier-League. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014.
4. ^ "About Russian Football Championship". Russian Football Premier-League. Archived from the original on 7 June 2017.
5. ^ "European competitions in 2021/22: where will RPL teams be?". Russian Premier Liga. 19 February 2021. Archived from the original on 19 February 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
6. ^ a b Buckingham, Philip (28 February 2022). "FIFA and UEFA suspend Russia from international football and clubs from European competition". The Athletic. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
7. ^ "About the Russian Premier Liga". eng.premierliga.ru. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
8. ^ "Национальная платёжная система "Мир" стала титульным партнёром РПЛ". premierliga.ru. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
9. ^ "Russian Premier Liga". eng.premierliga.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 14 April 2023.
10. ^ "ИСТОРИЯ КЛУБА" [The CLUB HISTORY]. Football Club Lokomotiv Moscow(Футбо́льный клуб "Локомоти́в" Москва́). Retrieved 14 April 2023.
11. ^ "CSKA Moscow - Club details - Football". Eurosport. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
12. ^ "Футбол и сомбреро, они, если честно... Новые логотипы РФПЛ как прививка от скуки" (in Russian). 17 April 2018. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
13. ^ "Новый логотип премьер-лиги. Просто бомба!" (in Russian). 12 April 2018. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
14. ^ "Медведь на логотипе РФПЛ" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
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18. ^ "Russia fears freezing out top players". Gulf News. 21 November 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
19. ^ "Arena CSKA (VEB Arena)".
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21. ^ "Arena St Petersburg".
22. ^ "Match TV creates new channel for Russian Premier Liga". SportBusiness Media. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
23. ^ "Russian Premier Liga launches YouTube memberships to broadcast all matches of the 2019/2020 season live". Russian Premier League. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
24. ^ Sansun, David (2 March 2019). "RPL announce live matches to be broadcast free on YouTube". Russian Football News. Retrieved 17 March 2019.

## External links

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* Official website (in Russian and English)
* History and statictics

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Russian Premier League

* Predecessor: Soviet Top League

Seasons|

| Top League|

* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997

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Top Division|

* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001

Premier League|

* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011–12
* 2012–13
* 2013–14
* 2014–15
* 2015–16
* 2016–17
* 2017–18
* 2018–19
* 2019–20
* 2020–21
* 2021–22
* 2022–23
* 2023–24
* 2024–25
* 2025–26

Winners|

* Spartak Moscow (10)
* Zenit Saint Petersburg (10)
* CSKA Moscow (6)
* Lokomotiv Moscow (3)
* Rubin Kazan (2)
* Alania Vladikavkaz (1)
* Krasnodar (1)

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Russian Premier League teams

2025–26 teams|

* Akhmat Grozny
* Akron Tolyatti
* Baltika Kaliningrad
* CSKA Moscow
* Dynamo Makhachkala
* Dynamo Moscow
* Krasnodar
* Krylia Sovetov Samara
* Lokomotiv Moscow
* Orenburg
* Pari NN
* Rostov
* Rubin Kazan
* Sochi
* Spartak Moscow
* Zenit Saint Petersburg

Former teams|

* Amkar Perm
* Arsenal Tula
* Chernomorets Novorossiysk
* Dynamo Stavropol
* Fakel Voronezh
* KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny
* Rotor Volgograd
* Saturn Ramenskoye
* Shinnik Yaroslavl
* SKA-Khabarovsk
* Sokol Saratov
* Spartak Nalchik
* Tekstilshchik Kamyshin
* Torpedo Moscow
* Tyumen
* Ufa
* Ural Yekaterinburg
* Uralan Elista
* Yenisey Krasnoyarsk

Defunct teams|

* Alania Vladikavkaz
* Anzhi Makhachkala
* Asmaral Moscow
* Khimki
* Kuban Krasnodar
* Lada-Tolyatti
* Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod
* Luch Vladivostok
* Mordovia Saransk
* Moscow
* Okean Nakhodka
* Sibir Novosibirsk
* Tambov
* Tom Tomsk
* Torpedo-ZIL Moscow
* Tosno
* Volga Nizhny Novgorod
* Zhemchuzhina-Sochi

* v
* t
* e

2025–26 Russian Premier League managers

* Storozhuk (Akhmat)
* Tedeyev (Akron)
* Talalayev (Baltika)
* Celestini (CSKA Moscow)
* Bidzhiyev (Dynamo Makhachkala)
* Karpin (Dynamo Moscow)
* Musayev (Krasnodar)
* Adiyev (Krylia Sovetov Samara)
* Galaktionov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
* Slišković (Orenburg)
* Shpilevsky (Pari Nizhny Novgorod)
* Alba (Rostov)
* Rakhimov (Rubin Kazan)
* Moreno (Sochi)
* Stanković (Spartak Moscow)
* Semak (Zenit)

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* e

2025–26 Russian Premier League venues

* Ak Bars Arena (Kazan)
* Akhmat-Arena (Grozny)
* Arena Khimki (Khimki)
* Anzhi Arena (Kaspiysk)
* Fisht Olympic Stadium (Sochi)
* Kaliningrad Stadium (Kaliningrad)
* Krasnodar Stadium (Krasnodar)
* Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg)
* Lukoil Arena (Moscow)
* Nizhny Novgorod Stadium (Nizhny Novgorod)
* Rostov Arena (Rostov-on-Don)
* Lokomotiv Stadium (Moscow)
* Solidarnost Samara Arena (Samara)
* VEB Arena (Moscow)
* VTB Arena (Moscow)

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Football in Russia

* Russian Football Union
* Russian Premier League
* Russian First League
* Russian Second League
* Amateur Football League
* Crimean Premier League

National teams|

| Men|

* National team
* Second team
* Olympic (U-23)
* U-21
* U-20
* U-19
* U-17
* Students

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Women|

* Women's national team
* Women's U-19
* Women's U-17
* Women's U-15

League system|

| Men|

* Premier League
* First League
* Second League
* Division A
* Division B
* Amateur League
* Crimean Premier League
* Regional League

|

Women|

* Superleague

Youth|

* Youth Football League

Domestic cups|

| Men|

* Russian Cup
* Russian Super Cup
* FNL Cup
* Premier League Cup (defunct)
* Football Cup of the Russian SFSR (defunct)
* PFL Cup
* PFL-Pereprava Cup (young)

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Women|

* Russian Women's Cup

Awards|

* Footballer of the Year
* Sport-Express
* Futbol
* The best 33 (Russia)
* 100 club
* Grigory Fedotov club
* Igor Netto club
* Lev Yashin club

Lists|

* Soviet and Russian football champions
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* List of clubs
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* List of venues
* Foreign players
* All-time Table
* Records

Categories|

* Men's clubs
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* Men's players
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* Expatriate footballers
* Managers
* Referees
* Venues

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Top-level men's football leagues of Europe (UEFA)

Current|

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
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* Iceland
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* Republic of Ireland
* Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
* Scotland
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* Wales

Defunct|

* Austria
* Tagblatt Pokal
* Gauliga Ostmark
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Republic
* State
* Czechoslovakia
* Denmark
* East Germany
* England
* Finland
* Germany
* Bezirksliga Bayern
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* Hessen
* Nordmain
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* Pfalz
* Saar
* Südmain
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* Württemberg
* Nordkreis-Liga
* Oberliga Berlin
* Oberliga Nord
* Oberliga Süd
* Oberliga Südwest
* Oberliga West
* Südkreis-Liga
* Westkreis-Liga
* Gibraltar
* Herzeg-Bosnia
* Mandatory Palestine
* Scotland
* Premier Division
* Premier League
* Saarland
* Serbia and Montenegro
* Soviet Union
* Turkey
* Turkish Championship
* National Division
* Yugoslavia

Liechtenstein is the only UEFA member association without a national league.

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Top sport leagues in Russia

Leagues|

| Men's|

* American football
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* Futsal
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* Ice hockey
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Women's|

* Basketball
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Others|

| Individual|

* Athletics
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