Russian Football Premier League

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Poster

Established
2001 (24 years old)

First Recorded Event
2014-08-01

Current Season
2025-2026

Current Round
18

Level Above

Level Below
Russian Football National League

Sport
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Soccer

Location
Russia

Gender
Male

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Upcoming
07 Dec	Baltika K	4:00pm	Krylia So
07 Dec	Dynamo Ma	11:00am	Nizhny No
07 Dec	Krasnodar	4:00pm	CSKA Mosc
07 Dec	Sochi	1:30pm	Lokomotiv
28 Feb	Akhmat Gr	4:00pm	CSKA Mosc
28 Feb	Dynamo Ma	4:00pm	Rubin Kaz
28 Feb	Dynamo Mo	4:00pm	Krylia So
28 Feb	Krasnodar	4:00pm	Rostov
28 Feb	Lokomotiv	4:00pm	Nizhny No
28 Feb	Sochi	4:00pm	Spartak M
Results
06 Dec	Zenit Sai	2 - 0	Akron Tol
06 Dec	Spartak M	1 - 1	Dynamo Mo
06 Dec	Rostov	2 - 0	Rubin Kaz
05 Dec	Akhmat Gr	1 - 0	Orenburg
01 Dec	Sochi	0 - 0	Dynamo Ma
30 Nov	Zenit Sai	1 - 0	Rubin Kaz
30 Nov	Krasnodar	5 - 0	Krylia So
30 Nov	Rostov	1 - 3	Lokomotiv
30 Nov	Akhmat Gr	2 - 1	Dynamo Mo
29 Nov	CSKA Mosc	2 - 0	Orenburg

Description

The Russian Football Championship (Russian: Чемпионат России по футболу), or Russian Premier League, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. The competition is administered by the Russian Football Premier League. There are 16 teams in the competition. The league has two Champions League qualifying spots given to the top two teams at the end of the season and three Europa League spots are allocated to the third, fourth and fifth teams. The last two teams are relegated to the Russian National Football League at the end of the season. The Russian Premier League was established in 2001 and succeeded the Top Division. The Top Division was run by the Professional Football League of Russia. Creation of the Premier League is considered to give the clubs a greater degree of independence. The league is currently called Rosgosstrakh Russian Football Championship for sponsorship reasons,

CSKA Moscow is the current Russian Premier League champion.

Seasons

Teams

Akhmat Grozny	Akron Tolyatti	Baltika Kalinin	CSKA Moscow
Dynamo Makhachk	Dynamo Moscow	Krasnodar	Krylia Sovetov
Lokomotiv Moscow	Nizhny Novgorod	Orenburg	Rostov
Rubin Kazan	Sochi	Spartak Moscow	Zenit Saint Pet