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Russian Football Premier League

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Established
2001 (25 years old)

First Recorded Event
2014-08-01

Current Season
2026-2027

Current Round


Level Above


Level Below
Russian Football National League

Sport
Soccer

Location
Russia

Gender
Male

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		Upcoming
25 Jul 26	CSKA MosCSKA Moscow	3:00pm	Baltika Baltika Kaliningrad
25 Jul 26	Spartak Spartak Moscow	3:00pm	Rodina MRodina Moscow
25 Jul 26	LokomotiLokomotiv Moscow	3:00pm	Akhmat GAkhmat Grozny
25 Jul 26	OrenburgOrenburg	3:00pm	RostovRostov
25 Jul 26	Rubin KaRubin Kazan	3:00pm	KrasnodaKrasnodar
25 Jul 26	Dynamo MDynamo Moscow	3:00pm	Krylia SKrylia Sovetov Samara
25 Jul 26	Fakel VoFakel Voronezh	3:00pm	Dynamo MDynamo Makhachkala
25 Jul 26	Akron ToAkron Tolyatti	3:00pm	Zenit SaZenit Saint Petersburg
01 Aug 26	CSKA MosCSKA Moscow	3:00pm	Krylia SKrylia Sovetov Samara
01 Aug 26	KrasnodaKrasnodar	3:00pm	Fakel VoFakel Voronezh
		Results
23 May 26	Akron TolAkron Tolyatti	0 - 1	Rotor VolRotor Volgograd
23 May 26	Dynamo MaDynamo Makhachkala	2 - 0	Ural YekaUral Yekaterinburg
20 May 26	Rotor VolRotor Volgograd	0 - 2	Akron TolAkron Tolyatti
20 May 26	Ural YekaUral Yekaterinburg	0 - 1	Dynamo MaDynamo Makhachkala
17 May 26	KrasnodarKrasnodar	3 - 0	OrenburgOrenburg
17 May 26	Dynamo MaDynamo Makhachkala	0 - 0	Spartak MSpartak Moscow
17 May 26	SochiSochi	1 - 1	Akhmat GrAkhmat Grozny
17 May 26	Rubin KazRubin Kazan	2 - 2	Nizhny NoNizhny Novgorod
17 May 26	Krylia SoKrylia Sovetov Samara	4 - 1	Akron TolAkron Tolyatti
17 May 26	CSKA MoscCSKA Moscow	3 - 1	LokomotivLokomotiv Moscow

Description

The Russian Premier League (RPL; Russian: Российская премьер-лига, Rossiyskaya premyer-liga; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is a professional association football league in Russia and the highest level of the Russian football league system. It was established at the end of 2001 as the Russian Football Premier League (RFPL; Russian: Российская футбольная премьер-лига; РФПЛ) and was rebranded in 2018. 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).

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. However, those have all been suspended due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, along with the national team's participation in international competitions. 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.

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 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.

Since the introduction of the Russian Premier League in 2002, Zenit Saint Petersburg (11 times), Spartak Moscow (10 times), CSKA Moscow (6 times), Lokomotiv Moscow (3 times), Rubin Kazan (2 times) and Krasnodar (1 time) have won the title. Zenit are the reigning champions, winning the competition in 2025–26.


Seasons

Teams

Akhmat Grozny		Akron Tolyatti		Baltika Kalinin
CSKA Moscow		Dynamo Makhachk		Dynamo Moscow
Fakel Voronezh		Krasnodar		Krylia Sovetov
Lokomotiv Moscow		Orenburg		Rodina Moscow
Rostov		Rubin Kazan		Spartak Moscow
Zenit Saint Pet

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Last 5 winners
FC Krasnodar (2024-2025)
Zenit St Petersburg (2023-2024)
Zenit St Petersburg (2022-2023)
Zenit St Petersburg (2020-2021)
Zenit St Petersburg (2019-2020)

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