Football in Russia

Football is a popular sport in Russia. The greatest international success had been winning the European Championship in 1960 by the Soviet national team as well as the UEFA Cup victory of CSKA Moscow (2005) and Zenit St Petersburg ( 2008) and the semi-finals of the Russians at Euro 2008.

Club operation

The football teams of Russia financially depend in large part by their funders and write deep in the red. Tickets and Merchandise are only a small part of the budget. The official Russian Football Union is the Rossijski Futbolny Soyuz (RFS ).

In addition to the Premjer - League, the second division is organized the 1st Division in 1994 as a nationwide professional league, currently with 22 teams. The third division, the second division, however, is divided into five regional trains: East, West, South, Central and Urals. For economic reasons, the number of participating clubs varies in the different trains between 12 and 19 and a total take in 2006, 81 teams in the game operation of the five trains part (2005 only 79 ). Under the second league of Russian amateur starts. 1994-1997 there were between the 2nd Division and the amateur leagues yet another professional league level, the 3rd league. The ten seasons of the top amateur leagues usually include several subjects of the Russian Federation, the only exceptions are the city and the surrounding Moscow Oblast, each forming their own season. The associations of the three top divisions take part in the Russian Cup.

League pyramid

10 parallel divisions

National

See main article: Russian national football team

In international tournaments the team of the country was very often there. Initially yet. Than the Soviet Union, at the European Championships in 1992 and again under the name of CIS

Known Russian players

See also: Category: Soccer player (Russia)

  • Andrei Arshavin ( storm ): repeated Footballer of the Year, UEFA Cup winners in 2008 with Zenit St Petersburg
  • Dmitri Loskow (Midfield): Footballer of the Year 2003
  • Sergei Ovchinnikov (Goalkeeper)
  • Igor Akinfejew (Goalkeeper)
  • Viktor Onopko ( defense ): Footballer of the Year in 1992 and 1993
  • Alexander Mostowoi (Midfield)
  • Alexander Kerschakow ( storm )
  • Dmitri Sychev ( storm ): Footballer of the Year 2004
  • Yegor Titov (Midfield): Footballer of the Year in 1998 and 2000
  • Roman Pavlyuchenko ( storm ): top scorer in 2006 with 18 goals and in 2007 with 14 goals

Former players of Russia or the Soviet Union

See also: Category: Soccer player (Soviet Union)

  • Igor Belanow
  • Oleg Blokhin
  • Lev Yashin
  • Nikolai Starostin
  • Eduard Strelzow
2004–05 UEFA Cup 2007–08 UEFA Cup Andrey Arshavin Aleksandr Kerzhakov Eduard Streltsov
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