Russian Premier League

The Russian Premier League (Russian: Чемпионат России по футболу, Chempionat Rossii po Futbolu) is a football league which is the top division in Russia. The league has games every year. The current champions are Zenit St. Petersburg. The team with the most titles is Spartak Moscow (10 titles).

Russian Premier League

Founded	2001
Country	Russia
Confederation	UEFA
Number of teams	16
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Russian National League
Domestic cup(s)	Russian Cup Russian Super Cup
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League UEFA Europa Conference League
Current champions	Zenit St. Petersburg (7th title) (2020–21)
Most championships	Spartak Moscow (10 titles)
Current: 2021–22 Russian Premier League

Clubs 2021–22

Akhmat Grozny Arsenal Tula CSKA Moscow Dynamo Moscow Khimki Krasnodar Krylia Sovetov Samara Lokomotiv Moscow

Nizhny Novgorod Rostov Rubin Kazan Sochi Spartak Moscow Ufa Ural Yekaterinburg Zenit St. Petersburg

Results

Top League

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third Place	Note
1992	Spartak Moscow (1)	Spartak Vladikavkaz	Dynamo Moscow
1993	Spartak Moscow (2)	Rotor Volgograd	Dynamo Moscow
1994	Spartak Moscow (3)	Dynamo Moscow	Lokomotiv Moscow
1995	Spartak Vladikavkaz (1)	Lokomotiv Moscow	Spartak Moscow
1996	Spartak Moscow (4)	Spartak Vladikavkaz	Rotor Volgograd
1997	Spartak Moscow (5)	Rotor Volgograd	Dynamo Moscow

Top Division

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third Place	Note
1998	Spartak Moscow (6)	CSKA Moscow	Lokomotiv Moscow
1999	Spartak Moscow (7)	Lokomotiv Moscow	CSKA Moscow
2000	Spartak Moscow (8)	Lokomotiv Moscow	Torpedo Moscow
2001	Spartak Moscow (9)	Lokomotiv Moscow	Zenit St Petersburg

Premier League

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third Place	Note
2002	Lokomotiv Moscow (1)	CSKA Moscow	Spartak Moscow
2003	CSKA Moscow (1)	Zenit St Petersburg	Rubin Kazan
2004	Lokomotiv Moscow (2)	CSKA Moscow	Krylia Sovetov Samara
2005	CSKA Moscow (2)	Spartak Moscow	Lokomotiv Moscow
2006	CSKA Moscow (3)	Spartak Moscow	Lokomotiv Moscow
2007	Zenit St Petersburg (1)	Spartak Moscow	CSKA Moscow
2008	Rubin Kazan (1)	CSKA Moscow	Dynamo Moscow
2009	Rubin Kazan (2)	Spartak Moscow	Zenit St Petersburg
2010	Zenit St Petersburg (2)	CSKA Moscow	Rubin Kazan
2011–12	Zenit St Petersburg (3)	Spartak Moscow	CSKA Moscow
2012–13	CSKA Moscow (4)	Zenit St Petersburg	Anzhi Makhachkala
2013–14	CSKA Moscow (5)	Zenit St Petersburg	Lokomotiv Moscow
2014–15	Zenit St Petersburg (4)	CSKA Moscow	Krasnodar
2015–16	CSKA Moscow (6)	Rostov	Zenit St Petersburg
2016–17	Spartak Moscow (10)	CSKA Moscow	Zenit St Petersburg
2017–18	Lokomotiv Moscow (3)	CSKA Moscow	Spartak Moscow
2018–19	Zenit St Petersburg (5)	Lokomotiv Moscow	Krasnodar
2019–20	Zenit St Petersburg (6)	Lokomotiv Moscow	Krasnodar
2020–21	Zenit St Petersburg (7)	Spartak Moscow	Lokomotiv Moscow

Result table

Club	Winners	2nd Place	3rd Place	Years won
Spartak Moscow	10	6	3	1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2016–17
Zenit St Petersburg	7	3	4	2007, 2010, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
CSKA Moscow	6	8	3	2003, 2005, 2006, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16
Lokomotiv Moscow	3	6	6	2002, 2004, 2017–18
Rubin Kazan	2	0	2	2008, 2009
Spartak Vladikavkaz	1	2	0	1995
Rotor Volgograd	0	2	1
Dynamo Moscow	0	1	4
Rostov	0	1	0
Krasnodar	0	0	3
Torpedo Moscow	0	0	1
Krylia Sovetov Samara	0	0	1
Anzhi Makhachkala	0	0	1

Sponsors

• 1995–97: Stimorol
• 1998–00: Pepsi
• 2006–10: Rosgosstrakh
• 2011–12: Sogaz
• 2014–15: Sogaz
• 2015–2018 : Rosgosstrakh
• 2018– : Liga Stavok

Related pages

• Russian Women's Football Championship

Other websites

• Official website
• History and statictics