2020–21 Russian Premier League

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Russian Premier League
Season2020–21
Dates8 August 2020 – 16 May 2021
Matches played152
Goals scored376 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorerSardar Azmoun
Artem Dzyuba
(10 goals)
Biggest home winZenit 6–0 Ufa
(26 September 2020)
Biggest away winUfa 0–3 Krasnodar
(9 August 2020)
Akhmat 0–3 CSKA
(30 August 2020)
Highest scoringKrasnodar 7–2 Khimki
(18 September 2020)
Longest winning run4 matches
Zenit Saint Petersburg
Longest unbeaten run7 matches
Sochi
Longest winless run10 matches
Rotor Volgograd
Longest losing run3 matches
Rotor Volgograd
Total attendance453,607
Average attendance7,200
2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 8 April 2020.

The 2020–21 Russian Premier League is the 29th season of the premier football competition in Russia since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the 17th under the current Russian Premier League name.

Teams[edit]

As in the previous season, 16 teams are playing in the 2020–21 season. After the 2019–20 season, Orenburg and Krylia Sovetov were relegated to the 2020–21 Russian Football National League. Both return to the second tier after a two-year stay in the top tier. They were replaced by Rotor and Khimki, the winners and runners up of the 2019–20 Russian Football National League. Rotor Volgograd return to the Premier League after a 16-year absence, while Khimki return after an 11-year absence.

Venues[edit]

Zenit Saint Petersburg Rotor Khimki Rostov
Krestovsky Stadium Volgograd Arena Arena Khimki Rostov Arena
Capacity: 67,800 Capacity: 45,568 Capacity: 18,636 Capacity: 45,000
Spb 06-2017 img40 Krestovsky Stadium (cropped).jpg Volgograd arena aerial view 1.jpg 16.09.2012 ЦСКА-АЛАНИЯ.JPG Rostov Arena2018 (cropped).jpg
Spartak Moscow
Locations of teams in 2020–21 Russian Premier League
Locations of teams in 2020-21 Russian Premier League in Moscow
 Ural Yekaterinburg
Otkritie Arena Central Stadium
Capacity: 44,307 Capacity: 35,696
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Krasnodar Akhmat Grozny
Krasnodar Stadium Akhmat-Arena
Capacity: 34,291 Capacity: 30,597
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CSKA Moscow Lokomotiv Moscow
VEB Arena RZD Arena
Capacity: 30,457 Capacity: 27,320
Arena CSKA.jpg Lokomotiv Stadium.jpg
Sochi Tambov
Fisht Olympic Stadium Mordovia Arena
Capacity: 47,659 Capacity: 44,442
Sochi adler aerial view 2018 23.jpg MordoviaArenaStadium.jpg
Arsenal Tula Dynamo Moscow Ufa Rubin Kazan
Arsenal Stadium VTB Arena Neftyanik Stadium Ak Bars Arena
Capacity: 20,048 Capacity: 26,319 Capacity: 15,132 Capacity: 45,093
Arsenal Stadium in Tula.jpg VTB Arena8.jpg Stadium Neftyanick Ufa - Ural.jpg Казань арена.jpg

Personnel and kits[edit]

Team Location Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Akhmat Grozny Russia Andrei Talalayev Russia Oleg Ivanov Germany Adidas Akhmat Foundation
Arsenal Tula Ukraine Dmytro Parfenov Russia Yevgeni Lutsenko Germany Adidas SPLAV
CSKA Moscow Belarus Viktor Goncharenko Russia Igor Akinfeev Spain Joma X-Holding
Dynamo Moscow Germany Sandro Schwarz Russia Anton Shunin Spain Kelme VTB
Khimki Khimki Tajikistan Igor Cherevchenko Russia Dmitri Tikhiy Germany Puma Parimatch
Krasnodar Krasnodar Russia Murad Musayev Belarus Alyaksandr Martynovich Germany Puma 1XBET
Lokomotiv Moscow Serbia Marko Nikolić Croatia Vedran Ćorluka Germany Adidas RZhD
Rostov Rostov-on-Don Russia Valeri Karpin Russia Aleksei Ionov Germany Puma TNS Energo
Rotor Volgograd Belarus Alyaksandr Khatskevich Russia Azat Bairyyev United States Nike Marathonbet
Rubin Kazan Russia Leonid Slutsky Croatia Filip Uremović Germany Jako TAIF
Sochi Sochi Russia Vladimir Fedotov Russia Soslan Dzhanayev United States Nike
Spartak Moscow Italy Domenico Tedesco Russia Georgi Dzhikiya United States Nike Lukoil
Tambov Tambov Russia Sergei Pervushin Russia Sergey Ryzhikov United States Nike Parimatch
Ufa Ufa Tajikistan Rashid Rakhimov Slovenia Bojan Jokić Spain Joma BetBoom
Ural Yekaterinburg Russia Yuri Matveyev Ukraine Denys Kulakov United States Nike TMK
Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia Sergei Semak Russia Artem Dzyuba United States Nike Gazprom

Managerial changes[edit]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Akhmat Grozny Russia Igor Shalimov Contract expired 26 July 2020[1] Off-season Russia Andrei Talalayev 26 July 2020[1] Off-season
Khimki Russia Sergei Yuran Fired 1 August 2020[2] Off-season Russia Dmitri Gunko 1 August 2020[3] Off-season
Khimki Russia Dmitri Gunko Mutual consent 21 September 2020[4] 15th Tajikistan Igor Cherevchenko 25 September 2020[5] 15th
Dynamo Russia Kirill Novikov Resigned 29 September 2020[6] 9th Belarus Alyaksandr Kulchy (caretaker) 29 September 2020 9th
Ufa Russia Vadim Evseev Mutual consent 7 October 2020[7] 15th Tajikistan Rashid Rakhimov 11 October 2020[8] 15th
Dynamo Belarus Alyaksandr Kulchy (caretaker) End of role 14 October 2020 6th Germany Sandro Schwarz 14 October 2020[9] 6th
Arsenal Russia Sergei Podpaly[10] Fired 2 November 2020 13th Ukraine Dmytro Parfenov 2 November 2020 13th

Tournament format and regulations[edit]

Basic[edit]

The 16 teams will play a round-robin tournament whereby each team plays each one of the other teams twice, once at home and once away. Thus, a total of 240 matches will be played, with 30 matches played by each team.[11]

Promotion and relegation[edit]

The teams that finish 15th and 16th will be relegated to the FNL 2021–22, while the top 2 in that league will be promoted to the 2021–22 season.[11]

The 13th and 14th Premier League teams will play the 4th and 3rd FNL 2020–21 teams respectively in two (home-and-away) playoff games with the winners securing Premier League spots for the 2021–22 season. In case one of the Premier League teams that finish 13th and 14th will not pass licensing for the 2021–22 Premier League season, the other Premier League club will remain in the league, and the 3rd and 4th FNL teams will play each other in a two games playoff for the remaining spot. In case one of the FNL teams that finish 3rd and 4th will not pass licensing for the 2021–22 Premier League season, the team that finished Premier League in 13th place will remain in the league, and the team that finished 14th will play the FNL team that passed licensing in a two game playoffs, with the winner securing the Premier League spot. In case only two of the clubs otherwise eligible for the playoffs pass licensing for the 2020–21 season, the playoffs will not be held and the clubs that passed licensing will get the Premier League spots. In case any teams otherwise eligible for the 2021–22 Premier League (including the top 2 2020–21 FNL clubs) will not pass licensing or will be unable to participate in the season for any other reason, the spots will be passed on to the teams that lost in the playoffs, in order of their 2020–21 league position, with the Premier League positions considered higher than FNL positions (for example, if 13th Premier League team and 3rd FNL team lose in the playoffs, the spot will go to the 13th Premier League team). If, after following these procedures, there are still 2021–22 Premier League spots available (in case 3 or more teams otherwise qualified are unable to participate), the remaining replacements will be chosen by the Russian Football Union with agreement of the Premier League and FNL.[11]

Season events[edit]

On 13 September 2020, the league cancelled the game between FC Rotor Volgograd and FC Krasnodar due to more than 7 positive COVID-19 tests among the Rotor players and staff.[12] On 16 September 2020, Russian Football Union assigned a 3–0 victory to Krasnodar.[13] On 18 September 2020, the league cancelled the game between FC Rostov and Rotor originally scheduled for 19 September due to continuing positive virus tests at Rotor.[14] On 22 September 2020, Russian Football Union assigned a 3–0 victory to Rostov.[15]

League table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Zenit Saint Petersburg 19 12 5 2 43 15 +28 41 Qualification to the Champions League group stage
2 CSKA Moscow 19 11 4 4 35 17 +18 37 Qualification to the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Spartak Moscow 19 10 5 4 33 21 +12 35 Qualification to the Europa Conference League third qualifying round
4 Sochi 19 9 6 4 28 22 +6 33 Qualification to the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
5 Rostov 19 10 2 7 24 20 +4 32
6 Dynamo Moscow 19 9 3 7 24 21 +3 30[a]
7 Krasnodar 19 9 3 7 35 19 +16 30[a]
8 Lokomotiv Moscow 19 8 4 7 21 25 −4 28[b]
9 Rubin Kazan 19 8 4 7 24 25 −1 28[b]
10 Akhmat Grozny 19 7 5 7 19 21 −2 26
11 Khimki 19 7 4 8 24 30 −6 25
12 Ural Yekaterinburg 19 4 9 6 16 23 −7 21
13 Rotor Volgograd 19 3 5 11 9 30 −21 14[c] Qualification to the Relegation play-offs
14 Arsenal Tula 19 3 5 11 17 30 −13 14[c]
15 Ufa 19 3 4 12 14 31 −17 13[d] Relegation to the Football National League
16 Tambov 19 3 4 12 13 29 −16 13[d]
Updated to match(es) played on 18 December 2020. Source: Premier Liga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head matches won; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Matches won; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Play-off.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Dynamo 3, Krasnodar 0.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Lokomotiv 6, Rubin 0.
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Rotor 4, Arsenal 1.
  4. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Ufa 3, Tambov 3. Head-to-head goal difference: Ufa +2, Tambov -2.

Results[edit]

Home \ Away ZEN CSK SPA SOC ROS DYN KRA LOK RUB AKH KHI URA ROT ARS UFA TAM
Zenit Saint Petersburg — 2–1 3–1 3–1 3–1 3–1 1–2 5–1 3–1 6–0 4–1
CSKA Moscow — 3–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–2 2–2 2–2 5–1 2–1
Spartak Moscow 1–1 — 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 5–1
Sochi 1–0 — 4–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1
Rostov 0–2 1–3 — 4–1 0–0 3–0 0–2 1–0 3–0 0–1
Dynamo Moscow 1–0 3–1 2–0 — 2–0 5–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0
Krasnodar 1–1 1–3 1–1 — 5–0 3–1 7–2 5–0 2–0 1–0 1–0
Lokomotiv Moscow 0–0 1–0 — 3–1 2–3 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–0
Rubin Kazan 1–0 0–2 0–2 0–2 — 1–1 1–1 3–1 3–0 2–2
Akhmat Grozny 2–2 0–3 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 — 2–0 3–1 3–1
Khimki 0–2 0–2 2–3 1–0 1–0 3–2 2–0 1–2 — 1–1 1–0
Ural Yekaterinburg 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 3–1 — 0–0
Rotor Volgograd 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–3 1–3 0–0 — 1–0 1–0 0–2
Arsenal Tula 0–0 3–2 2–3 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 — 2–3
Ufa 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–0 — 4–0
Tambov 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 18 December 2020. Source: Russian Premier League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round[edit]

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Zenit Saint Petersburg21111211111322211111
CSKA Moscow4258954343321112332
Spartak Moscow7462213222213333223
Sochi8973332454676568764
Rostov67109668737565654545
Dynamo Moscow5525445596854445456
Krasnodar16471097678781010910987
Lokomotiv Moscow33347810865447887678
Rubin Kazan12101312810698999891091099
Akhmat Grozny1013865791010101010977681010
Khimki15141515151515151414141414141212121111
Ural Yekaterinburg1311121012111111111113131111111111121212
Rotor Volgograd14151616161616161616161515151516161613
Arsenal Tula9121413111314121212111213121313131314
Ufa168911131213141515151616161615141415
Tambov11161114141412131313121112131414151516
Updated to match(es) played on 18 December 2020. Source: https://eng.premierliga.ru/tournaments/championship/tournament-table/

Season statistics[edit]

Top goalscorers[edit]

As of matches played on 12 December 2020.[16]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Iran Sardar Azmoun Zenit Saint Petersburg 11
Russia Artem Dzyuba Zenit Saint Petersburg
3 Sweden Marcus Berg Krasnodar 9
4 Sweden Jordan Larsson Spartak Moscow 8
Ecuador Christian Noboa Sochi
Argentina Ezequiel Ponce Spartak Moscow
Croatia Nikola Vlašić CSKA Moscow
8 Serbia Đorđe Despotović Rubin Kazan 7
9 Kosovo Bernard Berisha Akhmat Grozny 6
France Rémy Cabella Krasnodar
Russia Konstantin Kuchayev CSKA Moscow
Russia Daniil Lesovoy Arsenal Tula
Dynamo Moscow
Russia Aleksandr Yerokhin Zenit Saint Petersburg

Top assists[edit]

As of matches played on 12 December 2020.[17]
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Russia Zelimkhan Bakayev Spartak Moscow 5
Ukraine Oleh Danchenko Ufa
Russia Timofei Margasov Sochi
Brazil Douglas Santos Zenit Saint Petersburg
Croatia Nikola Vlašić CSKA Moscow
6 Russia Fyodor Chalov CSKA Moscow 4
Russia Artem Dzyuba Zenit Saint Petersburg
Russia Aleksei Ionov Krasnodar
Sweden Jordan Larsson Spartak Moscow
Russia Anton Miranchuk Lokomotiv Moscow
Poland Sebastian Szymański Dynamo Moscow

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Андрей Талалаев назначен главным тренером ФК «Ахмат»" (in Russian). FC Akhmat Grozny. 26 July 2020.
  2. ^ "СЕРГЕЙ ЮРАН ПОКИДАЕТ «ХИМКИ»" (in Russian). FC Khimki. 1 August 2020.
  3. ^ "ДМИТРИЙ ГУНЬКО - ГЛАВНЫЙ ТРЕНЕР «ХИМОК»" (in Russian). FC Khimki. 1 August 2020.
  4. ^ "«ХИМКИ» ПРЕКРАЩАЮТ СОТРУДНИЧЕСТВО С ДМИТРИЕМ ГУНЬКО ПО ОБОЮДНОМУ СОГЛАСИЮ" (in Russian). FC Khimki. 21 September 2020.
  5. ^ "ИГОРЬ ЧЕРЕВЧЕНКО ВОЗГЛАВИЛ «ХИМКИ»" (in Russian). FC Khimki. 25 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Руководство «Динамо» приняло отставку Кирилла Новикова" (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 29 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Вадим Евсеев покидает пост главного тренера" (in Russian). FC Ufa. 7 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Рашид Рахимов – главный тренер ФК Уфа!". fcufa.pro/ (in Russian). FC Ufa. 11 October 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Сандро Шварц — новый главный тренер футбольного клуба «Динамо» Москва". fcdynamo.ru/ (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  10. ^ "ДМИТРИЙ ПАРФЕНОВ – ГЛАВНЫЙ ТРЕНЕР «АРСЕНАЛА»" [Dmytro Parfenov is the head coach of Arsenal] (in Russian). FC Arsenal Tula. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  11. ^ a b c "Регламент Тинькофф Российской Премьер-Лиги сезона 2020/21" [Tinkoff Russian Premier League 2020–21 regulations] (PDF) (in Russian). Russian Premier League. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Матч «Ротор» – «Краснодар» не состоится" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 13 September 2020.
  13. ^ "Итоги Контрольно-дисциплинарного комитета РФС" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 16 September 2020.
  14. ^ "Матч «Ростов» – «Ротор» не состоится" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 18 September 2020.
  15. ^ "Итоги КДК РФС" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 22 September 2020.
  16. ^ "Best Scorers". Russian Premier League. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  17. ^ "Top Assists". Russian Premier League. Retrieved 12 January 2021.

External links[edit]

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