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Russian Premier League
Organising bodyRussian Football Union (RFU)
Founded1992 (as Top League)
2001 (as Premier League)
CountryRussia
ConfederationUEFA
Number of clubs16
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toFirst League
Domestic cup(s)Russian Cup
Russian Super Cup
Current championsZenit Saint Petersburg (11th title)
(2025–26)
Most championships Zenit Saint Petersburg (11 titles)
Most appearancesIgor Akinfeev (615)
Top scorerArtem Dzyuba (178)
Broadcaster(s)List of broadcasters
Websitepremierliga.ru
Current: 2026–27 Russian Premier League

The Russian Premier League (RPL; Russian: Российская премьер-лига, Rossiyskaya premyer-liga; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga,[1] is a professional association football league in Russia and the highest level of the Russian football league system.[2] 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.[3] 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).[4]

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.[5] However, those have all been suspended, along with the national team's participation in international competitions.[6] 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.[7]

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 2026, the league is called Alfa-Bank Russian Premier League (Russian: Альфа Банк Российская премьер-лига), also written as Mir Russian Premier Liga (after the bank ), for sponsorship reasons.[8]

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.

History

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After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, starting in 1992, each former Soviet republic organized an independent national championship. In Russia, the six Russian teams who had played in the Soviet Top League in 1991 (CSKA Moscow, Spartak Moscow, Torpedo Moscow, Dynamo Moscow, Spartak Vladikavkaz, and Lokomotiv Moscow) were supplemented with 14 teams from lower divisions to form a 20-team Russian Top Division. The Top Division was divided into two groups to reduce the total number of matches. The number of teams in the Top Division was reduced to 18 in 1993 and 16 in 1994. Since then, the Russian Top Division (and the Premier League since 2002) has consisted of 16 teams, except for a short-lived experiment with having two more teams in 1996 and 1997.[9][citation needed]

Spartak Moscow won nine of the first ten titles. Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz was the only team which managed to break Spartak's dominance, winning the top division title in 1995. Lokomotiv Moscow have won the title three times,[10] and CSKA Moscow six times.[11][citation needed] In 2007, Zenit St. Petersburg won the title for the first time in their history in Russian professional football; they had also won a Soviet title in 1984. 2008 brought the rise of Rubin Kazan, a club entirely new to the Russian top flight, as it had never competed in the Soviet Top League.[citation needed]

In preparation for the 2018–19 season, it was decided to hold a rebranding in which a new logo was presented.[12][13][14][15][16]

In 2022, all Russian club and national teams were banned from European competition indefinitely. Spartak Moscow, who were competing in the UEFA Europa League and were the only Russian club team remaining in European competition at the time, were disqualified from their tie against RB Leipzig, who advanced on a walkover.[6]

Competition

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Russian Premier League match between Zenit and Dynamo (the last Zenit match at the Kirov Stadium, stadium had been already partially demolished.)

Teams in the Russian Premier League play each other twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 30 matches. Three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss. If teams are level on points, the tie-breakers are the number of wins, then the goal difference, followed by several other factors. If the teams are tied for the first position, the tie-breakers are the number of wins, then head-to-head results. If the teams tied for the first place cannot be separated by these tie-breakers, a championship play-off is ordered.[citation needed]

Russian Premier League match between Lokomotiv and Spartak at the RZD Arena

As of 2020–21 season, the champions qualify for the UEFA Champions League group stage. The runners-up qualifies for the Champions League third qualifying round. The third and fourth-place teams qualify for the UEFA Europa Conference League. If the winner of Russian Cup ends in first or second on the championship in same season, then the third-place team qualifies to UEFA Europa League group stage, while fourth and fifth-place teams qualify for the UEFA Europa Conference League instead. The bottom two teams are relegated to the First League. Starting on the 2020–21 season the teams ranked in 13th and 14th-place play a two legs relegation play-off against 4th and 3rd-place team from National League. The two winners of this play-off secures the right to play in Premier League in following season.[citation needed]

Unlike most other European football leagues, the league traditionally used to run in summer, from March to November, to avoid playing games in the cold and snowy weather in winter. This was altered ahead of the 2012–13 season, with the league planning to run the season from autumn to spring. The transitional season of the competition began in early 2011 and continued until summer of 2012. After the 16 Premier League teams played each other twice over the course of the 2011 calendar year, they were split into two groups of eight, and the teams played other teams in their groups two more times for a total of 44 games (30 in 2011 and 14 in 2012). Those two groups were contested in spring 2012, with the top eight clubs playing for the title and European places. The other sides vied to avoid relegation: the bottom two went down while the next two played off against the sides third and fourth in the National Football League, with the two losers being relegated (or denied promotion).[17] Under the current autumn-spring calendar, the league takes a three-month winter break from mid-December until mid-March. Merging the calendar with other UEFA leagues however, has increased numbers of games in winter. This has resulted in the Russian Far East and Siberian teams being forced to play more home games in hostile weather conditions which affected the Premier League when SKA Khabarovsk took part.[18]

Youth championship

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The Youth championship (Russian: Молодежное первенство), also known as Youth teams championship (Russian: Первенство молодёжных команд), Reserve team tournament (Russian: Турнир дублирующих составов) or Reserves tournament (Russian: Турнир дублёров), full name Youth football championship of Russia among teams of clubs of the Premier League (Russian: Молодёжное Первенство России по футболу среди команд клубов Премьер-Лиги), is a league that runs in parallel to the Russian Premier League and includes the youth or reserve teams of the Russian Premier League teams. The number of players a team can have on the pitch at a time that are over 21 years of age or without a Russian citizenship is limited. 16 teams participate in the league. Matches are commonly played a day before the match of the senior teams of the respective teams. All of the Russian Premier League teams are obliged to have a youth team that would participate in the Youth championship. The teams that are promoted from the National Football League and do not have a youth team must create one. The teams in the league are not relegated based on their final league position, but on the league position of their respective clubs' senior teams.[citation needed]

However, some Premier League clubs have three teams. Apart from the senior team and the team that plays in the Youth championship a team might have another senior team that plays in a lower division of Russian football and serves as the farm team for the main team. An example is Krasnodar-2, playing in the Russian First League.[citation needed]

Reserves tournament champions (2001–2007)
Youth championship winners (since 2008)

UEFA club rankings

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In 2022 Russia have been suspended from UEFA and from participating in UEFA competitions and therefore the UEFA coefficient ranking of the Russian Premier League is an automatic 0.

Current clubs

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The following teams are competing in the 2025–26 season:

Team Home city Stadium Capacity Head coach
Akron Tolyatti Zhigulyovsk Solidarity Samara Arena 42,389[19] Russia Zaur Tedeyev
Akhmat Grozny Grozny Akhmat Arena 30,000[20] Russia Stanislav Cherchesov
Baltika Kaliningrad Kaliningrad Rostec Arena 33,399[21] Russia Andrey Talalayev
CSKA Moscow Moscow VEB Arena 29,071[22] Switzerland Fabio Celestini
Dynamo Makhachkala Makhachkala Anzhi Arena 26,364[23] Russia Vadim Yevseyev
Dynamo Moscow Moscow VTB Arena 25,716[24] Russia Rolan Gusev
Krasnodar Krasnodar Ozon Arena 33,395[25] Russia Murad Musayev
Krylia Sovetov Samara Solidarity Samara Arena 42,389[26] Russia Magomed Adiyev
Lokomotiv Moscow Moscow RZD Arena 27,084[27] Russia Mikhail Galaktionov
FC Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod Sovcombank Arena 42,532[28] Belarus Aleksey Shpilevsky
Orenburg Orenburg Gazovik 10,046[29] Russia Ildar Akhmetzyanov
Rostov Rostov-on-Don Rostov Arena 45,415[30] Spain Jonatan Alba
Rubin Kazan Kazan Ak Bars Arena 43,284[31] Spain Franc Artiga
Sochi Sochi Fisht 45,994[32] Russia Igor Osinkin
Spartak Moscow Moscow Lukoil Arena 44,897[33] Spain Juan Carlos Carcedo
Zenit Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg Gazprom Arena 60,177[34] Russia Sergei Semak

Champions

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Season Champions Runners-up Third place Top scorer
1992 Spartak Moscow Spartak Vladikavkaz Dynamo Moscow Russia Yuri Matveyev (Uralmash Yekaterinburg, 20 goals)
1993 Spartak Moscow (2) Rotor Volgograd Dynamo Moscow (2) Russia Victor Panchenko (KamAZ Naberezhnye Chelny, 21 goals)
1994 Spartak Moscow (3) Dynamo Moscow Lokomotiv Moscow Russia Igor Simutenkov (Dinamo Moscow, 21 goals)
1995 Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz Lokomotiv Moscow Spartak Moscow Russia Oleg Veretennikov (Rotor Volgograd, 25 goals)
1996 Spartak Moscow (4) Alania Vladikavkaz (2) Rotor Volgograd Russia Aleksandr Maslov (Rostselmash, 23 goals)
1997 Spartak Moscow (5) Rotor Volgograd (2) Dynamo Moscow (3) Russia Oleg Veretennikov (Rotor Volgograd, 22 goals)
1998 Spartak Moscow (6) CSKA Moscow Lokomotiv Moscow (2) Russia Oleg Veretennikov (Rotor Volgograd, 22 goals)
1999 Spartak Moscow (7) Lokomotiv Moscow (2) CSKA Moscow Georgia (country) Georgi Demetradze (Alania Vladikavkaz, 21 goals)
2000 Spartak Moscow (8) Lokomotiv Moscow (3) Torpedo Moscow Russia Dmitri Loskov (Lokomotiv Moscow, 18 goals)
2001 Spartak Moscow (9) Lokomotiv Moscow (4) Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia Dmitri Vyazmikin (Torpedo Moscow, 18 goals)
2002 Lokomotiv Moscow CSKA Moscow (2) Spartak Moscow (2) Russia Rolan Gusev (CSKA Moscow, 15 goals)
Russia Dmitri Kirichenko (CSKA Moscow, 15 goals)
2003 CSKA Moscow Zenit Saint Petersburg Rubin Kazan Russia Dmitri Loskov (Lokomotiv Moscow, 14 goals)
2004 Lokomotiv Moscow (2) CSKA Moscow (3) Krylia Sovetov Samara Russia Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Zenit St. Petersburg, 18 goals)
2005 CSKA Moscow (2) Spartak Moscow Lokomotiv Moscow (3) Russia Dmitri Kirichenko (Moscow, 14 goals)
2006 CSKA Moscow (3) Spartak Moscow (2) Lokomotiv Moscow (4) Russia Roman Pavlyuchenko (Spartak Moscow, 18 goals)
2007 Zenit Saint Petersburg Spartak Moscow (3) CSKA Moscow (2) Russia Roman Pavlyuchenko (Spartak Moscow, 14 goals)
Russia Roman Adamov (Moscow, 14 goals)
2008 Rubin Kazan CSKA Moscow (4) Dynamo Moscow (4) Brazil Vágner Love (CSKA Moscow, 20 goals)
2009 Rubin Kazan (2) Spartak Moscow (4) Zenit Saint Petersburg (2) Brazil Welliton (Spartak Moscow, 21 goals)
2010 Zenit Saint Petersburg (2) CSKA Moscow (5) Rubin Kazan (2) Brazil Welliton (Spartak Moscow, 19 goals)
2011–12 Zenit Saint Petersburg (3) Spartak Moscow (5) CSKA Moscow (3) Ivory Coast Seydou Doumbia (CSKA Moscow, 28 goals)
2012–13 CSKA Moscow (4) Zenit Saint Petersburg (2) Anzhi Makhachkala Armenia Yura Movsisyan (Krasnodar/Spartak Moscow, 13 goals)
Brazil Wánderson (Krasnodar, 13 goals)
2013–14 CSKA Moscow (5) Zenit Saint Petersburg (3) Lokomotiv Moscow (5) Ivory Coast Seydou Doumbia (CSKA Moscow, 18 goals)
2014–15 Zenit Saint Petersburg (4) CSKA Moscow (6) Krasnodar Brazil Hulk (Zenit Saint Petersburg, 15 goals)
2015–16 CSKA Moscow (6) Rostov Zenit Saint Petersburg (3) Russia Fyodor Smolov (Krasnodar, 20 goals)
2016–17 Spartak Moscow (10) CSKA Moscow (7) Zenit Saint Petersburg (4) Russia Fyodor Smolov (Krasnodar, 18 goals)
2017–18 Lokomotiv Moscow (3) CSKA Moscow (8) Spartak Moscow (3) Netherlands Quincy Promes (Spartak Moscow, 15 goals)
2018–19 Zenit Saint Petersburg (5) Lokomotiv Moscow (5) Krasnodar (2) Russia Fyodor Chalov (CSKA Moscow, 15 goals)
2019–20 Zenit Saint Petersburg (6) Lokomotiv Moscow (6) Krasnodar (3) Iran Sardar Azmoun (Zenit Saint Petersburg, 17 goals)
Russia Artem Dzyuba (Zenit Saint Petersburg, 17 goals)
2020–21 Zenit Saint Petersburg (7) Spartak Moscow (6) Lokomotiv Moscow (6) Russia Artem Dzyuba (Zenit Saint Petersburg, 20 goals)
2021–22 Zenit Saint Petersburg (8) Sochi Dynamo Moscow (5) Russia Gamid Agalarov (Ufa, 19 goals)
2022–23 Zenit Saint Petersburg (9) CSKA Moscow (9) Spartak Moscow (4) Brazil Malcom (Zenit Saint Petersburg, 23 goals)
2023–24 Zenit Saint Petersburg (10) Krasnodar (1) Dynamo Moscow (6) Colombia Mateo Cassierra (Zenit Saint Petersburg, 21 goals)
2024–25 Krasnodar (1) Zenit Saint Petersburg (4) CSKA Moscow (4) Costa Rica Manfred Ugalde (Spartak Moscow, 17 goals)
2025-26 Zenit Saint Petersburg (11) Krasnodar (2) Lokomotiv Moscow (7) Colombia Jhon Córdoba (Krasnodar, 17 goals)

Performance by club

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Club Winners Runners-up Third place Seasons won
Zenit Saint Petersburg
11
4
4
2007, 2010, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2025–26
Spartak Moscow
10
6
4
1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2016–17
CSKA Moscow
6
9
4
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
Krasnodar
1
2
3
2024–25
Alania Vladikavkaz
1
2
0
1995
Rotor Volgograd
0
2
1
Dynamo Moscow
0
1
6
Rostov
0
1
0
Sochi
0
1
0
Torpedo Moscow
0
0
1
Krylia Sovetov Samara
0
0
1
Anzhi Makhachkala
0
0
1
Total 33 33 33

Russian all-time champions

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Club Titles Seasons Won Runners up
Spartak Moscow221936(a), 1938, 1939, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1962, 1969, 1979, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2016–1718
CSKA Moscow131946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1970, 1991, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–1613
Zenit Saint Petersburg121984, 2007, 2010, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2025–264
Dynamo Moscow111936(s), 1937, 1940, 1945, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1963, 1976(s)12
Lokomotiv Moscow32002, 2004, 2017–187
Torpedo Moscow31960, 1965, 1976(a)3
Rubin Kazan22008, 20090
Alania Vladikavkaz119952
Krasnodar12024–251

Most seasons by club (1992–2026)

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A total of 52 teams have competed in at least one season at the top division. Spartak Moscow, CSKA Moscow and Lokomotiv Moscow are the only teams to have played in the top division in every season since the league's inception at 1992. The teams in bold participate in the 2025–26 Premier League.

Seasons Clubs
34 Spartak Moscow, CSKA Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow
33 Dynamo Moscow
32 Rostov
31 Zenit Saint Petersburg, Krylia Sovetov Samara
22 Rubin Kazan
19 Akhmat Grozny
17 Torpedo Moscow
16 Alania Vladikavkaz, Ural Yekaterinburg
15 Krasnodar
14 Rotor Volgograd, Amkar Perm
12 Saturn Ramenskoye
11 Anzhi Makhachkala
10 Shinnik Yaroslavl
9 Moscow, Tom Tomsk, Kuban Krasnodar
8 Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod, Chernomorets Novorossiysk, Ufa
7 Zhemchuzhina-Sochi, Arsenal Tula, Fakel Voronezh, Khimki, Orenburg
6 Spartak Nalchik, Sochi
5 Tekstilshchik Kamyshin, KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny, Uralan Elista, Tyumen, Baltika Kaliningrad, Nizhny Novgorod
4 Luch Vladivostok
3 Dynamo Stavropol, Volga Nizhny Novgorod, Mordovia Saransk
2 Okean Nakhodka, Asmaral Moscow, Sokol Saratov, Lada-Tolyatti, Tambov, Akron Tolyatti, Dynamo Makhachkala
1 Sibir Novosibirsk, Tosno, SKA-Khabarovsk, Yenisey Krasnoyarsk

All-time table

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As of the end of the 2021–22 season. Teams in bold compete in 2024–25 Premier League.
RankClub1SeasonsSpellsMost
recent
season
Played2WonDrawnLostGoalsPoints3GoldSilverBronzeNotes
1Spartak Moscow3018934702041891551-91716701054
2CSKA Moscow3018934492022121288-8161607683
3Lokomotiv Moscow3018934242401991262-8101572366
4Zenit Saint Petersburg2728023952101671448-7831247734
5Dynamo Moscow2928623392402531152-9561297-14
6Krylya Sovetov Samara274806249218339851–1057965--1
7Rostov283832242230330865–1067993-1-
8Rubin Kazan191554215153156654–5258362-2
9Torpedo Moscow1622014–15492188142162625–598706--1
10Alania Vladikavkaz1632012–13489179109201630–66364612-Disbanded 2020
11Rotor Volgograd1422020-21432156116160577–558584-21
12Amkar Perm1412017–18434114131159368–478508---
13Saturn Moscow Oblast1212010360120121119396–378481---
14Akhmat Grozny12234410277135322–404422 4---
15Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast1122023-243089358127337–421374---
16Krasnodar81224885452295–213372--1
17Anzhi Makhachkala1133148683115299–353365--1Disbanded 2022
18Moscow912009270928395295–311359---Disbanded 2010
19Shinnik Yaroslavl10420083048586133294–403341---
21Tom Tomsk922016–172847577132259–395302---Dissolved 2022
22Chernomorets Novorossiysk8220032487465109274–357287---
24Zhemchuzhina Sochi7119992226157104263–390240---Disbanded 2003 and 2013, reestablished 2007
25Spartak Nalchik612011–12194545783207–239219---
26Energia-Tekstilshchik Kamyshin511996158534362172–177202---
27KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny511997162513279198–253179 5---
28Uralan Elista522003150363975138–225147---Disbanded 2005, reestablished 2014
29Ufa419025263973–108144---
30Luch-Energia Vladivostok422008124343258116–187134---
31Baltika Kaliningrad312023-2498303731114–111127---
32Fakel Voronezh43124312964101–175122---
33Dynamo Stavropol3119949427234494–125104---Disbanded 2014, re-established 2015
34Tyumen5319981542526103116–326101---
35Arsenal Tula326014113538–8695---
36Volga Nizhny Novgorod312013–1410425166387–17191---Disbanded 2016
37Mordovia Saransk322015–169020224882–15082---
38Okean Nakhodka2119936422142865–8380---Disbanded 2015, reestablished 2018
39Khimki319017235086–15174---
40Asmaral Moscow2119936019113074–10268---Disbanded 1999
41Sokol Saratov2120026017133055–8764---
42Lada Togliatti2219966410163842–10546---
43Orenburg2230791425–3630---
44Tosno112017–1830661823–5424---Disbanded 2018
46SKA-Khabarovsk112017–1830272116–5513---
47Yenisey Krasnoyarsk112018-1930481824-5520---
Competing in RPL
Competing in RFL (2nd tier)
Competing in PFLA (3rd tier)
Competing in PFLB (4th tier)
Competing in amateur leagues (below 4th tier)
Defunct (see notes)
Notes
  1. For clubs that have been renamed, their name at the time of their most recent season in the Russian League is given. The current members are listed in bold.
  2. Includes championship play-offs, does not include relegation play-offs.
  3. For the purposes of this table, each win is worth 3 points. The three-point system was adopted in 1995.
  4. Terek were deducted 6 points in 2005.
  5. KAMAZ-Chally were deducted 6 points in 1997.

Player records

[edit]

Most appearances

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As of 17 May 2026
RankPlayerApps
1Russia Igor Akinfeev615
2Russia Sergei Ignashevich489
3Russia Artem Dzyuba470
4Russia Sergei Semak456
5Russia Dmitri Loskov453
6Russia Igor Semshov433
7Russia Oleg Ivanov412
8Russia Vasili Berezutski402
9Russia Ruslan Adzhindzhal397
10Russia Igor Lebedenko394

Most goals

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As of 3 May 2026
RankPlayerGoalsAppsAvg/Game
1Russia Artem Dzyuba1784700.38
2Russia Oleg Veretennikov1432740.52
3Russia Aleksandr Kerzhakov1393400.41
4Russia Dmitri Kirichenko1293770.34
5Russia Dmitri Loskov1204530.26
6Russia Fedor Smolov1093390.33
7Russia Roman Pavlyuchenko1043090.34
8Russia Sergei Semak1024560.22
9Russia Andrey Tikhonov983460.28
10Russia Igor Semshov984330.23

Champions (players)

[edit]

Media coverage

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2020–21 and 2021–22

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Russia and CIS

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Channel Summary Ref
Match TV 60 matches per season live [35]
Match Premier All 240 matches live

Worldwide

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All 240 matches are aired live globally on YouTube with a required subscription. There will be two membership levels for the viewers outside Russia, CIS, and China. The first level includes two matches with English commentary each matchday and will cost a monthly fee of $2.99. The second level, for $4.99 a month, gives subscribers access to all eight matches in Russian and two matches with English commentary as well.[36] In 2018–19 season, YouTube broadcast four live matches per week for free (in matchweek 30, aired all last eight matches).[37] From 2020 to 2021, YouTube also broadcast the FTA coverage of Super Cup before airing the league.

Country/Region Broadcaster
Southeast Europe Arena Sport
 Belarus Belarus 5
 Brazil
CIS Qsport
 Hong Kong i-cable
Latin America Gol TV

See also

[edit]

Notes

[edit]

References

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