Russian Women's Football Championship

Founded 1992
Country  Russia
Confederation UEFA
Number of teams 8
Level on pyramid 1
Relegation to Women’s 1.Division
Domestic cup(s) Russian Women's Cup
International cup(s) UEFA Women's Champions League
Current champions Zvezda 2005 Perm (6th title)
(2017)
Most championships Zvezda Perm (5 titles)
Website rfs.ru
2018

The Russian Women's Football Championship (Russian: ЧЕМПИОНАТ РОССИИ ПО ЖЕНСКОМУ ФУТБОЛУ), also known as the Top Division, is the highest professional [1] women's football league in Russia.

The Top Division was founded in 1992.[2] Before the collapse of the Soviet Union, there had been a women's league, but it only played two seasons, 1990 and 1991.

Format

For the 2010 season the seven teams play each other four times, two times away and two games at home. In previous years the team played each other only twice. As Russia is in the top 8 leagues of Europe by UEFA Coefficient[3] the top two teams qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League and the last team gets relegated to the Women’s 1.Division. The 2011–12 season was the first to last over the winter month. Eight teams contest the season and play each other four times for a total of 28 matches.[4] The tie-breaking rules after the season are in descending order: points, number of wins, then in matches between tied teams: points, wins, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored, after that in all matches: goal difference, goals scored, away goal scored,better fair-play record and finally the tie is broken by drawing of a lot. One exception is, if there is a tie of points involving the first place, thus the tie-breaking would determine the champion. In this case, there is an additional match, or in case of at least a three way tie a tournament to be played.[5]

In the 2012–13 season a championship and relegation round was played after the regular season. After 14 matches each, the top four and bottom four teams played each other twice more. The winner of the championship round is the champion.

In 2013 the league returned to the spring-autumn format.[6] No championship group was played then. In 2014 a championship group followed the regular season. Points of both stages are added together.[7]

Champions and top scorers

The champions so far are:[8][9]

Year Champion Runner-up Third place Top scorer
1992Interros MoskvaCSK VVS SamaraSKIF MalakhovkaRussia Larisa Savina (CSK VVS Samara, 23 goals)
1993CSK VVS SamaraRus MoscowSKIF MalakhovkaRussia Larisa Savina (CSK VVS Samara, 19 goals)
1994CSK VVS SamaraEnergiya VoronezhKaluzhankaRussia Nadezhda Bosikova (Energiya Voronezh, 31 goals)
1995Energiya VoronezhCSK VVS SamaraSibiryachka KrasnoyarskRussia Nadezhda Bosikova (Energiya Voronezh, 37 goals)
1996CSK VVS SamaraEnergiya VoronezhLada TogliattiRussia Nadezhda Bosikova (Energiya Voronezh, 39 goals)
1997Energiya VoronezhCSK VVS SamaraRyazanRussia Nadezhda Bosikova (Energiya Voronezh, 21 goals)
1998Energiya VoronezhCSK VVS SamaraRyazanRussia Nadezhda Bosikova (Energiya Voronezh, 19 goals)
1999RyazanEnergiya VoronezhCSK VVS Samara
2000RyazanEnergiya VoronezhCSK VVS SamaraRussia Nadezhda Bosikova (Energiya Voronezh, 30 goals)
Russia Olga Letyushova (Ryazan, 30 goals)
2001CSK VVS SamaraEnergiya VoronezhRyazanRussia Olga Letyushova (Ryazan, 31 goals)
2002Energiya VoronezhLada TogliattiRyazanRussia Natalia Barbashina (Lada Togliatti, 29 goals)
2003Energiya VoronezhLada TogliattiCSK VVS SamaraRussia Natalia Barbashina (Lada Togliatti, 21 goals)
2004Lada TogliattiRossiyankaEnergiya VoronezhRussia Olga Letyushova (Rossiyanka, 18 goals)
2005RossiyankaLada TogliattiNadezhda NoginskRussia Olga Letyushova (Rossiyanka, 27 goals)
2006RossiyankaSpartak MoscowNadezhda NoginskRussia Olga Letyushova (Rossiyanka, 34 goals)
2007Zvezda PermRossiyankaNadezhda NoginskRussia Olga Letyushova (Zvezda Perm, 19 goals)
2008Zvezda PermRossiyankaSKA RostovNigeria Emueje Ogbiagbevha (Rossiyanka, 16 goals)
2009Zvezda PermRossiyankaEnergiya VoronezhUkraine Daryna Apanaschenko (Zvezda Perm, 12 goals)
Russia Olesya Kurochkina (Zvezda Perm, 12 goals)
2010RossiyankaEnergiya VoronezhZvezda PermNigeria Emueje Ogbiagbevha (Rossiyanka, 23 goals)
2011–12RossiyankaZorky KrasnogorskEnergiya VoronezhNigeria Emueje Ogbiagbevha (Energiya Voronezh, 15 goals)
2012–13Zorky KrasnogorskRossiyankaRyazanRussia Olesya Kurochkina (Izmailovo Moscow, 16 goals)
2013RyazanZvezda PermZorky KrasnogorskRussia Elena Danilova (Ryazan, 17 goals)
2014Zvezda PermZorky KrasnogorskRyazanUkraine Daryna Apanaschenko (Zvezda Perm, 8 goals)
2015Zvezda PermRossiyankaZorky KrasnogorskUkraine Daryna Apanaschenko (Zvezda Perm, 13 goals)
2016RossiyankaZvezda PermRyazanRussia Margarita Chernomyrdina (FC Chertanovo Moscow, 8 goals)
Russia Nadezhda Karpova (FC Chertanovo Moscow, 8 goals)
2017[10]Zvezda PermRyazan VDVChertanovo MoskvaRussia Elena Danilova (Ryazan VDV, 11 goals)

Teams in the 2018 season

Moscow (3 teams)
Perm
Saransk
Ryazan
Krasnodar
Locations of the 2014 teams
TeamLocationGround
FK ChertanovoMoscowArena Chertanovo
Kubanochka KrasnodarKrasnodarTrud Stadium
CSKA MoscowMoscowStadion Oktyabr
Ryazan VDVRyazanCentral'nyj Sportivn'yj Kompleks
WFC Lokomotiv MoscowMoscowSapsan Arena
Zvezda 2005 PermPermStadion Zvezda
FK Yenisey KrasnoyarskKrasnoyarskFutbol-arena Enisey
FK Torpedo IzhevskIzhevskStadion Kupol

References

  1. ↑ "Russian Women's Championship". RFS (in Russian). Retrieved 2016-03-22.
  2. ↑ "XVIII ЧЕМПИОНАТ РОССИИ ПО ФУТБОЛУ" (in Russian). Womenfootball.ru. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
  3. ↑ https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/WomenCup/89/50/90/895090_DOWNLOAD.pdf
  4. ↑ "2011/12 regulations" (.doc) (in Russian). Chapter 4: womenfootball.ru. pp. 6–7. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  5. ↑ "2010/11 regulations" (.doc) (in Russian). Chapter 10: womenfootball.ru. pp. 14–15. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  6. ↑ "2013 season review" (in Russian). rfs.ru. 2 December 2013. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  7. ↑ http://www.womenfootball.ru/champ/2014/reg_top_Russia_vs_title_2014.pdf
  8. ↑ Stokkermans, Karel (2009-04-23). "Russia - List of Women Champions". RSSSF.
  9. ↑ "???????" (in Russian). Womenfootball.ru. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
  10. ↑ "«Звезда-2005» - чемпион России среди женщин!". Russian Football Union. 28 October 2017.
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