2018–19 Russian Premier League

The 2018–19 Russian Premier League was the 27th season of the premier football competition in Russia since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the 16th under the current Russian Premier League name. Lokomotiv Moscow came into the season as the defending champions.

Russian Premier League
Season2018–19
ChampionsZenit Saint Petersburg
RelegatedAnzhi
Yenisey
Champions LeagueZenit Saint Petersburg
Lokomotiv Moscow
Krasnodar
Europa LeagueCSKA Moscow
Spartak Moscow
Arsenal
Matches played240
Goals scored542 (2.26 per match)
Top goalscorerFyodor Chalov (15 goals)
Biggest home winCSKA Moscow 6–0 Krylia Sovetov
Biggest away winAnzhi 0–4 Krasnodar
Highest scoringZenit 5–3 Lokomotiv
Longest winning run5 matches:
Zenit (29 Jul–2 Sep)
Longest unbeaten run8 matches:
Zenit
(29 Jul–30 Sep)
Longest winless run9 matches:
Yenisey (27 Aug-present)
Longest losing run6 matches:
Anzhi (6 Aug–22 Sep)
Highest attendance61,500
Zenit 3–1 CSKA
(12 May 2019)
Lowest attendance1,285
Yenisey 0–0 Arsenal
(2 September 2018)
Total attendance4,036,196
Average attendance16,817
All statistics correct as of 26 May 2019.

The new logo was presented on 24 July 2018, there was no title sponsor announced for the season.[1]

Teams

As in the previous season, 16 teams will play in the 2018–19 season. After the 2017–18 season, Anzhi Makhachkala, Tosno and SKA-Khabarovsk were relegated to the 2018–19 Russian National Football League. They were replaced by three clubs from the 2017–18 Russian National Football League, Orenburg, Krylya Sovetov Samara, and Yenisey Krasnoyarsk. Orenburg and Krylya Sovetov returned after one season of absence while Yenisey make their debut in the Premier League.

On 13 June 2018, FC Amkar Perm announced that the Russian Football Union recalled their 2018–19 season license, making them ineligible for the Russian Premier League or Russian Football National League.[2] FC Anzhi Makhachkala, which was already licensed for the 2018–19 Premier League before losing in the 2017–18 relegation play-offs, was eligible to stay in the league ahead of the other relegation play-off losing club, FC Tambov. Anzhi re-applied for the Premier League membership on 15 June and was officially re-admitted into the Premier League on 22 June.[3][4]

Venues
Zenit Saint Petersburg Rubin Kazan Rostov Krylia Sovetov Samara
Krestovsky Stadium Kazan Arena Rostov Arena Cosmos Arena
Capacity: 67,800 Capacity: 45,093 Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 44,918
Spartak Moscow
Locations of teams in 2018–19 Russian Premier League
Moscow
Locations of teams in 2018–19 Russian Premier League
 Ural Yekaterinburg
Otkritie Arena Central Stadium
Capacity: 44,307 Capacity: 35,696
Krasnodar Akhmat Grozny
Krasnodar Stadium Akhmat-Arena
Capacity: 34,291 Capacity: 30,597
CSKA Moscow Lokomotiv Moscow
VEB Arena RZD Arena
Capacity: 30,457 Capacity: 27,320
Anzhi Makhachkala Yenisey Krasnoyarsk
Anzhi Arena Central Stadium
Capacity: 26,500 Capacity: 22,500
Arsenal Tula Dynamo Moscow Ufa Orenburg
Arsenal Stadium Arena Khimki Neftyanik Stadium Gazovik Stadium
Capacity: 20,048 Capacity: 18,636 Capacity: 15,132 Capacity: 7,520

    Personnel and kits
    Team Location Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
    Akhmat Grozny Rashid Rakhimov Rizvan Utsiyev Adidas Akhmat Foundation
    Anzhi Makhachkala Magomed Adiyev Guram Tetrashvili Jako
    Arsenal Tula Igor Cherevchenko Kirill Kombarov Adidas SPLAV
    CSKA Moscow Viktor Goncharenko Igor Akinfeev Umbro Rosseti
    Dynamo Moscow Dmitri Khokhlov Anton Shunin Nike VTB
    Krasnodar Krasnodar Murad Musayev Alyaksandr Martynovich Puma Constell Group
    Krylia Sovetov Samara Miodrag Božović Yevgeni Konyukhov Puma Parimatch
    Lokomotiv Moscow Yuri Semin Igor Denisov Under Armour RZhD
    Orenburg Orenburg Vladimir Fedotov Dmitri Andreyev Adidas Gazprom Dobycha Orenburg
    Rostov Rostov-on-Don Valeri Karpin Alexandru Gațcan Joma TNS Energo
    Rubin Kazan Kurban Berdyev César Navas Jako Nizhnekamskneftekhim
    Spartak Moscow Oleg Kononov Denis Glushakov Nike Lukoil
    Ufa Ufa Vadim Evseev Pavel Alikin Joma Terra Bashkiria
    Ural Yekaterinburg Dmytro Parfenov Artyom Fidler Joma Renova, TMK
    Yenisey Krasnoyarsk Dmitri Alenichev David Yurchenko Nike HOK
    Zenit Saint Petersburg Sergei Semak Aleksandr Anyukov Nike Gazprom

    Managerial changes
    Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
    Zenit Roberto Mancini Mutual consent 13 May 2018[5] pre-season Sergei Semak 29 May 2018[6]
    Ural Aleksandr Tarkhanov Moved to the advisor position 21 May 2018[7] Dmytro Parfenov 21 May 2018
    Arsenal Miodrag Božović Contract expired 21 May 2018[8] Oleg Kononov 1 June 2018[9]
    Ufa Sergei Semak Mutual consent 29 May 2018[10] Sergei Tomarov 13 June 2018[11]
    Anzhi Vadim Skripchenko Contract expired 31 May 2018[12] Magomed Adiyev 4 June 2018[13]
    Akhmat Igor Lediakhov Resigned 2 September 2018[14] 10th Ruslan İdiqov (caretaker) 2 September 2018
    Akhmat Ruslan İdiqov (caretaker) Caretaking spell over 5 September 2018 10th Rashid Rakhimov 5 September 2018[15]
    Krylia Sovetov Andrey Tikhonov Fired 5 October 2018[16] 15th Miodrag Božović 5 October 2018[17]
    Spartak Moscow Massimo Carrera Fired 23 October 2018[18] 6th Raúl Riancho (caretaker) 23 October 2018[18]
    Ufa Sergei Tomarov Resigned 7 November 2018[19] 15th Dmitri Kirichenko 7 November 2018
    Spartak Moscow Raúl Riancho Caretaking spell over 12 November 2018 9th Oleg Kononov 12 November 2018[20]
    Arsenal Tula Oleg Kononov Mutual consent 12 November 2018[21] 11th Igor Cherevchenko 13 November 2018[22]
    Ufa Dmitri Kirichenko Mutual consent 27 March 2019[23] 15th Vadim Evseev 27 March 2019[24]

    Tournament format and regulations

    Basic

    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.

    Promotion and relegation

    The teams that finish 15th and 16th will be relegated to the FNL, while the top 2 in that league will be promoted to the Premier League for the 2019–20 season.

    The 13th and 14th Premier League teams will play the 4th and 3rd FNL teams respectively in two playoff games with the winners securing Premier League spots for the 2019–20 season.

    League table
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
    1 Zenit Saint Petersburg (C) 30 20 4 6 57 29 +28 64 Qualification to Champions League group stage
    2 Lokomotiv Moscow 30 16 8 6 45 28 +17 56[lower-alpha 1]
    3 Krasnodar 30 16 8 6 55 23 +32 56[lower-alpha 1] Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
    4 CSKA Moscow 30 14 9 7 46 23 +23 51 Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 2]
    5 Spartak Moscow 30 14 7 9 36 31 +5 49 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
    6 Arsenal Tula 30 12 10 8 40 33 +7 46 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
    7 Orenburg 30 12 7 11 39 34 +5 43
    8 Akhmat Grozny 30 11 9 10 29 30 −1 42
    9 Rostov 30 10 11 9 25 23 +2 41
    10 Ural Yekaterinburg 30 10 8 12 33 45 −12 38
    11 Rubin Kazan 30 7 15 8 24 30 −6 36 Ineligible for qualification[25]
    12 Dynamo Moscow 30 6 15 9 28 28 0 33
    13 Krylia Sovetov Samara (O) 30 8 4 18 25 46 −21 28 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
    14 Ufa (O) 30 5 11 14 24 34 −10 26
    15 Anzhi Makhachkala (R) 30 5 6 19 13 50 −37 21 Relegation to Football National League
    16 Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (R) 30 4 8 18 24 55 −31 20
    Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2019. Source: Russian Premier League, Soccerway
    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) Head-to-head away goals; 7) Matches won; 8) Goal difference; 9) Goals scored; 10) Away goals scored; 11) Play-off.[26]
    (C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
    Notes:
    1. Head-to-head away goals: Lokomotiv 1, Krasnodar 0.
    2. Lokomotiv Moscow won the 2018–19 Russian Cup. As they already qualified for the Champions League, the Europa League group stage spot (originally designated for the Cup winner) goes to the fourth-placed team, third qualifying round spot goes to fifth-placed team and second qualifying round spot goes to sixth-placed team.

    Relegation play-offs

    The draw for relegation play-offs scheduling took place on 16 May 2019.[27] The referees (including VAR teams) were appointed on 27 May 2019.[28]

    First leg
    Ufa2–0Tom Tomsk
    Igboun  28'
    Ediyev  80' (o.g.)    		 Report
    Attendance: 9,384
    Nizhny Novgorod1–3Krylia Sovetov Samara
    Fomin  23' (pen.) Report Fedoriv  65' (o.g.)
    Zinkovsky  90+1' (pen.)
    Shiskin  90+4'
    Attendance: 21,800

    Second leg
    Tom Tomsk1–0Ufa
    Gasilin  11' Report
    Attendance: 6,210

    FC Ufa won 2–1 on aggregate and retained their spot in the 2019–20 Russian Premier League; Tom Tomsk remained in the 2019–20 Russian National Football League.

    Krylia Sovetov Samara0–1Nizhny Novgorod
    Report Fomin  45' (pen.)
    Attendance: 23,441

    Krylia Sovetov won 3–2 on aggregate and retained their spot in the 2019–20 Russian Premier League; Nizhny Novgorod remained in the 2019–20 Russian National Football League.

    Results
    Home \ Away AKH ANZ ARS CSK DYN KRA KRY LOK ORE ROS RUB SPA UFA URA YEN ZEN
    Akhmat Grozny — 0–0 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1
    Anzhi Makhachkala 0–1 — 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–4 0–2 0–2 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–0 0–2 2–1 2–1
    Arsenal Tula 3–1 2–0 — 2–0 0–0 0–3 4–0 2–0 2–2 0–1 2–2 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 4–2
    CSKA Moscow 1–0 2–0 3–0 — 2–2 1–2 6–0 0–1 2–3 0–1 3–0 1–1 2–2 4–0 2–1 2–0
    Dynamo Moscow 0–0 0–1 3–3 0–0 — 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 4–0 1–2 1–0
    Krasnodar 0–1 5–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 — 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–3
    Krylia Sovetov Samara 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–3 — 0–1 0–3 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 4–0 0–1
    Lokomotiv Moscow 2–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 — 2–1 2–1 4–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–1
    Orenburg 1–3 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 — 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–2
    Rostov 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 — 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 4–0 1–0
    Rubin Kazan 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 — 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1
    Spartak Moscow 1–2 1–0 2–3 0–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 — 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–1
    Ufa 0–1 3–0 1–2 0–3 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 — 4–1 2–1 0–2
    Ural Yekaterinburg 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 — 3–2 0–1
    Yenisey Krasnoyarsk 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–4 1–0 0–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 0–0 1–2 — 0–2
    Zenit Saint Petersburg 1–0 5–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 4–2 5–3 3–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 4–1 4–1 —
    Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2019. Source: Russian Premier League
    Colours: 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

    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 St. Petersburg111111111111111111111111111111
    Lokomotiv Moscow6111495810117743234555532422222222
    Krasnodar1274565422222322222243233433333
    CSKA Moscow71213786554636553333324344344554
    Spartak Moscow452222345475697444455555555445
    Arsenal Tula914710101211101312101012111110119997788666666
    Orenburg1563344869888710871012121081076779987
    Akhmat Grozny1381012139781099910810118888109109998798
    Rostov525433233354445677766667887879
    Ural Yekaterinburg141515151415141281012129768911111313111211101011111110
    Rubin Kazan24889116765678699666798910111110101011
    Dynamo Moscow1010126779911141111111212121210101212131312121212121212
    Krylya Sovetov11139131210121315111313131313151313131111121113131313131313
    Ufa836111114151514151414151414131415151515141414141414141414
    Anzhi Makhachkala3911141616161412131515141515141514141414151515151515151515
    Yenisey Krasnoyarsk161616161513131616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616
    Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2019. Source: soccerway.com

    Season statistics

    Top goalscorers
    Top goalscorers[29]
    Rank Player Team Goals
    1 Fyodor Chalov CSKA 15
    2 Sardar Azmoun Rubin
    Zenit    		 13
    3 Viktor Claesson Krasnodar 12
    4 Sebastián Driussi Zenit 11
    Anton Miranchuk Lokomotiv
    6 Zé Luís Spartak 10
    7 Sylvester Igboun Ufa 9
    8 Ari Krasnodar 8
    Zelimkhan Bakayev Arsenal Tula
    Artem Dzyuba Zenit
    Jefferson Farfán Lokomotiv
    Magomed-Shapi Suleymanov Krasnodar
    Aleksei Sutormin Orenburg

    Top assists
    Rank Player Team Assists
    1 Artem Dzyuba Zenit 10
    2 Yury Gazinsky Krasnodar 8
    Joãozinho Dynamo
    4 Fyodor Chalov CSKA 7
    Mário Fernandes CSKA
    Ivan Oblyakov Ufa
    CSKA
    Ravanelli Akhmat
    8 Sardar Azmoun Rubin
    Zenit    		 6
    Sebastián Driussi Zenit
    Othman El Kabir Ural
    Aleksei Miranchuk Lokomotiv
    Sergei Tkachyov Arsenal Tula

    Attendances
    Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
    1 Zenit 612,093 61,467 40,463 47,084 +7.1%†
    2 Spartak Moscow 438,584 44,486 20,015 31,327 +3.8%†
    3 Rostov 395,883 41,097 21,850 30,452 +139.2%†
    4 Krasnodar 343,102 34,652 12,313 24,507 −2.1%†
    5 CSKA Moscow 226,984 29,361 9,013 18,915 +21.2%†
    6 Krylya Sovetov 234,613 39,137 7,213 18,047 +127.2%1
    7 Lokomotiv Moscow 194,988 26,892 7,218 14,999 +18.0%†
    8 Ural Yekaterinburg 191,921 20,365 4,213 14,763 +81.9%†
    9 Akhmat Grozny 113,962 16,342 1,850 10,360 −31.7%†
    10 Rubin Kazan 132,894 26,531 3,282 10,222 +5.3%†
    11 Arsenal Tula 136,757 15,646 7,869 9,768 −18.1%†
    12 Ufa 106,075 10,926 3,187 7,576 +9.5%†
    13 Yenisey Krasnoyarsk 90,443 14,915 1,285 7,536 +158.1%1
    14 Dynamo Moscow 97,849 14,674 4,133 7,526 +10.8%†
    15 Orenburg 62,766 7,083 2,453 4,828 +57.6%1
    16 Anzhi Makhachkala 53,718 9,255 1,655 4,476 −29.9%†
    League total 3,444,629 61,467 1,285 16,561 +18.7%†

    Updated to games played on 29 April 2019
    Source:
    Notes:
    1: Team played last season in the Russian Football National League.

    Awards

    Top 33

    On 26 June 2019, Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:[30]

    Other awards announced on the same day included:

    Player of the year: Artem Dzyuba.

    Hope prize (under-21 players): Matvei Safonov (Krasnodar).

    Coach of the year: Sergei Semak (Zenit).

    Team of the year: FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.

    For contribution to football development: Stanislav Cherchesov.

    See also

    References
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    8. "СПАСИБО, МИОДРАГ!" (in Russian). FC Arsenal Tula. 21 May 2018.
    9. "ОЛЕГ КОНОНОВ, ДОБРО ПОЖАЛОВАТЬ В "АРСЕНАЛ"!" (in Russian). FC Arsenal Tula. 1 June 2018.
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    15. "Рашид Рахимов – главный тренер ФК "Ахмат"" (in Russian). FC Akhmat Grozny. 5 September 2018.
    16. "Андрей Тихонов покидает "Крылья Советов"" (in Russian). FC Krylia Sovetov Samara. 5 October 2018.
    17. "Миодраг Божович представлен команде" (in Russian). FC Krylia Sovetov Samara. 5 October 2018.
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    20. "Олег Кононов — главный тренер "Спартака"" (in Russian). Spartak Moscow. 12 November 2018.
    21. "ОЛЕГ КОНОНОВ ПОКИНУЛ "АРСЕНАЛ"" (in Russian). Arsenal Tula. 12 November 2018.
    22. "ИГОРЬ ЧЕРЕВЧЕНКО ВОЗГЛАВИЛ "АРСЕНАЛ"" (in Russian). Arsenal Tula. 13 November 2018.
    23. "Дмитрий Кириченко покидает пост главного тренера" (in Russian). Ufa. 27 March 2019.
    24. "Вадим Евсеев – главный тренер ФК "Уфа"!" (in Russian). Ufa. 27 March 2019.
    25. "Uefa bans Russian club Rubin Kazan from European competition for financial fair play breach - BBC Sport". bbc.com. 2018-10-18. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
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