2018–19_Russian_Premier_League

2018–19 Russian Premier League

2018–19 Russian Premier League

27th season of top-tier football league in Russia


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 17th under the current Russian Premier League name. Lokomotiv Moscow came into the season as the defending champions.

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

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

More information Zenit Saint Petersburg, Rubin Kazan ...

    Personnel and kits

    Managerial changes

    More information Team, Outgoing manager ...

    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

    More information Pos, Pld ...
    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.[25]
    (C) Champions; (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.[26] The referees (including VAR teams) were appointed on 27 May 2019.[27]

    First leg

    More information Ufa, 2–0 ...

    More information Nizhny Novgorod, 1–3 ...

    Second leg

    More information Tom Tomsk, 1–0 ...
    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.


    More information Krylia Sovetov Samara, 0–1 ...
    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

    More information Home \ Away, AKH ...
    Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2019. 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

    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.

    More information Team ╲ Round, Zenit St. Petersburg ...
    Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2019. Source: soccerway.com

    Season statistics

    Top goalscorers

    Attendances

    More information Pos, Team ...

    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:[29]

    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

    1. "New Season. New League" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 24 July 2018.
    2. ""Анжи" подал документы для вступления в Премьер-Лигу" (in Russian). FC Anzhi Makhachkala. 15 June 2018. Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
    3. "ГЛАВНЫМ ТРЕНЕРОМ "УРАЛА" НАЗНАЧЕН ДМИТРИЙ ПАРФЕНОВ" (in Russian). FC Ural Yekaterinburg. 21 May 2018. Archived from the original on 22 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
    4. "СПАСИБО, МИОДРАГ!" (in Russian). FC Arsenal Tula. 21 May 2018.
    5. "Спасибо, Сергей Богданович!" (in Russian). FC Ufa. 29 May 2018. Archived from the original on 30 July 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
    6. "Сергей Томаров - главный тренер ФК "УФА"" (in Russian). FC Ufa. 13 June 2018. Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
    7. ""Анжи" и Скрипченко завершили сотрудничество" (in Russian). FC Anzhi Makhachkala. 31 May 2018. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
    8. "Магомед Адиев – главный тренер "Анжи"" (in Russian). FC Anzhi Makhachkala. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
    9. "Игорь Ледяхов подал в отставку" (in Russian). FC Akhmat Grozny. 2 September 2018.
    10. "Spartak Moscow sack Massimo Carrera". Goal.com. 23 October 2018.
    11. "Сергей Томаров покидает пост главного тренера" (in Russian). FC Ufa. 7 November 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-11-07. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
    12. "Premier League 2018/2019 - Season rules" (PDF). rfpl.org. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
    13. "Итоги жеребьевки стыковых матчей" [Relegation play-offs draw results] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 16 May 2019.
    14. "Назначены арбитры стыковых матчей" [Referees for play-offs appointed] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 27 May 2019.
    15. "Бомбардиры" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. Retrieved 31 July 2018.

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