2014–15 Russian Premier League

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Russian Premier League
Season2014–15
ChampionsZenit St. Petersburg
RelegatedTorpedo Moscow
Arsenal Tula
Champions LeagueZenit St. Petersburg
CSKA Moscow
Europa LeagueLokomotiv Moscow
Krasnodar
Rubin Kazan
Matches played240
Goals scored583 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorerHulk (15 goals)
Biggest home winZenit 8–1 Torpedo
Biggest away winRostov 0–5 Zenit
Highest scoringDynamo 7–3 Rostov
Longest winning run8 matches:
Zenit (2 Aug-20 Sep)
Longest unbeaten run13 matches:
Zenit (3 Dec-17 May)
Krasnodar (8 Mar-30 May)
Longest winless run11 matches:
Arsenal (2 Aug-24 Oct)
Amkar (3 Nov-7 Apr)
Longest losing run6 matches:
Arsenal (17 Aug-28 Sep)

The 2014–15 Russian Premier League was the 23rd season of the Russian football championship since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the 13th under the current Russian Premier League name.

The season began on August 1, 2014, when

Rubin Kazan opened its season at home against Spartak Moscow.[1] The season ended on May 29, 2015. Zenit
won the championship, on 17 May, 2 rounds before the season ended.

Teams

CSKA Dynamo Lokomotiv Spartak Torpedo
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Locations of teams in the 2014–15 Russian Premier League

After the

FNL champions in the 2013–14 season, after being relegated from the Premier League in the season before. And 2013-14 FNL runner-up FC Arsenal Tula, which make their debut in Premier League for 2014–15 season, to play in top division of any level for the first time in its 68-year history.[citation needed
]

On 18 and 22 May 2014,

FNL in 2014–15 season, after they lose from FC Torpedo Moscow (3rd 2013-14 FNL) with 0–2 on aggregate, and the Moscow-based club will return to Premier League for the first time since the 2006 season. FC Krylia Sovetov Samara, as one of founding members of Russia's first division since breakup of the Soviet Union, will be playing outside top division for the first time since 1991.[citation needed
]

Stadiums

Team Stadium Opened Capacity Average attendance Notes
Amkar Zvezda, Perm 1969 17,000 8,275 [2]
Arsenal Tula Arsenal, Tula 1959 20,048 12,154 [3]
Lokomotiv, Moscow 2002 28,800 2,000 [4] Used as home ground in round 26.
MSA Lokomotiv, Moscow
 2009 10,000 1,300 [5] Used as home ground in round 20.
CSKA Arena Khimki, Khimki 2008 18,636 8,967 [6]
Dynamo Moscow Arena Khimki, Khimki 2008 18,636 7,336 [6]
Krasnodar Kuban, Krasnodar 1961 31,654 11,290 [7]
Kuban Kuban, Krasnodar 1961 31,654 9,228 [7]
Lokomotiv Lokomotiv, Moscow 2002 28,800 8,822 [4]
Mordovia Start, Saransk 2004 11,613 5,313 [8]
Rostov Olimp-2, Rostov-on-Don 1930 15,840 10,059 [9]
Rubin
Kazan Arena, Kazan
 2013 45,105 20,066 [10]
Rubin, Kazan 1958 10,000 3,682 [11] Used as home ground in rounds 18-27.
Central Stadium, Kazan 1960 28,856 20,624 [12] Used as home ground in round 1.
Spartak Moscow
Otkrytiye Arena, Moscow
 2014 45,360 25,001 [13]
Terek
 Akhmat-Arena, Grozny 2011 30,597 16,822 [14]
Sultan Bilimkhanov Stadium, Grozny 1946 10,600 8,500 [15] Used as home ground in rounds 18, 24.
Torpedo Moscow Saturn, Ramenskoye 1999 14,685 3,544 [16]
Eduard Streltsov Stadium, Moscow 1959 13,450 3,517 [17] Used as home ground in rounds 14, 17, 26-30.
Otkrytiye Arena, Moscow
 2014 45,360 20,147 [13] Used as home ground in round 20.
Ufa Dynamo, Ufa 1934 5,350 4,183 [18]
Start, Saransk 2004 11,613 1,964 [8] Used as home ground in rounds 19-23, 30.
Zvezda, Perm 1969 17,000 1,383 [2] Used as home ground in rounds 5, 11, 13, 24-26.
Petrovsky, Saint Petersburg 1925 20,985 16,925 [19] Used as home ground in round 28.
Ural
 Central Stadium, Yekaterinburg 1957 27,000 9,193 [20]
Geolog, Tyumen 1982 12,057 5,167 [21] Used as home ground in rounds 23, 27, 28.
Ural Indoor Arena, Yekaterinburg 3,000 2,640 [22] Used as home ground in rounds 11, 20, 21.
Zenit Petrovsky, Saint Petersburg 1925 20,985 16,508 [19]

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Location Head coach Captain Kitmaker Sponsor
Amkar Perm Russia Gadzhi Gadzhiyev
Dmitri Belorukov
 Joma
Arsenal Tula Russia Dmitri Alenichev Russia Aleksandr Filimonov Macron Government of Tula region
CSKA Moscow
Leonid Slutsky
 Russia Igor Akinfeev Adidas Rosseti
Dynamo Moscow Russia Stanislav Cherchesov Russia Aleksandr Kokorin Nike
VTB
Krasnodar Krasnodar Russia Oleg Kononov Sweden Andreas Granqvist
Kappa
 Constell Group
Kuban Krasnodar
Andrei Sosnitskiy
(caretaker) 		Russia Aleksandr Belenov Adidas RGMK
Lokomotiv Moscow Tajikistan Igor Cherevchenko Slovakia Ján Ďurica Adidas RZD
Mordovia Saransk
Yury Semin
 Russia Anton Kochenkov Adidas Mordovcement
Rostov Rostov-on-Don Turkmenistan Kurban Berdyev Croatia Stipe Pletikosa Joma Energosbyt Rostovenergo
Rubin Kazan Russia Rinat Bilyaletdinov Russia Oleg Kuzmin
Puma
 TAIF
Spartak Moscow Switzerland Murat Yakin Russia Artyom Rebrov Nike Lukoil
Terek
 		Grozny Russia Rashid Rakhimov Russia Rizvan Utsiyev Adidas Akhmat
Torpedo Moscow Russia Valery Petrakov Russia Kirill Kombarov Legea
Ufa Ufa Russia Igor Kolyvanov Russia Azamat Zaseyev Joma Bashinformsvyaz
Ural
 		Yekaterinburg Russia Aleksandr Tarkhanov Russia Artyom Fidler Umbro TMK Group
Renova Group
Zenit St. Petersburg Portugal André Villas-Boas Portugal Danny Nike Gazprom

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing Manner Date Table Incoming Date Table
Mordovia Saransk Ukraine Yuriy Maksymov Mutual consent 18 May 2014[23] Pre-season
Yuri Semin
 28 May 2014[24] Pre-season
Spartak Moscow Russia Dmitri Gunko Contract expired 1 June 2014[25] Pre-season Switzerland Murat Yakin 16 June 2014[26] Pre-season
Torpedo Moscow Russia Aleksandr Borodyuk Contract expired 5 June 2014[27] Pre-season Russia Nikolai Savichev 19 June 2014[28] Pre-season
Amkar Perm Russia Konstantin Paramonov Caretaker spell over 17 June 2014 Pre-season Serbia Slavoljub Muslin 17 June 2014[29] Pre-season
Lokomotiv Moscow Belarus Leonid Kuchuk Sacked 17 September 2014 9th Tajikistan Igor Cherevchenko (caretaker) 17 September 2014[30] 9th
Rostov Montenegro Miodrag Božović Resigned 25 September 2014[31] 14th Russia Igor Gamula 25 September 2014[32] 14th
Lokomotiv Moscow Tajikistan Igor Cherevchenko (caretaker) Caretaking spell over 4 October 2014 9th Montenegro Miodrag Božović 4 October 2014[33] 9th
Torpedo Moscow Russia Nikolai Savichev Resigned 4 November 2014 15th Russia Valery Petrakov 4 November 2014[34] 15th
Kuban Krasnodar Belarus Viktor Goncharenko Mutual consent 13 November 2014[35] 5th Belarus Leonid Kuchuk 17 November 2014[36] 5th
Amkar Perm Serbia Slavoljub Muslin Sacked 9 December 2014[37] 14th Russia Gadzhi Gadzhiyev 30 December 2014[38] 14th
Rostov Russia Igor Gamula Moved to the U-21 team 18 December 2014[39] 16th Turkmenistan Kurban Berdyev 18 December 2014[40] 16th
Lokomotiv Moscow Montenegro Miodrag Božović Resigned 11 May 2015[41] 7th Tajikistan Igor Cherevchenko 11 May 2015 (caretaker)
2 June 2015 (permanent)[42] 		7th
Kuban Krasnodar Belarus Leonid Kuchuk Mutual consent 25 May 2015[43] 10th
Andrei Sosnitskiy
(caretaker) 		25 May 2015 10th

Last updated: 2 June 2015

Tournament format and regulations

Basic

The 16 teams played 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 was played, with 30 matches played by each team.

Promotion and relegation

The teams that finish 15th and 16th will be relegated to the

RNFL
, while the top 2 in that league will be promoted to the Premier League for the 2015–16 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 2015–16 season.

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Zenit St. Petersburg (C) 30 20 7 3 58 17 +41 67 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 CSKA Moscow 30 19 3 8 67 27 +40 60 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Krasnodar 30 17 9 4 52 27 +25 60 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4 Dynamo Moscow 30 14 8 8 53 36 +17 50
5 Rubin Kazan 30 13 9 8 39 33 +6 48 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
6 Spartak Moscow 30 12 8 10 42 42 0 44
7 Lokomotiv Moscow 30 11 10 9 31 25 +6 43 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
8 Mordovia Saransk 30 11 5 14 22 43 −21 38
9
Terek Grozny
 30 10 7 13 30 30 0 37
10 Kuban Krasnodar 30 8 12 10 32 36 −4 36
11 Amkar Perm 30 8 8 14 25 42 −17 32
12 Ufa 30 7 10 13 26 39 −13 31
13
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast
(O) 		30 9 3 18 31 44 −13 30 Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
14 Rostov (O) 30 7 8 15 27 51 −24 29
15 Torpedo Moscow (R) 30 6 11 13 28 45 −17 29 Relegation to Professional Football League
16 Arsenal Tula (R) 30 7 4 19 20 46 −26 25 Relegation to Football National League
Source: Russian Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; 3) head-to-head points; 4) head-to-head wins; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals; 7) number of head-to-head away goals; 8) goal difference; 9) number of goals scored; 10) number of away goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Lokomotiv Moscow qualified for Europa League group stage by winning the 2014–15 Russian Cup.

Relegation play-offs

First leg

Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast
Summary Stavpets 83'
Sergei Ivanov (Rostov-on-Don
)
Tosno0–1Rostov
Summary Bukharov 88'
Attendance: 3,100

Second leg

Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast
0–0Tom Tomsk
Summary
Attendance: 1,840

aggregate score and remained in the 2015–16 Russian Premier League
.

Rostov4–1Tosno
Dyakov 39', 59', 61' (pen.)
Azmoun 89'		 Summary Prokofyev 6'
Attendance: 15,025

aggregate score and remained in the 2015–16 Russian Premier League
.

Results

Home \ Away AMK ARS CSK DYN KRA KUB LOK MOR ROS RUB SPA
TER
 TOR UFA
URA
 ZEN
Amkar Perm 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–3 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–0
Arsenal Tula 4–0 1–4 1–2 0–3 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–3 0–1 1–2 0–4
CSKA Moscow 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 6–0 1–0 4–0 6–0 3–0 0–1 1–0 4–1 5–0 3–1 0–1
Dynamo Moscow 5–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 7–3 0–2 1–2 3–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 0–1
Krasnodar 1–1 3–0 2–1 0–2 3–2 1–0 4–0 2–1 2–0 4–0 2–0 2–2 0–2 1–1 2–2
Kuban Krasnodar 1–0 5–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 3–3 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–0
Lokomotiv Moscow 3–1 0–1 1–3 4–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–1
Mordovia Saransk 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–0
Rostov 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–2 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–5
Rubin Kazan 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 5–0 2–0 0–4 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–1
Spartak Moscow 3–3 2–0 0–4 1–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 4–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–0 1–1
Terek Grozny
 4–0 3–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 4–2 0–1 1–0 1–3 1–2
Torpedo Moscow 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–3 0–3 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 2–2 3–1 1–1
Ufa 1–1 0–1 3–3 0–2 0–2 3–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast
 1–0 1–0 3–4 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–3 0–1 1–3 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–2
Zenit St. Petersburg 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–2 4–0 1–0 1–0 5–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–3 8–1 1–0 3–0
Source: Russian Premier League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 10, but then postponed and played between days 25 and 26, it will be added to the standings for day 25.

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast
101114131415151515131313131312121313131213111112131414131413
Rostov131215151014131414151514141515151616161614121210111111121314
Torpedo Moscow121613101212141313141415151414131212121312141415161616161515
Arsenal Tula161516161616161616161616161616161515141415151313141515151616
Source: resultados-futbol.com