2019–20 Russian Premier League
Season | 2019–20 |
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Dates | 12 July 2019 – 22 July 2020[1] |
Champions | Zenit Saint Petersburg 7th title |
Relegated | Krylia Sovetov Samara Orenburg |
Champions League | Zenit Saint Petersburg Lokomotiv Moscow Krasnodar |
Europa League | CSKA Moscow Rostov Dynamo Moscow |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 583 (2.43 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Sardar Azmoun Artem Dzyuba (17 goals each) |
Biggest home win | Sochi 10–1 Rostov (19 June 2020) |
Biggest away win | CSKA Moscow 0–4 Zenit Saint Petersburg (20 June 2020) Akhmat Grozny 0–4 CSKA Moscow (4 July 2020) Orenburg 0–4 CSKA Moscow (8 July 2019) |
Highest scoring | Sochi 10–1 Rostov (19 June 2020) |
Longest winning run | Zenit Saint Petersburg (6 matches) |
Longest unbeaten run | Zenit Saint Petersburg (19 matches) |
Longest winless run | Akhmat Grozny Orenburg (9 matches) |
Longest losing run | Orenburg (7 matches) |
Highest attendance | 58,639[2] Zenit Saint Petersburg 1–1 Rostov (4 August 2019) |
Lowest attendance | 566[2] Orenburg 0–0 Rostov (12 July 2020) |
Total attendance | 3,219 952[2] |
Average attendance | 13,644[2] |
← 2018–19 2020–21 → |
The 2019–20 Russian Premier League (known as the Tinkoff Russian Premier League, also written as Tinkoff Russian Premier Liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 28th 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. Zenit Saint Petersburg came into the season as the defending champions.[3]
Summary
Transfer bans
On 9 April 2019, PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara was banned from registering new players for debt to a former player Danil Klyonkin.[4] The ban was lifted after settlement with Klyonkin on 11 July.[5]
On 15 April 2019, FC Orenburg was banned from registering new players for debts accumulated over a collapsed transfer of Ilya Samoshnikov from FC Shinnik Yaroslavl. Orenburg was judged to owe both Samoshnikov for his signing bonus and Shinnik for the transfer fee.[6] The ban was re-affirmed on 24 May 2019 for debts to former player Mikhail Bakayev.[7] The ban was lifted after settlements with Samoshnikov, Bakayev and Shinnik on 2 July.[8]
On 20 August 2019, FC Tambov was banned from registering new players for debts to former player Mladen Kašćelan.[9]
On the same day, FC Rostov was banned from registering new players for debts to former coaches Kurban Berdyev, Ivan Daniliants and Alexandru Mațiura.[9] The ban was lifted after settlements with the coaches on 29 August 2019.[10][11]
Sochi vs Orenburg game
On 30 November 2019, the game between PFC Sochi and FC Orenburg which was originally scheduled for 1 December, had been postponed until 2020 due to viral outbreak among Sochi players and staff.[12] Sochi identified infection as tonsillitis,[13] and the league announced it as rotavirus.[12] The game was played on 11 March 2020.
Suspension
On 17 March 2020, the league was suspended until 10 April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia.[14] On 1 April 2020, Russian Football Union extended the suspension until 31 May 2020.[15]
On 20 April 2020, a player of the Under-20 squad of
On 15 May 2020, the Russian Football Union announced that the Russian Premier League season would resume on or around 21 June 2020, with the exact date to be confirmed (the remaining calendar template listed one specific date for each match day, the specific dates for each game were to be announced later, with each matchday happening over a period of 3-4 days around the template dates). The last games were scheduled for 22 July.[1][17] All the remaining games were to be played without fans present.
On 16 May 2020,
On 2 June 2020, the league announced specific dates for each remaining game, with the first game upon resumption scheduled on 19 June between PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara and FC Akhmat Grozny.[25] On 5 June, the league announced that some fans will be allowed in the stands, following limitations established by the appropriate local authorities, but away fans will not be allowed in.[26]
Resumption
On 17 June 2020, six players of
On 20 June 2020, it was reported that some players of
On 25 June 2020,
On 26 June 2020, the league members voted to amend league regulations, with the most notable change being removal of the automatic league expulsion as the punishment for two forfeited games. Teams will be allowed to forfeit two or more games and remain in the league as long as they don't finish in the relegation position in the table. The restriction for the minimum number of players registered for a specific game (16 outfield players and 2 goalkeepers) was also removed, so the teams would be able to play if they have fewer players available than 18. The changes had been preliminary approved by the Russian Football Union.[47] RFU formally approved the changes on 29 June 2020.[48]
On 15 July 2020, the league announced that two players of FC Ufa tested positive, but the rest of the squad will not be quarantined and will be allowed to play in their game against FC Dynamo Moscow the following day.[49]
On 16 July 2020, the league announced that 9 members of
Teams
As in the previous season, 16 teams were playing in the 2019–20 season. After the
Venues
Zenit Saint Petersburg | Rubin Kazan | Rostov | Krylia Sovetov Samara |
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Gazprom Arena
|
Kazan Arena
|
Rostov Arena | Samara Arena
|
Capacity: 67,800 | Capacity: 45,093 | Capacity: 45,000 | Capacity: 44,918 |
Spartak Moscow | 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 | ||
Sochi | Tambov | ||
Fisht Olympic Stadium | Mordovia Arena | ||
Capacity: 47,659 | Capacity: 44,442 | ||
Arsenal Tula | Dynamo Moscow | Ufa | Orenburg |
Arsenal Stadium | VTB Arena | Neftyanik Stadium | Gazovik Stadium |
Capacity: 20,048 | Capacity: 26,319 | Capacity: 15,132 | Capacity: 7,520 |
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Spartak | Oleg Kononov | Resigned | 29 September 2019[54] | 9th | Serhiy Kuznetsov (caretaker) | 29 September 2019[54] | 9th |
Akhmat | Rashid Rakhimov | Resigned | 30 September 2019[55] | 15th | Igor Shalimov | 30 September 2019[56] | 15th |
Dynamo | Dmitri Khokhlov | Resigned | 5 October 2019[57] | 15th | Kirill Novikov (caretaker, then permanent)
|
8 October 2019[58] 8 November 2019[59] |
15th 13th |
Spartak | Serhiy Kuznetsov | Mutual consent | 14 October 2019 | 12th | Domenico Tedesco | 14 October 2019[60] | 12th |
Tambov | Aleksandr Grigoryan | Mutual consent | 19 October 2019[61] | 16th | Sergei Pervushin (caretaker, then permanent) | 21 October 2019[62] 28 May 2020[63] |
16th 11th |
Sochi | Aleksandr Tochilin | Mutual consent | 20 November 2019[64] | 16th | Roman Berezovsky (caretaker) | 20 November 2019 | 16th |
Orenburg | Vladimir Fedotov | Resigned | 8 December 2019[65] | 14th | Konstantin Yemelyanov | 8 December 2019 | 14th |
Sochi | Roman Berezovsky (caretaker) | Caretaking spell over | 8 December 2019[66] | 16th | Vladimir Fedotov | 8 December 2019 | 16th |
Rubin | Roman Sharonov | Mutual consent | 16 December 2019[67] | 13th | Leonid Slutsky | 19 December 2019[68] | 13th |
Orenburg | Konstantin Yemelyanov | Contract expired | 22 May 2020[69] | 13th | Ilshat Aitkulov (caretaker) | 22 May 2020[69] | 13th |
Lokomotiv | Yuri Semin
|
Contract expired | 31 May 2020[70] | 2nd | Marko Nikolić | 1 June 2020[70] | 2nd |
Krylia Sovetov | Miodrag Božović | Mutual consent | 28 June 2020[71] | 16th | Andrei Talalayev
|
28 June 2020[72] | 16th |
Arsenal Tula | Igor Cherevchenko | Resigned | 1 July 2020[73] | 10th | Sergei Podpaly (caretaker) | 1 July 2020 | 10th |
Ural Yekaterinburg | Dmytro Parfenov
|
Resigned | 19 July 2020[74] | 11th | Yuri Matveyev (caretaker) | 20 July 2020[75] | 11th |
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
The 13th and 14th Premier League teams were expected to play the 4th and 3rd FNL teams respectively in two playoff games with the winners securing Premier League spots for the 2020–21 season. Due to COVID-19 related suspension of the season, those playoffs were cancelled, with 13th and 14th teams remaining in the league.[17]
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Zenit Saint Petersburg (C) | 30 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 65 | 18 | +47 | 72 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
2 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 41 | 29 | +12 | 57 | |
3 | Krasnodar | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 49 | 30 | +19 | 52 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
4 | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 43 | 29 | +14 | 50 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
5 | Rostov | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 45 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
6 | Dynamo Moscow | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 30 | −3 | 41 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
7 | Spartak Moscow | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 39 | |
8 | Arsenal Tula | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 38[a] | |
9 | Ufa | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 24 | −2 | 38[a] | |
10 | Rubin Kazan | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 28 | −10 | 35[b] | |
11 | Ural | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 36 | 53 | −17 | 35[b] | |
12 | Sochi | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 33 | |
13 | Akhmat Grozny | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 27 | 46 | −19 | 31[c] | |
14 | Tambov | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 31[c] | |
15 | Krylia Sovetov Samara (R) | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 31[c] | Relegation to Football National League |
16 | Orenburg (R) | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 28 | 52 | −24 | 27 |
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) Matches won; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Play-off.[76]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Results
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.
Assured a place of European events (at least with the Europa League play-off) | |
Assured Champion's League participation |
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
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1 | Sardar Azmoun | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 17 |
Artem Dzyuba | Zenit Saint Petersburg | ||
3 | Yevgeni Lutsenko | Arsenal Tula | 15 |
4 | Aleksei Miranchuk | Lokomotiv Moscow | 12 |
Aleksandr Sobolev
|
Krylia Sovetov Samara Spartak Moscow | ||
Nikola Vlašić | CSKA Moscow | ||
7 | Eldor Shomurodov | Rostov | 11 |
8 | Marcus Berg | Krasnodar | 9 |
Grzegorz Krychowiak | Lokomotiv Moscow | ||
10 | Eric Bicfalvi | Ural Yekaterinburg | 8 |
Fyodor Chalov | CSKA Moscow | ||
Đorđe Despotović | Orenburg | ||
Maximilian Philipp | Dynamo Moscow |
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