2018–19 Russian Premier League

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Russian Premier League 2018–19
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The 2018–19 Russian Premier League is 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 come into the season as the defending champions.

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 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. FC Anzhi Makhachkala, which was already licensed for the 2018–19 Premier League before losing in the 2017–18 relegation play-offs, is 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.

Stadiums

Team	Stadium	City	Opened	Capacity
Akhmat Grozny	Akhmat-Arena	Grozny	2011	30,597
Amkar Perm	Zvezda Stadium	Perm	1969	17,000
Arsenal Tula	Arsenal Stadium	Tula	1959	20,048
CSKA Moskva	VEB Arena	Moscow	2016	30,000
Dynamo Moskva	Arena Khimki	Khimki	2008	18,636
Krasnodar	Krasnodar Stadium	Krasnodar	2016	34,291
Krylia Sovetov	Cosmos Arena	Samara	2018	44,918
Lokomotiv Moskva	Lokomotiv Stadium	Moscow	2002	28,800
Orenburg	Gazovik Stadium	Orenburg	2002	7,500
Rostov	Rostov Arena	Rostov-on-Don	2018	37,868
Rubin Kazan	Kazan Arena	Kazan	2013	45,379
Spartak Moskva	Otkritie Arena	Moscow	2014	45,360
Ufa	Neftyanik Stadium	Ufa	1967	15,234
Ural	Central Stadium	Yekaterinburg	1940	23,000
Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	Central Stadium	Krasnoyarsk	1967	22,500
Zenit Saint Petersburg	Krestovsky Stadium	Saint Petersburg	2017	64,287

Personnel and kits

Team	Location	Head coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Akhmat Grozny	Grozny	Igor Lediakhov	Adidas	Akhmat Foundation
Amkar Perm	Perm	Vadim Evseev	Adidas
Arsenal Tula	Tula	Oleg Kononov	Adidas	SPLAV
CSKA Moscow	Moscow	Viktor Goncharenko	Adidas	Rosseti
Dynamo Moscow	Moscow	Dmitri Khokhlov	Nike	VTB
Krasnodar	Krasnodar	Murad Musayev	Puma	Constell Group
Krylia Sovetov	Samara	Andrey Tikhonov	Nike
Lokomotiv Moscow	Moscow	Yuri Semin	Adidas	RZhD
Orenburg	Orenburg	Vladimir Fedotov	Nike
Rostov	Rostov-on-Don	Valeri Karpin	Adidas	Pari-Match, TNS Energoservice
Rubin Kazan	Kazan	Kurban Berdyev	New Balance	Nizhnekamskneftekhim
Spartak Moscow	Moscow	Massimo Carrera	Nike	LUKOIL
Ufa	Ufa	Vacant	Joma
Ural Yekaterinburg	Yekaterinburg	Dmytro Parfenov	Joma	Renova, TMK
Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	Krasnoyarsk	Dmitri Alenichev	Nike
Zenit Saint Petersburg	Saint Petersburg	Sergei Semak	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	pre-season	Sergei Semak	29 May 2018
Ural	Aleksandr Tarkhanov	Moved to the advisor position	21 May 2018		Dmytro Parfenov	21 May 2018
Arsenal	Miodrag Božović	Contract expired	21 May 2018		Oleg Kononov	1 June 2018
Ufa	Sergei Semak	Mutual consent	29 May 2018		Sergei Tomarov	13 June 2018
Anzhi	Vadim Skripchenko	Contract expired	31 May 2018		Magomed Adiyev	4 June 2018

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

2018–19 Russian Premier League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zenit St. 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
3	Krasnodar	30	16	8	6	55	23	+32	56	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	CSKA Moscow	30	14	9	7	46	23	+23	51	Qualification to Europa League group stage
5	Spartak Moscow	30	14	7	9	36	31	+5	49	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
6	Arsenal Tula	30	12	10	8	40	33	+7	46	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
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
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 FNL
16	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk  (R)	30	4	8	18	24	55	−31	20

Source: Russian Premier League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Relegation play-offs

Positions by round

External links

• Official website

2018–19 in Russian football

Domestic leagues

Premier League · National Football League · Professional Football League

Domestic cups

Russian Cup (Final) · Super Cup

International club competitions

Champions League · Europa League

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