2014–15 Russian Premier League

Russian Premier League
Season 2014–15
Matches played 200
Goals scored 477 (2.39 per match)
Top goalscorer Hulk (12 goals)
Biggest home win Zenit 8–1 Torpedo
Biggest away win Rostov 0–5 Zenit
Highest scoring Dynamo 7–3 Rostov
Longest winning run 8 matches:
Zenit (2 Aug-20 Sep)
Longest unbeaten run 13 matches:
Zenit (2 Aug-1 Nov)
Longest winless run 11 matches:
Arsenal (2 Aug-24 Oct)
Amkar (3 Nov-7 Apr)
Longest losing run 6 matches:
Arsenal (17 Aug-28 Sep)
2015–16 →

All statistics correct as of 30 April 2015.

The 2014–15 Russian Premier League is 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 will end on May 29, 2015.

Teams

Locations of teams in the 2014–15 Russian Premier League

After the 2013–14 season, FC Anzhi Makhachkala and FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod were relegated to the 2014–15 Russian National Football League. Anzhi's relegation was confirmed on 11 May 2014 after losing 0–1 to FC Krasnodar, a result that came one year after the club finished third in the previous season, and will return after four seasons. FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod will be returning after three seasons in the Russian Premier League during its first stint in Russia's top division. There were replaced by two clubs who qualified automatically from the 2013–14 Russian National Football League. After being relegated from the Premier League the season before, FC Mordovia Saransk returned to the Premier League at its first attempt after winning the Russian National Football League in the 2013–14 season. The 2014–15 season will also mark the Premier League debut for FC Arsenal Tula, having finished second to play in the top division of any level for the first time in its 68-year history.

On 22 May 2014, FC Tom Tomsk and FC Krylia Sovetov Samara would also be relegated via promotion/relegation play-offs. Winners of the 2012–13 Russian National Football League, FC Tom Tomsk lost to FC Ufa 4–6 on aggregate. Ufa's qualification to the Premier League was all the more impressive considering that the club was founded at the end of 2010 and played its 2011–12 season in the second division. FC Krylia Sovetov Samara will also be playing in the 2014–15 Russian National Football League. One of the original members of Russia's first division since the breakup of the Soviet Union, FC Krylia Sovetov Samara will be playing outside the top division for the first time since 1991. They lost to FC Torpedo Moscow 0–2 on aggregate, and the Moscow-based club will return to the top division for the first time since the 2006 season.

Stadiums

Team Stadium Opened Capacity
Amkar Zvezda, Perm 1969 17,000
Arsenal Tula Arsenal, Tula 1959 20,048
CSKA Arena Khimki, Khimki 2008 18,636
Dynamo Moscow Arena Khimki, Khimki 2008 18,636
Krasnodar Kuban, Krasnodar 1961 31,654
Kuban Kuban, Krasnodar 1961 31,654
Lokomotiv Lokomotiv, Moscow 2002 28,800
Mordovia Start, Saransk 2004 11,613
Rostov Olimp-2, Rostov-on-Don 1930 15,840
Rubin Kazan-arena, Kazan 2013 45,105
Spartak Moscow Otkrytie Arena, Moscow 2014 45,360
Terek Akhmat-Arena, Grozny 2011 30,597
Torpedo Moscow Saturn, Ramenskoye 1999 14,685
Ufa Dynamo, Ufa 1934 6,000
Ural Tsentralny, Yekaterinburg 1957 27,000
Zenit Petrovsky, Saint Petersburg 1925 20,985

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Location Head coach Captain Kitmaker Sponsor
Amkar Perm Russia Gadzhi Gadzhiyev Russia Dmitri Belorukov Joma
Arsenal Tula Russia Dmitri Alenichev Russia Aleksandr Filimonov Macron Government of Tula region
CSKA Moscow Russia Leonid Slutskiy Russia Igor Akinfeev Adidas Rosseti
Dynamo Moscow Russia Stanislav Cherchesov Russia Aleksandr Kokorin Nike VTB
Krasnodar Krasnodar Belarus Aleh Konanaw Sweden Andreas Granqvist Kappa Constell Group
Kuban Krasnodar Belarus Leonid Kuchuk Russia Aleksandr Belenov Adidas RGMK
Lokomotiv Moscow Montenegro Miodrag Božović Slovakia Ján Ďurica Adidas RZD
Mordovia Saransk Russia 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 Valeriy Petrakov Russia Kirill Kombarov Legea
Ufa Ufa Russia Igor Kolyvanov Russia Azamat Zaseyev Joma
Ural Yekaterinburg Russia Alexander 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[2] Pre-season Russia Yuri Semin 28 May 2014[3] Pre-season
Spartak Moscow Russia Dmitri Gunko Contract expired 1 June 2014[4] Pre-season Switzerland Murat Yakin 16 June 2014[5] Pre-season
Torpedo Moscow Russia Aleksandr Borodyuk Contract expired 5 June 2014[6] Pre-season Russia Nikolai Savichev 19 June 2014[7] Pre-season
Amkar Perm Russia Konstantin Paramonov Caretaker spell over 17 June 2014 Pre-season Serbia Slavoljub Muslin 17 June 2014[8] Pre-season
Lokomotiv Moscow Belarus Leonid Kuchuk Sacked 17 September 2014 9th Tajikistan Igor Cherevchenko (caretaker) 17 September 2014[9] 9th
Rostov Montenegro Miodrag Božović Resigned 25 September 2014[10] 14th Russia Igor Gamula 25 September 2014[11] 14th
Lokomotiv Moscow Tajikistan Igor Cherevchenko (caretaker) Caretaking spell over 4 October 2014 9th Montenegro Miodrag Božović 4 October 2014[12] 9th
Torpedo Moscow Russia Nikolai Savichev Resigned 4 November 2014 15th Russia Valeriy Petrakov 4 November 2014[13] 15th
Kuban Krasnodar Belarus Viktor Goncharenko Mutual consent 13 November 2014[14] 5th Belarus Leonid Kuchuk 17 November 2014[15] 5th
Amkar Perm Serbia Slavoljub Muslin Sacked 9 December 2014[16] 14th Russia Gadzhi Gadzhiyev 30 December 2014[17] 14th
Rostov Russia Igor Gamula Moved to the U-21 team 18 December 2014[18] 16th Turkmenistan Kurban Berdyev 18 December 2014[19] 16th

Last updated: 30 December 2014

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 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 (X) 25 18 5 2 52 14 +38 59 Qualification to the Champions League group stage
2 Krasnodar 25 15 6 4 43 22 +21 51 Qualification to the Champions League third qualifying round
3 CSKA Moscow 25 15 2 8 53 24 +29 47 Qualification to the Europa League third qualifying round
4 Dynamo Moscow 25 13 5 7 47 30 +17 44
5 Rubin Kazan 25 12 7 6 35 24 +11 43
6 Spartak Moscow 25 12 6 7 35 28 +7 42
7 Lokomotiv Moscow 25 10 8 7 25 19 +6 38
8 Kuban Krasnodar 25 7 11 7 25 30 −5 32
9 Terek Grozny 25 8 6 11 23 23 0 30
10 Mordovia Saransk 25 8 4 13 18 40 −22 28
11 Rostov 25 7 6 12 25 44 −19 27
12 Ufa 25 6 7 12 20 33 −13 25
13 Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast 25 7 2 16 23 35 −12 23[lower-alpha 1] Qualification to the Relegation play-offs
14 Arsenal Tula 25 7 2 16 16 34 −18 23[lower-alpha 1]
15 Amkar Perm 25 6 5 14 18 37 −19 23 Relegation to FNL
16 Torpedo Moscow 25 4 8 13 19 40 −21 20
Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2015. 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
(X) Team is assured of at least Europa League, but can still qualify for Champions League.
Notes:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Head-to-head matches: Ural-Arsenal 1–0, Arsenal-Ural 1–2

Results

Home ╲ Away[1] AMK ARS CSKDYNKRAKUBLOKMORROSRUBSPATERTORUFAURLZEN
Amkar Perm 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 0–3 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–1
Arsenal Tula 4–0 1–4 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–3 0–1 1–2 0–4
CSKA Moscow 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 6–0 1–0 6–0 0–1 1–0 4–1 5–0 0–1
Dynamo Moscow 5–0 1–0 2–2 2–2 2–1 7–3 0–2 1–2 3–0 3–1 2–0 0–1
Krasnodar 3–0 2–1 0–2 3–2 1–0 4–0 2–0 4–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–2
Kuban Krasnodar 1–0 0–1 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 4–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–1
Mordovia Saransk 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–0
Rostov 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–2 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–5
Rubin Kazan 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 5–0 2–0 0–4 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–1
Spartak Moscow 2–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 4–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–0
Terek Grozny 4–0 3–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–2
Torpedo Moscow 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–3 0–3 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–1
Ufa 1–1 3–3 0–2 0–2 3–2 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–1
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast 1–0 1–0 3–4 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–3 0–1 1–3 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–2
Zenit St. Petersburg 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–2 4–0 1–0 5–0 1–1 0–0 1–3 8–1 1–0 3–0

Updated to games played on 30 April 2015.
Source: Russian Premier League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: 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 \ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Zenit St. Petersburg 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1      
Krasnodar 9 10 6 5 4 7 7 7 6 5 3 3 3 2 2 3 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2        
CSKA Moscow 5 3 2 4 7 6 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3          
Dynamo Moscow 1 7 5 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 5 7 6 3 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 4 4 4 4          
Rubin Kazan 14 13 11 12 9 10 8 9 8 8 6 6 9 9 9 9 7 6 6 4 4 5 5 5 5          
Spartak Moscow 3 2 4 2 2 5 2 5 7 7 8 9 8 5 6 6 6 7 7 6 6 7 7 6 6          
Lokomotiv Moscow 8 6 3 6 8 8 9 10 9 9 9 8 7 8 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 6 6 7 7 7        
Kuban Krasnodar 6 5 7 7 5 3 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8          
Terek Grozny 4 4 8 8 6 4 6 6 5 6 7 4 4 6 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9          
Mordovia Saransk 7 8 9 9 11 9 10 8 10 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 10          
Rostov 13 12 15 15 10 14 13 14 14 15 15 14 14 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 14 12 12 10 11          
Ufa 11 9 10 11 13 11 11 11 11 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 13 15 14 12          
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast 10 11 14 13 14 15 15 15 15 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 13 13 13 12 13 11 11 12 13          
Arsenal Tula 16 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 14 14 15 15 13 13 14          
Amkar Perm 15 14 12 14 15 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 14 14 14 15 15 16 16 16 16 15          
Torpedo Moscow 12 16 13 10 12 12 14 13 13 14 14 15 15 14 14 13 12 12 12 13 12 14 14 15 16 16        

Source: resultados-futbol.com

Season events

Arsenal–CSKA game

On 16 March 2015, the league decided that the game between FC Arsenal Tula and PFC CSKA Moscow on 21 March 2015 can not be played at Arsenal Stadium due to unacceptable pitch condition.[20] The backup stadium registered by Arsenal with the league for such occasions is MSA Lokomotiv in Moscow, where the game was moved, in effect making Arsenal visitors at their own home game. In protest, Arsenal manager Dmitri Alenichev decided to field the reserves squad for this game.[21] Most of the players from the reserves teams are registered to play in league games, therefore the league could not reverse such a decision. 9 of the 11 Arsenal starters in the game (except for Sergei Kotov and Leonid Boyev) made their Premier League debut in the game. Kotov and Boyev had played in the Premier League for 185 combined minutes before this game.[22] It was also a first game since 21 July 2012 in which one of the teams (in this case, Arsenal) did not play a single foreign player.[23] CSKA won the game 4–1.[24]

Season statistics

Scoring

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Brazil Hulk Zenit 12 (3)
2 Russia Igor Portnyagin Rubin 11
Venezuela José Salomón Rondón Zenit 11
4 Finland Roman Eremenko CSKA 10
Netherlands Quincy Promes Spartak 10
6 Germany Kevin Kurányi Dynamo 10 (3)
7 Israel Bibras Natkho CSKA 10 (5)
8 Nigeria Ahmed Musa CSKA 9
9 Russia Artyom Dzyuba Spartak/Rostov 8
Russia Aleksei Ionov Dynamo 8
11 Russia Aleksandr Kokorin Dynamo 8 (1)
Uruguay Mauricio Pereyra Krasnodar 8 (1)

Last updated: 26 April 2015[26]

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Russia Aleksandr KokorinDynamoRostov7–3 2 August 2014[27]
Israel Bibras NatkhoCSKARostov6–0 31 August 2014[28]
Venezuela José Salomón RondónZenitRostov5–0 20 September 2014[29]
Venezuela José Salomón RondónZenitUral3–0 7 March 2015[30]

Round One Scoring Record

In the first round of matches, the 16 clubs (10 of which scored) combined for 34 goals to open the Russian Premier League, a new record that was elapsed even prior to Terek Grozny's home match against Amkar Perm on August 4. Ten of those goals came in Dinamo Moskva's 7-3 victory over FC Rostov.[31][32]

Zenit Saint Petersburg winning record

Zenit started the competition with 8 victories in a row, beating the previous record set by FC Rubin Kazan in 2008 with 7.

References

  1. ↑ http://uk.soccerway.com/national/russia/premier-league/20142015/regular-season/r25305/
  2. ↑ У "МОРДОВИИ" БУДЕТ НОВЫЙ ГЛАВНЫЙ ТРЕНЕР (in Russian). FC Mordovia Saransk. 18 May 2014.
  3. ↑ ДОБРО ПОЖАЛОВАТЬ, ЮРИЙ ПАВЛОВИЧ! (in Russian). FC Mordovia Saransk. 28 May 2014.
  4. ↑ Должность главного тренера "Спартака" вакантна. У Гунько кончился контракт (in Russian). Sport Express. 1 June 2014.
  5. ↑ МУРАТ ЯКИН — НОВЫЙ ГЛАВНЫЙ ТРЕНЕР "СПАРТАКА" (in Russian). FC Spartak Moscow. 16 June 2014.
  6. ↑ АЛЕКСАНДР БОРОДЮК ПОКИДАЕТ "ТОРПЕДО МОСКВА" (in Russian). FC Torpedo Moscow. 5 June 2014.
  7. ↑ АЛЕКСАНДР ТУКМАНОВ: НИКОЛАЙ САВИЧЕВ БУДЕТ ВОЗГЛАВЛЯТЬ "ТОРПЕДО" В РФПЛ (in Russian). FC Torpedo Moscow. 19 June 2014.
  8. ↑ Славолюб Муслин – новый главный тренер "Амкара" (in Russian). FC Amkar Perm. 17 June 2014.
  9. ↑ Заявление Совета директоров ФК «Локомотив» (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 18 September 2014.
  10. ↑ Божович покидает «Ростов» (in Russian). FC Rostov. 25 September 2014.
  11. ↑ Игорь Гамула главный тренер «Ростова» (in Russian). FC Rostov. 29 September 2014.
  12. ↑ Миодраг Божович - и.о. главного тренера «Локомотива» (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 4 October 2014.
  13. ↑ ВАЛЕРИЙ ПЕТРАКОВ – ГЛАВНЫЙ ТРЕНЕР «ТОРПЕДО» (in Russian). FC Torpedo Moscow. 4 November 2014.
  14. ↑ ВИКТОР ГАНЧАРЕНКО ПОКИДАЕТ «КУБАНЬ» (in Russian). FC Kuban Krasnodar. 13 November 2014.
  15. ↑ ЛЕОНИД КУЧУК ВОЗГЛАВИЛ «КУБАНЬ» (in Russian). FC Kuban Krasnodar. 17 November 2014.
  16. ↑ Информационное сообщение (in Russian). FC Amkar Perm. 9 December 2014.
  17. ↑ "Гаджи Гаджиев – новый главный тренер «Амкара»" (in Russian). FC Amkar Perm. 30 December 2014.
  18. ↑ Гамула и Маслов вернулись в молодежную команду (in Russian). FC Rostov. 18 December 2014.
  19. ↑ КУРБАН БЕРДЫЕВ ГЛАВНЫЙ ТРЕНЕР «РОСТОВА» (in Russian). FC Rostov. 18 December 2014.
  20. ↑ "Стадион «Арсенал» закрыт для игры с ЦСКА" (in Russian). Russian Football Premier League. 16 March 2015.
  21. ↑ "ДМИТРИЙ АЛЕНИЧЕВ: «ТУЛУ ЛИШИЛИ ГРАНДИОЗНОГО ПРАЗДНИКА»" (in Russian). FC Arsenal Tula. 18 March 2015.
  22. ↑ "Арсенал 1:4 ЦСКА" (in Russian). livesport.ru. 21 March 2015.
  23. ↑ "ПАТРИОТИЧНЫЕ" (in Russian). Sport Express. 23 March 2015.
  24. ↑ "Arsenal - CSKA game report" (in Russian). Russian Football Premier League. 21 March 2015.
  25. ↑ "Rubin - Spartak Game Report" (in Russian). Russian Football Premier League. 1 August 2014.
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  27. ↑ "Dinamo Moscow 7-2 Rostov". uk.soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  28. ↑ "CSKA-Rostov game protocol". Russian Premier League. 31 August 2014.
  29. ↑ "Rostov-Zenit game protocol". Russian Premier League. 20 September 2014.
  30. ↑ "Zenit-Ural game protocol". Russian Premier League. 7 March 2015.
  31. ↑ http://us.soccerway.com/matches/2014/08/03/russia/premier-league/fk-dinamo-moskva/fk-rostov-na-donu/1720459/?ICID=PL_MS_05
  32. ↑ http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=rus/news/newsid=2129948.html

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