Lev Yashin Club

Lev Yashin Club (Russian: Клуб имени Льва Яшина) is an unofficial list of Soviet and Russian football goalkeepers that have achieved 100 or more clean sheets during their professional career.[1] This club is named after the first Soviet goalkeeper to achieve 100 clean sheets: Lev Yashin. The list was created and maintained by journalist and statistician Konstantin Yesenin.[2]

Which clean sheets are counted

Traditionally, Yesenin counted goals and clean sheets in the following matches:

  1. Championship - goals scored in top leagues of Soviet and Russian football competitions.
  2. Cup - goals in Russian and Soviet Cup and Supercup scored in the stages where top league teams participate.
  3. European cups - goals scored in European Champion Clubs Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, Cup Winners Cup and Intertoto Cup for both home and foreign clubs.
  4. National team - goals scored for national and olympic teams in the official matches.

Lev Yashin Club[3]

Name Total Clean Sheets Championship Cup European cups National team
Lev Yashin
FC Dynamo Moscow
 270[4][5] 223 19 28
Rinat Dasayev
Spartak Moscow
 232 147 19 19 47
Evgeny Rudakov
Dynamo Kyiv
 206 143142524
Anzor Kavazashvili
Dinamo Tbilisi, Zenit Leningrad, Torpedo Moscow, Spartak Moscow
 16312912715
Viktor Chanov
Shakhtar Donetsk, Dynamo Kyiv
 150106131516
Yury Degtyaryov
Shakhtar Donetsk
 14711024310
Oleksandr Tkachenko
Zorya Luhansk, Zenit Leningrad
 1461192232
Viktor Bannikov
Dynamo Kyiv, Torpedo Moscow
 1381072425
Alesha Abrahamyan
Ararat Yerevan
 1381161570
Aleksandr Filimonov
Fakel Voronezh, Textilschik Kamyshin, Spartak Moscow, Dynamo Kyiv, Uralan Elista, FC Moscow, Nea Salamis FC, FC Kuban Krasnodar
 13710411157
Stanislav Cherchesov
Spartak Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow, Dynamo Dresden, Tirol Innsbruck
 1348291726
Vladimir Maslachenko
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Lokomotiv Moscow, Spartak Moscow
 1331131514
Sergey Kramarenko
Neftchi Baku, Chornomorets Odessa
 13311617
Vyacheslav Chanov
Shakhtar Donetsk, Torpedo Moscow, Neftchi Baku and PFC CSKA Moscow
 1321032513
Otar Gabelia
FC Dinamo Tbilisi and Torpedo Kutaisi
 130 10216120
Vladimir Pilguy
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, FC Dynamo Moscow and FC Kuban Krasnodar
122842747
Ramaz Urushadze
FC Dinamo Tbilisi and Torpedo Kutaisi
 1211136 2
Sergei Ovchinnikov
Lokomotiv Moscow
 11192955
Yuri Pshenichnikov
Pakhtakor Tashkent and PFC CSKA Moscow
 11096527
Aleksandr Podshivalov
FC Ararat Yerevan, FC Torpedo Moscow, Hapoel Haifa F.C., Yukong Elephants

FC Lokomotiv Moscow

 1029354
Nikolay Gontar
FC Dynamo Moscow
 100771265
Yonas Bauzha
PFC CSKA Moscow, FC Dynamo Moscow, Spartak Moscow, Chornomorets Odessa
 1008911

References

  1. ↑ Клуб Яшина мечта вратаря «Динамо» Романа Березовского Soviet Sport 26 March 2003
  2. ↑ Константин Есенин / Konstantin Esenin
  3. ↑ Клуб Льва Яшина
  4. ↑ http://russiateam.com/legends/yashin.html
  5. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/team_pages/russia/newsid_1751000/1751095.stm

See also