| Season | 2014–15 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Zenit St. Petersburg |
| Relegated | Torpedo Moscow Arsenal Tula |
| Champions League | Zenit St. Petersburg CSKA Moscow |
| Europa League | Lokomotiv Moscow Krasnodar Rubin Kazan |
| Matches | 240 |
| Goals | 583 (2.43 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Hulk (15 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Zenit 8–1Torpedo |
| Biggest away win | Rostov 0–5Zenit |
| Highest scoring | Dynamo 7–3Rostov |
| Longest winning run | 8 matches: Zenit (2 Aug-20 Sep) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 13 matches: Zenit (3 Dec-17 May) Krasnodar (8 Mar-30 May) |
| 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) |
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The2014–15 Russian Premier League was the 23rd season of theRussianfootball championship since the dissolution of theSoviet Union and the 13th under the currentRussian Premier League name.
The season began on August 1, 2014, whenRubin Kazan opened its season at home againstSpartak Moscow.[1] The season ended on May 29, 2015.Zenit won the championship, on 17 May, 2 rounds before the season ended.
After the2013–14 season,FC Anzhi Makhachkala andFC Volga Nizhny Novgorod were relegated to the2014–15 Russian National Football League. Anzhi's relegation was confirmed on 11 May 2014 after losing 0–1 toFC Krasnodar, a result that came one year after the club finished third in the previous season, and thus returns to FNL after five seasons.FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod has been relegated after playing in theRussian Premier League for three seasons, during its first stint in Russia's top division. They have been replaced by two clubs which directly qualified from the2013–14 Russian National Football League.FC Mordovia Saransk returned to the Premier League at its first attempt asFNL champions in the 2013–14 season, after being relegated from the Premier League in the season before. And 2013-14 FNL runner-upFC 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,FC Tom Tomsk andFC Krylia Sovetov Samara also played their relegation playoff matches againstFC Ufa andFC Torpedo Moscow respectively. The2012-13 season FNL runner-up which has been directly promoted to Premier League season before, FC Tom Tomsk lost their relegation playoffs from FC Ufa (4th2013-14 FNL) with 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 its2011–12 season in the second division.FC Krylia Sovetov Samara were also relegated to play inFNL in 2014–15 season, after they lose fromFC Torpedo Moscow (3rd 2013-14 FNL) with 0–2 on aggregate, and theMoscow-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]
| 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] |
| Team | Outgoing | Manner | Date | Table | Incoming | Date | Table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mordovia Saransk | Mutual consent | 18 May 2014[23] | Pre-season | 28 May 2014[24] | Pre-season | ||
| Spartak Moscow | Contract expired | 1 June 2014[25] | Pre-season | 16 June 2014[26] | Pre-season | ||
| Torpedo Moscow | Contract expired | 5 June 2014[27] | Pre-season | 19 June 2014[28] | Pre-season | ||
| Amkar Perm | Caretaker spell over | 17 June 2014 | Pre-season | 17 June 2014[29] | Pre-season | ||
| Lokomotiv Moscow | Sacked | 17 September 2014 | 9th | 17 September 2014[30] | 9th | ||
| Rostov | Resigned | 25 September 2014[31] | 14th | 25 September 2014[32] | 14th | ||
| Lokomotiv Moscow | Caretaking spell over | 4 October 2014 | 9th | 4 October 2014[33] | 9th | ||
| Torpedo Moscow | Resigned | 4 November 2014 | 15th | 4 November 2014[34] | 15th | ||
| Kuban Krasnodar | Mutual consent | 13 November 2014[35] | 5th | 17 November 2014[36] | 5th | ||
| Amkar Perm | Sacked | 9 December 2014[37] | 14th | 30 December 2014[38] | 14th | ||
| Rostov | Moved to the U-21 team | 18 December 2014[39] | 16th | 18 December 2014[40] | 16th | ||
| Lokomotiv Moscow | Resigned | 11 May 2015[41] | 7th | 11 May 2015 (caretaker) 2 June 2015 (permanent)[42] | 7th | ||
| Kuban Krasnodar | Mutual consent | 25 May 2015[43] | 10th | 25 May 2015 | 10th |
Last updated: 2 June 2015
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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.
The teams that finish 15th and 16th will be relegated to theRNFL, 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.
| 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 theChampions League group stage |
| 2 | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 67 | 27 | +40 | 60 | Qualification for theChampions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Krasnodar | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 52 | 27 | +25 | 60 | Qualification for theEuropa 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 theEuropa 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 theEuropa 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 theRelegation 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 toProfessional Football League |
| 16 | Arsenal Tula(R) | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 46 | −26 | 25 | Relegation toFootball National League |
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast won 1–0 onaggregate score and remained in the2015–16 Russian Premier League.
Rostov won 5–1 onaggregate score and remained in the2015–16 Russian Premier League.
| 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 |
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 |
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| 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 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 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 | 2 | 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 | 4 | 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 | 5 | 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 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 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 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 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 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 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 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| 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 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 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 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 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 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 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 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 |
| 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 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| 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 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 |
| 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 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
On 16 March 2015, the league decided that the game betweenFC Arsenal Tula andPFC CSKA Moscow on 21 March 2015 can not be played atArsenal Stadium due to unacceptable pitch condition.[44] The backup stadium registered by Arsenal with the league for such occasions isMSA Lokomotiv in Moscow, where the game was moved, in effect making Arsenal visitors at their own home game. In protest, Arsenal managerDmitri Alenichev decided to field the reserves squad for this game.[45] 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 forSergei Kotov andLeonid 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.[46] 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.[47] CSKA won the game 4–1.[48]
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zenit | 15 (3) | 2283 | |
| 2 | Zenit | 13 | 1516 | |
| CSKA | 13 | 2213 | ||
| Spartak | 13 | 2379 | ||
| 5 | CSKA | 12 (7) | 2174 | |
| 6 | Rubin | 11 | 2018 | |
| 7 | CSKA | 10 | 2431 | |
| 8 | Dynamo | 10 (3) | 1578 | |
| 9 | Dynamo | 9 | 2054 | |
| 10 | Krasnodar | 9 (1) | 2013 |
Last updated: 30 May 2015[50]
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dynamo | Rostov | 7–3 | 2 August 2014[51] | |
| CSKA | Rostov | 6–0 | 31 August 2014[52] | |
| Zenit | Rostov | 5–0 | 20 September 2014[53] | |
| Zenit | Ural | 3–0 | 7 March 2015[54] |
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.[55][56]
Zenit started the competition with 8 victories in a row, beating the previous record set byFC Rubin Kazan in 2008 with 7.[57]
On 24 June 2015,Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:[58]
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