| Season | 2018–19 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Zenit Saint Petersburg 6th title |
| Relegated | Anzhi Yenisey |
| Champions League | Zenit Saint Petersburg Lokomotiv Moscow Krasnodar |
| Europa League | CSKA Moscow Spartak Moscow Arsenal |
| Matches | 240 |
| Goals | 542 (2.26 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Fyodor Chalov (15 goals) |
| Biggest home win | CSKA Moscow 6–0Krylia Sovetov |
| Biggest away win | Anzhi 0–4Krasnodar |
| Highest scoring | Zenit 5–3Lokomotiv |
| Longest winning run | 5 matches: Zenit (29 Jul–2 Sep) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 8 matches: Zenit (29 Jul–30 Sep) |
| Longest winless run | 9 matches: Yenisey (27 Aug-present) |
| Longest losing run | 6 matches: Anzhi (6 Aug–22 Sep) |
| Highest attendance | 61,500 Zenit 3–1CSKA (12 May 2019) |
| Lowest attendance | 1,285 Yenisey 0–0Arsenal (2 September 2018) |
| Total attendance | 4,036,196 |
| Average attendance | 16,817 |
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The2018–19 Russian Premier League was the 27th season of the premierfootball competition in Russia since the dissolution of theSoviet Union and the 17th under the currentRussian Premier League name.Lokomotiv Moscow came into the season as the defending champions.
The new logo was presented on 24 July 2018, there was no title sponsor announced for the season.[1]
As in the previous season, 16 teams will play in the 2018–19 season. After the2017–18 season,Anzhi Makhachkala,Tosno andSKA-Khabarovsk were relegated to the2018–19 Russian National Football League. They were replaced by three clubs from the2017–18 Russian National Football League,Orenburg,Krylya Sovetov Samara, andYenisey Krasnoyarsk. Orenburg and Krylya Sovetov returned after one season of absence while Yenisey make their debut in the Premier League.
On 13 June 2018,FC Amkar Perm announced that theRussian Football Union recalled their 2018–19 season license, making them ineligible for theRussian Premier League orRussian Football National League.[2]FC Anzhi Makhachkala, which was already licensed for the 2018–19 Premier League before losing in the 2017–18 relegation play-offs, was 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.[3][4]
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | Rubin Kazan | Rostov | Krylia Sovetov Samara |
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| Krestovsky Stadium | Kazan Arena | Rostov Arena | Cosmos Arena |
| Capacity:67,800 | Capacity:45,093 | Capacity:45,000 | Capacity:44,918 |
| Spartak Moscow | Locations of teams in 2018–19 Russian Premier League | 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 | ||
| Anzhi Makhachkala | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | ||
| Anzhi Arena | Central Stadium | ||
| Capacity:26,500 | Capacity:22,500 | ||
| Arsenal Tula | Dynamo Moscow | Ufa | Orenburg |
| Arsenal Stadium | Arena Khimki | Neftyanik Stadium | Gazovik Stadium |
| Capacity:20,048 | Capacity:18,636 | Capacity:15,132 | Capacity:7,520 |
| Team | Location | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akhmat | Grozny | Akhmat Foundation | |||
| Anzhi | Makhachkala | ||||
| Arsenal | Tula | SPLAV | |||
| CSKA | Moscow | Rosseti | |||
| Dynamo | Moscow | VTB | |||
| Krasnodar | Krasnodar | Constell Group | |||
| Krylia Sovetov | Samara | Parimatch | |||
| Lokomotiv | Moscow | RZhD | |||
| Orenburg | Orenburg | Gazprom Dobycha Orenburg | |||
| Rostov | Rostov-on-Don | TNS Energo | |||
| Rubin | Kazan | Nizhnekamskneftekhim | |||
| Spartak | Moscow | Lukoil | |||
| Ufa | Ufa | Terra Bashkiria | |||
| Ural | Yekaterinburg | Renova,TMK | |||
| Yenisey | Krasnoyarsk | HOK | |||
| Zenit | Saint Petersburg | Gazprom |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zenit | Mutual consent | 13 May 2018[5] | pre-season | 29 May 2018[6] | ||
| Ural | Moved to the advisor position | 21 May 2018[7] | 21 May 2018 | |||
| Arsenal | Contract expired | 21 May 2018[8] | 1 June 2018[9] | |||
| Ufa | Mutual consent | 29 May 2018[10] | 13 June 2018[11] | |||
| Anzhi | Contract expired | 31 May 2018[12] | 4 June 2018[13] | |||
| Akhmat | Resigned | 2 September 2018[14] | 10th | 2 September 2018 | ||
| Akhmat | Caretaking spell over | 5 September 2018 | 10th | 5 September 2018[15] | ||
| Krylia Sovetov | Fired | 5 October 2018[16] | 15th | 5 October 2018[17] | ||
| Spartak Moscow | Fired | 23 October 2018[18] | 6th | 23 October 2018[18] | ||
| Ufa | Resigned | 7 November 2018[19] | 15th | 7 November 2018 | ||
| Spartak Moscow | Caretaking spell over | 12 November 2018 | 9th | 12 November 2018[20] | ||
| Arsenal Tula | Mutual consent | 12 November 2018[21] | 11th | 13 November 2018[22] | ||
| Ufa | Mutual consent | 27 March 2019[23] | 15th | 27 March 2019[24] |
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.
The teams that finish 15th and 16th will be relegated to theFNL, 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.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zenit Saint Petersburg(C) | 30 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 57 | 29 | +28 | 64 | Qualification for theChampions League group stage |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 45 | 28 | +17 | 56[a] | |
| 3 | Krasnodar | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 55 | 23 | +32 | 56[a] | Qualification for theChampions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 46 | 23 | +23 | 51 | Qualification for theEuropa League group stage[b] |
| 5 | Spartak Moscow | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 49 | Qualification for theEuropa League third qualifying round[b] |
| 6 | Arsenal Tula | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 46 | Qualification for theEuropa League second qualifying round[b] |
| 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 for theRelegation 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 toFootball National League |
| 16 | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk(R) | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 55 | −31 | 20 |
The draw for relegation play-offs scheduling took place on 16 May 2019.[26] The referees (includingVAR teams) were appointed on 27 May 2019.[27]
| Nizhny Novgorod | 1–3 | Krylia Sovetov Samara |
|---|---|---|
| Fomin | Report | Fedoriv Zinkovsky Shiskin |
FC Ufa won 2–1 on aggregate and retained their spot in the2019–20 Russian Premier League; Tom Tomsk remained in the2019–20 Russian National Football League.
Krylia Sovetov won 3–2 on aggregate and retained their spot in the2019–20 Russian Premier League; Nizhny Novgorod remained in the2019–20 Russian National Football League.
| Home \ Away | AKH | ANZ | ARS | CSK | DYN | KRA | KRY | LOK | ORE | ROS | RUB | SPA | UFA | URA | YEN | ZEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akhmat Grozny | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Anzhi Makhachkala | 0–1 | — | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Arsenal Tula | 3–1 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 |
| CSKA Moscow | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–2 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Dynamo Moscow | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Krasnodar | 0–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 |
| Krylia Sovetov Samara | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | — | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Orenburg | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Rostov | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Rubin Kazan | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Spartak Moscow | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Ufa | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Ural Yekaterinburg | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 3–2 | 0–1 |
| Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 0–2 |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 5–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | — |
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.
| 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 | 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 | 1 |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 6 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Krasnodar | 12 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| CSKA Moscow | 7 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Spartak Moscow | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Arsenal Tula | 9 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Orenburg | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 |
| Akhmat Grozny | 13 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
| Rostov | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 |
| Ural Yekaterinburg | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| Rubin Kazan | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
| Dynamo Moscow | 10 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Krylya Sovetov | 11 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Ufa | 8 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Anzhi Makhachkala | 3 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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| 1 | Zenit | 612,093 | 61,467 | 40,463 | 47,084 | +7.1%† |
| 2 | Spartak Moscow | 438,584 | 44,486 | 20,015 | 31,327 | +3.8%† |
| 3 | Rostov | 395,883 | 41,097 | 21,850 | 30,452 | +139.2%† |
| 4 | Krasnodar | 343,102 | 34,652 | 12,313 | 24,507 | −2.1%† |
| 5 | CSKA Moscow | 226,984 | 29,361 | 9,013 | 18,915 | +21.2%† |
| 6 | Krylya Sovetov | 234,613 | 39,137 | 7,213 | 18,047 | +127.2%1 |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 194,988 | 26,892 | 7,218 | 14,999 | +18.0%† |
| 8 | Ural Yekaterinburg | 191,921 | 20,365 | 4,213 | 14,763 | +81.9%† |
| 9 | Akhmat Grozny | 113,962 | 16,342 | 1,850 | 10,360 | −31.7%† |
| 10 | Rubin Kazan | 132,894 | 26,531 | 3,282 | 10,222 | +5.3%† |
| 11 | Arsenal Tula | 136,757 | 15,646 | 7,869 | 9,768 | −18.1%† |
| 12 | Ufa | 106,075 | 10,926 | 3,187 | 7,576 | +9.5%† |
| 13 | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 90,443 | 14,915 | 1,285 | 7,536 | +158.1%1 |
| 14 | Dynamo Moscow | 97,849 | 14,674 | 4,133 | 7,526 | +10.8%† |
| 15 | Orenburg | 62,766 | 7,083 | 2,453 | 4,828 | +57.6%1 |
| 16 | Anzhi Makhachkala | 53,718 | 9,255 | 1,655 | 4,476 | −29.9%† |
| League total | 3,444,629 | 61,467 | 1,285 | 16,561 | +18.7%† |
Updated to games played on 29 April 2019
Source:[1]
Notes:
1: Team played last season in theRussian Football National League.
On 26 June 2019,Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:[29]
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Other awards announced on the same day included:
Player of the year:Artem Dzyuba.
Hope prize (under-21 players):Matvei Safonov (Krasnodar).
Coach of the year:Sergei Semak (Zenit).
Team of the year:FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.
For contribution to football development:Stanislav Cherchesov.