Russian Premier League season 2009

December 13, 2009 by FOOTBALLINRUSSIA · Comments Off
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The 2009 Russian Premier League season has come to its end. Rubin (Kazan) are the new old champions, Khimki and Kuban are heading to First division, CSKA have a new coach, Lokomotiv have a new old coach and Zenit hire a new star-coach. Read more

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Russian Premier League 2009 title challengers

April 14, 2009 by FOOTBALLINRUSSIA · 2 Comments
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While CSKA (Moscow) and Zenit (Saint Petersburg) are clearly the favorites of the race for the Russian Premier League title, a number of other clubs may achieve a major success this season. Read more

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Laudrup’s hit

March 11, 2009 by FOOTBALLINRUSSIA · Comments Off
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by Alexander Ushakov specially for FOOTBALLINRUSSIA.COM

The very depth of 2008 brought huge change into FC Spartak management. Valery Karpin replaced Sergey Shavlo as Spartak CEO while hard-edged and decisive Stanislav Cherchesov stepped off the job and after lasting negotiations Michael Laudrup became a new Spartak manager. Read more

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Soviet Top League Champions: TOP 4 Soviet clubs

February 19, 2009 by FOOTBALLINRUSSIA · 1 Comment
Filed under: History of Russian football 

Soviet Top League was a league, toping USSR football league system. The competition formed as Soviet Top League in 1936, before that clubs from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus a competed in RSFSR Championship. Initially 2 titles could be won each year (in spring and in autumn). Read more

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