List of Soviet and Russian football champions

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Football had been played in Russia since the Russian Empire days in the early 1900s, but it was not until 1936, 19 years after the Russian Revolution, that the Soviet Union established a national championship of clubs. Before then local leagues in Moscow and Saint Petersburg/Leningrad were the only prominent league competitions in the country, with some national championships held intermittently from 1912 to 1933, made up of city selections.[ citation needed ]

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Teams in bold indicates doubles won with the Soviet Cup before 1992 and with the Russian Cup thereafter. Teams in italics include Cup winners between the 2nd and 3rd league places.

Football championship of Russian Empire

YearChampions
(number of titles)
Runners-upThird placeLeading goalscorerGoals
1912Saint PetersburgMoscowKharkov / Kiev
1913OdessaSaint PetersburgKharkov / Moscow
1914cancelled due to World War I

Football championship of Russian SFSR among city teams

YearChampions
(number of titles)
Runners-upThird placeLeading goalscorerGoals
1920MoscowMKS TverSamara / Mars Yaroslavl
1921no championship
1922MoscowKharkovPerm / Kazan
1923no championship
1924PetrogradMoscowViatka / Kazan
no championship in 1925-26
1927MoscowWestern OblastNorth Caucasus Krai
1928MoscowLeningradAutonomous republics
no championship in 1929-30
1931MoscowLeningradNorth Caucasus Krai / Nizhniy Novgorod Krai
1932LeningradMoscowSamara / Sverdlovsk
1933no championship
1934VoronezhIvanovoSverdlovsk
1935no championship

USSR championship

Note: according to Dynamo sports society, the first Soviet football championship took place in 1924, [1] while other sources (megabook.ru) indicate that the first championship took place earlier in 1923. In Moscow it was decided to consider the football tournament of the 1924 All-Union festival of physical culture as the first national championship. [2]

YearChampions
(number of titles)
Runners-upThird placeLeading goalscorerGoals
1923Moscow Southern Railways (Kharkov)
1924KharkovPetrogradYakov Alferov2
1925no championship
1926no championship
1927no championship
1928MoscowUkrainian SSR
1929no championship
1930no championship
1931MoscowRussian SFSRTranscaucasian SFSR
1932MoscowLeningrad Vasily Smirnov 4
1933no championship
1934no championship
1935MoscowLeningradKharkovMikhail Yakushev6

Russian SFSR championship

Republican level competitions among teams from the Russian SFSR. Until 1960 it included teams that were considered amateurs, after 1960 the competition was conducted as part of the Soviet Second League.
Source: Footballfacts.ru

YearChampions
(number of titles)
Runners-upThird placeLeading goalscorerGoals
1948 Dinamo Krasnodar Dinamo Perm Krasnoye Znamia Orekhovo-Zuyevo
1949 Dinamo Stavropol Dinamo GorkiyKrasnoye Znamia Pavlovskiy posad
1950 MVO Moscow SKA Khabarovsk Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu
1951ODO SverdlovskVympel KorolyovDinamo Rostov-na-Donu
1952Vympel KorolyovDinamo Rostov-na-DonuZvezda Vyborg
1953Torpedo Krasnoyarsk Krylia Sovetov Voronezh Zenit Stupino
1954 Trud Stupino Torpedo Taganrog SKA Khabarovsk
1955Torpedo Taganrog Zenit Izhevsk Iskra Zelenodolsk
1956Avangard Sormovo Terek Groznyi Lokomotiv Saratov
1957Metallurg VolgogradSovetskiy Raion Krasnoyarsk Torpedo Vladimir
1958 Trud Ramenskoye SKVO KuibyshevTrud Tambov
1959Admiralteyets LeningradTrudovye Rezervy Leningrad Trud Voronezh
ZIP-Energiya Trud Zelenodolsk SKA Novosibirsk
1960 Trud Voronezh Irtysh Omsk Volga Kalinin
1961 Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev Terek Groznyi Dinamo Kirov
1962 Spartak Krasnodar Trud Voronezh Uralmash Sverdlovsk
1963 Volga Kalinin Dinamo Kirov Zvezda Serpukhov
1964 Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu Terek Groznyi Tekstilshchik Ivanovo
1965 Spartak Nalchik Rubin Kazan Sokol Saratov
1966 Lokomotiv Kaluga Spartak Ordzhonikidze Metallurg Tula
1967 Dinamo Makhachkala Volga Ulyanovsk Volgar Astrakhan
1968 Mashuk Pyatigorsk Kalininets Sverdlovsk Spartak Belgorod
1969 Druzhba Maykop Saturn Rybinsk Iskra Smolensk
1970 Avtomobilist Nalchik Spartak Yoshkar-Ola Kuzbass Kemerovo
1971 Zvezda Perm Avtomobilist Nalchik Iskra Smolensk
1972 Kuzbass Kemerovo Metallurg Lipetsk Amur Blagoveshchensk
1973 Kuban Krasnodar Iskra Smolensk Uralmash Sverdlovsk
1974 Terek Groznyi Rubin Kazan
1975 Dinamo Makhachkala Terek Groznyi
1976 Iskra Smolensk Uralmash Sverdlovsk Dinamo Leningrad
1977 Lokomotiv Kaluga Fakel Voronezh SKA Khabarovsk
1978Voronezh OblastStavropol KraiKrasnodar Krai
1979no competition / Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR
1980 Rotor Volgograd Zvezda Perm Torpedo Tolyatti
1981 Dinamo Kirov Tekstilshchik Ivanovo Dinamo Barnaul
1982no competition / Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR
1983 Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev Spartak Ordzhonikidze Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo
1984 Zorky Krasnogorsk Baltika Kaliningrad Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev
1985 Geolog Tyumen Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu Dinamo Bryansk
1986 Metallurg Lipetsk Sokol Saratov Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev
1987 Kuban Krasnodar Zvezda Perm Tekstilschik Ivanovo
1988 Tsement Novorossiysk Uralmash Sverdlovsk Dinamo Bryansk
1989 Dinamo Bryansk Tsement Novorossiysk Tekstilshchik Kamyshin
1990no competition
1991 Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev Rotor Volgograd

Soviet League (1936–1991)

Soviet Group A

YearChampions
(number of titles)
Runners-upThird placeLeading goalscorerGoals
1936 (spring) Dynamo Moscow Dynamo Kiev Spartak Moscow Mikhail Semichastny (Dynamo Moscow)6
1936 (autumn) Spartak Moscow Dynamo Moscow Dinamo Tbilisi Georgy Glazkov (Spartak Moscow)7
1937 Dynamo Moscow (2) Spartak Moscow Dynamo Kiev Boris Paichadze (Dinamo Tbilisi)
Leonid Rumyantsev (Spartak Moscow)
Vasily Smirnov (Dynamo Moscow)
8
1938 Spartak Moscow (2) CDKA Moscow Metallurg Moscow Makar Goncharenko (Dinamo Kiev)19
1939 Spartak Moscow (3) Dinamo Tbilisi CDKA Moscow Grigory Fedotov (CDKA Moscow)21
1940 Dynamo Moscow (3) Dinamo Tbilisi Spartak Moscow Grigory Fedotov (CDKA Moscow)
Sergei Solovyov (Dynamo Moscow)
21
1941 Cancelled on 24 June due to World War II (Dynamo Moscow had the best record at that time)
1942–1944Cancelled due to World War II

Soviet First Group

YearChampions
(number of titles)
Runners-upThird placeLeading goalscorerGoals
1945 Dynamo Moscow (4) CDKA Moscow Torpedo Moscow Vsevolod Bobrov (CDKA Moscow)24
1946 CDKA Moscow Dynamo Moscow Dinamo Tbilisi Aleksandr Ponomaryov (Torpedo Moscow)18
1947 CDKA Moscow (2) Dynamo Moscow Dinamo Tbilisi Vsevolod Bobrov (CDKA Moscow)
Valentin Nikolayev (CDKA Moscow)
Sergei Solovyov (Dynamo Moscow)
14
1948 CDKA Moscow (3) Dynamo Moscow Spartak Moscow Sergei Solovyov (Dynamo Moscow)25
1949 Dynamo Moscow (5) CDKA Moscow Spartak Moscow Nikita Simonyan (Spartak Moscow)26

Soviet Class A

YearChampions
(number of titles)
Runners-upThird placeLeading goalscorerGoals
1950 CDKA Moscow (4) Dynamo Moscow Dinamo Tbilisi Nikita Simonyan (Spartak Moscow)34
1951 CDSA Moscow (5) Dinamo Tbilisi Shakhter Stalino Avtandil Gogoberidze (Dinamo Tbilisi)16
1952 Spartak Moscow (4) Dynamo Kiev Dynamo Moscow Andrey Zazroyev (Dynamo Kiev)11
1953 Spartak Moscow (5) Dinamo Tbilisi Torpedo Moscow Nikita Simonyan (Spartak Moscow)14
1954 Dynamo Moscow (6) Spartak Moscow Spartak Minsk Anatoli Ilyin (Spartak Moscow)
Vladimir Ilyin (Dynamo Moscow)
Antonin Sochnev (Trudovye Reservy Leningrad)
11
1955 Dynamo Moscow (7) Spartak Moscow CDSA Moscow Eduard Streltsov (Torpedo Moscow)15
1956 Spartak Moscow (6) Dynamo Moscow CDSA Moscow Vasily Buzunov (ODO Sverdlovsk)17
1957 Dynamo Moscow (8) Torpedo Moscow Spartak Moscow Vasily Buzunov (CSK MO Moscow)16
1958 Spartak Moscow (7) Dynamo Moscow CSK MO Moscow Anatoli Ilyin (Spartak Moscow)19
1959 Dynamo Moscow (9) Lokomotiv Moscow Dinamo Tbilisi Zaur Kaloyev (Dinamo Tbilisi)16
1960 Torpedo Moscow Dynamo Kiev Dynamo Moscow Zaur Kaloyev (Dinamo Tbilisi)
Gennady Gusarov (Torpedo Moscow)
20
1961 Dynamo Kiev Torpedo Moscow Spartak Moscow Gennady Gusarov (Torpedo Moscow)22
1962 Spartak Moscow (8) Dynamo Moscow Dinamo Tbilisi Mikhail Mustygin (Belarus Minsk)17

Soviet Class A, 1st Group

YearChampions
(number of titles)
Runners-upThird placeLeading goalscorerGoals
1963 Dynamo Moscow (10) Spartak Moscow Dinamo Minsk Oleg Kopaev (SKA Rostov-on-Don)27
1964 Dinamo Tbilisi Torpedo Moscow CSKA Moscow Vladimir Fedotov (CSKA Moscow)16
1965 Torpedo Moscow (2) Dynamo Kiev CSKA Moscow Oleg Kopaev (SKA Rostov-on-Don)18
1966 Dynamo Kiev (2) SKA Rostov-on-Don Neftchi Baku Ilya Datunashvili (Dinamo Tbilisi)20
1967 Dynamo Kiev (3) Dynamo Moscow Dinamo Tbilisi Mikhail Mustygin (Dinamo Minsk)19
1968 Dynamo Kiev (4) Spartak Moscow Torpedo Moscow Georgi Gavasheli (Dinamo Tbilisi)
Berador Abduraimov (Pakhtakor Tashkent)
22
1969 Spartak Moscow (9) Dynamo Kiev Dinamo Tbilisi Nikolai Osyanin (Spartak Moscow)
Vladimir Proskurin (SKA Rostov-on-Don)
Dzhemal Kherhadze (Torpedo Kutaisi)
16

Soviet Supreme League (Soviet Top League)

YearChampions
(number of titles)
Runners-upThird placeLeading goalscorerGoals
1970 CSKA Moscow (6) Dynamo Moscow Spartak Moscow Givi Nodia (Dinamo Tbilisi)17
1971 Dynamo Kiev (5) Ararat Yerevan Dinamo Tbilisi Eduard Malofeev (Dinamo Minsk)16
1972 Zorya Voroshilovgrad Dynamo Kiev Dinamo Tbilisi Oleg Blokhin (Dynamo Kiev)14
1973 Ararat Yerevan Dynamo Kiev Dynamo Moscow Oleg Blokhin (Dynamo Kiev)18
1974 Dynamo Kiev (6) Spartak Moscow Chornomorets Odessa Oleg Blokhin (Dynamo Kiev)20
1975 Dynamo Kiev (7) Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Moscow Oleg Blokhin (Dynamo Kiev)18
1976 (spring) Dynamo Moscow (11) Ararat Yerevan Dinamo Tbilisi Arkady Andreasian (Ararat Yerevan)8
1976 (autumn) Torpedo Moscow (3) Dynamo Kiev Dinamo Tbilisi Aleksandr Markin (Zenit Leningrad)13
1977 Dynamo Kiev (8) Dinamo Tbilisi Torpedo Moscow Oleg Blokhin (Dynamo Kiev)17
1978 Dinamo Tbilisi (2) Dynamo Kiev Shakhtar Donetsk Georgi Yartsev (Spartak Moscow)19
1979 Spartak Moscow (10) Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kiev Vitali Starukhin (Shakhtar Donetsk)26
1980 Dynamo Kiev (9) Spartak Moscow Zenit Leningrad Sergey Andreev (SKA Rostov-on-Don)20
1981 Dynamo Kiev (10) Spartak Moscow Dinamo Tbilisi Ramaz Shengelia (Dinamo Tbilisi)23
1982 Dinamo Minsk Dynamo Kiev Spartak Moscow Andrei Yakubik (Pakhtakor Tashkent)23
1983 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Spartak Moscow Dinamo Minsk Yuri Gavrilov (Spartak Moscow)18
1984 Zenit Leningrad Spartak Moscow Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Sergey Andreev (SKA Rostov-on-Don)20
1985 Dynamo Kiev (11) Spartak Moscow Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Oleg Protasov (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)35
1986 Dynamo Kiev (12) Dynamo Moscow Spartak Moscow Aleksandr Borodyuk (Dynamo Moscow)21
1987 Spartak Moscow (11) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Žalgiris Vilnius Oleg Protasov (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)18
1988 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (2) Dynamo Kiev Torpedo Moscow Yevhen Shakhov (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)
Aleksandr Borodyuk (Dynamo Moscow)
16
1989 Spartak Moscow (12) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Dynamo Kiev Sergey Rodionov (Spartak Moscow)16
1990 Dynamo Kiev (13) CSKA Moscow Dynamo Moscow Oleg Protasov (Dynamo Kiev)
Valery Shmarov (Spartak Moscow)
12
1991 CSKA Moscow (7) Spartak Moscow Torpedo Moscow Igor Kolyvanov (Dynamo Moscow)18

Russian League (1992–present)

Russian Top League

YearChampions
(number of titles)
Runners-upThird placeLeading goalscorerGoals
1992 Spartak Moscow (13) Spartak Vladikavkaz Dynamo Moscow Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Vali Gasimov (Dynamo Moscow, 1st–8th place)
Flag of Russia (1991-1993).svg Yuri Matveyev (Uralmash, 9th–20th place)
16
20
1993 Spartak Moscow (14) Rotor Volgograd Dynamo Moscow Flag of Russia (1991-1993).svg Viktor Panchenko (KamAZ Naberezhnye Chelny)21
1994 Spartak Moscow (15) Dynamo Moscow Lokomotiv Moscow Flag of Russia.svg Igor Simutenkov (Dynamo Moscow)21
1995 Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz Lokomotiv Moscow Spartak Moscow Flag of Russia.svg Oleg Veretennikov (Rotor Volgograd)25
1996 Spartak Moscow (16) Alania Vladikavkaz Rotor Volgograd Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Maslov (Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don)23
1997 Spartak Moscow (17) Rotor Volgograd Dynamo Moscow Flag of Russia.svg Oleg Veretennikov (Rotor Volgograd)22

Russian Top Division

YearChampions
(number of titles)
Runners-upThird placeLeading goalscorerGoals
1998 Spartak Moscow (18) CSKA Moscow Lokomotiv Moscow Flag of Russia.svg Oleg Veretennikov (Rotor Volgograd)22
1999 Spartak Moscow (19) Lokomotiv Moscow CSKA Moscow Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg Georgi Demetradze (Alania Vladikavkaz)21
2000 Spartak Moscow (20) Lokomotiv Moscow Torpedo Moscow Flag of Russia.svg Dmitri Loskov (Lokomotiv Moscow)18
2001 Spartak Moscow (21) Lokomotiv Moscow Zenit Saint Petersburg Flag of Russia.svg Dmitri Vyazmikin (Torpedo Moscow)18

Russian Premier League

YearChampions
(number of titles)
Runners-upThird placeLeading goalscorerGoals
2002 Lokomotiv Moscow CSKA Moscow Spartak Moscow Flag of Russia.svg Rolan Gusev (CSKA Moscow)
Flag of Russia.svg Dmitri Kirichenko (CSKA Moscow)
15
2003 CSKA Moscow (8) Zenit Saint Petersburg Rubin Kazan Flag of Russia.svg Dmitri Loskov (Lokomotiv Moscow)14
2004 Lokomotiv Moscow (2) CSKA Moscow Krylia Sovetov Samara Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Zenit Saint Petersburg)18
2005 CSKA Moscow (9) Spartak Moscow Lokomotiv Moscow Flag of Russia.svg Dmitri Kirichenko (FC Moscow)14
2006 CSKA Moscow (10) Spartak Moscow Lokomotiv Moscow Flag of Russia.svg Roman Pavlyuchenko (Spartak Moscow)18
2007 Zenit Saint Petersburg (2) Spartak Moscow CSKA Moscow Flag of Russia.svg Roman Pavlyuchenko (Spartak Moscow)
Flag of Russia.svg Roman Adamov (FC Moscow)
14
2008 Rubin Kazan CSKA Moscow Dynamo Moscow Flag of Brazil.svg Vágner Love (CSKA Moscow)20
2009 Rubin Kazan (2) Spartak Moscow Zenit Saint Petersburg Flag of Brazil.svg Welliton (Spartak Moscow)21
2010 Zenit Saint Petersburg (3) CSKA Moscow Rubin Kazan Flag of Brazil.svg Welliton (Spartak Moscow)19
2011–12 Zenit Saint Petersburg (4) Spartak Moscow CSKA Moscow Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Seydou Doumbia (CSKA Moscow)28
2012–13 CSKA Moscow (11) Zenit Saint Petersburg Anzhi Makhachkala Flag of Armenia.svg Yura Movsisyan (Spartak Moscow)
Flag of Brazil.svg Wánderson (FC Krasnodar)
13
2013–14 CSKA Moscow (12) Zenit Saint Petersburg Lokomotiv Moscow Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Seydou Doumbia (CSKA Moscow)18
2014–15 Zenit Saint Petersburg (5) CSKA Moscow Krasnodar Flag of Brazil.svg Hulk (Zenit Saint Petersburg)15
2015–16 CSKA Moscow (13) Rostov Zenit Saint Petersburg Flag of Russia.svg Fyodor Smolov (Krasnodar)20
2016–17 Spartak Moscow (22) CSKA Moscow Zenit Saint Petersburg Flag of Russia.svg Fyodor Smolov (Krasnodar)18
2017–18 Lokomotiv Moscow (3) CSKA Moscow Spartak Moscow Flag of the Netherlands.svg Quincy Promes (Spartak Moscow)15
2018–19 Zenit Saint Petersburg (6) Lokomotiv Moscow Krasnodar Flag of Russia.svg Fyodor Chalov (CSKA Moscow)15
2019–20 Zenit Saint Petersburg (7) Lokomotiv Moscow Krasnodar Flag of Russia.svg Artem Dzyuba (Zenit Saint Petersburg)
Flag of Iran.svg Sardar Azmoun (Zenit Saint Petersburg)
17
2020–21 Zenit Saint Petersburg (8) Spartak Moscow Lokomotiv Moscow Flag of Russia.svg Artem Dzyuba (Zenit Saint Petersburg)20
2021–22 Zenit Saint Petersburg (9) Sochi Dynamo Moscow Flag of Russia.svg Gamid Agalarov (Ufa)19
2022–23 Zenit Saint Petersburg (10) CSKA Moscow Spartak Moscow Flag of Brazil.svg Malcom (Zenit Saint Petersburg)23
2023–24 Zenit Saint Petersburg (11) Krasnodar Dynamo Moscow Flag of Colombia.svg Mateo Cassierra (Zenit Saint Petersburg)
21
2024–25 Krasnodar (1) Zenit Saint Petersburg CSKA Moscow Flag of Costa Rica.svg Manfred Ugalde (Spartak Moscow)
17

Performances by club

Spartak Moscow are the most successful club in the overall ranking, having won 22 national titles. They are followed by city rivals CSKA Moscow with thirteen. Dynamo Kiev also have thirteen titles, although the team no longer competes in the Russian football system, since it is now part of Ukraine. Fourth place is taken by Dinamo Moscow, who were the dominant team in Soviet Russia during the 1930s and 1950s. Dinamo Moscow has won eleven titles, although their last title came in 1976. Zenit Saint Petersburg is by far the most successful Russian team outside of Moscow. They have won seven titles, mostly in the 2000s and 2010s.

All clubs are included with all national titles:

RankClubWinnersRunners-up
1
Spartak Moscow Star full.svg Star full.svg Star full.svg Star full.svg 22: 1936 (autumn), 1938, 1939, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1962, 1969, 1979, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2016–17 18: 1937, 1954, 1955, 1963, 1968, 1974, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1991, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011–12, 2020–21
2
CSKA Moscow Star full.svg Star full.svg 13: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1970, 1991, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16 13: 1938, 1945, 1949, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2022–23
3
Flag of Ukraine.svg Dynamo Kyiv Star full.svg Star full.svg 13: 1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1990 11: 1936 (spring), 1952, 1960, 1965, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1976 (autumn), 1978, 1982, 1988
4
Dynamo Moscow Star full.svg Star full.svg 11: 1936 (spring), 1937, 1940, 1945, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1963, 1976 12: 1936 (autumn), 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1956, 1958, 1962, 1967, 1970, 1986, 1994
5
Zenit Saint Petersburg Star full.svg Star full.svg 11: 1984, 2007, 2010, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 4: 2003, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2024–25
6
Lokomotiv Moscow 3: 2002, 2004, 2017–18 7: 1959, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2018–19, 2019–20
7
Torpedo Moscow 3: 1960, 1965, 1976 (autumn) 3: 1957, 1961, 1964
8
Flag of Georgia.svg Dinamo Tbilisi 2: 1964, 1978 5: 1939, 1940, 1951, 1953, 1977
9
Flag of Ukraine.svg Dnipro 2: 1983, 1988 2: 1987, 1989
10 Rubin Kazan 2: 2008, 2009
11 Flag of Armenia.svg Ararat Yerevan 1: 1973 2: 1971, 1976 (spring)
Spartak Vladikavkaz 1: 1995 2: 1992, 1996
13 Krasnodar 1: 2024–25 1: 2023–24
14 Flag of Belarus.svg Dinamo Minsk 1: 1982
Flag of Ukraine.svg Zorya Voroshilovgrad 1: 1972
16
Rotor Volgograd 2: 1993, 1997
Flag of Ukraine.svg Shakhtar Donetsk 2: 1975, 1979
18 FC Rostov 1: 2015–16
PFC Sochi 1: 2021–22
SKA Rostov-on-Don 1: 1966

Note: Teams in bold are teams from Russia, flags indicate a club based outside Russia, namely Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine , Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia , Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia and Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus . These teams are no longer eligible for the championship as they play in their own leagues.

Best finish in Europe by club

Table shows best-finish achievements in major European competitions starting from 1965-66 season. For non-Russian teams it is provided the results for Soviet period only.

Club UEFA Champions League / C1 UEFA Europa League / C2 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup / C2 (old) UEFA Conference League / C3 UEFA Super Cup UEFA Intertoto Cup (old)
Flag of Ukraine.svg Dynamo Kiev Semi-finals (2)
1976–77; 1986–87
Round of 16 (2)
1979–80; 1989–90
Winner (2)
1974–75;1985–86
Winner
1975
Spartak Moscow Semi-finals
1990–91
Semi-finals
1997–98
Semi-finals
1992–93
Round 3
2004
Flag of Ukraine.svg Dnipro Quarter-finals (2)
1984–85; 1989–90
Runners-up
2014–15
CSKA Moscow Quarter-finals
2009–10
Winner
2004–05
Round of 32 (2)
1991–92; 1994–95
Runners-up
2005
Flag of Belarus.svg Dinamo Minsk Quarter-finals
1983–84
Quarter-finals
1984–85
Quarter-finals
1987–88
Flag of Armenia.svg Ararat Yerevan Quarter-finals
1974–75
Round of 16
1972–73
Round of 16
1975–76
Zenit Saint Petersburg Round of 16 (4)
1985–86; 2011–12; 2013–14; 2015–16
Winner
2007–08
Winner
2008
Runners-up
2000
Lokomotiv Moscow Round of 16 (2)
2002–03; 2003–04
Round of 16
2017–18
Semi-finals (2)
1997–98; 1997–98
Flag of Georgia.svg Dinamo Tbilisi Round of 16
1979-80
Round of 16 (3)
1973–74; 1977–78; 1987–88
Winner
1980–81
Flag of Ukraine.svg Zorya Voroshilovgrad Round of 16
1973–74
Torpedo Moscow Round of 32 (2)
1966-67; 1977-78
Quarter-finals
1990–91
Quarter-finals (2)
1967-68; 1986-87
Semi-finals
1997
Rubin Kazan Group Stage (2)
2009-10; 2010-11
Quarter-finals
2012-13
Round 3
2007
Krasnodar Group Stage
2020-21
Round of 16 (2)
2016-17; 2016-17
-
Rostov Group Stage
2016-17
Round of 16
2016-17
-Semi-finals
1999
Dynamo Moscow Qualifying Round 3
2009–10
Round of 16 (3)
1991–92; 1992–93; 2014–15
Runners-up
1971–72
Semi-finals
1997
Alania Vladikavkaz Qualifying Round
1996-97
Play-off Round
2011–12
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Table sorted by success at European Cup / UEFA Champions League first and foremost.

Further reading

References

  1. History (История). Kharkiv Oblast organization of the Physical Culture and Sports Society Dynamo Ukraine.
  2. Rodionov, S. The Kharkiv football: from A to Z (Харьковский футбол: от А до Я) . Sport.ua. 30 June 2005