Dmitri Sergeyevich Kirichenko is a Russian football coach and a former player who played as a striker. He is the manager of Tekstilshchik Ivanovo.
Football Club Zenit, also known as Zenit Saint Petersburg or simply Zenit, is a Russian professional football club based in Saint Petersburg. Founded in 1925, the club plays in the Russian Premier League. Zenit are the reigning champions of the Russian Premier League. Previously they won the 2007, 2010, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22 and the 2022–23 seasons of the Russian Premier League, as well as the 2007–08 UEFA Cup and the 2008 UEFA Super Cup. The club is owned and sponsored by the Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom. The team plays its home matches at the Gazprom Arena. In March 2022, the club was expelled from all European and international club competitions by FIFA and the UEFA due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In addition, the European Club Association suspended the team. On 24 May 2023, Zenit became the first Russian sports club with 10 million followers on social media.
Dmitri Anatolyevich Alenichev is a Russian football coach, former player and politician.
FC Lokomotiv Moscow is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three occasions; the Soviet Cup twice; and the Russian Cup a record nine times. After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Club Association suspended all Russian teams from participation in international competition.
The Russian Premier League, also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 2001 as the Russian Football Premier League and was rebranded with its current name in 2018. From 1992 through 2001, the top level of the Russian football league system was the Russian Football Championship.
FC Spartak Vladikavkaz was a Russian football club based in Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia–Alania. Founded in 1921, the club played in the Soviet Top League during the communist era, and won its first and only league title in the 1995 Russian Top League.
Yegor Ilyich Titov is a Russian football coach and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He was known for his playmaking abilities, vision, ball control and accurate passing.
Dmitri Vyacheslavovich Loskov is a Russian football coach and a former player. He works as an analyst with Lokomotiv Moscow.
Valery Georgiyevich Gazzaev is a Russian politician, football manager and former footballer of Ossetian descent. As a Soviet footballer he played the position of a striker enjoying successes with his team FC Dynamo Moscow as well as the USSR national football team in the Olympics.
Sergei Bogdanovich Semak is a Russian football manager and a former international midfielder who manages Russian Premier League side Zenit Saint Petersburg.
2003 in Russian football saw the first title for PFC CSKA Moscow. Spartak Moscow, the Cup winners, had the worst league finish since 1976. The national team qualified for Euro 2004.
2002 in Russian football was the first season of the Premier League, which was won by FC Lokomotiv Moscow. The national team participated in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
2001 in Russian football saw the ninth title for FC Spartak Moscow and the fourth Cup for FC Lokomotiv Moscow. The national team qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
2000 in Russian football saw the eighth title for FC Spartak Moscow and the third Cup for FC Lokomotiv Moscow. The national team began qualification for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
1998 in Russian football was marked by Spartak Moscow's sixth national title.
1997 was the sixth season Russia held its own national football competition since the breakup of the Soviet Union.
Viktor Gennadyevich Bulatov is a Russian football coach and a former Russian international football player. He is the manager of Dynamo Kirov.
Maksim Sergeyevich Grigoryev is a Russian professional footballer.
Miroslav Yuryevich Romaschenko is a Belarusian professional football coach and a former player.
Vasili Vasilyevich Baranov is a retired Belarusian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for Baltika Kaliningrad. After retiring, he has refused to give interviews.
