Dmitri Sergeyevich Kirichenko is an association football coach and a former player – a striker, he is a former Russian international. He is an assistant coach with Sochi.
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 and the 2021–22 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 play 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.
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 a former player who played as a midfielder. He was a goal scoring midfielder who usually played in "the hole" between the midfield and attack, as an attacking midfielder. As a playmaker, he was well known for his vision, close control and accurate passing. Other than that he was a renowned set-piece taker and is well known for his temperament.
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.
Yevgeni Aleksandrovich Bushmanov is a Russian football coach and a former player. He is the manager of FC Veles Moscow.
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.
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.
Sergei Nikolayevich Ignashevich is a Russian professional football coach and a former player who played as central defender. He is the manager of Baltika Kaliningrad.
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.
Dmytro Parfyonov, Dmitry Parfenov is a Ukrainian football manager and a former defender. He is the manager of Russian club Rodina Moscow.
Viktor Gennadyevich Bulatov is a Russian football coach and a former Russian international football player. He is the manager of FC Dynamo Kirov.
Maksim Sergeyevich Grigoryev is a Russian professional footballer. He plays for FC Metallurg Lipetsk.
Andrei Aleksandrovich Gashkin is a former Russian professional footballer and a current coach.
Miroslav Yuryevich Romaschenko is a Belarusian professional football coach and a former player. He is an assistant coach of Hungarian club Ferencváros.
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.
Yevgeni Borisovich Kuznetsov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player.
