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.
The best 33 football players of Ukraine is an annual list of the three best football players in each position for the past calendar year composed by the Ukrainian newspaper Komanda.
Andriy Mykolayovych Yarmolenko is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Ukrainian Premier League club Dynamo Kyiv and captains the Ukraine national team.
The 2009 Russian Premier League was the 18th season of the Russian football championship since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and 8th under the current Russian Premier League name. The season started on 14 March 2009 with a goalless draw between Amkar Perm and Rostov. The last matches were played on 29 November 2009. On 21 November 2009 Rubin Kazan successfully retained their champion's title.
Azerbaijani Footballer of the Year is an annual title awarded to the best Azerbaijani football player of the year. The award has been given since 1991, and the winner is elected by authorized journalists from the leading Azerbaijani sport media. On the same occasion, an award is also given for Azerbaijani Football Goalkeeper of the Year since 2009. However, this award is not always given annually.
Footballer of the Year in Russia was an annual award given by Futbol weekly to the Russian Premier League player of the season. The title was awarded according to the results of a poll conducted by the newspaper. The award started in 1964 as Soviet Footballer of the Year until changing its name for the 1992 season. The last title awarded in 2021.
Vasyl Yevhenovych Ishchak is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer and manager who coaches FC Ukraine United.
Yaroslav Volodymyrovych Rakitskyi is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk. He is best known for his passing ability and free-kicks.
The 2010 Russian Premier League was the 19th season of the Russian football championship since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and ninth under the current Russian Premier League name. The season started on 12 March 2010 and the last matches were played on 29 November 2010. On 14 November 2010, Zenit Saint Petersburg clinched the title after a 5–0 win against Rostov. This season was the last one played during an entire year (March–November), as the Russian Football Union decided to schedule the following seasons in sync with the biggest European football leagues (August–May).
Danylo Lazar is a former professional Ukrainian football defender.
The 2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League season was the 24th since its establishment. The competition commenced on 25 July when Metalurh Donetsk hosted Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in Lviv. With the continuation of the 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine in the oblasts of Donetsk and Luhansk the Football Federation of Ukraine, the league reduced the number of teams.
Molod Ukrayiny is a Ukrainian newspaper published daily in Kyiv. It is a Ukrainian language newspaper and the Ukrainian analogue of Komsomolskaya Pravda. Until 1934 it was located in Kharkiv. Since the fall of the Soviet Union the newspapers are privately owned.
The 2017–18 Ukrainian First League was the 27th since its establishment. The competition commenced on 14 July 2017 when Zhemchuzhyna Odesa hosted MFC Mykolaiv. After the completion of Round 22 on 18 November 2017, the competition entered a winter break and resumed the spring session on 18 March 2018 and complete the competition on 19 May 2018.
Vadym Hostyev is a Ukrainian footballer who plays with Dynamo Toronto in the Canadian Soccer League.
The List of 33 Best Football Players of the Year was an annual award list of the former Soviet Union which ran from 1948 to 1991. It was compiled after each football season by the Presidium of the USSR Football Federation, following the proposal of the National Coaches' Council, which approved the list of the 33 best football players. The award was not related to the independent Soviet Footballer of the Year award which ran from 1964 until 1991 on a poll conducted among journalists, rather than among coaches.
The 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League season is the 27th top level football club competitions since the fall of the Soviet Union and the tenth since the establishment of the Ukrainian Premier League.
Football Club Kaganat Osh is a Kyrgyz football club based in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, founded in 2018.
The 2021 Kyrgyz Premier League was the 30th season of the Kyrgyzstan League, Kyrgyzstan's top division of association football organized by the Football Federation of Kyrgyz Republic. The season started on 16 March 2021, with eight teams participating, and ended on 6 November 2021.
The 2022 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 31st season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan. FC Tobol were the defending champions after winning their second title the previous season.
The 2023 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 32nd season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan.
Dinamo Kiev 
Dynamo Kyiv 
Genk 
Manchester City 
Atalanta 
