The Russian Women's Football Championship (Russian: Чемпионат России по футболу среди женщин), also known as the Top Division and the Women's Football League, is the highest professional [1] women's football league in Russia.
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| Founded | 1992 |
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| Country | Russia |
| Confederation | UEFA |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | Women’s 1.Division |
| Domestic cup(s) | Russian Women's Cup |
| International cup(s) | UEFA Women's Champions League |
| Current champions | Zenit Saint Petersburg (2023) |
| Most championships | Zvezda-2005 Perm (6 titles) |
| Website | wfl.rfs.ru |
| Current: 2023 Russian Women's Football Super League | |
The Top Division was founded in 1992.[2] Prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union, the women's league played two seasons in 1990 and 1991.
Format edit
For the 2010 season the seven teams play each other four times, two times away and two games at home. In previous years the team played each other only twice. As Russia is in the top 8 leagues of Europe by UEFA Coefficient[3] the top two teams qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League and the last team gets relegated to the Women’s 1.Division. The 2011–12 season was the first to last over the winter month. Eight teams contest the season and play each other four times for a total of 28 matches.[4] The tie-breaking rules after the season are in descending order: points, number of wins, then in matches between tied teams: points, wins, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored, after that in all matches: goal difference, goals scored, away goal scored, better fair-play record and finally the tie is broken by drawing of a lot. One exception is, if there is a tie of points involving the first place, thus the tie-breaking would determine the champion. In this case, there is an additional match, or in case of at least a three way tie a tournament to be played.[5]
In the 2012–13 season a championship and relegation round was played after the regular season. After 14 matches each, the top four and bottom four teams played each other twice more. The winner of the championship round is the champion.[citation needed]
In 2013 the league returned to the spring-autumn format.[6] No championship group was played then. In 2014 a championship group followed the regular season. Points of both stages are added together.[7]
Teams in the 2022 season edit
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Champions and top scorers edit
The champions so far are:[8][9]
Performance by club edit
| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Years won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zvezda-2005 Perm | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2017 |
| Energiya Voronezh | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1995, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003 |
| Rossiyanka | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011–12, 2016 |
| CSK VVS Samara | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1993, 1994, 1996, 2001 |
| Ryazan-VDV | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1999, 2000, 2013, 2018 |
| CSKA Moscow | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2019, 2020 |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2022, 2023 |
| Lada Togliatti | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2004 |
| Zorky Krasnogorsk | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2012–13 |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Interros Moscow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1992 |
| Chertanovo Moscow / SKIF Malakhovka |
0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Rus Moscow | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Spartak Moscow | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Nadezhda Noginsk | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Kaluzhanka | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sibiryachka Krasnoyarsk | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| SKA Rostov | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kubanochka Krasnodar | 0 | 0 | 1 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Russian Women's Championship". RFS (in Russian). Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^ "XVIII ЧЕМПИОНАТ РОССИИ ПО ФУТБОЛУ" (in Russian). Womenfootball.ru. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
- ^ UEFA Women's Cup
- ^ "Chapter 4". 2011/12 regulations (DOC) (in Russian). womenfootball.ru. pp. 6–7. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
- ^ "Chapter 10". 2010/11 regulations (DOC) (in Russian). womenfootball.ru. pp. 14–15. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
- ^ "2013 season review" (in Russian). rfs.ru. 2 December 2013. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- ^ Top Russia title 2014
- ^ Stokkermans, Karel (23 April 2009). "Russia - List of Women Champions". RSSSF.
- ^ "???????" (in Russian). Womenfootball.ru. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
- ^ ""Звезда-2005" - чемпион России среди женщин!". Russian Football Union. 28 October 2017.
- ^ "Футболистки "Рязани-ВДВ" выиграли чемпионат России". 14 October 2018.
- ^ "ЖФК ЦСКА - чемпион России сезона-2019!". Russian Football Union. 20 October 2019.
- ^ "ЖФК ЦСКА – победитель Суперлиги-2020!". Russian Football Union. 16 November 2020.