Kontinental Hockey League team changes

From the league's inception in 2008 there have always been team changes in the Kontinental Hockey League between seasons, as some new teams have joined the league or others have left it. There is no promotion/relegation system with the VHL in place like there was with the Superleague and Vysshaya Liga. The number of teams in the league stayed at 24 throughout the first two seasons. In the third season the number of teams was reduced to 23 because Budivelnyk, a team that planned to join the league, dropped out before the start of the season.[1] Initially, Lev Poprad replaced Budivelnyk to retain the number of teams at 24.[2] However, Lev was excluded by the KHL before the start of that season,[3] but would be accepted into the league for 2011–12. The league plans to expand this number for future seasons.

The inaugural season of KHL included all 20 teams of the 2007–08 Russian Superleague. Non–Russian teams Barys Astana, Dinamo Riga and Dinamo Minsk also joined the newly formed league. Likewise, the recreated team of Khimik Voskresensk, the champion of the 2007–08 season of the Major League, joined. Thus the initial number of teams was 24.

Team changes by season

Season Teams left the league Fate of the team   Teams joined the league Where from Number of teams in the league
2008–09 inaugural season of competition 24
2009–10 Khimik Joined VHL   Avtomobilist VHL 24
2010–11 Lada Joined VHL UHC Dynamo Newly created team by merger of Dynamo and MVD 23
Dynamo M Merged with MVD to form UHC Dynamo Yugra VHL
MVD Merged with Dynamo to form UHC Dynamo  
2011–12 Lokomotiv Scratched from season due to plane crash Lev Poprad Newly created team 23
2012–13 Lev Poprad Disbanded Slovan Slovak Extraliga 26
  Donbass VHL
Lokomotiv Returned to KHL after plane tragedy
Lev Praha Newly created team
2013–14   Admiral Newly created team 28
Medveščak Austrian EBEL
2014–15 Donbass Joined the Ukrainian Hockey Extra League prior to the 2015–16 season, after one year of inactivity. Lada Togliatti Returned to the league 28
Lev Praha Disbanded Jokerit Liiga
Spartak Moscow Took one year off due to financial issues HC Sochi Newly created team
2015–16 Atlant Folded due to financial issues. Spartak Moscow Returned to the league 28
2016–17   HC Red Star Kunlun Newly created team 29
2017–18 Medveščak Returned to Austrian EBEL   27
Metallurg Novokuznetsk Joined VHL
2018–19 Lada Rejoined VHL   25
Yugra Joined VHL
2019–20 Slovan Left league due to financial issues to attempt to rejoin Slovak Extraliga   24
2020–21 Admiral Took hiatus due to financial issues   23

Division lineup changes

Season Divisions
Bobrov Tarasov Kharlamov Chernyshev
Joined division Left division Joined division Left division Joined division Left division Joined division Left division
2008–09
(initial composition)
Atlant
Dinamo Mn
Metallurg Nk
Salavat Yulaev
Severstal
Spartak
CSKA
Khimik
Metallurg Mg
HC MVD
SKA
Traktor
Amur
Avangard
Dinamo R
Lada
Lokomotiv
Sibir
Ak Bars
Barys
Dynamo M
Neftekhimik
Torpedo
Vityaz
2009–10
(geographical realignment)
CSKA
Dinamo R
Dynamo M
SKA
Atlant
Metallurg Nk
Salavat Yulaev
Severstal
Atlant
Lokomotiv
Severstal
Torpedo
Vityaz
CSKA
Khimik
Metallurg Mg
SKA
Traktor
Ak Bars
Avtomobilist
Metallurg Mg
Neftekhimik
Traktor
Amur
Avangard
Dinamo R
Lokomotiv
Sibir
Amur
Avangard
Metallurg Nk
Salavat Yulaev
Sibir
Ak Bars
Dynamo M
Neftekhimik
Torpedo
Vityaz
2010–11 UHC Dynamo Dinamo Mn
Dynamo M
Dinamo Mn HC MVD Yugra Lada
2011–12 Lev Poprad Lokomotiv
2012–13 Donbass
Lev Praha
Slovan
Vityaz
CSKA
Lev Poprad
Spartak
CSKA
Lokomotiv
Spartak
Vityaz
2013–14 CSKA
Dinamo Mn
Medveščak
Donbass
Dynamo M
Vityaz
Donbass
Dynamo M
Vityaz
CSKA
Dinamo Mn
Torpedo
Torpedo Admiral
2014–15[4] Atlant
Jokerit
CSKA
Lev Praha
CSKA
HC Sochi
Torpedo
Atlant
Donbass
Spartak Moscow
Lada Torpedo
2015–16 Spartak M Atlant
2016–17 HC Red Star Kunlun
2017–18 Medveščak Metallurg Nk
2018–19 Dynamo M
Severstal
Dinamo Mn
Slovan
Dinamo Mn
Slovan
Torpedo Torpedo Lada
Yugra
2019–20[5] Torpedo Slovan Sibir Torpedo Sibir
2020–21 HC Sochi
Vityaz
Dinamo R
Dynamo M
Dinamo R
Dynamo M
HC Sochi
Torpedo
Vityaz
Torpedo Sibir Sibir Admiral

References

  1. "Budivelnik will not play in KHL". Kontinental Hockey League. 26 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
  2. "HC Lev to join KHL". Kontinental Hockey League. 19 July 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
  3. "Лев" не сыграет в ближайшем сезоне (in Russian). Kontinental Hockey League. 28 July 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  4. "Regular Season Format Unveiled". 2014-07-09. Retrieved 2014-07-11.
  5. "League confirms structure for the new season". 2019-05-07. Retrieved 2019-08-08.
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