List of Soviet and Russian football champions

Note: according to Dynamo sports society, the first Soviet football championship took place in 1924,[1] while other sources (megabook.ru) indicate that the first championship took place earlier in 1923. In Moscow it was decided to consider the football tournament of the 1924 All-Union festival of physical culture as the first national championship.[2]

Spartak Moscow are the most successful club in the overall ranking, having won 22 national titles. They are followed by city rivals CSKA Moscow with 13. Third place is taken by Dinamo Kiev, who also have 13 titles, although the team no longer competes in the Russian football system, since it is part of Ukraine now. Fourth place is taken by Dinamo Moscow, who were the dominant team in Soviet Russia during the 1930s and 1950s. Dinamo Moscow has won 11 titles, although their last title came in 1976. Zenit Saint Petersburg is by far the most successful Russian team outside of Moscow. They have won 7 titles, mostly in the 2000s and 2010s.

All clubs are included with all national titles:

#	Club	Winners	Runners-up
1	Spartak Moscow	22: 1936 (autumn), 1938, 1939, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1962, 1969, 1979, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2016–17	16: 1937, 1954, 1955, 1963, 1974, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1991, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011–12
2	CSKA Moscow	13: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1970, 1991, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16	12: 1938, 1945, 1949, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18
3	Dynamo Kyiv	13: 1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1990	11: 1936 (spring), 1952, 1960, 1965, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1976 (autumn), 1978, 1982, 1988
4	Dynamo Moscow	11: 1936 (spring), 1937, 1940, 1945, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1963, 1976	11: 1936 (autumn), 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1956, 1958, 1962, 1967, 1970, 1986, 1994
5	Zenit Saint Petersburg	7: 1984, 2007, 2010, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2018–19, 2019–20	3: 2003, 2012–13, 2013–14
6	Lokomotiv Moscow	3: 2002, 2004, 2017–18	6: 1959, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2018–19
7	Torpedo Moscow	3: 1960, 1965, 1976 (autumn)	3: 1957, 1961, 1964
8	Dinamo Tbilisi	2: 1964, 1978	5: 1939, 1940, 1951, 1953, 1977
9	FC Dnipro	2: 1983, 1988	2: 1987, 1989
9	Rubin Kazan	2: 2008, 2009
10	Ararat Yerevan	1: 1973	2: 1971, 1976 (spring)
	Spartak Vladikavkaz	1: 1995	1992, 1996
12	Dinamo Minsk	1: 1982
	Zorya Voroshilovgrad	1: 1972
14	Shakhtar Donetsk		2: 1975, 1979
	Rotor Volgograd		2: 1993, 1997
16	SKA Rostov-on-Don		1: 1966
	FC Rostov		1: 2015–16

Note: Teams in bold are teams from Russia, flags indicate a club based outside Russia, namely Ukraine , Georgia , Armenia and Belarus . These teams are no longer eligible for the championship as they play in their own leagues.

• Afinogenov, V., Isaev, A. "Futbol-1988. Second half". Krasnodar, 1988. page 96. («Футбол-1988. Второй круг» (авторы-составители В.Афиногенов, А.Исаев. Краснодар. 1988, 96 с.))
• Gaidyshev, Yu.I. "Futbol-1992". Krasnodar, 1992. page 104. («Футбол-1992» (автор-составитель Ю. И. Гайдышев и др., Краснодар. 1992, 104 с.))

• Soviet champions at RSSSF
• Russian champions at RSSSF