Russian Women's Football Championship

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.

Founded1992
Country Russia
ConfederationUEFA
Number of teams8
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toWomen’s 1.Division
Domestic cup(s)Russian Women's Cup
International cup(s)UEFA Women's Champions League
Current championsCSKA Moscow (2nd title)
(2020)
Most championshipsZvezda-2005 Perm (6 titles)
Websitewfl.rfs.ru
Current: 2020

The Top Division was founded in 1992.[2] Before the collapse of the Soviet Union, there had been a women's league, but it only played two seasons, 1990 and 1991.

Format

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.

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 2020 season
Moscow (3 teams)
Perm
Ryazan
Krasnodar
Saint Petersburg
Krasnoyarsk
(not on map)
Locations of the 2020 teams
TeamLocationGround
Chertanovo MoscowMoscowArena Chertanovo
WFC KrasnodarKrasnodarKrasnodar Academy Stadium
CSKA MoscowMoscowNovye Khimki Stadium
Zenit Saint PetersburgSaint PetersburgSmena Stadium
Ryazan-VDVRyazanCentral'nyj Sportivn'yj Kompleks
Lokomotiv MoscowMoscowSapsan Arena
Zvezda-2005 PermPermZvezda Stadium
Yenisey KrasnoyarskKrasnoyarskFutbol-arena Enisey

Champions and top scorers

The champions so far are:[8][9]

Year Champion Runner-up Third place Top scorer
1992Interros MoscowCSK VVS SamaraSKIF Malakhovka Larisa Savina (CSK VVS Samara, 23 goals)
1993CSK VVS SamaraRus MoscowSKIF Malakhovka Larisa Savina (CSK VVS Samara, 19 goals)
1994CSK VVS SamaraEnergiya VoronezhKaluzhanka Nadezhda Bosikova (Energiya Voronezh, 31 goals)
1995Energiya VoronezhCSK VVS SamaraSibiryachka Krasnoyarsk Nadezhda Bosikova (Energiya Voronezh, 37 goals)
1996CSK VVS SamaraEnergiya VoronezhLada Togliatti Nadezhda Bosikova (Energiya Voronezh, 39 goals)
1997Energiya VoronezhCSK VVS SamaraVDV Ryazan Nadezhda Bosikova (Energiya Voronezh, 21 goals)
1998Energiya VoronezhCSK VVS SamaraVDV Ryazan Nadezhda Bosikova (Energiya Voronezh, 19 goals)
1999VDV RyazanEnergiya VoronezhCSK VVS Samara
2000Ryazan TNKEnergiya XXI Vek VoronezhCSK VVS Samara Nadezhda Bosikova (Energiya Voronezh, 30 goals)
Olga Letyushova (Ryazan-VDV, 30 goals)
2001CSK VVS SamaraEnergiya XXI Vek VoronezhRyazan TNK Olga Letyushova (Ryazan-VDV, 31 goals)
2002Energiya VoronezhLada TogliattiRyazan TNK Natalia Barbashina (Lada Togliatti, 29 goals)
2003Energiya VoronezhLada TogliattiCSK VVS Samara Natalia Barbashina (Lada Togliatti, 21 goals)
2004Lada TogliattiRossiyankaEnergiya Voronezh Olga Letyushova (Rossiyanka, 18 goals)
2005RossiyankaLada TogliattiNadezhda Noginsk Olga Letyushova (Rossiyanka, 27 goals)
2006RossiyankaSpartak MoscowNadezhda Noginsk Olga Letyushova (Rossiyanka, 34 goals)
2007Zvezda-2005 PermRossiyankaNadezhda Noginsk Olga Letyushova (Zvezda-2005 Perm, 19 goals)
2008Zvezda-2005 PermRossiyankaSKA Rostov Emueje Ogbiagbevha (Rossiyanka, 16 goals)
2009Zvezda-2005 PermRossiyankaEnergiya Voronezh Daryna Apanaschenko (Zvezda-2005 Perm, 12 goals)
Olesya Kurochkina (Zvezda-2005 Perm, 12 goals)
2010RossiyankaEnergiya VoronezhZvezda-2005 Perm Emueje Ogbiagbevha (Rossiyanka, 23 goals)
2011–12RossiyankaZorky KrasnogorskEnergiya Voronezh Emueje Ogbiagbevha (Energiya Voronezh, 15 goals)
2012–13Zorky KrasnogorskRossiyankaRyazan-VDV Olesya Kurochkina (Izmailovo Moscow, 16 goals)
2013Ryazan-VDVZvezda-2005 PermZorky Krasnogorsk Elena Danilova (Ryazan-VDV, 17 goals)
2014Zvezda-2005 PermZorky KrasnogorskRyazan-VDV Daryna Apanaschenko (Zvezda-2005 Perm, 8 goals)
2015Zvezda-2005 PermRossiyankaZorky Krasnogorsk Daryna Apanaschenko (Zvezda-2005 Perm, 13 goals)
2016RossiyankaZvezda-2005 PermRyazan-VDV Margarita Chernomyrdina (Chertanovo Moscow, 8 goals)
Nadezhda Karpova (Chertanovo Moscow, 8 goals)
2017[10]Zvezda-2005 PermRyazan-VDVChertanovo Moscow Elena Danilova (Ryazan-VDV, 11 goals)
2018[11]Ryazan-VDVChertanovo MoscowZvezda-2005 Perm Elena Danilova (Ryazan-VDV, 11 goals)
2019[12]CSKA MoscowLokomotiv MoscowKubanochka Krasnodar Nelli Korovkina (Lokomotiv Moscow, 20 goals)
2020[13]CSKA MoscowLokomotiv MoscowZvezda-2005 Perm Olesya Kurochkina (Zvezda-2005 Perm, 9 goals)

Performance by club
Club Winners Runners-up Third place Years won
Zvezda-2005 Perm6232007, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2017
Energiya Voronezh5631995, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003
Rossiyanka5602005, 2006, 2010, 2011–12, 2016
CSK VVS Samara4431993, 1994, 1996, 2001
Ryazan-VDV4171999, 2000, 2013, 2018
CSKA Moscow2002019, 2020
Lada Togliatti1312004
Zorky Krasnogorsk1222012–13
Interros Moscow1001992
Lokomotiv Moscow020
Chertanovo Moscow /
SKIF Malakhovka		013
Rus Moscow010
Spartak Moscow010
Nadezhda Noginsk003
Kaluzhanka001
Sibiryachka Krasnoyarsk001
SKA Rostov001
Kubanochka Krasnodar001

References
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  2. "XVIII ЧЕМПИОНАТ РОССИИ ПО ФУТБОЛУ" (in Russian). Womenfootball.ru. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
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  7. http://www.womenfootball.ru/champ/2014/reg_top_Russia_vs_title_2014.pdf
  8. Stokkermans, Karel (2009-04-23). "Russia - List of Women Champions". RSSSF.
  9. "???????" (in Russian). Womenfootball.ru. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
  10. "«Звезда-2005» - чемпион России среди женщин!". Russian Football Union. 28 October 2017.
  11. https://7info.ru/ryazan/ryazan-sport/futbolistki-ryazani-vdv-vyigrali-chempionat-rossii/
  12. "ЖФК ЦСКА - чемпион России сезона-2019!". Russian Football Union. 20 October 2019.
  13. "ЖФК ЦСКА – победитель Суперлиги-2020!". Russian Football Union. 16 November 2020.
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