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	Russian Premier League - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Russian Premier League was organized in 2001 and succeeds the Top Division.
		The difference is that the Top Division was run by Professional Football League of Russia, and the creation of Premier League gave the clubs a greater degree of independence.
		In Russia 6 Russian teams played in the Soviet Top Division in 1991 (CSKA Moskow, Spartak Moskow, Torpedo Moskow, Dinamo Moskow, Spartak Vladikavkaz, and Lokomotiv Moskow) were supplemented with 14 teams from lower divisions to organize 20-team Russian Top Division.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Russian_Premier_League (354 words)

	Encyclopedia: Russian Premier League
		In 1967, Zenit finished last but were saved from relegation because the powers that were decided it wouldn't be prudent to relegate a Leningrad team during the 50th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution, which occurred in the city.
		They claimed the 1999 Russian Cup, finished third in the League in 2001, made the Cup final in 2002, and became the runners-up in 2003.
		PFC CSKA Moscow (Russian : ÃÂ¦ÃÂ¡ÃÂÃÂ ÃÂÃÂ¾Ã‘ÂÃÂºÃÂ²ÃÂ°ÃÂ) is the football section of the CSKA sports club of Moscow, Russia.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Russian-Premier-League (424 words)

	FC Rostov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		FC Rostov (Russian: Футбольный клуб "Ростов") is a Russian football club, from Rostov-on-Don, in the south of Russia.
		Rostselmash was included in group B together with Spartak and Torpedo from Moscow; these clubs had won silver and bronze medals of the last USSR championship; Rotor from Volgograd, the winner of the first league; Asmaral Moscow, managed by the famous coach Konstantin Beskov; Lokomotiv from Nizhny Novgorod, always hard to play against.
		Baltika, which was one of the pretenders on the highest league during season, had not been counted such before season.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/FC_Rostov (2965 words)

	Dynamo Moscow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dynamo Moscow (Dinamo Moscow, Dinamo Moskva, Russian: Динамо Москва) is a Russian sports club, based in Moscow.
		Dinamo is the third most decorated club in Soviet history, having won 11 league titles (they trail Dynamo Kiev and Spartak Moscow, with 13 and 12 respectively).
		Dinamo were the first Soviet club to try their fortunes in the West, when they travelled to the United Kingdom on a good-will tour in 1945.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow (476 words)

	FC Terek Grozny - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		FC Terek Grozny (Russian: Футбольный клуб "Терек"), formally known as Football Club Terek of the Chechen Republic, is a Chechen football club.
		It is normally based in the capital, Grozny, but due to the current situation in Chechnya home games are played in the neighbouring Stavropolskiy kray in the resort city Pyatigorsk, and European competition home games are played in Moscow.
		They did not participate in the Russian championship on any level during First and Second Chechen Wars, so some people thought that the competitions they won were rigged by the government to please those Chechens who support the Moscow rule.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/FC_Terek_Grozny (259 words)

	RUSNET :: CIS Today :: 2003/03/14 :: LUKoil, Norilsk Meet on the Pitch
		Transparency is important, as Russian clubs face decisions similar to large Russian companies such as Yukos, who have had to become more open rather than be shunned by international investors.
		With an estimated annual budget of $200 million, the league is currently on par with premier leagues in Holland ($235 million), Sweden and Norway, according to Deloitte and Touche.
		But these leagues aren't splashing out millions of dollars, as clubs in the Russian league are doing presently.
	www.rusnet.nl /news/2003/03/14/sport01.shtml (862 words)

	SI.com - Soccer - World: Iraqi national team to practice in Germany - Thursday August 07, 2003 06:39 PM
		The runaway Russian premier league leaders lost to Macedonia's Vardar Skopje in the Champions League second qualifying round on Wednesday.
		The Russian national team are now in danger of missing out on next year's finals in Portugal after being humbled earlier this year.
		According to Sport-Express, the fee paid for Olic, brought in specifically for the Champions League campaign, was twice as big as the entire budget of Vardar, whose players were promised a $1,000 bonus for beating the Russians.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/news/2003/08/07/int_rdp (1472 words)

	Pravda.RU Football: Russian First Division, English Premier league (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Russian world class figure skating judge Marina Sanaya stated, that judges in pair figure skating on the Olympics in Salt Lake City were pressured by Head Judge Ronald Pfenning.
		This was disclosed by the Russian judge in the course of the press-conference, devoted to the new scandal with the Russian figure skaters.
		Russian figure skaters in pair Yelena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze intend to demand a "serious trial" in connection with the accusations, according to which they received Olympics-2002 gold, owing to the support of Alimdjan Tokhtakhunov, recently arrested in Italy and also known as "Taiwanchik".
	english.pravda.ru /sport/2002/09/02/35720.html (1828 words)

	Top Russian Football Official Surinov Detained Over Fraud Charges - NEWS - MOSNEWS.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		She said that the charges Surinov was facing were not connected with his activities as the head of the Russian Premier League.
		However, the press secretary of the Russian Premier League said on Tuesday that Surinov’s absence at work was due to illness.
		Russian President Vladimir Putin acted ahead of forecasts and signed a Gazprom liberalization decree on Friday, Dec. 23 instead of next Wednesday, Dec. 28, as had been expected by Gazprom officials and market observers.
	www.mosnews.com /news/2004/10/20/surinov.shtml (465 words)

	BigSoccer Boards - Russian Premier League Guide, v. 3.0
		Founded by the Red Army in the early 1920's, the club's most recent accomplishments are the capture of the Russian Cup in 2002 and the double win of the Premier League and the USSR Cup in 1991, the last Soviet season.
		The 10th place in the league standings, the firing of two coaches (Romantsev and his successor Chernyshov), the extremely unpopular leadership of club president Chervichenko, the uglier-than-ugly style of play and the scandalous final match against Torpedo-Metallurg (which the Red-Whites were widely suspected of throwing) have all contributed to the fans' nightmare.
		Rubin is the Russian word for "ruby" and the club colours are red, white and green (those of the Tatar flag).
	www.bigsoccer.com /forum/showthread.php?t=27184 (6100 words)

	Globalfc Championship Cup, Football fans community, World Club Championship, Football competition, Football club news ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Born in the former Soviet Republic of Tajikistan, Loskov secured the Russian League in 2002 and the Russian Cup in 2000 and 2001.
		Considered one of the best players in the Russian Premier league, Lekcetho learnt his trade in South Africa before moving to Russia.
		In addition to being voted the finest young player in the Russian Premier League at 19, Izmailov scored 6 goals in 29 games in his first season at the club and played in all 6 of the club's 2001/2002 Champions League first group matches.
	www.globalfc.com /club_details.aspx?hid=121 (265 words)

	WSW Singapore Clubs
		Now there are nine teams in the premier league.
		The strongest teams in the Russian premier league have been TNK-Ryazan (a town in the Moscow region), Energy of Voronezh (a big city in the center of Russia) and CSK VV of Samara (a city on the banks of the river Volga).
		Russian teams usually use Russian native players or players from ex-soviet republics (now independent states).
	www.womensoccer.com /refs/clubs/russiarefs/rus-history_13june01.html (281 words)

	Russian football club signs two Portugal internationals - Wikinews
		The head of Dinamo's board of directors, Alexey Fedorychev, is among the wealthiest Russian businessmen and he is responsible for making the money available to the club.
		Meanwhile, in a Russian Premier League match Saturday with Amkar Perm Dinamo Moscow suffered its fourth defeat in a row 1-2, dropping to 9th place.
		Amkar (one of the poorest teams in Premier League) on the other hand, won the second match in a row.
	en.wikinews.org /wiki/Russian_football_club_signs_two_Portugal_internationals (400 words)

	Russian National Football (Soccer) Team - RussiaTeam.ru : News, History, Statistics, Matches, Opponents, Players, ...
		Borodyuk will also coach the Russian under-21 team, which is currently playing to qualify for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
		The Russians were six minutes away from winning the tie inside normal time after Elena Danilova (77) had added to Elena Terekova's 46th-minute opening goal, only for Morgane Courteille to follow Elodie Thomis (66) in equalising for France.
		The impetus was with France in the shoot-out when Oxana Titova skied Russia's second penalty high over the bar, but they could not take advantage as Bouhaddi struck the tenth kick against the woodwork.
	russiateam.ru (768 words)

	Monroe Courier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In a match marred by clashes between police and supporters, Spartak failed to close the gap on current Russian Premier-Liga leaders FC Lokomotiv Moscow and remain in third place with 30 points from 16 games.
		Kerzhakov struck in the 19th, 45th and 87th minutes to bring his tally for the season to 13 goals.
		And the 19-year-old striker has now scored in seven straight games to equal the league record.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=4802826&BRD=1348&PAG=740&dept_id=438051&rfi=6 (206 words)

	Colorado Rapids. The official site of the Colorado Rapids Major League Soccer Team. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Scala was appointed Spartak coach last November after the once mighty club, who have won nine Russian league titles since 1992, finished in 10th place, their worst ever showing following the break-up of the Soviet Elite League.
		The 57-year-old was one of the highest-paid coaches in Russia, with a salary estimated to be around $1.5 million.
		Spartak, who have hovered near the relegation zone for much of the season, are now in eighth place after beating premier league leaders Krylya Sovietov Samara 3-1 last Friday.
	www.coloradorapids.com /News/newsdetails_global.asp?ID=565 (287 words)

	Nova Scotia Soccer League (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Yesterday, June 23, 2004, Ante signed a new pro contract with FC Kuban Krasnodar of the Russian premier league.
		FC Kuban was promoted to the Russian Premier League last season and, judging from their next-to-last 2-6-5 record at the mid-season break, is still enduring growing pains.
		Russian teams play a home and away game against each opponent, making for a 30-game regular season.
	www.nssoccerleague.ca /jazic.htm (714 words)

	CNN.com - CSKA secure Russian Premier title - Nov 6, 2005
		CSKA dominated for most of their match, which had to be stopped for almost five minutes after Berezutsky's goal when supporters of the army side began throwing firecrackers on to the pitch.
		CSKA won the league and cup double this year and in May also became the first Russian club to lift a European trophy when they beat Portugal's Sporting 3-1 in the UEFA Cup final.
		Russian news agencies reported that hundreds of fans had tried to invade the pitch following the final whistle but were pushed back by the police.
	edition.cnn.com /2005/SPORT/football/11/06/russia.cska/index.html (461 words)

	Russian Premier League Could Switch to Winter
		The Russian Premier League has suggested canceling its traditional summer season in order to bring its schedule in line with that of European soccer, which starts in the fall and ends in spring, Sport-Express reported Wednesday.
		The new format, which the premier league has been mulling over for years, will start in fall 2006 if approved.
		The topic was discussed at a general meeting of members of the Russian Premier League on Tuesday, after they faxed the executive committee of the Russian Football Union, or RFU, with the offer on Monday evening.
	www.themoscowtimes.com /stories/2005/07/21/092.html (179 words)

	ESPN.com Soccernet Europe: News - Sychyov saga looks set to drag
		On Wednesday, Sychyov submitted a written request to the Russian premier league (RFPL) to annul his contract with Spartak, who are now seeking a lengthy ban on the 18-year-old.
		'According to a Russian labour law, a worker must remain in the job for at least two weeks even after submitting a request to terminate his contract,' said RFPL sports director Boris Bobrov.
		Russian media quoted officials from Ukrainian champions Shakhtar Donetsk and their arch-rivals Dynamo Kiev as saying that their clubs have been interested in the talented striker.
	www.soccernet.com /europe/news/2002/0823/20020823sychyov.html (499 words)

	Siemens AG - Siemens to sponsor the Russian football league
		Siemens is now the official partner of the Russian Football Premier League (RFPL) and as such is making use of one of the country's most popular sports to support its business goals and develop other sales opportunities.
		Siemens is active in Russia in all its traditional fields and has been deeply rooted in the country for over 150 years.
		Spectators can see the sponsoring involvement on the perimeter advertising in the 16 stadiums, already in place since the first game of the Russian league season on 12 March; the clubs will play for the Russian championship until 20 November 2005.
	www.siemens.com /index.jsp?sdc_p=cz3s5uo1266598pnflmi1079175&sdc_sid=12192019472&sdc_bcpath=1026937.s_5,& (486 words)

	A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey - Ru
		Known as the Soviet League 1946-91, the CIS National League 1991-92, the CIS International League 1992-93, the CIS Interstate League 1993-94, the Russian Interstate League 1994-96 and since the 1996-97 season it is known as the Russian Superleague.
		Since 1998-99 the regular season is the first stage of the Russian Championship and the play-off is the second stage of the Russian Championship (the winner of the play-off is the Russian Champion).
		The organisation that oversees the Russian SuperLeague and the Russian Premier League.
	www.azhockey.com /Ru.htm (1768 words)

	Russian soccer season may change to winter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		MOSCOW, July 21 (UPI) -- The Russian Premier League has discussed changing its playing season from summer to winter to bring it in line with that of European soccer.
		The new format, which the Premier League has been considering for years, will start in fall 2006 if approved.
		Citing a report in the Sport-Express newspaper, The Moscow Times reported Thursday that members of the Premier League discussed the change at a general meeting Tuesday after faxing the proposal to the executive committee of the Russian Football Union.
	www.softcom.net /webnews/wed/ay/Usoc-russiaseason.RAkI_FlL.html (188 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - Ralph for Russian premier league - Wednesday \| March 9, 2005
		On Monday, the Chicago Fire confirmed the departure of the 24-year-old striker, who was elevated to international status with the Reggae Boyz on the strength of his outstanding play with 'The Fire', especially in the 2003 MLS season.
		Ralph said Rubin Kazan played in the Champions League two years ago, and he would be anxious to join them in that league again.
		In two seasons with the Fire, Ralph proved to be one of the league's most potent scorers, registering 53 points (22 goals, nine assists) in 51 appearances.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20050309/sports/sports5.html (453 words)

	Russian National Football (Soccer) Team - RussiaTeam.ru : Russian Legends. Fyodor Cherenkov. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Russian National Football (Soccer) Team - RussiaTeam.ru : Russian Legends.
		In the USSR Premier League played 366 games and scored 89 goals, in the Russian Premier League he played 32 games (6 goals).
		Cherenkov was the USSR Champion in 1979, 1987 and 1989, and the Russian Champion in 1992 - 1994.
	russiateam.ru /eng/legends/cherenkov.html (204 words)

	The Australian: Lokomotiv win Russian league (archived) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		LOKOMOTIV Moscow have clinched their second Russian Premier League title with a well-deserved away win at Yaroslavl on the final day of the championship.
		Brazilian forward Daniel Carvalho added his goal with a well-struck freekick, while Vagner Love netted his second of the match to secure a comfortable win for CSKA which was not however enough to claim the title.
		Volgograd and Krasnodar were relegated and will be replaced by Terek Grozny and Tomsk in the Premier League next season.
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5744,11372629%255E23215,00.html (333 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - Premier League kicks off - Sunday \| September 8, 2002
		After the A League was discontinued, the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) had a play-off with the teams in the A League that had failed to gain promotion, the demoted teams from the NPL and the Confederation winners.
		Seba who had failed to gain automatic promotion from the A League and Reno who had been relegated from the NPL, both took the second chances with both hands and returned to the big time in local football.
		Anderson, the former striker for Granville in the St. James Hart Senior League last season where he scored nearly 50 goals in the season, is expected to start on the front line alongside Teofore Bennett with Fabian Dawkins and Glenworth Benjamin.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20020908/sports/sports4.html (565 words)

	International Rugby League (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Kazan Arrows and Moscow Dynamo have again shown that they will be at the top of the Russian Premier League competition come finals time, destroying relative newcomers to the competition, Mary-El Yoshkar Ola and St Petersburgh Lestekh.
		In the other two matches of the first round of the Premier League, the Moscow Locomotive recorded a convincing win over newly promoted Kazan Energy.
		The Energy, were formed out of the success of the Kazan Arrows in the Premier League, and after the success of the Europa Cup back in 2001, it was considered a necessity to add another Kazan side to the Russian National competition.
	world.rleague.com /news/index.php?id=11946 (188 words)

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