Russian football league system
Encyclopedia
The Russian football league system is structured as two series of interconnected football
leagues
across Russia
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Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
leagues
League system
A league system is a hierarchy of leagues in a sport, usually with a system of promotion and relegation between consecutive levels of the hierarchy. They are often called pyramids due to their tendency to split into an increasing number of regional divisions the further down the pyramid one descends...
across Russia
Russia
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The current system
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| 1 | Premier League Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League , currently called SOGAZ Russian Football Championship due to sponsorship reasons, is the top division of Russian football. There are 16 teams in the competition... 16 clubs |
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| 2 | FNL Football Championship of the National League The Football Championship of the National League , formerly called Russian First Division is the second level of Russian professional football.... 20 clubs |
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| 3 | Second Division Russian Second Division The Russian Second Division is the third level of Russian professional football.In 1998–2010, it was run by the Professional Football League.... West 16 clubs |
Second Division Russian Second Division The Russian Second Division is the third level of Russian professional football.In 1998–2010, it was run by the Professional Football League.... Centre 14 clubs |
Second Division Russian Second Division The Russian Second Division is the third level of Russian professional football.In 1998–2010, it was run by the Professional Football League.... South 18 clubs |
Second Division Russian Second Division The Russian Second Division is the third level of Russian professional football.In 1998–2010, it was run by the Professional Football League.... Ural-Povolzhye 14 clubs |
Second Division Russian Second Division The Russian Second Division is the third level of Russian professional football.In 1998–2010, it was run by the Professional Football League.... East 13 clubs |
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| 4 | AFL North West |
AFL Golden Ring |
AFL Centre (Moscow) |
AFL Centre (Moscow Oblast) |
AFL South |
AFL Chernozemye |
AFL Ural and West Siberia |
AFL Privolzhye |
AFL Far East |
AFL Siberia |
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