Russian women's football championship
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The Russian Women's Football Championship , also known as the Top Division, is the highest professional women's football league in Russia. The Top Division was founded in 1992.
The tie-breaking rules after the season are in descending order: points, number of wins, then in matches between tied teams: points, wins, goal differnce, 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.
Format
For the 2010 season the seven teams play a each other four times, two times away and two games at home. In previous yeaers the team played each other only twice. As Russia is in the top 8 leagues of Europe by UEFA Coefficent 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.The tie-breaking rules after the season are in descending order: points, number of wins, then in matches between tied teams: points, wins, goal differnce, 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.
Teams in the 2011–12 season
| Team | Location | Ground |
|---|---|---|
| Energiya Voronezh | Voronezh Voronezh Voronezh is a city in southwestern Russia, the administrative center of Voronezh Oblast. It is located on both sides of the Voronezh River, away from where it flows into the Don. It is an operating center of the Southeastern Railway , as well as the center of the Don Highway... |
Stadion Rudgormash |
| Izmailovo Moscow | Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... |
Sportivnyj gorodok Luzhniki |
| Kubanochka Krasnodar Kubanochka Krasnodar FK Kubanochka Krasnodar is a Russian women's football team, currently competing in the country's top category.Founded in 1988 as Zhemchuzhina Krasnodar, it took its current shortly after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Kubanochka chained two consecutive promotions to reach the top division in... |
Krasnodar Krasnodar Krasnodar is a city in Southern Russia, located on the Kuban River about northeast of the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk. It is the administrative center of Krasnodar Krai . Population: -Name:... |
Stadion Trud |
| Mordovochka Saransk | Saransk | Stadion Start |
| Rossiyanka WFC Rossiyanka WFC Rossiyanka is a Russian women's football club from Krasnoarmeysk near Moscow.The team was founded in 1990 as a futsal club. Futsal was played until 1998, when the club left it and concentrated in football. The teams first season was 1999 and ended in a 5th place... |
Moscow | Stadion Rossijanka |
| Ryazan VDV Ryazan VDV Ryazan VDV is a Russian women's football team from Ryazan.Founded in 1996, it was one of the leading women's team between 1997 and 2002, winning one League and two Cups in the last years of the twentieth century... |
Ryazan Ryazan Ryazan is a city and the administrative center of Ryazan Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Oka River southeast of Moscow. Population: The strategic bomber base Dyagilevo is just west of the city, and the air base of Alexandrovo is to the southeast as is the Ryazan Turlatovo Airport... |
Central'nyj Sportivn'yj Kompleks |
| Zorkiy Krasnogorsk | Krasnogorsk Krasnogorsk Krasnogorsk may refer to one of the following:*Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia*Krasnogorsk, Uzbekistan, a town in Uzbekistan... , Moscow |
Stadion Zorkij |
| Zvezda 2005 Perm Zvezda 2005 Perm Zvezda 2005 Perm ) is Russian professional women's football club.-History:The club is based in the city of Perm and takes its name from men's team Zvezda Perm, which was dissolved in 1997... |
Perm Perm Perm is a city and the administrative center of Perm Krai, Russia, located on the banks of the Kama River, in the European part of Russia near the Ural Mountains. From 1940 to 1957 it was named Molotov .... |
Stadion Zvezda |
List of champions
The champions so far are:| Year | Champion |
|---|---|
| 1992 | Interros Moskva FC Krasnoznamensk FC Krasnoznamensk was a Russian football team from Krasnoznamensk. It played professionally from 1992 to 1998 and from 2000 to 2002, including two seasons in the second-highest Russian First Division.- Women's team :... |
| 1993 | CSK VVS Samara |
| 1994 | CSK VVS Samara |
| 1995 | Energy Voronezh FC Energy Voronezh FC Energy Voronezh is a women's football club from Voronezh, Russia.The club holds the most championships in Russian, having 5 championships to its name. In 1994 the team won the vice championship behind CSK WWS Samara... |
| 1996 | CSK VVS Samara |
| 1997 | Energy Voronezh |
| 1998 | Energy Voronezh |
| 1999 | VDV Ryazan Ryazan VDV Ryazan VDV is a Russian women's football team from Ryazan.Founded in 1996, it was one of the leading women's team between 1997 and 2002, winning one League and two Cups in the last years of the twentieth century... |
| 2000 | Ryazan TNK |
| 2001 | CSK VVS Samara |
| 2002 | Energy Voronezh |
| 2003 | Energy Voronezh |
| 2004 | Lada Togliatti |
| 2005 | Rossiyanka WFC Rossiyanka WFC Rossiyanka is a Russian women's football club from Krasnoarmeysk near Moscow.The team was founded in 1990 as a futsal club. Futsal was played until 1998, when the club left it and concentrated in football. The teams first season was 1999 and ended in a 5th place... |
| 2006 | Rossiyanka |
| 2007 | Zvezda 2005 Perm Zvezda 2005 Perm Zvezda 2005 Perm ) is Russian professional women's football club.-History:The club is based in the city of Perm and takes its name from men's team Zvezda Perm, which was dissolved in 1997... |
| 2008 | Zvezda 2005 Perm |
| 2009 | Zvezda 2005 Perm |
| 2010 | Rossiyanka |
| 2011/12 | |