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2020–21 Russian Premier League

The 2020–21 Russian Premier League（known as the Tinkoff Russian Premier League, also written as Tinkoff Russian Premier Liga for sponsorship reasons）was the 29th season of the premier football competition in Russia since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the 19th under the current Russian Premier League name.

Teams

As in the previous season, 16 teams are playing in the 2020–21 season. After the 2019–20 season, Orenburg and Krylia Sovetov were relegated to the 2020–21 Russian Football National League. Both return to the second tier after a two-year stay in the top tier. They were replaced by Rotor and Khimki, the winners and runners up of the 2019–20 Russian Football National League. Rotor Volgograd returned to the Premier League after a 16-year absence, while Khimki returned after an 11-year absence.

Venues

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Tournament format and regulations

Basic

The 16 teams were playing a round-robin tournament whereby each team plays each one of the other teams twice, once at home and once away. Thus, a total of 240 matches was played, with 30 matches played by each team.[20]

Promotion and relegation

The teams that finish 15th and 16th will be relegated to the FNL 2021–22, while the top 2 in that league will be promoted to the 2021–22 season.[20]

The 13th and 14th Premier League teams will play the 4th and 3rd FNL 2020–21 teams respectively in two (home-and-away) playoff games with the winners securing Premier League spots for the 2021–22 season. In case one of the Premier League teams that finish 13th and 14th will not pass licensing for the 2021–22 Premier League season, the other Premier League club will remain in the league, and the 3rd and 4th FNL teams will play each other in a two-game playoff for the remaining spot. In case one of the FNL teams that finish 3rd and 4th will not pass licensing for the 2021–22 Premier League season, the team that finished Premier League in 13th place will remain in the league, and the team that finished 14th will play the FNL team that passed licensing in a two-game playoff, with the winner securing the Premier League spot. In case only two of the clubs otherwise eligible for the playoffs pass licensing for the 2020–21 season, the playoffs will not be held and the clubs that passed licensing will get the Premier League spots. In case any teams otherwise eligible for the 2021–22 Premier League (including the top 2 2020–21 FNL clubs) will not pass licensing or will be unable to participate in the season for any other reason, the spots will be passed on to the teams that lost in the playoffs, in order of their 2020–21 league position, with the Premier League positions considered higher than FNL positions (for example, if 13th Premier League team and 3rd FNL team lose in the playoffs, the spot will go to the 13th Premier League team). If, after following these procedures, there are still 2021–22 Premier League spots available (in case 3 or more teams otherwise qualified are unable to participate), the remaining replacements will be chosen by the Russian Football Union with agreement of the Premier League and FNL.[20]

2nd and 4th FNL teams (FC Orenburg and FC Alania Vladikavkaz) failed licensing for the 2021–22 Premier League season (due to lack of acceptable stadium), their appeal was denied on 12 May 2021.[21] On 15 May 2021, Russian Football Union confirmed that the relegation playoffs will not be held.[22] RFU also amended the playoff regulations accordingly.[23] If the original version of the regulations was followed to the letter, FC Nizhny Novgorod would have faced FC Arsenal Tula in a home-and-away playoff series, and then the loser of the series would be promoted into the Premier League anyway, rendering the playoffs meaningless.

Season events

On 13 September 2020, the league cancelled the game between FC Rotor Volgograd and FC Krasnodar due to more than 7 positive COVID-19 tests among the Rotor players and staff.[24] On 16 September 2020, Russian Football Union assigned a 3–0 victory to Krasnodar.[25] On 18 September 2020, the league cancelled the game between FC Rostov and Rotor originally scheduled for 19 September due to continuing positive virus tests at Rotor.[26] On 22 September 2020, Russian Football Union assigned a 3–0 victory to Rostov.[27]

League table

Source: Premier Liga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head matches won; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Matches won; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Play-off.
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ FC Lokomotiv Moscow qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2020–21 Russian Cup. The Europa Conference League spot awarded to the third-placed team is passed to fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team is passed to fifth-placed team.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Rubin 3, Sochi 3. Overall matches won: Rubin 16, Sochi 15.
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head points: CSKA 3, Dynamo 3. Head-to-head goal difference: CSKA +1, Dynamo -1.
  4. ^ On 19 May 2021, FC Tambov announced that most of the staff and players were released from their contracts and the club began the process of liquidation.[28]

Results

Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2021. Source: Russian Premier League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2021. Source: https://eng.premierliga.ru/tournaments/championship/tournament-table/

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 16 May 2021.[29]

Season awards

Russian Football Union awards

On 15 July 2021, Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:[30]

Other awards announced by RFU on the same day included:

Russian Premier League awards

References

  1. ^ a b "League statistics" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Андрей Талалаев назначен главным тренером ФК "Ахмат"" (in Russian). FC Akhmat Grozny. 26 July 2020.
  3. ^ "СЕРГЕЙ ЮРАН ПОКИДАЕТ "ХИМКИ"" (in Russian). FC Khimki. 1 August 2020.
  4. ^ "ДМИТРИЙ ГУНЬКО - ГЛАВНЫЙ ТРЕНЕР "ХИМОК"" (in Russian). FC Khimki. 1 August 2020.
  5. ^ ""ХИМКИ" ПРЕКРАЩАЮТ СОТРУДНИЧЕСТВО С ДМИТРИЕМ ГУНЬКО ПО ОБОЮДНОМУ СОГЛАСИЮ" (in Russian). FC Khimki. 21 September 2020.
  6. ^ "ИГОРЬ ЧЕРЕВЧЕНКО ВОЗГЛАВИЛ "ХИМКИ"" (in Russian). FC Khimki. 25 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Руководство "Динамо" приняло отставку Кирилла Новикова" (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 29 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Вадим Евсеев покидает пост главного тренера" (in Russian). FC Ufa. 7 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Рашид Рахимов – главный тренер ФК Уфа!". fcufa.pro/ (in Russian). FC Ufa. 11 October 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  10. ^ "Сандро Шварц — новый главный тренер футбольного клуба "Динамо" Москва". fcdynamo.ru/ (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  11. ^ "ДМИТРИЙ ПАРФЕНОВ – ГЛАВНЫЙ ТРЕНЕР "АРСЕНАЛА"" [Dmytro Parfenov is the head coach of Arsenal] (in Russian). FC Arsenal Tula. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  12. ^ "АЛЕКСАНДР ХАЦКЕВИЧ ПОКИДАЕТ ПОСТ ГЛАВНОГО ТРЕНЕРА РОТОРА". rotor-vlg.com (in Russian). FC Rotor Volgograd. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  13. ^ "ГЛАВНЫМ ТРЕНЕРОМ "РОТОРА" НАЗНАЧЕН ЮРИЙ БАТУРЕНКО". rotor-vlg.com (in Russian). FC Rotor Volgograd. 20 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  14. ^ "Виктор Ганчаренко покинул пост главного тренера ПФК ЦСКА". pfc-cska.com/ (in Russian). PFC CSKA Moscow. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  15. ^ "Ивица Олич — главный тренер ПФК ЦСКА!". pfc-cska.com/ (in Russian). PFC CSKA Moscow. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  16. ^ "Рашид Рахимов покидает "Уфу"" (in Russian). FC ufaw. 3 April 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  17. ^ "Мурад Мусаев: "Сегодня был мой последний матч во главе "Краснодара"" (in Russian). Sport Express. 3 April 2021.
  18. ^ "ВИКТОР ГАНЧАРЕНКО СТАЛ ГЛАВНЫМ ТРЕНЕРОМ КРАСНОДАРА". fckrasnodar.ru/ (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  19. ^ "Алексей Стукалов возглавил футбольный клуб "Уфа"!". fcufa.pro/ (in Russian). FC Ufa. 9 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  20. ^ a b c "Регламент Тинькофф Российской Премьер-Лиги сезона 2020/21" [Tinkoff Russian Premier League 2020–21 regulations] (PDF) (in Russian). Russian Premier League. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  21. ^ ""Оренбург" готов обратиться в CAS при недопуске в РПЛ в виде исключения" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 12 May 2021.
  22. ^ "Стыковых матчей РПЛ-ФНЛ не будет. «Оренбург» и «Алания» не получили лицензии, РФС не сделал для них исключения" (in Russian). Sports.ru. 15 May 2021.
  23. ^ "Итоги Бюро Исполкома РФС" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 15 May 2021.
  24. ^ "Матч "Ротор" – "Краснодар" не состоится" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 13 September 2020.
  25. ^ "Итоги Контрольно-дисциплинарного комитета РФС" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 16 September 2020.
  26. ^ "Матч "Ростов" – "Ротор" не состоится" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 18 September 2020.
  27. ^ "Итоги КДК РФС" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 22 September 2020.
  28. ^ "В "Тамбове" сообщили, что футбольный клуб фактически прекратил существование" (in Russian). TASS. 19 May 2021.
  29. ^ "Best Scorers". Russian Premier League. Archived from the original on 21 February 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  30. ^ "Итоги Исполкома РФС" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 15 July 2021.
  31. ^ "All individual award winners for RPL 2020/21 season". Russian Premier League. 26 May 2021.

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