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Mir Russian Premier Liga

FIFA Region

UEFA

Season

2019-2020

Location

Russia

Abbreviation

RUS1

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Summary

The Russian Premier Liga (RUS1) is the top football league in Russia's football system. At the end of the 2019-2020 RUS1 season, the RUS1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

2020-2021 UEFA Champions League - Group Stage:
- 1st and 2nd place 2019-2020 RUS1 teams
2020-2021 UEFA Champions League - 3rd Qualifying Round:
- 3rd place 2019-2020 RUS1 team
2020-2021 UEFA Europa League - 3rd Qualifying Round:
- 4th place 2019-2020 RUS1 team
2020-2021 UEFA Europa League - 2nd Qualifying Round:
- 5th place 2019-2020 RUS1 team

The winner of the 2019-2020 Russian Cup, typically an RUS1 team, also receives a berth in the Group Stage of the 2020-2021 UEFA Europa League.

Leagues Pyramid - Russia

Abbrev	League	# of Teams
RUS1	Russian Premier Liga	16
RUS2	Russian National Football League (FNL)	20
RUS3	Professional Football League	59

Competition Structure

Season			# of Teams
12 Jul 2019 - 21 Jul 2020			16: RUS1 (12 minimum), RUS2 (4 maximum)

Season Format

Each RUS1 team plays Home-Away matches with the other 15 RUS1 teams for a total of 30 league matches. Table ranking ties are broken by (1) head-to-head points, (2) head-to-head wins, (3) head-to-head goal difference, (4) head-to-head goals scored, (5) head-to-head away goals scored, (6) matches won, (7) goal difference, (8) goals scored, then (9) away goals scored.

(Note: The RUS1 shuts down for the Winter, typically mid-November to mid-March.)

Playoffs

Not applicable.

Relegation

At the end of the 2019-2020 RUS1 season, the 15th and 16th place RUS1 teams will be relegated to the RUS2, and the 1st and 2nd place RUS2 teams will be promoted to the 2020-2021 RUS1. The 13th place RUS1 team enters into a Home-Away highest aggregate score playoff with the 4th place RUS2 teams, and the 14th place RUS1 team enters into a Home-Away highest aggregate score playoff with the 3rd place RUS2 teams. The playoff winners will play in the 2020-2021 RUS1, and the losers will play in the RUS2.

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		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
1	Zenit St Petersburg	30	22 -6-2	72	-	65	18	47	15	10 -5-0	35	37	9	28	15	12 -1-2	37	28	9	19
2	Lokomotiv Moskva	30	16 -9-5	57	-	41	29	12	15	7 -5-3	26	19	14	5	15	9 -4-2	31	22	15	7
3	FK Krasnodar	30	14 -10-6	52	-	49	30	19	15	8 -5-2	29	28	14	14	15	6 -5-4	20	21	16	5
4	CSKA Moscow	30	14 -8-8	50	-	43	29	14	15	7 -4-4	25	17	14	3	15	7 -4-4	25	26	15	11
5	FK Rostov-na-Donu	30	12 -9-9	45	-	45	50	-5	15	8 -3-4	27	24	18	6	15	4 -6-5	18	21	32	-11
6	Dinamo Moscow	30	11 -8-11	41	-	27	30	-3	15	4 -4-7	16	12	15	-3	15	7 -4-4	25	15	15	0
7	Spartak Moskva	30	11 -6-13	39	-	35	33	2	15	4 -4-7	16	14	16	-2	15	7 -2-6	23	21	17	4
8	FC Arsenal-Tula	30	11 -5-14	38	-	37	41	-4	15	4 -3-8	15	21	24	-3	15	7 -2-6	23	16	17	-1
9	FC Ufa	30	8 -14-8	38	-	22	24	-2	15	5 -6-4	21	15	13	2	15	3 -8-4	17	7	11	-4
10	FK Rubin Kazan	30	8 -11-11	35	-	18	28	-10	15	5 -3-7	18	8	13	-5	15	3 -8-4	17	10	15	-5
11	Ural Sverdlovsk	30	9 -8-13	35	-	36	53	-17	15	5 -2-8	17	22	28	-6	15	4 -6-5	15	14	25	-11
12	PFC Sochi	30	8 -9-13	33	-	40	39	1	15	6 -3-6	21	28	16	12	15	2 -6-7	12	12	23	-11
13	FK Tambov	30	9 -4-17	31	-	37	41	-4	15	6 -1-8	16	21	17	4	15	3 -3-9	12	16	24	-8
14	Kryliya Sovetov	30	8 -7-15	31	-	33	40	-7	15	3 -5-7	11	16	18	-2	15	5 -2-8	17	17	22	-5
15	FK Akhmat Grozny	30	7 -10-13	31	-	27	46	-19	15	2 -8-5	14	13	21	-8	15	5 -2-8	17	14	25	-11
16	FC Orenburg	30	7 -6-17	27	-	28	52	-24	15	3 -4-8	13	13	25	-12	15	4 -2-9	14	15	27	-12
UEFACL UEFAEL Relegation to RUS2