Premier Liga

Premier Liga

Founded:	2001
Number of teams:	16 (last 2 descend, 3. and 4. teams plays relegation)
Champions League:	3 teams
Europa League:	2 teams
Winner of league:	plays for Superkubok with the winner Kubok Rossiji

	Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
1.	Zenit Petersburg	Petersburg	Zenit Arena	68 134
2.	Rubin Kazan	Kazan	Kazan Arena	45 105
3.	Spartak Moscow	Moscow	Otkritie Arena	42 000
4.	FC Krasnodar	Krasnodar	Krasnodar Stadium	36 260
5.	Ural Sverdlovsk Obl.	Yekaterinburg	Central Stadium	35 696
6.	Terek Grozny	Grozny	Akhmat Arena	30 597
7.	CSKA Moscow	Moscow	CSKA Arena	30 000
8.	Lokomotiv Moscow	Moscow	Stadion Lokomotiv	28 800
9.	Anzhi Makhachkala	Makhachkala	Anzhi Arena	24 859
10.	Arsenal Tula	Tula	Arsenal stadion	20 048
11.	Amkar Perm	Perm	Zvezda Stadium	19 500
12.	Dinamo Moscow	Moscow	Arena Khimki	18 636
13.	FK Rostov	Rostov	Stadion Olimp - 2	15 840
14.	FK Ufa	Ufa	Stadion Dinamo Ufa	1 200

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Zenit Arena – a spaceship landed in Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg - Zenit Arena18.06.2017: Zenit Arena, resembling a giant spaceship on the ground, will be one of the playing venues of the 2018 World Cup – the stadium, with a capacity of 69,000 seats, has been built for this particular purpose. The Petersburg Arena is now the second largest stadium in Russia, Luzhniki being the largest one. The stadium and organizers will have an opportunity to rehearse before the World Cup as Russia will be hosting the 2017 Confederations Cup. Before that, FC Zenit Saint Petersburg will have moved to their new home ground.

Mordovia Arena – another Russian gem to be found in Saransk

Saransk - Mordovia Arena21.05.2017: Mordovia Arena is the new home ground of Mordovia Saransk and also another playing venue of the Russian World Cup. It is yet another example of a stadium, which will have a reduced capacity after the World Cup. In this particular case, the capacity for World Cup matches will be nearly 45,000 seats and subsequently, it will be decreased by 15,000. Nevertheless, the new stadium will still be a nice change for Mordovia fans. The current home ground – the Star Stadium – has a capacity of 10,000 spectators, as well as the unpopular athletics track.

Volgograd Arena – a diamond of the first water among Russian stadiums

Volgograd - Volgograd Arena23.04.2017: The 2018 World Cup will be played at twelve venues in eleven cities in Russia. Two of those stadiums stand in Moscow, the other ten are in cities all over Russia. The fifth largest venue for the 2018 World Cup is situated in Volgograd, a city with a population of more than a million people, located in the South European part of Russia on the river Volga. A new football stadium, with a capacity of 45,000, is being built there mainly for the purpose of providing venue for the World Cup.

The Luzhniki stadium renovation to be completed as scheduled in 2017

Moscow - Luzhniki Stadium10.01.2017: The principal venue for the 2018 World Cup will be the renovated Luzhniki stadium, which will, among other matches, host the final on 8th July. Those were the main reasons for the major renovation of the largest Russian stadium, the home ground of Spartak Moscow until recently. In 2014 the club moved to the newly built Otkritie Arena, which will provide another venue for the World Cup. Moscow will be the only city, in which matches will be played at two stadiums.

New CSKA Arena – the “highest” stadium in the world

Moscow - CSKA Arena10.10.2016: The highest stadium in the world – this is one of the ways to describe the new CSKA Moscow stadium. The unique feature of the stadium is the 142-metre skyscraper, in which you can find a hotel and offices and which stands in the south-west corner of the stadium. Its slightly twisted design is reminiscent of the UEFA Cup – a trophy the CSKA Moscow team won in 2005. This victory inspired the club to think of building a new stadium for 30,000 spectators.

2018 Russia World Cup: Yubileyniy Stadium

Mordovija - Yubileyniy Stadium15.07.2015: One of the stadiums, which will provide venue for the 2018 World Cup, is the future home ground of FC Mordovija Saransk, the Yubileyniy Stadium. However, as both the representatives of FC Mordovija and Russian authorities have agreed, it is necessary to continue with the construction works at a more rapid pace. Since 2013 works have not progressed much at the new stadium, though the construction should be completed in 18 months.

A new venue for the Russia World Cup and a new home ground for Spartak

Moscow - Otkritie Arena02.01.2015: The President of Russia Vladimir Putin has opened the third venue for the 2018 World Cup. The new stadium – Otkritie Arena is the only venue for the World Cup, which has not been financed by public money. In September Otkritie Arena became the very first home ground of Spartak Moscow, which had been waiting for this to happen for years. One of the most famous Russian clubs, if not the most famous one, have been trying to complete construction of their own stadium since 1994.