Map of Russian Football

By: Ivan | February 21st, 2007

   

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Russian Premier League contains 16 clubs and there are 17 days left to start. So tomorrow I’ll began to introduce you the teams – one by one. Now I want you to take a look on the map of Russian football.

The Moscow region is dense but it provides more interest for teams that are outside the core. Stories from South will be about agricultural training fields and crazy fans throwing stones. Stories from Siberia and Far East – about long flights, bears and tigers. Story from Northwest – about the greatest fan support for one team. And also a lot of stories about numberless Moscow derbies. A little arithmetics: there are 7 teams to play 42 matches among them! Unique.

Category: Russian Premier League, Season Preview, Team News

   

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• Eddie |  February 21st, 2007 at 10:29 am

  
  
  

  Interesting to see a visual representation like that. Is there a particular region of the country that produces the best footballers?

  

• Ivan |  February 21st, 2007 at 1:50 pm

  
  
  

  Hi, Eddie. We don’t have youth academies like Ajax or Barca so good players can appear everywhere. I give you an example of footballers who play outside Russia.
  Alexey Smertin (ex-Chelsea, Portsmouth, Charlston and now Fulham) is from Barnaul, Siberia. Alexandr Kerzhakov of Sevilla is from Saint Petersburg. And Ivan Saenko of Nurnberg is from Voronezh, 500 miles south from Moscow.

  

• Cham |  February 21st, 2007 at 6:52 pm

  
  
  

  Vladivostok roadtrip!!

  

• Sam |  February 21st, 2007 at 7:05 pm

  
  
  

  Holy nuts, sucks to be that team way way west! Man, that really bites it. Who are they? I think I want to cheer for them

  

• Ivan |  February 21st, 2007 at 11:32 pm

  
  
  

  Sam, they are Luch-Energiya (means Ray-Energie) of Vladivostok city. Last season they had a chance to promote to Intertoto cup! Imagine possible astonishment of European clubs for playing somewhere near Japan.

  

• Ivan |  February 22nd, 2007 at 4:13 am

  
  
  

  Cham, is it true that you’re posting from Russia? Or it’s somthing wrong with IP identification?

  

• Cham |  February 23rd, 2007 at 4:43 am

  
  
  

  It’s me from the Celtic Offside; I sometimes can’t wait and have to tune in to the Russian Offside from work.

  

• Mashoka |  December 30th, 2007 at 6:51 pm

  
  
  

  Spartak nalchek is da king>>>

  

• Footiemap |  March 9th, 2008 at 9:56 am

  
  
  

  If you all would like to see a real map, check out http://www.footiemap.com/?co=russia