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Stadiums
(1) LUZHNIKI STADIUM – MOSCOW Estimated cost: €400m Seating capacity: 81,000 History: Luzhniki officially opened on July 31, 1956, intended for use as the Soviet Union’s central stadium. In 57 years,...
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NEWS & FEATURES ROSTER INJURIES TRANSFERS Club Home SUMMER 2013 ARRIVALS POS PLAYER OLD CLUB FEE mid Ivan Solovyov Dynamo ? mid Anatoly Tymoshchuk Bayern ? gk Yuri...
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NEWS & FEATURES ROSTER INJURIES TRANSFERS Club Home POS PLAYER INJURY INJURED RETURNING gk Egor Baburin Unknown 07.10.13 Unknown mid Ivan Solovyev Unknown 27.09.13 Oct 13
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NEWS & FEATURES ROSTER INJURIES TRANSFERS Club Home # POS NAME D.O.B. 1 Goalkeeper Yuri Lodygin 26.05.1990 16 Goalkeeper Vyacheslav Malafeev 04.03.1979 71 Goalkeeper Egor...
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Capello Announces Squad for Luxembourg and Israel Qualifiers
Russia boss Fabio Capello announced his final squad for the upcoming Luxembourg and Israel World Cup qualifiers. Russia, 2nd in Group F with 12 points and a game in hand on 1st-place Portugal (14...
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Meltdown in Moscow
CSKA were forced to play their European tie in St Petersburg. On Wednesday night, Russian champions CSKA hosted their first home game of the Champions League campaign, with Czech side Viktoria Plzen...
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Top of the Table Showdown at the Petrovsky: Zenit vs. Dynamo
In terms of star power and table implications, the weekend’s Zenit – Dynamo clash in St. Petersburg is the RPL’s biggest yet of the season. The showdown between Zenit St. Petersburg and Dynamo Moscow...
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A Tale of Two Cities
A tale of two cities – St. Petersburg and Moscow – the rivalry between Zenit and major teams from Moscow is a fiery one fuelled by history, passion and pride. Moscow and St. Petersburg have long been...
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Dinamo – The footballing embodiment of Leningrad and St. Petersburg
Nobody would deny that current Russian Premier League champions Zenit St. Petersburg hold the football monopoly in Russia’s second city but this has not the always been the case. However, before...
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Zenit – Spartak: The Capital Calling
Photo: Danny Armstrong There are few cities more contradictory than St. Petersburg. Its uncanny likeness to a major European town – a product of the travels of its founder Peter I to the cities of...
View ArticleRussian Super Cup 2016 – Photo Reportage
Click to view slideshow. RFN reportage of the 2016 Russian Super Cup from Lokomotiv Stadium Zenit St. Petersburg kickstarted their 2016/17 campaign with a 1-0 victory over rivals CSKA Moscow to...
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Vibrating pitch and corruption allegations? A normal day at the office on...
The uncompleted Zenit Arena in St. Petersburg has once again hit a familiar roadblock in both construction and corruption. The old Kirov Stadium on Krestovsky Island was demolished the best part of a...
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Russian Club Owners: David Traktovenko (Sydney FC) – Developing Football Down...
Born in 1956 in Leningrad, there was little doubt that David Traktovenko would grow up a fan of local side Zenit. While he was also a keen follower of both basketball and ice hockey, football was his...
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RFN Confederations Cup Predictions League
Cristiano Ronaldo, Alexis Sánchez and Ruslan Kambolov are all set to rub shoulders this week as the cream of world football roll into town to fight for the FIFA Confederations Cup. What a cracker to...
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The Retirement of St. Petersburg’s Prodigal Son, Aleksandr Kerzhakov
Aleksandr Kerzhakov celebrating a goal in 2012. Photo: Степиньш Ольга/Soccer.ru Nothing warms the hearts of football fans like seeing a local lad ‘come good’ for his boyhood club. Steven Gerrard in the...
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Everything you Need To Know About: Zenit St Petersburg
The Zenit Arena on Krestosky Island looking resplendent at night with Sergei Kirov Statue overlooking it. Photo: James Nickels/RFN After a relatively fallow few years in the transfer market, Zenit are...
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Revolutionary Origins in Pre-Revolutionary Russia: the development of...
An early team Saint Petersburg Circle of Sports Lovers (SPb KLS) from 1907. Source: Samokat. 24 October 2017 marks the 120th anniversary of the first ever official football match played in Russia, a...
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Europa League Preview: Real Sociedad – Zenit St. Petersburg
Real Sociedad v Zenit St. Petersburg – Thursday, 7 December 20:05 GMT – Estadio de Anoeta, San Sebastián. Zenit St. Petersburg have already qualified for the Europa League knockout stages, joining...
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World Cup 2018 City Guide: St. Petersburg
St Petersburg at a Glance Population: 5,3m Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Number of Matches: 7 Morocco – Iran Russia – Egypt Brazil – Costa Rica Nigeria – Argentina F1 – E2 (Round of 16) Semifinal Bronze...
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Dinamo SPb relocating to Sochi? Analysis and Fan Reaction
Bigmouth strikes again! And I’ve got no right to take my place. With the human race (oh oh). The above lyrics were eponymously swooned by Morrissey from 1986, released as part of The Smiths album, The...
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