28-450: Andrey Tikhonov may refer to: Andrey Tikhonov (footballer) (born 1970), Russian football manager and footbeller Andrey Tikhonov (mathematician) (1906–1993), Soviet Russian mathematician and geophysicist Andrey Tikhonov (runner) (born 1966), Soviet Russian long-distance runner [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with
56-464: A coach. Later however, it was confirmed that he would be part of the squad. He then started for the red-and-whites in a cup quarter-final game against Krasnodar on 20 April 2011. He got a warm reception from the home fans and was substituted off in the second half. On 18 September 2011, Tikonov has played his farewell match as Spartak defeated his former team, Krylya Sovetov, 3–0. Tikhonov made an assist and participated in another attack that ended with
84-554: A goal before being substituted just before the end of the first half. On 1 June 2017, he left Yenisey Krasnoyarsk to join Krylia Sovetov Samara as a manager. He returned Krylia Sovetov Samara back to the Russian Premier League at the end of the 2017–18 season. After 9 games in the 2018–19 season, with Krylia in the 15th place, Tikhonov was dismissed from Krylia Sovetov. On 24 October 2021,
112-471: A key player at Spartak soon afterwards. Tikhonov won a total of eight Russian League titles with Spartak, before falling out with Oleg Romantsev . He then had a short loan spell in Israel , before signing a contract with Krylia Sovetov Samara . In February 2001, Tikhonov was training with Southampton , even featuring in one friendly for the club, but no deal was reached, mainly because the player already had
140-434: A running one-year contract with Krylia Sovetov at the time. An icon among Spartak fans, Tikhonov is often viewed as an underachiever on the international stage. He made his international debut in 1996, in a friendly against Malta . In early 2011, he announced that he would be returning to Spartak Moscow but it was initially unconfirmed whether the 40-year-old midfielder would get playing time or whether he would simply be
168-508: A total of 44 games (30 in 2011 and 14 in 2012). Those two groups were contested in spring 2012, with the top eight clubs playing for the title and European places. The other sides vied to avoid relegation: the bottom two went down while the next two played off against the sides third and fourth in the National Football League, with the two losers being relegated (or denied promotion). Under the current autumn-spring calendar,
196-481: Is a Russian football manager and a former midfielder who is the manager of Yenisey Krasnoyarsk . Tikhonov is primarily known for having played for Spartak Moscow and the Russia national football team . Tikhonov was spotted by the then-Spartak manager Oleg Romantsev , while playing for Titan Reutov, in a game against Spartak Moscow reserves. Tikhonov quickly broke into the starting line-up at his new club, becoming
224-762: Is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 2001 as the Russian Football Premier League (RFPL; Russian : Российская футбольная премьер-лига ; РФПЛ) and was rebranded with its current name in 2018. From 1992 through 2001, the top level of the Russian football league system was the Russian Football Championship ( Russian : Чемпионат России по футболу , Chempionat Rossii po Futbolu ). There are 16 teams in
252-549: The First League . Starting on the 2020–21 season the teams ranked in 13th and 14th-place play a two legs relegation play-off against 4th and 3rd-place team from National League. The two winners of this play-off secures the right to play in Premier League in following season. Unlike most other European football leagues, the league traditionally used to run in summer, from March to November, to avoid playing games in
280-581: The Mir payment system ), for sponsorship reasons. Since the introduction of the Russian Premier League in 2002, Zenit Saint Petersburg (10 times), CSKA Moscow (6 times), Lokomotiv Moscow (3 times), Rubin Kazan (2 times) and Spartak Moscow (1 time) have won the title. Zenit Saint Petersburg are the current champions winning the competition since 2018–19 until 2022–23 consecutively. After
308-795: The Russian First League at the end of the season, while the 13th and 14th placed teams compete against the National League's 4th and 3rd teams respectively in a two-legged playoff. The Russian Premier League succeeded the Top Division including history and records. The Top Division was run by the Professional Football League of Russia. Since July 2022, the league is currently called Mir Russian Premier League ( Russian : Мир Российская премьер-лига ), also written as Mir Russian Premier Liga (after
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#1732793902097336-454: The Russian invasion of Ukraine , Russia have been suspended from UEFA and from participating in UEFA competitions and therefore the UEFA coefficient ranking of the Russian Premier League is an automatic 0. The following teams are competing in the 2024–25 season: A total of 52 teams have competed in at least one season at the top division. Spartak Moscow, CSKA Moscow and Lokomotiv Moscow are
364-569: The dissolution of the Soviet Union , starting in 1992, each former Soviet republic organized an independent national championship. In Russia, the six Russian teams who had played in the Soviet Top League in 1991 ( CSKA Moscow , Spartak Moscow , Torpedo Moscow , Dynamo Moscow , Spartak Vladikavkaz , and Lokomotiv Moscow ) were supplemented with 14 teams from lower divisions to form a 20-team Russian Top Division. The Top Division
392-570: The Champions League third qualifying round. The third and fourth-place teams qualify for the UEFA Europa Conference League . If the winner of Russian Cup ends in first or second on the championship in same season, then the third-place team qualifies to UEFA Europa League group stage, while fourth and fifth-place teams qualify for the UEFA Europa Conference League instead. The bottom two teams are relegated to
420-411: The Premier League ( Russian : Молодёжное Первенство России по футболу среди команд клубов Премьер-Лиги ), is a league that runs in parallel to the Russian Premier League and includes the youth or reserve teams of the Russian Premier League teams. The number of players a team can have on the pitch at a time that are over 21 years of age or without a Russian citizenship is limited. 16 teams participate in
448-596: The Russian top flight, as it had never competed in the Soviet Top League. In preparation for the 2018–19 season, it was decided to hold a rebranding in which a new logo was presented. As a result of the Russia's invasion of Ukraine , all Russian club and national teams were banned from European competition indefinitely. Spartak Moscow, who were competing in the UEFA Europa League and were
476-645: The club Tikhonov was managing, Astana , left the field for 20 minutes in a Kazakhstan Premier League game against Kairat to protest the refereeing. Astana returned to the game and the match was finished. On 27 October 2021, Kazakhstan Football Federation banned Tikhonov from any official football activity in Kazakhstan for 2 years. His son Mikhail Tikhonov is now a professional footballer. Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; Russian : Российская премьер-лига , Rossiyskaya premyer-liga ; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga ,
504-459: The cold and snowy weather in winter. This was altered ahead of the 2012–13 season, with the league planning to run the season from autumn to spring. The transitional season of the competition began in early 2011 and continued until summer of 2012. After the 16 Premier League teams played each other twice over the course of the 2011 calendar year, they were split into two groups of eight, and the teams played other teams in their groups two more times for
532-509: The competition. As of the 2021/22 season, the league had two Champions League qualifying spots for the league winners and league runners-up, and two spots in the UEFA Conference League were allocated to the third- and fourth-placed teams. However, those have all been suspended due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine , along with the national team's participation in international competitions. The last two teams are relegated to
560-461: The league position of their respective clubs' senior teams. However, some Premier League clubs have three teams. Apart from the senior team and the team that plays in the Youth championship a team might have another senior team that plays in a lower division of Russian football and serves as the farm team for the main team. An example is Krasnodar-2 , playing in the Russian First League . Due to
588-794: The league takes a three-month winter break from mid-December until mid-March. Merging the calendar with other UEFA leagues however, has increased numbers of games in winter. This has resulted in the Russian Far East and Siberian teams being forced to play more home games in hostile weather conditions which affected the Premier League when SKA Khabarovsk took part. The Youth championship ( Russian : Молодежное первенство ), also known as Youth teams championship ( Russian : Первенство молодёжных команд ), Reserve team tournament ( Russian : Турнир дублирующих составов ) or Reserves tournament ( Russian : Турнир дублёров ), full name Youth football championship of Russia among teams of clubs of
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#1732793902097616-425: The league. Matches are commonly played a day before the match of the senior teams of the respective teams. All of the Russian Premier League teams are obliged to have a youth team that would participate in the Youth championship. The teams that are promoted from the National Football League and do not have a youth team must create one. The teams in the league are not relegated based on their final league position, but on
644-506: The number of wins, then the goal difference, followed by several other factors. If the teams are tied for the first position, the tie-breakers are the number of wins, then head-to-head results. If the teams tied for the first place cannot be separated by these tie-breakers, a championship play-off is ordered. As of 2020–21 season , the champions qualify for the UEFA Champions League group stage. The runners-up qualifies for
672-455: The only Russian club team remaining in European competition at the time, were disqualified from their tie against RB Leipzig , who advanced on a walkover . Teams in the Russian Premier League play each other twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 30 matches. Three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss. If teams are level on points, the tie-breakers are
700-450: The only teams to have played in the top division in every season since the league's inception at 1992. The teams in bold participate in the 2024–25 Premier League . All 240 matches are aired live globally on YouTube with a required subscription. There will be two membership levels for the viewers outside Russia, CIS, and China. The first level includes two matches with English commentary each matchday and will cost
728-568: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrey_Tikhonov&oldid=1231864696 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Andrey Tikhonov (footballer) Andrey Valeryevich Tikhonov ( Russian : Андрей Валерьевич Тихонов ; born 16 October 1970)
756-543: Was divided into two groups to reduce the total number of matches. The number of teams in the Top Division was reduced to 18 in 1993 and 16 in 1994. Since then, the Russian Top Division (and the Premier League since 2002) has consisted of 16 teams, except for a short-lived experiment with having two more teams in 1996 and 1997. Spartak Moscow won nine of the first ten titles. Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz
784-401: Was the only team which managed to break Spartak's dominance, winning the top division title in 1995. Lokomotiv Moscow have won the title three times, and CSKA Moscow six times. In 2007, Zenit St. Petersburg won the title for the first time in their history in Russian professional football; they had also won a Soviet title in 1984. 2008 brought the rise of Rubin Kazan , a club entirely new to
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