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Sport-Express (Russian: Спорт-Экспресс) is a Russian daily sports newspaper founded by Vladimir Kuchmiy. [1] Printed in 31 cities of Russia , Latvia , Belarus , Ukraine , Kazakhstan and the United States , it is the biggest-selling sports newspaper in Russia, with the daily audience of over 700,000 people.
Footballer of the Year in Russia is an annual award given by Sport-Express daily to the Russian Premier League player of the season. The title is awarded according to the results of a poll conducted by the newspaper. 11 players of each Premier League club are polled. [1]
Vladislav Zimagulov, correspondent of the Sport Express newspaper, called Media Football League a "risky project" that "became successful". [2] Anton Zinkovsky from Komsomolskaya Pravda wrote that "Media Football League is the most discussed event in the Russian sports world". [3]
Association football is the most popular sport in Russia, surpassing ice hockey by a wide margin. Men's football is overseen by the Russian Football Union, having the Russian Premier League as the first tier of the Russian football league system, with the Russian Football National League being the second tier. [2] [3] [4] [5]
This section presents Russian football clubs the winners of the tournaments for each year. If the tournament in the year was not held, the corresponding field contains "was not held". If the competition was not won by the Russian club (refers to the USSR tournaments and European cups), then the corresponding field contains dash ("—").
Russian Football Union named Andrey Arshavin the best Premier League player of the season. Arshavin was also ranked best by major Russian sports newspapers, Sport-Express [7] and Soviet Sports [8] and became the Russian Footballer of the Year. On December 18, the Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players: [9]
Footballer of the Year in Russia was an annual award given by Futbol weekly to the Russian Premier League player of the season. The title was awarded according to the results of a poll conducted by the newspaper.
Media football is a version of football in which the teams are mainly made up of celebrities (influencers, actors, business stars, etc.). [1] Media football emerged and developed in Russia in the late 2010s, although Russian teams have held matches between celebrities before.