FC Dynamo ROC Competitors

The most titled and one of the oldest (1922) football clubs in the Russian Federation. Club’s major honors are: 12 Soviet league titles 10 Russian league titles 10 Soviet Cups 3 Russian Cups The home stadium is Otkrytie Arena – a new 45000 seater, which was opened in September 2014. Otkrytie Arena hosted four 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup games, including third place match, and five 2018 FIFA World Cup matches.

Zenit football club was established in May, 1925. At first the team was a part of the Leningrad Metal Plant in the name of Stalin. The club carried the name Stalinets from 1936 to 1940, when the club got its current name – Zenit. FC Zenit is the only team in the Russian Premier League representing St. Petersburg. According to estimates made by independent analysts, more than 60% of the inhabitants of St. Petersburg support the team, while 80% of the city’s inhabitants think that the club is a symbol of Russia’s northern capital. According to research conducted at the end of 2008, Zenit is one of the ten most popular clubs in Europe, and is also the most popular club from the post-Soviet space.

Football Club “Lokomotiv” Moscow is one of the leading and successful clubs in Russia. FC Lokomotiv won 2-times Russian Championship, 7-times Russian Cup, 2-times Russian SuperCup