2019–20 Russian Premier League

The 2019–20 Russian Premier League (known as the Tinkoff Russian Premier League, also written as Tinkoff Russian Premier Liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 28th season of the premier football competition in Russia since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the 16th under the current Russian Premier League name. Zenit Saint Petersburg came into the season as the defending champions.

Russian Premier League
Season2019–20
Dates12 July 2019 – 22 July 2020
ChampionsZenit Saint Petersburg
7th title
RelegatedKrylia Sovetov Samara
Orenburg
Champions LeagueZenit Saint Petersburg
Lokomotiv Moscow
Krasnodar
Europa LeagueCSKA Moscow
Rostov
Dynamo Moscow
Matches played240
Goals scored583 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorerSardar Azmoun
Artem Dzyuba
(17 goals each)
Biggest home winSochi 10–1 Rostov
(19 June 2020)
Biggest away winCSKA Moscow 0–4 Zenit Saint Petersburg
(20 June 2020)
Akhmat Grozny 0–4 CSKA Moscow
(4 July 2020)
Orenburg 0–4 CSKA Moscow
(8 July 2019)
Highest scoringSochi 10–1 Rostov
(19 June 2020)
Longest winning runZenit Saint Petersburg
(6 matches)
Longest unbeaten runZenit Saint Petersburg
(19 matches)
Longest winless runAkhmat Grozny
Orenburg
(9 matches)
Longest losing runOrenburg
(7 matches)
Highest attendance58,639
Zenit Saint Petersburg 1–1 Rostov
(4 August 2019)
Lowest attendance566
Orenburg 0–0 Rostov
(12 July 2020)
Total attendance3,219 952
Average attendance13,644
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