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Russian Women's Football Championship
Season 2018
Matches played 33
Goals scored 77 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorer Elena Danilova (7)
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The 2018 Russian Women's Football Championship (in Russian: Чемпионат России по футболу среди женщин 2018) was a major soccer tournament for women's teams in Russia. It was the 27th time this championship was held. The games took place from April 21, 2018, to October 23, 2018. The team that won the championship the year before, in 2017, was Zvezda Perm.

How Teams Ranked: The League Table

This table shows how all the teams performed during the 2018 season. It helps us see which teams were doing well and which ones were struggling.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts What Happens Next
1 Ryazan-VDV 9 7 1 1 16 2 +14 22 These teams got to play in the Champions League Round of 32!
2 CSKA Moscow 8 5 3 0 14 4 +10 18
3 Zvezda Perm 9 5 1 3 14 9 +5 16
4 Chertanovo Moscow 8 5 1 2 13 8 +5 16
5 Kubanochka Krasnodar 8 3 0 5 7 9 −2 9
6 Lokomotiv Moscow 8 2 3 3 7 4 +3 9
7 Yenisey Krasnoyarsk 8 1 1 6 6 14 −8 4
8 Torpedo Izhevsk 8 0 0 8 0 27 −27 0
  • Position (Pos): This is where the team ranks in the league. Number 1 is the best!
  • Games Played (Pld): How many matches the team has played so far.
  • Wins (W): How many games the team won.
  • Draws (D): How many games ended in a tie.
  • Losses (L): How many games the team lost.
  • Goals For (GF): The total number of goals the team scored.
  • Goals Against (GA): The total number of goals scored against the team.
  • Goal Difference (GD): This is the difference between goals scored and goals against (GF - GA). A higher number means the team scored more than they let in.
  • Points (Pts): Teams get points for winning (usually 3 points) and drawing (usually 1 point). The team with the most points wins the championship!

The top two teams, Ryazan-VDV and CSKA Moscow, earned a special spot. They qualified to play in the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League, which is a huge European soccer tournament!

Who Scored the Most Goals?

Here are the players who scored the most goals in the 2018 season, making them the top scorers!

Top Goal Scorers

7 goals

  • Elena Danilova from Ryazan-VDV was the top scorer with 7 goals!

6 goals

  • Nelli Korovkina from Chertanovo Moscow

4 goals

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