Russia: leading regions by football affinity 2020

Moscow ranked first among Russian cities by football affinity as of January 2020, based on criteria* related to both professional and mass football. The Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow was the largest across the country with a venue capacity of 80 thousand.

Regions with the highest football affinity in Russia as of January 2020, by number of ranking points*

Characteristic	Ranking points
Moscow	29
Krasnodar Krai	24
Rostov Oblast	16
Saint Petersburg	15.5
Tatarstan Republic	12.5
Volgograd Oblast	12.5
Samara Oblast	12.5
Voronezh Oblast	12
Altai Krai	11
Belgorod Oblast	10
Kaliningrad Oblast	10

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Release date

February 2020

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Region

Russia

Survey time period

As of January 2020

Supplementary notes

* The rating was based on five criteria: coaches' training, professional students, fields for trainings, mass football, and presence of academies. The first four criteria ranged from 0 to 5 points, whereas the last criterion could bring more points if a region had many developed academies.

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