Football derbies in Russia explained

This is a list of the main association football rivalries in Russia.

• Moscow derbies:
  • Oldest Russian derby

Spartak Moscow vs. Dynamo Moscow^[1]

• • Main Moscow derby: Spartak Moscow vs. CSKA Moscow
  • Any match between Torpedo Moscow, Spartak Moscow, CSKA Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow and Dynamo Moscow^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}
  • Derby of the Southern Administrative district of Moscow: Chertanovo vs. Torpedo Moscow
• Rivalry of Two Capitals:
  • Spartak Moscow vs. Zenit Saint Petersburg^[7]
  • Dynamo Moscow vs. Zenit Saint Petersburg^[8]
  • CSKA Moscow vs. Zenit Saint Petersburg
  • Lokomotiv Moscow vs. Zenit Saint Petersburg
• Saint Petersburg derby

• • Traditional: Dynamo Saint Petersburg vs. Zenit Saint Petersburg
  • New: Tosno/Leningradets vs. Zenit Saint Petersburg
• Baltic derby: Zenit Saint Petersburg vs. Baltika Kaliningrad
• Nordic derby: Zenit Saint Petersburg vs. Karelia
• Volga derbies:
  • Rubin Kazan vs. Krylia Sovetov Samara^[9]
  • Volga Ulyanovsk vs. Volga Nizhny Novgorod^[10]
  • Rotor Volgograd vs. Sokol Saratov
  • Rotor Volgograd vs. Rubin Kazan
  • Krylia Sovetov Samara vs. Rotor Volgograd
• Siberian derby: Tom Tomsk vs. Sibir Novosibirsk vs. Tyumen^{[11] [12] [13]}
  • Any match between Novokuznetsk, Irtysh, Yenisey, Baikal
• Krasnodar derby: Kuban Krasnodar vs. FC Krasnodar^[14]
• Golden Ring derby: Shinnik Yaroslavl vs. Tekstilshchik Ivanovo vs. Torpedo Vladimir, can also included Spartak Kostroma, Dynamo Kostroma
• Far Eastern derby: Luch-Energiya Vladivostok vs. SKA-Khabarovsk^[15]
• Ural derby: Ural vs. Amkar vs. Orenburg
• Rostov-on-Don derby: Rostov vs. SKA
• Kostroma derby: Spartak Kostroma vs. Dynamo Kostroma
• Caucasian derby: Akhmat vs. Anzhi, can also included Spartak Nalchik, Alania Vladikavkaz
• Nizhny Novgorod derbies:
  • Main Nizhny Novgorod derby: Volga vs. Lokomotiv-NN
  • Little Nizhny Novgorod derbies: Volga vs. Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhnyy Novgorod vs. Lokomotiv-NN
  • Any match between Volga / Elektronika, Torpedo NN, Nizhny Novgorod, Lokomotiv-NN and Olimpiyets
• Astrakhan derby: Volgar vs. Astrakhan
• Makhachkala derby: Anzhi vs. Dynamo Makhachkala vs. Legion-Dinamo vs. Makhachkala
• Volgograd derby: Rotor vs. Olimpiya vs. Volgograd
• Vladikavkaz derby: Alaniya vs. Avtodor vs. Spartak Vladikavkaz
• Tatarstan derby:
  • Any match between KAMAZ, Neftekhimik, Rubin Kazan / FC Rubin-2 Kazan and FC Alnas Almetyevsk
  • FC Neftyanik Bugulma vs. FC Progress Zelenodolsk
• Moscow Oblast derbies:
  • Any match between FC Saturn Ramenskoye, FC Khimki and FC Vityaz Podolsk
  • Podolsk derbies:
    • FC Avangard Podolsk (defunct) vs. FC Vityaz Podolsk
    • FC Podolye Podolsky district / FC Peresvet Podolsk (until 2018) vs. FC Vityaz Podolsk
  • Derby of the north-western part of Moscow region: FC Zorky Krasnogorsk vs. FC Khimki
• Chernozem and Central Russian inter-regional rivalries:
  • Any match between Avangard Kursk, Dynamo Bryansk, Oryol, Salyut, Metallurg Lipetsk, FC Fakel Voronezh, Avangard Kursk, FC Tambov (earlier FC Spartak Tambov), Metallurg-Oskol.
  • Lipetsk–Moscow regions derby: FC Metallurg Lipetsk vs. FC Vityaz Podolsk
  • Tula–Oryol derby: FC Arsenal Tula vs. FC Oryol
• Kaluga Oblast derby: FC Kaluga vs. FC Kvant Obninsk, earlier Lokomotiv Kaluga vs FC Obninsk
• Lipetsk Oblast derby: FC Metallurg Lipetsk vs. FC Yelets
• Ryazan—Lipetsk derby : FC Ryazan vs. FC Metallurg Lipetsk
• Voronezh Oblast derby: Fakel Voronezh vs. Lokomotiv Liski
• Pskov Oblast derby: FC Pskov-747 / FC Pskov-2000 (FC Pskov, FC Mashinostroitel Pskov) vs. FC Luki-Energiya Velikiye Luki

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dinamo Moscow vs. Spartak Moscow – Visiting Russia's Oldest Derby – Futbolgrad. 28 October 2015.
2. Web site: Lokomotiv – CSKA 12.05.2013. Ultras-Tifo.
3. Web site: Spartak Moscow – Lokomotiv Moscow 16.03.2013. Ultras-Tifo.
4. Web site: CSKA Moscow – Torpedo Moscow 2.8.2014. Ultras-Tifo.
5. Web site: Interview with Fratria (Spartak Moscow – Russia). Ultras-Tifo.
6. Web site: Derby Day Gone Sour – Russian Football News. 21 September 2013.
7. Web site: Russian football hooligans – worse than the English?. 19 March 2009. The Observers. France 24. 13 April 2012. 7 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121007231750/http://observers.france24.com/content/20090319-russian-football-hooligans-confront-police-moscow-spartak-zenit. dead.
8. Web site: Zenit St Petersburg v Dynamo Moscow match abandoned. 11 May 2014. BBC.
9. Web site: Рыжиков "засушил" волжское дерби. "Крылья" и "Рубин" голов не забили. 23 April 2017.
10. Web site: Unchanged melody – unpaid salary: show us the money? – Back Page Football. 8 July 2012.
11. Web site: Sibir Novosibirsk – Tom Tomsk 31.10.2012. Ultras-Tifo.
12. Web site: Tom Tomsk – Sibir Novosibirsk 20.09.2014. Ultras-Tifo.
13. Web site: Tom Tomsk – Sibir Novosibirsk 20.09.2014 – Hooligans TV – The best site about this topic!. 22 September 2014.
14. Web site: A Tale of One City: Krasnodar. 24 June 2015.
15. Web site: Far East and far out: Russia's remotest derby, on the Sea of Japan. 23 March 2012.