Football in Imperial Russia explained

Association Football in Imperial Russia emerged in the late nineteenth century. Both Scottish and English immigrants are attributed as playing a significant role in the introduction of the sport into the lands of Imperial Russia.^{[1] [2]}

British sailors played the first recorded game of football in Russian Empire in Odessa in the 1860s.^[3]

Football teams founded in Imperial Russia

• KS Orekhovo, 1909
• Zamoskvoretsky Sports Club, 1910

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Church that brought football to Moscow – St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Moscow . moscowanglican.org . St Andrew’s Church, Moscow . 11 April 2021.
2. Web site: Scotland to Russia: the spread of Sevens . Scottish Sevens tournaments . 11 April 2021 . en . 20 September 2019.
3. Book: Edelman . Robert . Serious Fun - LA84 Foundation home page . 1993 . Oxford University Press . Oxford . en.