List of the 33 best players in the Russian Football Premier League
The Best 33 Players in Russian Football is a list of the top 33 players of the Russian Premier League, compiled annually by the Executive Committee of the RFU at the end of each season. The list consists of three players (№ 1, № 2 and number 3) per position: one goalkeeper, four defenders (one right, two central, one left), four midfielders (one right, two central, one left) and two forwards (right and left). Throughout the years, the designation of positional pairs of the central defenders and midfielders changed (e.g. in 2002 the defenders were libero and stoppers, the midfielders - central and defensive).
Since 1992, the "Top 33" has included 280 players (693 positions), representing 29 clubs. The greatest number of players has come from Moscow clubs Spartak (131) and CSKA (124). Sergei Ignashevich has made the list a record number of 13 times.
2013/14 all-star team
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Goalkeepers: 1.Igor Akinfeev (CSKA) 2. Yuri Lodygin (Zenit) 3. Aleksandr Belenov (Kuban)
Right-backs: 2. Mário Figueira Fernandes (CSKA) 2. Roman Shishkin (Lokomotiv) 3. Aleksei Kozlov (Kuban/Dynamo Moscow)
Right centre-backs: 1. Vasili Berezutski (CSKA) 2. Vedran Corluka (Lokomotiv). 3. Vitali Dyakov (Rostov)
Left centre-backs: 1. Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA) 2. Ján Ďurica (Lokomotiv) 3. Vladimir Granat (Dynamo)
Left-backs: 1. Vitaliy Denisov (Lokomotiv). 2. Dmitri Kombarov (Spartak). 3. Georgi Shchennikov (CSKA)
Defensive midfielders: 1. Rasmus Elm (CSKA) 2. Charles Kaboré (Kuban) 3. Denis Glushakov (Spartak)
Right wingers: 1. Hulk (Zenit) 2. Aleksandr Samedov (Lokomotiv) 3. Zoran Tosic (CSKA)
Central midfielders: 1. Roman Shirokov (Zenit/Krasnodar) 2. Ivelin Popov (Kuban) 3. Alan Dzagoev (CSKA)
Left wingers: 1. Danny (Zenit) 2. Joaozinho (Krasnodar) 3. Yuri Zhirkov (Anzhi/Dynamo)
Right forwards: 1. Seydou Doumbia (CSKA) 2. Artem Dzyuba (Rostov) 3. Yura Movsisyan (Spartak)
Left forwards: 1. Aleksandr Kokorin (Dynamo) 2. Dame N'Doye (Lokomotiv) 3. Wanderson (Krasnodar)