Who has a shoulder strap?

Zenit = Dejan Lovren (Croatia) or Douglas Santos (Brazil)

Zenit are one of only two Premier League clubs to have a legionnaire as a captain. Dejan Lovren became the official captain of the “blue-white-blue” after only four months at the club, facilitated by the scandal involving Artyom Dziuba. This year, however, the Croatian defender has not yet taken the field and the serious Brazilian Douglas Santos brings the team onto the field.

Sochi = Soslan Dzhanaev (Russia) or Ibragim Tsallagov (Russia)

A similar situation in Sochi, where the first captain Soslan Dzhanaev, could be an infrequent guest on the field. In any case, in the first round against “Torpedo” Denis Adamov played at the gate, leaving the captain on the bench. The hallmark was on Ibragim Tsallagov’s shoulder.

Dinamo = Daniil Fomin (Russia)

At Dynamo, the captain was replaced in the off-season and a responsible decision was made by new manager Slavisa Jokanovic, who appointed Daniil Fomin to a position of responsibility. Expert Anton Shunin was surprised but said he intends to respect any decision of the coaching staff. Shunin was the captain of Dynamo for six years.

Krasnodar = Matvey Safonov (Russia)

For the first time, Safonov tried the captain’s armband in Krasnodar in 2020 and today Matvey, 23, is one of the youngest captains in the Russian Premier League, only one colleague in the league is younger than Safonov.

CSKA = Igor Akinfeev (Russia)

In turn, 36-year-old Igor Akinfeev is the oldest and most experienced captain around RPL. For the first time the legendary goalkeeper of the “army” was elected captain. CSKA way back in 2008, so he was the captain of his home club for nearly a decade and a half. Igor Akinfeev held the rank of captain CSKA more than 500 games and does not intend to stop there in the near future. The absolute legend of the “red-blue” and of all Russian football.

Lokomotiv = Guilherme (Russia) or Dmitry Barinov (Russia)

Guilherme has a not-so-impressive, but also significant experience playing for Lokomotiv, including as captain. In reality the goalkeeper remains the official captain of the “railwaymen”, no one has deprived him of the title, but the young Daniil Khudyakov has deprived him of his place in the squad, who today wins the competition from an expert Brazilian who played for the Russian national team . In this regard, the badge went to Dmitry Barinov, who could have left this summer, but remained at Loko.

“Akhmat” = Andrey Semenov (Russia)

It was expected that Akhmat would change his captain from the new season due to a conflict between Andrey Semenov and Andrey Talalaev. However, during the off-season, the coach and an experienced footballer managed to resolve the differences, and Semenov entered the first round match against Spartak in the usual state of him.

“The wings of the Soviets” = Alexander Soldatenkov (Russia)

Soldatenkov joined the Wings in 2020 and became captain almost immediately. The 25-year-old defender himself says that his main quality is responsibility and he is not afraid to talk to the management, he admits that he had to eliminate the double bonuses for the team.

Rostov = Danil Glebov (Russia)

And here is the youngest Premier League captain, Glebov is only 22 years old, but he looks like a mature boy beyond his years, and not only does he seem, as he managed to win the favor of Valery Karpin at such a young age. Probably also affects the famous Siberian character: Danil is a native of Tomsk and a student of football from Tomsk.

Spartak = Georgy Jikia (Russia)

Spartak and stability are united only by the same first letter of these two words, but stability has reigned for some time on the bridge of captain of the Red-Whites: Georgiy Jikia has been in the field with the captain’s armband for more than three years.

Pari Nizhny Novgorod = Kirill Gotsuk (Russia)

Central defenders in general often become captains. The company of Lovren, Semenov, Soldatenkov and Jikia is complemented by Kirill Gotsuk of Pari NN, who recently admitted he was a Spartak fan as a child.

Ural = Eric Bicfalvi (Romania)

And here is the second legionary captain after Zenit. Former Ural captain Denis Kulakov left the team after February 24, Eric Bikfalvi was appointed in his place, which is absolutely right. The Romanian footballer has been dragging the Urals for years, he earned the badge like no other.

Khimki = Dmitry Tikhiy (Russia)

Another center in the collection of Russian Premier League club captains.

Torpedo = Alexander Ryazantsev (Russia) or Artem Samsonov (Russia)

Ryazantsev needs no introduction: Alexander became the champion of Russia with Rubin and Zenit, scored against Barcelona at the Camp Nou and apologized for the pies. He is now back in the Premier League with Torpedo, where he holds the position of captain. True, Ryazantsev did not enter the starting lineup for the first round and handed the armband to Artyom Samsonov, a Torpedo student, who had already promised that his team would keep a residence permit in RPL.

Fakel = Ruslan Magal (Russia)

Ruslan Magal is originally from Voronezh, until the age of 30 he played only in the Russian lower leagues, and a week ago he made his debut in RPLand also as captain of the Torch.

“Orenburg” = Andrey Malykh (Russia)

Malykh joined Orenburg (then still Gazovik) in 2010 and has been wearing the captain’s armband since 2017. Already three times as captain of “Orenburg” he has risen with the team in the Premier League and twice relegated. Local legend.