''Football'' (russian: Футбол) was a weekly magazine about football and hockey, published since May 1960 until June 2019. It was a main informational partner of the

Football Federation of the Soviet Union The Football Federation of the USSR (russian: Федерация футбола СССР) was a governing body of football in the Soviet Union and since 1972 the main governing body of football in the country. The Federation was created late i ...

. Since 1964 it was conducting polls for the main annual footballers' honours known as the

Soviet Footballer of the Year The award Soviet Footballer of the Year was awarded to the best footballer of the Soviet Union from 1964 until 1991. The poll was conducted among journalists by the weekly sport newspaper '' Football'' (Football-Hockey). Each journalist named his o ...

and later Footballer of the Year in Russia. It is a media sponsor of the Russian Football Union and the Professional Football League. Since January 2007, in each room are printed posters of teams and players.

History

The first ''Football'' weekly issue was published May 29, 1960 as a

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. Before that, the chairman of Football Federation of the Soviet Union

Valentin Granatkin Valentin Aleksandrovich Granatkin (russian: Валенти́н Алекса́ндрович Грана́ткин; , Ramensky District, Ryblovo, Bronnitsky Uyezd, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire — 2 November 1979, Moscow, Russian Soviet Federat ...

on one of said plenums of the alleged publication of the journal. In 1967, the weekly was renamed the ''Football-Ice Hockey''. In an editorial column of this action was justified by the increased popularity of the sport. During

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in one of the articles it has been written that the reason for the name change was the desire of one of the approximate

Leonid Brezhnev Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev; uk, links= no, Леонід Ілліч Брежнєв, . (19 December 1906– 10 November 1982) was a Soviet Union, Soviet politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Gener ...

. The publication came out at 16 black and white pages. At the initiative of Konstantin Yesenin was established

Grigory Fedotov club Grigory Fedotov Club (russian: Клуб Григо́рия Федо́това) is a non-official list of Soviet and Russian football players that have scored 100 or more goals during their professional career. This club is named after first Sovie ...

. In May 2015 the weekly renamed ''Football-Ice Hockey'', published information and statistical annex ''90 minutes''.

The editors

* Martyn Merzhanov (1960-1966) * Lev Filatov (1966-1983) * Gennady Radchuk (1983-1984) *

Viktor Ponedelnik Viktor Vladimirovich Ponedelnik (russian: Виктор Владимирович Понедельник, 22 May 1937 – 5 December 2020) was a Russian footballer and manager, who played for the Soviet Union national team. Biography Ponedeln ...

(1984-1990) * Oleg Kucherenko (1990-2004) * Pyotr Kamenchenko (2004-2013) * Denis Vdovin (2013-2019)

Interesting facts

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'' (1984) on the counter placed weekly No. 21 for the year 1983 (the scene visits teens shop in the city, occupied by the

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References

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External links

Official website
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Блог еженедельника «Футбол»
1960 establishments in Russia Association football magazines Magazines established in 1960 Russian-language magazines Sports magazines published in Russia Weekly magazines published in Russia