MOSCOW, 19 Mar. The head coach of Rostov and the Russian national football team Valery Karpin spoke about the possibility of expanding the top division of the national championship from 16 to 18 teams. will leave the top division, and next season the league will expand to 18 clubs at the expense of the best two teams of the FNL.
"If there are no European cups, then it is definitely needed. 18 teams a lot? And how much is needed? 12? And will we all play in Moscow? And then no one needs football? Everything is ready for expansion. Nothing terrible will happen", the newspaper "Sport-Express" quotes Karpin.
The Russian Premier League was founded in 2001, 16 teams played in it every season.