Europa-East: football rankings, week 1

After a long winter break, clubs in Eastern Europe have started their spring campaigns.  This weekend there were cup games in Russia and Belarus, plus round of games in the Ukrainian Premier League.  Here are the rankings after week 1.  As a reminder draws do not count but are reflected in the number og games played by each club.

1. FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)         2-0

2. FC Zenit St. Petersburg (RUS) 3-1 out 4

3. PFC CSKA Moskva (RUS)         2-1 out 4

4. FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)                 3-0

5. FC Rubin Kazan (RUS)                 0-1 out 2

6. FC Spartak Moskva (RUS)         2-0 out 3

7. FC Metalist Kharkiv (UKR)         0-2 out 3

8. FC Bate Borisov (BEL)                 0-0 out 2

9. FC Locomotiv Moskava (RUS)

10. FC Dinamo Moskva (RUS)

11. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (UKR) 0-0 out 1

12. FC Karpaty Lviv (UKR)                 0-0 out 1

13. FC Spartak Nalchik (RUS)

14. FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MLD)         3-0 out 5

15. FC Arsenal Kyiv (UKR)                 0-0 out 1

16. SC Tavriya Simferopol (UKR)         0-0 out 1

17. FC Rostov Rostov-na-Donu (RUS)

18. FC Tom Tomsk (RUS)

19. FC Vorskla Poltava (UKR)         0-0 out 1

20. FC Metalurg Donetsk (UKR)         0-1   

21. FC Volyn Lutsk (UKR)                 0-1   

22. FC Terek Grozniy (RUS)

23. FC Obolon Kyiv (UKR)                 0-0 out 1

24. FC Anzhi Makhachkala (RUS) 0-1  

25. FC Kuban Krasnodar (RUS)

As we can see no real movement in the rankings since most teams haven't played enough games.  The Sunday's Russian Super Cup game between Zenit and CSKA are reflected in the third column.  Also to note that teams in Moldova start their spring campaign in early February, that's why they already played five games.  Movement in the rankings will be based on the form of teams next to each other, which means that teams won't jump quickly in the table because they won few games in a row.  Next week rankings will reflect the first round of the league campaign in Russia plus mid-week games in the European competitions.