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St Petersburg 1901-17

Organised football in St Petersburg evolved in the 1890s through the efforts of  German and British workers. This led to the formation of the city's first league in 1901. The winners received a trophy donated by English entrepreneur TM Aspden. Initially the league was dominated by teams of German and British origin, but gradually Russian clubs began to feature. Sport were the first in 1902 and in 1904 50% of the teams in the league were Russian. In 1909 the original foreign run clubs, Nevsky, Neva and Victoria left the league.
In the pre revolutionary era 16 clubs competed in the St Petersburg/ Petrograd league in various combinations. There were 3 teams in the opening season, and the highest number of competitors was 8 in 1912.
The following table shows the record of each team in the league in the seasons 1901-1917.

Team
English
Seasons
P
W
D
L
F
A
W%
C
спорт
Sport
16
148
73
15
60
428
372
49.32
5
меркур
Mercur
11
107
54
13
40
289
228
50.46
2
нева
Neva
10
95
37
3
55
204
263
38.94

невский
Nevsky
10
86
57
10
19
282
121
66.27
5
коломяги
Kolomyagi
8
79
42
8
29
207
172
53.16
2
виктория
Victoria
8
66
32
11
23
189
109
48.48
1
унитас
Unitas
7
71
35
10
36
232
152
49.29

триумф
Triumph
5
54
8
4
42
70
209
14.81

нарва
Narva
5
51
17
5
29
112
149
33.33

националы
National
4
39
12
2
25
60
134
30.76

невка
Nevka
3
18
7
4
7
37
47
38.88
1
Новый петербург
New Peterburg
2
22
0
0
22
12
119
0

петровский
Petrovsky
2
18
6
2
10
37
87
33.33

надежда
Nadezhda
2
16
6
1
9
60
42
37.5

уделная
Udelnaya
1
8
3
2
3
13
19
37.5

интернационал
International
1
8
3
0
5
24
33
37.5




Season
Teams
Champions
1901
3
Nevka
1902
4
Nevsky
1903
5
Victoria
1904
6
Nevsky
1905
6
Nevsky
1906
6
Nevsky
1907
7
Nevsky
1908
5
Sport
1909
5
Sport
1910
5
Sport
1911
7
Mercur
1912
8
Unitas
1913
5
Sport
1914
6
Sport
1915
6
Mercur
1916
6
Kolomyagi
1917
6
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Kolomyagi 1909

Unitas 1913