Football in Imperial Russia

Association Football in Imperial Russia emerged in the late nineteenth century. Both Scottish and English immigrants are attributed as playing a significant role in the introduction of the sport into the lands of Imperial Russia.[1][2]

British sailors played the first recorded game of football in Russian Empire in Odessa in the 1860s.[3]

Football teams founded in Imperial Russia

KS Orekhovo, 1909
Zamoskvoretsky Sports Club, 1910

References

"The Church that brought football to Moscow – St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Moscow". moscowanglican.org. St Andrew’s Church, Moscow. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
"Scotland to Russia: the spread of Sevens". Scottish Sevens tournaments. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
Edelman, Robert (1993). Serious Fun - LA84 Foundation home page. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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[MAC-1] "The Church that brought football to Moscow – St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Moscow". moscowanglican.org. St Andrew’s Church, Moscow. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

[Scotland_to_Russia-2] "Scotland to Russia: the spread of Sevens". Scottish Sevens tournaments. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

[Edelman-3] Edelman, Robert (1993). Serious Fun - LA84 Foundation home page. Oxford: Oxford University Press.