# Russian Volleyball Super League

The Russian Volleyball Super League (RVSL) (Russian: Волейбольная суперлига) is the top league of Russian professional volleyball. It was founded in 1992, and it is considered to be the continuer of the Soviet top league, founded in 1933.

## Winners of the Soviet championship

* 1933–1936 – Moscow.
* 1938, 1939 – Spartak (Leningrad)
* 1940 – Spartak Moscow
* 1945–1948 – Dynamo Moscow
* 1949, 1950 – VC CDKA Moscow
* 1951 – Dynamo Moscow
* 1952 – VC VVS MVO
* 1953, 1954 – VC CDKA Moscow
* 1955 – VC CSK Moscow
* 1956 – Ukrainian SSR
* 1957 – Spartak (Leningrad)
* 1958 – VC CSK Moscow
* 1959 – Leningrad
* 1960–1962 – VC CSKA Moscow
* 1963 – Leningrad
* 1965, 1966 – VC CSKA Moscow
* 1967 – Ukrainian SSR
* 1968 – Kalev Tallinn
* 1969 – Burevestnik Alma-Ata
* 1970–1983 – VC CSKA Moscow
* 1984 – Radiotechnik Riga
* 1985–1991 – VC CSKA Moscow
* 1992 – VC Shakhtar Donetsk

## Teams

The following clubs competed in the 2022–23 season:
| Team | Location | Arena | Capacity |
| Zenit-Kazan | Kazan | Kazan Volleyball Centre | 4,570 |
| Zenit SP | Saint Petersburg | Sibur Arena | 7,120 |
| Dinamo Moscow | Moscow | Dynamo Sports Palace | 5,000 |
| Kuzbass | Kemerovo | Kuzbass Arena | |
| Lokomotiv Novosibirsk | Novosibirsk | SKK Sever | 3,000 |
| Fakel | Novy Urengoy | DS Zvyozdniy | 3,000 |
| Ural Ufa | Ufa | Dynamo Sport Complex | 1,000 |
| Belogorie | Belgorod | Belgorod Arena | 10,000 |
| Dynamo-LO | Sosnovy Bor | | |
| Yenisei | Krasnoyarsk | Ivan Yarygin Sports Palace | 3,347 |
| Gazprom-Ugra | Surgut | Premier Arena | 6,080 |
| ASK Nizhny Novgorod | Nizhny Novgorod | DS Zarechye Hall | 1,500 |
| Neftyanik Orenburg | Orenburg | Olympics Sport Complex | 1,500 |
| Yugra-Samotlor | Nizhnevartovsk | Zal Meždunarodnyh Vstreč | 1,000 |
| Nova Novokuybyshevsk | Novokuybyshevsk | МТЛ Арена | 2,200 |
| Stroitel Minsk | Minsk | Minsk Sports Palace | 3,311 |

## Russian volleyball Champions

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1992 | Avtomobilist Saint Petersburg | MGTU Moscow | Dynamo Moscow region |
| 1993 | Avtomobilist Saint Petersburg | CSKA Moscow | Dynamo Moscow region |
| 1994 | CSKA Moscow | Iskra Odintsovo | Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk |
| 1995 | CSKA Moscow | Lokomotiv Belgorod | Avtomobilist Saint Petersburg |
| 1996 | CSKA Moscow | Belogorie Belgorod | Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk |
| 1997 | Belogorie-Dynamo Belgorod | UEM-Izumrud Ekaterinburg | CSKA Moscow |
| 1998 | Belogorie-Dynamo Belgorod | UEM-Izumrud Ekaterinburg | CSKA Moscow |
| 1999 | UEM-Izumrud Ekaterinburg | Belogorie-Dynamo Belgorod | Iskra-RVSN Odintsovo |
| 2000 | Belogorie-Dynamo Belgorod | UEM-Izumrud Ekaterinburg | Iskra-RVSN Odintsovo |
| 2001 | MGTU Luzhniki Moscow | UEM-Izumrud Ekaterinburg | Iskra-RVSN Odintsovo |
| 2002 | Lokomotiv Belogorie Belgorod | MGTU Luzhniki Moscow | Dynamo MGFSO Olymp Moscow |
| 2003 | Lokomotiv Belogorie Belgorod | Iskra Odintsovo | UEM-Izumrud Ekaterinburg |
| 2004 | Lokomotiv Belogorie Belgorod | Dynamo Moscow | Zenit-Kazan |
| 2005 | Lokomotiv Belogorie Belgorod | Dynamo Moscow | Zenit-Kazan |
| 2006 | Dynamo Moscow | Lokomotiv Belogorie Belgorod | Iskra Odintsovo |
| 2007 | Zenit-Kazan | Dynamo Moscow | Iskra Odintsovo |
| 2008 | Dynamo Moscow | Iskra Odintsovo | Dynamo TatTransGaz Kazan |
| 2009 | Zenit Kazan | Iskra Odintsovo | Fakel Novy Urengoy |
| 2010 | Zenit Kazan | Lokomotiv Belogorie Belgorod | Dynamo Moscow |
| 2011 | Zenit Kazan | Dynamo Moscow | Lokomotiv Belogorie Belgorod |
| 2012 | Zenit Kazan | Dynamo Moscow | Iskra Odintsovo |
| 2013 | Belogorie Belgorod | Ural Ufa | Zenit Kazan |
| 2014 | Zenit Kazan | Lokomotiv Novosibirsk | Belogorie Belgorod |
| 2015 | Zenit Kazan | Belogorie Belgorod | Dynamo Moscow |
| 2016 | Zenit Kazan | Dynamo Moscow | Belogorie Belgorod |
| 2017 | Zenit Kazan | Dynamo Moscow | Lokomotiv Novosibirsk |
| 2018 | Zenit Kazan | Zenit Saint Petersburg | Dynamo Moscow |
| 2019 | Kuzbass Kemerovo | Zenit Kazan | Fakel Novy Urengoy |
| 2020 | Lokomotiv Novosibirsk | Zenit Kazan | Kuzbass Kemerovo |
| 2021 | Dynamo Moscow | Zenit Saint Petersburg | Lokomotiv Novosibirsk |
| 2022 | Dynamo Moscow | Lokomotiv Novosibirsk | Zenit Kazan |
| 2023 | Zenit Kazan | Dynamo Moscow | Lokomotiv Novosibirsk |
| 2024 | Zenit Kazan | Dynamo Moscow | Belogorie Belgorod |

## Titles by club

| Club | Winners | Runners-up |
| Zenit Kazan | 12 (2006-07,2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2022–23, 2023–24) | 2 (2018–19, 2019–20) |
| Belogorie Belgorod | 8 (1996–97, 1997–98, 1999–20, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2012–13) | 6 (1994–95, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2014–15) |
| Dynamo Moscow | 4 (2005–06, 2007–08, 2020–21, 2021–22) | 9 (2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2022–23, 2023–24) |
| CSKA Moscow | 3 (1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96) | 1 (1992–93) |
| Avtomobilist SP | 2 (1991–92, 1992–93) | 0 |
| UEM-Izumrud Ekaterinburg | 1 (1998–99) | 4 (1996–97, 1997–98, 1999–00, 2000–01) |
| MGTU Luzhniki Moscow | 1 (2000–01) | 2 (1991–92, 2001–02) |
| Lokomotiv Novosibirsk | 1 (2019–20) | 2 (2013–14, 2021–22) |
| Kuzbass Kemerovo | 1 (2018–19) | 0 |