Grigory Fedotov club

Grigory Fedotov Club ( _ru. Клуб Григо́рия Федо́това) is a non-official list of Soviet and Russian football players that have scored 100 or more goals during their professional career. This club is named after first Soviet player to score 100 goals - Grigory Fedotov. The list was created by journalist and statistician Konstantin Yesenin and "Football" ( _ru. Футбол) weekly magazine, though many other versions of this list exist.

Which goals are counted

Traditionally, Yesenin counted goals scored in the following matches:

# Championship - goals scored in top leagues of Soviet and Russian football competitions.
# Cup - goals in Russian and Soviet Cup and Supercup scored in the stages where top league teams participate.
# European cups - goals scored in European Champion Clubs Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, Cup Winners Cup and Intertoto Cup for both home and foreign clubs.
# National team - goals scored for national and olympic teams in the official matches.
# Spartakiadas - goals in Spartakiadas of Soviet people (1956 and 1979).
# Foreign clubs - only goals scored in the top leagues of the following countries are counted:
#* Group A: Italy, Spain, Germany, England, France, Brasil, Argentina
#* Group B: Netherlands, Portugal, Turkey, Greece, Scotland, Belgium, Czech Republic, Sweden, Austria, Denmark, Uruguay, Chile, Colombia, Mexico.

Alternative versions of the list, also called "Grigory Fedotov club" by their authors, may use different rules.

Grigory Fedotov Club as of April 1, 2008

"Players still playing are shown in bold."

Candidates

These players may become members of Grigory Fedotov club soon:
* Valeri Yesipov - 99 goals.
* Aleksandr Shirko - 96 goals.
* Dmitri Khokhlov - 83 goals.
* Dmitri Sychev - 79 goals.
* Andrei Karyaka - 76 goals.
* Andrei Arshavin - 72 goals.
* Igor Semshov - 71 goals.

References

* [http://www.sovsport.ru/gazeta/default.asp?id=127595 Grigory Fedotov club as of September 23] , 2003 according to Sovetsky Sport
* [http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/ Site on Soviet and Russian football]
* [http://www.atlant.ru/sport/stati_3064.htm Возрождается клуб бомбардиров] - Grigory Fedotov club as of 1992 and post-soviet information

ee also

*Lev Yashin Club