FC Baltika became the winner of the First League for the first time in 30 years

FC Baltika football Club drew 0-0 with Krasnoyarsk Yenisei in the match of the 33rd round of the First League and guaranteed victory in the tournament. The meeting was held at the Rostec Arena in Kaliningrad on May 17.

The gap between Baltika, which scored 68 points, and Torpedo, which occupies the 2nd place in the table, was 4 points per round before the finish of the championship. The last time the Kaliningrad club won the First League was in 1995.

Baltika's head coach Andrey Talalaev became the winner of the First League for the second consecutive season. Last year, Khimki took the first place in the tournament under his leadership, adds Sport-Express.

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Earlier in the day, FC Orenburg lost to Krasnodar with a score of 1:2 in the match of the 29th round of the Russian Premier League (RPL) and left the top division. Following the meeting, Orenburg, which scored 19 points and occupies 15th place in the standings, lost its chances to stay in the RPL. The team will spend the next season in the First League.