Grigory Fedotov Club (Russian: 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 (Russian: Футбол) weekly magazine, though many other versions of this list exist.
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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.
- Spartakiads - goals in Spartakiads 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 August 28, 2011
Players still playing are shown in bold.
Candidates
These players may become members of the Grigory Fedotov club soon:
References
Grigory Fedotov club Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA