But first – the main theses of the President of the DFL, confident that “viral” are the best times for a radical reversal of football management in our country.
First. Judging by the development of the pandemic in Russia half of the summer for football definitely lost. Until the fall of coaches, players, referees, managers are in a guaranteed vacation. To finish in the fall interrupted the season of 2019-2020.
Second. the Return of the championship of Russia to the system “spring-autumn”, which was in our football for many decades. This decision sinhroniziruete season in all three professional leagues of Russia, formation of the budgets of the regional clubs, will return to the stands of spectators in the summer and allow the clubs to make extra money.
Third. Expansion and split of the national Football League (FNL), the second power division after the Russian professional League. Many of the clubs in Germany are now experiencing a serious financial crisis which was closed do not play the game of the tournament. The proposal to divide Germany into two zones on a territorial basis with, for example, teams from Khabarovsk and Kaliningrad did not spend huge sums of money and a lot of time on flights to each other. East the area to Supplement the PFL clubs that remained in the Urals, in particular, three of Western Siberia.
Fourth. Association of Professional football League (PFL) with fans and creating polulyubitelsky League. The Ural mountains it is possible to create three divisions: “Western Siberia”, “Eastern Siberia”, “far East and Primorye”. Each division recruited an average of 10 teams. In Russia it is possible to create 10-12 of these divisions. How many winning teams will receive promotion to the first division – a purely technical question.
Five. Youth Development League (under 18). Now out of 12 teams in the League, seven are Moscow and Moscow oblast, two – in St.-Petersburg, one -in Krasnodar, Kazan and Togliatti. Our fellow countryman has proposed to create three divisions ULR for 12 teams – and not on a territorial basis. Boys CSKA Moscow or Lokomotiv can arrive at matches with their peers from Barnaul and Omsk, that will be a great help for the promotion of football in the regions.
After the publication of your thesis, Viktor Nikolaevich, last week. What is the first reaction of the football public?
Victor Gorlov: my Friends, supported in the silence. But I do not believe at this stage in some kind of broad public discussion. It should be a willful decision on. In Russian football until all processes Cox elite clubs RPL, they are a football province, not notice. “Clubs oligarchs” pay attention to the clubs FNL and PFL, when they need players like Siberians Golovin, Erokhina, gorodova, SoboLoew, Eschenko, Pomegranate. There is a saying “give rise to Streams of the river.” In football the same way: the more small clubs, the stronger will be large. “Kids” never pretend to be sky-high, their task is clear – reserve training, cultivation and promotion of football in the region. Proven: quantity inevitably turns into quality. The heyday of Soviet football came in the 60-80-ies of XX century, when was built a full football pyramid. In modern times we are safely “eaten” the Soviet experience, and then faced huge personnel problems.
the current economic situation, big clubs should be aware of: we deadlocked, we need to respect small clubs and grassroots football. Quality foreign players will be gone, and our guys are capable if their salary will remove the last zero, rush abroad. In the nineties, and that’s fine. And only through his football academies of the big clubs will not survive. Who was the champion of the country with a rate for their students? Perhaps only Zenit Leningrad in 1984.
Georgy Jikia, the defender of Russian national team and captain of “Spartacus”, also offered to take the championship on system “spring – autumn”. You and he have agreed to the position?
Victor Gorlov: No, of course. I voiced the idea, which has long lived in the minds of many sensible people. Former President of Russian football Union Nikolai Tolstykh were outraged at the time when the championship of Russia decided to transfer on system “autumn – spring”: “You cut the head from the body!”. But the position of Nikolai Alexandrovich is not supported. Because all of our football forums and conferences have long held the principle: “Sit and don’t move and nobody will touch you”. In the same way passed by the Executive Committee of the RFU, to which all taxied three or four people, and the rest silently raised their hands. Here are some of the main culprits of the situation – the leaders of the interregional football associations. They, knowing the situation on the ground, never opposed. And here’s the result: in the PFL in the Urals there are only six (!?) professional football clubs.
however, I believe that, for example, in Western Siberia grassroots football is still at a good level. It’s not the Northwest, where in an Amateur League with just three teams. The structure of our competitions is a sore subject. Look how many football leagues in European countries. In Germany 12 levels of clubs! With a fourth stage, the Germans starts a semi-professional League. All these commands appear in the registry of the German football Association. In England, 22 of the League in Finland – the pole. Imagine how it develops grassroots football? We all is terminated at the level of the third division: RPL, the FNL, the PFL, and then Amateur football League with its obscure principles of the organization. Tell me, what is the meaning of the four Altai teams playing in this League in a zone “the East”, wander the matches in Ulan-Ude? Money! At the same time powerful, well-structured Cup edges are degraded – and here is a question for the local Federation and the sports Ministry.
it is Obvious that your proposals will reduce huge maintenance costs professional football clubs. For regional authorities, which bear the brunt of funding, it’s a big plus.
Victor Gorlov: the Transformation of the FNL and especially the Association of professional and Amateur football leagues will allow you to reduce the financial burden (flights, travel, food, accommodation). It is clear that without the support of local authorities, most clubs do not do. But do not have to ask for “real” money. You can give the stadiums and training pitches for free use. You can see the clubs from payment for office rent, not to take money from them for security, an ambulance and firefighters during home games. You can provide for free use of buses, which will be the main means of transportation in the compactness of the new divisions.
Finally, by the clubs it would be time to learn how to make money on the tickets, advertising, merchandising, Souvenirs, and entertainment. How much can you pull funds from the regional budgets? If the expenditure of club funds will finally be transparent in the regions will be sponsors. But for this the teams need to play a bright, hard-edged as, say, FC Dynamo Barnaul in the seventies. For each match going the full stadium. Looking at pictures of those years – in the stands a lot of women, children and the elderly. In the Soviet time, many of the team earn serious money by selling tickets. Moscow Spartak, for example, lacked the money to pay. And if you come to the match with your participation of 300 people, therefore, your salary should be appropriate.
Well, Yes, in the late autumn for the game of the same Barnaul “Dynamo” about as many viewers and while the inspectors are recorded in the Protocol, frankly inflated numbers. And I understand why it was done – from football, many feed. And if you know the exact figures, the question arises: what of the budget to lend money at no interest action?
Victor Gorlov: Economy small football clubs really simple. If there will cease to cut the budget money if their managers to deliver decent, responsible people who love the football, everything will be fine. And it turns out that the club do not need conditional 50 million rubles – enough for thirty. Remember in 2016 Iwent to Leonid Slutsky, head of the Russian national team. The team was gathering, it was located in the hotel “Sheraton”. Look near the team bus is the transport of the Voronezh “Torch”. It turns out that the “Torch” who always complains about the lack of money, also lives in parisvideo hotel! It is not difficult to draw a conclusion, right?
Beyond the Urals you are proposing to create three divisions polulyubitelsky League on a territorial basis. Team what cities of Western Siberia can be one of the divisions?
Victor Gorlov: Novosibirsk simply must put the team Berdsk can. Kuzbass is able to delegate football team from Kemerovo, Leninsk-Kuznetsk, Novokuznetsk, Mezhdurechensk. In Gorno-Altaysk will build a team if you want. Throw in Barnaul with his soccer schools, Rubtsovsk, Biysk, Omsk, Tomsk. At least a dozen of commands is typed in. Start playing in this League will have an incentive to raise its status to the level of FNL. But at the level of Western and Eastern Siberia, you can create a fourth League, which would play the youth team (under 18).
