On Sunday, the award ceremony took place after the results of the RPL season. The best players by position and the symbolic team of the championship were named.
The CSKA player Akinfeev was recognized as the best goalkeeper, the Brazilian Douglas Santos from Zenit was awarded the best defender. Krasnodar’s Eduard Spertsyan was recognized as the best midfielder and Zenit’s Malcolm was recognized as the best forward.
At the end of the season, the symbolic team included: goalkeeper – Akinfeev, defender – Douglas Santos, Maxim Osipenko (Rostov), Georgy Jikia (Spartak) and Moizes (CSKA).
The national team included midfielders Spertsyan, Ruslan Litvinov (Spartak) Wendel (Zenit), as well as forwards Malcolm, Quincy Promes (Spartak) and Fedor Chalov (CSKA).