St Petersburg 1901-17

Organised football in St Petersburg evolved in the 1890s through the efforts of  German and British workers. This led to the formation of the city's first league in 1901. The winners received a trophy donated by English entrepreneur TM Aspden. Initially the league was dominated by teams of German and British origin, but gradually Russian clubs began to feature. Sport were the first in 1902 and in 1904 50% of the teams in the league were Russian. In 1909 the original foreign run clubs, Nevsky, Neva and Victoria left the league.
In the pre revolutionary era 16 clubs competed in the St Petersburg/ Petrograd league in various combinations. There were 3 teams in the opening season, and the highest number of competitors was 8 in 1912.
The following table shows the record of each team in the league in the seasons 1901-1917.

Team	English	Seasons	P	W	D	L	F	A	W%	C
спорт	Sport	16	148	73	15	60	428	372	49.32	5
меркур	Mercur	11	107	54	13	40	289	228	50.46	2
нева	Neva	10	95	37	3	55	204	263	38.94
невский	Nevsky	10	86	57	10	19	282	121	66.27	5
коломяги	Kolomyagi	8	79	42	8	29	207	172	53.16	2
виктория	Victoria	8	66	32	11	23	189	109	48.48	1
унитас	Unitas	7	71	35	10	36	232	152	49.29
триумф	Triumph	5	54	8	4	42	70	209	14.81
нарва	Narva	5	51	17	5	29	112	149	33.33
националы	National	4	39	12	2	25	60	134	30.76
невка	Nevka	3	18	7	4	7	37	47	38.88	1
Новый петербург	New Peterburg	2	22	0	0	22	12	119	0
петровский	Petrovsky	2	18	6	2	10	37	87	33.33
надежда	Nadezhda	2	16	6	1	9	60	42	37.5
уделная	Udelnaya	1	8	3	2	3	13	19	37.5
интернационал	International	1	8	3	0	5	24	33	37.5

Season	Teams	Champions
1901	3	Nevka
1902	4	Nevsky
1903	5	Victoria
1904	6	Nevsky
1905	6	Nevsky
1906	6	Nevsky
1907	7	Nevsky
1908	5	Sport
1909	5	Sport
1910	5	Sport
1911	7	Mercur
1912	8	Unitas
1913	5	Sport
1914	6	Sport
1915	6	Mercur
1916	6	Kolomyagi
1917	6	Kolomyagi