Lev Yashin Club

Lev Yashin Club (Russian: Клуб имени Льва Яшина) is an unofficial list of Soviet and Russian football goalkeepers that have achieved 100 or more clean sheets during their professional career.[1] This club is named after the first Soviet goalkeeper to achieve 100 clean sheets: Lev Yashin. The list was created and maintained by journalist and statistician Konstantin Yesenin.[2]

Which clean sheets are counted

Traditionally, Yesenin counted goals and clean sheets in the following matches:[citation needed]

  1. Championship - goals scored in top leagues of Soviet and Russian football competitions.
  2. Cup - goals in Russian and Soviet Cup and Supercup scored in the stages where top league teams participate.
  3. 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. The UEFA Europa League, successor to the UEFA Cup, is currently included in the count.
  4. National team - goals scored for national and olympic teams in the official matches.

The Lev Yashin Club [3]

As of 19 March 2024

Players in bold still active.

Rank Nationality Name Club(s) Total clean sheets National league National cup(s) European cup(s) National team
1 Russia Igor Akinfeev PFC CSKA Moscow 363 250 26 39 48
2 Soviet UnionRussian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Rinat Dasayev FC Spartak Moscow 229 147 19 19 44
3 Soviet UnionRussian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Yevhen Rudakov FC Dynamo Kyiv 206 143 14 25 24
4 Soviet UnionRussian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Lev Yashin FC Dynamo Moscow 203 160 18 0 25
5 Russia Vyacheslav Malafeev FC Zenit St. Petersburg 179 121 18 25 15
6 Russia Sergei Ovchinnikov FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Dynamo Moscow 166 136 14 9 7
7 Soviet UnionGeorgian Soviet Socialist Republic Anzor Kavazashvili FC Dinamo Tbilisi, FC Zenit Leningrad, FC Torpedo Moscow, FC Spartak Moscow 163 129 12 7 15
8 Russia Aleksandr Filimonov FC Fakel Voronezh, FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin, FC Spartak Moscow, FC Uralan Elista, FC Moscow, FC Arsenal Tula 153 117 14 15 7
9 Soviet UnionUkrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Viktor Chanov FC Shakhtar Donetsk, FC Dynamo Kyiv 150 106 13 15 16
10 Soviet UnionUkrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Yuriy Dehteryov FC Shakhtar Donetsk 147 110 24 3 10
11 Soviet UnionUkrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Oleksandr Tkachenko FC Zorya Luhansk, FC Zenit Leningrad 145 119 22 3 1
12 Russia Sergey Ryzhikov FC Saturn Ramenskoye, FC Anzhi Makhachkala, FC Tom Tomsk, FC Rubin Kazan 190 152 14 26 0
13 Soviet UnionUkrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Viktor Bannikov FC Dynamo Kyiv, FC Torpedo Moscow 138 107 24 2 5
14 Soviet UnionArmenian Soviet Socialist Republic Alyosha Abrahamyan FC Ararat Yerevan 138 116 15 7 0
15 Soviet UnionUkrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Vladimir Maslachenko FC Spartak Moscow, FC Lokomotiv Moscow 133 113 15 1 4
16 Soviet UnionAzerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Sergey Kramarenko Neftchi PFK Baku, FC Chernomorets Odessa 133 116 17 0 0
17 Soviet UnionRussian Soviet Federative Socialist RepublicRussia Stanislav Cherchesov FC Spartak Moscow, FC Lokomotiv Moscow 131 82 10 17 22
18 Soviet UnionGeorgian Soviet Socialist Republic Otar Gabelia FC Dinamo Tbilisi, FC Torpedo Kutaisi 130 102 16 12 0
19 Soviet UnionRussian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Vyacheslav Chanov FC Shakhtar Donetsk, FC Torpedo Moscow, Neftchi PFK Baku, PFC CSKA Moscow 129 103 25 1 0
20 Soviet UnionGeorgian Soviet Socialist Republic Ramaz Urushadze FC Torpedo Kutaisi, FC Dinamo Tbilisi 121 113 6 0 2
21 Soviet UnionUkrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Vladimir Pilguy FC Dynamo Moscow, FC Kuban Krasnodar 120 84 27 4 5
22 Soviet UnionUzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Yuri Pshenichnikov Pakhtakor Tashkent FK, PFC CSKA Moscow 110 96 5 2 7
23 Armenia Roman Berezovsky FC Zenit St. Petersburg, FC Torpedo Moscow, FC Dynamo Moscow, FC Khimki 107 103 3 1 0
24 Russia Vladimir Gabulov FC Dynamo Moscow, FC Alania Vladikavkaz, PFC CSKA Moscow, FC Kuban Krasnodar, FC Amkar Perm, FC Anzhi Makhachkala 107 75 8 18 6
25 Russia Ruslan Nigmatullin FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny, FC Spartak Moscow, FC Lokomotiv Moscow, PFC CSKA Moscow, FC Terek Grozny 103 72 8 11 12
26 Soviet UnionRussian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Aleksandr Podshivalov FC Ararat Yerevan, FC Torpedo Moscow 101 93 4 4 0
27 Soviet UnionLithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Jonas Bauža FK Vilnius Spartakas, PFC CSKA Moscow, FC Dynamo Moscow, FC Spartak Moscow, FC Chornomorets Odesa 100 89 11 0 0
28 Soviet UnionRussian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Nikolai Gontar FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok, FC Dynamo Moscow 100 77 12 6 5

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