Claudio Ranieri Claudio Ranieri Claudio Ranieri (; born 20 October 1951) is an Italian football manager and former player. He is the manager of Premier League club Fulham. Ranieri began his managerial career in the lower leagues in Italy during the late 1980s, and made his name at Cagliari, whom he took from Serie C1 up to Serie A in successive seasons. He later went on to manage Napoli, where he led the team to qualify for the UEFA Cup, only to be sacked the following season. In 1993, he joined Fiorentina, and immediately led them to Serie A promotion, also winning
2015–16 Russian Premier League from the 2014–15 Russian National Football League, FC Krylia Sovetov Samara and FC Anzhi Makhachkala. The 16 teams will play a round-robin tournament whereby each team plays each one of the other teams twice, once at home and once away. Thus, a total of 240 matches will be played, with 30 matches played by each team. The teams that finish 15th and 16th will be relegated to the FNL, while the top 2 in that league will be promoted to the Premier League for the 2016–17 season. The 13th and 14th Premier League teams will play the 4th and 3rd