[1] Initially, Lev Poprad replaced Budivelnyk to retain the number of teams at 24.
[2] However, Lev was excluded by the KHL before the start of that season,[3] but would be accepted into the league for 2011–12.
The league plans to expand this number for future seasons.
The inaugural season of KHL included all 20 teams of the 2007–08 Russian Superleague.
Likewise, the recreated team of Khimik Voskresensk, the champion of the 2007–08 season of the Major League, joined.