2003 Russian Premier League

CSKA won their first Russian title. It was their first championship since the last edition of the Soviet Top League in 1991. Newly promoted Rubin got the bronze.

Overview

Team	Head coach
PFC CSKA Moscow	Valery Gazzaev
FC Zenit St. Petersburg	Vlastimil Petržela
FC Rubin Kazan	Kurban Berdyev
FC Lokomotiv Moscow	Yuri Syomin
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl	Aleksandr Pobegalov
FC Dynamo Moscow	Viktor Prokopenko
FC Saturn-RenTV Ramenskoye	Vitaliy Shevchenko (until September) Oleg Romantsev (from September)
FC Torpedo Moscow	Sergei Petrenko
FC Krylia Sovetov Samara	Alexander Tarkhanov
FC Spartak Moscow	Oleg Romantsev (until June) Andrey Chernyshov (June to September) Vladimir Fedotov (caretaker) (from September)
FC Rostov	Sergei Balakhnin (until August) Sergei Butenko (caretaker) (August) Sergei Balakhnin (from August)
FC Rotor Volgograd	Vladimir Faizulin
FC Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz	Revaz Dzodzuashvili (until May) Aleksandr Yanovskiy (caretaker) (June) Nikolai Khudiyev (June to July) Bakhva Tedeyev (from July)
FC Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow	Sergei Aleinikov (until May) Valentin Ivanov (May to August) Aleksandr Ignatenko (caretaker) (from August)
FC Uralan Elista	Igor Shalimov
FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk	Valeri Chetverik (until March) Igor Gamula (March to July) Sergei Pavlov (July to October) Igor Gamula (caretaker) (from October)

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CSKA Moscow (C) (Q)	30	17	8	5	56	32	+24	59	2004–05 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Zenit St. Petersburg (Q)	30	16	8	6	48	32	+16	56	2004–05 UEFA Cup First qualifying round
3	Rubin Kazan (Q)	30	15	8	7	44	29	+15	53
4	Lokomotiv Moscow	30	15	7	8	54	33	+21	52
5	Shinnik Yaroslavl	30	12	11	7	43	34	+9	47
6	Dynamo Moscow	30	12	10	8	42	29	+13	46
7	Saturn	30	12	9	9	40	37	+3	45
8	Torpedo Moscow	30	11	10	9	42	38	+4	43
9	Krylia Sovetov Samara	30	11	9	10	38	33	+5	42
10	Spartak Moscow	30	10	6	14	38	48	−10	36
11	Rostov	30	8	10	12	30	42	−12	34
12	Rotor Volgograd	30	9	5	16	33	44	−11	32
13	Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz	30	9	4	17	23	43	−20	31
14	Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow	30	8	5	17	25	39	−14	29
15	Uralan Elista (R)	30	6	10	14	23	47	−24	28	Relegation to Russian First Division 2004
16	Chernomorets Novorossiysk (R)	30	6	6	18	30	49	−19	24

Source: RFPL {{{2}}}
Rules for classification: 1. punkty; 2. wygrane mecze; 3. bezpośrednie mecze (punkty, wygrane mecz, różnica bramek, gole strzelone, gole strzelone na wyjeździe); 4. różnica bramek; 5. gole strzelone; 6. gole strzelone na wyjeździe; 7. losowanie
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals	Team
1	Dmitri Loskov	14	Lokomotiv
2	Aleksandr Kerzhakov	13	Zenit
	Valery Yesipov	13	Rotor
4	Aleksey Medvedev	11	Saturn-REN-TV
	Roni	11	Rubin
6	Roman Pavlyuchenko	10	Spartak
7	Egor Titov	9	Spartak
	Dmitri Bulykin	9	Dynamo
	Andrei Karyaka	9	Krylya Sovetov
	Martin Kushev	9	Shinnik
	Rolan Gusev	9	CSKA
	Andrey Tikhonov	9	Krylya Sovetov

Awards

On November 14 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:^[1]

Goalkeepers

1. Sergei Ovchinnikov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
2. Vyacheslav Malafeev (Zenit)
3. Sergei Kozko (Rubin)

Right backs Vadim Evseev (Lokomotiv Moscow) Deividas Šemberas (CSKA Moscow) Andrés Scotti (Rubin)

Right-centre backs Sergei Ignashevich (Lokomotiv Moscow) Viktor Onopko (Spartak-Alania) Matthew Booth (Rostov)

Left-centre backs Oleg Pashinin (Lokomotiv Moscow) Géder (Saturn) Roman Sharonov (Rubin)

Left backs Jacob Lekgetho (Lokomotiv Moscow) Andrei Solomatin (CSKA Moscow) Orlando Calisto de Souza (Rubin)

Defensive midfielders

1. Evgeni Aldonin (Rotor)
2. Vladimir Maminov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
3. Elvir Rahimić (CSKA Moscow)

Right wingers Rolan Gusev (CSKA Moscow) Denis Boyarintsev (Rubin) Vladimir Bystrov (Zenit)

Central midfielders Dmitri Loskov (Lokomotiv Moscow) Jiří Jarošík (CSKA Moscow) Yegor Titov (Spartak Moscow)

Left wingers Andrei Karyaka (Krylia Sovetov) Marat Izmailov (Lokomotiv Moscow) Aleksandr Pavlenko (Spartak Moscow)

Right forwards Valery Yesipov (Rotor) Dmitri Bulykin (Dynamo Moscow) Mikheil Ashvetia (Lokomotiv Moscow)

Left forwards Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Zenit) Ivica Olić (CSKA Moscow) Roni (Rubin)

Medal squads

1. PFC CSKA Moscow

Goalkeepers: Veniamin Mandrykin (19), Igor Akinfeev (13). Defenders: Aleksei Berezutski (30), Bohdan Shershun (27 / 1), Denis Yevsikov (24), Vasili Berezutski (23), Deividas Šemberas (21), Andrei Solomatin (20). Midfielders: Elvir Rahimić (28 / 1), Jiří Jarošík (27 / 7), Rolan Gusev (26 / 9), Igor Yanovskiy (25 / 5), Sergei Semak (24 / 7), Juris Laizāns (21 / 1), Spartak Gogniyev (11 / 2), Alan Kusov (11), Artur Tlisov (3 / 1). Forwards: Denis Popov (22 / 8), Dmitri Kirichenko (22 / 5), Ivica Olić (10 / 7), Alexander Geynrikh (2 / 1), Sergey Samodin (2), Vardan Mazalov (1). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) One own goal scored by Andrés Scotti (FC Rubin Kazan). Manager: Valery Gazzaev. Transferred out during the season: Alan Kusov (on loan to FC Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz).

2. FC Zenit St. Petersburg

Goalkeepers: Vyacheslav Malafeev (27), Kamil Čontofalský (3). Defenders: Milan Vještica (28), Pavel Mareš (26 / 2), Martin Horák (21 / 2), Daniel Chiriţă (21 / 1), Aleksei Katulsky (17 / 1), Aleksei Igonin (11), Sargis Hovsepyan (10), Konstantin Lobov (9), Valeri Tsvetkov (8), Igor Nedorezov (1). Midfielders: Andrei Arshavin (27 / 5), Aleksandr Spivak (26 / 6), Vladislav Radimov (21 / 3), Vladimir Bystrov (19 / 4), Igor Denisov (19 / 2), Radek Šírl (18 / 1), Konstantin Konoplyov (15 / 1), Oleg Vlasov (13 / 2), Sergei Osipov (8). Forwards: Aleksandr Kerzhakov (27 / 13), Dmitri Makarov (12 / 2), Lukáš Hartig (12 / 1), Andrei Nikolayev (6 / 2), Maksim Astafyev (4), Predrag Ranđelović (3). Manager: Vlastimil Petržela . Transferred out during the season: Sargis Hovsepyan (to FC Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow), Sergei Osipov (to FC Torpedo Moscow), Predrag Ranđelović (free agent).

3. FC Rubin Kazan

Goalkeepers: Sergei Kozko (24), Pavel Kharchik (4), Valeri Aleskarov (2). Defenders: Jiří Novotný (29 / 6), Mikhail Sinyov (27), Calisto (23 / 1), Roman Sharonov (18 / 1), Andrei Fyodorov (17 / 1), Leandro Samaroni (9), Sergei Kharlamov (7), Andrei Streltsov (1), Pape Magatte Kebe (1). Midfielders: Denis Boyarintsev (28 / 7), Andrés Scotti (27 / 4), Tomáš Čížek (25 / 1), MacBeth Sibaya (24 / 1), Andrei Konovalov (23 / 2), Ebrima Sillah (12 / 2), Abdelkarim Kissi (5), Dmitri Michkov (5), Carlos Castro (4), Baye Gueye Ndiaga (2 / 1). Forwards: Roni (29 / 11), Oleg Nechayev (25 / 2), David Chaladze (20 / 3), Aloísio (6), Wladimir Baýramow (1). Manager: Kurban Berdyev. One own goal scored by Denis Yevsikov (PFC CSKA Moscow). Transferred out during the season: Leandro Samaroni , Wladimir Baýramow (both to FC Terek Grozny).

See also

2003 in Russian football

References

1. ОБНАРОДОВАН СПИСОК 33 ЛУЧШИХ (in Russian). Sport Express. 2003-11-15.

External links

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