2003 Russian Premier League Explained

Competition:Russian Premier League
Season:2003
Winners:CSKA Moscow
Relegated:Uralan Elista
Chernomorets Novorossiysk
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:CSKA Moscow
Continentalcup2:UEFA Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Zenit St.Petersburg
Rubin Kazan
Continentalcup3:Intertoto Cup
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers:Shinnik Yaroslavl
Spartak Moscow
Matches:240
Total Goals:609
League Topscorer:Dmitri Loskov (14)
Prevseason:2002
Nextseason:2004

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.

Teams

As in the previous season, 16 teams are playing in the 2003 season. After the 2002 season, Anzhi Makhachkala and Sokol Saratov were relegated to the 2003 Russian First Division. They were replaced by Rubin Kazan and Chernomorets Novorossiysk, the winners and runners up of the 2002 Russian First Division.

Venues

Spartak-AlaniaChernomoretsCSKADynamo
Republican Spartak StadiumCentral StadiumCentral StadiumCentral Stadium
Capacity: 32,464Capacity: 12,500Capacity: 36,540Capacity: 36,540
Krylia Sovetov SamaraLokomotiv Moscow
Metallurg StadiumRZD Arena
Capacity: 33,001Capacity: 27,084
RostovRotor
Olimp-2Central Stadium
Capacity: 15,840Capacity: 32,120
RubinSaturn
Central StadiumSaturn Stadium
Capacity: 22,500Capacity: 14,685
ShinnikSpartak
Shinnik StadiumLuzhniki Stadium
Capacity: 22,871Capacity: 81,029
TorpedoTorpedo-ZILUralanZenit Saint Petersburg
Luzhniki StadiumEduard Streltsov StadiumUralan StadiumPetrovsky Stadium
Capacity: 81,029Capacity: 13,450Capacity: Capacity: 21,570

Personnel and kits

TeamLocationHead coachKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Spartak-AlaniaVladikavkaz Bakhva Tedeyev Umbro-
ChernomoretsNovorossiysk Adidas-
CSKAMoscow Valery Gazzaev Umbro-
DynamoMoscow Viktor Prokopenko DiadoraYukos
LokomotivMoscow Yuri Semin NikeMZD
KryliaSamara Aleksandr Tarkhanov Umbro-
RostovRostov-on-Don Sergei Balakhnin Nike-
RotorVolgograd Vladimir Fayzulin Umbro-
RubinKazan Kurban Berdyev Nike-
SaturnRamenskoye Oleg Romantsev Nike-
ShinnikYaroslavl Aleksandr Pobegalov NikeTM Holding
SpartakMoscow UmbroLukoil
TorpedoMoscow Sergei Petrenko Diadora-
Torpedo-MetallurgMoscow 2KZiL
UralanElista Igor Shalimov Adidas-
ZenitSaint Petersburg Vlastimil Petržela UmbroGazprom

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced byDate of appointmentPosition in table
Torpedo-ZIL Vadim NikonovPreseason Sergei AleinikovPreseason
Rotor Vladimir Salkov Vladimir Fayzulin
Uralan Elista Revaz Dzodzuashvili Igor Shalimov
Spartak-Alania Bakhva Tedeyev Revaz Dzodzuashvili22 December 2002[1]
Zenit Boris Rappoport Vlastimil Petržela23 December 2002[2]
Chernomorets Valeri ChetverikMarch 2003 Igor GamulaMarch 2003
Spartak-Alania Revaz DzodzuashviliResigned22 June 2003[3] June 2003
Torpedo-ZIL Sergei AleinikovMay 2003 Valentin IvanovMay 2003
Spartak Oleg RomantsevJune 2003 Andrey ChernyshovJune 2003
Spartak-AlaniaJune 2003 Nikolai KhudiyevJuly 2003
Chernomorets Igor GamulaJuly 2003 Sergei PavlovJuly 2003
Spartak-Alania Nikolai KhudiyevJuly 2003 Bakhva TedeyevJuly 2003
Rostov Sergei BalakhninAugust 2003August 2003
RostovAugust 2003 Sergei BalakhninAugust 2003
Torpedo-ZIL Valentin IvanovAugust 2003August 2003
Saturn Vladimir ShevchukSeptember 2003 Oleg RomantsevSeptember 2003
Spartak Andrey ChernyshovSeptember 2003September 2003
Chernomorets Sergei PavlovOctober 2003October 2003

Standings

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoal
1 Dmitri Loskov14
2 Aleksandr Kerzhakov13
Valery Yesipov
4 Aleksei Medvedev11
Rôni
6 Roman Pavlyuchenko10
7 Yegor Titov10
Dmitri Bulykin
Andrei Karyaka
Martin Kushev
Rolan Gusev
Andrey Tikhonov

Awards

On November 14 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:[4]

Goalkeepers
  1. Sergei Ovchinnikov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  2. Vyacheslav Malafeev (Zenit)
  3. Sergei Kozko (Rubin)
Right backs
  1. Vadim Evseev (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  2. Deividas Šemberas (CSKA Moscow)
  3. Andrés Scotti (Rubin)
Right-centre backs
  1. Sergei Ignashevich (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  2. Viktor Onopko (Spartak-Alania)
  3. Matthew Booth (Rostov)
Left-centre backs
  1. Oleg Pashinin (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  2. Géder (Saturn)
  3. Roman Sharonov (Rubin)
Left backs
  1. Jacob Lekgetho (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  2. Andrei Solomatin (CSKA Moscow)
  3. Orlando Calisto de Souza (Rubin)
Defensive midfielders
  1. Evgeni Aldonin (Rotor)
  2. Vladimir Maminov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  3. Elvir Rahimić (CSKA Moscow)
Right wingers
  1. Rolan Gusev (CSKA Moscow)
  2. Denis Boyarintsev (Rubin)
  3. Vladimir Bystrov (Zenit)
Central midfielders
  1. Dmitri Loskov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  2. Jiří Jarošík (CSKA Moscow)
  3. Yegor Titov (Spartak Moscow)
Left wingers
  1. Andrei Karyaka (Krylia Sovetov)
  2. Marat Izmailov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  3. Aleksandr Pavlenko (Spartak Moscow)
Right forwards
  1. Valery Yesipov (Rotor)
  2. Dmitri Bulykin (Dynamo Moscow)
  3. Mikheil Ashvetia (Lokomotiv Moscow)
Left forwards
  1. Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Zenit)
  2. Ivica Olić (CSKA Moscow)
  3. 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 Yanovsky (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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ДЗОДЗУАШВИЛИ НАЗНАЧЕН ГЛАВНЫМ ТРЕНЕРОМ АЛАНИИ . sport-express.ru/ . Sport Express . 30 October 2020 . ru . 12 December 2002.
  2. Web site: Nejde mi o peníze, tvrdí Petržela . idnes.cz/ . iDNES . 30 October 2020 . cs . 29 November 2002.
  3. Web site: САМОЕ ИНТЕРЕСНОЕ СОБЫТИЯ ТУРА ГЛАЗАМИ КОРРЕСПОНДЕНТОВ "СЭ" . sport-express.ru/ . Sport Express . 30 October 2020 . ru . 22 June 2003.
  4. News: ru:ОБНАРОДОВАН СПИСОК 33 ЛУЧШИХ . ru . http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?77484 . . 2003-11-15 . 2011-07-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050225002739/http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?77484 . 2005-02-25 . dead .

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