Russian Premier League
Season2003
ChampionsCSKA Moscow
RelegatedUralan Elista
Chernomorets Novorossiysk
Champions LeagueCSKA Moscow
UEFA CupZenit St.Petersburg
Rubin Kazan
Intertoto CupShinnik Yaroslavl
Spartak Moscow
Matches played240
Goals scored609 (2.54 per match)
Top goalscorerDmitri Loskov (14)
← 2002
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-Alania Chernomorets CSKA Dynamo
Republican Spartak Stadium Central Stadium Central Stadium Central Stadium
Capacity: 32,464 Capacity: 12,500 Capacity: 36,540 Capacity: 36,540
Krylia Sovetov Samara Lokomotiv Moscow
Metallurg Stadium RZD Arena
Capacity: 33,001 Capacity: 27,084
Rostov Rotor
Olimp-2 Central Stadium
Capacity: 15,840 Capacity: 32,120
Rubin Saturn
Central Stadium Saturn Stadium
Capacity: 22,500 Capacity: 14,685
Shinnik Spartak
Shinnik Stadium Luzhniki Stadium
Capacity: 22,871 Capacity: 81,029
Torpedo Torpedo-ZIL Uralan Zenit Saint Petersburg
Luzhniki Stadium Eduard Streltsov Stadium Uralan Stadium Petrovsky Stadium
Capacity: 81,029 Capacity: 13,450 Capacity: Capacity: 21,570

    Personnel and kits

    Team Location Head coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
    Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz Russia Bakhva Tedeyev United Kingdom Umbro -
    Chernomorets Novorossiysk Ukraine Igor Gamula (Caretaker) Germany Adidas -
    CSKA Moscow Russia Valery Gazzaev United Kingdom Umbro -
    Dynamo Moscow Ukraine Viktor Prokopenko Italy Diadora Yukos
    Lokomotiv Moscow Russia Yuri Semin United States Nike MZD
    Krylia Samara Russia Aleksandr Tarkhanov United Kingdom Umbro -
    Rostov Rostov-on-Don Russia Sergei Balakhnin United States Nike -
    Rotor Volgograd Russia Vladimir Fayzulin United Kingdom Umbro -
    Rubin Kazan Turkmenistan Kurban Berdyev United States Nike -
    Saturn Ramenskoye Russia Oleg Romantsev United States Nike -
    Shinnik Yaroslavl Russia Aleksandr Pobegalov United States Nike TM Holding
    Spartak Moscow Russia Vladimir Fedotov (Caretaker) United Kingdom Umbro Lukoil
    Torpedo Moscow Russia Sergei Petrenko Italy Diadora -
    Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow Russia Aleksandr Ignatenko (Caretaker) Russia 2K ZiL
    Uralan Elista Russia Igor Shalimov Germany Adidas -
    Zenit Saint Petersburg Czech Republic Vlastimil Petržela United Kingdom Umbro Gazprom

    Managerial changes

    Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
    Torpedo-ZIL Russia Vadim Nikonov Preseason Belarus Sergei Aleinikov Preseason
    Rotor Russia Vladimir Salkov Russia Vladimir Fayzulin
    Uralan Elista Georgia (country) Revaz Dzodzuashvili Russia Igor Shalimov
    Spartak-Alania Russia Bakhva Tedeyev Georgia (country) Revaz Dzodzuashvili 22 December 2002[1]
    Zenit Russia Boris Rappoport Czech Republic Vlastimil Petržela 23 December 2002[2]
    Chernomorets Russia Valeri Chetverik March 2003 Ukraine Igor Gamula March 2003
    Spartak-Alania Georgia (country) Revaz Dzodzuashvili Resigned 22 June 2003[3] Russia Aleksandr Yanovsky (Caretaker) June 2003
    Torpedo-ZIL Belarus Sergei Aleinikov May 2003 Russia Valentin Ivanov May 2003
    Spartak Russia Oleg Romantsev June 2003 Russia Andrey Chernyshov June 2003
    Spartak-Alania Russia Aleksandr Yanovsky (Caretaker) June 2003 Russia Nikolai Khudiyev July 2003
    Chernomorets Ukraine Igor Gamula July 2003 Russia Sergei Pavlov July 2003
    Spartak-Alania Russia Nikolai Khudiyev July 2003 Russia Bakhva Tedeyev July 2003
    Rostov Russia Sergei Balakhnin August 2003 Russia Vladimir Fedotov (Caretaker) August 2003
    Rostov Russia Vladimir Fedotov (Caretaker) August 2003 Russia Sergei Balakhnin August 2003
    Torpedo-ZIL Russia Valentin Ivanov August 2003 Russia Aleksandr Ignatenko (Caretaker) August 2003
    Saturn Russia Vladimir Shevchuk September 2003 Russia Oleg Romantsev September 2003
    Spartak Russia Andrey Chernyshov September 2003 Russia Vladimir Fedotov (Caretaker) September 2003
    Chernomorets Russia Sergei Pavlov October 2003 Ukraine Igor Gamula (Caretaker) October 2003

    Standings

    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
    1 CSKA Moscow (C) 30 17 8 5 56 32 +24 59 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
    2 Zenit St. Petersburg 30 16 8 6 48 32 +16 56 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
    3 Rubin Kazan 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 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
    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 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
    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 First Division
    16 Chernomorets Novorossiysk (R) 30 6 6 18 30 49 −19 24
    Source: RFPL
    Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference
    (C) Champions; (R) Relegated

    Results

    Home \ Away SAL CHE CSK DYN KRY LOK ROS ROT RUB SAT SHI SPA TOR TMM URE ZEN
    Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–2
    Chernomorets Novorossiysk 3–0 0–1 0–1 1–3 2–5 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–3 2–4 1–2 1–1 1–0
    CSKA Moscow 3–0 3–2 1–1 3–0 2–0 0–1 3–0 4–0 1–1 2–2 3–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–2
    Dynamo Moscow 0–0 3–2 2–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 3–2 1–2 0–1 2–0 7–1
    Krylia Sovetov Samara 3–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–2 4–2 2–0 0–0 2–1
    Lokomotiv Moscow 2–0 1–0 1–3 2–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 6–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 6–0 1–2
    Rostov 3–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 4–3 0–1 1–2 1–1 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1
    Rotor Volgograd 2–1 3–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 3–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–4
    Rubin Kazan 4–0 3–1 3–2 2–1 3–1 3–1 5–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–2
    Saturn 2–2 2–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 4–1 1–1 2–1 3–2 2–0 0–3 2–1 1–3
    Shinnik Yaroslavl 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 4–1 2–2 2–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–1 3–0
    Spartak Moscow 1–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–5 1–0 3–2 0–2 0–1 3–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–1
    Torpedo Moscow 2–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–3 4–2 4–3 1–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 1–2
    Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow 3–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 1–3 0–3 1–0 1–2 2–3 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1
    Uralan Elista 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–5 0–0 1–2 3–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–0
    Zenit St. Petersburg 2–1 3–0 4–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 3–0 5–1
    Source:
    Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Season statistics

    Top goalscorers

    As of matches played on 1 November 2003.
    Rank Player Club Goal
    1 Russia Dmitri Loskov Lokomotiv 14
    2 Russia Aleksandr Kerzhakov Zenit 13
    Russia Valery Yesipov Rotor
    4 Russia Aleksei Medvedev Saturn 11
    Brazil Rôni Rubin
    6 Russia Roman Pavlyuchenko Spartak Moscow 10
    7 Russia Yegor Titov Spartak Moscow 10
    Russia Dmitri Bulykin Dynamo
    Russia Andrei Karyaka Krylia
    Bulgaria Martin Kushev Shinnik
    Russia Rolan Gusev CSKA
    Russia Andrey Tikhonov Krylia

    Awards

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

    Goalkeepers
    1. Russia Sergei Ovchinnikov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
    2. Russia Vyacheslav Malafeev (Zenit)
    3. Russia Sergei Kozko (Rubin)
    Defensive midfielders
    1. Russia Evgeni Aldonin (Rotor)
    2. Uzbekistan Vladimir Maminov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
    3. Bosnia and Herzegovina Elvir Rahimić (CSKA Moscow)

    Medal squads

    1. PFC CSKA Moscow

    Goalkeepers: Veniamin Mandrykin (19), Igor Akinfeev (13).
    Defenders: Aleksei Berezutski (30), Bohdan Shershun Ukraine (27 / 1), Denis Yevsikov (24), Vasili Berezutski (23), Deividas Šemberas Lithuania (21), Andrei Solomatin (20).
    Midfielders: Elvir Rahimić Bosnia and Herzegovina (28 / 1), Jiří Jarošík Czech Republic (27 / 7), Rolan Gusev (26 / 9), Igor Yanovsky (25 / 5), Sergei Semak (24 / 7), Juris Laizāns Latvia (21 / 1), Spartak Gogniyev (11 / 2), Alan Kusov (11), Artur Tlisov (3 / 1).
    Forwards: Denis Popov (22 / 8), Dmitri Kirichenko (22 / 5), Ivica Olić Croatia (10 / 7), Alexander Geynrikh Uzbekistan (2 / 1), Sergey Samodin (2), Vardan Mazalov (1).
    (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

    One own goal scored by Andrés Scotti Uruguay (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 Slovakia (3).
    Defenders: Milan Vještica Serbia (28), Pavel Mareš Czech Republic (26 / 2), Martin Horák Czech Republic (21 / 2), Daniel Chiriţă Romania (21 / 1), Aleksei Katulsky (17 / 1), Aleksei Igonin (11), Sargis Hovsepyan Armenia (10), Konstantin Lobov (9), Valeri Tsvetkov (8), Igor Nedorezov (1).
    Midfielders: Andrei Arshavin (27 / 5), Aleksandr Spivak Ukraine (26 / 6), Vladislav Radimov (21 / 3), Vladimir Bystrov (19 / 4), Igor Denisov (19 / 2), Radek Šírl Czech Republic (18 / 1), Konstantin Konoplyov (15 / 1), Oleg Vlasov (13 / 2), Sergei Osipov (8).
    Forwards: Aleksandr Kerzhakov (27 / 13), Dmitri Makarov (12 / 2), Lukáš Hartig Czech Republic (12 / 1), Andrei Nikolayev (6 / 2), Maksim Astafyev (4), Predrag Ranđelović Serbia (3).

    Manager: Vlastimil Petržela Czech Republic.

    Transferred out during the season: Sargis Hovsepyan Armenia (to FC Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow), Sergei Osipov (to FC Torpedo Moscow), Predrag Ranđelović Serbia (free agent).

    3. FC Rubin Kazan

    Goalkeepers: Sergei Kozko (24), Pavel Kharchik Turkmenistan (4), Valeri Aleskarov (2).
    Defenders: Jiří Novotný Czech Republic (29 / 6), Mikhail Sinyov (27), Calisto Brazil (23 / 1), Roman Sharonov (18 / 1), Andrei Fyodorov Uzbekistan (17 / 1), Leandro Samaroni Brazil (9), Sergei Kharlamov (7), Andrei Streltsov (1), Pape Magatte Kebe Senegal (1).
    Midfielders: Denis Boyarintsev (28 / 7), Andrés Scotti Uruguay (27 / 4), Tomáš Čížek Czech Republic (25 / 1), MacBeth Sibaya South Africa (24 / 1), Andrei Konovalov (23 / 2), Ebrima Sillah The Gambia (12 / 2), Abdelkarim Kissi Morocco (5), Dmitri Michkov (5), Carlos Castro Costa Rica (4), Baye Gueye Ndiaga Senegal (2 / 1).
    Forwards: Roni Brazil (29 / 11), Oleg Nechayev (25 / 2), David Chaladze Georgia (country) (20 / 3), Aloísio Brazil (6), Wladimir Baýramow Turkmenistan (1).

    Manager: Kurban Berdyev.

    One own goal scored by Denis Yevsikov (PFC CSKA Moscow).

    Transferred out during the season: Leandro Samaroni Brazil, Wladimir Baýramow Turkmenistan (both to FC Terek Grozny).

    See also

    2003 in Russian football

    References

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    2. ↑ "Nejde mi o peníze, tvrdí Petržela". idnes.cz/ (in Czech). iDNES. 29 November 2002. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
    3. ↑ "САМОЕ ИНТЕРЕСНОЕ СОБЫТИЯ ТУРА ГЛАЗАМИ КОРРЕСПОНДЕНТОВ "СЭ"". sport-express.ru/ (in Russian). Sport Express. 22 June 2003. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
    4. ↑ ОБНАРОДОВАН СПИСОК 33 ЛУЧШИХ (in Russian). Sport Express. 2003-11-15. Archived from the original on 2005-02-25. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
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