2007 Russian Premier League

16th season of top-tier football league in Russia Russian Premier League 2007 Zenit St.Petersburg Kuban Krasnodar Rostov Champions League Zenit St.Petersburg Spartak Moscow Europa League CSKA Moscow FC Moscow Intertoto Cup Saturn Ramenskoye 240 562 Roman Pavlyuchenko & Roman Adamov (20) 2006 2008 The 2007 Russian Premier League was the 16th season of the Russian Football Championship, and the sixth under the current Russian Premier League name. The league was sponsored by insurance company Rosgosstrakh. The season started on 10 March 2007 with the match between Luch-Energia and FC Moscow in Vladivostok, with the first goal of the season being scored by FC Moscow striker Héctor Bracamonte. It ended on 11 November 2007, when Zenit St. Petersburg claimed their first title with an away win over Saturn. Zenit became the second non-Moscow club to win the league, after Alania Vladikavkaz in 1995. Spartak Moscow finished runners-up for the third consecutive season, while defending champions CSKA Moscow finished third. Teams As in the previous season, 16 teams played in the 2007 season. After the 2006 season, Torpedo Moscow and Shinnik Yaroslavl were relegated to the 2007 Russian First Division. They were replaced by Khimki and Kuban Krasnodar, the winners and runners up of the 2006 Russian First Division. Venues Amkar CSKA Dynamo Khimki Zvezda Stadium Luzhniki Stadium Central Stadium Rodina Stadium Capacity: 17,000 Capacity: 81,000 Capacity: 36,540 Capacity: 3,760 250px 250px 250px 250px KryliaEuropean Russia 600 center Map of Russia with the teams of the 2007 Russian Premier League Locations of teams in 2007 Russian Premier League European Russia 55.50 37.316 left CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn Spartak European Russia 57.990694 56.244636 right Amkar European Russia 53.202778 50.140833 left Krylia European Russia 47.243011 39.761053 right Rostov European Russia 55.796944 49.098889 right Rubin European Russia 45.025278 38.999444 left Kuban European Russia 43.469537 43.590338 left Spartak European Russia 59.972953 30.220533 left Zenit Russia 500 right Map of Russia with the teams of the 2007 Premier League Locations of teams in 2007 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok Russia 55.50 37.316 top Moscow Russia 43.1192 131.8788 left Luch Russia 56.474167 84.956667 left Tom Kuban Metallurg Stadium Kuban Stadium Capacity: 27,084 Capacity: 28,800 250px 250px Lokomotiv Luch-Energia RZD Arena Dynamo Stadium Capacity: 33,001 Capacity: 10,200 250px 250px Moscow Rostov Eduard Streltsov Stadium Olimp-2 Capacity: 13,450 Capacity: 15,840 250px 250px Rubin Saturn Central Stadium Saturn Stadium Capacity: 22,500 Capacity: 14,685 250px 250px Spartak Moscow Spartak Nalchik Tom Zenit Saint Petersburg Luzhniki Stadium Spartak Stadium Trud Stadium Petrovsky Stadium Capacity: 81,029 Capacity: 14,149 Capacity: 10,028 Capacity: 21,570 250px 250px Personnel and kits TeamLocationHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsorAmkar PermPermTJK Rashid RakhimovCSKAMoscowRUS Valery GazzaevDynamoMoscowRUS Andrey KobelevKhimkiKhimkiSRB Slavoljub MuslinKryliaSamaraRUS Aleksandr TarkhanovKubanKrasnodarRUS Leonid Nazarenko (Caretaker)LokomotivMoscowRUS Anatoliy ByshovetsLuch-EnergiaVladivostokRUS Sergei PavlovMoscowMoscowRUS Leonid SlutskyRostovRostov-on-DonRUS Oleg DolmatovRubinKazanTKM Kurban BerdyevSaturnRamenskoyeRUS Gadzhi GadzhiyevSpartakMoscowRUS Stanislav CherchesovSpartakNalchikRUS Yuri KrasnozhanTomTomskRUS Valery PetrakovZenitSaint PetersburgNLD Dick Advocaat Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table Lokomotiv RUS Oleg Dolmatov Fired 26 December 2006Preseason RUS Anatoliy Byshovets 26 December 2006Preseason Krylia RUS Gadzhi Gadzhiyev RUS Sergei Oborin Kuban UKR Pavlo Yakovenko April 2007 RUS Leonid Nazarenko (Caretaker) April 2007 Saturn SVK Vladimír Weiss May 2007 RUS Gadzhi Gadzhiyev May 2007 Rostov RUS Sergei Balakhnin July 2007 UKR Pavlo Yakovenko July 2007 Rostov UKR Pavlo Yakovenko July 2007 RUS Oleg Dolmatov 23 July 2007 Spartak RUS Vladimir Fedotov June 2007 RUS Stanislav Cherchesov 19 June 2007 Krylia RUS Sergei Oborin August 2007 RUS Aleksandr Tarkhanov August 2007 Kuban RUS Leonid Nazarenko (Caretaker) August 2007 RUS Soferbi Yeshugov August 2007 Khimki RUS Vladimir Kazachyonok September 2007 SRB Slavoljub Muslin 7 September 2007 Kuban RUS Soferbi Yeshugov September 2007 RUS Leonid Nazarenko (Caretaker) September 2007 Tournament format and regulations Based on paragraph 15.3 of the Russian Premier League regulations for the current season, if two or more teams are equal on points (without having the highest number), the positions of these teams are determined by: higher number of wins in all matches; higher goal difference in all matches; results of matches between the teams in question (1. higher number of points obtained; 2. higher number of wins; 3. higher goal difference; 4. higher number of goals scored; 5. higher number of away goals scored); higher number of goals scored in all matches; higher number of away goals scored in all matches; drawing of lots. Based on paragraph 15.4 of the regulations, if two teams are equal on the highest number of points, the first position is determined by: higher number of wins in all matches; results of matches between the two teams (1. higher number of points obtained; 2. higher goal difference; 3. higher number of goals scored; 4. higher number of away goals scored); drawing of lots, or an additional match between the two teams, with extra time and a penalty shoot-out if necessary. Based on paragraph 15.5 of the regulations, if more than two teams are equal on the highest number of points, the first position and subsequent positions of these teams are determined by: higher number of wins in all matches; higher goal difference in all matches; results of matches between the teams in question (1. higher number of points obtained; 2. higher goal difference; 3. higher number of goals scored; 4. higher number of away goals scored); drawing of lots, or an additional tournament between the teams in question.1 1The terms of this additional tournament are determined by the Russian Football Union and the governing body of the Russian Premier League based on suggestions from the participating clubs. League table main WDL QR 5 ZEN Zenit St. Petersburg SPM Spartak Moscow CSK CSKA Moscow MOS FC Moscow SAT Saturn DYN Dynamo Moscow LOK Lokomotiv Moscow AMK Amkar Perm KHI Khimki RUB Rubin Kazan TOM Tom Tomsk SPN Spartak Nalchik KRY Krylia Sovetov Samara LUE Luch-Energiya Vladivostok KUB Kuban Krasnodar ROS Rostov 18 7 5 54 32 C 17 8 5 50 30 14 11 5 43 24 15 7 8 40 32 11 12 7 34 28 11 8 11 37 35 11 8 11 39 42 10 11 9 30 27 9 10 11 32 33 10 5 15 31 39 8 11 11 37 35 8 9 13 29 38 8 8 14 35 46 8 8 14 26 39 7 11 12 27 38 R 2 12 16 18 44 R green1 Qualification to Champions League group stage CLGS green2 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round CL3 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round Qualified as the winner of 2007–08 Russian Cup UC1 blue2 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round UC2 #CCCCFF Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round IC2 red1 Relegation to First Division R R 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd goal difference; 4th head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored; 7th drawing of lots complete RFPL Results main FBR grey AMK CSK DYN KHI KRY KUB LOK LUE MOS ROS RUB SAT SPA SPN TOM ZEN CSKA Moscow 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 4–0 0–0 2–0 4–2 3–1 4–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 Spartak Moscow 1-1 1–2 3–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 3–2 2–2 1–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 4–0 Lokomotiv Moscow 1–2 4–3 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 5–2 0–2 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 2–3 Zenit St. Petersburg 2–1 1–3 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 4–3 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 3–0 4–1 1–0 Rubin Kazan 0–1 3–1 3–0 1–4 1–1 3–0 1–3 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 FC Moscow 2–1 2–0 1–2 0–3 The match was played on 1 July 2007 and originally ended with Moscow's 1–2 loss to Zenit. However, on 15 August 2007, Football Union of Russia decided to hand Moscow a 0–3 technical defeat and fine the club RUB 500,000 ($20,000) for fielding an ineligible player Roman Hubník, who was loaned to the club by Czech Sigma Olomouc until the end of June only, and was therefore ineligible to play in the match.http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=571160.html https://web.archive.org/web/20071121180458/http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=571160.html dead November 21, 2007 UEFA Moskva punished for oversight 2007-08-15 2007-09-24 2–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–2 1–0 3–1 4–1 0–2 1–0 Luch-Energiya Vladivostok 4–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 Tom 0–1 1–1 4–2 0–1 2–0 1–2 3–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 Spartak Nalchik 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–3 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–3 0–0 0–1 4–1 1–1 1–0 Krylya Sovetov Samara 1–0 0–2 3–1 1–3 3–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 2–3 Saturn 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 Rostov 1–1 1–3 0–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–3 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 Amkar Perm 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–3 1–1 4–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 Dynamo Moscow 1–1 0–1 2–1 4–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 Khimki 1–1 3–0 1–2 2–2 0–0 1–3 3–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 Kuban Krasnodar 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 4–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–4 1–1 complete Season statistics Top goalscorers matches played on 11 November 2007. Rank Player Club Goal1 RUS Roman Pavlyuchenko Spartak 14 RUS Roman Adamov Moscow 3 BRA Jô CSKA 13 BRA Vágner Love CSKA 5 RUS Pavel Pogrebnyak Zenit 11 RUS Dmitri Sychev Lokomotiv 7 RUS Andrey Arshavin Zenit 10 RUS Andrei Karyaka Saturn BUL Martin Kushev Amkar 10 RUS Konstantin Zyryanov Zenit 9 MKD Goran Maznov Tom RUS Dmitri Kirichenko Saturn GEO Davit Mujiri Krylia RUS Denis Kolodin Dynamo Statistics Goals: 562 (average 2.34 per match) From penalties: 57 (10%) Saved/Missed penalties: 17 (23%) Goals scored home: 348 (62%) Goals scored away: 214 (38%) Yellow cards: 1080 (average 4.50 per match) For violent conduct: 563 (52%) For unsporting behaviour: 425 (39%) For undisciplined behaviour: 8 (1%) Other: 84 (8%) Red cards: 49 (average 0.20 per match) For second yellow card: 27 (55%) For violent conduct: 9 (18%) For unsporting behaviour: 5 (9%) For undisciplined behaviour: 4 (8%) For denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity: 4 (8%) Attendance: 3,147,567 (average 13,114 per match; 104,919 per matchday) Awards On 30 November 2007 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:ru:Утвержден список 33 лучших игроков "Росгосстрах Чемпионата России по футболу 2007 года" http://www.rfs.ru/?node=rfs-news&leaf=e43beac89b534ab2be52bf001b7a19fe#news_e43beac89b534ab2be52bf001b7a19fe Russian Football Union 2007-11-30 2007-12-04 ru auto margin:auto Goalkeepers Czech Republic Antonín Kinský (Saturn) Russia Vladimir Gabulov (Kuban) Croatia Stipe Pletikosa (Spartak Moscow) auto margin:auto Right backs Serbia Branislav Ivanović (Lokomotiv Moscow) Russia Aleksandr Anyukov (Zenit) Russia Vasili Berezutskiy (CSKA Moscow) Right-centre backs Russia Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA Moscow) Russia Denis Kolodin (Dynamo Moscow) Czech Republic Radoslav Kováč (Spartak Moscow) Left-centre backs Slovakia Ján Ďurica (Saturn) Austria Martin Stranzl (Spartak Moscow) Belgium Nicolas Lombaerts (Zenit) Left backs Russia Aleksei Berezutskiy (CSKA Moscow) South Korea Kim Dong-Jin (Zenit) Bosnia and Herzegovina Emir Spahić (Lokomotiv Moscow) auto margin:auto Defensive midfielders Ukraine Anatoliy Tymoschuk (Zenit) Russia Dmitri Khokhlov (Dynamo Moscow) Russia Aleksei Igonin (Saturn) auto margin:auto Right wingers Serbia Miloš Krasić (CSKA Moscow) Russia Vladimir Bystrov (Spartak Moscow) Russia Aleksei Ivanov (Luch-Energia and Saturn) Central midfielders Russia Konstantin Zyryanov (Zenit) Russia Yegor Titov (Spartak Moscow) Russia Igor Semshov (Dynamo Moscow) Left wingers Russia Yuri Zhirkov (CSKA Moscow) Russia Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (Lokomotiv Moscow) Russia Dmitri Torbinsky (Spartak Moscow) auto margin:auto Right forwards Brazil Vágner Love (CSKA Moscow) Russia Roman Pavlyuchenko (Spartak Moscow) Portugal Danny (Dynamo Moscow) Left forwards Russia Andrei Arshavin (Zenit) Brazil Jô (CSKA Moscow) Russia Dmitri Sychev (Lokomotiv Moscow) Medal squads 1. FC Zenit St. Petersburg Goalkeepers: Vyacheslav Malafeev (19), Kamil Čontofalský SVK (13). Defenders: Kim Dong-Jin KOR (24 / 2), Martin Škrtel SVK (23 / 1), Aleksandr Anyukov (22 / 2), Erik Hagen NOR (15), Ivica Križanac CRO (15), Nicolas Lombaerts BEL (13 / 2). Midfielders: Anatoliy Tymoshchuk UKR (29 / 4), Konstantin Zyryanov (27 / 9), Igor Denisov (25 / 3), Alejandro Domínguez ARG (24 / 3), Radek Šírl CZE (22 / 1), Vladislav Radimov (17 / 1), Fernando Ricksen NED (14), Aleksandr Gorshkov UKR (11), Ilya Maksimov (6), Yuri Lebedev (1). Forwards: Andrei Arshavin (30 / 10), Pavel Pogrebnyak (24 / 11), Fatih Tekke TUR (16 / 4).(league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Dick Advocaat NED. Transferred out during the season: none. 2. FC Spartak Moscow Goalkeepers: Stipe Pletikosa CRO (29), Dmitri Khomich (1). Defenders: Roman Shishkin (26), Martin Stranzl AUT (19 / 2), Florin Şoavă ROM (18), Renat Sabitov (15), Géder BRA (14 / 1), Martin Jiránek CZE (11), Andrei Ivanov (7), Fyodor Kudryashov (7), Ignas Dedura LTU (6 / 1). Midfielders: Yegor Titov (27 / 7), Radoslav Kováč CZE (26 / 1), Dmitri Torbinski (24 / 3), Denis Boyarintsev (24 / 3), Maksym Kalynychenko UKR (22 / 3), Vladimir Bystrov (18 / 3), Mozart BRA (18 / 1), Quincy GHA (6), Aleksei Rebko (3), Serghei Covalciuc MDA (2), Sergei Parshivlyuk (2), Oleg Dineyev (1). Forwards: Roman Pavlyuchenko (22 / 14), Nikita Bazhenov (16 / 4), Artyom Dzyuba (16 / 1), Welliton BRA (12 / 4), Aleksandr Prudnikov (12 / 2). Manager: Vladimir Fedotov (until June), Stanislav Cherchesov (from June). Transferred out during the season: Oleg Dineyev (on loan to FC Shinnik Yaroslavl), Quincy GHA (on loan to ESP Celta de Vigo). 3. PFC CSKA Moscow Goalkeepers: Veniamin Mandrykin (20), Igor Akinfeev (10), Yevgeny Pomazan (1). Defenders: Sergei Ignashevich (26 / 3), Vasili Berezutski (26 / 1), Aleksei Berezutski (26), Deividas Šemberas LTU (24), Anton Grigoryev (10), Chidi Odiah NGA (4). Midfielders: Yuri Zhirkov (29 / 2), Evgeni Aldonin (27 / 2), Elvir Rahimić BIH (27), Miloš Krasić SRB (22 / 4), Rolan Gusev (16), Dudu BRA (15 / 1), Ivan Taranov (13), Caner Erkin TUR (8), Eduardo Ratinho BRA (6 / 1), Pavel Mamayev (4), Daniel Carvalho BRA (4), Sergei Gorelov (2). Forwards: Jô BRA (27 / 13), Vágner Love BRA (23 / 13), Ramón BRA (18 / 1), Dawid Janczyk POL (10 / 1), Nikita Burmistrov (6), Dmitry Tikhonov (2). Manager: Valery Gazzaev. Transferred out during the season: none. Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/rus/averus07.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk July 18, 2026 No. Club Average Change Highest 1 Spartak Moscow 24,067 39,8% 68,000 2 Kuban 21,147 82,0% 28,800 3 Zenit 20,604 -6,1% 21,500 4 Krylia Sovetov 18,533 9,1% 26,000 5 Amkar 16,097 19,2% 19,000 6 PFC CSKA 14,547 33,3% 55,000 7 Lokomotiv Moscow 13,332 2,0% 27,503 8 Spartak Nalchik 13,100 -3,3% 14,200 9 FC Tom 13,033 1,8% 15,000 10 Rubin 11,767 -14,3% 20,000 11 Saturn 10,684 1,5% 16,000 12 Luch 9,747 -1,7% 10,200 13 Dynamo Moscow 9,733 20,7% 27,000 14 Rostov 7,500 -16,5% 12,500 15 FC Khimki 7,286 194,9% 10,500 16 FC Moscow 5,513 3,9% 10,000 See also 2007 in Russian football References 2007 1 Russia