2003 Russian Premier League

12th season of top-tier football league in Russia Russian Premier League 2003 CSKA Moscow Uralan Elista Chernomorets Novorossiysk Champions League CSKA Moscow UEFA Cup Zenit St.Petersburg Rubin Kazan Intertoto Cup Shinnik Yaroslavl Spartak Moscow 240 609 Dmitri 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 250px 250px 250px Krylia Sovetov SamaraEuropean Russia 600 center Map of Russia with the teams of the 2003 Russian Premier League Locations of teams in 2003 Russian Premier League European Russia 55.50 37.316 left CSKA Dynamo Lokomotiv Saturn Spartak Torpedo Torpedo-ZIL European Russia 43.023056 44.695 left Spartak-Alania European Russia 44.71357 37.77931 right Chernomorets European Russia 53.202778 50.140833 left Krylia European Russia 47.243011 39.761053 right Rostov European Russia 48.734411 44.548553 right Rotor European Russia 55.796944 49.098889 right Rubin European Russia 57.628729 39.867486 left Shinnik European Russia 46.316667 44.266667 left Uralan European Russia 59.972953 30.220533 left Zenit Lokomotiv Moscow Metallurg Stadium RZD Arena Capacity: 33,001 Capacity: 27,084 250px 250px Rostov Rotor Olimp-2 Central Stadium Capacity: 15,840 Capacity: 32,120 250px 250px Rubin Saturn Central Stadium Saturn Stadium Capacity: 22,500 Capacity: 14,685 250px 250px Shinnik Spartak Shinnik Stadium Luzhniki Stadium Capacity: 22,871 Capacity: 81,029 250px 250px 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 250px 250px 250px Personnel and kits TeamLocationHead coachKit manufacturerShirt sponsorSpartak-AlaniaVladikavkazRUS Bakhva TedeyevUK Umbro -ChernomoretsNovorossiyskUKR Igor Gamula (Caretaker)GER Adidas -CSKAMoscowRUS Valery GazzaevUK Umbro - DynamoMoscowUKR Viktor ProkopenkoITA Diadora YukosLokomotivMoscowRUS Yuri SeminUSA NikeMZDKryliaSamaraRUS Aleksandr TarkhanovUK Umbro -RostovRostov-on-DonRUS Sergei BalakhninUSA Nike -RotorVolgogradRUS Vladimir FayzulinUK Umbro -RubinKazanTKM Kurban BerdyevUSA Nike -SaturnRamenskoyeRUS Oleg RomantsevUSA Nike -ShinnikYaroslavlRUS Aleksandr PobegalovUSA Nike TM HoldingSpartakMoscowRUS Vladimir Fedotov (Caretaker)UK UmbroLukoilTorpedoMoscowRUS Sergei PetrenkoITA Diadora -Torpedo-MetallurgMoscowRUS Aleksandr Ignatenko (Caretaker)RUS 2KZiLUralanElistaRUS Igor ShalimovGER Adidas -ZenitSaint PetersburgCZE Vlastimil PetrželaUK UmbroGazprom Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table Torpedo-ZIL RUS Vadim Nikonov Preseason BLR Sergei Aleinikov Preseason Rotor RUS Vladimir Salkov RUS Vladimir Fayzulin Uralan Elista GEO Revaz Dzodzuashvili RUS Igor Shalimov Spartak-Alania RUS Bakhva Tedeyev GEO Revaz Dzodzuashvili 22 December 2002ДЗОДЗУАШВИЛИ НАЗНАЧЕН ГЛАВНЫМ ТРЕНЕРОМ АЛАНИИ https://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/2002-12-11/1_4/ sport-express.ru/ Sport Express 30 October 2020 ru 12 December 2002 Zenit RUS Boris Rappoport CZE Vlastimil Petržela 23 December 2002Nejde mi o peníze, tvrdí Petržela https://www.idnes.cz/fotbal/zahranici/nejde-mi-o-penize-tvrdi-petrzela.A021129_105907_fot_zahranici_hdv?r=fot_zahranici idnes.cz/ iDNES 30 October 2020 cs 29 November 2002 Chernomorets RUS Valeri Chetverik March 2003 UKR Igor Gamula March 2003 Spartak-Alania GEO Revaz Dzodzuashvili Resigned 22 June 2003САМОЕ ИНТЕРЕСНОЕ СОБЫТИЯ ТУРА ГЛАЗАМИ КОРРЕСПОНДЕНТОВ "СЭ" https://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/2003-06-21/2_1/ sport-express.ru/ Sport Express 30 October 2020 ru 22 June 2003 RUS Aleksandr Yanovsky (Caretaker) June 2003 Torpedo-ZIL BLR Sergei Aleinikov May 2003 RUS Valentin Ivanov May 2003 Spartak RUS Oleg Romantsev June 2003 RUS Andrey Chernyshov June 2003 Spartak-Alania RUS Aleksandr Yanovsky (Caretaker) June 2003 RUS Nikolai Khudiyev July 2003 Chernomorets UKR Igor Gamula July 2003 RUS Sergei Pavlov July 2003 Spartak-Alania RUS Nikolai Khudiyev July 2003 RUS Bakhva Tedeyev July 2003 Rostov RUS Sergei Balakhnin August 2003 RUS Vladimir Fedotov (Caretaker) August 2003 Rostov RUS Vladimir Fedotov (Caretaker) August 2003 RUS Sergei Balakhnin August 2003 Torpedo-ZIL RUS Valentin Ivanov August 2003 RUS Aleksandr Ignatenko (Caretaker) August 2003 Saturn RUS Vladimir Shevchuk September 2003 RUS Oleg Romantsev September 2003 Spartak RUS Andrey Chernyshov September 2003 RUS Vladimir Fedotov (Caretaker) September 2003 Chernomorets RUS Sergei Pavlov October 2003 UKR Igor Gamula (Caretaker) October 2003 Standings main WDL QR 5 CSK CSKA Moscow ZEN Zenit St. Petersburg RUB Rubin Kazan LOK Lokomotiv Moscow SHI Shinnik Yaroslavl DYN Dynamo Moscow SAT Saturn TOR Torpedo Moscow KRY Krylia Sovetov Samara SPA Spartak Moscow ROS Rostov ROT Rotor Volgograd ALA Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz TZM Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow ELI Uralan Elista CHE Chernomorets Novorossiysk 17 8 5 56 32 C 16 8 6 48 32 15 8 7 44 29 15 7 8 54 33 12 11 7 43 34 12 10 8 42 29 12 9 9 40 37 11 10 9 42 38 11 9 10 38 33 10 6 14 38 48 8 10 12 30 42 9 5 16 33 44 9 4 17 23 43 8 5 17 25 39 6 10 14 23 47 R 6 6 18 30 49 R green1 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round UC2 UC2 #CCCCFF Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round IC2 #CCCCFF Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round IC1 red1 Relegation to First Division R R 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference complete RFPL Results main FBR grey SAL CHE CSK DYN KRY LOK ROS ROT RUB SAT SHI SPA TOR TMM URE ZEN CSKA Moscow 2–2 4–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 3–2 0–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 Zenit St. Petersburg 4–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 5–1 3–0 Rubin Kazan 3–2 1–2 3–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 3–1 1–0 5–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 Lokomotiv Moscow 1–3 1–2 1–1 6–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 6–0 1–0 Shinnik Yaroslavl 1–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 4–1 2–2 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 Dynamo Moscow 2–3 7–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 3–2 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 3–2 Saturn 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 3–2 2–1 4–1 2–2 0–3 2–1 2–0 Torpedo Moscow 3–2 1–2 4–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–3 0–0 3–0 1–1 0–3 2–0 3–0 3–0 1–1 Krylia Sovetov Samara 0–2 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 4–2 0–2 3–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 Spartak Moscow 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–5 3–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–2 0–2 1–1 2–1 Rostov 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 3–2 4–3 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 Rotor Volgograd 1–2 1–4 3–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–0 3–0 Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz 0–1 0–2 1–0 3–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–3 1–2 0–1 2–3 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–3 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 Uralan Elista 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–5 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–2 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 Chernomorets Novorossiysk 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–5 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–4 1–3 2–3 2–2 1–0 3–0 1–2 1–1 complete Season statistics Top goalscorers matches played on 1 November 2003. Rank Player Club Goal1 RUS Dmitri Loskov Lokomotiv 142 RUS Aleksandr Kerzhakov Zenit 13 RUS Valery Yesipov Rotor 4 RUS Aleksei Medvedev Saturn 11 BRA Rôni Rubin 6 RUS Roman Pavlyuchenko Spartak Moscow 107 RUS Yegor Titov Spartak Moscow 10 RUS Dmitri Bulykin Dynamo RUS Andrei Karyaka Krylia BUL Martin Kushev Shinnik RUS Rolan Gusev CSKA RUS Andrey Tikhonov Krylia Awards On November 14 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:ru:ОБНАРОДОВАН СПИСОК 33 ЛУЧШИХ ru http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?77484 Sport Express 2003-11-15 2011-07-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20050225002739/http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?77484 2005-02-25 dead Goalkeepers Russia Sergei Ovchinnikov (Lokomotiv Moscow) Russia Vyacheslav Malafeev (Zenit) Russia Sergei Kozko (Rubin) Right backs Russia Vadim Evseev (Lokomotiv Moscow) Lithuania Deividas Šemberas (CSKA Moscow) Uruguay Andrés Scotti (Rubin) Right-centre backs Russia Sergei Ignashevich (Lokomotiv Moscow) Russia Viktor Onopko (Spartak-Alania) South Africa Matthew Booth (Rostov) Left-centre backs Uzbekistan Oleg Pashinin (Lokomotiv Moscow) Brazil Géder (Saturn) Russia Roman Sharonov (Rubin) Left backs South Africa Jacob Lekgetho (Lokomotiv Moscow) Russia Andrei Solomatin (CSKA Moscow) Brazil Orlando Calisto de Souza (Rubin) Defensive midfielders Russia Evgeni Aldonin (Rotor) Uzbekistan Vladimir Maminov (Lokomotiv Moscow) BIH Elvir Rahimić (CSKA Moscow) Right wingers Russia Rolan Gusev (CSKA Moscow) Russia Denis Boyarintsev (Rubin) Russia Vladimir Bystrov (Zenit) Central midfielders Russia Dmitri Loskov (Lokomotiv Moscow) Czech Republic Jiří Jarošík (CSKA Moscow) Russia Yegor Titov (Spartak Moscow) Left wingers Russia Andrei Karyaka (Krylia Sovetov) Russia Marat Izmailov (Lokomotiv Moscow) Russia Aleksandr Pavlenko (Spartak Moscow) Right forwards Russia Valery Yesipov (Rotor) Russia Dmitri Bulykin (Dynamo Moscow) Georgia Mikheil Ashvetia (Lokomotiv Moscow) Left forwards Russia Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Zenit) Croatia Ivica Olić (CSKA Moscow) Brazil Roni (Rubin) Medal squads 1. PFC CSKA Moscow Goalkeepers: Veniamin Mandrykin (19), Igor Akinfeev (13). Defenders: Aleksei Berezutski (30), Bohdan Shershun UKR (27 / 1), Denis Yevsikov (24), Vasili Berezutski (23), Deividas Šemberas LTU (21), Andrei Solomatin (20). Midfielders: Elvir Rahimić BIH (28 / 1), Jiří Jarošík CZE (27 / 7), Rolan Gusev (26 / 9), Igor Yanovsky (25 / 5), Sergei Semak (24 / 7), Juris Laizāns LVA (21 / 1), Spartak Gogniyev (11 / 2), Alan Kusov (11), Artur Tlisov (3 / 1). Forwards: Denis Popov (22 / 8), Dmitri Kirichenko (22 / 5), Ivica Olić CRO (10 / 7), Alexander Geynrikh UZB (2 / 1), Sergey Samodin (2), Vardan Mazalov (1).(league appearances and goals listed in brackets) One own goal scored by Andrés Scotti URU (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 SVK (3). Defenders: Milan Vještica SRB (28), Pavel Mareš CZE (26 / 2), Martin Horák CZE (21 / 2), Daniel Chiriţă ROM (21 / 1), Aleksei Katulsky (17 / 1), Aleksei Igonin (11), Sargis Hovsepyan ARM (10), Konstantin Lobov (9), Valeri Tsvetkov (8), Igor Nedorezov (1). Midfielders: Andrei Arshavin (27 / 5), Aleksandr Spivak UKR (26 / 6), Vladislav Radimov (21 / 3), Vladimir Bystrov (19 / 4), Igor Denisov (19 / 2), Radek Šírl CZE (18 / 1), Konstantin Konoplyov (15 / 1), Oleg Vlasov (13 / 2), Sergei Osipov (8). Forwards: Aleksandr Kerzhakov (27 / 13), Dmitri Makarov (12 / 2), Lukáš Hartig CZE (12 / 1), Andrei Nikolayev (6 / 2), Maksim Astafyev (4), Predrag Ranđelović SRB (3). Manager: Vlastimil Petržela CZE. Transferred out during the season: Sargis Hovsepyan ARM (to FC Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow), Sergei Osipov (to FC Torpedo Moscow), Predrag Ranđelović SRB (free agent). 3. FC Rubin Kazan Goalkeepers: Sergei Kozko (24), Pavel Kharchik TKM (4), Valeri Aleskarov (2). Defenders: Jiří Novotný CZE (29 / 6), Mikhail Sinyov (27), Calisto BRA (23 / 1), Roman Sharonov (18 / 1), Andrei Fyodorov UZB (17 / 1), Leandro Samaroni BRA (9), Sergei Kharlamov (7), Andrei Streltsov (1), Pape Magatte Kebe SEN (1). Midfielders: Denis Boyarintsev (28 / 7), Andrés Scotti URU (27 / 4), Tomáš Čížek CZE (25 / 1), MacBeth Sibaya RSA (24 / 1), Andrei Konovalov (23 / 2), Ebrima Sillah GAM (12 / 2), Abdelkarim Kissi MAR (5), Dmitri Michkov (5), Carlos Castro CRC (4), Baye Gueye Ndiaga SEN (2 / 1). Forwards: Roni BRA (29 / 11), Oleg Nechayev (25 / 2), David Chaladze GEO (20 / 3), Aloísio BRA (6), Wladimir Baýramow TKM (1). Manager: Kurban Berdyev. One own goal scored by Denis Yevsikov (PFC CSKA Moscow). Transferred out during the season: Leandro Samaroni BRA, Wladimir Baýramow TKM (both to FC Terek Grozny). See also 2003 in Russian football References External links RSSSF 2003 1 Russia