2002 Russian Premier League

11th season of top-tier football league in Russia
Football league season
Russian Premier League
Season2002
ChampionsLokomotiv Moscow
1st title
RelegatedAnzhi Makhachkala
Sokol Saratov
Champions LeagueLokomotiv Moscow
CSKA Moscow
UEFA CupSpartak Moscow
Torpedo Moscow
Matches played240
Goals scored584 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorerRolan Gusev
& Dmitri Kirichenko (15)
← 2001
2003 →

2002 was the first season of the Russian Premier League. While the structure of the competition did not change, the top level clubs gained independence from the Professional Football League.

Spartak's six-year dominance in the league was broken by Lokomotiv.

Teams

As in the previous season, 16 teams are playing in the 2002 season, with the name of the league changing from the 'Top Division' to the 'Premier League'. After the 2001 season, Fakel Voronezh and Chernomorets Novorossiysk were relegated to the 2002 Russian First Division. They were replaced by Uralan Elista and Shinnik Yaroslavl, the winners and runners up of the 2001 Russian First Division.

Venues

Alania Anzhi CSKA Dynamo
Republican Spartak Stadium Dynamo Stadium Central Stadium Central Stadium
Capacity: 32,464 Capacity: 15,200 Capacity: 36,540 Capacity: 36,540
Lokomotiv Moscow
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Locations of teams in 2002 Russian Premier League
 Krylia Sovetov Samara
RZD Arena Metallurg Stadium
Capacity: 27,084 Capacity: 33,001
Rostselmash Rotor
Olimp-2 Central Stadium
Capacity: 15,840 Capacity: 32,120
Saturn Shinnik
Saturn Stadium Shinnik Stadium
Capacity: 14,685 Capacity: 22,871
Sokol Spartak
Lokomotiv Stadium Luzhniki Stadium
Capacity: 15,000 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
Alania Vladikavkaz Russia Bakhva Tedeyev Germany Adidas -
Anzhi Makhachkala Russia Gadzhi Gadzhiyev United States Nike -
CSKA Moscow Russia Valery Gazzaev United Kingdom Umbro -
Dynamo Moscow Ukraine Viktor Prokopenko United States Nike -
Lokomotiv Moscow Russia Yuri Semin United States Nike MZD
Krylia Samara Russia Aleksandr Tarkhanov United Kingdom Umbro -
Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don Russia Sergei Balakhnin (Caretaker) Italy Diadora Alfa-Eko
Rotor Volgograd Russia Vladimir Salkov United Kingdom Umbro -
Saturn Ramenskoye Russia Vladimir Shevchuk United States Nike -
Shinnik Yaroslavl Russia Aleksandr Pobegalov United States Nike Yaroslavl Tire Plant
Sokol Saratov Russia Leonid Tkachenko United Kingdom Umbro -
Spartak Moscow Russia Oleg Romantsev Germany Adidas Lukoil
Torpedo Moscow Russia Sergei Petrenko Italy Diadora -
Torpedo-ZIL Moscow Russia Vadim Nikonov United Kingdom Umbro ZiL
Uralan Elista Georgia (country) Revaz Dzodzuashvili Italy Lotto -
Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia Boris Rappoport Italy Diadora Gazprom

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Dynamo Russia Aleksandr Novikov April 2002 Ukraine Viktor Prokopenko April 2002
Sokol Russia Alexander Koreshkov April 2002 Russia Anatoli Aslamov (Caretaker) April 2002
Zenit Russia Yury Morozov April 2002 Russia Mikhail Biryukov (Caretaker) April 2002
Anzhi Russia Leonid Tkachenko May 2002 Russia Aleksandr Reshetnyak (Caretaker) May 2002
Sokol Russia Anatoli Aslamov (Caretaker) May 2002 Russia Leonid Tkachenko May 2002
Anzhi Russia Aleksandr Reshetnyak (Caretaker) June 2002 Ukraine Myron Markevych June 2002
Alania Ukraine Vladimir Muntyan July 2002 Russia Bakhva Tedeyev July 2002
Torpedo Russia Vitaly Shevchenko July 2002 Russia Sergei Petrenko July 2002
Zenit Russia Mikhail Biryukov (Caretaker) July 2002 Russia Yury Morozov July 2002
Zenit Russia Yury Morozov July 2002 Russia Mikhail Biryukov (Caretaker) July 2002
Anzhi Ukraine Myron Markevych August 2002 Russia Aleksandr Reshetnyak (Caretaker) August 2002
Anzhi Russia Aleksandr Reshetnyak (Caretaker) August 2002 Russia Gadzhi Gadzhiyev August 2002
Rostselmash Russia Anatoly Baidachny August 2002 Russia Sergei Balakhnin (Caretaker) August 2002
Uralan Russia Sergei Pavlov August 2002 Russia Yuri Shishlov (Caretaker) August 2002
Uralan Russia Yuri Shishlov (Caretaker) August 2002 Georgia (country) Revaz Dzodzuashvili August 2002
Zenit Russia Mikhail Biryukov (Caretaker) August 2002 Russia Boris Rappoport August 2002

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lokomotiv Moscow (C) 30 19 9 2 46 14 +32 66 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round[a]
2 CSKA Moscow 30 21 3 6 60 26 +34 66 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Spartak Moscow 30 16 7 7 49 36 +13 55 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 Torpedo Moscow[b] 30 14 8 8 47 32 +15 50 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
5 Krylia Sovetov Samara 30 15 4 11 39 32 +7 49
6 Saturn 30 13 8 9 41 37 +4 47
7 Shinnik Yaroslavl 30 13 8 9 42 37 +5 47
8 Dynamo Moscow 30 12 6 12 38 33 +5 42
9 Rotor Volgograd 30 11 5 14 27 34 −7 38
10 Zenit St. Petersburg 30 8 9 13 36 42 −6 33
11 Rostselmash 30 7 10 13 29 49 −20 31
12 Alania Vladikavkaz 30 8 6 16 31 42 −11 30
13 Uralan Elista 30 6 11 13 32 42 −10 29
14 Torpedo-ZIL Moscow 30 6 10 14 20 39 −19 28
15 Anzhi Makhachkala (R) 30 5 10 15 22 43 −21 25 Relegation to First Division
16 Sokol Saratov (R) 30 5 8 17 24 45 −21 23
Source: RFPL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ The title was decided in a championship playoff as Lokomotiv Moscow and CSKA Moscow finished with equal points.
  2. ^ Torpedo qualified for the UEFA Cup thanks to Spartak winning the Russian Cup in 2003.

Championship play-off

Lokomotiv Moscow1–0CSKA Moscow
Loskov 6' Report
Dynamo Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 34,000

Results

Home \ Away ALA ANZ CSK DYN KRY LOK ROS ROT SAT SHI SOK SPA TOR TZM URE ZEN
Alania Vladikavkaz 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–4 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 3–2 4–3 1–1 5–2 2–3 1–0
Anzhi Makhachkala 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 4–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 3–3 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–0
CSKA Moscow 1–0 3–1 2–3 2–0 0–1 5–1 2–0 2–3 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–3 4–0 2–1 1–0
Dynamo Moscow 0–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 5–0 2–3 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 3–3 1–1 1–0 0–2
Krylia Sovetov Samara 1–0 4–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 4–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0
Lokomotiv Moscow 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–1
Rostselmash 1–1 2–0 3–2 1–1 0–3 2–3 0–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–2
Rotor Volgograd 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–3 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–1
Saturn 1–0 1–1 0–3 0–3 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–3 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–3 5–2 1–2
Shinnik Yaroslavl 2–0 6–0 1–1 2–1 4–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–3 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1
Sokol Saratov 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–3 1–2 3–1 0–0 1–3 2–2 0–4 0–0 2–0 2–2
Spartak Moscow 2–1 2–1 0–3 1–0 3–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 0–2 3–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–2 4–3
Torpedo Moscow 2–0 3–0 2–3 2–0 4–3 2–2 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–2 1–1
Torpedo-ZIL Moscow 0–0 1–0 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 2–1 2–2 1–2
Uralan Elista 2–0 0–1 3–3 1–3 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–3
Zenit St. Petersburg 2–1 2–2 0–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–2 0–0 2–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 21 November 2002.
Rank Player Club Goal
1 Russia Rolan Gusev CSKA 15
Russia Dmitri Kirichenko CSKA
3 Russia Aleksandr Kerzhakov Zenit 14
4 Russia Vladimir Beschastnykh Spartak Moscow 12
Russia Andrei Karyaka Krylia
6 Lithuania Robertas Poškus Krylia 11
Moldova Serghei Rogaciov Saturn
Russia Igor Semshov Torpedo
9 Russia Aleksandr Shirko Torpedo 10
Russia Zurab Tsiklauri Uralan

Awards

On December 10 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:[1]

Goalkeepers
  1. Russia Sergei Ovchinnikov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  2. Russia Ruslan Nigmatullin (CSKA Moscow)
  3. Russia Valeri Chizhov (Saturn)
Sweeper
  1. Russia Sergei Ignashevich (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  2. Armenia Sargis Hovsepyan (Zenit)
  3. Ukraine Bohdan Shershun (CSKA Moscow)
Right backs
  1. Russia Vadim Evseev (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  2. Ukraine Dmytro Parfenov (Spartak Moscow)
  3. Russia Dmitri Sennikov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
Stopper
  1. Russia Gennadiy Nizhegorodov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  2. Uzbekistan Oleg Pashinin (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  3. Russia Omari Tetradze (Alania)
Left backs
  1. South Africa Jacob Lekgetho (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  2. Senegal Ibra Kébé (Spartak Moscow)
  3. Russia Denis Yevsikov (CSKA Moscow)

Defensive midfielders
  1. Bosnia and Herzegovina Elvir Rahimić (CSKA Moscow)
  2. Russia Yevgeni Aldonin (Rotor)
  3. Russia Igor Semshov (Torpedo Moscow)
Right wingers
  1. Russia Rolan Gusev (CSKA Moscow)
  2. Russia Andrei Arshavin (Zenit)
  3. Serbia Ognjen Koroman (Dynamo Moscow)
Central midfielders
  1. Russia Dmitri Loskov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  2. Uzbekistan Vladimir Maminov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  3. Russia Yegor Titov (Spartak Moscow)
Left wingers
  1. Russia Andrei Karyaka (Krylia Sovetov)
  2. Russia Andrei Solomatin (CSKA Moscow)
  3. Russia Igor Yanovsky (CSKA Moscow)

Right forwards
  1. Russia Sergei Semak (CSKA Moscow)
  2. Nigeria James Obiorah (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  3. Russia Dmitri Kirichenko (CSKA Moscow)
Left forwards
  1. Russia Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Zenit)
  2. Russia Ruslan Pimenov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  3. Russia Denis Popov (CSKA Moscow)

Medal squads

1. FC Lokomotiv Moscow

Goalkeepers: Sergei I. Ovchinnikov (31).
Defenders: Sergei Ignashevich (29 / 1), Gennadiy Nizhegorodov (29), Vadim Evseev (24 / 7), Dmitri Sennikov (24 / 1), Oleg Pashinin Uzbekistan (24), Jacob Lekgetho South Africa (23 / 2), Yuri Drozdov (18), Milan Obradović Serbia (17).
Midfielders: Dmitri Loskov (30 / 7), Vladimir Maminov Uzbekistan (29 / 4), Narvik Sirkhayev Azerbaijan (15 / 4), Marat Izmailov (14 / 2), Bennett Mnguni South Africa (4).
Forwards: James Obiorah Nigeria (23 / 5), Maksim Buznikin (23 / 2), Ruslan Pimenov (19 / 7), Júlio César Brazil (11 / 3), Nemanja Vučićević Serbia (9), Baba Adamu Ghana (8 / 1), Giorgi Demetradze Georgia (country) (6), Sergei V. Ovchinnikov (1).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

One own goal scored by Dmytro Semochko Ukraine (FC Uralan Elista).

Manager: Yuri Syomin.

Transferred out during the season: Giorgi Demetradze Georgia (country) (to FC Alania Vladikavkaz).

2. PFC CSKA Moscow

Goalkeepers: Ruslan Nigmatullin (15), Veniamin Mandrykin (13), Dmitriy Kramarenko Azerbaijan (3).
Defenders: Denis Yevsikov (29), Deividas Šemberas Lithuania (28), Andrei Solomatin (26 / 3), Vyacheslav Dayev (22 / 1), Bohdan Shershun Ukraine (18 / 1), Aleksei Berezutski (16), Aleksandr Berketov (8), Yevgeni Varlamov (2), Vasili Berezutski (2).
Midfielders: Rolan Gusev (30 / 15), Elvir Rahimić Bosnia and Herzegovina (30 / 2), Igor Yanovsky (29 / 4), Juris Laizāns Latvia (27 / 3), Sergei Semak (24 / 6), Aleksei Triputen (9), Artur Tlisov (3).
Forwards: Denis Popov (28 / 7), Dmitri Kirichenko (26 / 15), Spartak Gogniyev (21 / 2), Roman Monaryov Ukraine (12), Igor Piyuk (1).

One own goal scored by Martin Hyský Czech Republic (FC Dynamo Moscow).

Manager: Valery Gazzaev.

Transferred out during the season: Igor Piyuk (to FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow).

3. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Maksym Levytskyi Ukraine (19), Stanislav Cherchesov (7), Dmitri Goncharov (6).
Defenders: Igor Mitreski North Macedonia (27), Ibra Kébé Senegal (24 / 3), Moisés Brazil (23 / 1), Dmitri Ananko (21), Dmytro Parfenov Ukraine (16 / 2), Yuri Kovtun (16 / 1), Jerry-Christian Tchuissé Cameroon (12), Valeri Abramidze Georgia (country) (6), Dmitri Khlestov (6), Andrei Streltsov (4), Samuel Ogunsania Nigeria (1).
Midfielders: Vasili Baranov Belarus (24 / 1), Dmitri Kudryashov (22 / 5), Yegor Titov (20 / 4), Eduard Tsykhmeystruk Ukraine (20 / 2), Maksym Kalynychenko Ukraine (11 / 1), Artyom Bezrodny (6 / 1), Aleksandr Pavlenko (5), Dmitri Torbinski (3), Marcelo Silva Brazil (2), Pyotr Nemov (2), Aleksandr Sheshukov (2), Aleksei Rebko (1), Aleksandr Samedov (1), Robert Scarlett Jamaica (1).
Forwards: Vladimir Beschastnykh (30 / 12), Aleksandr Danishevsky (21 / 4), Dmitri Sychev (18 / 9), Okon Flo Essien Nigeria (9 / 1), Aleksandr Sonin (8 / 2), Pavel Pogrebnyak (2), Raman Vasilyuk Belarus (1).

Manager: Oleg Romantsev.

Transferred out during the season: Dmitri Ananko (to France AC Ajaccio), Eduard Tsykhmeystruk Ukraine (to Ukraine FC Metalurh Donetsk), Dmitri Sychev (to France Marseille), Dmitri Goncharov (to FC Alania Vladikavkaz), Raman Vasilyuk Belarus (to Belarus FC Dinamo Minsk).

See also

2002 in Russian football

References

  1. ^ Названы имена лучших футболистов России (in Russian). Sport Express. 2002-12-10.

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