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.
Season | 2003 |
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Champions | CSKA Moscow |
Relegated | Uralan Elista Chernomorets Novorossiysk |
Champions League | CSKA Moscow |
UEFA Cup | Zenit St.Petersburg Rubin Kazan |
Intertoto Cup | Shinnik Yaroslavl Spartak Moscow |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 609 (2.54 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Dmitri Loskov (14) |
← 2002 2004 → |
Teams
editAs 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
editSpartak-Alania | Chernomorets | CSKA | Dynamo |
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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
editTeam | Location | Head coach | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Spartak-Alania | Vladikavkaz | - | ||
Chernomorets | Novorossiysk | - | ||
CSKA | Moscow | - | ||
Dynamo | Moscow | Yukos | ||
Lokomotiv | Moscow | MZD | ||
Krylia | Samara | - | ||
Rostov | Rostov-on-Don | - | ||
Rotor | Volgograd | - | ||
Rubin | Kazan | - | ||
Saturn | Ramenskoye | - | ||
Shinnik | Yaroslavl | TM Holding | ||
Spartak | Moscow | Lukoil | ||
Torpedo | Moscow | - | ||
Torpedo-Metallurg | Moscow | ZiL | ||
Uralan | Elista | - | ||
Zenit | Saint Petersburg | Gazprom |
Managerial changes
editStandings
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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
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
editSeason statistics
editTop goalscorers
edit- As of matches played on 1 November 2003.
Rank | Player | Club | Goal |
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1 | Lokomotiv | 14 | |
2 | Zenit | 13 | |
Rotor | |||
4 | Saturn | 11 | |
Rubin | |||
6 | Spartak Moscow | 10 | |
7 | Spartak Moscow | 10 | |
Dynamo | |||
Krylia | |||
Shinnik | |||
CSKA | |||
Krylia |
Awards
editOn November 14 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:[4]
- Goalkeepers
Sergei Ovchinnikov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
Vyacheslav Malafeev (Zenit)
Sergei Kozko (Rubin)
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- Defensive midfielders
Evgeni Aldonin (Rotor)
Vladimir Maminov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
Elvir Rahimić (CSKA Moscow)
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Medal squads
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "ДЗОДЗУАШВИЛИ НАЗНАЧЕН ГЛАВНЫМ ТРЕНЕРОМ АЛАНИИ". sport-express.ru/ (in Russian). Sport Express. 12 December 2002. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ "Nejde mi o peníze, tvrdí Petržela". idnes.cz/ (in Czech). iDNES. 29 November 2002. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ "САМОЕ ИНТЕРЕСНОЕ СОБЫТИЯ ТУРА ГЛАЗАМИ КОРРЕСПОНДЕНТОВ "СЭ"". sport-express.ru/ (in Russian). Sport Express. 22 June 2003. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ ОБНАРОДОВАН СПИСОК 33 ЛУЧШИХ (in Russian). Sport Express. 2003-11-15. Archived from the original on 2005-02-25. Retrieved 2011-07-28.