2004 Russian Premier League

Following are the results of the 2004 Russian Premier League, the top division of Russian association football. Lokomotiv won their second Premier League title, while Krylya Sovetov finished in the top three for the first time, winning bronze. Kuban were relegated after just one season in the Premier League. They were joined by Rotor who played at the top level since the beginning of the Russian league.

Russian Premier League
Season2004
ChampionsLokomotiv Moscow
2nd title
RelegatedKuban Krasnodar
Rotor Volgograd
Champions LeagueLokomotiv Moscow
CSKA Moscow
UEFA CupKrylia Sovetov
Zenit St.Petersburg
Matches played240
Goals scored598 (2.49 per match)
Top goalscorerAleksandr Kerzhakov (18)
← 2003
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Teams

As in the previous season, 16 teams are playing in the 2004 season. After the 2003 season, Chernomorets Novorossiysk and Uralan Elista were relegated to the 2004 Russian First Division. They were replaced by Amkar Perm and Kuban Krasnodar, the winners and runners up of the 2003 Russian First Division.

Venues
Alania Amkar CSKA Dynamo
Republican Spartak Stadium Zvezda Stadium Central Stadium Central Stadium
Capacity: 32,464 Capacity: 17,000 Capacity: 36,540 Capacity: 36,540
Krylia Sovetov Samara
Locations of teams in 2004 Russian Premier League
 Kuban Krasnodar
Metallurg Stadium Kuban Stadium
Capacity: 27,084 Capacity: 28,800
Lokomotiv Moscow Moscow
RZD Arena Eduard Streltsov Stadium
Capacity: 33,001 Capacity: 13,450
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 Torpedo Zenit Saint Petersburg
Shinnik Stadium Luzhniki Stadium Luzhniki Stadium Petrovsky Stadium
Capacity: 22,871 Capacity: 81,029 Capacity: 81,029 Capacity: 21,570

    Personnel and kits
    Team Location Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
    Alania Vladikavkaz Russia Yuri Sekinayev (Caretaker)
    Amkar Perm Perm Russia Sergei Oborin
    CSKA Moscow Russia Valery Gazzaev Umbro Sibneft
    Dynamo Moscow Russia Oleg Romantsev Diadora
    Lokomotiv Moscow Russia Yuri Semin Nike
    Krylia Samara Russia Gadzhi Gadzhiyev
    Kuban Krasnodar Russia Leonid Nazarenko (Caretaker) Umbro
    Moscow Moscow Russia Valery Petrakov
    Rostov Rostov-on-Don Russia Sergei Balakhnin Umbro —
    Rotor Volgograd Russia Vladimir Fayzulin Umbro Rotor
    Rubin Kazan Turkmenistan Kurban Berdyev Nike —
    Saturn Ramenskoye Russia Aleksandr Tarkhanov
    Shinnik Yaroslavl Russia Oleg Dolmatov
    Spartak Moscow Latvia Aleksandrs Starkovs Umbro
    Torpedo Moscow Russia Sergei Petrenko Le Coq Sportif
    Zenit Saint Petersburg Czech Republic Vlastimil Petržela Umbro Gazprom

    Managerial changes
    Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
    Alania Russia Bakhva Tedeyev Preseason France Rolland Courbis 9 January 2004[1] Preseason
    CSKA Russia Valery Gazzaev Portugal Artur Jorge 23 November 2003[2]
    Dynamo Ukraine Viktor Prokopenko Czech Republic Jaroslav Hřebík 8 November 2003[3]
    Krylia Russia Aleksandr Tarkhanov Russia Gadzhi Gadzhiyev
    Rostov Russia Sergei Balakhnin Russia Vitaly Shevchenko
    Saturn Russia Oleg Romantsev Russia Boris Ignatyev
    Spartak Russia Vladimir Fedotov (Caretaker) End of role Italy Nevio Scala December 2003[4]
    Rostov Russia Vitaly Shevchenko April 2004 Russia Sergei Balakhnin April 2004
    Rotor Russia Vladimir Fayzulin April 2004 Russia Yuri Marushkin (Caretaker) April 2004
    Rotor Russia Yuri Marushkin (Caretaker) April 2004 Ukraine Valeriy Yaremchenko April 2004
    Kuban Russia Nikolai Yuzhanin May 2004 Russia Soferbi Yeshugov May 2004
    Shinnik Russia Aleksandr Pobegalov May 2004 Russia Valeri Frolov (Caretaker) May 2004
    Shinnik Russia Valeri Frolov (Caretaker) End of role May 2004 Russia Oleg Dolmatov May 2004
    Rotor Ukraine Valeriy Yaremchenko June 2004 Russia Yuri Marushkin (Caretaker) June 2004
    Dynamo Czech Republic Jaroslav Hřebík Resigned 12 July 2004[5] 14th Russia Viktor Bondarenko (Caretaker) 12 July 2004[6] 14th
    CSKA Portugal Artur Jorge Fired 13 July 2004[7] 5th Russia Valery Gazzaev 14 July 2004[7] 5th
    Rotor Russia Yuri Marushkin (Caretaker) July 2004 Russia Vladimir Fayzulin July 2004
    Spartak Italy Nevio Scala August 2004 Latvia Aleksandrs Starkovs September 2004
    Saturn Russia Boris Ignatyev September 2004 Russia Aleksandr Tarkhanov September 2004
    Alania France Rolland Courbis September 2004 Serbia Dragan Cvetković (Caretaker) September 2004
    Alania Serbia Dragan Cvetković (Caretaker) Resigned 7 October 2004[8] 12th Russia Yuri Sekinayev (Caretaker) 7 October 2004[8] 12th
    Dynamo Russia Viktor Bondarenko (Caretaker) Resigned 26 October 2004[9] 14th Russia Oleg Romantsev 26 October 2004[9] 14th
    Kuban Russia Soferbi Yeshugov October 2004 Russia Leonid Nazarenko (Caretaker) October 2004

    Standings
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
    1 Lokomotiv Moscow (C) 30 18 7 5 44 19 +25 61 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
    2 CSKA Moscow 30 17 9 4 53 22 +31 60 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
    3 Krylia Sovetov Samara 30 17 5 8 50 41 +9 56 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
    4 Zenit St. Petersburg 30 17 5 8 55 37 +18 56
    5 Torpedo Moscow 30 16 6 8 53 37 +16 54
    6 Shinnik Yaroslavl 30 12 8 10 29 29 0 44
    7 Saturn 30 10 11 9 37 30 +7 41
    8 Spartak Moscow 30 11 7 12 43 44 −1 40
    9 FC Moscow 30 10 10 10 38 39 −1 40
    10 Rubin Kazan 30 7 12 11 32 31 +1 33
    11 Amkar Perm 30 6 12 12 27 42 −15 30
    12 Rostov 30 7 8 15 28 42 −14 29
    13 Dynamo Moscow 30 6 11 13 27 38 −11 29
    14 Alania Vladikavkaz 30 7 7 16 28 52 −24 28
    15 Kuban Krasnodar (R) 30 6 10 14 26 42 −16 28 Relegation to First Division
    16 Rotor Volgograd (R) 30 4 10 16 28 53 −25 22
    Source: RSSSF
    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 ALA AMK CSK DYN KRY KUB LOK MOS ROS ROT RUB SAT SHI SPA TOR ZEN
    Alania Vladikavkaz 1–2 1–4 4–2 1–4 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–3 2–1 0–2 0–0 0–3
    Amkar Perm 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–2
    CSKA Moscow 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–3 3–3
    Dynamo Moscow 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–4 1–0 0–1 5–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–2
    Krylia Sovetov Samara 4–2 1–0 1–1 4–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 4–2 2–5 0–1
    Kuban Krasnodar 2–3 0–0 0–3 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–3
    Lokomotiv Moscow 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 3–1 0–1
    FC Moscow 0–0 3–1 1–4 1–0 5–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–2 2–3 0–2 1–1
    Rostov 0–0 0–0 1–3 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 4–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 0–4 2–1
    Rotor Volgograd 0–1 2–2 1–3 0–0 3–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–2 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–3 0–1 2–5
    Rubin Kazan 4–1 2–2 2–1 2–2 1–3 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–1
    Saturn 5–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–3
    Shinnik Yaroslavl 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–1
    Spartak Moscow 0–1 6–0 0–2 2–2 3–1 1–1 1–3 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–2 0–3
    Torpedo Moscow 3–2 3–2 0–1 3–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 3–1
    Zenit St. Petersburg 3–2 0–0 0–3 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–3 0–1 3–2 4–3 2–2 1–0 2–0 3–1
    Source:
    Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Season statistics

    Top goalscorers
    As of matches played on 12 November 2004.
    Rank Player Club Goal
    1 Russia Aleksandr Kerzhakov Zenit 18
    2 Russia Andrei Karyaka Krylia 17
    3 Russia Dmitri Sychev Lokomotiv 15
    Russia Aleksandr Panov Torpedo
    5 Argentina Héctor Bracamonte Moscow 10
    Russia Roman Pavlyuchenko Spartak Moscow
    Russia Valery Yesipov Rotor
    Ukraine Oleksandr Spivak Zenit
    9 Lithuania Robertas Poškus Krylia 9
    Russia Igor Lebedenko Torpedo
    Russia Igor Semshov Torpedo
    Brazil Vágner Love CSKA
    Croatia Ivica Olić CSKA
    Russia Dmitri Kirichenko CSKA
    1. FC Lokomotiv Moscow

    Goalkeepers: Sergei Ovchinnikov (30), Ruslan Nigmatullin (1).
    Defenders: Vadim Evseev (27 / 4), Dmitri Sennikov (26), Sergei Gurenko Belarus (26), Gennadiy Nizhegorodov (23), Malkhaz Asatiani Georgia (country) (19 / 1), Oleg Pashinin Uzbekistan (13), Jacob Lekgetho South Africa (6).
    Midfielders: Dmitri Loskov (30 / 4), Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (25 / 5), Dmitri Khokhlov (24 / 6), Marat Izmailov (18 / 2), Vladimir Maminov Uzbekistan (18 / 1), Francisco Lima Brazil (15), Deividas Česnauskis Lithuania (10), Jorge Wagner Brazil (4), Leandro Brazil (1).
    Forwards: Dmitri Sychev (27 / 15), James Obiorah Nigeria (15 / 1), Ruslan Pimenov (14 / 4), Winston Parks Costa Rica (13 / 1), Mikheil Ashvetia Georgia (country) (12), Milan Jovanović Serbia (3), Maksim Buznikin (1).
    (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

    Manager: Yuri Syomin.

    Transferred out during the season: Maksim Buznikin (on loan to FC Rotor Volgograd).

    2. PFC CSKA Moscow

    Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (26), Veniamin Mandrykin (6).
    Defenders: Aleksei Berezutski (27), Deividas Šemberas Lithuania (24), Sergei Ignashevich (22 / 1), Chidi Odiah Nigeria (21), Bohdan Shershun Ukraine (14), Vasili Berezutski (6).
    Midfielders: Sergei Semak (30 / 5), Evgeni Aldonin (30), Jiří Jarošík Czech Republic (29 / 5), Rolan Gusev (28 / 4), Elvir Rahimić Bosnia and Herzegovina (26 / 1), Yuri Zhirkov (25 / 6), Osmar Ferreyra Argentina (13 / 2), Daniel Carvalho Brazil (13 / 1), Miloš Krasić Serbia (7), Juris Laizāns Latvia (4).
    Forwards: Dmitri Kirichenko (26 / 9), Ivica Olić Croatia (24 / 9), Vágner Love Brazil (12 / 9), Denis Popov (2), Serghei Dadu Moldova (1).

    One own goal scored by Luc Zoa Cameroon (FC Spartak Moscow).

    Manager: Artur Jorge Portugal (until July), Valery Gazzaev (from July).

    Transferred out during the season: Denis Popov (to FC Kuban Krasnodar).

    3. FC Krylia Sovetov Samara

    Goalkeepers: Aleksei Poliakov Uzbekistan (29), Aleksandr Makarov (1).
    Defenders: Aleksandr Anyukov (29 / 2), Denis Kolodin (25 / 1), Patrick Ovie Nigeria (24), Moisés Brazil (22 / 1), Leilton Brazil (14), Omari Tetradze (14), Rafael Schmitz Brazil (9), Matthew Booth South Africa (8 / 1).
    Midfielders: Andrei Karyaka (29 / 17), Denis Kovba Belarus (29 / 1), Sergei Vinogradov (26 / 4), Ognjen Koroman Serbia (26 / 1), Souza Brazil (25 / 3), Andrey Tikhonov (23 / 4), Anton Bober (13 / 1), Dmitri Kudryashov (9), Omonigho Temile Nigeria (5), Laryea Kingston Ghana (3).
    Forwards: Robertas Poškus Lithuania (18 / 9), Catanha Spain (11 / 1), Roni Brazil (8 / 1).

    One own goal each scored by Aleksei Yepifanov (FC Rotor Volgograd) and Nikolay Shirshov Uzbekistan (FC Rostov).

    Manager: Gadzhi Gadzhiev.

    Transferred out during the season: Catanha Spain (free agent), Rafael Schmitz Brazil (end of loan from France Lille).

    See also

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