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2002 Russian Premier League

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.

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 →

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

AlaniaAnzhiCSKADynamo
Republican Spartak StadiumDynamo StadiumCentral StadiumCentral Stadium
Capacity: 32,464Capacity: 15,200Capacity: 36,540Capacity: 36,540
Lokomotiv Moscow
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Locations of teams in 2002 Russian Premier League
Krylia Sovetov Samara
RZD ArenaMetallurg Stadium
Capacity: 27,084Capacity: 33,001
RostselmashRotor
Olimp-2Central Stadium
Capacity: 15,840Capacity: 32,120
SaturnShinnik
Saturn StadiumShinnik Stadium
Capacity: 14,685Capacity: 22,871
SokolSpartak
Lokomotiv StadiumLuzhniki Stadium
Capacity: 15,000Capacity: 81,029
TorpedoTorpedo-ZILUralanZenit Saint Petersburg
Luzhniki StadiumEduard Streltsov StadiumUralan StadiumPetrovsky Stadium
Capacity: 81,029Capacity: 13,450Capacity: Capacity: 21,570

Personnel and kits

TeamLocationHead coachKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
AlaniaVladikavkaz Bakhva Tedeyev Adidas-
AnzhiMakhachkala Gadzhi Gadzhiyev Nike-
CSKAMoscow Valery Gazzaev Umbro-
DynamoMoscow Viktor Prokopenko Nike-
LokomotivMoscow Yuri Semin NikeMZD
KryliaSamara Aleksandr Tarkhanov Umbro-
RostselmashRostov-on-Don Sergei Balakhnin (Caretaker) DiadoraAlfa-Eko
RotorVolgograd Vladimir Salkov Umbro-
SaturnRamenskoye Vladimir Shevchuk Nike-
ShinnikYaroslavl Aleksandr Pobegalov NikeYaroslavl Tire Plant
SokolSaratov Leonid Tkachenko Umbro-
SpartakMoscow Oleg Romantsev AdidasLukoil
TorpedoMoscow Sergei Petrenko Diadora-
Torpedo-ZILMoscow Vadim Nikonov UmbroZiL
UralanElista Revaz Dzodzuashvili Lotto-
ZenitSaint Petersburg Boris Rappoport DiadoraGazprom

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced byDate of appointmentPosition in table
Dynamo Aleksandr NovikovApril 2002 Viktor ProkopenkoApril 2002
Sokol Alexander KoreshkovApril 2002 Anatoli Aslamov (Caretaker)April 2002
Zenit Yury MorozovApril 2002 Mikhail Biryukov (Caretaker)April 2002
Anzhi Leonid TkachenkoMay 2002 Aleksandr Reshetnyak (Caretaker)May 2002
Sokol Anatoli Aslamov (Caretaker)May 2002 Leonid TkachenkoMay 2002
Anzhi Aleksandr Reshetnyak (Caretaker)June 2002 Myron MarkevychJune 2002
Alania Vladimir MuntyanJuly 2002 Bakhva TedeyevJuly 2002
Torpedo Vitaly ShevchenkoJuly 2002 Sergei PetrenkoJuly 2002
Zenit Mikhail Biryukov (Caretaker)July 2002 Yury MorozovJuly 2002
Zenit Yury MorozovJuly 2002 Mikhail Biryukov (Caretaker)July 2002
Anzhi Myron MarkevychAugust 2002 Aleksandr Reshetnyak (Caretaker)August 2002
Anzhi Aleksandr Reshetnyak (Caretaker)August 2002 Gadzhi GadzhiyevAugust 2002
Rostselmash Anatoly BaidachnyAugust 2002 Sergei Balakhnin (Caretaker)August 2002
Uralan Sergei PavlovAugust 2002 Yuri Shishlov (Caretaker)August 2002
Uralan Yuri Shishlov (Caretaker)August 2002 Revaz DzodzuashviliAugust 2002
Zenit Mikhail Biryukov (Caretaker)August 2002 Boris RappoportAugust 2002

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Lokomotiv Moscow (C)3019924614+3266Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round[a]
2CSKA Moscow3021366026+3466Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3Spartak Moscow3016774936+1355Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4Torpedo Moscow[b]3014884732+1550Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
5Krylia Sovetov Samara30154113932+749
6Saturn3013894137+447
7Shinnik Yaroslavl3013894237+547
8Dynamo Moscow30126123833+542
9Rotor Volgograd30115142734−738
10Zenit St. Petersburg3089133642−633
11Rostselmash30710132949−2031
12Alania Vladikavkaz3086163142−1130
13Uralan Elista30611133242−1029
14Torpedo-ZIL Moscow30610142039−1928
15Anzhi Makhachkala (R)30510152243−2125Relegation to First Division
16Sokol Saratov (R)3058172445−2123
Source: RFPL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Championship play-off

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

Results

Home \ AwayALAANZCSKDYNKRYLOKROSROTSATSHISOKSPATORTZMUREZEN
Alania Vladikavkaz1–10–11–21–41–12–10–10–12–13–24–31–15–22–31–0
Anzhi Makhachkala0–12–10–10–20–04–12–11–10–10–13–30–10–01–12–0
CSKA Moscow1–03–12–32–00–15–12–02–32–03–02–12–34–02–11–0
Dynamo Moscow0–12–01–20–11–25–02–31–10–12–10–13–31–11–00–2
Krylia Sovetov Samara1–04–00–20–01–03–21–01–04–10–10–21–00–01–11–0
Lokomotiv Moscow1–00–00–03–02–03–03–02–02–12–01–11–03–01–02–1
Rostselmash1–12–03–21–10–32–30–32–11–11–11–10–11–12–01–2
Rotor Volgograd2–10–00–10–02–00–20–01–12–02–10–31–00–02–02–1
Saturn1–01–10–30–33–12–12–02–12–32–11–20–01–35–21–2
Shinnik Yaroslavl2–06–01–12–14–20–01–11–01–32–12–22–12–01–01–1
Sokol Saratov1–11–00–10–10–00–31–23–10–01–32–20–40–02–02–2
Spartak Moscow2–12–10–31–03–11–20–02–00–23–02–10–12–10–24–3
Torpedo Moscow2–03–02–32–04–32–20–13–11–12–01–01–22–12–21–1
Torpedo-ZIL Moscow0–01–00–20–20–20–22–00–20–01–02–00–22–12–21–2
Uralan Elista2–00–13–31–31–00–00–02–01–21–11–11–10–11–03–3
Zenit St. Petersburg2–12–20–21–21–21–10–21–01–21–12–00–12–20–02–1
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.
RankPlayerClubGoal
1 Rolan GusevCSKA15
Dmitri KirichenkoCSKA
3 Aleksandr KerzhakovZenit14
4 Vladimir BeschastnykhSpartak Moscow12
Andrei KaryakaKrylia
6 Robertas PoškusKrylia11
Serghei RogaciovSaturn
Igor SemshovTorpedo
9 Aleksandr ShirkoTorpedo10
Zurab TsiklauriUralan

Awards

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

Goalkeepers
  1. Sergei Ovchinnikov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  2. Ruslan Nigmatullin (CSKA Moscow)
  3. Valeri Chizhov (Saturn)
Sweeper
  1. Sergei Ignashevich (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  2. Sargis Hovsepyan (Zenit)
  3. Bohdan Shershun (CSKA Moscow)
Defensive midfielders
  1. Elvir Rahimić (CSKA Moscow)
  2. Yevgeni Aldonin (Rotor)
  3. Igor Semshov (Torpedo 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 (24), Jacob Lekgetho (23 / 2), Yuri Drozdov (18), Milan Obradović (17).
Midfielders: Dmitri Loskov (30 / 7), Vladimir Maminov (29 / 4), Narvik Sirkhayev (15 / 4), Marat Izmailov (14 / 2), Bennett Mnguni (4).
Forwards: James Obiorah (23 / 5), Maksim Buznikin (23 / 2), Ruslan Pimenov (19 / 7), Júlio César (11 / 3), Nemanja Vučićević (9), Baba Adamu (8 / 1), Giorgi Demetradze (6), Sergei V. Ovchinnikov (1).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

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

Manager: Yuri Syomin.

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

2. PFC CSKA Moscow

Goalkeepers: Ruslan Nigmatullin (15), Veniamin Mandrykin (13), Dmitriy Kramarenko (3).
Defenders: Denis Yevsikov (29), Deividas Šemberas (28), Andrei Solomatin (26 / 3), Vyacheslav Dayev (22 / 1), Bohdan Shershun (18 / 1), Aleksei Berezutski (16), Aleksandr Berketov (8), Yevgeni Varlamov (2), Vasili Berezutski (2).
Midfielders: Rolan Gusev (30 / 15), Elvir Rahimić (30 / 2), Igor Yanovsky (29 / 4), Juris Laizāns (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 (12), Igor Piyuk (1).

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

Manager: Oleg Romantsev.

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

See also

2002 in Russian football

References

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