2003_Russian_Premier_League

2003 Russian Premier League

2003 Russian Premier League

12th season of top-tier football league in Russia


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.

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

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

More information Spartak-Alania, Chernomorets ...

    Personnel and kits

    Managerial changes

    More information Team, Outgoing manager ...

    Standings

    More information Pos, Team ...
    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

    Results

    More information Home \ Away, SAL ...
    Source: [citation needed]
    Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Season statistics

    Top goalscorers

    As of matches played on 1 November 2003.

    Awards

    On November 14 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:[4]

    Goalkeepers
    1. Russia Sergei Ovchinnikov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
    2. Russia Vyacheslav Malafeev (Zenit)
    3. Russia Sergei Kozko (Rubin)
    Defensive midfielders
    1. Russia Evgeni Aldonin (Rotor)
    2. Uzbekistan Vladimir Maminov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
    3. Bosnia and Herzegovina Elvir Rahimić (CSKA Moscow)

    Medal squads

    1. PFC CSKA Moscow

    Goalkeepers: Veniamin Mandrykin (19), Igor Akinfeev (13).
    Defenders: Aleksei Berezutski (30), Bohdan Shershun Ukraine (27 / 1), Denis Yevsikov (24), Vasili Berezutski (23), Deividas Šemberas Lithuania (21), Andrei Solomatin (20).
    Midfielders: Elvir Rahimić Bosnia and Herzegovina (28 / 1), Jiří Jarošík Czech Republic (27 / 7), Rolan Gusev (26 / 9), Igor Yanovsky (25 / 5), Sergei Semak (24 / 7), Juris Laizāns Latvia (21 / 1), Spartak Gogniyev (11 / 2), Alan Kusov (11), Artur Tlisov (3 / 1).
    Forwards: Denis Popov (22 / 8), Dmitri Kirichenko (22 / 5), Ivica Olić Croatia (10 / 7), Alexander Geynrikh Uzbekistan (2 / 1), Sergey Samodin (2), Vardan Mazalov (1).
    (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

    One own goal scored by Andrés Scotti Uruguay (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 Slovakia (3).
    Defenders: Milan Vještica Serbia (28), Pavel Mareš Czech Republic (26 / 2), Martin Horák Czech Republic (21 / 2), Daniel Chiriţă Romania (21 / 1), Aleksei Katulsky (17 / 1), Aleksei Igonin (11), Sargis Hovsepyan Armenia (10), Konstantin Lobov (9), Valeri Tsvetkov (8), Igor Nedorezov (1).
    Midfielders: Andrei Arshavin (27 / 5), Aleksandr Spivak Ukraine (26 / 6), Vladislav Radimov (21 / 3), Vladimir Bystrov (19 / 4), Igor Denisov (19 / 2), Radek Šírl Czech Republic (18 / 1), Konstantin Konoplyov (15 / 1), Oleg Vlasov (13 / 2), Sergei Osipov (8).
    Forwards: Aleksandr Kerzhakov (27 / 13), Dmitri Makarov (12 / 2), Lukáš Hartig Czech Republic (12 / 1), Andrei Nikolayev (6 / 2), Maksim Astafyev (4), Predrag Ranđelović Serbia (3).

    Manager: Vlastimil Petržela Czech Republic.

    Transferred out during the season: Sargis Hovsepyan Armenia (to FC Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow), Sergei Osipov (to FC Torpedo Moscow), Predrag Ranđelović Serbia (free agent).

    3. FC Rubin Kazan

    Goalkeepers: Sergei Kozko (24), Pavel Kharchik Turkmenistan (4), Valeri Aleskarov (2).
    Defenders: Jiří Novotný Czech Republic (29 / 6), Mikhail Sinyov (27), Calisto Brazil (23 / 1), Roman Sharonov (18 / 1), Andrei Fyodorov Uzbekistan (17 / 1), Leandro Samaroni Brazil (9), Sergei Kharlamov (7), Andrei Streltsov (1), Pape Magatte Kebe Senegal (1).
    Midfielders: Denis Boyarintsev (28 / 7), Andrés Scotti Uruguay (27 / 4), Tomáš Čížek Czech Republic (25 / 1), MacBeth Sibaya South Africa (24 / 1), Andrei Konovalov (23 / 2), Ebrima Sillah The Gambia (12 / 2), Abdelkarim Kissi Morocco (5), Dmitri Michkov (5), Carlos Castro Costa Rica (4), Baye Gueye Ndiaga Senegal (2 / 1).
    Forwards: Roni Brazil (29 / 11), Oleg Nechayev (25 / 2), David Chaladze Georgia (country) (20 / 3), Aloísio Brazil (6), Wladimir Baýramow Turkmenistan (1).

    Manager: Kurban Berdyev.

    One own goal scored by Denis Yevsikov (PFC CSKA Moscow).

    Transferred out during the season: Leandro Samaroni Brazil, Wladimir Baýramow Turkmenistan (both to FC Terek Grozny).

    See also

    2003 in Russian football


    References

    1. "ДЗОДЗУАШВИЛИ НАЗНАЧЕН ГЛАВНЫМ ТРЕНЕРОМ АЛАНИИ". sport-express.ru/ (in Russian). Sport Express. 12 December 2002. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
    2. "Nejde mi o peníze, tvrdí Petržela". idnes.cz/ (in Czech). iDNES. 29 November 2002. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
    3. "САМОЕ ИНТЕРЕСНОЕ СОБЫТИЯ ТУРА ГЛАЗАМИ КОРРЕСПОНДЕНТОВ "СЭ"". sport-express.ru/ (in Russian). Sport Express. 22 June 2003. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
    4. ОБНАРОДОВАН СПИСОК 33 ЛУЧШИХ (in Russian). Sport Express. 2003-11-15. Archived from the original on 2005-02-25. Retrieved 2011-07-28.

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