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2003 Russian Premier League

12th season of top-tier football league in Russia


12th season of top-tier football league in Russia

FieldValue
competitionRussian Premier League
season2003
winnersCSKA Moscow
relegatedUralan Elista
Chernomorets Novorossiysk
continentalcup1[Champions League](2004-05-uefa-champions-league)
continentalcup1 qualifiersCSKA Moscow
continentalcup2[UEFA Cup](2004-05-uefa-cup)
continentalcup2 qualifiersZenit St.Petersburg
Rubin Kazan
continentalcup3[Intertoto Cup](2004-uefa-intertoto-cup)
continentalcup3 qualifiersShinnik Yaroslavl
Spartak Moscow
matches240
total goals609
league topscorerDmitri Loskov (14)
prevseason[2002](2002-russian-premier-league)
nextseason[2004](2004-russian-premier-league)

Chernomorets Novorossiysk Rubin Kazan Spartak Moscow NOTE: The following parameters require sources when filled out.

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.

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

Spartak-AlaniaChernomoretsCSKADynamoKrylia Sovetov SamaraLokomotiv MoscowRostovRotorRubinSaturnShinnikSpartakTorpedoTorpedo-ZILUralanZenit Saint Petersburg
Republican Spartak StadiumCentral StadiumCentral StadiumCentral Stadium
Capacity: **32,464**Capacity: **12,500**Capacity: **36,540**Capacity: **36,540**
[[File:Stadium Spartak Vladikavkaz.JPG250px]][[File:Dynamo Stadium.jpg250px]][[File:Dynamo Stadium.jpg250px]]
Metallurg StadiumRZD Arena
Capacity: **33,001**Capacity: **27,084**
[[File:Metallurg Stadium Samara.jpg250px]][[File:Lokomotiv Stadium.jpg250px]]
Olimp-2Central Stadium
Capacity: **15,840**Capacity: **32,120**
[[File:Ростовский стадион во время проведения матча ФК Ростов - ПФК ЦСКА. 2016.jpg250px]][[File:Volgograd Central Stadium aerial view.jpg250px]]
Central StadiumSaturn Stadium
Capacity: **22,500**Capacity: **14,685**
[[File:Tsentralny Kazan.jpg250px]][[File:Ramenskoe-stadium02.jpg250px]]
Shinnik StadiumLuzhniki Stadium
Capacity: **22,871**Capacity: **81,029**
[[File:Shinnik stadium, Yaroslavl', Russia.jpg250px]][[File:Luzhniki_Stadium_Moscow.jpg250px]]
Luzhniki StadiumEduard Streltsov StadiumUralan StadiumPetrovsky Stadium
Capacity: **81,029**Capacity: **13,450**Capacity: ** **Capacity: **21,570**
[[File:Luzhniki_Stadium_Moscow.jpg250px]][[File:Eduard Streltsov stadium.jpg250px]][[File:RUS-2016-Aerial-SPB-Petrovsky Stadium.jpg250px]]

Personnel and kits

TeamLocationHead coachKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Spartak-AlaniaVladikavkazRUS Bakhva TedeyevUK Umbro-
ChernomoretsNovorossiyskUKR Igor Gamula (Caretaker)GER Adidas-
CSKAMoscowRUS Valery GazzaevUK Umbro-
DynamoMoscowUKR Viktor ProkopenkoITA DiadoraYukos
LokomotivMoscowRUS Yuri SeminUSA NikeMZD
KryliaSamaraRUS Aleksandr TarkhanovUK Umbro-
RostovRostov-on-DonRUS Sergei BalakhninUSA Nike-
RotorVolgogradRUS Vladimir FayzulinUK Umbro-
RubinKazanTKM Kurban BerdyevUSA Nike-
SaturnRamenskoyeRUS Oleg RomantsevUSA Nike-
ShinnikYaroslavlRUS Aleksandr PobegalovUSA NikeTM Holding
SpartakMoscowRUS Vladimir Fedotov (Caretaker)UK UmbroLukoil
TorpedoMoscowRUS Sergei PetrenkoITA Diadora-
Torpedo-MetallurgMoscowRUS Aleksandr Ignatenko (Caretaker)RUS 2KZiL
UralanElistaRUS Igor ShalimovGER Adidas-
ZenitSaint PetersburgCZE Vlastimil PetrželaUK UmbroGazprom

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced byDate of appointmentPosition in table
Torpedo-ZILRUS Vadim NikonovPreseasonBLR Sergei AleinikovPreseason
RotorRUS Vladimir SalkovRUS Vladimir Fayzulin
Uralan ElistaGEO Revaz DzodzuashviliRUS Igor Shalimov
Spartak-AlaniaRUS Bakhva TedeyevGEO Revaz Dzodzuashvili22 December 2002
ZenitRUS Boris RappoportCZE Vlastimil Petržela23 December 2002
ChernomoretsRUS Valeri ChetverikMarch 2003UKR Igor GamulaMarch 2003
Spartak-AlaniaGEO Revaz DzodzuashviliResigned22 June 2003RUS Aleksandr Yanovsky (Caretaker)June 2003
Torpedo-ZILBLR Sergei AleinikovMay 2003RUS Valentin IvanovMay 2003
SpartakRUS Oleg RomantsevJune 2003RUS Andrey ChernyshovJune 2003
Spartak-AlaniaRUS Aleksandr Yanovsky (Caretaker)June 2003RUS Nikolai KhudiyevJuly 2003
ChernomoretsUKR Igor GamulaJuly 2003RUS Sergei PavlovJuly 2003
Spartak-AlaniaRUS Nikolai KhudiyevJuly 2003RUS Bakhva TedeyevJuly 2003
RostovRUS Sergei BalakhninAugust 2003RUS Vladimir Fedotov (Caretaker)August 2003
RostovRUS Vladimir Fedotov (Caretaker)August 2003RUS Sergei BalakhninAugust 2003
Torpedo-ZILRUS Valentin IvanovAugust 2003RUS Aleksandr Ignatenko (Caretaker)August 2003
SaturnRUS Vladimir ShevchukSeptember 2003RUS Oleg RomantsevSeptember 2003
SpartakRUS Andrey ChernyshovSeptember 2003RUS Vladimir Fedotov (Caretaker)September 2003
ChernomoretsRUS Sergei PavlovOctober 2003UKR Igor Gamula (Caretaker)October 2003

Standings

Results

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoal
1RUS Dmitri LoskovLokomotiv14
2RUS Aleksandr KerzhakovZenit13
RUS Valery YesipovRotor
4RUS Aleksei MedvedevSaturn11
BRA RôniRubin
6RUS Roman PavlyuchenkoSpartak Moscow10
7RUS Yegor TitovSpartak Moscow10
RUS Dmitri BulykinDynamo
RUS Andrei KaryakaKrylia
BUL Martin KushevShinnik
RUS Rolan GusevCSKA
RUS Andrey TikhonovKrylia

Awards

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

;Goalkeepers

  1. Russia Sergei Ovchinnikov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  2. Russia Vyacheslav Malafeev (Zenit)
  3. Russia Sergei Kozko (Rubin)

;Right backs

  1. Russia Vadim Evseev (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  2. Lithuania Deividas Šemberas (CSKA Moscow)
  3. Uruguay Andrés Scotti (Rubin) ;Right-centre backs
  4. Russia Sergei Ignashevich (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  5. Russia Viktor Onopko (Spartak-Alania)
  6. South Africa Matthew Booth (Rostov) ;Left-centre backs
  7. Uzbekistan Oleg Pashinin (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  8. Brazil Géder (Saturn)
  9. Russia Roman Sharonov (Rubin) ;Left backs
  10. South Africa Jacob Lekgetho (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  11. Russia Andrei Solomatin (CSKA Moscow)
  12. Brazil Orlando Calisto de Souza (Rubin)

;Defensive midfielders

  1. Russia Evgeni Aldonin (Rotor)
  2. Uzbekistan Vladimir Maminov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  3. BIH Elvir Rahimić (CSKA Moscow)

;Right wingers

  1. Russia Rolan Gusev (CSKA Moscow)
  2. Russia Denis Boyarintsev (Rubin)
  3. Russia Vladimir Bystrov (Zenit) ;Central midfielders
  4. Russia Dmitri Loskov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  5. Czech Republic Jiří Jarošík (CSKA Moscow)
  6. Russia Yegor Titov (Spartak Moscow) ;Left wingers
  7. Russia Andrei Karyaka (Krylia Sovetov)
  8. Russia Marat Izmailov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  9. Russia Aleksandr Pavlenko (Spartak Moscow)

;Right forwards

  1. Russia Valery Yesipov (Rotor)
  2. Russia Dmitri Bulykin (Dynamo Moscow)
  3. Georgia Mikheil Ashvetia (Lokomotiv Moscow) ;Left forwards
  4. Russia Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Zenit)
  5. Croatia Ivica Olić (CSKA Moscow)
  6. Brazil Roni (Rubin)

Medal squads

References

References

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  2. (29 November 2002). "Nejde mi o peníze, tvrdí Petržela". iDNES.
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