Russian Premier League 2004

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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.

			P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
C	1	Lokomotiv	30	18	7	5	44	19	+25	61
	2	CSKA	30	17	9	4	53	22	+31	60
	3	Krylya Sovetov	30	17	5	8	50	41	+9	56
	4	Zenit	30	17	5	8	55	37	+18	56
	5	Torpedo	30	16	6	8	53	37	+16	54
	6	Shinnik	30	12	8	10	29	29	0	44
	7	Saturn	30	10	11	9	37	30	+7	41
	8	Spartak	30	11	7	12	43	44	–1	40
	9	Moskva	30	10	10	10	38	39	–1	40
	10	Rubin	30	7	12	11	32	31	+1	33
	11	Amkar	30	6	12	12	27	42	–15	30
	12	Rostov	30	7	8	15	28	42	–14	29
	13	Dynamo	30	6	11	13	27	38	–11	29
	14	Alania	30	7	7	16	28	52	–24	28
R	15	Kuban	30	6	10	14	26	42	–16	28
R	16	Rotor	30	4	10	16	28	53	–25	22

Lokomotiv qualified for the UEFA Champions League 2005-06. CSKA and Krylya Sovetov qualified for the UEFA Cup 2005-06. Zenit qualified for the UEFA Cup thanks to CSKA winning the Russian Cup in 2005.

[edit] Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals	Team
1	Aleksandr Kerzhakov	18	Zenit
2	Andrei Karyaka	17	Krylya Sovetov
3	Dmitri Sychev	15	Lokomotiv
	Aleksandr Panov	15	Torpedo
5	Hector Bracamonte	10	Moskva
	Roman Pavlyuchenko	10	Spartak
	Valery Yesipov	10	Rotor
	Olexandr Spivak	10	Zenit
9	Robertas Poškus	9	Krylya Sovetov
	Igor Lebedenko	9	Torpedo
	Igor Semshov	9	Torpedo
	Vagner Love	9	CSKA
	Ivica Olić	9	CSKA
	Dmitri Kirichenko	9	CSKA