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.
Spartak's six-year dominance in the league was broken by Lokomotiv.
Source: RFPL {{{2}}}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
As CSKA and Lokomotiv finished at the top of the table with equal points, the title was decided in a championship play-off.
Torpedo qualified for the UEFA Cup thanks to Spartak winning the Russian Cup in 2003.
Top goalscorers
Awards
On December 10 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:[1]
- Goalkeepers
- Sergei Ovchinnikov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
- Ruslan Nigmatullin (CSKA Moscow)
- Valeri Chizhov (Saturn)
- Sweeper
- Sergei Ignashevich (Lokomotiv Moscow)
- Sargis Hovsepyan (Zenit)
- Bohdan Shershun (CSKA Moscow)
- Defensive midfielders
- Elvir Rahimić (CSKA Moscow)
- Evgeni Aldonin (Rotor)
- Igor Semshov (Torpedo Moscow)
Medal squads
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Goalkeepers: Sergei 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 Ovchinnikov (1).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
Two Sergeis Ovchinnikovs are separate players.
One own goal scored by Dmytro Semochko (FC Uralan Elista).
Manager: Yuri Syomin.
Transferred out during the season: Giorgi Demetradze (to FC Alania Vladikavkaz).
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| 2. PFC CSKA Moscow |
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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 Yanovskiy (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).
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| 3. FC Spartak Moscow |
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Goalkeepers: Maksym Levytskyi (19), Stanislav Cherchesov (7), Dmitri Goncharov (6).
Defenders: Igor Mitreski (27), Kebe (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).
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See also
2002 in Russian football
References
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