2005 Russian Premier League

Overview

Team Head coach
PFC CSKA Moscow Valery Gazzaev
FC Spartak Moscow Aleksandrs Starkovs Latvia
FC Lokomotiv Moscow Yuri Syomin (until May)
Vladimir Eshtrekov (from May)
FC Rubin Kazan Kurban Berdyev Turkmenistan
FC Moscow Valeriy Petrakov (until July)
Leonid Slutsky (from July)
FC Zenit St. Petersburg Vlastimil Petržela Czech Republic
FC Torpedo Moscow Sergei Petrenko
FC Dynamo Moscow Oleg Romantsev (until May)
Andrey Kobelev (caretaker) (May to July)
Ivo Wortmann Brazil (July to November)
Andrey Kobelev (caretaker) (from November)
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl Oleg Dolmatov
FC Tom Tomsk Boris Stukalov (until August)
Anatoliy Byshovets Ukraine (from August)
FC Saturn Ramenskoye Alexander Tarkhanov (until May)
Vladimir Shevchuk (from May)
FC Amkar Perm Sergei Oborin
FC Rostov Gennadi Styopushkin (until April)
Paul Ashworth England (caretaker) (April to May)
Gennadi Styopushkin (May to July)
Valeriy Petrakov (July to August)
Sergei Balakhnin (from August)
FC Krylia Sovetov Samara Gadzhi Gadzhiyev
FC Spartak Vladikavkaz Bakhva Tedeyev (until April)
Edgar Gess Germany (April to July)
Aleksandr Yanovskiy (caretaker) (July)
Itzhak Shum Israel (July to October)
Aleksandr Yanovskiy (caretaker) (from October)
FC Terek Grozny Vait Talgayev Kazakhstan (until October)
Alexander Tarkhanov (from October)

Final standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 CSKA Moscow (C) 30 18 8 4 48 20+28 62 2006–07 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2 Spartak Moscow 30 16 8 6 47 26+21 56 2006–07 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
3 Lokomotiv Moscow 30 14 14 2 41 18+23 56 UEFA Cup 2006-07 First round 1
4 Rubin Kazan 30 14 9 7 45 31+14 51 UEFA Cup 2006-07 Second qualifying round
5 FC Moscow 30 14 8 8 36 26+10 50 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
6 Zenit St. Petersburg 30 12 10 8 42 29+13 46
7 Torpedo Moscow 30 12 9 9 37 33+4 45
8 Dynamo Moscow 30 13 2 15 39 43−4 41
9 Shinnik Yaroslavl 30 9 11 10 26 31−5 38
10 Tom Tomsk 30 9 10 11 28 33−5 37
11 Saturn 30 8 9 13 23 25−2 33
12 Amkar Perm 30 7 12 11 25 36−11 33
13 Rostov 30 8 7 15 26 41−15 31
14 Krylia Sovetov Samara 30 7 8 15 29 44−15 29
15 Alania Vladikavkaz (R) 30 5 8 17 27 53−26 23 Relegation to Russian First Division
16 Terek Grozny (R) 30 5 5 20 20 50−30 142

Source: RFPL
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd goal difference; 4th head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored)
1Since CSKA Moscow won the Russian Cup 2005-06, and winner of the Russian Cup should advance to the First Round of UEFA Cup, the spot was awarded to 3rd-positioned team, because CSKA Moscow already qualified for UEFA Champions League. As a result, 4th-positioned team received a spot in the Second Qualifying Round of UEFA Cup, and 5th-positioned team received a spot in the Second Round of UEFA Intertoto Cup
2Terek had 6 points deducted for failing to pay transfer fee in time
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Russian Premier League 2005 Winners
PFC CSKA Moscow
Second Title

Top goalscorers

Rank Nat. Player Goals (pen.) Club
1 Russia Dmitri Kirichenko 14 (4) Moskva
2 Brazil Derlei 13 (3) Dynamo Moscow
3 Russia Igor Semshov 12 Torpedo Moscow
4 Russia Roman Pavlyuchenko 11 Spartak Moscow
5 Russia Aleksandr Panov 10 Torpedo Moscow
Croatia Ivica Olić 10 (4) CSKA Moscow
7 Russia Andrei Arshavin 9 (1) Zenit
Russia Dzhambulad Bazayev 9 (2) Alania
9 Russia Diniyar Bilyaletdinov 8 (2) Lokomotiv Moscow
10 Russia Maksim Buznikin 7 Rostov
Brazil Vágner Love 7 CSKA Moscow
Czech Republic Tomáš Čížek 7 Rubin
Russia Roman Adamov 7 (1) Terek
Russia Aleksandr Kerzhakov 7 (1) Zenit
Ukraine Andriy Husin 7 (3) Krylya Sovetov

Season statistics

Awards

On December 9 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:[1]

Goalkeepers
  1. Russia Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow)
  2. Poland Wojciech Kowalewski (Spartak Moscow)
  3. Russia Sergei Ovchinnikov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
Right backs
  1. Russia Vasili Berezutski (CSKA Moscow)
  2. Russia Aleksandr Anyukov (Krylya Sovetov / Zenit)
  3. Cameroon Jerry-Christian Tchuissé (FC Moscow)
Right-centre backs
  1. Russia Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA Moscow)
  2. Georgia (country) Malkhaz Asatiani (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  3. Brazil Antônio Géder (Saturn)
Left-centre backs
  1. Serbia Nemanja Vidić (Spartak Moscow)
  2. Russia Dmitri Sennikov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  3. Norway Erik Hagen (Zenit)
Left backs
  1. Russia Aleksei Berezutski (CSKA Moscow)
  2. Brazil Calisto (Rubin)
  3. Czech Republic Pavel Mareš (Zenit)

Defensive midfielders
  1. Bosnia and Herzegovina Elvir Rahimić (CSKA Moscow)
  2. Brazil Francisco Lima (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  3. South Africa MacBeth Sibaya (Rubin)
Right wingers
  1. Nigeria Chidi Odiah (CSKA Moscow)
  2. Russia Marat Izmailov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  3. Russia Vladimir Bystrov (Spartak Moscow)
Central midfielders
  1. Brazil Daniel Carvalho (CSKA Moscow)
  2. Russia Igor Semshov (Torpedo Moscow)
  3. Russia Dmitri Loskov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
Left wingers
  1. Russia Yuri Zhirkov (CSKA Moscow)
  2. Russia Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  3. Russia Pyotr Bystrov (Saturn)

Right forwards
  1. Russia Andrei Arshavin (Zenit)
  2. Russia Dmitri Sychev (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  3. Russia Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Zenit)
Left forwards
  1. Russia Dmitri Kirichenko (FC Moscow)
  2. Brazil Vágner Love (CSKA Moscow)
  3. Brazil Derlei (Dynamo Moscow)

Medal squads

1. PFC CSKA Moscow

Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (29), Veniamin Mandrykin (1).
Defenders: Deividas Šemberas Lithuania (28), Aleksei Berezutski (27 / 2), Vasili Berezutski (27 / 2), Sergei Ignashevich (22 / 5), Bohdan Shershun Ukraine (1).
Midfielders: Elvir Rahimić Bosnia and Herzegovina (30 / 1), Daniel Carvalho Brazil (29 / 4), Evgeni Aldonin (29 / 1), Chidi Odiah Nigeria (27 / 2), Miloš Krasić Serbia (27 / 2), Rolan Gusev (25 / 4), Dudu Brazil (21 / 3), Yuri Zhirkov (20 / 2), Juris Laizāns Latvia (3 / 1), Osmar Ferreyra Argentina (2), Ivan Taranov (1).
Forwards: Vágner Love Brazil (21 / 7), Ivica Olić Croatia (20 / 10), Sergey Samodin (12), Aleksandr Salugin (5 / 1), Sergei Pravosud (5).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

One own goal scored by Denis Kovba Belarus (FC Krylia Sovetov Samara).

Manager: Valery Gazzaev.

Transferred out during the season: Juris Laizāns Latvia (to FC Torpedo Moscow), Osmar Ferreyra Argentina (on loan to Netherlands PSV Eindhoven), Bohdan Shershun Ukraine (to Ukraine FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk).

2. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Wojciech Kowalewski Poland (29), Aleksei Zuev (1).
Defenders: Nemanja Vidić Serbia (27 / 2), Clemente Rodríguez Argentina (25 / 1), Martin Jiránek Czech Republic (22), Ignas Dedura Lithuania (18 / 1), Adrian Iencsi Romania (13 / 1), Emanuel Pogatetz Austria (11), Florin Şoavă Romania (7), Dmytro Parfenov Ukraine (2).
Midfielders: Yegor Titov (28 / 4), Denis Boyarintsev (27 / 4), Radoslav Kováč Czech Republic (27 / 4), Serghei Covalciuc Moldova (21 / 2), Maksym Kalynychenko Ukraine (18 / 4), Vladimir Bystrov (15 / 3), Aleksandr Samedov (11), Dmitri Alenichev (8), Mozart Brazil (7), Andrejs Rubins Latvia (5).
Forwards: Roman Pavlyuchenko (25 / 11), Fernando Cavenaghi Argentina (25 / 6), Mihajlo Pjanović Serbia (17 / 1), Aleksandr Pavlenko (14 / 2), Nikita Bazhenov (10 / 1).

Manager: Aleksandrs Starkovs Latvia.

Transferred out during the season: Aleksandr Samedov (to FC Lokomotiv Moscow), Emanuel Pogatetz Austria (to England Middlesbrough).

3. FC Lokomotiv Moscow

Goalkeepers: Sergei Ovchinnikov (29), Aleksei Poliakov Uzbekistan (1).
Defenders: Dmitri Sennikov (29 / 1), Malkhaz Asatiani Georgia (country) (28 / 3), Sergei Gurenko Belarus (26), Vadim Evseev (21 / 2), Oleg Pashinin Uzbekistan (18 / 1), Sergei Omelyanchuk Belarus (13), Dmitri Kruglov Estonia (8), Aleksei Bugayev (8).
Midfielders: Dmitri Khokhlov (30 / 3), Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (29 / 8), Francisco Lima Brazil (26), Dmitri Loskov (22 / 6), Vladimir Maminov (20), Marat Izmailov (16 / 4), André Bikey Cameroon (9), Aleksandr Samedov (9).
Forwards: Igor Lebedenko (23 / 6), Dmitri Sychev (21 / 6), Francesco Ruopolo Italy (7), Winston Parks Costa Rica (5), Essau Kanyenda Malawi (3), Maksim Buznikin (2), Mikheil Ashvetia Georgia (country) (2), Giorgi Chelidze Georgia (country) (2), Ruslan Pimenov (1).

One own goal scored by Mykhaylo Starostyak Ukraine (FC Shinnik Yaroslavl).

Manager: Yuri Syomin (until April), Vladimir Eshtrekov (from April).

Transferred out during the season: Winston Parks Costa Rica (on loan to FC Saturn Moscow Oblast), Essau Kanyenda Malawi (on loan to FC Rostov), Maksim Buznikin (to FC Rostov), Mikheil Ashvetia Georgia (country) (to FC Rostov), Ruslan Pimenov (to FC Alania Vladikavkaz).

See also

2005 in Russian football

References

  1. ↑ СРЕДИ 33 ЛУЧШИХ ФУТБОЛИСТОВ РОССИИ 15 ИНОСТРАНЦЕВ (in Russian). Sport-Express. 2005-12-10.

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