Following are the results of the 2004 Russian Premier League, the top division of Russian association football. 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.

Teams As in the previous season, 16 teams are playing in the 2004 season. After the 2003 season, Chernomorets Novorossiysk and Uralan Elista were relegated to the 2004 Russian First Division. They were replaced by Amkar Perm and Kuban Krasnodar, the winners and runners up of the 2003 Russian First Division.

Venues Alania Amkar CSKA Dynamo Republican Spartak Stadium Zvezda Stadium Central Stadium Central Stadium Capacity: 32,464 Capacity: 17,000 Capacity: 36,540 Capacity: 36,540 Krylia Sovetov Samara Kuban Krasnodar Metallurg Stadium Kuban Stadium Capacity: 27,084 Capacity: 28,800 Lokomotiv Moscow Moscow RZD Arena Eduard Streltsov Stadium Capacity: 33,001 Capacity: 13,450 Rostov Rotor Olimp-2 Central Stadium Capacity: 15,840 Capacity: 32,120 Rubin Saturn Central Stadium Saturn Stadium Capacity: 22,500 Capacity: 14,685 Shinnik Spartak Torpedo Zenit Saint Petersburg Shinnik Stadium Luzhniki Stadium Luzhniki Stadium Petrovsky Stadium Capacity: 22,871 Capacity: 81,029 Capacity: 81,029 Capacity: 21,570

Personnel and kits TeamLocationHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsorAlaniaVladikavkaz Yuri Sekinayev Amkar PermPerm Sergei OborinCSKAMoscow Valery GazzaevUmbroSibneftDynamoMoscow Oleg RomantsevDiadoraLokomotivMoscow Yuri SeminNikeKryliaSamara Gadzhi GadzhiyevKubanKrasnodar Leonid Nazarenko UmbroMoscowMoscow Valery PetrakovRostovRostov-on-Don Sergei BalakhninUmbroRotorVolgograd Vladimir FayzulinUmbroRotorRubinKazan Kurban BerdyevNikeSaturnRamenskoye Aleksandr TarkhanovShinnikYaroslavl Oleg DolmatovSpartakMoscow Aleksandrs StarkovsUmbroTorpedoMoscow Sergei PetrenkoLe Coq SportifZenitSaint Petersburg Vlastimil PetrželaUmbroGazprom

Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table Alania Bakhva Tedeyev Preseason Rolland Courbis 9 January 2004Preseason CSKA Valery Gazzaev Artur Jorge 23 November 2003 Dynamo Viktor Prokopenko Jaroslav Hřebík 8 November 2003 Krylia Aleksandr Tarkhanov Gadzhi Gadzhiyev Rostov Sergei Balakhnin Vitaly Shevchenko Saturn Oleg Romantsev Boris Ignatyev Spartak Vladimir Fedotov End of role Nevio Scala December 2003 Rostov Vitaly Shevchenko April 2004 Sergei Balakhnin April 2004 Rotor Vladimir Fayzulin April 2004 Yuri Marushkin April 2004 Rotor Yuri Marushkin April 2004 Valeriy Yaremchenko April 2004 Kuban Nikolai Yuzhanin May 2004 Soferbi Yeshugov May 2004 Shinnik Aleksandr Pobegalov May 2004 Valeri Frolov May 2004 Shinnik Valeri Frolov End of role May 2004 Oleg Dolmatov May 2004 Rotor Valeriy Yaremchenko June 2004 Yuri Marushkin June 2004 Dynamo Jaroslav Hřebík Resigned 12 July 2004 14th Viktor Bondarenko 12 July 2004 14th CSKA Artur Jorge Fired 13 July 2004 5th Valery Gazzaev 14 July 2004 5th Rotor Yuri Marushkin July 2004 Vladimir Fayzulin July 2004 Spartak Nevio Scala August 2004 Aleksandrs Starkovs September 2004 Saturn Boris Ignatyev September 2004 Aleksandr Tarkhanov September 2004 Alania Rolland Courbis September 2004 Dragan Cvetković September 2004 Alania Dragan Cvetković Resigned 7 October 2004 12th Yuri Sekinayev 7 October 2004 12th Dynamo Viktor Bondarenko Resigned 26 October 2004 14th Oleg Romantsev 26 October 2004 14th Kuban Soferbi Yeshugov October 2004 Leonid Nazarenko October 2004

Standings

Results

Season statistics Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goal1 Aleksandr Kerzhakov Zenit 182 Andrei Karyaka Krylia 173 Dmitri Sychev Lokomotiv 15 Aleksandr Panov Torpedo 5 Héctor Bracamonte Moscow 10 Roman Pavlyuchenko Spartak Moscow Valery Yesipov Rotor Oleksandr Spivak Zenit 9 Robertas Poškus Krylia 9 Igor Lebedenko Torpedo Igor Semshov Torpedo Vágner Love CSKA Ivica Olić CSKA Dmitri Kirichenko CSKA

1. FC Lokomotiv Moscow Goalkeepers: Sergei Ovchinnikov (30), Ruslan Nigmatullin (1). Defenders: Vadim Evseev (27 / 4), Dmitri Sennikov (26), Sergei Gurenko (26), Gennadiy Nizhegorodov (23), Malkhaz Asatiani (19 / 1), Oleg Pashinin (13), Jacob Lekgetho (6). Midfielders: Dmitri Loskov (30 / 4), Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (25 / 5), Dmitri Khokhlov (24 / 6), Marat Izmailov (18 / 2), Vladimir Maminov (18 / 1), Francisco Lima (15), Deividas Česnauskis (10), Jorge Wagner (4), Leandro (1). Forwards: Dmitri Sychev (27 / 15), James Obiorah (15 / 1), Ruslan Pimenov (14 / 4), Winston Parks (13 / 1), Mikheil Ashvetia (12), Milan Jovanović (3), Maksim Buznikin (1).(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Yuri Syomin.

Transferred out during the season: Maksim Buznikin (on loan to FC Rotor Volgograd). 2. PFC CSKA Moscow Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (26), Veniamin Mandrykin (6). Defenders: Aleksei Berezutski (27), Deividas Šemberas (24), Sergei Ignashevich (22 / 1), Chidi Odiah (21), Bohdan Shershun (14), Vasili Berezutski (6). Midfielders: Sergei Semak (30 / 5), Evgeni Aldonin (30), Jiří Jarošík (29 / 5), Rolan Gusev (28 / 4), Elvir Rahimić (26 / 1), Yuri Zhirkov (25 / 6), Osmar Ferreyra (13 / 2), Daniel Carvalho (13 / 1), Miloš Krasić (7), Juris Laizāns (4). Forwards: Dmitri Kirichenko (26 / 9), Ivica Olić (24 / 9), Vágner Love (12 / 9), Denis Popov (2), Serghei Dadu (1).

One own goal scored by Luc Zoa (FC Spartak Moscow).

Manager: Artur Jorge (until July), Valery Gazzaev (from July).

Transferred out during the season: Denis Popov (to FC Kuban Krasnodar). 3. FC Krylia Sovetov Samara Goalkeepers: Aleksei Poliakov (29), Aleksandr Makarov (1). Defenders: Aleksandr Anyukov (29 / 2), Denis Kolodin (25 / 1), Patrick Ovie (24), Moisés (22 / 1), Leilton (14), Omari Tetradze (14), Rafael Schmitz (9), Matthew Booth (8 / 1). Midfielders: Andrei Karyaka (29 / 17), Denis Kovba (29 / 1), Sergei Vinogradov (26 / 4), Ognjen Koroman (26 / 1), Souza (25 / 3), Andrey Tikhonov (23 / 4), Anton Bober (13 / 1), Dmitri Kudryashov (9), Omonigho Temile (5), Laryea Kingston (3). Forwards: Robertas Poškus (18 / 9), Catanha (11 / 1), Roni (8 / 1).

One own goal each scored by Aleksei Yepifanov (FC Rotor Volgograd) and Nikolay Shirshov (FC Rostov).

Manager: Gadzhi Gadzhiev.

Transferred out during the season: Catanha (free agent), Rafael Schmitz (end of loan from Lille).

Attendances

# Club Average 1 Krylia Sovetov 25,500 2 Zenit 21,417 3 Amkar 15,987 4 Kuban 14,867 5 Alania 14,400 6 Shinnik 12,067 7 Lokomotiv Moscow 11,165 8 Saturn 10,568 9 Rostov 9,333 10 Spartak Moscow 9,110 11 PFC CSKA 9,067 12 Rubin 8,707 13 Rotor 8,260 14 Torpedo Moscow 5,633 15 Dynamo Moscow 5,300 16 FC Moscow 3,800 Source:

See also 2004 in Russian football

References

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