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.
Teams As in the previous season, 16 teams are playing in the 2002 season, with the name of the league changing from the 'Top Division' to the 'Premier League'. After the 2001 season, Fakel Voronezh and Chernomorets Novorossiysk were relegated to the 2002 Russian First Division. They were replaced by Uralan Elista and Shinnik Yaroslavl, the winners and runners up of the 2001 Russian First Division.
Venues Alania Anzhi CSKA Dynamo Republican Spartak Stadium Dynamo Stadium Central Stadium Central Stadium Capacity: 32,464 Capacity: 15,200 Capacity: 36,540 Capacity: 36,540 Lokomotiv Moscow Krylia Sovetov Samara RZD Arena Metallurg Stadium Capacity: 27,084 Capacity: 33,001 Rostselmash Rotor Olimp-2 Central Stadium Capacity: 15,840 Capacity: 32,120 Saturn Shinnik Saturn Stadium Shinnik Stadium Capacity: 14,685 Capacity: 22,871 Sokol Spartak Lokomotiv Stadium Luzhniki Stadium Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 81,029 Torpedo Torpedo-ZIL Uralan Zenit Saint Petersburg Luzhniki Stadium Eduard Streltsov Stadium Uralan Stadium Petrovsky Stadium Capacity: 81,029 Capacity: 13,450 Capacity: Capacity: 21,570
Personnel and kits TeamLocationHead coachKit manufacturerShirt sponsorAlaniaVladikavkaz Bakhva Tedeyev Adidas -AnzhiMakhachkala Gadzhi Gadzhiyev Nike -CSKAMoscow Valery Gazzaev Umbro -DynamoMoscow Viktor Prokopenko Nike -LokomotivMoscow Yuri Semin NikeMZDKryliaSamara Aleksandr Tarkhanov Umbro - RostselmashRostov-on-Don Sergei Balakhnin Diadora Alfa-EkoRotorVolgograd Vladimir Salkov Umbro - SaturnRamenskoye Vladimir Shevchuk Nike - ShinnikYaroslavl Aleksandr Pobegalov Nike Yaroslavl Tire PlantSokolSaratov Leonid Tkachenko Umbro - SpartakMoscow Oleg Romantsev AdidasLukoilTorpedoMoscow Sergei Petrenko Diadora - Torpedo-ZILMoscow Vadim Nikonov UmbroZiLUralanElista Revaz Dzodzuashvili Lotto -ZenitSaint Petersburg Boris Rappoport DiadoraGazprom
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table Dynamo Aleksandr Novikov April 2002 Viktor Prokopenko April 2002 Sokol Alexander Koreshkov April 2002 Anatoli Aslamov April 2002 Zenit Yury Morozov April 2002 Mikhail Biryukov April 2002 Anzhi Leonid Tkachenko May 2002 Aleksandr Reshetnyak May 2002 Sokol Anatoli Aslamov May 2002 Leonid Tkachenko May 2002 Anzhi Aleksandr Reshetnyak June 2002 Myron Markevych June 2002 Alania Vladimir Muntyan July 2002 Bakhva Tedeyev July 2002 Torpedo Vitaly Shevchenko July 2002 Sergei Petrenko July 2002 Zenit Mikhail Biryukov July 2002 Yury Morozov July 2002 Zenit Yury Morozov July 2002 Mikhail Biryukov July 2002 Anzhi Myron Markevych August 2002 Aleksandr Reshetnyak August 2002 Anzhi Aleksandr Reshetnyak August 2002 Gadzhi Gadzhiyev August 2002 Rostselmash Anatoly Baidachny August 2002 Sergei Balakhnin August 2002 Uralan Sergei Pavlov August 2002 Yuri Shishlov August 2002 Uralan Yuri Shishlov August 2002 Revaz Dzodzuashvili August 2002 Zenit Mikhail Biryukov August 2002 Boris Rappoport August 2002
Standings
Championship play-off
Results
Season statistics Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goal1 Rolan Gusev CSKA 15 Dmitri Kirichenko CSKA 3 Aleksandr Kerzhakov Zenit 144 Vladimir Beschastnykh Spartak Moscow 12 Andrei Karyaka Krylia 6 Robertas Poškus Krylia 11 Serghei Rogaciov Saturn Igor Semshov Torpedo 9 Aleksandr Shirko Torpedo 10 Zurab Tsiklauri Uralan
Awards On December 10 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:
Goalkeepers Sergei Ovchinnikov (Lokomotiv Moscow) Ruslan Nigmatullin (CSKA Moscow) Valeri Chizhov (Saturn)
Sweeper Sergei Ignashevich (Lokomotiv Moscow) Sargis Hovsepyan (Zenit) Bohdan Shershun (CSKA Moscow)
Right backs Vadim Evseev (Lokomotiv Moscow) Dmytro Parfenov (Spartak Moscow) Dmitri Sennikov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
Stopper Gennadiy Nizhegorodov (Lokomotiv Moscow) Oleg Pashinin (Lokomotiv Moscow) Omari Tetradze (Alania)
Left backs Jacob Lekgetho (Lokomotiv Moscow) Ibra Kébé (Spartak Moscow) Denis Yevsikov (CSKA Moscow)
Defensive midfielders Elvir Rahimić (CSKA Moscow) Yevgeni Aldonin (Rotor) Igor Semshov (Torpedo Moscow)
Right wingers Rolan Gusev (CSKA Moscow) Andrei Arshavin (Zenit) Ognjen Koroman (Dynamo Moscow)
Central midfielders Dmitri Loskov (Lokomotiv Moscow) Vladimir Maminov (Lokomotiv Moscow) Yegor Titov (Spartak Moscow)
Left wingers Andrei Karyaka (Krylia Sovetov) Andrei Solomatin (CSKA Moscow) Igor Yanovsky (CSKA Moscow)
Right forwards Sergei Semak (CSKA Moscow) James Obiorah (Lokomotiv Moscow) Dmitri Kirichenko (CSKA Moscow)
Left forwards Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Zenit) Ruslan Pimenov (Lokomotiv Moscow) Denis Popov (CSKA Moscow)
Medal squads
1. FC Lokomotiv Moscow Goalkeepers: Sergei I. 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 V. Ovchinnikov (1).(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
One own goal scored by Dmytro Semochko (FC Uralan Elista).
Manager: Yuri Syomin.
Transferred out during the season: Giorgi Demetradze (to FC Alania Vladikavkaz). 2. PFC CSKA Moscow 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 Yanovsky (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). 3. FC Spartak Moscow Goalkeepers: Maksym Levytskyi (19), Stanislav Cherchesov (7), Dmitri Goncharov (6). Defenders: Igor Mitreski (27), Ibra Kébé (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).
Attendances
Source:
No. Club Average Change Highest 1 Alania 22,933 12,8% 30,000 2 Krylia Sovetov 21,533 -10,0% 33,000 3 Zenit 17,767 -13,9% 22,000 4 Shinnik 15,633 1,0% 22,000 5 Rotor 13,027 3,8% 19,500 6 Spartak Moscow 12,233 5,6% 60,000 7 Anji 11,493 -15,3% 16,000 8 Sokol 11,000 -22,7% 15,000 9 Saturn 10,600 0,3% 16,000 10 Rostselmash 10,387 8,0% 15,500 11 PFC CSKA 9,700 10,2% 14,000 12 Elista 7,487 30,4% 11,000 13 Lokomotiv Moscow 7,133 58,8% 25,000 14 Dynamo Moscow 6,800 -1,9% 20,000 15 FC Moscow 4,800 -20,4% 6,500 16 Torpedo-ZIL 3,767 -1,6% 14,000
See also 2002 in Russian football
References
External links RSSSF