The 2013–14 Russian Premier League was the 22nd season of the Russian football championship since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and 12th under the current Russian Premier League name. The season started on 13 July 2013 and concluded on 17 May 2014, with a winter break between the weekends around 6 December 2013 and 6 March 2014.
CSKA Moscow were the defending champions.
Teams
After previous season Mordovia Saransk and Alania Vladikavkaz were relegated to National Football League. They were replaced with Ural, FNL champions, and Tom Tomsk, FNL runners-up. Tom Tomsk returned to Premier League at first attempt, while Ural was absent from the top level for 16 seasons.
Personnel and sponsorship TeamLocationHead coachCaptainKitmakerShirt sponsorPerm Konstantin Paramonov (caretaker) Dmitri BelorukovPumaBank of MoscowMakhachkala Gadzhi Gadzhiyev Alexandru EpureanuNikeEnergy Standard GroupMoscow Leonid Slutsky Igor AkinfeevadidasRussian GridsMoscow Stanislav Cherchesov Vladimir GranatadidasVTBKrasnodar Aleh Konanaw Alyaksandr MartynovichKappaWestaSamara Vladimir Kukhlevskiy (caretaker) Ivan TaranovNikeSamara OblastKrasnodar Viktor Goncharenko Aleksandr BelenovadidasRGMKMoscow Leonid Kuchuk GuilhermePumaRZDRostov-on-Don Miodrag Božović Stipe PletikosaJomaTNS EnergoKazan Vladimir Maminov Oleg KuzminPumaTAIFMoscow Dmitri Gunko Dmitri KombarovNikeLukoilGrozny Rashid Rakhimov Rizvan UtsiyevadidasAKTomsk Vasili Baskakov Sergey OmelyanchukNikeRosneftYekaterinburg Aleksandr Tarkhanov Denis TumasyanadidasTMKNizhny Novgorod Andrei Talalayev Andrei KaryakaadidasSberbankSt. Petersburg André Villas-Boas Konstantin ZyryanovNikeGazprom
Managerial changes TeamOutgoingMannerDateTableIncomingDateTableTerek Grozny Stanislav CherchesovContract expired26 May 2013Pre-season Yuri Krasnozhan26 May 2013Pre-seasonTom Tomsk Sergei PerednyaContract expired1 June 2013Pre-season Anatoli Davydov25 June 2013Pre-seasonKuban Krasnodar Leonid KuchukContract expired10 June 2013Pre-season Igor Osinkin (caretaker)10 June 2013Pre-seasonAmkar Perm Rustem KhuzinContract expired17 June 2013Pre-season Stanislav Cherchesov20 June 2013Pre-seasonLokomotiv Moscow Slaven BilićMutual agreement17 June 2013Pre-season Leonid Kuchuk18 June 2013Pre-seasonAnzhi Makhachkala Guus HiddinkResigned22 July 201312th Rene Meulensteen22 July 201312thKuban Krasnodar Igor Osinkin (caretaker)Caretaker spell over31 July 20135th Dorinel Munteanu31 July 20135thUral Sverdlovsk Oblast Pavel GusevResigned1 August 201315th Oleg Vasilenko 1 August 201315thKrylia Sovetov Samara Gadzhi GadzhiyevResigned8 August 201314th Aleksandr Tsygankov (caretaker, since 29 August 2013 manager)8 August 201314thAnzhi Makhachkala Rene MeulensteenSacked8 August 201313th Gadzhi Gadzhiyev8 August 201313thKrasnodar Slavoljub MuslinMutual consent9 August 201311th Aleh Konanaw11 August 201311thTom Anatoli DavydovSacked15 September 201316th Vasili Baskakov15 September 201316thKuban Krasnodar Dorinel MunteanuSacked12 October 201310th Viktor Goncharenko12 October 201310thTerek Grozny Yuri KrasnozhanResigned28 October 201314th Vait Talgayev (caretaker)29 October 201314thTerek Grozny Vait Talgayev (caretaker)Caretaker spell over7 November 201315th Rashid Rakhimov7 November 201315thUral Sverdlovsk Oblast Oleg VasilenkoMutual agreement27 November 201314th Aleksandr Tarkhanov 27 November 201314thRubin Kazan Kurban BerdyevSacked20 December 201311th Vladimir Maminov10 January 201411thZenit St. Petersburg Luciano SpallettiSacked11 March 20142nd Sergei Semak (caretaker)11 March 20142ndSpartak Moscow Valeri KarpinMutual agreement18 March 20143rd Dmitri Gunko (caretaker, since 2 April 2014 manager)18 March 20143rdZenit St. Petersburg Sergei Semak (caretaker)Caretaker spell over20 March 20142nd André Villas-Boas20 March 20142ndVolga Nizhny Novgorod Yuriy KalitvintsevResigned28 March 201414th Andrei Talalayev29 March 201414thDynamo Moscow Dan PetrescuMutual agreement8 April 20144th Nikolai Kovardayev (caretaker)8 April 20144thAmkar Perm Stanislav CherchesovMutual agreement8 April 20147th Konstantin Paramonov (caretaker)8 April 20147thDynamo Moscow Nikolai Kovardayev (caretaker)Caretaker spell over10 April 20144th Stanislav Cherchesov10 April 20144thKrylia Sovetov Samara Aleksandr TsygankovResigned5 May 201414th Vladimir Kukhlevsky (caretaker)5 May 201414th
Last updated: 5 May 2014
Tournament format and regulations
Basic The 16 teams played a round-robin tournament whereby each team played each one of the other teams twice, once at home and once away. Thus, a total of 240 matches were played, with 30 matches played by each team.
Promotion and relegation The teams that finished 15th and 16th were relegated to the FNL, while the top two FNL teams were promoted to the Premier League for the 2014–15 season.
The 13th and 14th Premier League teams played the 4th and 3rd FNL teams, respectively, in two playoff games, with the winner securing a Premier League spot for 2014–15 season.
Season events On 11 May 2014, the match between Zenit and Dynamo was interrupted in the 86th minute, with Dynamo leading 4–2, when Zenit fans ran out of the stands. At first they stood behind the goal line; when the referee decided to take the teams off the field into the dressing rooms and teams began to leave, one of Zenit's fans punched Dynamo player Vladimir Granat. It was originally reported that Zenit player Salomón Rondón was also attacked. Later, it was clarified that Rondón had a conflict with Dynamo player Marko Lomić, but that incident was not registered by the referee or the game inspector. The game was abandoned. Granat was diagnosed with concussion and missed Dynamo's last game of the season against Spartak Moscow. The punishment was decided on 14 May 2014 by the Control-Disciplinary Committee of the Russian Football Union. Dynamo was awarded a 3–0 win, and Zenit was fined 700,000 rubles; they were required to play their next two home games (in the 2014–15 season) in an empty stadium, and for an additional three home games the fan stands were empty. The Zenit fan who punched Granat, 45-year-old Aleksei Nesterov known as Gulliver, was not immediately arrested, and went into hiding for several days. Eventually, he gave himself up to the police and was charged with assault. The criminal charges against Nesterov were dropped in court after he reached a settlement with Granat, and he was then released.
League table
Relegation play-offs
First leg
Second leg
Ufa won 6–4 on aggregate score and was promoted to the 2014–15 Russian Premier League.
Torpedo Moscow won 2–0 on aggregate score and was promoted to the 2014–15 Russian Premier League.
Results
Round by round The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition.
Statistics
Top goalscorers RankPlayerGoalsTeam1 Seydou Doumbia18 (4)CSKA2 Hulk17 (3)Zenit Artyom Dzyuba17 (4)Rostov4 Yura Movsisyan16 (2)Spartak5 Danny13Zenit Dame N'Doye13Lokomotiv Salomón Rondón13Rubin/Zenit8 Georgi Peev12 (8)Amkar9 Zoran Tošić11CSKA10 Aleksandr Kokorin10Dynamo
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Artyom Dzyuba Rostov Tom 3–0 Danny Zenit Volga 3–1 Salomón Rondón Rubin Ural 3–0 Andriy Voronin Dynamo Ural 4–1 Zoran Tošić CSKA Krasnodar 5–1 Yura Movsisyan Spartak Zenit 4–2 Ari Krasnodar Spartak 4–0 Salomón Rondón Zenit Rubin 6–2 Hulk Zenit Krasnodar 4–1 Last updated: 15 May 2014
Awards
Monthly awards MonthPremier League Manager of the MonthPremier League Player of the MonthReferenceManagerClubPlayerClubJuly Valeri KarpinSpartak Artyom DzyubaRostovAugust Leonid KuchukLokomotiv DannyZenitSeptember Stanislav CherchesovAmkar HulkZenitOctober Luciano SpallettiZenit Roman ShirokovZenitNovember Leonid KuchukLokomotiv Seydou DoumbiaCSKA
Top 33 On 7 June 2014 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:
On the same day, the RFU also announced the individual awards.
Player of the year: Seydou Doumbia (CSKA).
"Hope of the year" (under-21 players): Aleksei Miranchuk (Lokomotiv).
Manager of the year: Leonid Slutsky (CSKA).
Referee of the year: Aleksei Nikolaev.
Team of the year: PFC CSKA Moscow.
For the contribution to the development of football: Sergey Galitsky (owner of FC Krasnodar).
Attendances
Rank Club Average 1 Zenit 18,952 2 Terek 18,019 3 Kuban 14,046 4 Anji 13,739 5 Ural 13,222 6 Lokomotiv Moscow 12,884 7 Krasnodar 12,303 8 Krylia Sovetov 11,880 9 Spartak Moscow 11,644 10 Rostov 11,533 11 Amkar 10,717 12 PFC CSKA 9,693 13 Dynamo Moscow 7,860 14 Rubin 7,388 15 Volga 6,553 16 Tom 5,487
Source:
References
External links
2013–14 Russian Premier League at Soccerway