2006 Russian Premier League

Russian Premier League
Season	2006
Champions	CSKA Moscow
Relegated	Torpedo Moscow ; Shinnik Yaroslavl
Champions League	CSKA Moscow ; Spartak Moscow
UEFA Cup	Lokomotiv Moscow ; Zenit St.Petersburg
Intertoto Cup	Rubin Kazan
Matches played	240
Goals scored	585 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorer	Roman Pavlyuchenko (18)
	← 2005 2007 →

The 2006 Russian Premier League was the 15th season of the premier football competition in Russia since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the 5th under the current Russian Premier League name.

The season started on 17 March 2006 and ended on 26 November 2006. Defending champions CSKA Moscow claimed their second successive title on 18 November 2006 with an away win over Luch-Energiya Vladivostok.^[1] Spartak Moscow finished runners-up, level on points with CSKA but ranked behind due to fewer wins (see Tie-breaking criteria below). Lokomotiv Moscow finished third.

Torpedo Moscow and Shinnik were relegated. It was the first time in Torpedo Moscow's history that the club was relegated.

Teams

As in the previous season, 16 teams played in the 2006 season. After the 2005 season, Alania Vladikavkaz and Terek Grozny were relegated to the 2006 Russian First Division. They were replaced by Luch-Energia Vladivostok and Spartak Nalchik, the winners and runners up of the 2005 Russian First Division.

Venues

Amkar	CSKA	Dynamo	Krylia
Zvezda Stadium	Central Stadium	Central Stadium	Metallurg Stadium
Capacity: 17,000	Capacity: 36,540	Capacity: 36,540	Capacity: 27,084

Lokomotiv	CSKA Dynamo Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn Spartak Torpedo Amkar Krylia Rostov Rubin Shinnik Spartak Zenit class=notpageimage\| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League Moscow Luch Tom class=notpageimage\| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok		Luch-Energia
RZD Arena			Dynamo Stadium
Capacity: 33,001			Capacity: 10,200

Moscow			Rostov
Eduard Streltsov Stadium			Olimp-2
Capacity: 13,450			Capacity: 15,840

Rubin			Saturn
Central Stadium			Saturn Stadium
Capacity: 22,500			Capacity: 14,685

Shinnik			Spartak Moscow
Shinnik Stadium			Luzhniki Stadium
Capacity: 22,871			Capacity: 81,029

Spartak Nalchik	Tom	Torpedo	Zenit Saint Petersburg
Spartak Stadium	Trud Stadium	Luzhniki Stadium	Petrovsky Stadium
Capacity: 14,149	Capacity: 10,028	Capacity: 81,029	Capacity: 21,570

Personnel and kits

Team	Location	Head coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Amkar Perm	Perm	Rashid Rakhimov	Adidas
CSKA	Moscow	Valery Gazzaev	Umbro	Sibneft/VTB
Dynamo	Moscow	Andrey Kobelev	Umbro	Xerox
Lokomotiv	Moscow	Oleg Dolmatov	Adidas
Luch-Energia	Vladivostok	Sergei Pavlov	Nike	DSV
Krylia	Samara	Gadzhi Gadzhiyev
Moscow	Moscow	Leonid Slutsky
Rostov	Rostov-on-Don	Sergei Balakhnin	Umbro
Rubin	Kazan	Kurban Berdyev	Nike	—
Saturn	Ramenskoye	Vladimír Weiss	Adidas
Shinnik	Yaroslavl	Boris Gavrilov (Caretaker)
Spartak	Moscow	Vladimir Fedotov	Nike
Spartak	Nalchik	Yuri Krasnozhan	Umbro	—
Tom	Tomsk	Valery Petrakov
Torpedo	Moscow	Aleksandr Gostenin (Caretaker)	Umbro	—
Zenit	Saint Petersburg	Dick Advocaat	Adidas	Gazprom

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Dynamo	Andrey Kobelev (Caretaker)	End of role		Preseason	Yuri Semin	22 November 2005^[2]	Preseason
Lokomotiv	Vladimir Eshtrekov				Slavoljub Muslin	12 December 2005^[3]
Saturn	Vladimir Shevchuk				Vladimír Weiss
Tom	Anatoliy Byshovets				Valery Petrakov
Spartak	Aleksandrs Starkovs		April 2006		Vladimir Fedotov	April 2006
Zenit St.Petersburg	Vlastimil Petržela		4 May 2006^[4]		Vladimír Borovička (Caretaker)	May 2006
Zenit St.Petersburg	Vladimír Borovička (Caretaker)	End of Role	July 2006		Dick Advocaat	26 June 2006^[5]
Amkar	Sergei Oborin		August 2006		Igor Uralyov (Caretaker)	August 2006
Dynamo	Yuri Semin	Resigned	4 August 2006^[2]	15th	Andrey Kobelev	August 2006
Amkar	Igor Uralyov (Caretaker)	End of Role	September 2006		Rashid Rakhimov	September 2006
Shinnik	Oleg Dolmatov		September 2006		Boris Gavrilov	September 2006
Torpedo	Sergei Petrenko		September 2006		Aleksandr Gostenin	September 2006
Lokomotiv	Slavoljub Muslin	Fired	5 October 2006^[6]		Oleg Dolmatov	5 October 2006^[6]

Tournament format and regulations

Based on paragraph 15.3 of the Russian Premier League regulations for the current season, if two or more teams are equal on points (without having the highest number), the positions of these teams are determined by:

higher number of wins in all matches;
higher goal difference in all matches;
results of matches between the teams in question (1. higher number of points obtained; 2. higher number of wins; 3. higher goal difference; 4. higher number of goals scored; 5. higher number of away goals scored);
higher number of goals scored in all matches;
higher number of away goals scored in all matches;
drawing of lots.

Based on paragraph 15.4 of the regulations, if two teams are equal on the highest number of points, the first position is determined by:

higher number of wins in all matches;
results of matches between the two teams (1. higher number of points obtained; 2. higher goal difference; 3. higher number of goals scored; 4. higher number of away goals scored);
drawing of lots, or an additional match between the two teams, with extra time and a penalty shoot-out if necessary.

Based on paragraph 15.5 of the regulations, if more than two teams are equal on the highest number of points, the first position and subsequent positions of these teams are determined by:

higher number of wins in all matches;
higher goal difference in all matches;
results of matches between the teams in question (1. higher number of points obtained; 2. higher goal difference; 3. higher number of goals scored; 4. higher number of away goals scored);
drawing of lots, or an additional tournament between the teams in question.¹

¹The terms of this additional tournament are determined by the Russian Football Union and the governing body of the Russian Premier League based on suggestions from the participating clubs.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CSKA Moscow (C)	30	17	7	6	47	28	+19	58	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Spartak Moscow	30	15	13	2	60	36	+24	58	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	Lokomotiv Moscow	30	15	8	7	47	34	+13	53	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^[a]
4	Zenit St. Petersburg	30	13	11	6	42	30	+12	50	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
5	Rubin Kazan	30	14	7	9	45	35	+10	49	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
6	FC Moscow	30	10	13	7	41	37	+4	43
7	Luch-Energiya Vladivostok	30	12	5	13	37	39	−2	41
8	Tom Tomsk	30	11	8	11	35	33	+2	41
9	Krylia Sovetov Samara	30	10	8	12	37	35	+2	38
10	Spartak Nalchik	30	10	8	12	31	34	−3	38
11	Saturn	30	7	16	7	29	24	+5	37
12	Rostov	30	10	6	14	42	48	−6	36
13	Amkar Perm	30	8	11	11	22	36	−14	35
14	Dynamo Moscow	30	8	10	12	31	40	−9	34
15	Torpedo Moscow (R)	30	3	13	14	22	40	−18	22	Relegation to First Division
16	Shinnik Yaroslavl (R)	30	1	8	21	17	56	−39	11	Relegation to First Division

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); 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored; 7th drawing of lots
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Qualified as the winner of 2006–07 Russian Cup.

Results

Home \ Away	AMK	CSK	DYN	KRY	LOK	LUE	MOS	ROS	RUB	SAT	SHI	SPA	SPN	TOM	TOR	ZEN
Amkar Perm		0–0	3–2	1–0	1–3	0–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–3	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–3
CSKA Moscow	2–0		1–2	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	5–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–0
Dynamo Moscow	0–0	2–3		1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–2
Krylia Sovetov Samara	6–1	2–0	1–0		1–2	2–1	0–4	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	3–2
Lokomotiv Moscow	0–0	3–2	2–0	0–1		3–0	0–1	1–0	4–4	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–3	1–1	0–0	3–1
Luch-Energiya	3–1	0–4	3–1	3–2	1–1		1–1	4–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–2
FC Moscow	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–1		4–0	0–5	2–1	4–1	3–3	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0
Rostov	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	4–0		2–1	0–2	0–0	3–4	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–3
Rubin Kazan	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–4	1–0	2–0	2–1		0–3	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	3–0
Saturn	0–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–2		3–0	1–1	1–4	2–1	0–0	0–0
Shinnik Yaroslavl	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–3	1–3	1–2	1–6	1–5	0–0		1–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–2
Spartak Moscow	4–1	1–1	3–2	3–2	2–1	1–1	3–3	5–2	3–0	1–1	3–1		1–0	3–1	2–0	1–0
Spartak Nalchik	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–2		1–0	0–0	1–1
Tom Tomsk	1–3	0–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	4–0	0–0	3–1	2–2	1–0		0–0	2–2
Torpedo Moscow	0–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–4	2–1	0–2	0–2	1–2	0–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–2		1–2
Zenit St. Petersburg	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	4–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–4	4–0	0–0	2–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 26 November 2006.

Rank	Player	Club	Goal
1	Roman Pavlyuchenko	Spartak	18
2	Jô	CSKA	14
3	Alejandro Domínguez	Rubin	13
	Pavel Pogrebnyak	Tom
	Dmitri Loskov	Lokomotiv
6	Dmitri Kirichenko	Moscow	12
6	Mikhail Osinov	Rostov	12
8	Vágner Love	CSKA	9
8	Ivica Olić	CSKA	9
10	Yegor Titov	Spartak	8
10	Roman Adamov	Moscow	8

Statistics

Goals: 585 (average 2.44 per match)
- From penalties: 69 (12%)
- Saved/Missed penalties: 19 (22%)
- Goals scored home: 337 (58%)
- Goals scored away: 247 (42%)
Yellow cards: 1202 (average 5.01 per match)
- For violent conduct: 730 (61%)
- For unsporting behaviour: 387 (32%)
- For undisciplined behaviour: 3 (0%)
- Other: 82 (7%)
Red cards: 62 (average 0.26 per match)
- For second yellow card: 41 (66%)
- For undisciplined behaviour: 7 (11%)
- For denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity: 6 (10%)
- For violent conduct: 6 (10%)
- For unsporting behaviour: 1 (2%)
- For handball: 1 (2%)
Attendance: 2,948,996 (average 12,287 per match; 98,300 per matchday)

Awards

Russian Football Union named Andrey Arshavin the best Premier League player of the season. Arshavin was also ranked best by major Russian sports newspapers, Sport-Express^[7] and Soviet Sports^[8] and became the Russian Footballer of the Year.

On December 18, the Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:^[9]

Goalkeepers

Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow)
Vyacheslav Malafeev (Zenit)
Antonín Kinský (Saturn)

Right backs

Vasili Berezutskiy (CSKA Moscow)
Aleksandr Anyukov (Zenit)
Roman Shishkin (Spartak Moscow)

Right-centre backs

Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA Moscow)
Martin Jiránek (Spartak Moscow)
Erik Hagen (Zenit)

Left-centre backs

Denis Kolodin (Dynamo Moscow)
Deividas Šemberas (CSKA Moscow)
Martin Škrtel (Zenit)

Left backs

Aleksei Berezutskiy (CSKA Moscow)
Oleg Kuzmin (Moskva)
Orlando Calisto (Rubin)

Defensive midfielders

Elvir Rahimić (CSKA Moscow)
Evgeni Aldonin (CSKA Moscow)
Mozart (Spartak Moscow)

Right wingers

Vladimir Bystrov (Spartak Moscow)
Miloš Krasić (CSKA Moscow)
Valeri Klimov (Tom)

Central midfielders

Dmitri Loskov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
Yegor Titov (Spartak Moscow)
Daniel Carvalho (CSKA Moscow)

Left wingers

Yuri Zhirkov (CSKA Moscow)
Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
Sergei Gurenko (Lokomotiv Moscow)

Right forwards

Andrey Arshavin (Zenit)
Pavel Pogrebnyak (Tom)
Jô (CSKA Moscow)

Left forwards

Roman Pavlyuchenko (Spartak Moscow)
Alejandro Domínguez (Rubin)
Vágner Love (CSKA Moscow)

Medal squads

1. PFC CSKA Moscow
Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (28), Vladimir Gabulov (3), Veniamin Mandrykin (1). Defenders: Aleksei Berezutski (29), Sergei Ignashevich (26 / 2), Vasili Berezutski (26 / 1), Deividas Šemberas (24), Anton Grigoryev (5), Chidi Odiah (3). Midfielders: Elvir Rahimić (30 / 1), Dudu (28 / 2), Evgeni Aldonin (28), Yuri Zhirkov (27 / 1), Miloš Krasić (26 / 3), Rolan Gusev (18 / 1), Ivan Taranov (13), Kirill Kochubei (4). Forwards: Ivica Olić (24 / 9), Vágner Love (23 / 9), Jô (18 / 14), Aleksandr Salugin (5). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Valery Gazzaev. Transferred out during the season: none.
2. FC Spartak Moscow
Goalkeepers: Wojciech Kowalewski (27), Dmitri Khomich (3), Aleksei Zuev (1). Defenders: Radoslav Kováč (27 / 2), Martin Jiránek (26 / 2), Martin Stranzl (25), Clemente Rodríguez (20 / 1), Roman Shishkin (14 / 1), Géder (8), Adrian Iencsi (7), Gabriel Tamaș (3), Sergei Kabanov (1), Fyodor Kudryashov (1), Andrei Ivanov (1), Yevgeni Shpedt (1). Midfielders: Yegor Titov (25 / 7), Vladimir Bystrov (24 / 6), Serghei Covalciuc (23), Mozart (22 / 4), Denis Boyarintsev (22 / 2), Maksym Kalynychenko (15 / 3), Quincy (15 / 1), Dmitri Torbinski (13), Aleksei Rebko (9). Forwards: Roman Pavlyuchenko (27 / 18), Fernando Cavenaghi (17 / 5), Aleksandr Pavlenko (12 / 1), Nikita Bazhenov (11 / 3), Mihajlo Pjanović (8 / 3), Artyom Dzyuba (5). Manager: Aleksandrs Starkovs (until April), Vladimir Fedotov (from July). Transferred out during the season: Gabriel Tamaș (to Celta de Vigo).
3. FC Lokomotiv Moscow
Goalkeepers: Aleksei Poliakov (23), Eldin Jakupović (5), Sergei Ryzhikov (2). Defenders: Branislav Ivanović (28 / 2), Vadim Evseev (24), Emir Spahić (21), Oleg Pashinin (20), Dmitri Sennikov (14), Malkhaz Asatiani (14), Fininho (12), Marián Had (6), Dmitri Kruglov (2), Inal Getigezhev (1). Midfielders: Dmitri Loskov (29 / 13), Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (29 / 3), Sergei Gurenko (29 / 1), Marat Izmailov (16 / 1), Aleksandr Samedov (13), Ivan Starkov (12 / 2), Laryea Kingston (12), Shaker Zouagi (11 / 1), André Bikey (5), Vladimir Maminov (5). Forwards: Garry O'Connor (24 / 7), Dmitri Sychev (24 / 7), Dramane Traoré (21 / 6), Shamil Asildarov (4 / 1), Giorgi Chelidze (4). Manager: Slavoljub Muslin (until October), Oleg Dolmatov (from October). Transferred out during the season: Dmitri Kruglov (to FC Kuban Krasnodar), André Bikey (to Reading F.C.).