2006 Russian Premier League

Locations of the teams that participated in the 2006 Russian Premier League

The 2006 Russian Premier League was the 15th season of the Russian Football Championship, and the fifth 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.

Tie-breaking criteria

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:

  1. higher number of wins in all matches;
  2. higher goal difference in all matches;
  3. 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);
  4. higher number of goals scored in all matches;
  5. higher number of away goals scored in all matches;
  6. 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:

  1. higher number of wins in all matches;
  2. 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);
  3. 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:

  1. higher number of wins in all matches;
  2. higher goal difference in all matches;
  3. 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);
  4. 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.

Overview

Team Head coach
PFC CSKA Moscow Valery Gazzaev
FC Spartak Moscow Aleksandrs Starkovs Latvia (until April)
Vladimir Fedotov (from April)
FC Lokomotiv Moscow Slavoljub Muslin Serbia (until October)
Oleg Dolmatov (from October)
FC Zenit St. Petersburg Vlastimil Petržela Czech Republic (until May)
Vladimír Borovička Czech Republic (caretaker) (May to July)
Dick Advocaat Netherlands (from July)
FC Rubin Kazan Kurban Berdyev Turkmenistan
FC Moscow Leonid Slutsky
FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok Sergei Pavlov
FC Tom Tomsk Valery Petrakov
PFC Spartak Nalchik Yuri Krasnozhan
FC Krylia Sovetov Samara Gadzhi Gadzhiyev
FC Saturn Ramenskoye Vladimír Weiss Slovakia
FC Rostov Sergei Balakhnin
FC Amkar Perm Sergei Oborin (until August)
Igor Uralyov (caretaker) (August to September)
Rashid Rakhimov (from September)
FC Dynamo Moscow Yuri Semin (until August)
Andrey Kobelev (from August)
FC Torpedo Moscow Sergei Petrenko (until September)
Aleksandr Gostenin (caretaker) (from September)
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl Oleg Dolmatov (until September)
Boris Gavrilov (caretaker) (from September)

Final standings

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 2007–08 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Spartak Moscow 30 15 13 2 60 36 +24 58 2007–08 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3 Lokomotiv Moscow 30 15 8 7 47 34 +13 53 2007–08 UEFA Cup First round 1
4 Zenit St. Petersburg 30 13 11 6 42 30 +12 50 UEFA Cup 2007-08 Second qualifying round
5 Rubin Kazan 30 14 7 9 45 35 +10 49 2007 UEFA 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 Russian First Division
16 Shinnik Yaroslavl (R) 30 1 8 21 17 56 −39 11

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
1Qualified as the winner of Russian Cup 2006-07.
(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 2006 Winners
PFC CSKA Moscow
Third title

Top goalscorers

Rank Nat. Player Goals (pen.) Club
1 Russia Roman Pavlyuchenko 18 (4) Spartak Moscow
2 Brazil Jô 14 (4) CSKA Moscow
3 Argentina Alejandro Domínguez 13 (4) Rubin
Russia Pavel Pogrebnyak 13 (4) Tom
Russia Dmitri Loskov 13 (6) Lokomotiv Moscow
6 Russia Dmitri Kirichenko 12 (4) Moskva
Russia Mikhail Osinov 12 (6) Rostov
8 Brazil Vágner Love 9 CSKA Moscow
Croatia Ivica Olić 9 (1) CSKA Moscow
10 Russia Yegor Titov 8 Spartak Moscow
Russia Roman Adamov 8 (2) Moskva

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[2] and Soviet Sports[3] and became the Russian Footballer of the Year.

On December 18, the Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:[4]

Goalkeepers
  1. Russia Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow)
  2. Russia Vyacheslav Malafeev (Zenit)
  3. Czech Republic Antonín Kinský (Saturn)
Defensive midfielders
  1. Bosnia and Herzegovina Elvir Rahimić (CSKA Moscow)
  2. Russia Evgeni Aldonin (CSKA Moscow)
  3. Brazil Mozart (Spartak Moscow)

Season 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)

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 Lithuania (24), Anton Grigoryev (5), Chidi Odiah Nigeria (3).
Midfielders: Elvir Rahimić Bosnia and Herzegovina (30 / 1), Dudu Brazil (28 / 2), Evgeni Aldonin (28), Yuri Zhirkov (27 / 1), Miloš Krasić Serbia (26 / 3), Rolan Gusev (18 / 1), Ivan Taranov (13), Kirill Kochubei (4).
Forwards: Ivica Olić Croatia (24 / 9), Vágner Love Brazil (23 / 9), Jô Brazil (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 Poland (27), Dmitri Khomich (3), Aleksei Zuev (1).
Defenders: Radoslav Kováč Czech Republic (27 / 2), Martin Jiránek Czech Republic (26 / 2), Martin Stranzl Austria (25), Clemente Rodríguez Argentina (20 / 1), Roman Shishkin (14 / 1), Géder Brazil (8), Adrian Iencsi Romania (7), Gabriel Tamaș Romania (3), Sergei Kabanov (1), Fyodor Kudryashov (1), Andrei Ivanov (1), Yevgeni Shpedt (1).
Midfielders: Yegor Titov (25 / 7), Vladimir Bystrov (24 / 6), Serghei Covalciuc Moldova (23), Mozart Brazil (22 / 4), Denis Boyarintsev (22 / 2), Maksym Kalynychenko Ukraine (15 / 3), Quincy Ghana (15 / 1), Dmitri Torbinski (13), Aleksei Rebko (9).
Forwards: Roman Pavlyuchenko (27 / 18), Fernando Cavenaghi Argentina (17 / 5), Aleksandr Pavlenko (12 / 1), Nikita Bazhenov (11 / 3), Mihajlo Pjanović Serbia (8 / 3), Artyom Dzyuba (5).

Manager: Aleksandrs Starkovs Latvia (until April), Vladimir Fedotov (from July).

Transferred out during the season: Gabriel Tamaș Romania (to Celta de Vigo).

3. FC Lokomotiv Moscow

Goalkeepers: Aleksei Poliakov Uzbekistan (23), Eldin Jakupović Switzerland (5), Sergei Ryzhikov (2).
Defenders: Branislav Ivanović Serbia (28 / 2), Vadim Evseev (24), Emir Spahić Bosnia and Herzegovina (21), Oleg Pashinin Uzbekistan (20), Dmitri Sennikov (14), Malkhaz Asatiani Georgia (country) (14), Fininho Brazil (12), Marián Had Slovakia (6), Dmitri Kruglov Estonia (2), Inal Getigezhev (1).
Midfielders: Dmitri Loskov (29 / 13), Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (29 / 3), Sergei Gurenko Belarus (29 / 1), Marat Izmailov (16 / 1), Aleksandr Samedov (13), Ivan Starkov (12 / 2), Laryea Kingston Ghana (12), Shaker Zouagi Tunisia (11 / 1), André Bikey Cameroon (5), Vladimir Maminov Uzbekistan (5).
Forwards: Garry O'Connor Scotland (24 / 7), Dmitri Sychev (24 / 7), Dramane Traoré Mali (21 / 6), Shamil Asildarov (4 / 1), Giorgi Chelidze Georgia (country) (4).

Manager: Slavoljub Muslin Serbia (until October), Oleg Dolmatov (from October).

Transferred out during the season: Dmitri Kruglov Estonia (to FC Kuban Krasnodar), André Bikey Cameroon (to Reading F.C.).

See also

2006 in Russian Football

References

  1. ↑ "CSKA Moscow grab title". Soccerway. 2006-11-18. Retrieved 2014-10-24.
  2. ↑ Лучшие по оценкам "СЭ" (in Russian). Sport-Express. 2006-11-27.
  3. ↑ "55 лучших футболистов чемпионата России-2006 по версии "Советского спорта"" (in Russian). Soviet Sports. 2006-11-29.
  4. ↑ Исполком РФС утвердил 33 лучших игрока Премьер-Лиги по итогам минувшего чемпионата (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 2006-12-18.
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