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.

Russian Premier League
Season2006
ChampionsCSKA Moscow
RelegatedTorpedo Moscow
Shinnik Yaroslavl
Champions LeagueCSKA Moscow
Spartak Moscow
UEFA CupLokomotiv Moscow
Zenit St.Petersburg
Intertoto CupRubin Kazan
Matches played240
Goals scored585 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorerRoman Pavlyuchenko (18)
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2007 →
Locations of the teams that participated in the 2006 Russian Premier League

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 (until April)
Vladimir Fedotov (from April)
FC Lokomotiv Moscow Slavoljub Muslin (until October)
Oleg Dolmatov (from October)
FC Zenit St. Petersburg Vlastimil Petržela (until May)
Vladimír Borovička (caretaker) (May to July)
Dick Advocaat (from July)
FC Rubin Kazan Kurban Berdyev
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
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 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[lower-alpha 1]
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
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) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Qualified as the winner of 2006–07 Russian Cup.
 Russian Premier League 2006 Winners 
PFC CSKA Moscow
3rd title

Top goalscorers
Rank Nat. Player Goals (pen.) Club
1 Roman Pavlyuchenko 18 (4) Spartak Moscow
2 Jô 14 (4) CSKA Moscow
3 Alejandro Domínguez 13 (4) Rubin
Pavel Pogrebnyak 13 (4) Tom
Dmitri Loskov 13 (6) Lokomotiv Moscow
6 Dmitri Kirichenko 12 (4) Moskva
Mikhail Osinov 12 (6) Rostov
8 Vágner Love 9 CSKA Moscow
Ivica Olić 9 (1) CSKA Moscow
10 Yegor Titov 8 Spartak Moscow
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. Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow)
  2. Vyacheslav Malafeev (Zenit)
  3. Antonín Kinský (Saturn)
Defensive midfielders
  1. Elvir Rahimić (CSKA Moscow)
  2. Evgeni Aldonin (CSKA Moscow)
  3. 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 (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.).

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. Archived from the original on 2012-09-11.
  3. "55 лучших футболистов чемпионата России-2006 по версии "Советского спорта"" (in Russian). Soviet Sports. 2006-11-29. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2019-04-07.
  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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