2002 in Russian football

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2002 in Russian football was the first season of the Premier League, which was won by FC Lokomotiv Moscow (this was their first ever national title). The national team participated in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

National team

Russia national football team participated in the final tournament of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, where they finished third in Group H.

Date Venue Opponents Score1 Competition Russia scorers Match Report
13 February 2002 Lansdowne Road, Dublin (A)  Republic of Ireland 0–2
F
 Sport-Express
27 March 2002
A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
(A) 		 Estonia 1–2 F Vladimir Beschastnykh Sport-Express
17 April 2002 Stade de France, Saint-Denis (A)  France 0–0 F Sport-Express
17 May 2002
Dynamo Stadium, Moscow
(H) 		 Belarus 1–1 (4–5 on penalties)
FT
 Andrei Solomatin Sport-Express
19 May 2002
Dynamo Stadium, Moscow
(H) 		 Yugoslavia 1–1 (5–6 on penalties) FT Dmitri Sychev Sport-Express
5 June 2002
Wing Stadium, Kobe
(N) 		 Tunisia 2–0 WC
Egor Titov, Valery Karpin
 FIFA[permanent dead link]
9 June 2002
International Stadium, Yokohama
(A) 		 Japan 0–1 WC FIFA[permanent dead link]
14 June 2002
Ecopa Stadium, Shizuoka
(N) 		 Belgium 2–3 WC Vladimir Beschastnykh, Dmitri Sychev FIFA
21 August 2002 Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow (H)  Sweden 1–1 F Aleksandr Kerzhakov Sport-Express
7 September 2002 Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow (H)  Republic of Ireland 4–2
ECQ
Andrey Karyaka, Vladimir Beschastnykh, Aleksandr Kerzhakov
, 1 own goal 		uefa
16 October 2002 Central Stadium, Volgograd (H)  Albania 4–1 ECQ Aleksandr Kerzhakov, Sergei Semak (2), Viktor Onopko uefa
  1. Russia score given first
Key
  • H = Home match
  • A = Away match
  • N = Neutral ground
  • F = Friendly
  • FT = Friendly tournament
  • WC = 2002 FIFA World Cup, Group H
  • ECQ = 2004 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying, Group 10

Leagues

Premier League

Main article: 2002 Russian Premier League
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lokomotiv Moscow (C) 30 19 9 2 46 14 +32 66 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round[a]
2 CSKA Moscow 30 21 3 6 60 26 +34 66 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Spartak Moscow 30 16 7 7 49 36 +13 55 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 Torpedo Moscow[b] 30 14 8 8 47 32 +15 50 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
5
Krylia Sovetov Samara
 30 15 4 11 39 32 +7 49
6
Saturn
 30 13 8 9 41 37 +4 47
7 Shinnik Yaroslavl 30 13 8 9 42 37 +5 47
8 Dynamo Moscow 30 12 6 12 38 33 +5 42
9 Rotor Volgograd 30 11 5 14 27 34 −7 38
10 Zenit St. Petersburg 30 8 9 13 36 42 −6 33
11 Rostselmash 30 7 10 13 29 49 −20 31
12
Alania Vladikavkaz
 30 8 6 16 31 42 −11 30
13 Uralan Elista 30 6 11 13 32 42 −10 29
14 Torpedo-ZIL Moscow 30 6 10 14 20 39 −19 28
15 Anzhi Makhachkala (R) 30 5 10 15 22 43 −21 25 Relegation to First Division
16 Sokol Saratov (R) 30 5 8 17 24 45 −21 23
Source: RFPL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ The title was decided in a championship playoff as Lokomotiv Moscow and CSKA Moscow finished with equal points.
  2. ^ Torpedo qualified for the UEFA Cup thanks to Spartak winning the Russian Cup in 2003.

First Division

First Division
.

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Rubin Kazan (P) 34 22 6 6 51 14 +37 72 Promotion to Premier League
2 Chernomorets Novorossiysk (P) 34 20 10 4 59 29 +30 70
3 Tom Tomsk 34 17 10 7 51 23 +28 61
4 Kuban Krasnodar 34 15 9 10 44 30 +14 54
5 Amkar Perm 34 15 9 10 47 31 +16 54
6 Spartak Nalchik 34 14 11 9 42 30 +12 53
7 Khimki 34 14 10 10 38 27 +11 52
8
Lada-Togliatti
 34 13 11 10 54 35 +19 50
9 Lokomotiv Chita 34 12 9 13 38 46 −8 45
10 Kristall Smolensk 34 12 8 14 39 43 −4 44
11
Gazovik-Gazprom
 34 10 14 10 34 32 +2 44
12 SKA-Khabarovsk 34 10 12 12 35 37 −2 42
13 Fakel Voronezh 34 10 10 14 34 42 −8 40
14 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 34 11 5 18 34 49 −15 38
15
Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan
 34 10 6 18 34 51 −17 36
16 Dynamo St. Petersburg[a] 34 9 9 16 28 56 −28 36
17 SKA Rostov-on-Don (R) 34 8 7 19 38 62 −24 31 Relegation to Second Division
18
Metallurg Krasnoyarsk[b]
(R) 		34 4 4 26 24 87 −63 −8
Source: PFL, RSSSF
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Dynamo SPb were awarded 0–3 defeats in ten matches for fielding ineligible players
  2. ^ Metallurg were docked 24 points for failing to pay transfer fees for four players

Vyacheslav Kamoltsev of Chernomorets became the top goalscorer with 20 goals.

Second Division

The following clubs have earned promotion by winning tournaments in their respective

Second Division
zones:

Cup

The Russian Cup was won by CSKA Moscow, who beat Zenit Saint Petersburg 2–0 in the final at the Luzhniki Stadium.

UEFA club competitions

2001–02 UEFA Cup

Hapoel Tel Aviv FC
who won 3–1 on aggregate.

2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Willem II Tilburg
on away goals.

2002–03 UEFA Champions League

Galatasaray, and the dominant FC Barcelona
.

On the contrary, Spartak Moscow, the automatic qualifiers for the group stage, lost all their matches to Valencia CF, FC Basel, and Liverpool F.C., finishing with the goal differential of 1–18.

2002–03 UEFA Cup

Parma F.C.
(3–4).

References

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