2004 in Russian football

2004 season
2004 season
	← 2003 2005 →

2004 in Russian football was marked with

Euro 2004

.

National team

Euro 2004, where they finished last in group A. Later they started qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. As of 2006

, Russia's 1–7 defeat from Portugal in a qualifier is their worst result in history.

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score¹	Competition	Russia scorers	Match Report
31 March 2004	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia (A)	Bulgaria	2–2	F	Dmitry Sychev	Sport-Express
28 April 2004	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (A)	Norway	2–3	F	Vladislav Radimov, Dmitri Kirichenko	Sport-Express
25 May 2004	Arnold-Schwarzenegger-Stadion, Graz (A)	Austria	0–0	F		Sport-Express
12 June 2004	Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé (N)	Spain	0–1	EC		uefa
16 June 2004	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon (A)	Portugal	0–2	EC		uefa
20 June 2004	Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé (N)	Greece	2–1	EC	Dmitri Kirichenko, Dmitri Bulykin	uefa
18 August 2004	Dynamo Stadium, Moscow (H)	Lithuania	4–3	F	Dmitri Khokhlov, Andrei Karyaka, Dmitri Bulykin, Dmitri Sychev	Sport-Express
4 September 2004	Dynamo Stadium, Moscow (H)	Slovakia	1–1	WCQ	Dmitri Bulykin	FIFA
9 October 2004	Luxembourg (A)	Luxembourg	4–0	WCQ	Andrei Arshavin	FIFA
13 October 2004	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon (H)	Portugal	1–7	WCQ	Andrei Arshavin	FIFA
17 November 2004	Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar (H)	Estonia	4–0	WCQ	Andrei Karyaka, Marat Izmailov, Dmitri Sychev, Dmitri Loskov	FIFA

Russia score given first

Key

H = Home match
A = Away match
N = Neutral ground
F = Friendly
EC = 2004 European Football Championship, Group A
WCQ = 2006 FIFA World Cup, European Qualifying, Group 3

Leagues

Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lokomotiv Moscow (C)	30	18	7	5	44	19	+25	61	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	CSKA Moscow	30	17	9	4	53	22	+31	60	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Krylia Sovetov Samara	30	17	5	8	50	41	+9	56	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4	Zenit St. Petersburg	30	17	5	8	55	37	+18	56	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
5	Torpedo Moscow	30	16	6	8	53	37	+16	54
6	Shinnik Yaroslavl	30	12	8	10	29	29	0	44
7	Saturn	30	10	11	9	37	30	+7	41
8	Spartak Moscow	30	11	7	12	43	44	−1	40
9	FC Moscow	30	10	10	10	38	39	−1	40
10	Rubin Kazan	30	7	12	11	32	31	+1	33
11	Amkar Perm	30	6	12	12	27	42	−15	30
12	Rostov	30	7	8	15	28	42	−14	29
13	Dynamo Moscow	30	6	11	13	27	38	−11	29
14	Alania Vladikavkaz	30	7	7	16	28	52	−24	28
15	Kuban Krasnodar (R)	30	6	10	14	26	42	−16	28	Relegation to First Division
16	Rotor Volgograd (R)	30	4	10	16	28	53	−25	22	Relegation to First Division

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

First Division

Tom Tomsk were promoted to the Premier League

for the first time. Terek set a new record, scoring 100 points in a season.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Terek Grozny (C, P)	42	32	4	6	70	22	+48	100	Promotion to Premier League
2	Tom Tomsk (P)	42	27	5	10	70	38	+32	86	Promotion to Premier League
3	Sokol Saratov	42	25	8	9	69	38	+31	83
4	KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny	42	19	12	11	52	49	+3	69
5	Khimki	42	17	10	15	39	33	+6	61
6	Oryol	42	16	13	13	37	34	+3	61^[a]
7	SKA-Khabarovsk	42	16	13	13	42	37	+5	61^[a]
8	Anzhi Makhachkala	42	16	12	14	50	53	−3	60
9	Metallurg Lipetsk	42	15	15	12	48	43	+5	60
10	Lokomotiv Chita	42	17	8	17	47	48	−1	59
11	Dynamo Makhachkala	42	16	11	15	44	48	−4	59
12	Spartak Nalchik	42	16	10	16	53	46	+7	58
13	Arsenal Tula (R)	42	15	13	14	39	32	+7	58	Relegation to Second Division^[b]
14	Luch-Energiya Vladivostok	42	15	11	16	50	50	0	56
15	Dynamo Bryansk	42	14	13	15	49	51	−2	55
16	Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk	42	14	10	18	53	53	0	52
17	Chernomorets Novorossiysk (R)	42	13	12	17	47	44	+3	51	Relegation to Amateur Football League^[c]
18	Uralan Elista (R)	42	13	11	18	48	57	−9	50	Relegation to Second Division
19	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (R)	42	11	12	19	38	57	−19	45
20	Baltika Kaliningrad (R)	42	10	9	23	37	60	−23	39
21	Lisma-Mordovia Saransk (R)	42	5	11	26	24	62	−38	26
22	SOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk (R)	42	5	7	30	40	91	−51	22

Source: PFL, RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Oryol – SKA 1–0, SKA – Oryol 0–2.
^ Arsenal Tula were relegated to Second Division because they didn't get a license for a next season.
^ Chernomorets Novorossiysk were relegated to Amateur Football League because they didn't get a license for a next season.

Andrey Fedkov

of Terek became the top goalscorer with 38 goals.

Second Division

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

Second Division

zones:

FC Torpedo Vladimir (West)
FC Fakel Voronezh (Centre)
FC Dynamo Stavropol
(South)
FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast
(Ural-Povolzhye)
FC Chkalovets-1936 Novosibirsk
(East)

Prior to start of the 2005 season three clubs (Rotor Volgograd, Torpedo Vladimir, and Arsenal Tula) refused participation in the First Division, and two more clubs (Dynamo Stavropol and Chernomorets Novorossiysk) were denied licences. This made way for the runners-up of all five zones:

FC Petrotrest Saint Petersburg
(West)
FC Avangard Kursk (Centre)
FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan
(South)
FC Lukoil Chelyabinsk
(Ural-Povolzhye)
FC Amur Blagoveshchensk (East)

Cups

The Russian Super Cup match between CSKA Moscow and Spartak Moscow was won by CSKA 3–1.

The

First Division

.

UEFA club competitions

2003–04 UEFA Champions League

Lokomotiv Moscow qualified for the round of 16 of the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League, where they met AS Monaco. Lokomotiv won the home match 2–1, but lost on away goals after Monaco won the second leg 1–0.