2013–14 Russian Premier League

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Krylia Sovetov Samara
Tom Tomsk
Volga Nizhny Novgorod
Champions LeagueCSKA Moscow
Zenit St. Petersburg
Europa LeagueLokomotiv Moscow
Dynamo Moscow
Krasnodar
Rostov
Matches played240
Goals scored613 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorerSeydou Doumbia (18)
Biggest home winLokomotiv Moscow 5–0 Rostov
Spartak Moscow 6–1 Volga
Biggest away winVolga 0–5 Dynamo Moscow
Highest scoringZenit St. Petersburg 6–2 Rubin Kazan
Average attendance11,499
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The 2013–14 Russian Premier League was the 22nd season of the Russian football championship since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and 12th under the current Russian Premier League name. The season started on 13 July 2013 and concluded on 17 May 2014, with a winter break between the weekends around 6 December 2013 and 6 March 2014.

CSKA Moscow were the defending champions.

Teams

Ural
Volga
Zenit
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Locations of teams in the 2013–14 Russian Premier League
Map of Russia with the teams of the 2013–14 Premier League
Moscow
Moscow
Tom Tomsk
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Locations of teams in 2013–14 Russian Premier League (Tomsk)

After previous season

Ural, FNL champions, and Tom Tomsk
, FNL runners-up. Tom Tomsk returned to Premier League at first attempt, while Ural was absent from the top level for 16 seasons.

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Location Head coach Captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Amkar Perm Russia Konstantin Paramonov (caretaker)
Dmitri Belorukov
Puma
 Bank of Moscow
Anzhi Makhachkala Russia Gadzhi Gadzhiyev Moldova Alexandru Epureanu Nike Energy Standard Group
CSKA Moscow
Leonid Slutsky
 Russia Igor Akinfeev adidas
Russian Grids
Dynamo Moscow Russia Stanislav Cherchesov Russia Vladimir Granat adidas
VTB
Krasnodar Krasnodar
Aleh Konanaw
 Belarus Alyaksandr Martynovich
Kappa
 Westa
Krylia Sovetov
Samara
Vladimir Kukhlevskiy
(caretaker) 		Russia Ivan Taranov Nike Samara Oblast1
Kuban Krasnodar Belarus Viktor Goncharenko Russia Aleksandr Belenov adidas RGMK
Lokomotiv Moscow Belarus Leonid Kuchuk Brazil Guilherme Puma RZD
Rostov Rostov-on-Don Montenegro Miodrag Božović Croatia Stipe Pletikosa Joma TNS Energo
Rubin Kazan Russia Vladimir Maminov Russia Oleg Kuzmin Puma TAIF
Spartak Moscow Russia Dmitri Gunko Russia Dmitri Kombarov Nike Lukoil
Terek
 		Grozny Russia Rashid Rakhimov Russia Rizvan Utsiyev adidas AK
Tom Tomsk Russia Vasili Baskakov
Sergey Omelyanchuk
 Nike Rosneft
Ural
 		Yekaterinburg Russia Aleksandr Tarkhanov Russia Denis Tumasyan adidas TMK
Volga Nizhny Novgorod
Andrei Talalayev
 Russia Andrei Karyaka adidas Sberbank
Zenit St. Petersburg Portugal André Villas-Boas Russia Konstantin Zyryanov Nike Gazprom

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing Manner Date Table Incoming Date Table
Terek Grozny
 Russia Stanislav Cherchesov Contract expired 26 May 2013 Pre-season Russia Yuri Krasnozhan 26 May 2013[1] Pre-season
Tom Tomsk Russia Sergei Perednya Contract expired 1 June 2013 Pre-season Russia Anatoli Davydov 25 June 2013[2] Pre-season
Kuban Krasnodar Belarus Leonid Kuchuk Contract expired 10 June 2013[3] Pre-season Russia Igor Osinkin (caretaker) 10 June 2013 Pre-season
Amkar Perm Russia Rustem Khuzin Contract expired 17 June 2013[4] Pre-season Russia Stanislav Cherchesov 20 June 2013[5] Pre-season
Lokomotiv Moscow Croatia Slaven Bilić Mutual agreement 17 June 2013 Pre-season Belarus Leonid Kuchuk 18 June 2013[6] Pre-season
Anzhi Makhachkala Netherlands Guus Hiddink Resigned 22 July 2013 12th
Rene Meulensteen
 22 July 2013[7] 12th
Kuban Krasnodar Russia Igor Osinkin (caretaker) Caretaker spell over 31 July 2013 5th Romania Dorinel Munteanu 31 July 2013[8] 5th
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast
Pavel Gusev
 Resigned 1 August 2013 15th Russia Oleg Vasilenko 1 August 2013[9] 15th
Krylia Sovetov Samara
 Russia Gadzhi Gadzhiyev Resigned 8 August 2013[10] 14th Russia Aleksandr Tsygankov (caretaker, since 29 August 2013 manager) 8 August 2013[11][12] 14th
Anzhi Makhachkala
Rene Meulensteen
 Sacked 8 August 2013 13th Russia Gadzhi Gadzhiyev 8 August 2013[10] 13th
Krasnodar Serbia Slavoljub Muslin Mutual consent 9 August 2013[13] 11th
Aleh Konanaw
 11 August 2013[14] 11th
Tom Russia Anatoli Davydov Sacked 15 September 2013[15] 16th Russia Vasili Baskakov 15 September 2013 16th
Kuban Krasnodar Romania Dorinel Munteanu Sacked 12 October 2013 10th Belarus Viktor Goncharenko 12 October 2013[16] 10th
Terek Grozny
 Russia Yuri Krasnozhan Resigned 28 October 2013[17] 14th Kazakhstan Vait Talgayev (caretaker) 29 October 2013[18] 14th
Terek Grozny
 Kazakhstan Vait Talgayev (caretaker) Caretaker spell over 7 November 2013 15th Russia Rashid Rakhimov 7 November 2013[19] 15th
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast
 Russia Oleg Vasilenko Mutual agreement 27 November 2013 14th Russia Aleksandr Tarkhanov 27 November 2013[20] 14th
Rubin Kazan Turkmenistan Kurban Berdyev Sacked 20 December 2013[21] 11th Russia Vladimir Maminov 10 January 2014 11th
Zenit St. Petersburg Italy Luciano Spalletti Sacked 11 March 2014[22] 2nd Russia Sergei Semak (caretaker) 11 March 2014[22] 2nd
Spartak Moscow
Valeri Karpin
 Mutual agreement 18 March 2014[23] 3rd Russia Dmitri Gunko (caretaker, since 2 April 2014 manager) 18 March 2014[23] 3rd
Zenit St. Petersburg Russia Sergei Semak (caretaker) Caretaker spell over 20 March 2014[24] 2nd Portugal André Villas-Boas 20 March 2014[24] 2nd
Volga Nizhny Novgorod Ukraine Yuriy Kalitvintsev Resigned 28 March 2014[25] 14th
Andrei Talalayev
 29 March 2014[26] 14th
Dynamo Moscow Romania Dan Petrescu Mutual agreement 8 April 2014[27] 4th
Nikolai Kovardayev
(caretaker) 		8 April 2014[27] 4th
Amkar Perm Russia Stanislav Cherchesov Mutual agreement 8 April 2014[28] 7th Russia Konstantin Paramonov (caretaker) 8 April 2014[28] 7th
Dynamo Moscow
Nikolai Kovardayev
(caretaker) 		Caretaker spell over 10 April 2014[29] 4th Russia Stanislav Cherchesov 10 April 2014[29] 4th
Krylia Sovetov Samara
 Russia Aleksandr Tsygankov Resigned 5 May 2014[30] 14th Russia Vladimir Kukhlevsky (caretaker) 5 May 2014[31] 14th

Last updated: 5 May 2014

Tournament format and regulations

Basic

The 16 teams played a round-robin tournament whereby each team played each one of the other teams twice, once at home and once away. Thus, a total of 240 matches were played, with 30 matches played by each team.

Promotion and relegation

The teams that finished 15th and 16th were relegated to the

FNL
, while the top two FNL teams were promoted to the Premier League for the 2014–15 season.

The 13th and 14th Premier League teams played the 4th and 3rd FNL teams, respectively, in two playoff games, with the winner securing a Premier League spot for 2014–15 season.

Season events

On 11 May 2014, the match between Zenit and Dynamo was interrupted in the 86th minute, with Dynamo leading 4–2, when Zenit fans ran out of the stands. At first they stood behind the goal line; when the referee decided to take the teams off the field into the dressing rooms and teams began to leave, one of Zenit's fans punched Dynamo player Vladimir Granat. It was originally reported that Zenit player Salomón Rondón was also attacked. Later, it was clarified that Rondón had a conflict with Dynamo player Marko Lomić, but that incident was not registered by the referee or the game inspector.[32][33] The game was abandoned. Granat was diagnosed with concussion and missed Dynamo's last game of the season against Spartak Moscow.[34] The punishment was decided on 14 May 2014 by the Control-Disciplinary Committee of the Russian Football Union. Dynamo was awarded a 3–0 win, and Zenit was fined 700,000 rubles; they were required to play their next two home games (in the 2014–15 season) in an empty stadium, and for an additional three home games the fan stands were empty.[35] The Zenit fan who punched Granat, 45-year-old Aleksei Nesterov known as Gulliver, was not immediately arrested, and went into hiding for several days. Eventually, he gave himself up to the police and was charged with assault. The criminal charges against Nesterov were dropped in court after he reached a settlement with Granat, and he was then released.[36]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 CSKA Moscow (C) 30 20 4 6 49 26 +23 64 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Zenit St. Petersburg 30 19 6 5 63 32 +31 63 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Lokomotiv Moscow 30 17 8 5 51 23 +28 59 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
4 Dynamo Moscow 30 15 7 8 54 37 +17 52 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]
5 Krasnodar 30 15 5 10 46 39 +7 50[b] Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[c]
6 Spartak Moscow 30 15 5 10 46 36 +10 50[b]
7 Rostov 30 10 9 11 40 40 0 39 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[d]
8 Kuban Krasnodar 30 10 8 12 40 42 −2 38
9 Rubin Kazan 30 9 11 10 36 30 +6 38[e]
10 Amkar Perm 30 9 11 10 36 37 −1 38[e]
11
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast
 30 9 7 14 28 46 −18 34
12
Terek Grozny
 30 8 9 13 27 33 −6 33
13 Tom Tomsk (R) 30 8 7 15 23 39 −16 31 Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
14
Krylia Sovetov Samara
(R) 		30 6 11 13 27 46 −19 29
15 Volga Nizhny Novgorod (R) 30 6 3 21 22 65 −43 21 Relegation to
Football National League
16 Anzhi Makhachkala (R) 30 3 11 16 25 42 −17 20
Source: Russian Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) head-to-head points; 4) number of head-to-head wins; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) number of head-to-head goals scored; 7) number of head-to-head away goals scored; 8) goal difference; 9) number of goals scored; 10) number of away goals scored; 11) position in the 2012–13 season (only used until all the regularly scheduled games have been played); 11) extra play-off game or tournament between the teams in question.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ ELPO
  2. ^ a b Krasnodar ahead of Spartak Moscow on head-to-head points; Krasnodar–Spartak Moscow 4–0, Spartak Moscow–Krasnodar 3–2.
  3. ^ ELPO
  4. ^ Rostov won the 2013–14 Russian Cup, therefore qualifying for the play-off round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League. However, it did not pass the Russian Football Union European licensing and thus its spot was given to Spartak. However, that RFU decision was then overturned by the CAS and Rostov was returned to the Europa League.
  5. ^ a b Rubin Kazan ahead of Amkar Perm on head-to-head points; Rubin Kazan–Amkar Perm 3–0, Amkar Perm–Rubin Kazan 0–0.

Relegation play-offs

First leg

Ufa5–1Tom Tomsk
William Oliveira
83'		 Report Panchenko 56'
Attendance: 4,500
Krylia Sovetov Samara
Salugin 40'
Vlasov 67'		 Report
Sergei Ivanov

Second leg

Tom Tomsk3–1Ufa
Bashkirov 4'
Golyshev 23'
Portnyagin 73'		 Report
Golubov
13'
Attendance: 7,500

aggregate score and was promoted to the 2014–15 Russian Premier League
.

Krylia Sovetov Samara
0–0Torpedo Moscow
Report
Samara
Attendance: 20,000

aggregate score and was promoted to the 2014–15 Russian Premier League
.

Results

Home \ Away AMK ANZ CSK DYN KRA
KRY
 KUB LOK ROS RUB SPA
TER
 TOM
URA
 VNN ZEN
Amkar Perm 1–0 1–3 2–1 2–2 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–2 5–1 1–2
Anzhi Makhachkala 2–2 0–3 4–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–2
CSKA Moscow 2–1 0–0 0–2 5–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 4–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–0
Dynamo Moscow 2–0 2–1 4–2 1–2 2–0 3–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–4 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–2 1–1
Krasnodar 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–3 0–2 1–0 4–0 3–2 4–0 0–1 3–0 1–2
Krylia Sovetov Samara
 2–2 1–1 1–3 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–2 0–4 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–4
Kuban Krasnodar 0–3 2–0 0–4 1–1 1–3 4–0 1–3 2–2 1–1 2–2 3–1 2–0 3–2 4–0 1–4
Lokomotiv Moscow 4–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 5–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 3–0 1–1
Rostov 3–3 1–1 0–0 2–3 2–2 1–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 4–0 0–4
Rubin Kazan 3–0 5–1 0–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–1 2–1
Spartak Moscow 1–0 2–2 3–0 3–2 3–2 1–0 0–2 1–3 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 6–1 4–2
Terek Grozny
 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1
Tom Tomsk 0–0 2–2 1–2 1–3 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 3–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–3
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast
 0–0 2–1 2–2 1–4 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–3 1–4 0–3 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–2
Volga Nizhny Novgorod 0–2 2–1 1–2 0–5 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–3
Zenit St. Petersburg 1–1 3–0 2–0 0–3 4–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 6–2 4–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0
Source: Russian Premier League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Round by round

The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition.

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Krylia Sovetov Samara
141514141012121112121212121210111111111011111111121313141414
Volga Nizhny Novgorod1012911131111121111111110912121212121212141515151515151515
Anzhi Makhachkala5912131515151414151516161616161616161616161616161616161616
Source: resultados-futbol.com