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.
Season | 2006 |
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Champions | CSKA Moscow |
Relegated | Torpedo Moscow Shinnik Yaroslavl |
Champions League | CSKA Moscow Spartak Moscow |
UEFA Cup | Lokomotiv Moscow Zenit St.Petersburg |
Intertoto Cup | Rubin Kazan |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 585 (2.44 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Roman Pavlyuchenko (18) |
← 2005 2007 → |
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:
- higher number of wins in all matches;
- higher goal difference in all matches;
- 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);
- higher number of goals scored in all matches;
- higher number of away goals scored in all matches;
- 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:
- higher number of wins in all matches;
- 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);
- 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:
- higher number of wins in all matches;
- higher goal difference in all matches;
- 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);
- 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 |
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PFC CSKA Moscow | Valery Gazzaev |
FC Spartak Moscow | Aleksandrs Starkovs Vladimir Fedotov (from April) |
FC Lokomotiv Moscow | Slavoljub Muslin Oleg Dolmatov (from October) |
FC Zenit St. Petersburg | Vlastimil Petržela Vladimír Borovička Dick Advocaat |
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 |
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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 |
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:
- Qualified as the winner of 2006–07 Russian Cup.
Russian Premier League 2006 Winners |
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PFC CSKA Moscow 3rd title |
Top goalscorers
Rank | Nat. | Player | Goals (pen.) | Club |
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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
Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow) Vyacheslav Malafeev (Zenit) Antonín Kinský (Saturn)
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- Defensive midfielders
Elvir Rahimić (CSKA Moscow) Evgeni Aldonin (CSKA Moscow) Mozart (Spartak Moscow)
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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). Manager: Valery Gazzaev. Transferred out during the season: none. |
2. FC Spartak Moscow |
Goalkeepers: Wojciech Kowalewski Manager: Aleksandrs Starkovs Transferred out during the season: Gabriel Tamaș |
3. FC Lokomotiv Moscow |
Goalkeepers: Aleksei Poliakov Manager: Slavoljub Muslin Transferred out during the season: Dmitri Kruglov |
See also
2006 in Russian Football
References
- "CSKA Moscow grab title". Soccerway. 2006-11-18. Retrieved 2014-10-24.
- Лучшие по оценкам "СЭ" (in Russian). Sport-Express. 2006-11-27. Archived from the original on 2012-09-11.
- "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.
- Исполком РФС утвердил 33 лучших игрока Премьер-Лиги по итогам минувшего чемпионата (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 2006-12-18.