The 2006 Russian Premier League was the 15th season of the premier football competition in Russia since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the 5th under the current Russian Premier League name.
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. 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.
Teams As in the previous season, 16 teams played in the 2006 season. After the 2005 season, Alania Vladikavkaz and Terek Grozny were relegated to the 2006 Russian First Division. They were replaced by Luch-Energia Vladivostok and Spartak Nalchik, the winners and runners up of the 2005 Russian First Division.
Venues Amkar CSKA Dynamo Krylia Zvezda Stadium Central Stadium Central Stadium Metallurg Stadium Capacity: 17,000 Capacity: 36,540 Capacity: 36,540 Capacity: 27,084 Lokomotiv Luch-Energia RZD Arena Dynamo Stadium Capacity: 33,001 Capacity: 10,200 Moscow Rostov Eduard Streltsov Stadium Olimp-2 Capacity: 13,450 Capacity: 15,840 Rubin Saturn Central Stadium Saturn Stadium Capacity: 22,500 Capacity: 14,685 Shinnik Spartak Moscow Shinnik Stadium Luzhniki Stadium Capacity: 22,871 Capacity: 81,029 Spartak Nalchik Tom Torpedo Zenit Saint Petersburg Spartak Stadium Trud Stadium Luzhniki Stadium Petrovsky Stadium Capacity: 14,149 Capacity: 10,028 Capacity: 81,029 Capacity: 21,570
Personnel and kits TeamLocationHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsorAmkar PermPerm Rashid RakhimovAdidasCSKAMoscow Valery GazzaevUmbroSibneft/VTBDynamoMoscow Andrey KobelevUmbroXeroxLokomotivMoscow Oleg DolmatovAdidasLuch-EnergiaVladivostok Sergei PavlovNikeDSVKryliaSamara Gadzhi GadzhiyevMoscowMoscow Leonid SlutskyRostovRostov-on-Don Sergei BalakhninUmbroRubinKazan Kurban BerdyevNikeSaturnRamenskoye Vladimír WeissAdidasShinnikYaroslavl Boris Gavrilov SpartakMoscow Vladimir FedotovNikeSpartakNalchik Yuri KrasnozhanUmbroTomTomsk Valery PetrakovTorpedoMoscow Aleksandr Gostenin UmbroZenitSaint Petersburg Dick AdvocaatAdidasGazprom
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table Dynamo Andrey Kobelev End of role Preseason Yuri Semin 22 November 2005Preseason Lokomotiv Vladimir Eshtrekov Slavoljub Muslin 12 December 2005 Saturn Vladimir Shevchuk Vladimír Weiss Tom Anatoliy Byshovets Valery Petrakov Spartak Aleksandrs Starkovs April 2006 Vladimir Fedotov April 2006 Zenit St.Petersburg Vlastimil Petržela 4 May 2006 Vladimír Borovička May 2006 Zenit St.Petersburg Vladimír Borovička End of Role July 2006 Dick Advocaat 26 June 2006 Amkar Sergei Oborin August 2006 Igor Uralyov August 2006 Dynamo Yuri Semin Resigned 4 August 2006 15th Andrey Kobelev August 2006 Amkar Igor Uralyov End of Role September 2006 Rashid Rakhimov September 2006 Shinnik Oleg Dolmatov September 2006 Boris Gavrilov September 2006 Torpedo Sergei Petrenko September 2006 Aleksandr Gostenin September 2006 Lokomotiv Slavoljub Muslin Fired 5 October 2006 Oleg Dolmatov 5 October 2006
Tournament format and regulations 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.
League table
Results
Season statistics Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goal1 Roman Pavlyuchenko Spartak 182 Jô CSKA 143 Alejandro Domínguez Rubin 13 Pavel Pogrebnyak Tom Dmitri Loskov Lokomotiv 6 Dmitri Kirichenko Moscow 12 Mikhail Osinov Rostov 8 Vágner Love CSKA 9 Ivica Olić CSKA 10 Yegor Titov Spartak 8 Roman Adamov Moscow
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)
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 and Soviet Sports and became the Russian Footballer of the Year.
On December 18, the Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:
Goalkeepers Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow) Vyacheslav Malafeev (Zenit) Antonín Kinský (Saturn)
Right backs Vasili Berezutskiy (CSKA Moscow) Aleksandr Anyukov (Zenit) Roman Shishkin (Spartak Moscow)
Right-centre backs Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA Moscow) Martin Jiránek (Spartak Moscow) Erik Hagen (Zenit)
Left-centre backs Denis Kolodin (Dynamo Moscow) Deividas Šemberas (CSKA Moscow) Martin Škrtel (Zenit)
Left backs Aleksei Berezutskiy (CSKA Moscow) Oleg Kuzmin (Moskva) Orlando Calisto (Rubin)
Defensive midfielders Elvir Rahimić (CSKA Moscow) Evgeni Aldonin (CSKA Moscow) Mozart (Spartak Moscow)
| style="width:33.33%; vertical-align:top;"| Right wingers Vladimir Bystrov (Spartak Moscow) Miloš Krasić (CSKA Moscow) Valeri Klimov (Tom) | style="width:33.33%; vertical-align:top;"| Central midfielders Dmitri Loskov (Lokomotiv Moscow) Yegor Titov (Spartak Moscow) Daniel Carvalho (CSKA Moscow) | style="width:33.33%; vertical-align:top;"| Left wingers Yuri Zhirkov (CSKA Moscow) Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (Lokomotiv Moscow) Sergei Gurenko (Lokomotiv Moscow)
Right forwards Andrey Arshavin (Zenit) Pavel Pogrebnyak (Tom) Jô (CSKA Moscow)
Left forwards Roman Pavlyuchenko (Spartak Moscow) Alejandro Domínguez (Rubin) Vágner Love (CSKA Moscow)
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.).
Attendances
Rank Club Average 1 Zenit 21,954 2 Spartak Moscow 17,215 3 Krylia Sovetov 16,980 4 Rubin 13,727 5 Spartak Nalchik 13,547 6 Amkar 13,507 7 Lokomotiv Moscow 13,066 8 Tom 12,800 9 PFC CSKA 10,913 10 Saturn 10,530 11 Luch 9,913 12 Rostov 8,987 13 Shinnik 8,393 14 Dynamo Moscow 8,067 15 Torpedo Moscow 5,333 16 FC Moscow 5,307 Source:
See also 2006 in Russian Football
References
External links RSSSF RFPL.org