# 2006 Russian Premier League

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 | CSKA Dynamo Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn Spartak TorpedoAmkarKryliaRostovRubinShinnikSpartakZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | CSKA Dynamo Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn Spartak TorpedoAmkarKryliaRostovRubinShinnikSpartakZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | Luch-Energia |
| RZD Arena | CSKA Dynamo Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn Spartak TorpedoAmkarKryliaRostovRubinShinnikSpartakZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | CSKA Dynamo Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn Spartak TorpedoAmkarKryliaRostovRubinShinnikSpartakZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | Dynamo Stadium |
| Capacity: 33,001 | CSKA Dynamo Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn Spartak TorpedoAmkarKryliaRostovRubinShinnikSpartakZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | CSKA Dynamo Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn Spartak TorpedoAmkarKryliaRostovRubinShinnikSpartakZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | Capacity: 10,200 |
| Moscow | CSKA Dynamo Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn Spartak TorpedoAmkarKryliaRostovRubinShinnikSpartakZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | CSKA Dynamo Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn Spartak TorpedoAmkarKryliaRostovRubinShinnikSpartakZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | Rostov |
| Eduard Streltsov Stadium | CSKA Dynamo Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn Spartak TorpedoAmkarKryliaRostovRubinShinnikSpartakZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | CSKA Dynamo Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn Spartak TorpedoAmkarKryliaRostovRubinShinnikSpartakZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | Olimp-2 |
| Capacity: 13,450 | CSKA Dynamo Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn Spartak TorpedoAmkarKryliaRostovRubinShinnikSpartakZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | CSKA Dynamo Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn Spartak TorpedoAmkarKryliaRostovRubinShinnikSpartakZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | Capacity: 15,840 |
| Rubin | CSKA Dynamo Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn Spartak TorpedoAmkarKryliaRostovRubinShinnikSpartakZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | CSKA Dynamo Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn Spartak TorpedoAmkarKryliaRostovRubinShinnikSpartakZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | Saturn |
| Central Stadium | CSKA Dynamo Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn Spartak TorpedoAmkarKryliaRostovRubinShinnikSpartakZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | CSKA Dynamo Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn Spartak TorpedoAmkarKryliaRostovRubinShinnikSpartakZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | Saturn Stadium |
| Capacity: 22,500 | CSKA Dynamo Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn Spartak TorpedoAmkarKryliaRostovRubinShinnikSpartakZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | CSKA Dynamo Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn Spartak TorpedoAmkarKryliaRostovRubinShinnikSpartakZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | Capacity: 14,685 |
| Shinnik | CSKA Dynamo Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn Spartak TorpedoAmkarKryliaRostovRubinShinnikSpartakZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | CSKA Dynamo Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn Spartak TorpedoAmkarKryliaRostovRubinShinnikSpartakZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | Spartak Moscow |
| Shinnik Stadium | CSKA Dynamo Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn Spartak TorpedoAmkarKryliaRostovRubinShinnikSpartakZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | CSKA Dynamo Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn Spartak TorpedoAmkarKryliaRostovRubinShinnikSpartakZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | Luzhniki Stadium |
| Capacity: 22,871 | CSKA Dynamo Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn Spartak TorpedoAmkarKryliaRostovRubinShinnikSpartakZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | CSKA Dynamo Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn Spartak TorpedoAmkarKryliaRostovRubinShinnikSpartakZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | 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

| Team | Location | Head coach | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Amkar Perm | Perm | Rashid Rakhimov | Adidas | |
| CSKA | Moscow | Valery Gazzaev | Umbro | Sibneft/VTB |
| Dynamo | Moscow | Andrey Kobelev | Umbro | Xerox |
| Lokomotiv | Moscow | Oleg Dolmatov | Adidas | |
| Luch-Energia | Vladivostok | Sergei Pavlov | Nike | DSV |
| Krylia | Samara | Gadzhi Gadzhiyev | | |
| Moscow | Moscow | Leonid Slutsky | | |
| Rostov | Rostov-on-Don | Sergei Balakhnin | Umbro | |
| Rubin | Kazan | Kurban Berdyev | Nike | — |
| Saturn | Ramenskoye | Vladimír Weiss | Adidas | |
| Shinnik | Yaroslavl | Boris Gavrilov (Caretaker) | | |
| Spartak | Moscow | Vladimir Fedotov | Nike | |
| Spartak | Nalchik | Yuri Krasnozhan | Umbro | — |
| Tom | Tomsk | Valery Petrakov | | |
| Torpedo | Moscow | Aleksandr Gostenin (Caretaker) | Umbro | — |
| Zenit | Saint Petersburg | Dick Advocaat | Adidas | Gazprom |

### 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 (Caretaker) | End of role | | Preseason | Yuri Semin | 22 November 2005 | Preseason |
| Lokomotiv | Vladimir Eshtrekov | | | Preseason | Slavoljub Muslin | 12 December 2005 | Preseason |
| Saturn | Vladimir Shevchuk | | | Preseason | Vladimír Weiss | | Preseason |
| Tom | Anatoliy Byshovets | | | Preseason | Valery Petrakov | | Preseason |
| Spartak | Aleksandrs Starkovs | | April 2006 | | Vladimir Fedotov | April 2006 | |
| Zenit St.Petersburg | Vlastimil Petržela | | 4 May 2006 | | Vladimír Borovička (Caretaker) | May 2006 | |
| Zenit St.Petersburg | Vladimír Borovička (Caretaker) | End of Role | July 2006 | | Dick Advocaat | 26 June 2006 | |
| Amkar | Sergei Oborin | | August 2006 | | Igor Uralyov (Caretaker) | August 2006 | |
| Dynamo | Yuri Semin | Resigned | 4 August 2006 | 15th | Andrey Kobelev | August 2006 | |
| Amkar | Igor Uralyov (Caretaker) | 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.$^1$
$^1$The 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 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 | Relegation to First Division |
* ↑ Qualified as the winner of 2006–07 Russian Cup.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AMK | CSK | DYN | KRY | LOK | LUE | MOS | ROS | RUB | SAT | SHI | SPA | SPN | TOM | TOR | ZEN |
| Amkar Perm | | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| CSKA Moscow | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Dynamo Moscow | 0–0 | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Krylia Sovetov Samara | 6–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Luch-Energiya | 3–1 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| FC Moscow | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 4–0 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Rostov | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Rubin Kazan | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Saturn | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Shinnik Yaroslavl | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–6 | 1–5 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Spartak Moscow | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Spartak Nalchik | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Tom Tomsk | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Torpedo Moscow | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 1–2 |
| Zenit St. Petersburg | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

    As of matches played on 26 November 2006.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goal |
| 1 | Roman Pavlyuchenko | Spartak | 18 |
| 2 | Jô | CSKA | 14 |
| 3 | Alejandro Domínguez | Rubin | 13 |
| 3 | Pavel Pogrebnyak | Tom | 13 |
| 3 | Dmitri Loskov | Lokomotiv | 13 |
| 6 | Dmitri Kirichenko | Moscow | 12 |
| 6 | Mikhail Osinov | Rostov | 12 |
| 8 | Vágner Love | CSKA | 9 |
| 8 | Ivica Olić | CSKA | 9 |
| 10 | Yegor Titov | Spartak | 8 |
| 10 | Roman Adamov | Moscow | 8 |

### 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)

### Defensive midfielders

* Elvir Rahimić (CSKA Moscow)
* Evgeni Aldonin (CSKA Moscow)
* Mozart (Spartak 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.).