# 2009 Russian Premier League

The 2009 Russian Premier League was the 18th season of the Russian football championship since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and 8th under the current Russian Premier League name. The season started on 14 March 2009 with a goalless draw between Amkar Perm and Rostov. The last matches were played on 29 November 2009. On 21 November 2009 Rubin Kazan successfully retained their champion's title.

## Teams

As in the previous season, 16 teams played in the 2009 season. After the 2008 season, Shinnik Yaroslavl and Luch-Energiya Vladivostok were relegated to the 2009 Russian First Division. They were replaced by Rostov and Kuban Krasnodar, the winners and runners up of the 2008 Russian First Division.

### Venues

Dynamo Moscow played their home games during the 2009 season at the new Arena Khimki, due to their Dynamo Stadium undergoing renovation work.
| Amkar | CSKA | Dynamo | Khimki |
| Zvezda Stadium | Luzhniki Stadium | Arena Khimki | Arena Khimki |
| Capacity: 17,000 | Capacity: 81,000 | Capacity: 18,840 | Capacity: 18,840 |
| Krylia | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaKubanRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League MoscowTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League, Tomsk | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaKubanRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League MoscowTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League, Tomsk | Kuban |
| Metallurg Stadium | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaKubanRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League MoscowTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League, Tomsk | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaKubanRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League MoscowTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League, Tomsk | Kuban Stadium |
| Capacity: 27,084 | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaKubanRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League MoscowTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League, Tomsk | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaKubanRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League MoscowTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League, Tomsk | Capacity: 28,800 |
| Lokomotiv | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaKubanRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League MoscowTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League, Tomsk | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaKubanRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League MoscowTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League, Tomsk | Moscow |
| RZD Arena | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaKubanRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League MoscowTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League, Tomsk | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaKubanRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League MoscowTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League, Tomsk | Eduard Streltsov Stadium |
| Capacity: 33,001 | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaKubanRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League MoscowTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League, Tomsk | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaKubanRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League MoscowTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League, Tomsk | Capacity: 13,450 |
| Rostov | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaKubanRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League MoscowTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League, Tomsk | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaKubanRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League MoscowTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League, Tomsk | Rubin |
| Olimp-2 | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaKubanRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League MoscowTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League, Tomsk | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaKubanRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League MoscowTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League, Tomsk | Central Stadium |
| Capacity: 15,840 | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaKubanRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League MoscowTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League, Tomsk | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaKubanRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League MoscowTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League, Tomsk | Capacity: 22,500 |
| Saturn | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaKubanRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League MoscowTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League, Tomsk | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaKubanRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League MoscowTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League, Tomsk | Spartak Moscow |
| Saturn Stadium | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaKubanRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League MoscowTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League, Tomsk | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaKubanRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League MoscowTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League, Tomsk | Luzhniki Stadium |
| Capacity: 14,685 | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaKubanRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League MoscowTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League, Tomsk | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaKubanRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League MoscowTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League, Tomsk | Capacity: 81,029 |
| Spartak Nalchik | Terek | Tom | Zenit Saint Petersburg |
| Spartak Stadium | Sultan Bilimkhanov Stadium | Trud Stadium | Petrovsky Stadium |
| Capacity: 14,149 | Capacity: 10,400 | Capacity: 10,028 | Capacity: 21,570 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Location | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Amkar Perm | Perm | Rashid Rakhimov | Martin Kushev | Nike | |
| CSKA | Moscow | Leonid Slutsky | Igor Akinfeev | Reebok | Aeroflot |
| Dynamo | Moscow | Andrey Kobelev | Dmitri Khokhlov | Umbro | VTB Bank |
| Khimki | Khimki | Igor Chugainov (Caretaker) | Dragan Blatnjak | Nike | |
| Krylia | Samara | Yuri Gazzaev | Ruslan Ajinjal | Nike | |
| Kuban | Krasnodar | Poghos Galstyan (Caretaker) | Andrei Topchu | Nike | |
| Lokomotiv | Moscow | Yuri Semin | Rodolfo | Adidas | |
| Moscow | Moscow | Miodrag Božović | Yuri Zhevnov | Umbro | |
| Rostov | Rostov-on-Don | Oleg Dolmatov | Mikhail Osinov | Nike | |
| Rubin | Kazan | Kurban Berdyev | Sergei Semak | Nike | |
| Saturn | Ramenskoye | Andrei Gordeyev (Caretaker) | Aleksei Igonin | Adidas | |
| Spartak | Moscow | Valeri Karpin (Executive Director) | Martin Jiránek | Nike | |
| Spartak | Nalchik | Yuri Krasnozhan | Miodrag Džudović | Umbro | |
| Terek | Grozny | Shahin Diniyev (Caretaker) | Timur Dzhabrailov | Adidas | SAT&Co Managing Company |
| Tom | Tomsk | Valery Nepomnyashchy | Sergei Pareiko | | |
| Zenit | Saint Petersburg | Anatoli Davydov | Aleksandr Anyukov | Nike | Gazprom |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| Amkar | Miodrag Božović | | | Preseason | Dimitar Dimitrov | | Preseason |
| CSKA | Valery Gazzaev | | | Preseason | Zico | 9 January 2009 | Preseason |
| Khimki | Sergei Yuran | | | Preseason | Konstantin Sarsania | 15 December 2008 | Preseason |
| Moscow | Oleg Blokhin | | | Preseason | Miodrag Božović | 28 November 2008 | Preseason |
| Spartak Moscow | Michael Laudrup | Fired | 15 April 2009 | 10th | Valeri Karpin (Executive Director) | | |
| Lokomotiv | Rashid Rakhimov | Fired | 28 April 2009 | 13th | Vladimir Maminov (Caretaker) | 28 April 2009 | 8th |
| Saturn | Jürgen Röber | Fired | 15 May 2009 | 15th | Andrei Gordeyev (Caretaker) | 15 May 2009 | 15th |
| Saturn | Andrei Gordeyev (Caretaker) | End of role | 20 May 2009 | | Andrei Gordeyev | 20 May 2009 | |
| Lokomotiv | Vladimir Maminov (Caretaker) | End of role | 1 June 2009 | 8th | Yuri Semin | 1 June 2009 | 8th |
| Zenit | Dick Advocaat | Fired | 10 August 2009 | 8th | Anatoli Davydov (Caretaker) | 10 August 2009 | 8th |
| Kuban | Sergei Ovchinnikov | Fired | 11 August 2009 | 14th | Poghos Galstyan (Caretaker) | 11 August 2009 | 14th |
| Amkar | Dimitar Dimitrov | Fired | 1 September 2009 | 13th | Rashid Rakhimov | 5 September 2009 | |
| CSKA | Zico | Sacked | 10 September 2009 | 4th | Juande Ramos | 10 September 2009 | 4th |
| Khimki | Konstantin Sarsania | Resigned | 19 September 2009 | 16th | Igor Chugainov (Caretaker) | | |
| Zenit | Anatoli Davydov (Caretaker) | End of role | 2 October 2009 | | Anatoli Davydov | 2 October 2009 | |
| Krylia Sovetov | Leonid Slutsky | Resigned | 9 October 2009 | 10th | Yuri Gazzaev (Caretaker) | 10 October 20009 | 10th |
| Terek | Vyacheslav Hrozny | Resigned | 20 October 2009 | 9th | Shahin Diniyev (Caretaker) | 20 October 2009 | 9th |
| CSKA | Juande Ramos | Mutual Termination | 26 October 2009 | 5th | Leonid Slutsky | 26 October 2009 | 5th |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Rubin Kazan (C) | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 62 | 21 | +41 | 63 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Spartak Moscow | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 61 | 33 | +28 | 55 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Zenit St. Petersburg | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 48 | 27 | +21 | 54 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 43 | 30 | +13 | 54 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 5 | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 48 | 30 | +18 | 52 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 6 | FC Moscow (R) | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 39 | 28 | +11 | 48 | Club expelled after season |
| 7 | Saturn | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 45 | |
| 8 | Dynamo Moscow | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 42 | |
| 9 | Tom Tomsk | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 41 | |
| 10 | Krylia Sovetov Samara | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 42 | −10 | 36 | |
| 11 | Spartak Nalchik | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 35 | |
| 12 | Terek Grozny | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 33 | 48 | −15 | 33 | |
| 13 | Amkar Perm | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 33 | |
| 14 | Rostov | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 32 | |
| 15 | Kuban Krasnodar (R) | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 51 | −28 | 28 | Relegation to First Division |
| 16 | Khimki (R) | 30 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 64 | −44 | 10 | Relegation to First Division |
* ↑ Winners of 2009–10 Russian Cup, Zenit, qualified for the Champions League, that means the loser finalists Sibir Novosibirsk will play in third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
* ↑ FC Moscow announced on 5 February 2010 that they will not participate in next season's Russian Premier League. On 17 February, they were officially excluded from the 2010 Russian Premier League.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AMK | CSK | DYN | KHI | KRY | KUB | LOK | MOS | ROS | RUB | SAT | SPA | SPN | TER | TOM | ZEN |
| Amkar Perm | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 |
| CSKA Moscow | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Dynamo Moscow | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Khimki | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 |
| Krylia Sovetov Samara | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 |
| Kuban Krasnodar | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| FC Moscow | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Rostov | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Rubin Kazan | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 5–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Saturn | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–5 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Spartak Moscow | 5–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 4–0 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 |
| Spartak Nalchik | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| Terek Grozny | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | | 4–0 | 3–2 |
| Tom Tomsk | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 0–3 |
| Zenit St. Petersburg | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | |

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

    As of matches played on 29 November 2009.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goal |
| 1 | Welliton | Spartak | 20 |
| 2 | Aleksandr Bukharov | Rubin | 16 |
| 2 | Alejandro Domínguez | Rubin | 16 |
| 4 | Dmitri Sychev | Lokomotiv | 13 |
| 5 | Aleksandr Kerzhakov | Dynamo | 12 |
| 5 | Alex | Spartak | 12 |
| 7 | Shamil Lakhiyalov | Terek | 11 |
| 8 | Vladimir Bystrov | Dynamo / Zenit | 10 |
| 9 | Tomáš Necid | CSKA | 9 |
| 9 | Miloš Krasić | CSKA | 9 |
| 9 | Jan Koller | Krylia | 9 |

## Awards

On 24 November 2009 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:

### Goalkeepers

* Igor Akinfeev (CSKA)
* Sergei Ryzhikov (Rubin)
* Vladimir Gabulov (Dynamo)

### Defensive midfielders

* Sergei Semak (Rubin)
* Igor Denisov (Zenit)
* Dmitri Khokhlov (Dynamo)

## Medal squads

* 1. FC Rubin Kazan
* Goalkeepers: Sergei Ryzhikov (29), Nukri Revishvili (1).
* Defenders: César Navas (28), Cristian Ansaldi (25 / 1), Roman Sharonov (25 / 2), Vitali Kaleshin (18), Lasha Salukvadze (10 / 1), Aleksei Popov (10), Dato Kvirkvelia (7), Aleksandr Orekhov (2), Stjepan Tomas (1).
* Midfielders: Sergei Semak (26 / 6), Gökdeniz Karadeniz (25 / 6), MacBeth Sibaya (23 / 1), Christian Noboa (22 / 2), Aleksandr Ryazantsev (18 / 3), Yevgeni Balyaikin (17), Andrei Gorbanets (11), Pyotr Bystrov (11), Alan Kasaev (10 / 1), Rafał Murawski (7 / 1), Serhii Rebrov (7), Makhach Gadzhiyev (1), Aleksei Kotlyarov (1).
* Forwards: Alejandro Domínguez (23 / 19), Aleksandr Bukharov (23 / 16), Hasan Kabze (14 / 2), Roman Adamov (13 / 2), Igor Portnyagin (2 / 1), Davron Mirzayev (1). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
* Manager: Kurban Berdyev.
* Transferred out during the season: Roman Adamov (on loan to FC Krylia Sovetov Samara), Serhii Rebrov (retired), Makhach Gadzhiyev (end of loan from FC Saturn Moscow Oblast).
* 2. FC Spartak Moscow
* Goalkeepers: Soslan Dzhanayev (26), Stipe Pletikosa (4).
* Defenders: Martin Jiránek (29 / 1), Sergei Parshivlyuk (21 / 1), Martin Stranzl (19 / 1), Malik Fathi (16 / 3), Fyodor Kudryashov (7), Clemente Rodríguez (7), Egor Filipenko (5 / 1), Ignas Dedura (4).
* Midfielders: Alex (29 / 12), Rafael Carioca (23), Yevgeni Makeyev (20 / 2), Vladimir Bystrov (18 / 4), Denis Boyarintsev (18), Renat Sabitov (17), Serghei Covalciuc (16), Ivan Saenko (13 / 1), Aleksandr Pavlenko (10), Zhano Ananidze (8 / 2), Quincy (8 / 2), Ibson (6), Vladislav Ryzhkov (4), Maksim Grigoryev (3), Artur Maloyan (3), Igor Gorbatenko (2).
* Forwards: Welliton (28 / 21), Nikita Bazhenov (22 / 2), Pavel Yakovlev (14 / 4), Artyom Dzyuba (8 / 2), Eldar Nizamutdinov (5 / 1).
* Manager: Michael Laudrup (until April), Valery Karpin (from April).
* Transferred out during the season: Vladimir Bystrov (to FC Zenit St. Petersburg), Aleksandr Pavlenko (on loan to FC Rostov), Artyom Dzyuba (on loan to FC Tom Tomsk), Clemente Rodríguez (to Estudiantes de La Plata), Artur Maloyan (on loan to FC Anzhi Makhachkala).
* 3. FC Zenit St. Petersburg
* Goalkeepers: Vyacheslav Malafeev (28), Kamil Čontofalský (2).
* Defenders: Aleksandr Anyukov (27 / 1), Fernando Meira (22 / 1), Ivica Križanac (18 / 2), Kim Dong-Jin (17 / 1), Nicolas Lombaerts (15 / 2), Tomáš Hubočan (10).
* Midfielders: Konstantin Zyryanov (30 / 4), Igor Denisov (28 / 1), Igor Semshov (26 / 6), Roman Shirokov (21 / 1), Szabolcs Huszti (19 / 2), Radek Šírl (17), Viktor Fayzulin (16), Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (11), Vladimir Bystrov (10 / 6), Aleksei Ionov (10), Alessandro Rosina (9 / 2), Danny (8).
* Forwards: Fatih Tekke (20 / 8), Pavel Pogrebnyak (15 / 5), Sergei Kornilenko (11 / 1), Mateja Kežman (10 / 2), Maksim Kanunnikov (1).
* Manager: Dick Advocaat (until August), Anatoli Davydov (from August).
* Transferred out during the season: Pavel Pogrebnyak (to VfB Stuttgart), Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (to FC Bayern Munich).