# 2008 Russian Premier League

The 2008 Russian Premier League was the 17th edition of the Russian Football Championship, and the seventh under the current Russian Premier League name. The season started on Friday, 14 March 2008 with a match between Terek and Krylia Sovetov in Grozny. Krylia Sovetov won 3–0. The first goal of the season was scored by Krylia Sovetov's forward Yevgeny Savin.
Due to Russia's participation in UEFA Euro 2008, the season was interrupted from 16 May until 5 July.
The champions were determined on the 27th matchday, 2 November 2008. Rubin claimed their first championship title in Russian Premier League, defeating Saturn 2–1 away, with Savo Milošević scoring in the 89th minute to claim the title for his club. Rubin became the third (and second consecutive) non-Moscow club to become Russian champions.
The last round of matches was played on 22 November 2008.

## Teams

As in the previous season, 16 teams played in the 2008 season. After the 2007 season, Kuban Krasnodar and Rostov were relegated to the 2008 Russian First Division. They were replaced by Shinnik Yaroslavl and Terek Grozny, the winners and runners up of the 2007 Russian First Division.

### Venues

| Amkar | CSKA | Dynamo | Khimki |
| Zvezda Stadium | Luzhniki Stadium | Central Stadium | Arena Khimki |
| Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 76,000 | Capacity: 36,540 | Capacity: 18,000 |
| Krylia | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaRubinShinnikSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaRubinShinnikSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | Lokomotiv |
| Metallurg Stadium | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaRubinShinnikSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaRubinShinnikSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | RZD Arena |
| Capacity: 33,220 | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaRubinShinnikSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaRubinShinnikSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | Capacity: 28,800 |
| Luch-Energia | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaRubinShinnikSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaRubinShinnikSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | Moscow |
| Dynamo Stadium | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaRubinShinnikSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaRubinShinnikSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | Eduard Streltsov Stadium |
| Capacity: 10,200 | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaRubinShinnikSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaRubinShinnikSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | Capacity: 13,422 |
| Rubin | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaRubinShinnikSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaRubinShinnikSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | Saturn |
| Central Stadium | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaRubinShinnikSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaRubinShinnikSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | Saturn Stadium |
| Capacity: 30,133 | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaRubinShinnikSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaRubinShinnikSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | Capacity: 16,726 |
| Shinnik | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaRubinShinnikSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaRubinShinnikSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | Spartak Moscow |
| Shinnik Stadium | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaRubinShinnikSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaRubinShinnikSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | Luzhniki Stadium |
| Capacity: 19,000 | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaRubinShinnikSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaRubinShinnikSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok | Capacity: 76,000 |
| Spartak Nalchik | Terek | Tom | Zenit Saint Petersburg |
| Spartak Stadium | Sultan Bilimkhanov Stadium | Trud Stadium | Petrovsky Stadium |
| Capacity: 14,400 | Capacity: 10,400 | Capacity: 14,950 | Capacity: 21,725 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Location | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Amkar Perm | Perm | Miodrag Božović | Aleksei Popov | Adidas | |
| CSKA | Moscow | Valery Gazzaev | Igor Akinfeev | Reebok | VTB |
| Dynamo | Moscow | Andrey Kobelev | Dmitri Khokhlov | Umbro | Metalloinvest |
| Khimki | Khimki | Sergei Yuran | Roman Berezovsky | Nike | Mezhregionalnaya Developerskaya Kompania |
| Krylia | Samara | Leonid Slutsky | Matthew Booth | Umbro | RosTekhnologii |
| Lokomotiv | Moscow | Rashid Rakhimov | Diniyar Bilyaletdinov | Adidas | Russian Railways |
| Luch-Energia | Vladivostok | Semen Altman | Dmitry Smirnov | Nike | DalEnergo |
| Moscow | Moscow | Oleg Blokhin | Dmitri Godunok | Umbro | Norilsk Nickel |
| Rubin | Kazan | Kurban Berdyev | Sergei Semak | Nike | ТАИФ |
| Saturn | Ramenskoye | Jürgen Röber | Aleksei Igonin | Adidas | |
| Shinnik | Yaroslavl | Sergei Pavlov | Denis Boyarintsev | Adidas | |
| Spartak | Moscow | Michael Laudrup | Mozart | Nike | Lukoil |
| Spartak | Nalchik | Yuri Krasnozhan | Miodrag Džudović | Nike | |
| Terek | Grozny | Vyacheslav Hroznyi | Timur Dzhabrailov | Umbro | RAO UES |
| Tom | Tomsk | Valery Nepomnyashchy | Valeri Klimov | Adidas | |
| Zenit | Saint Petersburg | Dick Advocaat | Anatoliy Tymoshchuk | Puma | Gazprom |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| Moscow | Leonid Slutsky | Fired | End of 2007 Season | Preseason | Oleg Blokhin | 14 December 2007 | Preseason |
| Amkar | Rashid Rakhimov | Joined Lokomotiv | 6 December 2007 | Preseason | Miodrag Božović | 9 January 2008 | Preseason |
| Krylia | Aleksandr Tarkhanov | | | Preseason | Leonid Slutsky | 21 December 2007 | Preseason |
| Lokomotiv | Anatoliy Byshovets | | | Preseason | Rashid Rakhimov | 6 December 2007 | Preseason |
| Luch-Energiya | Sergei Pavlov | | | Preseason | Zoran Vulić | 19 December 2007 | Preseason |
| Khimki | Slavoljub Muslin | Fired | 14 April 2008 | 14th | Igor Yushchenko (Caretaker) | 14 April 2008 | 14th |
| Khimki | Igor Yushchenko (Caretaker) | End of role | 29 May 2008 | 16th | Sergei Yuran | 29 May 2008 | 16th |
| Tom | Valery Petrakov | Mutual termination | 1 June 2008 | 12th | Miroslav Romaschenko | 1 June 2008 | 12th |
| Saturn | Gadzhi Gadzhiyev | | 8 August 2008 | 12th | Jürgen Röber | 21 August 2008 | 12th |
| Spartak | Stanislav Cherchesov | Fired | 14 August 2008 | 4th | Igor Lediakhov (Caretaker) | 14 August 2008 | 4th |
| Tom | Miroslav Romaschenko | Fired | 4 September 2008 | 12th | Vasili Baskakov (Caretaker) | 4 September 2008 | 12th |
| Tom | Vasili Baskakov (Caretaker) | End of role | 11 September 2008 | 12th | Valery Nepomnyashchy | 11 September 2008 | 12th |
| Spartak | Igor Lediakhov (Caretaker) | End of role | 12 September 2008 | 3rd | Michael Laudrup | 12 September 2008 | 3rd |
| Luch-Energiya | Zoran Vulić | 10 October 2008 | | 14th | Semen Altman | 10 October 2008 | 14th |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Rubin Kazan (C) | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 26 | +18 | 60 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 53 | 24 | +29 | 56 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Dynamo Moscow | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 41 | 29 | +12 | 54 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Amkar Perm | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 51 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 5 | Zenit St. Petersburg | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 59 | 37 | +22 | 48 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 6 | Krylia Sovetov Samara | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 46 | 28 | +18 | 48 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 47 | |
| 8 | Spartak Moscow | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 44 | |
| 9 | FC Moscow | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 36 | −2 | 38 | |
| 10 | Terek Grozny | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 42 | −14 | 35 | |
| 11 | Saturn | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 33 | |
| 12 | Spartak Nalchik | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 39 | −9 | 32 | |
| 13 | Tom Tomsk | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 39 | −16 | 29 | |
| 14 | Khimki | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 54 | −20 | 27 | |
| 15 | Shinnik Yaroslavl (R) | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 48 | −23 | 22 | Relegation to First Division |
| 16 | Luch-Energiya Vladivostok (R) | 30 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 24 | 53 | −29 | 21 | Relegation to First Division |
* 1 2 Zenit St. Petersburg ahead of Krylia Sovetov on head-to-head points; Zenit St. Petersburg–Krylia Sovetov 1–1, Krylia Sovetov–Zenit St. Petersburg 0–3.
* ↑ Since both finalists of the 2008–09 Russian Cup qualified for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, Krylia Sovetov earned a spot in the third qualifying round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AMK | CSK | DYN | KHI | KRY | LOK | LUE | MOS | RUB | SAT | SHI | SPA | SPN | TER | TOM | ZEN |
| Amkar Perm | | 3–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| CSKA Moscow | 4–1 | | 0–2 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Dynamo Moscow | 1–0 | 1–3 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Khimki | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 |
| Krylia Sovetov Samara | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 0–3 |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 |
| Luch-Energiya Vladivostok | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| FC Moscow | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Rubin Kazan | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Saturn | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Shinnik Yaroslavl | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Spartak Moscow | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Spartak Nalchik | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Terek Grozny | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 1–3 | 1–4 |
| Tom Tomsk | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 |
| Zenit St. Petersburg | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 8–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 5–1 | |

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

    As of matches played on 22 November 2008.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goal |
| 1 | Vágner Love | CSKA | 20 |
| 2 | Marko Topić | Saturn | 10 |
| 2 | Peter Odemwingie | Lokomotiv | 10 |
| 2 | Danny | Dynamo / Zenit | 10 |
| 2 | Eldar Nizamutdinov | Khimki | 10 |
| 6 | Diniyar Bilyaletdinov | Lokomotiv | 9 |
| 7 | Alan Dzagoev | CSKA | 8 |
| 7 | Fatih Tekke | Zenit | 8 |
| 7 | Anton Bobyor | Krylia | 8 |
| 7 | Héctor Bracamonte | Moscow | 8 |
| 7 | Martin Kushev | Amkar | 8 |

## Awards

On 16 December 2008 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:

## Medal squads

* 1. FC Rubin Kazan
* Goalkeepers: Sergei Ryzhikov (26), Sergei Kozko (6).
* Defenders: Cristian Ansaldi (27 / 1), Roman Sharonov (26 / 1), Dato Kvirkvelia (24 / 3), Stjepan Tomas (19), Lasha Salukvadze (15), Aleksandr Orekhov (10), Aleksei Popov (7), Jefthon (2), Andrei Fyodorov (1), Gabriel Atz (1).
* Midfielders: Gökdeniz Karadeniz (27 / 6), Sergei Semak (27 / 5), MacBeth Sibaya (25), Serhii Rebrov (24 / 5), Aleksandr Ryazantsev (22 / 1), Christian Noboa (21 / 6), Andrei Kobenko (17 / 2), Yevgeni Balyaikin (10), Aleksei Rebko (3), Vagiz Galiullin (1), Pyotr Gitselov (1).
* Forwards: Hasan Kabze (23 / 2), Aleksandr Bukharov (20 / 6), Roman Adamov (13 / 1), Savo Milošević (16 / 3). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
* Manager: Kurban Berdyev.
* Transferred out during the season: Gabriel Atz (on loan to FC Khimki), Pyotr Gitselov (on loan to FC Rostov), Aleksei Rebko (to FC Moscow).
* 2. PFC CSKA Moscow
* Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (30).
* Defenders: Sergei Ignashevich (28 / 4), Vasili Berezutski (28), Aleksei Berezutski (24 / 2), Deividas Šemberas (24), Chidi Odiah (23), Anton Grigoryev (16).
* Midfielders: Miloš Krasić (28 / 6), Yuri Zhirkov (28 / 3), Evgeni Aldonin (25 / 3), Elvir Rahimić (23), Alan Dzagoev (20 / 8), Caner Erkin (18 / 1), Pavel Mamayev (17 / 2), Dudu (10 / 1), Luboš Kalouda (1).
* Forwards: Vágner Love (26 / 20), Ricardo Jesus (10), Jô (8 / 3), Dmitri Ryzhov (8), Ramón (7), Daniel Carvalho (4), Dawid Janczyk (4).
* Manager: Valery Gazzaev.
* Transferred out during the season: Dudu (to Olympiacos), Jô (to Manchester City), Daniel Carvalho (on loan to Internacional).
* 3. FC Dynamo Moscow
* Goalkeepers: Vladimir Gabulov (12), Žydrūnas Karčemarskas (9), Anton Shunin (9).
* Defenders: Leandro Fernández (28 / 4), Denis Kolodin (22 / 1), Jovan Tanasijević (20 / 1), Marcin Kowalczyk (20), Aleksandr Dimidko (12 / 2), Luke Wilkshire (11 / 2), Vladimir Granat (11), Arūnas Klimavičius (9 / 1), Nikita Chicherin (3), Aleksandr Tochilin (3).
* Midfielders: Dmitri Kombarov (30 / 1), Igor Semshov (29 / 6), Dmitri Khokhlov (27 / 2), Kirill Kombarov (26 / 1), Danny (18 / 5), Andrei Karpovich (12), Aleksandr Denisov (1).
* Forwards: Aleksandr Kerzhakov (27 / 7), Tsvetan Genkov (23 / 4), Aleksandr Kokorin (7 / 2), Fyodor Smolov (7 / 1).
* Manager: Andrey Kobelev.
* Transferred out during the season: Danny (to FC Zenit St. Petersburg), Aleksandr Denisov (on loan to FC Salyut-Energia Belgorod).