2004 Russian Premier League

The **2004 Russian Premier League** (Russian: Чемпионат России по футболу 2004, _Chempionat Rossii po futbolu 2004_) was the 3rd Russian Premier League season, and the 13th top division football tournament. It was played from 12 March to 12 November 2004. Lokomotiv Moscow won their 2nd title, and Aleksandr Kerzhakov was the top scorer with 18 goals.

## Table

|width="30"||width="210"|Team|width="32"||width="32"||width="32"||width="32"||width="32"||width="32"||width="32"||width="32"||width="420"|Qualification or relegation|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left align=center|1|align=left|Lokomotiv Moscow **(C)**||30||18||7||5||44||19||+25||**61**|rowspan=1|2005–06 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round|
|align=left align=center|2|align=left|CSKA Moscow||30||17||9||4||53||22||+31||**60**|rowspan=1|UEFA Cup 2005–06 First round|
|align=left align=center|3|align=left|Krylia Sovetov Samara||30||17||5||8||50||41||+9||**56**|rowspan=2|UEFA Cup 2005–06 Second qualifying round|
|align=left align=center|4|align=left|Zenit St Petersburg||30||17||5||8||55||37||+18||**56**|||
|align=left align=center|5|align=left|Torpedo Moscow||30||16||6||8||53||37||+16||**54**|rowspan=10||
|align=left align=center|6|align=left|Shinnik Yaroslavl||30||12||8||10||29||29||0||**44**|||
|align=left align=center|7|align=left|Saturn Ramenskoye||30||10||11||9||37||30||+7||**41**|||
|align=left align=center|8|align=left|Spartak Moscow||30||11||7||12||43||44||−1||**40**|||
|align=left align=center|9|align=left|Moscow||30||10||10||10||38||39||−1||**40**|||
|align=left align=center|10|align=left|Rubin Kazan||30||7||12||11||32||31||+1||**33**|||
|align=left align=center|11|align=left|Amkar Perm||30||6||12||12||27||42||−15||**30**|||
|align=left align=center|12|align=left|Rostov||30||7||8||15||28||42||−14||**29**|||
|align=left align=center|13|align=left|Dynamo Moscow||30||6||11||13||27||38||−11||**29**|||
|align=left align=center|14|align=left|Spartak Vladikavkaz||30||7||7||16||28||52||−24||**28**|||
|align=left align=center|15|align=left|Kuban Krasnodar||30||6||10||14||26||42||−16||**28**|rowspan=2|Relegation to Russian First Division|
|align=left align=center|16|align=left|Rotor Volgograd||30||4||10||16||28||53||−25||**22**|||

### Top goalscorers

**18 goals**

- Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Zenit St Petersburg)

**17 goals**

- Andrei Karyaka (Krylia Sovetov Samara)

**15 goals**

- Aleksandr Panov (Torpedo Moscow)
- Dmitri Sychev (Lokomotiv Moscow)

**10 goals**

- Héctor Bracamonte (Moscow)
- Roman Pavlyuchenko (Spartak Moscow)
- Oleksandr Spivak (Zenit St Petersburg)
- Valery Yesipov (Rotor Volgograd)

## Other websites

- RSSSF

## Infobox (football league season)

- **competition**: Russian Premier League
- **season**: 2004
- **dates**: 12 March – 12 November 2004
- **winners**: FC Lokomotiv Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow
2nd title
- **relegated**: FC Kuban Krasnodar, Kuban Krasnodar
FC Rotor Volgograd, Rotor Volgograd
- **continentalcup1**: 2005–06 UEFA Champions League, Champions League
- **continentalcup1 qualifiers**: FC Lokomotiv Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow
- **continentalcup2**: 2005–06 UEFA Cup, UEFA Cup
- **continentalcup2 qualifiers**: PFC CSKA Moscow, CSKA Moscow
FC Krylia Sovetov Samara, Krylia Sovetov Samara
Zenit St Petersburg
- **league topscorer**: Aleksandr Kerzhakov (18)
- **matches**: 232
- **total goals**: 598
- **prevseason**: 2003 Russian Premier League, 2003
- **nextseason**: 2005 Russian Premier League, 2005