CSKA won their first Russian title. It was their first championship since the last edition of the

Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The professional top level ...

in 1991. Newly promoted Rubin got the bronze.

Teams

As in the previous season, 16 teams are playing in the 2003 season. After the 2002 season, Anzhi Makhachkala and Sokol Saratov were relegated to the

2003 Russian First Division The Russian First Division 2003 was the 12th edition of Russian First Division. There were 22 teams. Teams Standings Top goalscorers See also * Russian Premier League 2003 References PFL {{Russian First Division seasons 2 Rus ...

. They were replaced by

Rubin Kazan FC Rubin Kazan (russian: Футбо́льный клуб Руби́н Каза́нь, ''Futbolny klub Rubin Kazan'' , Tatar: Рубин Казан) is a Russian professional football club based in the city of Kazan. They play in the second-tier ...

and Chernomorets Novorossiysk, the winners and runners up of the 2002 Russian First Division.

Venues

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Standings

Results

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Awards

On November 14

Russian Football Union The Russian Football Union (russian: Российский Футбольный Союз, ''Rossiyskiy Futbolnyy Soyuz'' or RFS) is the official governing body of association football in the Russian Federation. With headquarters in Moscow, it org ...

named its list of 33 top players:

;Goalkeepers # Sergei Ovchinnikov (Lokomotiv Moscow) #

Vyacheslav Malafeev Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Malafeev ( rus, Вячесла́в Алекса́ндрович Малафе́ев, p=vʲɪtɕɪˈslaf ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ məlɐˈfʲe(j)ɪf; born 4 March 1979) is a Russian football official and a former player ...

(Zenit) # Sergei Kozko (Rubin) ;Right backs #

Vadim Evseev Vadim Valentinovich Evseev ( rus, Вади́м Валенти́нович Евсе́ев, p=vɐˈdʲim vəlʲɪnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ jɪfˈsʲeɪf; born 8 January 1976) is a Russian football coach and a former player who is a former Russian inte ...

(Lokomotiv Moscow) # Deividas Šemberas (CSKA Moscow) #

Andrés Scotti Andrés Scotti Ponce de León (born 14 December 1975) is a Uruguayan former professional footballer who played as centre-back and rarely as left-back. Between 2006 and 2013, he made 40 appearances and scored one goal for the Uruguay national t ...

(Rubin) ;Right-centre backs # Sergei Ignashevich (Lokomotiv Moscow) #

Viktor Onopko Viktor Savelyevich Onopko (russian: link=no, Виктор Савельевич Онопко; born 14 October 1969) is a Russian football coach and a former defender of Ukrainian origin. He is an assistant coach with FC Rostov and the Russia n ...

(Spartak-Alania) # Matthew Booth (Rostov) ;Left-centre backs # Oleg Pashinin (Lokomotiv Moscow) # Géder (Saturn) #

Roman Sharonov Roman Sergeyevich Sharonov (; born 8 September 1976) is a Russian football coach and a former player who played as a right back. He is the manager of SKA-Khabarovsk. Club career He played most of his career for FC Rubin Kazan. International c ...

(Rubin) ;Left backs # Jacob Lekgetho (Lokomotiv Moscow) # Andrei Solomatin (CSKA Moscow) # Orlando Calisto de Souza (Rubin) ;Defensive midfielders #

Evgeni Aldonin Evgeni Valerievich Aldonin (russian: Евгений Валерьевич Алдонин; born 22 January 1980)Vladimir Maminov (Lokomotiv Moscow) # Elvir Rahimić (CSKA Moscow) ;Right wingers #

Rolan Gusev Rolan Aleksandrovich Gusev (russian: Ролан Александрович Гусев; born 17 September 1977) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player who played as a midfielder. He is the manager of the Under-19 squad of C ...

(CSKA Moscow) #

Denis Boyarintsev Denis Konstantinovich Boyarintsev (russian: Денис Константинович Бояринцев, born 6 February 1978) is a Russian football coach and a former player who played as a winger. He is the manager of Sokol Saratov. He was kn ...

(Rubin) #

Vladimir Bystrov Vladimir Sergeyevich Bystrov (russian: Владимир Серге́евич Быстров, born 31 January 1984) is a Russian former footballer who played as a right winger. Career FC Zenit Saint Petersburg Bystrov began his career in youth ...

(Zenit) ;Central midfielders # Dmitri Loskov (Lokomotiv Moscow) #

Jiří Jarošík Jiří Jarošík (born 27 October 1977) is a Czech football manager and a former player. His playing position was defender and midfielder. He started his club career in his native Czech Republic, winning six league titles in seven years with Sp ...

(CSKA Moscow) #

Yegor Titov Yegor Ilyich Titov (; born 29 May 1976) is a Russian football coach and a former player who played as a midfielder. He was a goal scoring midfielder who usually played in "the hole" between the midfield and attack, as an attacking midfielder. A ...

(Spartak Moscow) ;Left wingers # Andrei Karyaka (Krylia Sovetov) #

Marat Izmailov Marat Nailevich Izmailov (russian: Марат Наилевич Измайлов, tt-Cyrl, Марат Наил улы Измайлов; born 21 September 1982) is a Russian former professional footballer. Mainly a right midfielder, he could als ...

(Lokomotiv Moscow) # Aleksandr Pavlenko (Spartak Moscow) ;Right forwards #

Valery Yesipov Valery Vyacheslavovich Yesipov (russian: Валерий Вячеславович Есипов; born 4 October 1971) is a Russian football manager and a former player. Once, Yesipov held the record for most appearances in the Russian Premier L ...

(Rotor) #

Dmitri Bulykin Dmitri Olegovich Bulykin (russian: Дмитрий Олегович Булыкин; born 20 November 1979) is a retired Russian footballer. Between 2003 and 2005, he played regularly for the Russian national team. Club career Lokomotiv Moscow ...

(Dynamo Moscow) #

Mikheil Ashvetia Mikheil Ashvetia ( ka, მიხეილ აშვეთია; born 10 November 1977) is a Georgian former footballer. He has played mostly in Georgia and Russia, except for a short spell at FC København in 2001–2002 and a recent spell in ...

(Lokomotiv Moscow) ;Left forwards #

Aleksandr Kerzhakov Aleksandr Anatolyevich Kerzhakov (russian: Александр Анатольевич Кержаков ; born 27 November 1982) is a Russian football manager and former professional football player who played as a striker. He is the most prolif ...

(Zenit) #

Ivica Olić Ivica Olić (; born 14 September 1979) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who is an assistant coach of the Croatia national team. During his career, he played for German Bundesliga clubs such as Hamburger SV, VfL Wolf ...

(CSKA Moscow) # Roni (Rubin)

Medal squads

References

External links

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