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won their sixth consecutive Russian title, and ninth overall. However, the season was overshadowed by the death of CSKA and

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goalkeeper Serhiy Perkhun, when he clashed heads with Anzhi striker

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during the round 22 match against them on 18 August. Both players were injured, and Perkhun died from a

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caused by the collision on 28 August in the age of 23, 10 days after the match against Anzhi.

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named its list of 33 top players:

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Ruslan Nigmatullin Ruslan Karimovich Nigmatullin ( rus, Русла́н Кари́мович Нигмату́ллин, p=rʊˈslan kɐˈrʲiməvʲɪtɕ nʲɪɡmɐˈtulʲɪn, ; born 7 October 1974 in Kazan, Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union) i ...

(Lokomotiv Moscow) # Serhiy Perkhun (CSKA Moscow) #

Maxym Levitsky Maksym Anatoliyovych Levytskyi (; ; born 26 November 1972) is a retired Ukrainian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career In January 2001, Levytskyi was involved in a fake passport scandal in which he used a purported Greek passport ...

(Spartak Moscow) ;Right backs # Gennadiy Nizhegorodov (Lokomotiv Moscow) #

Dmitri Sennikov Dmitri Aleksandrovich Sennikov (; born 24 June 1976) is a former Russian international association football defender best known for his performances for Lokomotiv Moscow, where he spent a total of 11 seasons. Club career Dmitri Sennikov was ...

(Lokomotiv Moscow) # Vladimir Kurayev (Saturn) ;Centre backs #

Igor Chugainov Igor Valeryevich Chugainov (; born 6 April 1970) is a Russian football coach and a former defender. He is the manager of the Under-17 squad of Chertanovo Academy. Club career He played mostly for Lokomotiv Moscow, Torpedo Moscow and finally fo ...

(Lokomotiv Moscow) #

Igor Mitreski Igor Mitreski (; born 19 February 1979) is a Macedonian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Club career Mitreski was born in Struga. In early 2005, he was recognized as a featured member of Bayern Munich and later was ne ...

(Spartak Moscow) #

Yevgeni Bushmanov Yevgeni Aleksandrovich Bushmanov (; born 2 November 1971) is a Russian football coach and a former player. Playing career Bushmanov played for Shinnik Yaroslavl, Spartak Moscow, CSKA Moscow, Torpedo Moscow and Krylia Sovetov Samara. He play ...

(Krylia Sovetov) ;Left backs #

Yuri Kovtun Yuri Mikhailovich Kovtun (; born 5 January 1970) is a Russian football coach and a former defender, well known as a 1990s Russia national football team player, as well as Dynamo Moscow and Spartak Moscow stopper. He is an assistant coach of Ka ...

(Spartak Moscow) # Jacob Lekgetho (Lokomotiv Moscow) #

Valeri Tsvetkov Valeri Vladimirovich Tsvetkov (; born 5 November 1977) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 2000 for FC Pskov. Honours * Russian Premier League runner-up ...

(Zenit) ;Stoppers #

Sergei Ignashevich Sergei Nikolayevich Ignashevich ( rus, links=no, Сергей Николаевич Игнашевич, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ɪɡnɐˈʂɛvʲɪtɕ; born 14 July 1979) is a Russian professional football coach and a former p ...

(Lokomotiv Moscow) #

Aleksei Katulsky Aleksei Vladimirovich Katulsky (; born 16 August 1977) is a former Russian professional footballer. Club career He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2000 for FC Zenit St. Petersburg. Honours * Top-33 year-end best players list: ...

(Zenit) #

Dmytro Parfenov Dmytro Volodymyrovych Parfyonov (; born 11 September 1974) is a Ukrainian football manager and a former defender. Playing career Parfyonov is best known as a player of Chornomorets Odesa and Spartak Moscow. He spent seven years playing for ...

(Spartak Moscow) ;Defensive midfielders #

Marat Izmailov Marat Nailevich Izmailov (, ; born 21 September 1982) is a Russian former professional footballer turned linesman. Mainly a right midfielder, he could also appear as an attacking midfielder, being best known for his dribbling skills and pace wh ...

(Lokomotiv Moscow) #

Dmitri Loskov Dmitri Vyacheslavovich Loskov (; born 12 February 1974) is a Russian football coach and a former player. He works as an analyst with Lokomotiv Moscow. A former midfielder, he was often considered Russia's best playmaker in the late 1990s and ea ...

(Lokomotiv Moscow) # Olexandr Gorshkov (Zenit) ;Right wingers # Rolan Gusev (Dynamo Moscow) #

Andrei Arshavin Andrey Sergeyevich Arshavin (, ; born 29 May 1981) is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a winger (association football), winger or midfielder. Since 2019, Arshavin has held administrative posts at Zenit. In 2022 he became De ...

(Zenit) # Andrei Konovalov (Krylia Sovetov) ;Central midfielders #

Yegor Titov Yegor Ilyich Titov (; born 29 May 1976) is a Russian Association football, football coach and former player who played as an Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, attacking midfielder. He was known for his Playmaker, playmaking abilities, vision, ba ...

(Spartak Moscow) # Valery Yesipov (Rotor) #

Andrey Tikhonov Andrey Tikhonov may refer to: * Andrey Tikhonov (footballer) (born 1970), Russian football manager and footbeller * Andrey Tikhonov (mathematician) (1906–1993), Soviet Russian mathematician and geophysicist * Andrey Tikhonov (runner) (born ...

(Krylia Sovetov) ;Left wingers #

Andrei Karyaka Andrei Konstantinovich Karyaka (; born 1 April 1978) is a Russian football coach and a former player who played as a midfielder. Club career Early career Growing up in Dnipropetrovsk in the 1980s, Karyaka was deeply influenced and inspired by ...

(Krylia Sovetov) #

Olexandr Spivak Oleksandr Serhiyovych Spivak (born 6 January 1975) is a Ukrainian former professional Association football, footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He retired in 2007 after a seven-year long stint with FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, Zenit ...

(Zenit) # Ruslan Agalarov (Anzhi) ;Right forwards #

Vladimir Beschastnykh Vladimir Yevgenyevich Beschastnykh ( rus, Влади́мир Евге́ньевич Бесча́стных, p=vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr jɪvˈɡʲenʲjɪvʲɪdʑ bʲɪˈɕːasnɨx; born 1 April 1974) is a Russian football manager and a former player who ...

(Spartak Moscow) #

Dmitri Vyazmikin Dmitri Vladimirovich Vyazmikin (; born 27 September 1972) is a Russian football coach and a former player. He was a striker. Dmitri Vyazmikin is most famous for becoming Russian Top Division top scorer in 2001. Club career Vyazmikin played in ...

(Torpedo Moscow) #

James Obiorah James Chibuzor Obiorah (born 24 August 1978) is a Nigerian former footballer who played as a forward. He is best known for his time in Russia as a Lokomotiv Moscow player, with whom he won the Russian Premier League in 2002 and 2004, on top o ...

(Lokomotiv Moscow) ;Left forwards #

Sergei Semak Sergei Bogdanovich Semak ( ; born 27 February 1976) is a Russian football manager and a former international midfielder who manages Russian Premier League side Zenit Saint Petersburg. Early life Semak was born in the village of Sychanske, ...

(CSKA Moscow) # Ruslan Pimenov (Lokomotiv Moscow) #

Aleksandr Kerzhakov Aleksandr Anatolyevich Kerzhakov ( ; born 27 November 1982) is a Russian professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker. He used ...

(Zenit)

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