2003 Russian Premier League


CSKA won their first Russian title. It was their first championship since the last edition of the Soviet Top League in 1991. Newly promoted Rubin got the bronze.

Overview

Standings

Top goalscorers

RankNameGoalsTeam
1Dmitri Loskov14Lokomotiv
2Aleksandr Kerzhakov13Zenit
Valery Yesipov13Rotor
4Aleksey Medvedev11Saturn-REN-TV
Roni 11Rubin
6Roman Pavlyuchenko10Spartak
7Egor Titov9Spartak
Dmitri Bulykin9Dynamo
Andrei Karyaka9Krylya Sovetov
Martin Kushev 9Shinnik
Rolan Gusev9CSKA
Andrey Tikhonov9Krylya Sovetov

Awards

On November 14 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:

;Goalkeepers
  1. Sergei Ovchinnikov
  2. Vyacheslav Malafeev
  3. Sergei Kozko
;Right backs
  1. Vadim Evseev
  2. Deividas Šemberas
  3. Andrés Scotti
;Right-centre backs
  1. Sergei Ignashevich
  2. Viktor Onopko
  3. Matthew Booth
;Left-centre backs
  1. Oleg Pashinin
  2. Géder
  3. Roman Sharonov
;Left backs
  1. Jacob Lekgetho
  2. Andrei Solomatin
  3. Orlando Calisto de Souza
;Defensive midfielders
  1. Evgeni Aldonin
  2. Vladimir Maminov
  3. Elvir Rahimić
;Right wingers
  1. Rolan Gusev
  2. Denis Boyarintsev
  3. Vladimir Bystrov
;Central midfielders
  1. Dmitri Loskov
  2. Jiří Jarošík
  3. Yegor Titov
;Left wingers
  1. Andrei Karyaka
  2. Marat Izmailov
  3. Aleksandr Pavlenko
;Right forwards
  1. Valery Yesipov
  2. Dmitri Bulykin
  3. Mikheil Ashvetia
;Left forwards
  1. Aleksandr Kerzhakov
  2. Ivica Olić
  3. Roni

Medal squads

1. PFC CSKA Moscow

Goalkeepers: Veniamin Mandrykin, Igor Akinfeev.

Defenders: Aleksei Berezutski, Bohdan Shershun , Denis Yevsikov, Vasili Berezutski, Deividas Šemberas , Andrei Solomatin.

Midfielders: Elvir Rahimić , Jiří Jarošík , Rolan Gusev, Igor Yanovsky, Sergei Semak, Juris Laizāns , Spartak Gogniyev, Alan Kusov, Artur Tlisov.

Forwards: Denis Popov, Dmitri Kirichenko, Ivica Olić , Alexander Geynrikh , Sergey Samodin, Vardan Mazalov.
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One own goal scored by Andrés Scotti .
Manager: Valery Gazzaev.
Transferred out during the season: Alan Kusov.
2. FC Zenit St. Petersburg

Goalkeepers: Vyacheslav Malafeev, Kamil Čontofalský .

Defenders: Milan Vještica , Pavel Mareš , Martin Horák , Daniel Chiriţă , Aleksei Katulsky, Aleksei Igonin, Sargis Hovsepyan , Konstantin Lobov, Valeri Tsvetkov, Igor Nedorezov.

Midfielders: Andrei Arshavin, Aleksandr Spivak , Vladislav Radimov, Vladimir Bystrov, Igor Denisov, Radek Šírl , Konstantin Konoplyov, Oleg Vlasov, Sergei Osipov.

Forwards: Aleksandr Kerzhakov, Dmitri Makarov, Lukáš Hartig , Andrei Nikolayev, Maksim Astafyev, Predrag Ranđelović .
Manager: Vlastimil Petržela .
Transferred out during the season: Sargis Hovsepyan , Sergei Osipov, Predrag Ranđelović .
3. FC Rubin Kazan

Goalkeepers: Sergei Kozko, Pavel Kharchik , Valeri Aleskarov.

Defenders: Jiří Novotný , Mikhail Sinyov, Calisto , Roman Sharonov, Andrei Fyodorov , Leandro Samaroni , Sergei Kharlamov, Andrei Streltsov, Pape Magatte Kebe .

Midfielders: Denis Boyarintsev, Andrés Scotti , Tomáš Čížek , MacBeth Sibaya , Andrei Konovalov, Ebrima Sillah , Abdelkarim Kissi , Dmitri Michkov, Carlos Castro , Baye Gueye Ndiaga .

Forwards: Roni , Oleg Nechayev, David Chaladze , Aloísio , Wladimir Baýramow .
Manager: Kurban Berdyev.
One own goal scored by Denis Yevsikov.
Transferred out during the season:''' Leandro Samaroni , Wladimir Baýramow .