2002 in Russian football was the first season of the Premier League, which was won by FC Lokomotiv Moscow (this was their first ever national title). The national team participated in the

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National team

Russia national football team participated in the final tournament of the

, where they finished third in Group H. # Russia score given first ;Key * H = Home match * A = Away match * N = Neutral ground * F = Friendly * FT = Friendly tournament * WC = 2002 FIFA World Cup, Group H * ECQ = 2004 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying, Group 10

Leagues

Premier League

First Division

Rubin Kazan and

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won the promotion from the First Division.

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of Chernomorets became the top goalscorer with 20 goals.

Second Division

The following clubs have earned promotion by winning tournaments in their respective Second Division zones: * FC Baltika Kaliningrad (''West'') * FC Metallurg Lipetsk (''Centre'') * FC Terek Grozny (''South'') *

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(''Povolzhye'') * FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg (''Ural'') *

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(''East'')

Cup

The Russian Cup was won by CSKA Moscow, who beat Zenit Saint Petersburg 2–0 in the final at the Luzhniki Stadium.

UEFA club competitions

2001–02 UEFA Cup

Lokomotiv Moscow participated in the third round of the

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, but were knocked out by Hapoel Tel Aviv FC who won 3–1 on aggregate.

2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup

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played in the

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. After defeating

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in the second round they lost to Willem II Tilburg on away goals.

2002–03 UEFA Champions League

Lokomotiv Moscow's victory over Grazer AK ensured there are two Russian clubs in the group stage of the

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. Lokomotiv finished second in the group with

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, Galatasaray, and the dominant FC Barcelona. On the contrary, Spartak Moscow, the automatic qualifiers for the group stage, lost all their matches to Valencia CF, FC Basel, and Liverpool F.C., finishing with the goal differential of 1–18.

2002–03 UEFA Cup

Zenit Saint Petersburg set the record for aggregate score for the Russian teams, beating FC Encamp 13–0 in the qualifying round of the

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and joining CSKA Moscow in the first round. Both Russian clubs lost in the first round, Zenit to

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(3–4) and CSKA to Parma F.C. (3–4).

References

National team fixtures

*UEFA Cup results

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