The 2005 Russian Premier League was the 14th season of the premier

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competition in Russia since the

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and the 4th under the current

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name.

Teams

As in the previous season, 16 teams are playing in the 2005 season. After the 2004 season, Kuban Krasnodar and

Rotor Volgograd SC Rotor Volgograd (russian: СK Ротор) is a Russian professional football club from the large city of Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast (formerly Stalingrad). The club will play in the third-tier Russian Football National League 2 in the 2022– ...

were relegated to the 2005 Russian First Division. They were replaced by

Terek Grozny Republican Football Club Akhmat ( ce, футболан клуб Ахмат Соьлжа-ГӀала; russian: Республиканский футбольный клуб Ахмат Грозный), commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, is a Russian ...

and

Tom Tomsk FC Tom Tomsk (russian: Футбольный клуб Томь Томск) is a Russian professional football club, based in the Siberian city of Tomsk. The team plays in Trud Stadium (Tomsk). History The team was previously named ''Burevestnik'' ...

, the winners and runners up of the 2004 Russian First Division.

Venues

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Statistics

* Goals: 539 (average 2.25 per match) ** From penalties: 58 (11%) ** Saved/Missed penalties: 17 (23%) ** Goals scored home: 324 (60%) ** Goals scored away: 215 (40%) * Yellow cards: 962 (average 4.01 per match) ** For violent conduct: 603 (63%) ** For unsporting behaviour: 287 (30%) ** For undisciplined behaviour: 21 (2%) ** Other: 51 (5%) * Red cards: 32 (average 0.13 per match) ** For second yellow card: 20 (63%) ** For denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity: 3 (9%) ** For unsporting behaviour: 3 (9%) ** For insulting language: 3 (9%) ** For attack wrecking: 1 (3%) ** For violent conduct: 1 (3%) * Attendance: 2,881,674 (average 12,006 per match; 96,048 per matchday)

Awards

On December 9

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named its list of 33 top players:

;Goalkeepers #

Igor Akinfeev Igor Vladimirovich Akinfeev ( rus, Игорь Владимирович Акинфеев, Igor' Vladimirovich Akinfeyev, p=ˈiɡərʲ vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ ɐkʲɪnˈfʲe(j)ɪf; born 8 April 1986) is a Russian professional footballer who pla ...

(CSKA Moscow) # Wojciech Kowalewski (Spartak Moscow) # Sergei Ovchinnikov (Lokomotiv Moscow) ;Right backs #

Vasili Berezutski Vasiliy Vladimirovich Berezutski (; born 20 June 1982) is a Russian football coach and a former player who played as a defender. He began his professional career in 1999 at the age of 17 with Torpedo Moscow, having graduated from their famed a ...

(CSKA Moscow) #

Aleksandr Anyukov Aleksandr Gennadyevich Anyukov (russian: Александр Геннадьевич Анюков; born 28 September 1982) is a Russian association football coach and a former player, who played as a right-back. He is an assistant coach with FC Ze ...

(Krylya Sovetov / Zenit) # Jerry-Christian Tchuissé (FC Moscow) ;Right-centre backs #

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

(CSKA Moscow) #

Malkhaz Asatiani Malkhaz Asatiani ( ka, მალხაზ ასათიანი; born 4 August 1981) is a Georgian former football defender. He started as an attacking midfielder but his displays at the back earned him a solid reputation as a central defende ...

(Lokomotiv Moscow) # Antônio Géder (Saturn) ;Left-centre backs #

Nemanja Vidić Nemanja Vidić ( sr-Cyrl, Немања Видић, ; born 21 October 1981) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He is best known for his time at Manchester United, was part of the Serbia national team, and ...

(Spartak Moscow) #

Dmitri Sennikov Dmitri Aleksandrovich Sennikov (russian: Дмитрий Александрович Сенников; born 24 June 1976) is a former Russian international association football defender best known for his performances for Lokomotiv Moscow, wher ...

(Lokomotiv Moscow) #

Erik Hagen Erik Hagen (born 20 July 1975) is a retired Norwegian footballer who played as a centre-back in Norway and Russia, as well as for the Norwegian national team, earning 28 caps. Career Club During his time with Vålerenga, Hagen received the nic ...

(Zenit) ;Left backs #

Aleksei Berezutski Aleksei Vladimirovich Berezutski (; born 20 June 1982) is a Russian association football, football coach and a former player who played as a centre-back. Club career He began his professional career in 1999 at the age of 17 at FC Torpedo Moscow ...

(CSKA Moscow) # Calisto (Rubin) # Pavel Mareš (Zenit) ;Defensive midfielders #

Elvir Rahimić Elvir Rahimić (born 4 April 1976) is a Bosnian football coach and former professional player who spent the majority of his career playing for Russian Premier League club CSKA Moscow. He is currently a coach for the Bosnia and Herzegovina nation ...

(CSKA Moscow) # Francisco Lima (Lokomotiv Moscow) #

MacBeth Sibaya Ntuthuko MacBeth-Mao Sibaya (born 25 November 1977), known as MacBeth Sibaya, is a South African former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Club career Sibaya was born in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. He previously played fo ...

(Rubin) ;Right wingers #

Chidi Odiah Chukwudi Odiah (born 17 December 1983), commonly known as Chidi Odiah, is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Chidi Odiah has represented his country at international level. He has shown himself to be a skillfu ...

(CSKA Moscow) #

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) #

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 ...

(Spartak Moscow) ;Central midfielders #

Daniel Carvalho Daniel da Silva Carvalho (born 1 March 1983 in Jaguarão, Rio Grande do Sul), more commonly known as Daniel Carvalho, is a Brazilian football attacking midfielder for Pelotas. Career Club Carvalho started his career in his native state of ...

(CSKA Moscow) # Igor Semshov (Torpedo Moscow) #

Dmitri Loskov Dmitri Vyacheslavovich Loskov (russian: Дмитрий Вячеславович Лоськов; born 12 February 1974) is a Russian football coach and a former player. A former midfielder, he was often considered Russia's best playmaker in the ...

(Lokomotiv Moscow) ;Left wingers #

Yuri Zhirkov Yuri Valentinovich Zhirkov ( rus, Ю́рий Валенти́нович Жирко́в, p=ˈjʉrʲɪj vəlʲɪnˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ ʐɨrˈkof; born 20 August 1983) is a Russian footballer. A left-sided player who can play full-back or winger, Zh ...

(CSKA Moscow) #

Diniyar Bilyaletdinov Diniyar Rinatovich Bilyaletdinov (russian: link=no, Динияр Ринатович Билялетдинов, tt-Cyrl, Динияр Ринат улы Билалетдинев, translit=Diniyar Rinat Uly Bilaletdinev; born 27 February 1985) is ...

(Lokomotiv Moscow) # Pyotr Bystrov (Saturn) ;Right forwards #

Andrei Arshavin Andrey Sergeyevich Arshavin (russian: Андрей Сергеевич Аршавин ; born 29 May 1981) is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a winger or midfielder. Arshavin began his career at Zenit Saint Petersburg in ...

(Zenit) #

Dmitri Sychev Dmitri Yevgenyevich Sychev ( rus, Дми́трий Евге́ньевич Сычёв, Dmitriy Yevgen’yevich Sychyov, ˈdmʲitrʲɪj jɪvˈgʲenʲɪvʲɪtɕ sɨˈtɕɵf, Ru-Dmitri Yevgenyevich Sychev.ogg; born 26 October 1983) is a former Russi ...

(Lokomotiv Moscow) # Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Zenit) ;Left forwards #

Dmitri Kirichenko Dmitri Sergeyevich Kirichenko (russian: Дмитрий Сергеевич Кириченко; born 17 January 1977) is an association football coach and a former player – a striker, he is a former Russian international. He is an assistant co ...

(FC Moscow) #

Vágner Love Vágner Silva de Souza (born 11 June 1984), known as Vágner Love, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Sport Recife. He is a forward who has been described by ''World Soccer Magazine'' as possessing "mobility, fla ...

(CSKA Moscow) #

Derlei Vanderlei Fernandes Silva (born 14 July 1975), known as Derlei, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a striker. He spent most of his 16-year professional career in Portugal (one full decade), having represented all three most impor ...

(Dynamo Moscow)

Medal squads

References

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See also

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