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
Football Club Anzhi Makhachkala (russian: link=no, Футбо́льный клуб «Анжи́» Махачкала́, ), known simply as FC Anji, was a Russian professional football club based in the Dagestani capital of Makhachkala. Founded ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 inter ...
(Lokomotiv Moscow)
#
Deividas Šemberas
Deividas Šemberas (born 2 August 1978) is a Lithuanian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back or defensive midfielder.
Club career
Šemberas was born in Vilnius, Lithuania.
On 13 July 2012, Šemberas moved to Alania Vladika ...
(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 ...
(Rubin)
;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 ...
(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 na ...
Evgeni Aldonin
Evgeni Valerievich Aldonin (russian: Евгений Валерьевич Алдонин; born 22 January 1980)Vladimir Maminov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
#
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 ...
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
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)
#
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 S ...
(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. ...
(Spartak Moscow)
;Left wingers
#
Andrei Karyaka
Andrei Konstantinovich Karyaka (russian: Андрей Константинович Каряка; 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 Dnipropetro ...
(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
Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Pavlenko (russian: Александр Евгеньевич Павленко; born 20 January 1985) is a Russian football coach and a former player. He is an assistant coach with FC Rodina Moscow.
Career
Pavlenko started ...
(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 ...
(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 G ...
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 ...
2003
File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...