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The 2013–14 Russian Premier League was the 22nd season of the
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championship since the dissolution of the
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and 12th under the current
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name. The season started on 13 July 2013 and concluded on 17 May 2014, with a winter break between the weekends around 6 December 2013 and 6 March 2014.
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were the defending champions.


Teams

After previous season
Mordovia Saransk FC Mordovia Saransk (russian: ФК Мордовия Саранск) is a Russian association football club from Saransk, Republic of Mordovia. In its current state it was formed in 2005, through the merge of Biokhimik-Mordovia and Lisma-Mordov ...
and
Alania Vladikavkaz FC Alania Vladikavkaz (russian: "Алания" (Владикавказ), os, Футболон клуб "Алани" (Дзæуджыхъæу)) is a Russian football team from Vladikavkaz. Founded in 1921, the club played in the Soviet Top League ...
were relegated to
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. They were replaced with
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, FNL champions, 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'' ...
, FNL runners-up. Tom Tomsk returned to Premier League at first attempt, while Ural was absent from the top level for 16 seasons.


Personnel and sponsorship


Managerial changes

Last updated: 5 May 2014


Tournament format and regulations


Basic

The 16 teams will play a round-robin tournament whereby each team plays each one of the other teams twice, once at home and once away. Thus, a total of 240 matches will be played, with 30 matches played by each team.


Promotion and relegation

The teams that finish 15th and 16th will be relegated to the FNL, while the top two FNL teams will be promoted to the Premier League for the 2014/15 season. The 13th and 14th Premier League teams will play the 4th and 3rd FNL teams respectively in two playoff games with the winner securing a Premier League spot for 2014/15 season.


Season events

On 11 May 2014, the game between
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg Football Club Zenit (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб «Зенит» ), also known as Zenit Saint Petersburg or simply Zenit, is a Russian professional association football, football club based in Saint Petersburg. Founded in ...
and
FC Dynamo Moscow FC Dynamo Moscow (''FC Dynamo Moskva'', russian: Дина́мо Москва́ ) is a Russian football club based in Moscow. Dynamo returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2017–18 season after one season in the second-tier Russian Footb ...
was interrupted in the 86th minute with Dynamo leading 4-2 when Zenit fans ran out of the stands. At first they stood behind the goal line, when the referee decided to take the teams off the field into the dressing rooms and teams began to leave, one of Zenit fans punched Dynamo player
Vladimir Granat Vladimir Vasilyevich Granat ( rus, Владимир Васильевич Гранат, p=vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪdʑ ɡrɐˈnat; born 22 May 1987) is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Career Clu ...
. It was originally reported that Zenit player
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was also attacked. Later it has been clarified that Rondón had a conflict with Dynamo player
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, but that incident was not registered by the referee or the game inspector. The game was abandoned. Granat was diagnosed with concussion and missed Dynamo's last game of the season against Spartak Moscow. The punishment was decided on 14 May 2014 by the Control-Disciplinary Committee of the Russian Football Union. Dynamo was awarded a 3-0 win, Zenit was fined 700,000 rubles, they will play their next two home games (in the 2014-15 season) in an empty stadium, and for the additional three home games the fan stand will be empty. The Zenit fan who punched Granat, 45-year-old Aleksei Nesterov known as
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, was not immediately arrested and went into hiding for several days. Eventually he gave himself up to the police and was charged with assault. The criminal charges against Nesterov were dropped in court after he reached a settlement with Granat and he was released.


League table


Relegation play-offs


First leg

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Second leg

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won 6–4 on
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and was promoted to the
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won 2–0 on
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and was promoted to the
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Results


Round by round

The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition.


Statistics


Top goalscorers


Hat-tricks

Last updated: 15 May 2014


Awards


Monthly awards


Top 33

On 7 June 2014 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players: On the same day, the RFU also announced the individual awards. Player of the year:
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(CSKA). "Hope of the year" (under-21 players): Aleksei Miranchuk (Lokomotiv). Manager of the year: Leonid Slutsky (CSKA). Referee of the year: Aleksei Nikolaev. Team of the year:
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. For the contribution to the development of football:
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(owner of
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).


References


External links

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2013–14 Russian Premier League at Soccerway
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