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2002 was the first season of the Russian Premier League. While the structure of the competition did not change, the top level clubs gained independence from the Professional Football League. Spartak's six-year dominance in the league was broken by Lokomotiv. As CSKA and Lokomotiv finished at the top of the table with equal points, the title was decided in a championship play-off. Torpedo qualified for the UEFA Cup thanks to Spartak winning the Russian Cup in 2003.
Top goalscorers Awards On December 10 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:[1] - Goalkeepers
- Sergei Ovchinnikov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
- Ruslan Nigmatullin (CSKA Moscow)
- Valeri Chizhov (Saturn)
- Sweeper
- Sergei Ignashevich (Lokomotiv Moscow)
- Sargis Hovsepyan (Zenit)
- Bohdan Shershun (CSKA Moscow)
|width=33.3% valign=top| - Right backs
- Vadim Evseev (Lokomotiv Moscow)
- Dmytro Parfenov (Spartak Moscow)
- Dmitri Sennikov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
|width=33.3% valign=top| - Stopper
- Gennadiy Nizhegorodov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
- Oleg Pashinin (Lokomotiv Moscow)
- Omari Tetradze (Alania)
|width=33.3% valign=top| - Left backs
- Jacob Lekgetho (Lokomotiv Moscow)
- K b Baye (Spartak Moscow)
- Denis Yevsikov (CSKA Moscow)
- Defensive midfielders
- Elvir Rahimi (CSKA Moscow)
- Evgeni Aldonin (Rotor)
- Igor Semshov (Torpedo Moscow)
|width=33.33% valign=top| - Right wingers
- Rolan Gusev (CSKA Moscow)
- Andrei Arshavin (Zenit)
- Ognjen Koroman (Dynamo Moscow)
|width=33.33% valign=top| - Central midfielders
- Dmitri Loskov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
- Vladimir Maminov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
- Yegor Titov (Spartak Moscow)
|width=33.33% valign=top| - Left wingers
- Andrei Karyaka (Krylia Sovetov)
- Andrei Solomatin (CSKA Moscow)
- Igor Yanovskiy (CSKA Moscow)
|width=50% valign=top| - Right forwards
- Sergei Semak (CSKA Moscow)
- James Obiorah (Lokomotiv Moscow)
- Dmitri Kirichenko (CSKA Moscow)
|width=50% valign=top| - Left forwards
- Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Zenit)
- Ruslan Pimenov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
- Denis Popov (CSKA Moscow)
Medal squads | 1. FC Lokomotiv Moscow | Goalkeepers: Sergei Ovchinnikov (31).
Defenders: Sergei Ignashevich (29 / 1), Gennadiy Nizhegorodov (29), Vadim Evseev (24 / 7), Dmitri Sennikov (24 / 1), Oleg Pashinin (24), Jacob Lekgetho (23 / 2), Yuri Drozdov (18), Milan Obradovi (17).
Midfielders: Dmitri Loskov (30 / 7), Vladimir Maminov (29 / 4), Narvik Sirkhayev (15 / 4), Marat Izmailov (14 / 2), Bennett Mnguni (4).
Forwards: James Obiorah (23 / 5), Maksim Buznikin (23 / 2), Ruslan Pimenov (19 / 7), J lio C sar (11 / 3), Nemanja Vu i evi (9), Baba Adamu (8 / 1), Giorgi Demetradze (6), Sergei Ovchinnikov (1).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Two Sergeis Ovchinnikovs are separate players. One own goal scored by Dmytro Semochko (FC Uralan Elista). Manager: Yuri Syomin. Transferred out during the season: Giorgi Demetradze (to FC Alania Vladikavkaz). | | 2. PFC CSKA Moscow | Goalkeepers: Ruslan Nigmatullin (15), Veniamin Mandrykin (13), Dmitriy Kramarenko (3).
Defenders: Denis Yevsikov (29), Deividas emberas (28), Andrei Solomatin (26 / 3), Vyacheslav Dayev (22 / 1), Bohdan Shershun (18 / 1), Aleksei Berezutski (16), Aleksandr Berketov (8), Yevgeni Varlamov (2), Vasili Berezutski (2).
Midfielders: Rolan Gusev (30 / 15), Elvir Rahimi (30 / 2), Igor Yanovskiy (29 / 4), Juris Laiz ns (27 / 3), Sergei Semak (24 / 6), Aleksei Triputen (9), Artur Tlisov (3).
Forwards: Denis Popov (28 / 7), Dmitri Kirichenko (26 / 15), Spartak Gogniyev (21 / 2), Roman Monaryov (12), Igor Piyuk (1). One own goal scored by Martin Hysk (FC Dynamo Moscow). Manager: Valery Gazzaev. Transferred out during the season: Igor Piyuk (to FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow). | | 3. FC Spartak Moscow | Goalkeepers: Maksym Levytskyi (19), Stanislav Cherchesov (7), Dmitri Goncharov (6).
Defenders: Igor Mitreski (27), Kebe (24 / 3), Mois s (23 / 1), Dmitri Ananko (21), Dmytro Parfenov (16 / 2), Yuri Kovtun (16 / 1), Jerry-Christian Tchuiss (12), Valeri Abramidze (6), Dmitri Khlestov (6), Andrei Streltsov (4), Samuel Ogunsania (1).
Midfielders: Vasili Baranov (24 / 1), Dmitri Kudryashov (22 / 5), Yegor Titov (20 / 4), Eduard Tsykhmeystruk (20 / 2), Maksym Kalynychenko (11 / 1), Artyom Bezrodny (6 / 1), Aleksandr Pavlenko (5), Dmitri Torbinski (3), Marcelo Silva (2), Pyotr Nemov (2), Aleksandr Sheshukov (2), Aleksei Rebko (1), Aleksandr Samedov (1), Robert Scarlett (1).
Forwards: Vladimir Beschastnykh (30 / 12), Aleksandr Danishevsky (21 / 4), Dmitri Sychev (18 / 9), Okon Flo Essien (9 / 1), Aleksandr Sonin (8 / 2), Pavel Pogrebnyak (2), Raman Vasilyuk (1). Manager: Oleg Romantsev. Transferred out during the season: Dmitri Ananko (to AC Ajaccio), Eduard Tsykhmeystruk (to FC Metalurh Donetsk), Dmitri Sychev (to Marseille), Dmitri Goncharov (to FC Alania Vladikavkaz), Raman Vasilyuk (to FC Dinamo Minsk). | See also 2002 in Russian football References External links fr:Championnat de Russie de football 2002 pl:Priemjer-Liga (2002) ru: 2002
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