2004 in Russian football

2004 in Russian football was marked with Lokomotiv's second championship, Terek's cup victory, and national team playing at Euro 2004.

National team

Russia national football team participated in the final tournament of Euro 2004, where they finished last in group A. Later they started qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. As of 2006, Russia's 1–7 defeat from Portugal in a qualifier is their worst result in history.

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^1	Competition	Russia scorers	Match Report
31 March 2004	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia (A)	Bulgaria	2–2	F	Dmitry Sychev	Sport-Express
28 April 2004	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (A)	Norway	2–3	F	Vladislav Radimov, Dmitri Kirichenko	Sport-Express
25 May 2004	Arnold-Schwarzenegger-Stadion, Graz (A)	Austria	0–0	F		Sport-Express
12 June 2004	Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé (N)	Spain	0–1	EC		uefa
16 June 2004	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon (A)	Portugal	0–2	EC		uefa
20 June 2004	Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé (N)	Greece	2–1	EC	Dmitri Kirichenko, Dmitri Bulykin	uefa
18 August 2004	Dynamo Stadium, Moscow (H)	Lithuania	4–3	F	Dmitri Khokhlov, Andrei Karyaka, Dmitri Bulykin, Dmitri Sychev	Sport-Express
4 September 2004	Dynamo Stadium, Moscow (H)	Slovakia	1–1	WCQ	Dmitri Bulykin	FIFA
9 October 2004	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg (A)	Luxembourg	4–0	WCQ	Dmitri Sychev (3), Andrei Arshavin	FIFA
13 October 2004	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon (H)	Portugal	1–7	WCQ	Andrei Arshavin	FIFA
17 November 2004	Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar (H)	Estonia	4–0	WCQ	Andrei Karyaka, Marat Izmailov, Dmitri Sychev, Dmitri Loskov	FIFA

1. Russia score given first

Key

• H = Home match
• A = Away match
• N = Neutral ground
• F = Friendly
• EC = 2004 European Football Championship, Group A
• WCQ = 2006 FIFA World Cup, European Qualifying, Group 3

Leagues

Premier League

First Division

Terek Grozny and Tom Tomsk were promoted to the Premier League for the first time. Terek set a new record, scoring 100 points in a season.

			P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
P	1	Terek	42	32	4	6	70	22	+48	100
P	2	Tom	42	27	5	10	70	38	+32	86
	3	Sokol	42	25	8	9	69	38	+31	83
	4	KAMAZ	42	19	12	11	52	49	+3	69
	5	Khimki	42	17	10	15	39	33	+6	61
	6	Oryol	42	16	13	13	37	34	+3	61
	7	SKA-Energia	42	16	13	13	42	37	+5	61
	8	Anzhi	42	16	12	14	50	53	–3	60
	9	Metallurg	42	15	15	12	48	43	+5	60
	10	Lokomotiv	42	17	8	17	47	48	–1	59
	11	Dynamo Makhachkala	42	16	11	15	44	48	–4	59
	12	Spartak	42	16	10	16	53	46	+7	58
	13	Arsenal	42	15	13	14	39	32	+7	58
	14	Luch-Energia	42	15	11	16	50	50	0	56
	15	Dynamo Bryansk	42	14	13	15	49	51	–2	55
	16	Metallurg-Kuzbass	42	14	10	18	53	53	0	52
	17	Chernomorets	42	13	12	17	47	44	+3	51
R	18	Uralan	42	13	11	18	48	57	–9	50
R	19	Neftekhimik	42	11	12	19	38	57	–19	45
R	20	Baltika	42	10	9	23	37	60	–23	39
R	21	Lisma-Mordovia	42	5	11	26	24	62	–38	26
R	22	Gazovik-Gazprom	42	5	7	30	40	91	–51	22

Andrey Fedkov of Terek became the top goalscorer with 38 goals.

Second Division

The following clubs have earned promotion by winning tournaments in their respective Second Division zones:

• FC Torpedo Vladimir (West)
• FC Fakel Voronezh (Centre)
• FC Dynamo Stavropol (South)
• FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast (Ural-Povolzhye)
• FC Chkalovets-1936 Novosibirsk (East)

Prior to start of the 2005 season three clubs (Rotor Volgograd, Torpedo Vladimir, and Arsenal Tula) refused participation in the First Division, and two more clubs (Dynamo Stavropol and Chernomorets Novorossiysk) were denied licences. This made way for the runners-up of all five zones:

• FC Petrotrest Saint Petersburg (West)
• FC Avangard Kursk (Centre)
• FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan (South)
• FC Lukoil Chelyabinsk (Ural-Povolzhye)
• FC Amur Blagoveshchensk (East)

Cups

The Russian Super Cup match between CSKA Moscow and Spartak Moscow was won by CSKA 3–1.

The Russian Cup was won by Terek Grozny, who beat Krylya Sovetov Samara in the final 1–0, with Andrey Fedkov scoring the only goal in the injury time. This was the first time the Cup was won by a team from the First Division.

UEFA club competitions

2003-04 UEFA Champions League

Lokomotiv Moscow qualified for the round of 16 of the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League, where they met AS Monaco. Lokomotiv won the home match 2–1, but lost on away goals after Monaco won the second leg 1–0.

2003-04 UEFA Cup

Spartak Moscow qualified for the third round of the 2003–04 UEFA Cup, where they lost 3–1 on aggregate to RCD Mallorca.

2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Spartak Moscow started in the first round of the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2004 and defeated FK Atlantas and NK Kamen Ingrad. Shinnik Yaroslavl started in the second round and defeated FK Teplice. Both Spartak and Shinnik were knocked out in the third round by Villarreal CF and UD Leiria, respectively.

2004-05 UEFA Champions League

CSKA Moscow were the only Russian club to play in the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League. They started in the second qualifying round and reached the group stage by beating PFC Neftchi and Rangers F.C. In Group H, they finished third behind Chelsea F.C. and Futebol Clube do Porto but ahead of Paris Saint-Germain F.C. The third position allowed CSKA to qualify for the UEFA Cup 2004-05, a competition they eventually won.

2004-05 UEFA Cup

Terek Grozny (as the Russian Cup winners), Zenit Saint Petersburg and Rubin Kazan started in the second qualifying round of the 2004–05 UEFA Cup. Terek and Zenit qualified for the first round by defeating Lech Poznań and SV Pasching, respectively, while Rubin were knocked out by SK Rapid Wien. In the first round, Terek lost to FC Basel, and Zenit beat Red Star Belgrade and reached the group stage. In the group with Lille OSC, Sevilla FC, Alemannia Aachen, and AEK Athens FC, Zenit finished fourth and were eliminated.

References

• National team fixtures (Russian)
• League and cup results
• UEFA Champions League results: 2003-04 2004-05
• UEFA Cup results: 2003-04 2004-05
• UEFA Intertoto Cup results