2002 Russian Premier League


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.

Teams

As in the previous season, 16 teams are playing in the 2002 season, with the name of the league changing from the 'Top Division' to the 'Premier League'. After the 2001 season, Fakel Voronezh and Chernomorets Novorossiysk were relegated to the 2002 Russian First Division. They were replaced by Uralan Elista and Shinnik Yaroslavl, the winners and runners up of the 2001 Russian First Division.

Venues


Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Standings

Championship play-off

Results

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoal
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Awards

On December 10 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:

Medal squads

1. FC Lokomotiv Moscow

Goalkeepers: Sergei I. Ovchinnikov.

Defenders: Sergei Ignashevich, Gennadiy Nizhegorodov, Vadim Evseev, Dmitri Sennikov, Oleg Pashinin

Attendances

Source:
No.ClubAverageChangeHighest
1Alania22,93312,8%30,000
2Krylia Sovetov21,533-10,0%33,000
3Zenit17,767-13,9%22,000
4Shinnik15,6331,0%22,000
5Rotor13,0273,8%19,500
6Spartak Moscow12,2335,6%60,000
7Anji11,493-15,3%16,000
8Sokol11,000-22,7%15,000
9Saturn10,6000,3%16,000
10Rostselmash10,3878,0%15,500
11PFC CSKA9,70010,2%14,000
12Elista7,48730,4%11,000
13Lokomotiv Moscow7,13358,8%25,000
14Dynamo Moscow6,800-1,9%20,000
15FC Moscow4,800-20,4%6,500
16Torpedo-ZIL3,767-1,6%14,000