2007 Russian Premier League


The 2007 Russian Premier League was the 16th season of the Russian Football Championship, and the sixth under the current Russian Premier League name. The league was sponsored by insurance company Rosgosstrakh.
The season started on 10 March 2007 with the match between Luch-Energia and FC Moscow in Vladivostok, with the first goal of the season being scored by FC Moscow striker Héctor Bracamonte. It ended on 11 November 2007, when Zenit St. Petersburg claimed their first title with an away win over Saturn. Zenit became the second non-Moscow club to win the league, after Alania Vladikavkaz in 1995.
Spartak Moscow finished runners-up for the third consecutive season, while defending champions CSKA Moscow finished third.

Teams

As in the previous season, 16 teams played in the 2007 season. After the 2006 season, Torpedo Moscow and Shinnik Yaroslavl were relegated to the 2007 Russian First Division. They were replaced by Khimki and Kuban Krasnodar, the winners and runners up of the 2006 Russian First Division.

Venues



Tournament format and regulations

Based on paragraph 15.3 of the Russian Premier League regulations for the current season, if two or more teams are equal on points, the positions of these teams are determined by:
  1. higher number of wins in all matches;
  2. higher goal difference in all matches;
  3. results of matches between the teams in question ;
  4. higher number of goals scored in all matches;
  5. higher number of away goals scored in all matches;
  6. drawing of lots.
Based on paragraph 15.4 of the regulations, if two teams are equal on the highest number of points, the first position is determined by:
  1. higher number of wins in all matches;
  2. results of matches between the two teams ;
  3. drawing of lots, or an additional match between the two teams, with extra time and a penalty shoot-out if necessary.
Based on paragraph 15.5 of the regulations, if more than two teams are equal on the highest number of points, the first position and subsequent positions of these teams are determined by:
  1. higher number of wins in all matches;
  2. higher goal difference in all matches;
  3. results of matches between the teams in question ;
  4. drawing of lots, or an additional tournament between the teams in question.1
1The terms of this additional tournament are determined by the Russian Football Union and the governing body of the Russian Premier League based on suggestions from the participating clubs.

League table


Season statistics

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoal
1

Statistics

Goals: 562
  • * From penalties: 57
  • * Saved/Missed penalties: 17
  • * Goals scored home: 348
  • * Goals scored away: 214 Yellow cards: 1080
  • * For violent conduct: 563
  • * For unsporting behaviour: 425
  • * For undisciplined behaviour: 8
  • * Other: 84 Red cards: 49
  • * For second yellow card: 27
  • * For violent conduct: 9
  • * For unsporting behaviour: 5
  • * For undisciplined behaviour: 4
  • * For denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity: 4
  • '''Attendance: 3,147,567 '''

Awards

On 30 November 2007 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:
;Goalkeepers
  1. Antonín Kinský
  2. Vladimir Gabulov
  3. Stipe Pletikosa
;Right backs
  1. Branislav Ivanović
  2. Aleksandr Anyukov
  3. Vasili Berezutskiy
;Right-centre backs
  1. Sergei Ignashevich
  2. Denis Kolodin
  3. Radoslav Kováč
;Left-centre backs
  1. Ján Ďurica
  2. Martin Stranzl
  3. Nicolas Lombaerts
;Left backs
  1. Aleksei Berezutskiy
  2. Kim Dong-Jin
  3. Emir Spahić
;Defensive midfielders
  1. Anatoliy Tymoschuk
  2. Dmitri Khokhlov
  3. Aleksei Igonin
;Right wingers
  1. Miloš Krasić
  2. Vladimir Bystrov
  3. Aleksei Ivanov
;Central midfielders
  1. Konstantin Zyryanov
  2. Yegor Titov
  3. Igor Semshov
;Left wingers
  1. Yuri Zhirkov
  2. Diniyar Bilyaletdinov
  3. Dmitri Torbinsky
;Right forwards
  1. Vágner Love
  2. Roman Pavlyuchenko
  3. Danny
;Left forwards
  1. Andrei Arshavin
  2. Jô
  3. Dmitri Sychev

Medal squads

1. FC Zenit St. Petersburg

Goalkeepers: Vyacheslav Malafeev, Kamil Čontofalský

Attendances

Source:
No.ClubAverageChangeHighest
1Spartak Moscow24,06739,8%68,000
2Kuban21,14782,0%28,800
3Zenit20,604-6,1%21,500
4Krylia Sovetov18,5339,1%26,000
5Amkar16,09719,2%19,000
6PFC CSKA14,54733,3%55,000
7Lokomotiv Moscow13,3322,0%27,503
8Spartak Nalchik13,100-3,3%14,200
9FC Tom13,0331,8%15,000
10Rubin11,767-14,3%20,000
11Saturn10,6841,5%16,000
12Luch9,747-1,7%10,200
13Dynamo Moscow9,73320,7%27,000
14Rostov7,500-16,5%12,500
15FC Khimki7,286194,9%10,500
16FC Moscow5,5133,9%10,000