Russian Premier League 2002

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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.

			P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
C	1	Lokomotiv	30	19	9	2	46	14	+32	66
	2	CSKA	30	21	3	7	60	26	+34	66
	3	Spartak	30	16	7	7	49	36	+13	55
	4	Torpedo	30	14	8	8	47	32	+15	50
	5	Krylya Sovetov	30	15	4	11	39	32	+7	49
	6	Saturn-REN-TV	30	13	8	9	41	37	+4	47
	7	Shinnik	30	13	8	9	42	37	+5	47
	8	Dynamo	30	12	6	12	38	33	+5	42
	9	Rotor	30	11	5	14	27	34	–7	38
	10	Zenit	30	8	9	13	36	42	–6	33
	11	Rostselmash	30	7	10	13	29	49	–20	31
	12	Alania	30	8	6	16	31	42	–11	30
	13	Uralan	30	6	11	13	32	42	–10	29
	14	Torpedo-ZIL	30	6	10	14	20	39	–19	28
R	15	Anzhi	30	5	10	15	22	43	–21	25
R	16	Sokol	30	5	8	17	24	45	–21	23

As CSKA and Lokomotiv finished at the top of the table with equal points, the title was decided in a championship play-off.

21 November 2002	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–0	CSKA Moscow	Dynamo Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 34,000 Referee: V. Ivanov
	Loskov 6'	(Report)

Lokomotiv and CSKA qualified for the UEFA Champions League 2003-04. Spartak qualified for the UEFA Cup 2003-04. Torpedo qualified for the UEFA Cup thanks to Spartak winning the Russian Cup in 2003.

[edit] Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals	Team
1	Rolan Gusev	15	CSKA
	Dmitri Kirichenko	15	CSKA
3	Aleksandr Kerzhakov	14	Zenit
4	Vladimir Beschastnykh	12	Spartak
	Andrei Karyaka	12	Krylya Sovetov
6	Robertas Poškus	11	Krylya Sovetov
	Serghei Rogaciov	11	Saturn-REN-TV
	Igor Semshov	11	Torpedo
9	Aleksandr Shirko	10	Torpedo
	Zurab Tsiklauri	10	Uralan