2002 in Russian football

2002 in Russian football

2002 in Russian football was the first season of the Premier League, which was won by FC Lokomotiv Moscow (this was their first ever national title). The national team participated in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

National team

Russia national football team participated in the final tournament of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, where they finished third in Group H.


# Russia score given first

;Key
* H = Home match
* A = Away match
* N = Neutral ground
* F = Friendly
* FT = Friendly tournament
* WC = 2002 FIFA World Cup, Group H
* ECQ = 2004 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying, Group 10

Leagues

Premier League

First Division

Rubin Kazan and Chernomorets Novorossiysk won the promotion from the First Division.*Dynamo SPb were awarded 0–3 defeats in ten matches for fielding ineligible players
**Metallurg were deducted 24 points for failing to pay transfer fees for four players

Vyacheslav Kamoltsev of Chernomorets became the top goalscorer with 20 goals.

econd Division

The following clubs have earned promotion by winning tournaments in their respective Second Division zones:
* FC Baltika Kaliningrad ("West")
* FC Metallurg Lipetsk ("Centre")
* FC Terek Grozny ("South")
* FC Svetotekhnika Saransk ("Povolzhye")
* FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg ("Ural")
* FC Metallurg-Zapsib Novokuznetsk ("East")

Cup

The Russian Cup was won by CSKA Moscow, who beat Zenit Saint Petersburg 2–0 in the final at the Luzhniki Stadium.

UEFA club competitions

UEFA Cup 2001-02

Lokomotiv Moscow participated in the third round of the UEFA Cup 2001-02, but were knocked out by Hapoel Tel Aviv FC who won 3–1 on aggregate.

UEFA Intertoto Cup 2002

Krylya Sovetov Samara played in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2002. After defeating Dinaburg FC in the second round they lost to Willem II Tilburg on away goals.

UEFA Champions League 2002-03

Lokomotiv Moscow's victory over Grazer AK ensured there are two Russian clubs in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League 2002-03. Lokomotiv finished second in the group with Club Brugge, Galatasaray, and the dominant FC Barcelona.

On the contrary, Spartak Moscow, the automatic qualifiers for the group stage, lost all their matches to Valencia CF, FC Basel, and Liverpool F.C., finishing with the goal differential of 1–18.

UEFA Cup 2002-03

Zenit Saint Petersburg set the record for aggregate score for the Russian teams, beating FC Encamp 13–0 in the qualifying roung of the UEFA Cup 2002-03 and joining CSKA Moscow in the first round. Both Russian clubs lost in the first round, Zenit to Grasshopper-Club Zürich (3–4) and CSKA to Parma F.C. (3–4).

References

* [http://rusteam.permian.ru/history/2002.html National team fixtures] ru icon
* [http://rsssf.com/tablesr/rus02.html League and cup results]
* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/history/Season=2002/intro.html UEFA Champions League results]
*UEFA Cup results: [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UEFACup/history/Season=2001/intro.html 2001-02] [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UEFACup/history/Season=2002/intro.html 2002-03]
* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/IntertotoCup/history/Season=2002/intro.html UEFA Intertoto Cup results]


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