Russian Premier League 2006

Russian Premier League 2006 was the 15th season of Russian Football Championship, and 5th under the current Russian Premier League name. The league was won by defending champions CSKA Moscow. Torpedo Moscow and Shinnik were relegated. It was the first time in Torpedo Moscow's history that the club was relegated.

Tie-breaking criteria

Based on paragraph 15.3 of Russian Premier League regulations for the current season, if two or more teams are equal on points, the standings of these teams (except the 1st position) are determined by:
#higher number of wins in all matches;
#higher goal difference in all matches;
#results of matches between the teams in question (1. higher number of points obtained; 2. higher number of wins; 3. higher goal difference; 4. higher number of goals scored; 5. higher number of away goals scored);
#higher number of goals scored in all matches;
#higher number of away goals scored in all matches;
#drawing of lots.

Based on paragraph 15.4 of Russian Premier League regulations for the current season, if two teams having the highest number of points are equal on them, the 1st position is determined by:

#higher number of wins in all matches;
#results of matches between the teams in question (1. higher number of points obtained; 2. higher goal difference; 3. higher number of goals scored; 4. higher number of away goals scored);
#drawing of lots to determine current standings, or an additional match between the teams in question, with extra time and penalty shoot-outs if necessary, to determine the champion at the end of the season.

Based on paragraph 15.5 of Russian Premier League regulations for the current season, if more than two teams having the highest number of points are equal on them, the 1st and subsequent positions of these teams are determined by:

#higher number of wins in all matches;
#higher goal difference in all matches;
#results of matches between the teams in question (1. higher number of points obtained; 2. higher goal difference; 3. higher number of goals scored; 4. higher number of away goals scored);
#drawing of lots to determine current standings, or an additional tournament between the teams in question to determine the final standings and the champion at the end of the season¹

¹The terms of this additional tournament are determined by Football Union of Russia and the governing body of Russian Premier League based on suggestions from the participating clubs.

Final standings

Top goalscorers

Awards

Russian Football Union named Andrei Arshavin the best Premier League player of the season. Arshavin was also ranked best by major Russian sports newspapers, Sport-Express [cite news |title=Лучшие по оценкам "СЭ" ru icon |url=http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?131056 |publisher=Sport-Express |date=2006-11-27] and Soviet Sports [cite news |title=55 лучших футболистов чемпионата России-2006 по версии «Советского спорта» ru icon |url=http://www.sovsport.ru/gazeta/default.asp?date=2006/11/29&id=243523 |publisher=Soviet Sports |date=2006-11-29] and became the Russian Footballer of the Year.

On December 18 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players: [cite news |title=Исполком РФС утвердил 33 лучших игрока Премьер-Лиги по итогам минувшего чемпионата ru icon |url=http://www.rfs.ru/?node=rfs-news&leaf=39330aab168341b4bdeaf83ed64e4dac#news_39330aab168341b4bdeaf83ed64e4dac |publisher=Russian Football Union |date=2006-12-18]

;Goalkeepers
#flagicon|Russia Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow)
#flagicon|Russia Vyacheslav Malafeev (Zenit)
#flagicon|Czech Republic Antonín Kinský (Saturn)

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;Right backs
#flagicon|Russia Vasili Berezutskiy (CSKA Moscow)
#flagicon|Russia Aleksandr Anyukov (Zenit)
#flagicon|Russia Roman Shishkin (Spartak Moscow)
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;Right-centre backs
#flagicon|Russia Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA Moscow)
#flagicon|Czech Republic Martin Jiránek (Spartak Moscow)
#flagicon|Norway Erik Hagen (Zenit)
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;Left-centre backs
#flagicon|Russia Denis Kolodin (Dynamo Moscow)
#flagicon|Lithuania Deividas Šemberas (CSKA Moscow)
#flagicon|Slovakia Martin Škrtel (Zenit)
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;Left backs
#flagicon|Russia Aleksei Berezutskiy (CSKA Moscow)
#flagicon|Russia Oleg Kuzmin (Moskva)
#flagicon|Brazil Orlando Calisto (Rubin)

;Defensive midfielders
#flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina Elvir Rahimić (CSKA Moscow)
#flagicon|Russia Evgeni Aldonin (CSKA Moscow)
#flagicon|Brazil Mozart (Spartak Moscow)

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;Right wingers
#flagicon|Russia Vladimir Bystrov (Spartak Moscow)
#flagicon|Serbia Miloš Krasić (CSKA Moscow)
#flagicon|Russia Valeri Klimov (Tom)
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;Central midfielders
#flagicon|Russia Dmitri Loskov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
#flagicon|Russia Yegor Titov (Spartak Moscow)
#flagicon|Brazil Daniel Carvalho (CSKA Moscow)
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;Left wingers
#flagicon|Russia Yuri Zhirkov (CSKA Moscow)
#flagicon|Russia Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
#flagicon|Belarus Sergei Gurenko (Lokomotiv Moscow)

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;Right forwards
#flagicon|Russia Andrei Arshavin (Zenit)
#flagicon|Russia Pavel Pogrebnyak (Tom)
#flagicon|Brazil Jô (CSKA Moscow)
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;Left forwards
#flagicon|Russia Roman Pavlyuchenko (Spartak Moscow)
#flagicon|Argentina Alejandro Domínguez (Rubin)
#flagicon|Brazil Vágner Love (CSKA Moscow)

eason statistics

*Goals: 585 (average 2.44 per match)
**From penalties: 69 (12%)
**Saved/Missed penalties: 19 (22%)
**Goals scored home: 337 (58%)
**Goals scored away: 247 (42%)
*"'Yellow cards: 1202 (average 5.01 per match)
**For violent conduct: 730 (61%)
**For unsporting behaviour: 387 (32%)
**For undisciplined behaviour: 3 (0%)
**Other: 82 (7%)
*Red cards: 62 (average 0.26 per match)
**For second yellow card: 41 (66%)
**For undisciplined behaviour: 7 (11%)
**For denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity: 6 (10%)
**For violent conduct: 6 (10%)
**For unsporting behaviour: 1 (2%)
**For hand ball: 1 (2%)
*Attendance: 2,948,996 (average 12,287 per match; 98,300 per matchday)

ee also

2006 in Russian Football

References

External links

* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesr/rus06.html RSSSF]
* [http://rfpl.org/champ.shtml?year=2006 RFPL.org] ru icon