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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

Amkar	CSKA	Dynamo	Khimki
Zvezda Stadium	Luzhniki Stadium	Central Stadium	Rodina Stadium
Capacity: 17,000	Capacity: 81,000	Capacity: 36,540	Capacity: 3,760
Krylia	CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn SpartakAmkarKryliaRostovRubinKubanSpartakZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2007 Russian Premier League MoscowLuchTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2007 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok		Kuban
Metallurg Stadium			Kuban Stadium
Capacity: 27,084			Capacity: 28,800
Lokomotiv			Luch-Energia
RZD Arena			Dynamo Stadium
Capacity: 33,001			Capacity: 10,200
Moscow			Rostov
Eduard Streltsov Stadium			Olimp-2
Capacity: 13,450			Capacity: 15,840
Rubin			Saturn
Central Stadium			Saturn Stadium
Capacity: 22,500			Capacity: 14,685
Spartak Moscow	Spartak Nalchik	Tom	Zenit Saint Petersburg
Luzhniki Stadium	Spartak Stadium	Trud Stadium	Petrovsky Stadium
Capacity: 81,029	Capacity: 14,149	Capacity: 10,028	Capacity: 21,570

Personnel and kits

Team	Location	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Amkar Perm	Perm	Rashid Rakhimov
CSKA	Moscow	Valery Gazzaev
Dynamo	Moscow	Andrey Kobelev
Khimki	Khimki	Slavoljub Muslin
Krylia	Samara	Aleksandr Tarkhanov
Kuban	Krasnodar	Leonid Nazarenko (Caretaker)
Lokomotiv	Moscow	Anatoliy Byshovets
Luch-Energia	Vladivostok	Sergei Pavlov
Moscow	Moscow	Leonid Slutsky
Rostov	Rostov-on-Don	Oleg Dolmatov
Rubin	Kazan	Kurban Berdyev
Saturn	Ramenskoye	Gadzhi Gadzhiyev
Spartak	Moscow	Stanislav Cherchesov
Spartak	Nalchik	Yuri Krasnozhan
Tom	Tomsk	Valery Petrakov
Zenit	Saint Petersburg	Dick Advocaat

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Lokomotiv	Oleg Dolmatov	Fired	26 December 2006	Preseason	Anatoliy Byshovets	26 December 2006	Preseason
Krylia	Gadzhi Gadzhiyev				Sergei Oborin
Kuban	Pavlo Yakovenko		April 2007		Leonid Nazarenko (Caretaker)	April 2007
Saturn	Vladimír Weiss		May 2007		Gadzhi Gadzhiyev	May 2007
Rostov	Sergei Balakhnin		July 2007		Pavlo Yakovenko	July 2007
Rostov	Pavlo Yakovenko		July 2007		Oleg Dolmatov	23 July 2007
Spartak	Vladimir Fedotov		June 2007		Stanislav Cherchesov	19 June 2007
Krylia	Sergei Oborin		August 2007		Aleksandr Tarkhanov	August 2007
Kuban	Leonid Nazarenko (Caretaker)		August 2007		Soferbi Yeshugov	August 2007
Khimki	Vladimir Kazachyonok		September 2007		Slavoljub Muslin	7 September 2007
Kuban	Soferbi Yeshugov		September 2007		Leonid Nazarenko (Caretaker)	September 2007

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 (without having the highest number), 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 (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);
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 (1. higher number of points obtained; 2. higher goal difference; 3. higher number of goals scored; 4. higher number of away goals scored);
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 (1. higher number of points obtained; 2. higher goal difference; 3. higher number of goals scored; 4. higher number of away goals scored);
4. drawing of lots, or an additional tournament between the teams in question.

The 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

1. Qualified as the winner of 2007–08 Russian Cup

Results

1. The match was played on 1 July 2007 and originally ended with Moscow's 1–2 loss to Zenit. However, on 15 August 2007, Football Union of Russia decided to hand Moscow a 0–3 technical defeat and fine the club RUB 500,000 ($20,000) for fielding an ineligible player Roman Hubník, who was loaned to the club by Czech Sigma Olomouc until the end of June only, and was therefore ineligible to play in the match.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 11 November 2007.

Rank	Player	Club	Goal
1	Roman Pavlyuchenko	Spartak	14
	Roman Adamov	Moscow
3	Jô	CSKA	13
	Vágner Love	CSKA
5	Pavel Pogrebnyak	Zenit	11
	Dmitri Sychev	Lokomotiv
7	Andrey Arshavin	Zenit	10
	Andrei Karyaka	Saturn
	Martin Kushev	Amkar
10	Konstantin Zyryanov	Zenit	9
	Goran Maznov	Tom
	Dmitri Kirichenko	Saturn
	Davit Mujiri	Krylia
	Denis Kolodin	Dynamo

Statistics

• Goals: 562 (average 2.34 per match)
  • From penalties: 57 (10%)
  • Saved/Missed penalties: 17 (23%)
  • Goals scored home: 348 (62%)
  • Goals scored away: 214 (38%)
• Yellow cards: 1080 (average 4.50 per match)
  • For violent conduct: 563 (52%)
  • For unsporting behaviour: 425 (39%)
  • For undisciplined behaviour: 8 (1%)
  • Other: 84 (8%)
• Red cards: 49 (average 0.20 per match)
  • For second yellow card: 27 (55%)
  • For violent conduct: 9 (18%)
  • For unsporting behaviour: 5 (9%)
  • For undisciplined behaviour: 4 (8%)
  • For denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity: 4 (8%)
• Attendance: 3,147,567 (average 13,114 per match; 104,919 per matchday)

Awards

On 30 November 2007 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:

Medal squads

See also

• 2007 in Russian football

References

1. "Moskva punished for oversight". UEFA.com. 2007-08-15. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
2. Утвержден список 33 лучших игроков "Росгосстрах Чемпионата России по футболу 2007 года" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 2007-11-30. Retrieved 2007-12-04.

• Russian Premier League seasons
• 2007 in Russian football leagues
• 2006–07 in European association football leagues
• 2007–08 in European association football leagues