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Revision as of 04:00, 3 November 2005 by Whobot (talk | contribs) (Recat per WP:CFD Category:Russian_football to Category:Football_in_Russia)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)2005 was marked by a greatest success in the Russian club football so far, as CSKA Moscow won the UEFA Cup. The Russian Cup has also gone to CSKA Moscow. Notable changes in the Russian Football Union also took place.
Changes in the Russian Football Union
Vitaliy Mutko has replaced Vyacheslav Koloskov as the president of the Russian Football Union.
National team
The Russia national team attempted to qualify for the
via European qualifying group 3. A scoreless draw in Bratislava against Slovakia on 12 October, the final group match for both teams, ended Russia's hopes of qualifying for Germany. Portugal won the group and automatically qualified for the finals. Russia and Slovakia finished level on points for second place and a place in the UEFA playoffs; Slovakia won the tiebreaker on overall goal difference in the group. A Russia win in the final match would have sent Russia to the playoffs at Slovakia's expense.
Leagues
Season is still on in the Premier League, First Division, and Second Division.
Second Division
The following clubs have secured promotion by winning tournaments in their respective Second Division zones:
- FC Baltika Kaliningrad (West)
- FC Salyut-Energiya Belgorod (Centre)
- FC Angusht Nazran (South)
- FC Sodovik Sterlitamak (Ural-Povolzhye)
- FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk (East)
Russian Cup
Defending Russian Cup holders Terek Grozny were knocked out by their first opponents, Amkar Perm. For the second year in a row, the First Division side was present in the final, this time FC Khimki. But unlike the 2004, the final match was won 1-0 by the Premier League club, CSKA Moscow. Interestingly, CSKA lost the first-leg match 2-0 to their first opponents, Sokol Saratov, and progressed thanks to an awarded 3-0 victory after Sokol failed to show for the second leg.
UEFA club competitions
UEFA Cup 2004/05
Only CSKA Moscow qualified for the spring phase of the UEFA Cup 2004/05. They successively defeated Benfica, Partizan Belgrade, Auxerre, and Parma to reach the final. In the final match played in Lisbon, CSKA defeated Sporting Clube de Portugal 3-1 to become the first ever Russian club to win any major European competition.
UEFA Super Cup
CSKA Moscow lost the European Super Cup match 3-1 to Liverpool F.C., the UEFA Champions League title holders.
UEFA Champions League 2005/06
Lokomotiv Moscow, the only Russian side to participate in the UEFA Champions League 2005/06, defeated FK Rabotnicki in the second qualifying round, but were knocked out by Rapid Vienna in the third qualifying round. Along with the other losers in the third qualifying round, Lokomotiv entered the UEFA Cup at the first round proper.
UEFA Cup 2005/06
CSKA Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow, and Zenit Saint Petersburg have quailfied for the group stage of the UEFA Cup 2005/06. Krylya Sovetov Samara have successfully passed the second qualifying round, but were knocked out in the first round proper by AZ Alkmaar.
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