2006 Russian Premier League#Awards

{{Short description|15th season of top-tier football league in Russia}}

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = Russian Premier League

| season = 2006

| winners = CSKA Moscow

| relegated = Torpedo Moscow
Shinnik Yaroslavl

| continentalcup1 = Champions League

| continentalcup1 qualifiers = CSKA Moscow
Spartak Moscow

| continentalcup2 = UEFA Cup

| continentalcup2 qualifiers = Lokomotiv Moscow
Zenit St.Petersburg

| continentalcup3 = Intertoto Cup

| continentalcup3 qualifiers = Rubin Kazan

| matches = 240

| total goals = 585

| league topscorer = Roman Pavlyuchenko (18)

| biggest home win =

| biggest away win =

| highest scoring =

| longest wins =

| longest unbeaten =

| longest losses =

| highest attendance =

| lowest attendance =

| average attendance =

| prevseason = 2005

| nextseason = 2007

}}

The 2006 Russian Premier League was the 15th season of the premier football competition in Russia since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the 5th under the current Russian Premier League name.

The season started on 17 March 2006 and ended on 26 November 2006. Defending champions CSKA Moscow claimed their second successive title on 18 November 2006 with an away win over Luch-Energiya Vladivostok.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2006/11/18/russia/premier-league/luch-energiya-vladivostok/cska-moskva/344262/news/ |title=CSKA Moscow grab title |publisher=Soccerway |date=2006-11-18 |access-date=2014-10-24}} Spartak Moscow finished runners-up, level on points with CSKA but ranked behind due to fewer wins (see Tie-breaking criteria below). Lokomotiv Moscow finished third.

Torpedo Moscow and Shinnik were relegated. It was the first time in Torpedo Moscow's history that the club was relegated.

Teams

As in the previous season, 16 teams played in the 2006 season. After the 2005 season, Alania Vladikavkaz and Terek Grozny were relegated to the 2006 Russian First Division. They were replaced by Luch-Energia Vladivostok and Spartak Nalchik, the winners and runners up of the 2005 Russian First Division.

= Venues =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
Amkar

! CSKA

! Dynamo

! Krylia

Zvezda Stadium

| Central Stadium

| Central Stadium

| Metallurg Stadium

Capacity: 17,000

| Capacity: 36,540

| Capacity: 36,540

| Capacity: 27,084

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Lokomotiv

|colspan="2" rowspan="16"|

{{Location map+ |European Russia |width=600|float=center |alt=Map of Russia with the teams of the 2006 Russian Premier League |caption=Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League |places=

{{Location map~ |European Russia |lat=55.50 |long= 37.316 |position=left |label=CSKA
Dynamo
Lokomotiv
Moscow
Saturn
Spartak
Torpedo}}

{{Location map~ |European Russia |lat=57.990694 |long=56.244636 |position=right |label=Amkar}}

{{Location map~ |European Russia |lat=53.202778 |long=50.140833 |position=left |label=Krylia}}

{{Location map~ |European Russia |lat=47.243011 |long=39.761053 |position=right |label=Rostov}}

{{location map~ |European Russia |lat=55.796944 |long=49.098889 |position=right |label=Rubin}}

{{Location map~ |European Russia |lat=57.628729 |long=39.867486 |position=left |label=Shinnik}}

{{Location map~ |European Russia |lat=43.469537 |long=43.590338 |position=left |label=Spartak}}

{{Location map~ |European Russia |lat=59.972953 |long=30.220533 |position=left |label=Zenit}}

}}

{{Location map+ |Russia |width=500 |float=right |alt=Map of Russia with the teams of the 2006 Premier League |caption=Locations of teams in 2006 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok|places=

{{Location map~ |Russia |lat=55.50 |long= 37.316 |position=top |label=Moscow}}

{{Location map~ |Russia |lat=43.1192 |long=131.8788 |position=left |label=Luch}}

{{Location map~ |Russia |lat=56.474167 |long=84.956667 |position=left |label=Tom}}

}}

! Luch-Energia

RZD Arena

| Dynamo Stadium

Capacity: 33,001

| Capacity: 10,200

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| 250px

Moscow

! Rostov

Eduard Streltsov Stadium

| Olimp-2

Capacity: 13,450

| Capacity: 15,840

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| 250px

Rubin

! Saturn

Central Stadium

| Saturn Stadium

Capacity: 22,500

| Capacity: 14,685

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| 250px

Shinnik

! Spartak Moscow

Shinnik Stadium

| Luzhniki Stadium

Capacity: 22,871

| Capacity: 81,029

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| 250px

Spartak Nalchik

! Tom

! Torpedo

! Zenit Saint Petersburg

Spartak Stadium

| Trud Stadium

| Luzhniki Stadium

| Petrovsky Stadium

Capacity: 14,149

| Capacity: 10,028

| Capacity: 81,029

| Capacity: 21,570

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| 250px

{{notelist-lr}}

= Personnel and kits =

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Team

!Location

!Head coach

!Captain

!Kit manufacturer

!Shirt sponsor

Amkar Perm

|Perm

|{{flagicon|TJK}} Rashid Rakhimov

|

|Adidas

|

CSKA

|Moscow

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Valery Gazzaev

|

|Umbro

|Sibneft/VTB

Dynamo

|Moscow

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Andrey Kobelev

|

|Umbro

|Xerox

Lokomotiv

|Moscow

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Oleg Dolmatov

|

|Adidas

|

Luch-Energia

|Vladivostok

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Sergei Pavlov

|

|Nike

|DSV

Krylia

|Samara

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Gadzhi Gadzhiyev

|

|

|

Moscow

|Moscow

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Leonid Slutsky

|

|

|

Rostov

|Rostov-on-Don

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Sergei Balakhnin

|

|Umbro

|

Rubin

|Kazan

|{{flagicon|TKM}} Kurban Berdyev

|

|Nike

|{{n/a}}

Saturn

|Ramenskoye

|{{flagicon|SVK}} Vladimír Weiss

|

|Adidas

|

Shinnik

|Yaroslavl

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Boris Gavrilov {{small|(Caretaker)}}

|

|

|

Spartak

|Moscow

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Vladimir Fedotov

|

|Nike

|

Spartak

|Nalchik

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Yuri Krasnozhan

|

|Umbro

|{{n/a}}

Tom

|Tomsk

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Valery Petrakov

|

|

|

Torpedo

|Moscow

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Aleksandr Gostenin {{small|(Caretaker)}}

|

|Umbro

|{{n/a}}

Zenit

|Saint Petersburg

|{{flagicon|NLD}} Dick Advocaat

|

|Adidas

|Gazprom

= Managerial changes =

class="wikitable"
Team

! Outgoing manager

! Manner of departure

! Date of vacancy

! Position in table

! Replaced by

! Date of appointment

! Position in table

Dynamo

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Andrey Kobelev {{small|(Caretaker)}}

| End of role

|

|rowspan="4"|Preseason

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Yuri Semin

| 22 November 2005{{cite web |title=Семин Юрий |url=http://fc-dynamo.ru/persons.php?cID=3&pID=312 |website=fc-dynamo.ru/ |publisher=FC Dynamo Moscow |access-date=3 November 2020 |language=ru}}

|rowspan="4"|Preseason

Lokomotiv

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Vladimir Eshtrekov

|

|

| {{flagicon|SRB}} Slavoljub Muslin

| 12 December 2005{{cite web |title=Муслин стал главным тренером Локомотива |url=https://www.sport-express.ru/football/rfpl/news/108875/ |website=sport-express.ru/ |publisher=Sport Express |access-date=3 November 2020 |language=ru |date=12 December 2005}}

Saturn

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Vladimir Shevchuk

|

|

| {{flagicon|SVK}} Vladimír Weiss

|

Tom

| {{flagicon|UKR}} Anatoliy Byshovets

|

|

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Valery Petrakov

|

Spartak

| {{flagicon|LAT}} Aleksandrs Starkovs

|

| April 2006

|

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Vladimir Fedotov

| April 2006

|

Zenit St.Petersburg

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Vlastimil Petržela

|

| 4 May 2006{{cite web |title=ПАН ВСЕ-ТАКИ ПРОПАЛ |url=https://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/2006-05-04/1_1/ |website=sport-express.ru/ |publisher=Sport Express |access-date=3 November 2020 |language=ru |date=4 May 2006}}

|

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Vladimír Borovička {{small|(Caretaker)}}

| May 2006

|

Zenit St.Petersburg

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Vladimír Borovička {{small|(Caretaker)}}

| End of Role

| July 2006

|

| {{flagicon|NLD}} Dick Advocaat

| 26 June 2006{{cite web |title=Дик АДВОКАТ ВОЗГЛАВИЛ ЗЕНИТ |url=https://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/2006-06-27/13_1/ |website=sport-express.ru/ |publisher=Sport Express |access-date=3 November 2020 |language=ru |date=27 June 2006}}

|

Amkar

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Sergei Oborin

|

| August 2006

|

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Igor Uralyov {{small|(Caretaker)}}

| August 2006

|

Dynamo

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Yuri Semin

| Resigned

| 4 August 2006

| 15th

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Andrey Kobelev

| August 2006

|

Amkar

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Igor Uralyov {{small|(Caretaker)}}

| End of Role

| September 2006

|

| {{flagicon|TJK}} Rashid Rakhimov

| September 2006

|

Shinnik

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Oleg Dolmatov

|

| September 2006

|

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Boris Gavrilov

| September 2006

|

Torpedo

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Sergei Petrenko

|

| September 2006

|

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Aleksandr Gostenin

| September 2006

|

Lokomotiv

| {{flagicon|SRB}} Slavoljub Muslin

| Fired

| 5 October 2006{{cite web |title=ИСТОРИЯ ФК ЛОКОМОТИВ МОСКВА |url=http://lokoinfo.ru/history.html |website=lokoinfo.ru/ |publisher=Loko Info |access-date=3 November 2020 |language=ru}}

|

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Oleg Dolmatov

| 5 October 2006

|

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.1

1The 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

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

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|show_limit=5

|team1=CSK|name_CSK=CSKA Moscow

|team2=SPA|name_SPA=Spartak Moscow

|team3=LOK|name_LOK=Lokomotiv Moscow

|team4=ZEN|name_ZEN=Zenit St. Petersburg

|team5=RUB|name_RUB=Rubin Kazan

|team6=MOS|name_MOS=FC Moscow

|team7=LUE|name_LUE=Luch-Energiya Vladivostok

|team8=TOM|name_TOM=Tom Tomsk

|team9=KRY|name_KRY=Krylia Sovetov Samara

|team10=SPN|name_SPN=Spartak Nalchik

|team11=SAT|name_SAT=Saturn

|team12=ROS|name_ROS=Rostov

|team13=AMK|name_AMK=Amkar Perm

|team14=DYN|name_DYN=Dynamo Moscow

|team15=TOR|name_TOR=Torpedo Moscow

|team16=SHI|name_SHI=Shinnik Yaroslavl

|win_CSK=17|draw_CSK=7|loss_CSK=6|gf_CSK=47|ga_CSK=28|status_CSK=C

|win_SPA=15|draw_SPA=13|loss_SPA=2|gf_SPA=60|ga_SPA=36

|win_LOK=15|draw_LOK=8|loss_LOK=7|gf_LOK=47|ga_LOK=34

|win_ZEN=13|draw_ZEN=11|loss_ZEN=6|gf_ZEN=42|ga_ZEN=30

|win_RUB=14|draw_RUB=7|loss_RUB=9|gf_RUB=45|ga_RUB=35

|win_MOS=10|draw_MOS=13|loss_MOS=7|gf_MOS=41|ga_MOS=37

|win_LUE=12|draw_LUE=5|loss_LUE=13|gf_LUE=37|ga_LUE=39

|win_TOM=11|draw_TOM=8|loss_TOM=11|gf_TOM=35|ga_TOM=33

|win_KRY=10|draw_KRY=8|loss_KRY=12|gf_KRY=37|ga_KRY=35

|win_SPN=10|draw_SPN=8|loss_SPN=12|gf_SPN=31|ga_SPN=34

|win_SAT=7|draw_SAT=16|loss_SAT=7|gf_SAT=29|ga_SAT=24

|win_ROS=10|draw_ROS=6|loss_ROS=14|gf_ROS=42|ga_ROS=48

|win_AMK=8|draw_AMK=11|loss_AMK=11|gf_AMK=22|ga_AMK=36

|win_DYN=8|draw_DYN=10|loss_DYN=12|gf_DYN=31|ga_DYN=40

|win_TOR=3|draw_TOR=13|loss_TOR=14|gf_TOR=22|ga_TOR=40|status_TOR=R

|win_SHI=1|draw_SHI=8|loss_SHI=21|gf_SHI=17|ga_SHI=56|status_SHI=R

|col_CLGS=green1|text_CLGS=Qualification to Champions League group stage

|result1=CLGS

|col_CL3=green2|text_CL3=Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round

|result2=CL3

|col_UC1=blue1|text_UC1=Qualification to UEFA Cup first round

|note_res_UC1=Qualified as the winner of 2006–07 Russian Cup.

|result3=UC1

|col_UC2=blue2|text_UC2=Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round

|result4=UC2

|col_IC2=#CCCCFF|text_IC2=Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round

|result5=IC2

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to First Division

|result15=R|result16=R

|class_rules=1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd goal difference; 4th head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored; 7th drawing of lots

|update=complete

|source=[http://www.rfpl.org/champ.shtml?year=2006 RFPL]

}}

Results

{{#invoke:sports results|main

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|team6=LUE|team7=MOS|team8=ROS|team9=RUB|team10=SAT

|team11=SHI|team12=SPA|team13=SPN|team14=TOM|team15=TOR

|team16=ZEN

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|match_CSK_ROS=1–2

|match_CSK_AMK=2–0

|match_CSK_DYN=1–2

|match_CSK_TOR=2–0

|match_CSK_SHI=5–1

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|match_SPA_AMK=4–1

|match_SPA_DYN=3–2

|match_SPA_TOR=2–0

|match_SPA_SHI=3–1

|name_LOK=Lokomotiv Moscow

|match_LOK_CSK=3–2

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|match_LOK_LUE=3–0

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|match_LOK_TOR=0–0

|match_LOK_SHI=1–0

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|match_ZEN_TOR=2–1

|match_ZEN_SHI=1–0

|name_RUB=Rubin Kazan

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|match_LUE_SHI=1–0

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|match_KRY_DYN=1–0

|match_KRY_TOR=2–0

|match_KRY_SHI=2–0

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|match_SAT_KRY=1–1

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|match_SAT_TOR=0–0

|match_SAT_SHI=3–0

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|match_ROS_KRY=2–2

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|match_AMK_DYN=3–2

|match_AMK_TOR=1–0

|match_AMK_SHI=1–0

|name_DYN=Dynamo Moscow

|match_DYN_CSK=2–3

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|match_DYN_RUB=2–2

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|match_DYN_KRY=1–1

|match_DYN_SAT=1–1

|match_DYN_ROS=0–1

|match_DYN_AMK=0–0

|match_DYN_TOR=2–1

|match_DYN_SHI=1–1

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|match_TOR_CSK=2–2

|match_TOR_SPA=1–1

|match_TOR_LOK=1–4

|match_TOR_ZEN=1–2

|match_TOR_RUB=1–2

|match_TOR_MOS=0–2

|match_TOR_LUE=2–1

|match_TOR_TOM=1–2

|match_TOR_SPN=2–0

|match_TOR_KRY=1–1

|match_TOR_SAT=0–3

|match_TOR_ROS=0–2

|match_TOR_AMK=0–0

|match_TOR_DYN=3–0

|match_TOR_SHI=1–1

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|match_SHI_CSK=0–1

|match_SHI_SPA=1–1

|match_SHI_LOK=1–3

|match_SHI_ZEN=1–2

|match_SHI_RUB=1–5

|match_SHI_MOS=1–2

|match_SHI_LUE=1–3

|match_SHI_TOM=0–1

|match_SHI_SPN=0–1

|match_SHI_KRY=1–0

|match_SHI_SAT=0–0

|match_SHI_ROS=1–6

|match_SHI_AMK=0–0

|match_SHI_DYN=1–2

|match_SHI_TOR=1–1

|update=complete|source=

}}

Season statistics

= Top goalscorers =

{{updated|matches played on 26 November 2006.}}

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Rank

! Player

! Club

! Goal

rowspan="1" |1

| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|RUS}} Roman Pavlyuchenko

| style="text-align: left;" | Spartak

| rowspan="1" |18

rowspan="1" |2

| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|BRA}}

| style="text-align: left;" | CSKA

| rowspan="1" |14

rowspan="3" |3

| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|ARG}} Alejandro Domínguez

| style="text-align: left;" | Rubin

| rowspan="3" |13

style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|RUS}} Pavel Pogrebnyak

| style="text-align: left;" | Tom

style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|RUS}} Dmitri Loskov

| style="text-align: left;" | Lokomotiv

rowspan="2" |6

| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|RUS}} Dmitri Kirichenko

| style="text-align: left;" | Moscow

| rowspan="2" |12

style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|RUS}} Mikhail Osinov

| style="text-align: left;" | Rostov

rowspan="2" |8

| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|BRA}} Vágner Love

| style="text-align: left;" | CSKA

| rowspan="2" |9

style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|CRO}} Ivica Olić

| style="text-align: left;" | CSKA

rowspan="2" |10

| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|RUS}} Yegor Titov

| style="text-align: left;" | Spartak

| rowspan="2" |8

style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|RUS}} Roman Adamov

| style="text-align: left;" | Moscow

= 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 handball: 1 (2%)
  • Attendance: 2,948,996 (average 12,287 per match; 98,300 per matchday)

Awards

Russian Football Union named Andrey Arshavin the best Premier League player of the season. Arshavin was also ranked best by major Russian sports newspapers, Sport-Express{{cite news |script-title=ru:Лучшие по оценкам "СЭ" |language=ru |url=http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?131056 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911134357/http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?131056 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-09-11 |publisher=Sport-Express |date=2006-11-27 }} and Soviet Sports{{cite news |title=55 лучших футболистов чемпионата России-2006 по версии "Советского спорта" |language=ru |url=http://www.sovsport.ru/gazeta/default.asp?date=2006/11/29&id=243523 |publisher=Soviet Sports |date=2006-11-29 |access-date=2019-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929084319/http://www.sovsport.ru/gazeta/default.asp?date=2006%2F11%2F29&id=243523 |archive-date=2007-09-29 |url-status=dead }} and became the Russian Footballer of the Year.

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

;Goalkeepers

  1. {{flagicon|Russia}} Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow)
  2. {{flagicon|Russia}} Vyacheslav Malafeev (Zenit)
  3. {{flagicon|Czech Republic}} Antonín Kinský (Saturn)

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;Right backs

  1. {{flagicon|Russia}} Vasili Berezutskiy (CSKA Moscow)
  2. {{flagicon|Russia}} Aleksandr Anyukov (Zenit)
  3. {{flagicon|Russia}} Roman Shishkin (Spartak Moscow)

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;Right-centre backs

  1. {{flagicon|Russia}} Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA Moscow)
  2. {{flagicon|Czech Republic}} Martin Jiránek (Spartak Moscow)
  3. {{flagicon|Norway}} Erik Hagen (Zenit)

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;Left-centre backs

  1. {{flagicon|Russia}} Denis Kolodin (Dynamo Moscow)
  2. {{flagicon|Lithuania}} Deividas Šemberas (CSKA Moscow)
  3. {{flagicon|Slovakia}} Martin Škrtel (Zenit)

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;Left backs

  1. {{flagicon|Russia}} Aleksei Berezutskiy (CSKA Moscow)
  2. {{flagicon|Russia}} Oleg Kuzmin (Moskva)
  3. {{flagicon|Brazil}} Orlando Calisto (Rubin)

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;Defensive midfielders

  1. {{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} Elvir Rahimić (CSKA Moscow)
  2. {{flagicon|Russia}} Evgeni Aldonin (CSKA Moscow)
  3. {{flagicon|Brazil}} Mozart (Spartak Moscow)

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;Right wingers

  1. {{flagicon|Russia}} Vladimir Bystrov (Spartak Moscow)
  2. {{flagicon|Serbia}} Miloš Krasić (CSKA Moscow)
  3. {{flagicon|Russia}} Valeri Klimov (Tom)

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;Central midfielders

  1. {{flagicon|Russia}} Dmitri Loskov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  2. {{flagicon|Russia}} Yegor Titov (Spartak Moscow)
  3. {{flagicon|Brazil}} Daniel Carvalho (CSKA Moscow)

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;Left wingers

  1. {{flagicon|Russia}} Yuri Zhirkov (CSKA Moscow)
  2. {{flagicon|Russia}} Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  3. {{flagicon|Belarus}} Sergei Gurenko (Lokomotiv Moscow)

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;Right forwards

  1. {{flagicon|Russia}} Andrey Arshavin (Zenit)
  2. {{flagicon|Russia}} Pavel Pogrebnyak (Tom)
  3. {{flagicon|Brazil}} (CSKA Moscow)

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;Left forwards

  1. {{flagicon|Russia}} Roman Pavlyuchenko (Spartak Moscow)
  2. {{flagicon|Argentina}} Alejandro Domínguez (Rubin)
  3. {{flagicon|Brazil}} Vágner Love (CSKA Moscow)

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Medal squads

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| style="text-align:center; width:700px;"| 1. PFC CSKA Moscow

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| style="text-align:left; width:700px;"|

Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (28), Vladimir Gabulov (3), Veniamin Mandrykin (1).

Defenders: Aleksei Berezutski (29), Sergei Ignashevich (26 / 2), Vasili Berezutski (26 / 1), Deividas Šemberas {{flagicon|Lithuania}} (24), Anton Grigoryev (5), Chidi Odiah {{flagicon|Nigeria}} (3).

Midfielders: Elvir Rahimić {{flagicon|BIH}} (30 / 1), Dudu {{flagicon|Brazil}} (28 / 2), Evgeni Aldonin (28), Yuri Zhirkov (27 / 1), Miloš Krasić {{flagicon|Serbia}} (26 / 3), Rolan Gusev (18 / 1), Ivan Taranov (13), Kirill Kochubei (4).

Forwards: Ivica Olić {{flagicon|Croatia}} (24 / 9), Vágner Love {{flagicon|Brazil}} (23 / 9), {{flagicon|Brazil}} (18 / 14), Aleksandr Salugin (5).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Valery Gazzaev.

Transferred out during the season: none.

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| style="text-align:center; width:700px;"| 2. FC Spartak Moscow

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| style="text-align:left; width:700px;"|

Goalkeepers: Wojciech Kowalewski {{flagicon|Poland}} (27), Dmitri Khomich (3), Aleksei Zuev (1).

Defenders: Radoslav Kováč {{flagicon|CZE}} (27 / 2), Martin Jiránek {{flagicon|CZE}} (26 / 2), Martin Stranzl {{flagicon|Austria}} (25), Clemente Rodríguez {{flagicon|Argentina}} (20 / 1), Roman Shishkin (14 / 1), Géder {{flagicon|Brazil}} (8), Adrian Iencsi {{flagicon|Romania}} (7), Gabriel Tamaș {{flagicon|Romania}} (3), Sergei Kabanov (1), Fyodor Kudryashov (1), Andrei Ivanov (1), Yevgeni Shpedt (1).

Midfielders: Yegor Titov (25 / 7), Vladimir Bystrov (24 / 6), Serghei Covalciuc {{flagicon|Moldova}} (23), Mozart {{flagicon|Brazil}} (22 / 4), Denis Boyarintsev (22 / 2), Maksym Kalynychenko {{flagicon|Ukraine}} (15 / 3), Quincy {{flagicon|Ghana}} (15 / 1), Dmitri Torbinski (13), Aleksei Rebko (9).

Forwards: Roman Pavlyuchenko (27 / 18), Fernando Cavenaghi {{flagicon|Argentina}} (17 / 5), Aleksandr Pavlenko (12 / 1), Nikita Bazhenov (11 / 3), Mihajlo Pjanović {{flagicon|Serbia}} (8 / 3), Artyom Dzyuba (5).

Manager: Aleksandrs Starkovs {{flagicon|Latvia}} (until April), Vladimir Fedotov (from July).

Transferred out during the season: Gabriel Tamaș {{flagicon|Romania}} (to Celta de Vigo).

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| style="text-align:center; width:700px;"| 3. FC Lokomotiv Moscow

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| style="text-align:left; width:700px;"|

Goalkeepers: Aleksei Poliakov {{flagicon|Uzbekistan}} (23), Eldin Jakupović {{flagicon|Switzerland}} (5), Sergei Ryzhikov (2).

Defenders: Branislav Ivanović {{flagicon|Serbia}} (28 / 2), Vadim Evseev (24), Emir Spahić {{flagicon|BIH}} (21), Oleg Pashinin {{flagicon|Uzbekistan}} (20), Dmitri Sennikov (14), Malkhaz Asatiani {{flagicon|Georgia}} (14), Fininho {{flagicon|Brazil}} (12), Marián Had {{flagicon|Slovakia}} (6), Dmitri Kruglov {{flagicon|Estonia}} (2), Inal Getigezhev (1).

Midfielders: Dmitri Loskov (29 / 13), Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (29 / 3), Sergei Gurenko {{flagicon|Belarus}} (29 / 1), Marat Izmailov (16 / 1), Aleksandr Samedov (13), Ivan Starkov (12 / 2), Laryea Kingston {{flagicon|Ghana}} (12), Shaker Zouagi {{flagicon|Tunisia}} (11 / 1), André Bikey {{flagicon|Cameroon}} (5), Vladimir Maminov {{flagicon|Uzbekistan}} (5).

Forwards: Garry O'Connor {{flagicon|Scotland}} (24 / 7), Dmitri Sychev (24 / 7), Dramane Traoré {{flagicon|Mali}} (21 / 6), Shamil Asildarov (4 / 1), Giorgi Chelidze {{flagicon|Georgia}} (4).

Manager: Slavoljub Muslin {{flagicon|Serbia}} (until October), Oleg Dolmatov (from October).

Transferred out during the season: Dmitri Kruglov {{flagicon|Estonia}} (to FC Kuban Krasnodar), André Bikey {{flagicon|Cameroon}} (to Reading F.C.).

See also

References

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