2004 football season
2004 in Russian football was marked with Lokomotiv 's second championship, Terek 's cup victory, and national team playing at Euro 2004 .
National team
Russia national football team participated in the final tournament of Euro 2004 , where they finished last in group A. Later they started qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup . As of 2006[update] , Russia's 1–7 defeat from Portugal in a qualifier is their worst result in history.
Date
Venue
Opponents
Score1
Competition
Russia scorers
Match Report
31 March 2004
Vasil Levski National Stadium , Sofia (A)
Bulgaria
2–2
F
Dmitry Sychev
Sport-Express
28 April 2004
Ullevaal Stadion , Oslo (A)
Norway
2–3
F
Vladislav Radimov , Dmitri Kirichenko
Sport-Express
25 May 2004
Arnold-Schwarzenegger-Stadion , Graz (A)
Austria
0–0
F
Sport-Express
12 June 2004
Estádio Algarve , Faro /Loulé (N)
Spain
0–1
EC
uefa
16 June 2004
Estádio da Luz , Lisbon (A)
Portugal
0–2
EC
uefa
20 June 2004
Estádio Algarve , Faro /Loulé (N)
Greece
2–1
EC
Dmitri Kirichenko , Dmitri Bulykin
uefa
18 August 2004
Dynamo Stadium , Moscow (H)
Lithuania
4–3
F
Dmitri Khokhlov , Andrei Karyaka , Dmitri Bulykin , Dmitri Sychev
Sport-Express
4 September 2004
Dynamo Stadium , Moscow (H)
Slovakia
1–1
WCQ
Dmitri Bulykin
FIFA
9 October 2004
Stade Josy Barthel , Luxembourg (A)
Luxembourg
4–0
WCQ
Dmitri Sychev (3), Andrei Arshavin
FIFA
13 October 2004
Estádio José Alvalade , Lisbon (H)
Portugal
1–7
WCQ
Andrei Arshavin
FIFA
17 November 2004
Kuban Stadium , Krasnodar (H)
Estonia
4–0
WCQ
Andrei Karyaka , Marat Izmailov , Dmitri Sychev , Dmitri Loskov
FIFA
Russia score given first
Key
H = Home match
A = Away match
N = Neutral ground
F = Friendly
EC = 2004 European Football Championship, Group A
WCQ = 2006 FIFA World Cup, European Qualifying, Group 3
Leagues
Premier League
Source:
RSSSF Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference
(C) Champions;
(R) Relegated
First Division
Terek Grozny and Tom Tomsk were promoted to the Premier League for the first time. Terek set a new record, scoring 100 points in a season.
Source:
PFL ,
RSSSF Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(C) Champions;
(P) Promoted;
(R) Relegated
Notes:
^ a b Head-to-head record: Oryol – SKA 1–0, SKA – Oryol 0–2.
^ Arsenal Tula were relegated to Second Division because they didn't get a license for a next season.
^ Chernomorets Novorossiysk were relegated to Amateur Football League because they didn't get a license for a next season.
Andrey Fedkov of Terek became the top goalscorer with 38 goals.
Second Division
The following clubs have earned promotion by winning tournaments in their respective Second Division zones:
Prior to start of the 2005 season three clubs (Rotor Volgograd, Torpedo Vladimir, and Arsenal Tula) refused participation in the First Division, and two more clubs (Dynamo Stavropol and Chernomorets Novorossiysk) were denied licences. This made way for the runners-up of all five zones:
Cups
The Russian Super Cup match between CSKA Moscow and Spartak Moscow was won by CSKA 3–1.
The Russian Cup was won by Terek Grozny , who beat Krylya Sovetov Samara in the final 1–0, with Andrey Fedkov scoring the only goal in the injury time. This was the first time the Cup was won by a team from the First Division .
UEFA club competitions
2003–04 UEFA Champions League
Lokomotiv Moscow qualified for the round of 16 of the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League , where they met AS Monaco . Lokomotiv won the home match 2–1, but lost on away goals after Monaco won the second leg 1–0.
2003–04 UEFA Cup
Spartak Moscow qualified for the third round of the 2003–04 UEFA Cup , where they lost 3–1 on aggregate to RCD Mallorca .
2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup
Spartak Moscow started in the first round of the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2004 and defeated FK Atlantas and NK Kamen Ingrad . Shinnik Yaroslavl started in the second round and defeated FK Teplice . Both Spartak and Shinnik were knocked out in the third round by Villarreal CF and UD Leiria , respectively.
2004–05 UEFA Champions League
CSKA Moscow were the only Russian club to play in the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League . They started in the second qualifying round and reached the group stage by beating PFC Neftchi and Rangers F.C. In Group H, they finished third behind Chelsea F.C. and Futebol Clube do Porto but ahead of Paris Saint-Germain F.C. The third position allowed CSKA to qualify for the 2004–05 UEFA Cup , a competition they eventually won.
2004–05 UEFA Cup
Terek Grozny (as the Russian Cup winners), Zenit Saint Petersburg and Rubin Kazan started in the second qualifying round of the 2004–05 UEFA Cup . Terek and Zenit qualified for the first round by defeating Lech Poznań and SV Pasching , respectively, while Rubin were knocked out by SK Rapid Wien . In the first round, Terek lost to FC Basel , and Zenit beat Red Star Belgrade and reached the group stage. In the group with Lille OSC , Sevilla FC , Alemannia Aachen , and AEK Athens FC , Zenit finished fourth and were eliminated.
References
Domestic leagues Domestic cups European competitions