Dates 8 Mar 2002 – 21 Nov 2002 | Location Russia | |
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2002 was the first season of the Russian Premier League. While the structure of the competition did not change, the top level clubs gained independence from the Professional Football League.
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Spartak's six-year dominance in the league was broken by Lokomotiv.
Standings
Source: RFPL {{{2}}}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
As CSKA and Lokomotiv finished at the top of the table with equal points, the title was decided in a championship play-off.
Torpedo qualified for the UEFA Cup thanks to Spartak winning the Russian Cup in 2003.
Awards
On December 10 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:
- Sergei Ovchinnikov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
- Ruslan Nigmatullin (CSKA Moscow)
- Valeri Chizhov (Saturn)
- Sergei Ignashevich (Lokomotiv Moscow)
- Sargis Hovsepyan (Zenit)
- Bohdan Shershun (CSKA Moscow)
- Elvir Rahimić (CSKA Moscow)
- Evgeni Aldonin (Rotor)
- Igor Semshov (Torpedo Moscow)