The Russian Football season concluded with the big match of the day being
Zenit Saint Petersburg dominating
Spartak Moscow 3-1 and securing the final spot for European competition (
report here). Elsewhere champions
Rubin Kazan concluded their brilliant season with their third consecutive loss going down to
Lokomotiv Moscow 2-1 with Russian international
Diniyar Bilyaletdinov scoring in the last strike of the season, collecting a long volley and shuttling the ball past Sergei Ryzhikov. With only pride on the line
Dynamo Moscow defeated
Tom' Tomsk 2-0 with the theme of Russian internationals shining as
Aleksandr Kerzhakov scored twice. Relegation condemned
Shinnik Yaroslav upset
CSKA Moscow 1-0 with
Koni players definitely looking ahead to European competition, including winning a spot in next years Champions League.
Amkar Perm' knew going into the final weekend that they had secured a European spot but put out a great showing in defeating
Khimki 3-1. Although they year ends in defeat for Khimki, the story line of their avoidance of relegation through the stunning work of the legendary
Yegor Titov and
Armenian international
Roman Berezovsky in the nets.
Samara Kryliya Sovetov hopes were small in the final week and although they missed out on the top five they overcame
Terek Grozny 4-3, with all seven strikes coming after the break including two from veteran
Jan Koller.
FC Moscow completed a fine season with a 3-0 victory over relegated
Luch-Energiya Vladivostok with all three goals coming late, starting with ex-
River Plate man
Maxi López penalty strike with twelve minutes remaining. Finally
Spartak Nalchik and
Saturn Moscow Oblast fought to a 1-1 draw with young gun
Vladimir Yurchenko scoring with ten minutes remaining for the Aliens to earn the draw.
| GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | P |
| Rubin Kazan | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 26 | 18 | 60 |
| CSKA Moscow | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 53 | 24 | 29 | 56 |
| Dynamo Moscow | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 41 | 29 | 12 | 54 |
| Amkar Perm' | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 51 |
| Zenit St Petersburg | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 59 | 37 | 22 | 48 |
| Samara Kryliya Sovetov | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 46 | 28 | 18 | 48 |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 37 | 32 | 5 | 47 |
| Spartak Moscow | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 43 | 39 | 4 | 44 |
| FC Moscow | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 36 | -2 | 38 |
| Terek Grozny | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 42 | -14 | 35 |
| Saturn Moscow Oblast | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 26 | 30 | -4 | 33 |
| Spartak Nalchik | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 39 | -9 | 32 |
| Tom' Tomsk | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 39 | -16 | 29 |
| Khimki | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 54 | -20 | 27 |
| Shinnik Yaroslav | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 48 | -23 | 22 |
| Luch-Energiya Vladivostok | 30 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 24 | 53 | -29 | 21 |
