2007 Russian Premier League
16th season of top-tier football league in Russia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 2007 Russian Premier League was the 16th season of the Russian Football Championship, and the sixth under the current Russian Premier League name. The league was sponsored by insurance company Rosgosstrakh.
Season | 2007 |
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Champions | Zenit St.Petersburg |
Relegated | Kuban Krasnodar Rostov |
Champions League | Zenit St.Petersburg Spartak Moscow |
Europa League | CSKA Moscow FC Moscow |
Intertoto Cup | Saturn Ramenskoye |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 562 (2.34 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Roman Pavlyuchenko & Roman Adamov (20) |
← 2006 2008 → |
The season started on 10 March 2007 with the match between Luch-Energia and FC Moscow in Vladivostok, with the first goal of the season being scored by FC Moscow striker Héctor Bracamonte. It ended on 11 November 2007, when Zenit St. Petersburg claimed their first title with an away win over Saturn. Zenit became the second non-Moscow club to win the league, after Alania Vladikavkaz in 1995.
Spartak Moscow finished runners-up for the third consecutive season, while defending champions CSKA Moscow finished third.