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{{Short description|13th season of top-tier football league in Russia}}
{{Infobox football league season
| competition        = [[Russian Premier League]]
| season             = 2004
| winners            = [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]]<br>[[List of Soviet and Russian football champions|2nd]] title
| relegated          = [[FC Kuban Krasnodar|Kuban Krasnodar]] <br> [[FC Rotor Volgograd|Rotor Volgograd]]
| continentalcup1    = [[2005–06 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]
| continentalcup1 qualifiers = [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]] <br> [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
| continentalcup2    = [[2005–06 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]]
| continentalcup2 qualifiers = [[PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara|Krylia Sovetov]] <br> [[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit St.Petersburg]]
| matches            = 240
| total goals        = 598
| league topscorer   = [[Aleksandr Kerzhakov]] (18)
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| prevseason         = [[2003 Russian Premier League|2003]]
| nextseason         = [[2005 Russian Premier League|2005]]
}}

Following are the results of the '''2004 Russian Premier League''', the top division of Russian [[association football]]. Lokomotiv won their second [[Russian Premier League|Premier League]] title, while Krylya Sovetov finished in the top three for the first time, winning bronze. Kuban were relegated after just one season in the Premier League. They were joined by Rotor who played at the top level since the beginning of the Russian league.

== Teams ==
As in the previous season, 16 teams are playing in the 2004 season. After the [[2003 Russian Premier League|2003 season]], [[FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk|Chernomorets Novorossiysk]] and [[FC Elista|Uralan Elista]] were relegated to the [[2004 Russian First Division]]. They were replaced by [[FC Amkar Perm|Amkar Perm]] and [[FC Kuban Krasnodar|Kuban Krasnodar]], the winners and runners up of the [[2003 Russian First Division]].

=== Venues ===
<div style="text-align: center;">
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! [[FC Spartak Vladikavkaz|Alania]]
! [[FC Amkar Perm|Amkar]]
! [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA]]
! [[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo]]
|-
| [[Republican Spartak Stadium]]
| [[Zvezda Stadium]]
| [[Central Dynamo Stadium|Central Stadium]]
| [[Central Dynamo Stadium|Central Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: '''32,464'''
| Capacity: '''17,000'''
| Capacity: '''36,540'''
| Capacity: '''36,540'''
|-
| [[File:Stadium Spartak Vladikavkaz.JPG|250px]]
| [[File:Zvezda Stadium Perm.jpg|250px]]
| [[File:Dynamo Stadium.jpg|250px]]
| [[File:Dynamo Stadium.jpg|250px]]
|-
! [[PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara|Krylia Sovetov Samara]]
|colspan="2" rowspan="16"|
{{Location map+ |European Russia |width=600|float=center |alt=Map of Russia with the teams of the 2004 Russian Premier League |caption=Locations of teams in 2004 Russian Premier League |places=
{{Location map~ |European Russia |lat=55.50 |long= 37.316 |position=left |label=[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA]] <br>[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo]] <br>[[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv]] <br> [[FC Moscow|Moscow]] <br> [[FC Saturn Ramenskoye|Saturn]] <br>[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak]] <br> [[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo]]}}
{{Location map~ |European Russia |lat=43.023056 |long=44.695    |position=left  |label=[[FC Spartak Vladikavkaz|Alania]]}}
{{Location map~ |European Russia |lat=57.990694 |long=56.244636 |position=right |label=[[FC Amkar Perm|Amkar]]}}
{{Location map~ |European Russia |lat=53.202778 |long=50.140833 |position=left  |label=[[PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara|Krylia]]}}
{{Location map~ |European Russia |lat=45.025278 |long=38.999444 |position=left  |label=[[FC Kuban Krasnodar|Kuban]]}}
{{Location map~ |European Russia |lat=47.243011 |long=39.761053 |position=right |label=[[FC Rostov|Rostov]]}}
{{location map~ |European Russia |lat=48.734411 |long=44.548553 |position=right |label=[[FC Rotor Volgograd|Rotor]]}}
{{location map~ |European Russia |lat=55.796944 |long=49.098889 |position=right |label=[[FC Rubin Kazan|Rubin]]}}
{{Location map~ |European Russia |lat=57.628729 |long=39.867486 |position=left  |label=[[FC Shinnik Yaroslavl|Shinnik]]}}
{{Location map~ |European Russia |lat=59.972953 |long=30.220533 |position=left  |label=[[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit]]}}
}}
! [[FC Kuban Krasnodar|Kuban Krasnodar]]
|-
| [[Metallurg Stadium]]
| [[Kuban Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: '''27,084'''
| Capacity: '''28,800'''
|-
| [[File:Metallurg Stadium Samara.jpg|250px]]
| [[File:Kuban Stadium FC Kuban Krasnodar vs FC Rostov, Russian Premier League, Krasnodar, Russian 2005 Federation.jpg|250px]]
|-
! [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]]
! [[FC Moscow|Moscow]]
|-
| [[RZD Arena]]
| [[Eduard Streltsov Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: '''33,001'''
| Capacity: '''13,450'''
|-
| [[File:Lokomotiv Stadium.jpg|250px]]
| [[File:Eduard Streltsov stadium.jpg|250px]]
|-
! [[FC Rostov|Rostov]]
! [[FC Rotor Volgograd|Rotor]]
|-
| [[Olimp-2]]
| [[Central Stadium (Volgograd)|Central Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: '''15,840'''
| Capacity: '''32,120'''
|-
| [[File:Ростовский стадион во время проведения матча ФК Ростов - ПФК ЦСКА. 2016.jpg|250px]]
| [[File:Volgograd Central Stadium aerial view.jpg|250px]]
|-
! [[FC Rubin Kazan|Rubin]]
! [[FC Saturn Ramenskoye|Saturn]]
|-
| [[Central Stadium (Kazan)|Central Stadium]]
| [[Saturn Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: '''22,500'''
| Capacity: '''14,685'''
|-
| [[File:Tsentralny Kazan.jpg|250px]]
| [[File:Ramenskoe-stadium02.jpg|250px]]
|-
! [[FC Shinnik Yaroslavl|Shinnik]]
! [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak]]
! [[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo]]
! [[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit Saint Petersburg]]
|-
| [[Shinnik Stadium]]
| [[Luzhniki Stadium]]
| [[Luzhniki Stadium]]
| [[Petrovsky Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: '''22,871'''
| Capacity: '''81,029'''
| Capacity: '''81,029'''
| Capacity: '''21,570'''
|-
| [[File:Shinnik stadium, Yaroslavl', Russia.jpg|250px]]
| [[File:Luzhniki_Stadium_Moscow.jpg|250px]]
| [[File:Luzhniki_Stadium_Moscow.jpg|250px]]
| [[File:RUS-2016-Aerial-SPB-Petrovsky Stadium.jpg|250px]]
|}
</div>
{{notelist-lr}}

=== Personnel and kits ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left"
|-
!Team
!Location
!Head coach
!Captain
!Kit manufacturer
!Shirt sponsor
|-
|[[FC Spartak Vladikavkaz|Alania]]
|[[Vladikavkaz]]
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Yuri Sekinayev]] {{small|(Caretaker)}}
|
|
|
|-
|[[FC Amkar Perm|Amkar Perm]]
|[[Perm, Russia|Perm]]
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergei Oborin]]
|
|
|
|-
|[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA]]
|[[Moscow]]
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Valery Gazzaev]]
|
|[[Umbro]]
|[[Gazprom Neft|Sibneft]]
|-
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo]]
|Moscow
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Oleg Romantsev]]
|
|[[Diadora]]
|
|-
|[[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv]]
|Moscow
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Yuri Semin]]
|
|[[Nike, Inc.|Nike]]
|
|-
|[[PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara|Krylia]]
|[[Samara]]
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Gadzhi Gadzhiyev]]
|
|
|
|-
|[[FC Kuban Krasnodar|Kuban]]
|[[Krasnodar]]
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Leonid Nazarenko]] {{small|(Caretaker)}}
|
|[[Umbro]]
|
|-
|[[FC Moscow|Moscow]]
|Moscow
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Valery Petrakov]]
|
|
|
|-
|[[FC Rostov|Rostov]]
|[[Rostov-on-Don]]
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergei Balakhnin]]
|
|[[Umbro]]
|{{n/a}}
|-
|[[FC Rotor Volgograd|Rotor]]
|[[Volgograd]]
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vladimir Fayzulin]]
|
|[[Umbro]]
|Rotor
|-
|[[FC Rubin Kazan|Rubin]]
|[[Kazan]]
|{{flagicon|TKM}} [[Kurban Berdyev]]
|
|[[Nike, Inc.|Nike]]
|{{n/a}}
|-
|[[FC Saturn Ramenskoye|Saturn]]
|[[Ramenskoye, Moscow Oblast|Ramenskoye]]
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Aleksandr Tarkhanov]]
|
|
|
|-
|[[FC Shinnik Yaroslavl|Shinnik]]
|[[Yaroslavl]]
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Oleg Dolmatov]]
|
|
|
|-
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak]]
|Moscow
|{{flagicon|LAT}} [[Aleksandrs Starkovs]]
|
|[[Umbro]]
|
|-
|[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo]]
|Moscow
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergei Petrenko (footballer)|Sergei Petrenko]]
|
|[[Le Coq Sportif]]
|
|-
|[[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit]]
|[[Saint Petersburg]]
|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Vlastimil Petržela]]
|
|[[Umbro]]
|[[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
|-
| [[FC Spartak Vladikavkaz|Alania]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Bakhva Tedeyev]]
| 
| 
|rowspan="7"|Preseason
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Rolland Courbis]]
| 9 January 2004<ref>{{cite web |title=Аланию возглавил француз Ролан Курбис |url=https://www.newsru.com/sport/09jan2004/66475757435.html |website=newsru.com/ |publisher=News RU |access-date=31 October 2020 |language=ru |date=9 January 2004}}</ref>
|rowspan="7"|Preseason
|-
| [[FC CSKA Moscow|CSKA]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Valery Gazzaev]]
| 
| 
| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Artur Jorge (footballer, born 1946)|Artur Jorge]]
| 23 November 2003<ref>{{cite web |title=Артур Жорже – новый главный тренер ЦСКА |url=https://sportrbc.ru/news/5754c34c9a794743bb223251?ruid=NaN |website=sportrbc.ru/ |publisher=Sport RBC |access-date=31 October 2020 |language=ru |date=23 November 2003}}</ref>
|-
| [[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo]]
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Viktor Prokopenko]]
| 
| 
| {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jaroslav Hřebík]]
| 8 November 2003<ref>{{cite web |title=Ярослав Гржебик представлен "Динамо". Его задача — вывести команду в зону УЕФА |url=https://lenta.ru/news/2003/11/08/dynamo/ |website=lenta.ru/ |publisher=Lenta |access-date=31 October 2020 |language=ru |date=8 November 2003}}</ref>
|-
| [[PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara|Krylia]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Aleksandr Tarkhanov]]
| 
| 
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Gadzhi Gadzhiyev]]
| 
|-
| [[FC Rostov|Rostov]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergei Balakhnin]]
| 
| 
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vitaly Shevchenko]]
| 
|-
| [[FC Saturn Ramenskoye|Saturn]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Oleg Romantsev]]
| 
| 
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Boris Ignatyev]]
| 
|-
| [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vladimir Fedotov]] {{small|(Caretaker)}}
| End of role
| 
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Nevio Scala]]
| December 2003<ref>{{cite web |title=16 лет назад «Спартак» провел первый матч под руководством Невио Скалы |url=https://www.sport-express.ru/football/rfpl/news/16-let-nazad-spartak-provel-pervyy-match-pod-rukovodstvom-nevio-skaly-1646416/ |website=sport-express.ru/ |publisher=Sport Express |access-date=31 October 2020 |language=ru |date=26 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
| [[FC Rostov|Rostov]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vitaly Shevchenko]]
| 
| April 2004
| 
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergei Balakhnin]]
| April 2004
| 
|-
| [[FC Rotor Volgograd|Rotor]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vladimir Fayzulin]]
| 
| April 2004
| 
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Yuri Marushkin]] {{small|(Caretaker)}}
| April 2004
| 
|-
| [[FC Rotor Volgograd|Rotor]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Yuri Marushkin]] {{small|(Caretaker)}}
| 
| April 2004
| 
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Valeriy Yaremchenko]]
| April 2004
| 
|-
| [[FC Kuban Krasnodar|Kuban]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Nikolai Yuzhanin]]
| 
| May 2004
| 
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Soferbi Yeshugov]]
| May 2004
| 
|-
| [[FC Shinnik Yaroslavl|Shinnik]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Aleksandr Pobegalov]]
| 
| May 2004
| 
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Valeri Frolov (footballer, born 1949)|Valeri Frolov]] {{small|(Caretaker)}}
| May 2004
| 
|-
| [[FC Shinnik Yaroslavl|Shinnik]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Valeri Frolov (footballer, born 1949)|Valeri Frolov]] {{small|(Caretaker)}}
| End of role
| May 2004
| 
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Oleg Dolmatov]]
| May 2004
| 
|-
| [[FC Rotor Volgograd|Rotor]]
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Valeriy Yaremchenko]]
| 
| June 2004
| 
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Yuri Marushkin]] {{small|(Caretaker)}}
| June 2004
| 
|-
| [[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo]]
| {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jaroslav Hřebík]]
| Resigned
| 12 July 2004<ref>{{cite web |title=Чешский тренер Ярослав Гржебик ушел из Динамо |url=https://ruski.radio.cz/cheshskiy-trener-yaroslav-grzhebik-ushel-iz-dinamo-8088554 |website=ruski.radio.cz/ |publisher=Radio Prague International |access-date=31 October 2020 |language=ru |date=13 July 2004}}</ref>
| 14th
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Viktor Bondarenko (football manager)|Viktor Bondarenko]] {{small|(Caretaker)}}
| 12 July 2004<ref>{{cite web |title=Назначен новый главный тренер московского Динамо |url=https://ria.ru/20040712/631824.html |website=ria.ru/ |publisher=ria |access-date=31 October 2020 |language=ru |date=12 July 2004}}</ref>
| 14th
|-
| [[FC CSKA Moscow|CSKA]]
| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Artur Jorge (footballer, born 1946)|Artur Jorge]]
| Fired
| 13 July 2004<ref name="Valery Gazzaev">{{cite web |title=Гинер: контракт с Газзаевым продлен на три года |url=https://www.sports.ru/football/2907848.html |website=sports.ru/ |publisher=Sports RU |access-date=31 October 2020 |language=ru |date=13 July 2004}}</ref>
| 5th
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Valery Gazzaev]]
| 14 July 2004<ref name="Valery Gazzaev"/>
| 5th
|-
| [[FC Rotor Volgograd|Rotor]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Yuri Marushkin]] {{small|(Caretaker)}}
| 
| July 2004
| 
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vladimir Fayzulin]]
| July 2004
| 
|-
| [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Nevio Scala]]
| 
| August 2004
| 
| {{flagicon|LAT}} [[Aleksandrs Starkovs]]
| September 2004
| 
|-
| [[FC Saturn Ramenskoye|Saturn]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Boris Ignatyev]]
| 
| September 2004
| 
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Aleksandr Tarkhanov]]
| September 2004
| 
|-
| [[FC Spartak Vladikavkaz|Alania]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Rolland Courbis]]
| 
| September 2004
| 
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Dragan Cvetković]] {{small|(Caretaker)}}
| September 2004
| 
|-
| [[FC Spartak Vladikavkaz|Alania]]
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Dragan Cvetković]] {{small|(Caretaker)}}
| Resigned
| 7 October 2004<ref name="Yuri Sekinayev">{{cite web |title=Драган Цветкович ушел и не вернулся |url=https://region15.ru/dragan-cvetkovich-ushel-i-ne-vernulsya/ |website=region15.ru/ |publisher=Region 15 |access-date=31 October 2020 |language=ru |date=8 October 2004}}</ref>
| 12th
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Yuri Sekinayev]] {{small|(Caretaker)}}
| 7 October 2004<ref name="Yuri Sekinayev"/>
| 12th
|-
| [[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Viktor Bondarenko (football manager)|Viktor Bondarenko]] {{small|(Caretaker)}}
| Resigned
| 26 October 2004<ref name="Oleg Romantsev">{{cite web |title=Романцев возглавил «Динамо» |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/978641 |website=kommersant.ru/ |publisher=Kommersant |access-date=31 October 2020 |language=ru |date=26 October 2004}}</ref>
| 14th
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Oleg Romantsev]]
| 26 October 2004<ref name="Oleg Romantsev"/>
| 14th
|-
| [[FC Kuban Krasnodar|Kuban]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Soferbi Yeshugov]]
| 
| October 2004
| 
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Leonid Nazarenko]] {{small|(Caretaker)}}
| October 2004
| 
|}

== Standings ==
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=QR
|show_limit=5

|team1=LOK|name_LOK=[[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]]
|team2=CSK|name_CSK=[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
|team3=KRY|name_KRY=[[FC Krylia Sovetov Samara|Krylia Sovetov Samara]]
|team4=ZEN|name_ZEN=[[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit St. Petersburg]]
|team5=TOR|name_TOR=[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|team6=SHI|name_SHI=[[FC Shinnik Yaroslavl|Shinnik Yaroslavl]]
|team7=SAT|name_SAT=[[FC Saturn Moscow Oblast (1946-2011)|Saturn]]
|team8=SPA|name_SPA=[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|team9=MOS|name_MOS=[[FC Moscow]]
|team10=RUB|name_RUB=[[FC Rubin Kazan|Rubin Kazan]]
|team11=AMK|name_AMK=[[FC Amkar Perm|Amkar Perm]]
|team12=ROS|name_ROS=[[FC Rostov|Rostov]]
|team13=DYN|name_DYN=[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|team14=ALA|name_ALA=[[FC Alania Vladikavkaz|Alania Vladikavkaz]]
|team15=KUB|name_KUB=[[FC Kuban Krasnodar|Kuban Krasnodar]]
|team16=ROT|name_ROT=[[FC Rotor Volgograd|Rotor Volgograd]]
|win_LOK=18|draw_LOK=7|loss_LOK=5|gf_LOK=44|ga_LOK=19|status_LOK=C
|win_CSK=17|draw_CSK=9|loss_CSK=4|gf_CSK=53|ga_CSK=22
|win_KRY=17|draw_KRY=5|loss_KRY=8|gf_KRY=50|ga_KRY=41
|win_ZEN=17|draw_ZEN=5|loss_ZEN=8|gf_ZEN=55|ga_ZEN=37
|win_TOR=16|draw_TOR=6|loss_TOR=8|gf_TOR=53|ga_TOR=37
|win_SHI=12|draw_SHI=8|loss_SHI=10|gf_SHI=29|ga_SHI=29
|win_SAT=10|draw_SAT=11|loss_SAT=9|gf_SAT=37|ga_SAT=30
|win_SPA=11|draw_SPA=7|loss_SPA=12|gf_SPA=43|ga_SPA=44
|win_MOS=10|draw_MOS=10|loss_MOS=10|gf_MOS=38|ga_MOS=39
|win_RUB=7|draw_RUB=12|loss_RUB=11|gf_RUB=32|ga_RUB=31
|win_AMK=6|draw_AMK=12|loss_AMK=12|gf_AMK=27|ga_AMK=42
|win_ROS=7|draw_ROS=8|loss_ROS=15|gf_ROS=28|ga_ROS=42
|win_DYN=6|draw_DYN=11|loss_DYN=13|gf_DYN=27|ga_DYN=38
|win_ALA=7|draw_ALA=7|loss_ALA=16|gf_ALA=28|ga_ALA=52
|win_KUB=6|draw_KUB=10|loss_KUB=14|gf_KUB=26|ga_KUB=42|status_KUB=R
|win_ROT=4|draw_ROT=10|loss_ROT=16|gf_ROT=28|ga_ROT=53|status_ROT=R

|col_CL2=green1|text_CL2=Qualification to [[2005–06 UEFA Champions League#Second qualifying round|Champions League second qualifying round]]
|result1=CL2
|col_UC1=blue1|text_UC1=Qualification to [[2005–06 UEFA Cup#First round|UEFA Cup first round]]
|result2=UC1
|col_UC2=blue2|text_UC2=Qualification to [[2005–06 UEFA Cup#Second qualifying round|UEFA Cup second qualifying round]]
|result3=UC2|result4=UC2
|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to [[2005 Russian First Division|First Division]]
|result15=R|result16=R
|class_rules=1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference
|update=complete
|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/rus04.html RSSSF]
}}</onlyinclude>

==Results==
{{#invoke:sports results|main
|matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey
|team1=ALA|team2=AMK|team3=CSK|team4=DYN|team5=KRY
|team6=KUB|team7=LOK|team8=MOS|team9=ROS|team10=ROT
|team11=RUB|team12=SAT|team13=SHI|team14=SPA|team15=TOR
|team16=ZEN

|name_LOK=[[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]]
|match_LOK_CSK=1–0
|match_LOK_KRY=1–0
|match_LOK_ZEN=0–1
|match_LOK_TOR=3–1
|match_LOK_SHI=3–0
|match_LOK_SAT=2–0
|match_LOK_SPA=0–0
|match_LOK_MOS=0–1
|match_LOK_RUB=0–0
|match_LOK_AMK=0–0
|match_LOK_ROS=1–1
|match_LOK_DYN=2–1
|match_LOK_ALA=3–0
|match_LOK_KUB=3–0
|match_LOK_ROT=0–1

|name_CSK=[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
|match_CSK_LOK=0–1
|match_CSK_KRY=1–1
|match_CSK_ZEN=3–3
|match_CSK_TOR=3–3
|match_CSK_SHI=1–1
|match_CSK_SAT=2–0
|match_CSK_SPA=2–1
|match_CSK_MOS=0–0
|match_CSK_RUB=1–0
|match_CSK_AMK=3–0
|match_CSK_ROS=2–0
|match_CSK_DYN=0–0
|match_CSK_ALA=1–0
|match_CSK_KUB=3–1
|match_CSK_ROT=3–0

|name_KRY=[[FC Krylia Sovetov Samara|Krylia Sovetov Samara]]
|match_KRY_LOK=1–0
|match_KRY_CSK=1–1
|match_KRY_ZEN=0–1
|match_KRY_TOR=2–5
|match_KRY_SHI=1–2
|match_KRY_SAT=1–1
|match_KRY_SPA=4–2
|match_KRY_MOS=2–1
|match_KRY_RUB=2–1
|match_KRY_AMK=1–0
|match_KRY_ROS=2–1
|match_KRY_DYN=4–1
|match_KRY_ALA=4–2
|match_KRY_KUB=2–1
|match_KRY_ROT=1–0

|name_ZEN=[[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit St. Petersburg]]
|match_ZEN_LOK=0–2
|match_ZEN_CSK=0–3
|match_ZEN_KRY=1–2
|match_ZEN_TOR=3–1
|match_ZEN_SHI=1–0
|match_ZEN_SAT=2–2
|match_ZEN_SPA=2–0
|match_ZEN_MOS=2–3
|match_ZEN_RUB=4–3
|match_ZEN_AMK=0–0
|match_ZEN_ROS=0–1
|match_ZEN_DYN=2–0
|match_ZEN_ALA=3–2
|match_ZEN_KUB=1–0
|match_ZEN_ROT=3–2

|name_TOR=[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|match_TOR_LOK=1–1
|match_TOR_CSK=0–1
|match_TOR_KRY=0–1
|match_TOR_ZEN=3–1
|match_TOR_SHI=2–0
|match_TOR_SAT=1–2
|match_TOR_SPA=2–1
|match_TOR_MOS=1–1
|match_TOR_RUB=1–0
|match_TOR_AMK=3–2
|match_TOR_ROS=4–1
|match_TOR_DYN=3–1
|match_TOR_ALA=3–2
|match_TOR_KUB=3–1
|match_TOR_ROT=1–0

|name_SHI=[[FC Shinnik Yaroslavl|Shinnik Yaroslavl]]
|match_SHI_LOK=0–2
|match_SHI_CSK=2–1
|match_SHI_KRY=0–1
|match_SHI_ZEN=2–1
|match_SHI_TOR=3–1
|match_SHI_SAT=1–0
|match_SHI_SPA=1–1
|match_SHI_MOS=1–1
|match_SHI_RUB=1–1
|match_SHI_AMK=2–1
|match_SHI_ROS=1–0
|match_SHI_DYN=1–0
|match_SHI_ALA=1–1
|match_SHI_KUB=1–0
|match_SHI_ROT=2–1

|name_SAT=[[FC Saturn Moscow Oblast (1946-2011)|Saturn]]
|match_SAT_LOK=1–2
|match_SAT_CSK=0–1
|match_SAT_KRY=1–2
|match_SAT_ZEN=1–3
|match_SAT_TOR=1–1
|match_SAT_SHI=0–0
|match_SAT_SPA=2–2
|match_SAT_MOS=1–1
|match_SAT_RUB=1–1
|match_SAT_AMK=1–1
|match_SAT_ROS=2–0
|match_SAT_DYN=0–0
|match_SAT_ALA=5–1
|match_SAT_KUB=2–1
|match_SAT_ROT=2–0

|name_SPA=[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|match_SPA_LOK=1–3
|match_SPA_CSK=0–2
|match_SPA_KRY=3–1
|match_SPA_ZEN=0–3
|match_SPA_TOR=1–2
|match_SPA_SHI=1–0
|match_SPA_SAT=0–2
|match_SPA_MOS=3–2
|match_SPA_RUB=2–0
|match_SPA_AMK=6–0
|match_SPA_ROS=1–0
|match_SPA_DYN=2–2
|match_SPA_ALA=0–1
|match_SPA_KUB=1–1
|match_SPA_ROT=1–1

|name_MOS=[[FC Moscow]]
|match_MOS_LOK=1–2
|match_MOS_CSK=1–4
|match_MOS_KRY=5–1
|match_MOS_ZEN=1–1
|match_MOS_TOR=0–2
|match_MOS_SHI=3–2
|match_MOS_SAT=2–1
|match_MOS_SPA=2–3
|match_MOS_RUB=1–0
|match_MOS_AMK=3–1
|match_MOS_ROS=2–2
|match_MOS_DYN=1–0
|match_MOS_ALA=0–0
|match_MOS_KUB=2–2
|match_MOS_ROT=1–0

|name_RUB=[[FC Rubin Kazan|Rubin Kazan]]
|match_RUB_LOK=0–0
|match_RUB_CSK=2–1
|match_RUB_KRY=1–3
|match_RUB_ZEN=1–1
|match_RUB_TOR=2–0
|match_RUB_SHI=0–1
|match_RUB_SAT=0–1
|match_RUB_SPA=2–0
|match_RUB_MOS=3–0
|match_RUB_AMK=2–2
|match_RUB_ROS=1–1
|match_RUB_DYN=2–2
|match_RUB_ALA=4–1
|match_RUB_KUB=2–0
|match_RUB_ROT=1–1

|name_AMK=[[FC Amkar Perm|Amkar Perm]]
|match_AMK_LOK=0–1
|match_AMK_CSK=0–0
|match_AMK_KRY=3–1
|match_AMK_ZEN=0–2
|match_AMK_TOR=2–1
|match_AMK_SHI=1–1
|match_AMK_SAT=1–1
|match_AMK_SPA=0–2
|match_AMK_MOS=1–0
|match_AMK_RUB=2–2
|match_AMK_ROS=2–0
|match_AMK_DYN=0–1
|match_AMK_ALA=1–0
|match_AMK_KUB=1–2
|match_AMK_ROT=1–1

|name_ROS=[[FC Rostov|Rostov]]
|match_ROS_LOK=1–2
|match_ROS_CSK=1–3
|match_ROS_KRY=0–1
|match_ROS_ZEN=2–1
|match_ROS_TOR=0–4
|match_ROS_SHI=0–0
|match_ROS_SAT=1–2
|match_ROS_SPA=3–1
|match_ROS_MOS=1–2
|match_ROS_RUB=1–0
|match_ROS_AMK=0–0
|match_ROS_DYN=2–0
|match_ROS_ALA=0–0
|match_ROS_KUB=1–1
|match_ROS_ROT=4–1

|name_DYN=[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|match_DYN_LOK=2–4
|match_DYN_CSK=1–1
|match_DYN_KRY=1–1
|match_DYN_ZEN=0–2
|match_DYN_TOR=1–1
|match_DYN_SHI=1–0
|match_DYN_SAT=0–2
|match_DYN_SPA=1–1
|match_DYN_MOS=1–0
|match_DYN_RUB=0–0
|match_DYN_AMK=3–1
|match_DYN_ROS=0–1
|match_DYN_ALA=1–0
|match_DYN_KUB=0–1
|match_DYN_ROT=5–0

|name_ALA=[[FC Alania Vladikavkaz|Alania Vladikavkaz]]
|match_ALA_LOK=1–2
|match_ALA_CSK=1–4
|match_ALA_KRY=1–4
|match_ALA_ZEN=0–3
|match_ALA_TOR=0–0
|match_ALA_SHI=2–1
|match_ALA_SAT=0–3
|match_ALA_SPA=0–2
|match_ALA_MOS=1–0
|match_ALA_RUB=0–0
|match_ALA_AMK=1–2
|match_ALA_ROS=0–0
|match_ALA_DYN=4–2
|match_ALA_KUB=2–0
|match_ALA_ROT=1–1

|name_KUB=[[FC Kuban Krasnodar|Kuban Krasnodar]]
|match_KUB_LOK=2–1
|match_KUB_CSK=0–3
|match_KUB_KRY=1–1
|match_KUB_ZEN=1–3
|match_KUB_TOR=1–2
|match_KUB_SHI=1–0
|match_KUB_SAT=0–0
|match_KUB_SPA=1–2
|match_KUB_MOS=0–0
|match_KUB_RUB=1–0
|match_KUB_AMK=0–0
|match_KUB_ROS=3–1
|match_KUB_DYN=0–0
|match_KUB_ALA=2–3
|match_KUB_ROT=1–1

|name_ROT=[[FC Rotor Volgograd|Rotor Volgograd]]
|match_ROT_LOK=2–2
|match_ROT_CSK=1–3
|match_ROT_KRY=3–2
|match_ROT_ZEN=2–5
|match_ROT_TOR=0–1
|match_ROT_SHI=0–2
|match_ROT_SAT=1–0
|match_ROT_SPA=2–3
|match_ROT_MOS=1–1
|match_ROT_RUB=0–1
|match_ROT_AMK=2–2
|match_ROT_ROS=3–2
|match_ROT_DYN=0–0
|match_ROT_ALA=0–1
|match_ROT_KUB=1–1

|update=complete|source=
}}

== Season statistics ==
=== Top goalscorers ===
{{updated|matches played on 12 November 2004.}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Rank
! Player
! Club
! Goal
|-
| rowspan="1" |1
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Aleksandr Kerzhakov]]
| style="text-align: left;" | [[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit]] 
| rowspan="1" |18
|-
| rowspan="1" |2
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Andrei Karyaka]]
| style="text-align: left;" | [[PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara|Krylia]] 
| rowspan="1" |17
|-
| rowspan="2" |3
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Dmitri Sychev]]
| style="text-align: left;" | [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv]] 
| rowspan="2" |15
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Aleksandr Panov (footballer)|Aleksandr Panov]]
| style="text-align: left;" | [[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo]] 
|-
| rowspan="4" |5
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Héctor Bracamonte]]
| style="text-align: left;" | [[FC Moscow|Moscow]] 
| rowspan="4" |10
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Roman Pavlyuchenko]]
| style="text-align: left;" | [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]] 
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Valery Yesipov]]
| style="text-align: left;" | [[FC Rotor Volgograd|Rotor]] 
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Oleksandr Spivak]]
| style="text-align: left;" | [[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit]] 
|-
| rowspan="6" |9
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Robertas Poškus]]
| style="text-align: left;" | [[PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara|Krylia]] 
| rowspan="6" |9
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Igor Lebedenko]]
| style="text-align: left;" | [[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo]] 
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Igor Semshov]]
| style="text-align: left;" | [[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo]] 
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Vágner Love]]
| style="text-align: left;" | [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA]] 
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Ivica Olić]]
| style="text-align: left;" | [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA]] 
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Dmitri Kirichenko]]
| style="text-align: left;" | [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA]] 
|}

{| class="wikitable" Width="700"
|- bgcolor="#DB0500"
| align="center" width="700" |<span style="color:#FFFFFF;"> '''1. FC Lokomotiv Moscow''' </span>
|- bgcolor="#E8E8E8"
| align="left" width="700" |
'''Goalkeepers:''' [[Sergei Ovchinnikov (footballer born 1970)|Sergei Ovchinnikov]] (30), [[Ruslan Nigmatullin]] (1).<br />
'''Defenders:''' [[Vadim Evseev]] (27 / 4), [[Dmitri Sennikov]] (26), [[Sergei Gurenko]] {{flagicon|BLR}} (26), [[Gennadiy Nizhegorodov]] (23), [[Malkhaz Asatiani]] {{flagicon|GEO}} (19 / 1), [[Oleg Pashinin]] {{flagicon|UZB}} (13), [[Jacob Lekgetho]] {{flagicon|RSA}} (6).<br />
'''Midfielders:''' [[Dmitri Loskov]] (30 / 4), [[Diniyar Bilyaletdinov]] (25 / 5), [[Dmitri Khokhlov]] (24 / 6), [[Marat Izmailov]] (18 / 2), [[Vladimir Maminov]] {{flagicon|UZB}} (18 / 1), [[Francisco Lima]] {{flagicon|BRA}} (15), [[Deividas Česnauskis]] {{flagicon|LTU}} (10), [[Jorge Wagner]] {{flagicon|BRA}} (4), [[Leandro (footballer, born 1980)|Leandro]] {{flagicon|BRA}} (1).<br />
'''Forwards:''' [[Dmitri Sychev]] (27 / 15), [[James Obiorah]] {{flagicon|NGA}} (15 / 1), [[Ruslan Pimenov]] (14 / 4), [[Winston Parks]] {{flagicon|CRC}} (13 / 1), [[Mikheil Ashvetia]] {{flagicon|GEO}} (12), [[Milan Jovanović (footballer, born 1981)|Milan Jovanović]] {{flagicon|SRB}} (3), [[Maksim Buznikin]] (1).<br />''(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)''

'''Manager:''' [[Yuri Syomin]].

'''Transferred out during the season:''' [[Maksim Buznikin]] (on loan to [[FC Rotor Volgograd]]).
|- bgcolor="#FF0000"
| align="center" width="700" |<span style="color:#0000FF;"> '''2. PFC CSKA Moscow''' </span>
|- bgcolor="#E8E8E8"
| align="left" width="700" |
'''Goalkeepers:''' [[Igor Akinfeev]] (26), [[Veniamin Mandrykin]] (6).<br />
'''Defenders:''' [[Aleksei Berezutski]] (27), [[Deividas Šemberas]] {{flagicon|LTU}} (24), [[Sergei Ignashevich]] (22 / 1), [[Chidi Odiah]] {{flagicon|NGA}} (21), [[Bohdan Shershun]] {{flagicon|UKR}} (14), [[Vasili Berezutski]] (6).<br />
'''Midfielders:''' [[Sergei Semak]] (30 / 5), [[Evgeni Aldonin]] (30), [[Jiří Jarošík]] {{flagicon|CZE}} (29 / 5), [[Rolan Gusev]] (28 / 4), [[Elvir Rahimić]] {{flagicon|BIH}} (26 / 1), [[Yuri Zhirkov]] (25 / 6), [[Osmar Ferreyra]] {{flagicon|ARG}} (13 / 2), [[Daniel Carvalho]] {{flagicon|BRA}} (13 / 1), [[Miloš Krasić]] {{flagicon|SRB}} (7), [[Juris Laizāns]] {{flagicon|LVA}} (4).<br />
'''Forwards:''' [[Dmitri Kirichenko]] (26 / 9), [[Ivica Olić]] {{flagicon|CRO}} (24 / 9), [[Vágner Love]] {{flagicon|BRA}} (12 / 9), [[Denis Popov]] (2), [[Serghei Dadu]] {{flagicon|MDA}} (1).

One own goal scored by [[Luc Zoa]] {{flagicon|CMR}} ([[FC Spartak Moscow]]).

'''Manager:''' [[Artur Jorge (footballer, born 1946)|Artur Jorge]] {{flagicon|POR}} (until July), [[Valery Gazzaev]] (from July).

'''Transferred out during the season:''' [[Denis Popov]] (to [[FC Kuban Krasnodar]]).
|- bgcolor="#3DABEA"
| align="center" width="700" |<span style="color:#FFFFFF;"> '''3. FC Krylia Sovetov Samara''' </span>
|- bgcolor="#E8E8E8"
| align="left" width="700" |
'''Goalkeepers:''' [[Aleksei Poliakov]] {{flagicon|UZB}} (29), [[Aleksandr Viktorovich Makarov|Aleksandr Makarov]] (1).<br />
'''Defenders:''' [[Aleksandr Anyukov]] (29 / 2), [[Denis Kolodin]] (25 / 1), [[Patrick Ovie]] {{flagicon|NGA}} (24), [[Moisés Moura|Moisés]] {{flagicon|BRA}} (22 / 1), [[Leilton]] {{flagicon|BRA}} (14), [[Omari Tetradze]] (14), [[Rafael Schmitz]] {{flagicon|BRA}} (9), [[Matthew Booth (soccer)|Matthew Booth]] {{flagicon|RSA}} (8 / 1).<br />
'''Midfielders:''' [[Andrei Karyaka]] (29 / 17), [[Denis Kovba]] {{flagicon|BLR}} (29 / 1), [[Sergei Vinogradov (footballer, born 1981)|Sergei Vinogradov]] (26 / 4), [[Ognjen Koroman]] {{flagicon|SRB}} (26 / 1), [[José Ivanaldo de Souza|Souza]] {{Flagicon|BRA}} (25 / 3), [[Andrey Tikhonov (footballer)|Andrey Tikhonov]] (23 / 4), [[Anton Bober]] (13 / 1), [[Dmitri Kudryashov]] (9), [[Omonigho Temile]] {{flagicon|NGA}} (5), [[Laryea Kingston]] {{flagicon|GHA}} (3).<br />
'''Forwards:''' [[Robertas Poškus]] {{flagicon|LTU}} (18 / 9), [[Catanha]] {{flagicon|ESP}} (11 / 1), [[Roniéliton dos Santos|Roni]] {{flagicon|BRA}} (8 / 1).

One own goal each scored by [[Aleksei Yepifanov]] ([[FC Rotor Volgograd]]) and [[Nikolay Shirshov]] {{flagicon|UZB}} ([[FC Rostov]]).

'''Manager:''' [[Gadzhi Gadzhiev]].

'''Transferred out during the season:''' [[Catanha]] {{flagicon|ESP}} (free agent), [[Rafael Schmitz]] {{flagicon|BRA}} (end of loan from {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Lille OSC|Lille]]).
|}

== See also ==
* [[2004 in Russian football]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/rus04.html RSSSF]

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{{2003–04 in European football (UEFA)}}
{{2004–05 in European football (UEFA)}}

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