Russian football/soccer : Russian Premier League 2008 season preview

New champions

Zenit St. Petersburg claimed their first Russian title in 23 years as they beat Saturn 1-0 on the final day of the 2007 season. Zenit finished two points ahead of Spartak Moscow and earned a place in the group stage of next season's UEFA Champions League. Spartak beat city rivals Dinamo 2-1 to earn a place in the qualifying rounds of Europe's elite competition. Last season's champions CSKA Moscow will play in the UEFA Cup after winning third place. At the other end, Kuban Krasnodar and Rostov were relegated. Here are all winners and losers at the end of the 2007 Russian Premier League campaign:

Champions: Zenit St. Petersburg (UEFA Champions League group stage)
Runners-up: Spartak Moscow (UEFA Champions League 3rd q. round)
Third place: CSKA Moscow (UEFA Cup)
Fourth place: FC Moscow (UEFA Cup)
Relegated: Kuban, Rostov
Promoted: Shinnik Yaroslavl, Terek Groznyi.

teams	titles	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Spartak Moscow	9	10	8	2	2	2
CSKA Moscow	3	1	2	1	1	3
Lokomotiv Moscow	2	4	1	3	3	7
Zenit St. Petersburg	1	2	3	6	4	1
Rubin Kazan	-	3	10	4	5	10
Saturn	-	7	7	11	11	5
Dynamo Moscow	-	6	12	9	14	6
Krylya Sovetov	-	9	4	14	10	13
FC Moscow	-	-	9	5	6	4
Amkar Perm	-	-	11	12	13	8
Shinnik Yaroslavl	-	5	6	8	16	-
Tom Tomsk	-	-	-	10	8	11
Luch-Energiya	-	-	-	-	7	14
Spartak Nalchik	-	-	-	-	9	12
Khimki	-	-	-	-	-	9
Terek Groznyi	-	-	-	16	-	-

The number of titles (since 1992) for each club in Russian Premier League and their standings in the last five seasons.

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#	team	points	g.dif.	win-draw-loss
1	Zenit St. Petersburg	61	22	18-7-5 (30)
2	Spartak Moscow	59	20	17-8-5 (30)
3	CSKA Moscow	53	19	14-11-5 (30)
4	FC Moscow	52	8	15-7-8 (30)
5	Saturn	45	6	11-12-7 (30)
6	Dynamo Moscow	41	2	11-8-11 (30)
7	Lokomotiv Moscow	41	-3	11-8-11 (30)
8	Amkar Perm	41	3	10-11-9 (30)
9	Khimki	37	-1	9-10-11 (30)
10	Rubin Kazan	35	-8	10-5-15 (30)
11	Tom Tomsk	35	2	8-11-11 (30)
12	Spartak Nalchik	33	-9	8-9-13 (30)
13	Krylya	32	-11	8-8-14 (30)
14	Luch-Energiya	32	-13	8-8-14 (30)
15	Kuban	32	-11	7-11-12 (30)
16	Rostov	18	-26	2-12-16 (30)

The Russian Premier League standings for season 2007.

What bookmakers say

According to online bookmakers, Spartak Moscow and Zenit St. Petersburg were considered to be CSKA Moscow's main title challengers.

team	odds	team	odds
CSKA Moscow	2.85	Spartak Moscow	3.25
Zenit St. Petersburg	4	Lokomotiv Moscow	8
FC Moscow	8	Dynamo Moscow	70
Rubin Kazan	70	Krylya Sovetov Samara	70
Saturn Ramenskoye	70	Shinnik Yaroslavl	250
Tom Tomsk	250	Khimki	250
Amkar Perm	250	Luch-Energiya	500
Spartak Nalchik	500	Terek Groznyi	1000

The preseason odds for the outright winner of the 2008 Russian Premier League posted by online bookmakers.

Russian Cup finals in last five years

2003 Spartak Moscow - Rostov 1:0
2004 Terek Groznyi - Krylya Sovetov Samara 1:0
2005 CSKA Moscow - Khimki 1:0
2006 CSKA Moscow - Spartak Moscow 3:0
2007 Lokomotiv Moscow - FC Moscow 1:0

Russian football/soccer : Russian Premier League 2008 season preview

New champions

What bookmakers say

Russian Cup finals in last five years

key players

Amkar Perm

CSKA Moscow

Dynamo Moscow

FC Moscow

Khimki

Krylya Sovetov Samara

Lokomotive Moscow

Luch-Energiya

Rubin Kazan

Saturn

Shinnik Yaroslavl

Spartak Moscow

Spartak Nalchik

Terek Groznyi

Tom Tomsk

Zenit St. Petersburg

Russian Premier League pages

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