Russian football in 2006

• From August 17 to September 3, the World Cup for Women U20 was held in Moscow and St. Petersburg .
• Dick Advokat arrived in St. Petersburg and on July 6 held the postponed match of the 28th round with Dynamo Moscow as head coach of FC Zenit , which ended in a goalless draw.

Mens

Under the leadership of the team’s head coach Alexander Borodyuk, the men's team held two friendly matches. On March 1, she lost to the Brazilians in Moscow with a score of 0: 1, and on May 27 in Albacete tied 0: 0 with the Spaniards .

On April 10, the new national team coach, Guus Hiddink , was introduced, who took over after the World Cup in Germany ^[1] . The contract was signed on April 14 under the 2 + 2 scheme - two years with the possibility of extension for another two ^[2]

Youth (under 19 years old)

The Russian youth team (under 19 years old) did not make it to the final of the 2006 European Championship . In the second qualifying round, they took third place in the 1st group, failing to get ahead of the youth teams of Austria and Hungary .
On August 15, the youth team held a friendly match with peers from Turkey , losing 0: 1.

Youthful (under 17 years old)

The youth team became the 2006 European champion in Luxembourg . This is the first major success of the youth team of Russia. On the way to victory in the second qualifying stage, the Russian team ahead of Italy , England and Bulgaria . At the final stage, she took second place in Group A, following Spain , ahead of Hungary and Luxembourg . In the semifinals, she defeated Germany with a score of 1: 0. Finally, in the final, she defeated the Czech Republic in the penalty shootout 5: 3 (the main time ended with a score of 1: 1, an additional 2: 2).

Girls (under 19 years old)

The women's football team on July 11 defended the title of European champions at the championship in Switzerland . The opponents for group B were the French team - vice champion, hostesses of the Swiss championship, and a strong team from the Netherlands.

The Russian team lost the first match with French women 1: 4, the only goal was scored from the penalty spot by the team's top scorer - Elena Danilova . In the second match, against the hosts of the tournament, Russia won 2-1, both goals were again on the account of Elena Danilova. The third match ending the group tournament, the Russians held confidently and beat the Netherlands with a score of 5: 1, 4 goals again on the account of Danilova, who confidently led the dispute in the scorers of the tournament. In the semifinals, our girls lost to the German national team with a score of 0: 4.

Premier League

In the ranking of European national football championships in 2006, the Russian Football Championship lost one position and dropped to 9th place, missing the Greek Championship ahead.

In 2006, the following 16 teams participated in the Russian Championship:

The first round was held on March 17, the last was held on November 26. At the time of the World Cup , a break was provided in the calendar from May 15 to July 10.

The final standings are as follows:

Championship Top Scorers

First Division

In 2006, 22 teams played in the first division :

The end of the season is November 5th. According to the results of the championship, Khimki and Kuban entered the Premier League.

Before the start of the season, two clubs of the first division “Alania” and “Lokomotiv” (Chita) at the meeting of the PFL committee were deprived of the license of professional clubs and excluded from the competition ^[3] . In their place allowed clubs "Mashuk-KMV" and "Lada" , who took second places in the second division ^[4] . The Russian Football Union decided on February 28 to regain the status of professional clubs Alania and Lokomotiv ^[5] and on March 6, the PFL decided to expand the first division to 24 teams for the 2006 season ^[6] .

However, on March 20, the RFU made the final decision to deny the Alania and Lokomotiv clubs a license ^[7] .

The final standings of the First Division of the Championship of Russia in 2006.

* - By a decision of the KFK RFU of November 9, 2006, FC Orel was withdrawn 6 points for outstanding debt to the Luch-Energiya club for transferring football player Willer Souza Oliveira.

Top scorers of the First Division of the Championship of Russia

Second Division

The winners of the five zones of the Second Division of the Championship of Russia entered the First Division :

• Tekstilshchik-Telecom (Ivanovo) (Zone "West")
• Spartak-MZHK (Ryazan) (Center Zone)
• Spartak (Vladikavkaz) (South Zone)
• Nosta (Novotroitsk) (Ural-Volga zone)
• "Star" (Irkutsk) (Zone "East")

In 2005, CSKA won both the Russian Cup and the championship . In this regard, his rival was the silver medalist of the Moscow Spartak championship.

The Super Bowl match took place on March 11 at the Luzhniki Stadium.

2005/06

The final match for the Cup of Russia of the 2005/06 season, also took place between the teams of CSKA and Spartak at the Luzhniki stadium , in the presence of 61 thousand spectators CSKA won a landslide 3-0, two goals scored by Jo, and one Wagner Love ^[8] .

2006/07

Russian Cup results starting from 1/8 final:

1/8 Finals

^* FC Dynamo Makhachkala did not pass certification and by decision of January 25, 2007, was expelled from the membership of the PFL Association ^[9] .

UEFA Cup

Lokomotiv (Moscow) lost in the 1/16 finals of the Spanish Sevilla .

Zenit (St. Petersburg) was able to reach the quarter finals by beating Marcel , Rosenborg and Olympic , but was knocked out of a further draw by the same Spanish Sevilla.

In the 2006-07 season , Moscow Lokomotiv and Kazan Rubin will compete for the cup. Lokomotiv will enter the fight in the first cup round, while Rubin will have to win this right by starting the fight at the second qualifying stage.

Champions League

In the 2006/07 season, CSKA and Spartak (Moscow) will compete for the cup from Russia. Spartak will enter the fight at the second qualifying stage, and the army team at the third.

The path of Spartak

The rival of Spartak was determined on June 18, in the return match of Sheriff - Pyunik , the Moldavian club confidently won and advanced to the second qualifying round, where Muscovites were waiting for him.

Both matches with the “Sheriff” came out tense, as evidenced even by the score of 1: 1 fights in Tiraspol and 0: 0 in Moscow . As befits a favorite, “Spartak” attacked a lot, created moments, owned the ball, but his playing advantage was very difficult to realize in goals. In the first match, relaxing at the end of the meeting, the Muscovites missed the victory, having conceded a goal from the corner. In the second, after getting injured by Yegor Titov almost at the very beginning of the second half, the game of Spartak was unstuck and the advantage passed to the Sheriff, dangerous moments appeared at both gates, but at the final stage the attackers either didn’t beat accurately or the goalkeepers showed an excellent game , or the defenders stood in the way of the ball flying into the already empty net.

Thanks to a goal scored on the road to the next round, Spartak is playing, where he met with the Czech club Slovan .

In the first away match, the red and white played without two injured base players, Titov and Bystrov . The guests had the advantage in the game, to which Spartak responded with counterattacks, and Fernando Cavenaghi missed the only chance to score. The end result of a goalless draw 0: 0

CSKA Way

CSKA started the league in the third qualifying round. In a home game against the Ruzomberok club, the Russians demonstrated an excellent game, the team acted clearly and harmoniously. As a result of two goals of Olic and one Wagner Love, CSKA almost decided the issue of entering the group stage. In the second leg, CSKA scored 2 more goals against Ruzomberok, Carvalho and Wagner Love scored themselves, thereby securing access to the group stage. The first match in the group stage of the Champions League CSKA played away from Porto . The match ended with the score 0-0. CSKA held its first home game with an outsider of the Hamburg tournament, which it deservedly won. The only goal scored by Dudu. In the next match, CSKA played with Arsenal , at the 24th minute the score was opened by Carvalho, who scored after a free-kick. In the return match, only luck saved the army from defeat, “Arsenal” did not realize many scoring chances and the score remained 0-0. The next match of CSKA - Porto was held in Moscow. Tired after leaving for Vladivostok, the army team lost with a score of 0: 2. Now CSKA had chances to reach the League's 1/8 finals only when they won one of the teams in the match between Porto and Arsenal and won away from Hamburg. The match “Porto” - “Arsenal”, which ended with the score 0: 0, and the defeat of “Hamburg” with the score 3: 2 put an end to CSKA exit from the group in the Champions League playoffs. However, in the spring of 2007, CSKA began its journey in the UEFA Cup.

Intertoto Cup

This year, in the Intertoto Cup, Russia was represented by Moscow , which began playing in the tournament from the second round. The first rival of the Russian club was the Belarusian MTZ-RIPO , who won the first round of Karaganda Shakhtar . Muscovites won the first match in their field on July 2 with a score of 2-0, goals were scored by Peter Bystrov and Roman Adamov . In the return match on July 9, Muscovites won again, with a more modest score of 1-0.

On July 16, in the third round of the tournament, FC Moskva met with the German club Hertha on the opponent’s field. The match ended in a goalless draw, the Germans played without several of their key players resting after the World Cup . The game turned out to be sharp and interesting, with a lot of goal situations, our club possessed a game advantage, but failed to translate it into goals. The return match was held on July 22, the winner of the match in Moscow were the guests who scored two unanswered goals; they got the right to participate in the UEFA Cup 2006/2007 .

• Russian football in 2005
• Matches of the Russian national football team 2006
• Russian football in 2007