1st soccer division 2004

1st soccer division 2004
master	Terek Grozny
Climbers	Terek Grozny, Tom Tomsk
Relegated	Uralan Elista , FK Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk , Baltika Kaliningrad , Mordovija Saransk , SOYUS-Gazprom Izhevsk
Teams	22nd
Games	462
Gates	1,046  (ø 2.26 per game)
← 1st Division 2003 1st division 2005 →
^ Premjer League 2004 2nd division 2004 ↓

The 1st Division 2004 was the 13th season of the second highest Russian league in football. It started on March 28, 2004 and ended on November 6, 2004.

mode

The 22 teams played against each other twice, divided into a first half and a second half. So each team played 42 games. The two best clubs rose to the Premjer League in 2005 , while the last five were relegated to the third-class 2nd division .

Before the season

After Dinamo Saint Petersburg had to relegate after the last season due to debts, the league place was assigned to the winner of the center zone Dynamo Bryansk. As a result, the second of the zone middle FK Orjol moved up and rose with the other four zone winners.

Attendees

Tom Tomsk Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk Chita locomotive SKA Energia Khabarovsk Luch-Energija Vladivostok Chernomorets Novorossiysk Spartak Nalchik Uralan Elista Sokol Saratov Kamas Naberezhnye Chelny Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk Anzhi Makhachkala Dynamo Makhachkala Arsenal Tula Dynamo Bryansk FK Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk Terek Grozny FK Khimki Baltika Kaliningrad Metallurg Lipetsk Lisma-Mordovija Saransk FK Oryol

Clubs 1st Division 2004

The two relegated from the Premjer League in 2003

• Uralan Elista
• Chernomorets Novorossiysk

The 14 clubs that ranked 3rd, 4th and 6th to 17th in the 1st division in 2003

• Tom Tomsk
• Terek Grozny
• Anzhi Makhachkala
• Baltika Kaliningrad
• Metallurg Lipetsk
• PFK Sokol Saratov
• SKA Energia Khabarovsk
• Chita locomotive
• FK Khimki
• Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk
• Lisma-Mordovija Saransk
• Spartak Nalchik
• Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk
• Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk

the five zone winners of the 2nd division

• Arsenal Tula
• Dynamo Bryansk
• Dynamo Makhachkala
• Kamas Naberezhnye Chelny
• Luch-Energija Vladivostok

and the second in the middle zone

• FK Oryol

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Terek Grozny	42	32	4th	6th	070:220	+48	100
2.	Tom Tomsk	42	27	5	10	070:380	+32	86
3.	PFK Sokol Saratov	42	25th	8th	9	069:380	+31	83
4th	Kamas Naberezhnye Chelny (N)	42	19th	12	11	052:490	+3	69
5.	FK Khimki	42	17th	10	15th	039:330	+6	61
6th	FK Oryol (N)	42	16	13	13	037:340	+3	61
7th	SKA Energia Khabarovsk	42	16	13	13	042:370	+5	61
8th.	Anzhi Makhachkala	42	16	12	14th	050:530	−3	60
9.	Metallurg Lipetsk	42	15th	15th	12	048:430	+5	60
10.	Chita locomotive	42	17th	8th	17th	047:480	−1	59
11.	Dynamo Makhachkala (N)	42	16	11	15th	044:480	−4	59
12.	Spartak Nalchik	42	16	10	16	053:460	+7	58
13.	Arsenal Tula (N)	42	15th	13	14th	039:320	+7	58
14th	Lutsch-Energija Vladivostok	42	15th	11	16	050:500	± 0	56
15th	Dynamo Bryansk 1 (N)	42	14th	13	15th	049:510	−2	55
16.	Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk	42	14th	10	18th	053:530	± 0	52
17th	Chernomorets Novorossiysk (A)	42	13	12	17th	047:440	+3	51
18th	Uralan Elista (A)	42	13	11	18th	048:570	−9	50
19th	FK Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk	42	11	12	19th	038:570	−19	45
20th	Baltika Kaliningrad	42	10	9	23	037:600	−23	39
21st	Mordovia Saransk 2	42	5	11	26th	024:620	−38	26th
22nd	SOYUS Gazprom Izhevsk	42	5	7th	30th	040:910	−51	22nd

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd wins - 3rd direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 4th goal difference - 5th goals scored

Promoted to the Premjer League in 2005

Relegated to the 2nd division in 2005

(A)	Relegated from the Premjer League in 2003
(N)	Promoted from the 2nd division in 2003

¹ Dynamo Bryansk took over the league place of last year's relegated Dynamo Saint Petersburg.

² Lisma-Mordowija Saransk was renamed Mordowija Saransk.

Web links

• Season on rsssf.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Season 2004 results and table. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved August 17, 2019 .