The 2005 Russian Premier League was the 14th season of the premier football competition in Russia since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the 4th under the current Russian Premier League name.

Teams

As in the previous season, 16 teams are playing in the 2005 season. After the 2004 season, Kuban Krasnodar and Rotor Volgograd were relegated to the 2005 Russian First Division. They were replaced by Terek Grozny and Tom Tomsk, the winners and runners up of the 2004 Russian First Division.

Venues

Alania	Amkar	CSKA	Dynamo
Republican Spartak Stadium	Zvezda Stadium	Central Stadium	Central Stadium
Capacity: 32,464	Capacity: 17,000	Capacity: 36,540	Capacity: 36,540
Krylia Sovetov Samara	CSKA Dynamo Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn Spartak Torpedo Alania Amkar Krylia Rostov Rubin Shinnik Terek Zenit class=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2004 Russian Premier League Moscow Tom class=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2005 Russian Premier League (Tomsk)		Lokomotiv Moscow
Metallurg Stadium			RZD Arena
Capacity: 27,084			Capacity: 33,001
Moscow			Rostov
Eduard Streltsov Stadium			Olimp-2
Capacity: 13,450			Capacity: 15,840
Rubin			Saturn
Central Stadium			Saturn Stadium
Capacity: 22,500			Capacity: 14,685
Shinnik			Spartak
Shinnik Stadium			Luzhniki Stadium
Capacity: 22,871			Capacity: 81,029
Terek	Tom	Torpedo	Zenit Saint Petersburg
Central Stadium	Trud Stadium	Luzhniki Stadium	Petrovsky Stadium
Capacity: 12,500	Capacity: 10,028	Capacity: 81,029	Capacity: 21,570

Personnel and kits

Team	Location	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Alania	Vladikavkaz	Aleksandr Yanovsky (Caretaker)		Umbro	—
Amkar Perm	Perm	Sergei Oborin		Adidas	—
CSKA	Moscow	Valery Gazzaev		Umbro	Sibneft
Dynamo	Moscow	Andrey Kobelev (Caretaker)		Umbro	Xerox
Lokomotiv	Moscow	Vladimir Eshtrekov		Adidas
Krylia	Samara	Gadzhi Gadzhiyev
Moscow	Moscow	Leonid Slutsky
Rostov	Rostov-on-Don	Sergei Balakhnin		Umbro	—
Rubin	Kazan	Kurban Berdyev		Nike
Saturn	Ramenskoye	Vladimir Shevchuk		Adidas
Shinnik	Yaroslavl	Oleg Dolmatov		Umbro
Spartak	Moscow	Aleksandrs Starkovs		Nike
Terek	Pyatigorsk	Aleksandr Tarkhanov		Umbro
Tom	Tomsk	Anatoliy Byshovets		Adidas
Torpedo	Moscow	Sergei Petrenko		Umbro	—
Zenit	Saint Petersburg	Vlastimil Petržela		Adidas	Gazprom

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Alania	Yuri Sekinayev (Caretaker)			Preseason	Bakhva Tedeyev		Preseason
Rostov	Sergei Balakhnin				Gennadi Styopushkin
Alania	Bakhva Tedeyev		April 2005		Edgar Gess	19 April 2005[1]
Rostov	Gennadi Styopushkin	Medical treatment	17 April 2005[2]	16th	Paul Ashworth (Caretaker)	17 April 2005[2]	16th
Rostov	Paul Ashworth (Caretaker)	End of Role	4 May 2005[3]	16th	Gennadi Styopushkin	4 May 2005[3]	16th
Dynamo	Oleg Romantsev		May 2005		Andrey Kobelev (Caretaker)	May 2005
Lokomotiv	Yuri Semin		May 2005		Vladimir Eshtrekov	May 2005
Saturn	Aleksandr Tarkhanov		May 2005		Vladimir Shevchuk	May 2005
Alania	Edgar Gess		July 2005		Aleksandr Yanovsky (Caretaker)	July 2005
Alania	Aleksandr Yanovsky (Caretaker)	End of Role	4 July 2005	14th	Itzhak Shum	4 July 2005[4]	14th
Dynamo	Andrey Kobelev (Caretaker)	End of Role	19 July 2005	9th	Ivo Wortmann	19 July 2005[5]	9th
Moscow	Valery Petrakov		July 2005		Leonid Slutsky	July 2005
Rostov	Gennadi Styopushkin		July 2005		Valery Petrakov	July 2005
Rostov	Valery Petrakov		August 2005		Sergei Balakhnin	August 2005
Tom	Boris Stukalov		August 2005		Anatoliy Byshovets	August 2005
Alania	Itzhak Shum	Fired	27 September 2005[6]	15th	Aleksandr Yanovsky (Caretaker)	27 September 2005[6]	15th
Terek	Vait Talgayev		October 2005		Aleksandr Tarkhanov	October 2005
Dynamo	Ivo Wortmann	Fired	8 November 2005[7][5]	8th	Andrey Kobelev (Caretaker)	8 November 2005[7]	8th

League table