Miranchuk, Semak and Romanov – the best in June

The Russian Premier Liga, together with experts of MATCH PREMIER TV channel and fans, have selected the best player and coach, as well as the most beautiful goal for June.

Player of the Month: Alexey Miranchuk

Nominees: Artem Dzyuba, Aleksey Miranchuk, Evgeny Lutsenko, Maksim Glushenkov, Aleksandr Belenov

RPL choice: Aleksey Miranchuk

MATCH PREMIER choice: Aleksey Miranchuk

Fans’ choice: Aleksey Miranchuk

The Lokomotiv midfielder was unanimously named player of the month. After the restart, the Railwaymen picked up seven points in three matchdays, and Miranchuk scored all four of the team's goals: the winner at home to FC Orenburg, a double against Rubin Kazan, and a dramatic equaliser against Krylia Sovetov Samara in the fifth added minute. With nine goals, the 24-year-old is Lokomotiv's top scorer along with Grzegorz Krychowiak.

Manager of the Month: Sergey Semak

Nominees: Sergey Semak, Marko Nikolic, Valery Karpin, Vadim Evseev, Igor Shalimov

RPL choice: Sergey Semak

MATCH PREMIER choice: Igor Shalimov

Fans' choice: Sergey Semak

MATCH PREMIER TV channel experts picked out Igor Shalimov as the best. His Akhmat won twice in June three unbeaten matches and rose from last place to 13th. However, the majority of votes went to Sergey Semak, who was voted for by the RPL and fans.

Under the guidance of the 44-year-old coach, Zenit are closing in on their second championship in a row: the Blue-White-Sky Blues have won all their matches since the season resumed, and their gap from second place has grown to 11 points.

Goal of the Month: Roman Romanov

Nominees: Roman Romanov (MD 23, FC Sochi vs FC Rostov), Khvicha Kvaratskheliya (MD 23, FC Ural vs Rubin), Aleksandr Sobolev (MD 23, Arsenal vs Spartak), Mikhail Kostyukov (MD 23, FC Ufa vs FC Tambov), Aleksey Miranchuk (MD 23, Lokomotiv vs FC Orenburg), Nikita Burmistrov (MD 24, Akhmat vs FC Sochi), Eric Bicfalvi (MD 24, FC Ural vs FC Tambov), Evgeny Kharin (MD 25, Arsenal vs Akhmat)

RPL choice: Eric Bicfalvi

MATCH PREMIER choice: Roman Romanov

Fans’ choice: Roman Romanov

RPL experts voted for Erik Bicfalvi's second goal against FC Tambov, while representatives of MATCH PREMIER along with fans selected 17-year-old Rostov midfielder Roman Romanov’s strike. In the game against FC Sochi, the youngster opened the scoring in the first minute and became the youngest goalscorer in the club's history. At the Fisht Olympic Stadium, the youngest team in RPL history played for the Yellow and Blues, with an average age of 17.8 years.

How the vote works:

Fans on Vkontakte social network, MATCH PREMIER experts and RPL experts take part in the voting. Each side casts one vote. To win, nominees need to get at least two votes out of three. If all three parties differ in the choice, the winner is determined by the Russian Premier Liga, who has the deciding vote.