2009 Russian Premier League

Summary

The 2009 Russian Premier League was the 18th season of the Russian football championship since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and 8th under the current Russian Premier League name. The season started on 14 March 2009 with a goalless draw between Amkar Perm and Rostov.[1] The last matches were played on 29 November 2009.[1] On 21 November 2009 Rubin Kazan successfully retained their champion's title.[2][3]

Russian Premier League
Season2009
ChampionsFC Rubin Kazan
2nd title
RelegatedFC Kuban Krasnodar
FC Khimki
FC Moscow
Champions LeagueFC Rubin Kazan
FC Spartak Moscow
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
Europa LeagueFC Lokomotiv Moscow
PFC CSKA Moscow
Matches played240
Goals scored600 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorerWelliton (21)
Biggest home winSpartak Moscow 5–0 Tom
Biggest away winSaturn 0–5 Rubin
Highest scoring10 matches with 6 goals in each
2008
2010

Teams edit

As in the previous season, 16 teams played in the 2009 season. After the 2008 season, Shinnik Yaroslavl and Luch-Energiya Vladivostok were relegated to the 2009 Russian First Division. They were replaced by Rostov and Kuban Krasnodar, the winners and runners up of the 2008 Russian First Division.

Venues edit

Dynamo Moscow played their home games during the 2009 season at the new Arena Khimki, due to their Dynamo Stadium undergoing renovation work.[4]

Amkar CSKA Dynamo Khimki
Zvezda Stadium Luzhniki Stadium Arena Khimki Arena Khimki
Capacity: 17,000 Capacity: 81,000 Capacity: 18,840 Capacity: 18,840
       
Krylia
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Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League
 
 
Moscow
 
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Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League, Tomsk
Kuban
Metallurg Stadium Kuban Stadium
Capacity: 27,084 Capacity: 28,800
   
Lokomotiv Moscow
RZD Arena Eduard Streltsov Stadium
Capacity: 33,001 Capacity: 13,450
   
Rostov Rubin
Olimp-2 Central Stadium
Capacity: 15,840 Capacity: 22,500
   
Saturn Spartak Moscow
Saturn Stadium Luzhniki Stadium
Capacity: 14,685 Capacity: 81,029
   
Spartak Nalchik Terek Tom Zenit Saint Petersburg
Spartak Stadium Sultan Bilimkhanov Stadium Trud Stadium Petrovsky Stadium
Capacity: 14,149 Capacity: 10,400 Capacity: 10,028 Capacity: 21,570
 

Personnel and kits edit

Team Location Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Amkar Perm Perm   Rashid Rakhimov   Martin Kushev Nike
CSKA Moscow   Leonid Slutsky   Igor Akinfeev Reebok Aeroflot
Dynamo Moscow   Andrey Kobelev   Dmitri Khokhlov Umbro VTB Bank
Khimki Khimki   Igor Chugainov (Caretaker)   Dragan Blatnjak Nike
Krylia Samara   Yuri Gazzaev   Ruslan Ajinjal Nike
Kuban Krasnodar   Poghos Galstyan (Caretaker)   Andrei Topchu Nike
Lokomotiv Moscow   Yuri Semin   Rodolfo Adidas
Moscow Moscow   Miodrag Božović   Yuri Zhevnov Umbro
Rostov Rostov-on-Don   Oleg Dolmatov   Mikhail Osinov Nike
Rubin Kazan   Kurban Berdyev   Sergei Semak Nike
Saturn Ramenskoye   Andrei Gordeyev (Caretaker)   Aleksei Igonin Adidas
Spartak Moscow   Valeri Karpin (Executive Director)   Martin Jiránek Nike
Spartak Nalchik   Yuri Krasnozhan   Miodrag Džudović Umbro
Terek Grozny   Shahin Diniyev (Caretaker)   Timur Dzhabrailov Adidas SAT&Co Managing Company
Tom Tomsk   Valery Nepomnyashchy   Sergei Pareiko
Zenit Saint Petersburg   Anatoli Davydov   Aleksandr Anyukov Nike Gazprom

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Amkar   Miodrag Božović Preseason   Dimitar Dimitrov Preseason
CSKA   Valery Gazzaev   Zico 9 January 2009[5]
Khimki   Sergei Yuran   Konstantin Sarsania 15 December 2008[6]
Moscow   Oleg Blokhin   Miodrag Božović 28 November 2008[7]
Spartak Moscow   Michael Laudrup Fired 15 April 2009[8] 10th   Valeri Karpin (Executive Director)[1]
Lokomotiv   Rashid Rakhimov Fired 28 April 2009[9] 13th   Vladimir Maminov (Caretaker) 28 April 2009[9] 8th
Saturn   Jürgen Röber Fired 15 May 2009[10] 15th   Andrei Gordeyev (Caretaker)[11] 15 May 2009[10] 15th
Saturn   Andrei Gordeyev (Caretaker) End of role 20 May 2009[11]   Andrei Gordeyev 20 May 2009[11]
Lokomotiv   Vladimir Maminov (Caretaker) End of role 1 June 2009 8th   Yuri Semin 1 June 2009[12] 8th
Zenit   Dick Advocaat Fired 10 August 2009[13] 8th   Anatoli Davydov (Caretaker) 10 August 2009[13] 8th
Kuban   Sergei Ovchinnikov Fired 11 August 2009 14th   Poghos Galstyan (Caretaker) 11 August 2009[14] 14th
Amkar   Dimitar Dimitrov Fired 1 September 2009 13th   Rashid Rakhimov 5 September 2009[15]
CSKA   Zico Sacked 10 September 2009[16] 4th   Juande Ramos 10 September 2009[17] 4th
Khimki   Konstantin Sarsania Resigned 19 September 2009[18] 16th   Igor Chugainov (Caretaker)
Zenit   Anatoli Davydov (Caretaker) End of role 2 October 2009[19]   Anatoli Davydov 2 October 2009[19]
Krylia Sovetov   Leonid Slutsky Resigned 9 October 2009[20] 10th   Yuri Gazzaev (Caretaker) 10 October 20009[21] 10th
Terek   Vyacheslav Hrozny Resigned 20 October 2009[22] 9th   Shahin Diniyev (Caretaker) 20 October 2009[22] 9th
CSKA   Juande Ramos Mutual Termination 26 October 2009[23] 5th   Leonid Slutsky 26 October 2009[24] 5th

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rubin Kazan (C) 30 19 6 5 62 21 +41 63 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Spartak Moscow 30 17 4 9 61 33 +28 55
3 Zenit St. Petersburg 30 15 9 6 48 27 +21 54 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round[a]
4 Lokomotiv Moscow 30 15 9 6 43 30 +13 54 Qualification to Europa League play-off round
5 CSKA Moscow 30 16 4 10 48 30 +18 52
6 FC Moscow (R) 30 13 9 8 39 28 +11 48 Club expelled after season[b]
7 Saturn 30 13 6 11 38 41 −3 45
8 Dynamo Moscow 30 12 6 12 31 37 −6 42
9 Tom Tomsk 30 11 8 11 31 39 −8 41
10 Krylia Sovetov Samara 30 10 6 14 32 42 −10 36
11 Spartak Nalchik 30 8 11 11 36 33 +3 35
12 Terek Grozny 30 9 6 15 33 48 −15 33
13 Amkar Perm 30 8 9 13 27 37 −10 33
14 Rostov 30 7 11 12 28 39 −11 32
15 Kuban Krasnodar (R) 30 6 10 14 23 51 −28 28 Relegation to First Division
16 Khimki (R) 30 2 4 24 20 64 −44 10
Source: RFPL (in Russian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored; 7th position in previous season or decision game
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Winners of 2009–10 Russian Cup, Zenit, qualified for the Champions League, that means the loser finalists Sibir Novosibirsk will play in third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
  2. ^ FC Moscow announced on 5 February 2010 that they will not participate in next season's Russian Premier League. On 17 February, they were officially excluded from the 2010 Russian Premier League.[25][26][27]

Results edit

Home \ Away AMK CSK DYN KHI KRY KUB LOK MOS ROS RUB SAT SPA SPN TER TOM ZEN
Amkar Perm 0–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 0–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–4
CSKA Moscow 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 4–0 4–1 1–3 1–2 0–2 3–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–1
Dynamo Moscow 0–0 1–2 3–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–0
Khimki 2–0 0–3 0–2 1–3 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–1 2–3 1–0 0–3 0–2 1–2 1–3 0–4
Krylia Sovetov Samara 1–0 1–3 3–1 3–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–3 0–1
Kuban Krasnodar 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–3 0–0 0–3 0–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–2
Lokomotiv Moscow 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 4–0 0–0 1–1
FC Moscow 0–2 2–0 1–2 3–0 2–1 4–1 0–0 2–0 1–3 3–1 3–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–0
Rostov 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 3–3 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1
Rubin Kazan 1–2 1–2 3–0 2–1 4–1 3–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 5–1 0–2 2–0 4–0 4–0 0–0
Saturn 2–0 0–3 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 4–0 0–5 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–2
Spartak Moscow 5–1 2–3 0–2 1–0 1–1 4–0 3–0 2–1 5–1 0–3 4–0 2–0 2–0 5–0 1–1
Spartak Nalchik 4–1 1–1 2–4 0–0 0–1 4–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–4 4–2 3–0 2–2
Terek Grozny 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–2 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–3 1–2 1–1 2–3 1–0 4–0 3–2
Tom Tomsk 1–2 2–3 2–3 4–0 0–1 1–0 1–3 0–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–3
Zenit St. Petersburg 0–0 2–0 2–1 4–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 0–2
Source: RFPL (in Russian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics edit

Top goalscorers edit

As of matches played on 29 November 2009.
Rank Player Club Goal
1   Welliton Spartak 20
2   Aleksandr Bukharov Rubin 16
  Alejandro Domínguez Rubin
4   Dmitri Sychev Lokomotiv 13
5   Aleksandr Kerzhakov Dynamo 12
  Alex Spartak
7   Shamil Lakhiyalov Terek 11
8   Vladimir Bystrov Dynamo / Zenit 10
9   Tomáš Necid CSKA 9
  Miloš Krasić CSKA
  Jan Koller Krylia

Awards edit

On 24 November 2009 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:[28]

Goalkeepers
  1.   Igor Akinfeev (CSKA)
  2.   Sergei Ryzhikov (Rubin)
  3.   Vladimir Gabulov (Dynamo)
Defensive midfielders
  1.   Sergei Semak (Rubin)
  2.   Igor Denisov (Zenit)
  3.   Dmitri Khokhlov (Dynamo)

Medal squads edit

1. FC Rubin Kazan

Goalkeepers: Sergei Ryzhikov (29), Nukri Revishvili   (1).
Defenders: César Navas   (28), Cristian Ansaldi   (25 / 1), Roman Sharonov (25 / 2), Vitali Kaleshin (18), Lasha Salukvadze   (10 / 1), Aleksei Popov (10), Dato Kvirkvelia   (7), Aleksandr Orekhov (2), Stjepan Tomas   (1).
Midfielders: Sergei Semak (26 / 6), Gökdeniz Karadeniz   (25 / 6), MacBeth Sibaya   (23 / 1), Christian Noboa   (22 / 2), Aleksandr Ryazantsev (18 / 3), Yevgeni Balyaikin (17), Andrei Gorbanets (11), Pyotr Bystrov (11), Alan Kasaev (10 / 1), Rafał Murawski   (7 / 1), Serhii Rebrov   (7), Makhach Gadzhiyev (1), Aleksei Kotlyarov (1).
Forwards: Alejandro Domínguez   (23 / 19), Aleksandr Bukharov (23 / 16), Hasan Kabze   (14 / 2), Roman Adamov (13 / 2), Igor Portnyagin (2 / 1), Davron Mirzayev   (1).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Kurban Berdyev.

Transferred out during the season: Roman Adamov (on loan to FC Krylia Sovetov Samara), Serhii Rebrov   (retired), Makhach Gadzhiyev (end of loan from FC Saturn Moscow Oblast).

2. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Soslan Dzhanayev (26), Stipe Pletikosa   (4).
Defenders: Martin Jiránek   (29 / 1), Sergei Parshivlyuk (21 / 1), Martin Stranzl   (19 / 1), Malik Fathi   (16 / 3), Fyodor Kudryashov (7), Clemente Rodríguez   (7), Egor Filipenko   (5 / 1), Ignas Dedura   (4).
Midfielders: Alex   (29 / 12), Rafael Carioca   (23), Yevgeni Makeyev (20 / 2), Vladimir Bystrov (18 / 4), Denis Boyarintsev (18), Renat Sabitov (17), Serghei Covalciuc   (16), Ivan Saenko (13 / 1), Aleksandr Pavlenko (10), Zhano Ananidze   (8 / 2), Quincy   (8 / 2), Ibson   (6), Vladislav Ryzhkov (4), Maksim Grigoryev (3), Artur Maloyan (3), Igor Gorbatenko (2).
Forwards: Welliton   (28 / 21), Nikita Bazhenov (22 / 2), Pavel Yakovlev (14 / 4), Artyom Dzyuba (8 / 2), Eldar Nizamutdinov (5 / 1).

Manager: Michael Laudrup   (until April), Valery Karpin (from April).

Transferred out during the season: Vladimir Bystrov (to FC Zenit St. Petersburg), Aleksandr Pavlenko (on loan to FC Rostov), Artyom Dzyuba (on loan to FC Tom Tomsk), Clemente Rodríguez   (to   Estudiantes de La Plata), Artur Maloyan (on loan to FC Anzhi Makhachkala).

3. FC Zenit St. Petersburg

Goalkeepers: Vyacheslav Malafeev (28), Kamil Čontofalský   (2).
Defenders: Aleksandr Anyukov (27 / 1), Fernando Meira   (22 / 1), Ivica Križanac   (18 / 2), Kim Dong-Jin   (17 / 1), Nicolas Lombaerts   (15 / 2), Tomáš Hubočan   (10).
Midfielders: Konstantin Zyryanov (30 / 4), Igor Denisov (28 / 1), Igor Semshov (26 / 6), Roman Shirokov (21 / 1), Szabolcs Huszti   (19 / 2), Radek Šírl   (17), Viktor Fayzulin (16), Anatoliy Tymoshchuk   (11), Vladimir Bystrov (10 / 6), Aleksei Ionov (10), Alessandro Rosina   (9 / 2), Danny   (8).
Forwards: Fatih Tekke   (20 / 8), Pavel Pogrebnyak (15 / 5), Sergei Kornilenko   (11 / 1), Mateja Kežman   (10 / 2), Maksim Kanunnikov (1).
Manager: Dick Advocaat   (until August), Anatoli Davydov (from August).

Transferred out during the season: Pavel Pogrebnyak (to   VfB Stuttgart), Anatoliy Tymoshchuk   (to   FC Bayern Munich).

See also edit

References edit

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  25. ^ http://www.sports.ru/football/68883430.html «Москва» не будет играть в премьер-лиге
  26. ^ Плотников уведомил РФПЛ о снятии "Москвы" с чемпионата России
  27. ^ ФК "Москва" прекращает членство в Премьер-Лиге Archived 2010-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
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External links edit

  • Official website (in Russian)
  • Russian Football Union (in Russian)
  • Official website[permanent dead link] (in Russian)