2009 Russian Premier League

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

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

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
Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League
Moscow
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
    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
    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)
    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
    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[lower-alpha 1]
    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[lower-alpha 2]
    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) Champion; (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
    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

    Top goalscorers
    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

    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
    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), Serhiy 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), Serhiy 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

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