| Season | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Champions | FC Rubin Kazan 2nd title |
| Relegated | FC Kuban Krasnodar FC Khimki FC Moscow |
| Champions League | FC Rubin Kazan FC Spartak Moscow FC Zenit Saint Petersburg |
| Europa League | FC Lokomotiv Moscow PFC CSKA Moscow |
| Matches | 240 |
| Goals | 600 (2.5 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Welliton (21) |
| Biggest home win | Spartak Moscow 5–0Tom |
| Biggest away win | Saturn 0–5Rubin |
| Highest scoring | 10 matches with 6 goals in each |
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The2009 Russian Premier League was the 18th season of theRussianfootball championship since the dissolution of theSoviet Union and 8th under the currentRussian Premier League name. The season started on 14 March 2009 with a goalless draw betweenAmkar Perm andRostov.[1] The last matches were played on 29 November 2009.[1] On 21 November 2009Rubin Kazan successfully retained their champion's title.[2][3]
As in the previous season, 16 teams played in the 2009 season. After the2008 season,Shinnik Yaroslavl andLuch-Energiya Vladivostok were relegated to the2009 Russian First Division. They were replaced byRostov andKuban Krasnodar, the winners and runners up of the2008 Russian First Division.
Dynamo Moscow played their home games during the 2009 season at the newArena Khimki, due to theirDynamo 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, 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 |
| Team | Location | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amkar Perm | Perm | Nike | |||
| CSKA | Moscow | Reebok | Aeroflot | ||
| Dynamo | Moscow | Umbro | VTB Bank | ||
| Khimki | Khimki | Nike | |||
| Krylia | Samara | Nike | |||
| Kuban | Krasnodar | Nike | |||
| Lokomotiv | Moscow | Adidas | |||
| Moscow | Moscow | Umbro | |||
| Rostov | Rostov-on-Don | Nike | |||
| Rubin | Kazan | Nike | |||
| Saturn | Ramenskoye | Adidas | |||
| Spartak | Moscow | Nike | |||
| Spartak | Nalchik | Umbro | |||
| Terek | Grozny | Adidas | SAT&Co Managing Company | ||
| Tom | Tomsk | ||||
| Zenit | Saint Petersburg | Nike | Gazprom |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amkar | Preseason | Preseason | |||||
| CSKA | 9 January 2009[5] | ||||||
| Khimki | 15 December 2008[6] | ||||||
| Moscow | 28 November 2008[7] | ||||||
| Spartak Moscow | Fired | 15 April 2009[8] | 10th | ||||
| Lokomotiv | Fired | 28 April 2009[9] | 13th | 28 April 2009[9] | 8th | ||
| Saturn | Fired | 15 May 2009[10] | 15th | 15 May 2009[10] | 15th | ||
| Saturn | End of role | 20 May 2009[11] | 20 May 2009[11] | ||||
| Lokomotiv | End of role | 1 June 2009 | 8th | 1 June 2009[12] | 8th | ||
| Zenit | Fired | 10 August 2009[13] | 8th | 10 August 2009[13] | 8th | ||
| Kuban | Fired | 11 August 2009 | 14th | 11 August 2009[14] | 14th | ||
| Amkar | Fired | 1 September 2009 | 13th | 5 September 2009[15] | |||
| CSKA | Sacked | 10 September 2009[16] | 4th | 10 September 2009[17] | 4th | ||
| Khimki | Resigned | 19 September 2009[18] | 16th | ||||
| Zenit | End of role | 2 October 2009[19] | 2 October 2009[19] | ||||
| Krylia Sovetov | Resigned | 9 October 2009[20] | 10th | 10 October 20009[21] | 10th | ||
| Terek | Resigned | 20 October 2009[22] | 9th | 20 October 2009[22] | 9th | ||
| CSKA | Mutual Termination | 26 October 2009[23] | 5th | 26 October 2009[24] | 5th |
| 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 toChampions 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 toChampions League third qualifying round[a] |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 43 | 30 | +13 | 54 | Qualification toEuropa 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 toFirst Division |
| 16 | Khimki(R) | 30 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 64 | −44 | 10 |
| 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 |
On 24 November 2009Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:[28]
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