2010 Russian First Division - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Russian First Division is the 18th season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 27 March.

Teams

As the previous year, 20 clubs will participate in the championship. It features eleven clubs from Russian First Division 2009

Russian First Division 2009

The Russian First Division 2009 is the 18th season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 28 March 2009 and ended on 4 November 2009.-Teams:The league has been reduced from 22 to 20 teams...

, two clubs relegated from Russian Premier League 2009

Russian Premier League 2009

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. The last matches were...

, five zone winners from Russian Second Division 2009

Russian Second Division 2009

The Russian Second Division 2009 is the third strongest division in Russian football. The Second Division is geographically divided into 5 zones.The winners of each zone are automatically promoted into the First Division...

, one of the second-placed clubs from Russian Second Division 2009

Russian Second Division 2009

and one of the third-placed clubs from Russian Second Division 2009

Russian Second Division 2009

Movement between Premier League and First Division

Anzhi Makhachkala

FC Anzhi Makhachkala

FC Anzhi Makhachkala is a Russian football club based in Makhachkala, capital of the Republic of Dagestan, which plays in the Russian Premier League. The word "Anzhi" is part of Anzhi-Qala the old name of Makhachkala.-History:The club was founded in 1991 and has played in the Russian league since...

as 2009 champions

Russian First Division 2009

and Sibir Novosibirsk

FC Sibir Novosibirsk

FC Sibir Novosibirsk is a Russian association football club based in Novosibirsk. The club plays at the Spartak Stadium. As a result of their first-ever season in the Russian Premier League in 2010, FC Sibir has been relegated to play the next season in Russian First Division.-History:The club was...

as runners-up have been promoted to the Premier League. They will be replaced by relegated teams

Russian Premier League 2009

Kuban Krasnodar

FC Kuban Krasnodar

FC Kuban is a Russian football club based in Krasnodar. In 2011 will play in the Russian Premier League after having won the Russian First Division in 2010....

and Khimki

FC Khimki

FC Khimki is a Russian association football club based in Khimki.-History:The team was formed in 1996 by merging two amateur clubs from Khimki, Rodina, and Novator. Khimki entered the amateur league and played their first official match on 17 May 1996. Of more than 150 amateur teams in the...

Movement between First Division and Second Division

Nosta Novotroitsk

FC Nosta Novotroitsk

FC Nosta Novotroitsk is a Russian association football club. The club finished 16th in the Russian First Division in 2009 and was relegated to the Russian Second Division. In early 2010 it was announced that the club is dissolved due to lack of financing...

, Chita

FC Chita

FC Chita is a Russian association football club based in Chita that currently plays in the Russian Second Division.The club was founded in 2006 as a result of reorganization of FC Lokomotiv Chita which was excluded from the First Division. FC Chita was immediately admitted to the Second...

, Chernomorets Novorossiysk

FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk

FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk is a Russian association football club based in Novorossiysk. In 2011, the club will play in the Russian First Division after winning their zone of the Russian Second Division....

, Metallurg Lipetsk

FC Metallurg Lipetsk

FC Metallurg Lipetsk is an association football club in Lipetsk, Russia, formed in 1966.-History:Their best result came in 1997 when they came 2nd in the Russian First Division....

and MVD Rossii Moscow

FC MVD Rossii Moscow

FC MVD Rossii is a Russian football club from Moscow, founded in 2007. It represents the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs. Historically the ministry was represented by FC Dynamo Moscow, but Dynamo is now not directly dependent on MVD. Still, several players on the 2008 FC MVD roster played for...

who placed in the last 5 places respectively in 2009

Russian First Division 2009

were relegated to the Russian Second Division.

The relegated teams were replaced by the five 2009 Second Division zone winners

Russian Second Division 2009

. These were Dynamo Saint Petersburg

FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg

FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg is an association football club from Saint Petersburg, Russia. The club played in the Russian First Division in 2010 after winning the Western zone of the Russian Second Division in 2009. But, the club relegated back to the third level after finishing 16th in 2010...

(West), Avangard Kursk

FC Avangard Kursk

FC Avangard Kursk is an association football club based in Kursk, Russia. In 2011, it will once again play in the Russian Second Division after taking the last place in Russian First Division in 2010, where it spent one season....

(Centre), Zhemchuzhina-Sochi (South), Mordovia Saransk

FC Mordovia Saransk

FC Mordovia Saransk is a Russian association football club from Saransk, Republic of Mordovia. In its current state it was formed in 2005, through the merger of Biokhimik-Mordovia and Lisma-Mordovia....

(Ural-Povolzhye) and Irtysh Omsk (East).

Further team changes

Due to financial difficulties, Vityaz Podolsk

FC Vityaz Podolsk

FC Vityaz Podolsk is a Russian football club based in Podolsk that played in the Russian First Division in 2009.The club was founded in 1996 as a non-professional team. The current team was formed in 2000 and in 2001 it turned professional. The uniforms are all black for home and away games...

who placed 11th in 2009

Russian First Division 2009

, decided to give up their spot in the Russian First Division and participate in the Russian Second Division

Russian Second Division

The Russian Second Division is the third level of Russian professional football.In 1998–2010, it was run by the Professional Football League....

in 2010.

Pending licensing, their place was taken by FC Volgograd

FC Volgograd

FC Volgograd is a former name of the Russian football club from Volgograd, founded in late 2008, currently known as FC Rotor Volgograd. Before it was founded, it was originally supposed to be called FC Rotor-Volgograd Volgograd...

who placed 3rd in the Russian Second Division (South Zone) in 2009. For the occasion the management decided to change the name of the club from FC Volgograd to Rotor Volgograd.

FC Alania Vladikavkaz were promoted into the 2010 Russian Premier League

2010 Russian Premier League

The 2010 Russian Premier League is the 19th season of the Russian football championship since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and 9th under the current Russian Premier League name. The season started on 12 March 2010. The last matches have been played on 29 November 2010. On 14 November 2010,...

after FC Moscow dropped out due to financial reasons. It was replaced by FC Dynamo Bryansk

FC Dynamo Bryansk

FC Dynamo Bryansk are a Russian football club based in Bryansk.In 2009 it came second in its Russian Second Division zone and was not promoted...

. Dynamo Bryansk originally refused to be promoted when offered Vityaz's spot, but by the time Alania's spot became available, they found new financial commitments and agreed to participate in the First Division.

Overview

Location	Head Coach	Venue	Capacity
Kursk Kursk Kursk is a city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur, Tuskar, and Seym Rivers. The area around Kursk was site of a turning point in the Russian-German struggle during World War II and the site of the largest tank battle in history...	Aleksandr Ignatenko Aleksandr Ignatenko Aleksandr Viktorovich Ignatenko is an Ukrainian-born Russian professional football coach and a former player. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1970 for Zarya Voroshilovgrad.-Honours:* Soviet Top League champion: 1972....	Trudovye Rezervy Trudovye Rezervy Stadium Trudovye Rezervy Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Kursk, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Avangard Kursk. The stadium holds 11,329 people....	11,329
Kaliningrad Kaliningrad Kaliningrad is a seaport and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea...	Leonid Tkachenko Leonid Tkachenko Leonid Ivanovich Tkachenko is a former Soviet player and the Ukrainian-Russian coach.Together with Mykola Pavlov served as an interim coach for Ukrainian national football team when it traveled to Belarus for a friendly against the Belarusian national football team. Him and Pavlov were assistant...	Baltika Baltika Stadium Baltika Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Kaliningrad, Russia, that is home to FC Baltika Kaliningrad. The capacity of the stadium is 14,660, making it an average sized stadium in the Russian First Division....	14,664
Bryansk Bryansk Bryansk is a city and the administrative center of Bryansk Oblast, Russia, located southwest of Moscow. Population: -History:The first written mention of Bryansk was in 1146, in the Hypatian Codex, as Debryansk...	Aleksandr Smirnov Aleksandr Vladimirovich Smirnov Aleksandr Vladimirovich Smirnov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player who last managed FC Dynamo Bryansk. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1988 for FC Dynamo Moscow.-Honours:* Soviet Top League bronze: 1990....	Dynamo Dynamo Stadium (Bryansk) Dynamo Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Bryansk, Russia. It was built in 1924, refitted in 1960 and 2004 years. Stadium is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Dynamo Bryansk. The stadium holds up to 10,100 people....	10,100
Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...	Sergey Frantsev	MSA Petrovsky Petrovsky Stadium The Petrovsky Stadium is a sport complex that consists of a number of sport buildings. One of them is the Grand Sport Arena which is the home of FC Zenit of Saint Petersburg, Russia and for simplicity referred by everyone as Petrovsky Stadium. The complex also contains another football stadium,...	2,835
Omsk Omsk -History:The wooden fort of Omsk was erected in 1716 to protect the expanding Russian frontier along the Ishim and the Irtysh rivers against the Kyrgyz nomads of the Steppes...	Aleksandr Dorofeyev Aleksandr Dorofeyev Aleksandr Nikolayevich Dorofeyev is a Russian professional football coach and a former player currently managing FC Irtysh Omsk in the Russian Second Division.-External links:*...	Red Star Red Star Stadium (Omsk) Red Star Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Omsk, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 18,000 people....	8,000
Naberezhnye Chelny Naberezhnye Chelny Naberezhnye Chelny is the second largest city in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.A major industrial center, Naberezhnye Chelny stands on the Kama River some 225 km east of Kazan near Nizhnekamsk Reservoir. It serves as the administrative center of Tukayevsky District, although it is not...	Robert Yevdokimov Robert Yevdokimov Robert Gennadyevich Yevdokimov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Second League in 1987 for FC Turbina Naberezhnye Chelny...	KAMAZ KAMAZ stadium KAMAZ Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny. The stadium was built in 1977 and holds 10,000 people.-External links:*...	9,221
Khimki Khimki Khimki is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, situated just northwest of Moscow, at the west bank of the Moscow Canal. Population: 207,125 ; 141,000 ; 106,000 ; 23,000 .-History:...	Yevgeni Bushmanov	Novyye Khimki	3,066
Krasnodar Krasnodar Krasnodar is a city in Southern Russia, located on the Kuban River about northeast of the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk. It is the administrative center of Krasnodar Krai . Population: -Name:...	Sergei Tashuev Sergei Tashuev Sergei Abuyezidovich Tashuyev is a Russian professional football coach. He manages PFC Spartak Nalchik in the Russian Premier League.He worked as an assistant to Aleksandr Tarkhanov on three different teams...	Kuban Kuban Stadium Kuban Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Krasnodar, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Kuban Krasnodar and FC Krasnodar. The stadium holds 31,654 people. The stadium was opened on 30 October 1960....	34,640
Krasnodar Krasnodar Krasnodar is a city in Southern Russia, located on the Kuban River about northeast of the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk. It is the administrative center of Krasnodar Krai . Population: -Name:...	Dan Petrescu Dan Petrescu Daniel Vasile Petrescu is a Romanian football manager and former player, currently the manager of Kuban Krasnodar in the Russian Premier League....	Kuban Kuban Stadium Kuban Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Krasnodar, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Kuban Krasnodar and FC Krasnodar. The stadium holds 31,654 people. The stadium was opened on 30 October 1960....	34,640
Vladivostok Vladivostok The city is located in the southern extremity of Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula, which is about 30 km long and approximately 12 km wide.The highest point is Mount Kholodilnik, the height of which is 257 m...	Francisco Arcos Francisco Arcos Francisco "Paco" Arcos Arcos is a Spanish football manager currently in charge of the physical trainer and assistant manager of Alicante CF, and coordinator of youth football at club. Arcos became the first Spanish trainer to train in Russian football.-Club career:Arcos started training school...	Dinamo Dynamo Stadium (Vladivostok) Dynamo Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Vladivostok, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Luch-Energia Vladivostok. The stadium is situated close to the main square and harbour and by one of beaches of Vladivostok. The pitch has been improved...	10,185
Saransk Saransk Saransk is a city in central European Russia and the capital of the Republic of Mordovia, as well as its financial and economic center. It is located in the Volga basin at the confluence of the Saranka and Insar Rivers, about east of Moscow...	Fyodor Shcherbachenko Fyodor Shcherbachenko Fyodor Anatolyevich Shcherbachenko is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC Mordovia Saransk. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Second League in 1981 for FC Tsement Novorossiysk.-References:...	Svetotekhnika	14,000
Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...	Viktor Zaidenberg Viktor Zaidenberg Viktor Lazarevich Zaidenberg is a Russian professional football coach. Currently, he is the president of FC Nizhny Novgorod.-External links:...	Severny	3,180
Volgograd Volgograd Volgograd , formerly called Tsaritsyn and Stalingrad is an important industrial city and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is long, north to south, situated on the western bank of the Volga River...	Vitaliy Shevchenko Vitaliy Shevchenko Vitaliy Viktorovich Shevchenko is a Russian coach and former Soviet footballer, currently head-coach of FC Rotor Volgograd. He finished the Institute of Physical Education and the Supreme school of coaches in Moscow....	Central Central Stadium (Volgograd) Central Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Volgograd, Russia, that is home to SC Rotor Volgograd. The capacity of the stadium is 32,120 with plans to expand to 45,015 in time for the 2018 FIFA World Cup....	32,126
Belgorod Belgorod -Twin towns/sister cities:Belgorod is twinned with: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia Opole, Poland Vyshhorod, Ukraine Kharkiv, Ukraine-External links:...	Yuri Bykov Yuri Bykov Yuri Aleksandrovich Bykov is a Russian professional football manager and a former player player.-External links:*...	Salyut Salyut Stadium Salyut Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Belgorod, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Salyut-Energia Belgorod. The stadium holds 12,000 people....	11,500
Yaroslavl Yaroslavl Yaroslavl is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Moscow. The historical part of the city, a World Heritage Site, is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Kotorosl Rivers. It is one of the Golden Ring cities, a group of historic cities...	Aleksandr Pobegalov Aleksandr Pobegalov Aleksandr Mikhailovich Pobegalov is a Russian professional football coach. In 2011 he managed FC Shinnik Yaroslavl.-External links:...	Shinnik Shinnik Stadium Shinnik Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Yaroslavl, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Shinnik Yaroslavl. The stadium holds 22,990 people....	18,481
Khabarovsk Khabarovsk Khabarovsk is the largest city and the administrative center of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is located some from the Chinese border. It is the second largest city in the Russian Far East, after Vladivostok. The city became the administrative center of the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia...	Sergey Feldman	Lenin Stadium Lenin Stadium (Khabarovsk) Lenin Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Khabarovsk, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC SKA-Energia Khabarovsk. The stadium holds 15,200 people, it is named after Lenin and was opened in 1951....	15,200
Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg is a major city in the central part of Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range, it is the main industrial and cultural center of the Urals Federal District with a population of 1,350,136 , making it Russia's...	Vladimir Fedotov Vladimir Valentinovich Fedotov Vladimir Valentinovich Fedotov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He manages FC Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1983 for FC Uralmash Sverdlovsk. He played 6 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1996 for FC Uralmash...	Uralmash Uralmash Stadium Uralmash Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Yekaterinburg, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast also known as FC Ural Yekaterinburg. The stadium holds 13,000 people. it is now being re - constructed...	13,000
Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...	Omari Tetradze Omari Tetradze Omari Mikhailovich Tetradze is a former football player of Georgian Greek descent who, during his playing career, represented Russia at international level.-Early life:...	Lokomotiv Lokomotiv Stadium (Nizhny Novgorod) Lokomotiv Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was the home ground of FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod. The stadium holds 17,800 people and was opened in 2000....	17,856
Astrakhan Astrakhan Astrakhan is a major city in southern European Russia and the administrative center of Astrakhan Oblast. The city lies on the left bank of the Volga River, close to where it discharges into the Caspian Sea at an altitude of below the sea level. Population:...	Lev Ivanov Lev Ivanov Lev Ivanovich Ivanov was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer and later, Second Balletmaster of the Imperial Ballet....	Centralny Central Stadium (Astrakhan) Central Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Astrakhan, Russia. It is used mostly for football matches. The stadium, holding 18,500 people, was built in 1955....	20,500
Sochi Sochi Sochi is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, situated just north of Russia's border with the de facto independent republic of Abkhazia, on the Black Sea coast. Greater Sochi sprawls for along the shores of the Black Sea near the Caucasus Mountains...	Oleg Vasilenko Oleg Vasilenko Oleg Petrovich Vasilenko is a Russian professional football coach. He currently manages FC Krasnodar Reseves.-External links:...	Central Sochi Central Stadium Sochi Central Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Sochi, Russia, named after the Georgian footballer. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 10,200 people....	10,280

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing	Manner	Date	Table	Incoming	Date	Table
Dynamo St. Petersburg FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg is an association football club from Saint Petersburg, Russia. The club played in the Russian First Division in 2010 after winning the Western zone of the Russian Second Division in 2009. But, the club relegated back to the third level after finishing 16th in 2010...	Aleksandr Averyanov Aleksandr Nikolayevich Averyanov Aleksandr Nikolayevich Averyanov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. In 2010, he managed FC Dynamo St. Petersburg. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1966 for FC Chornomorets Odessa....	Resigned	15 April 2010	19th	Grigori Mikhalyuk Grigori Mikhalyuk Grigori Alekseyevich Mikhalyuk is a Russian professional football coach. Currently, he manages Dynamo St Petersburg-External links:*... (caretaker)
Dynamo Bryansk FC Dynamo Bryansk FC Dynamo Bryansk are a Russian football club based in Bryansk.In 2009 it came second in its Russian Second Division zone and was not promoted...	Soferbi Yeshugov Soferbi Yeshugov Soferbi Bachmizovich Yeshugov is a Russian professional football coach. Last time he managed of FC Dynamo Bryansk.-External links:...	Sacked	7 May 2010	20th	Sergei Ovchinnikov Sergei Ovchinnikov Sergei Ivanovich Ovchinnikov or Boss is a manager and former association football goalkeeper who played for the Russian national team...	7 May 2010	20th
Volga Nizhny Novgorod FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod is a Russian football club from Nizhny Novgorod, founded in 1963. In 2008, FC Volga won the Ural-Povolzhye zone of the Russian Second Division and advanced to the Russian First Division. It finished First Division as 4th in 2009 and finished one as 2nd in 2010 and...	Aleksandr Pobegalov Aleksandr Pobegalov Aleksandr Mikhailovich Pobegalov is a Russian professional football coach. In 2011 he managed FC Shinnik Yaroslavl.-External links:...	Resigned	8 May 2010	12th	Omari Tetradze Omari Tetradze Omari Mikhailovich Tetradze is a former football player of Georgian Greek descent who, during his playing career, represented Russia at international level.-Early life:...	8 May 2010	12th
Shinnik Yaroslavl FC Shinnik Yaroslavl FC Shinnik Yaroslavl is a Russian football club, based in Yaroslavl.From 1957 to 1960 the team was called Khimik.- Russia:- Current squad :, according to the .-Out on loan:- Notable players :...	Igor Lediakhov	Sacked	11 May 2010	18th	Aleksandr Pobegalov Aleksandr Pobegalov Aleksandr Mikhailovich Pobegalov is a Russian professional football coach. In 2011 he managed FC Shinnik Yaroslavl.-External links:...	11 May 2010	12th
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast FC Ural is a Russian football club. The club is based in Yekaterinburg but represents all Sverdlovsk Oblast. The club is in the Russian First Division.-Club colours:-History:...	Vladimir Fedotov Vladimir Valentinovich Fedotov Vladimir Valentinovich Fedotov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He manages FC Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1983 for FC Uralmash Sverdlovsk. He played 6 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1996 for FC Uralmash...	Sacked	11 May 2010	7th	Boris Stukalov Boris Stukalov Boris Alekseyevich Stukalov is a Russian professional football coach. He last managed FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast.-External links:...	14 May 2010	7th
Dynamo St. Petersburg FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg is an association football club from Saint Petersburg, Russia. The club played in the Russian First Division in 2010 after winning the Western zone of the Russian Second Division in 2009. But, the club relegated back to the third level after finishing 16th in 2010...	Grigori Mikhalyuk Grigori Mikhalyuk Grigori Alekseyevich Mikhalyuk is a Russian professional football coach. Currently, he manages Dynamo St Petersburg-External links:*... (caretaker)	Finished	19 May 2010	10th	Boris Zhuravlyov Boris Zhuravlyov Boris Ivanovich Zhuravlyov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player.-External links:*...	19 May 2010
Salyut Belgorod FC Salyut Belgorod FC Salyut Belgorod is a Russian association football club based in Belgorod. They play in the Russian Second Division.-History:The club was founded in 1960 and has been known as:Tsementnik Spartak...	Miroslav Romaschenko Miroslav Romaschenko Miroslav Yuryevich Romaschenko is a Belarussian professional football coach and a former player.He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg. He is the brother of Maksim Romaschenko...	Sacked	20 May 2010	16th	Leonid Koutchouk Leonid Koutchouk Leonid Kuchuk is an Belarusian football manager and former professional player. He currently manages Ukrainian Premier League club FC Arsenal Kyiv.He is the father of FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk's Aliaksei Kuchuk in the Russian First Division.-As a manager:...	20 May 2010	16th
Luch-Energiya	Leonid Nazarenko Leonid Nazarenko Leonid Vasilyevich Nazarenko is a retired Soviet football player and a current Russian coach.-International career:...	Sacked	22 May 2010	13th	Francisco Arcos Francisco Arcos Francisco "Paco" Arcos Arcos is a Spanish football manager currently in charge of the physical trainer and assistant manager of Alicante CF, and coordinator of youth football at club. Arcos became the first Spanish trainer to train in Russian football.-Club career:Arcos started training school... (caretaker)	22 May 2010	13th
Baltika FC Baltika Kaliningrad Baltika is an association football club based in Kaliningrad, Russia. Currently the club plays in the Football Championship of the National League.-History:The club was founded on 22 December 1954 as Pishchevik Kaliningrad...	Ivan Lyakh Ivan Lyakh Ivan Vasilyevich Lyakh is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. In 2010, he managed FC Baltika Kaliningrad.-External links:...	Sacked	5 June 2010	13th	Leonid Tkachenko Leonid Tkachenko Leonid Ivanovich Tkachenko is a former Soviet player and the Ukrainian-Russian coach.Together with Mykola Pavlov served as an interim coach for Ukrainian national football team when it traveled to Belarus for a friendly against the Belarusian national football team. Him and Pavlov were assistant...
Rotor	Vladimir Faizulin Vladimir Faizulin Vladimir Faizulovich Faizulin is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As a player, he made his debut in 1972 in the Soviet Second League for Barrikady Volgograd. He is an ethnic Tatar.-References:...	Sacked	26 June 2010	20th	Vitaliy Shevchenko Vitaliy Shevchenko Vitaliy Viktorovich Shevchenko is a Russian coach and former Soviet footballer, currently head-coach of FC Rotor Volgograd. He finished the Institute of Physical Education and the Supreme school of coaches in Moscow....	27 June 2010	20th
Dynamo St. Petersburg FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg is an association football club from Saint Petersburg, Russia. The club played in the Russian First Division in 2010 after winning the Western zone of the Russian Second Division in 2009. But, the club relegated back to the third level after finishing 16th in 2010...	Boris Zhuravlyov Boris Zhuravlyov Boris Ivanovich Zhuravlyov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player.-External links:*...	Sacked	22 July 2010	17th	Eduard Malofeyev	22 July 2010	20th
Khimki FC Khimki FC Khimki is a Russian association football club based in Khimki.-History:The team was formed in 1996 by merging two amateur clubs from Khimki, Rodina, and Novator. Khimki entered the amateur league and played their first official match on 17 May 1996. Of more than 150 amateur teams in the...	Aleksandr Tarkhanov Aleksandr Tarkhanov Aleksandr Fyodorovich Tarkhanov is a retired Soviet football player and a current Russian coach. He last managed FC Krylia Sovetov Samara.His son Yuri Tarkhanov is a professional footballer.-International career:...		30 July 2010	9th	Yevgeni Bushmanov (caretaker)
Zhemchuzhina-Sochi	Oleg Vasilenko Oleg Vasilenko Oleg Petrovich Vasilenko is a Russian professional football coach. He currently manages FC Krasnodar Reseves.-External links:...		2 August 2010	4th	Zurab Sanaya Zurab Sanaya Zurab Vladimirovich Sanaya is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Second League in 1985 for FC Nart Cherkessk.His son Anzor Sanaya is a professional footballer.-External links:...
Avangard Kursk FC Avangard Kursk FC Avangard Kursk is an association football club based in Kursk, Russia. In 2011, it will once again play in the Russian Second Division after taking the last place in Russian First Division in 2010, where it spent one season....	Valery Yesipov Valery Yesipov Valery Yesipov is a retired association footballer and a current manager, who is currently an assistant manager for FC Rotor Volgograd. He holds the record for most appearances in the Russian Premier League...	Sacked	17 August 2010	19th	Oleg Sergeyev Oleg Sergeyev Oleg Vyacheslavovich Sergeyev is a retired Russian football player. Currently, he works as an assistant coach with FC Salyut Belgorod.-Honours:* Soviet Premier League winner: 1991.* Soviet Premier League runner-up: 1990.... (caretaker)
Dynamo St. Petersburg FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg is an association football club from Saint Petersburg, Russia. The club played in the Russian First Division in 2010 after winning the Western zone of the Russian Second Division in 2009. But, the club relegated back to the third level after finishing 16th in 2010...	Eduard Malofeyev	Sacked	20 August 2010	20th	Sergey Frantsev
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Irtysh Omsk	Vladimir Arays Vladimir Arays Vladimir Mikhailovich Arays is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. In 2010, he managed FC Irtysh Omsk. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Second League in 1979 for FC Irtysh Omsk.-References:...	Sacked	2 September 2010	20th	Aleksandr Dorofeyev Aleksandr Dorofeyev Aleksandr Nikolayevich Dorofeyev is a Russian professional football coach and a former player currently managing FC Irtysh Omsk in the Russian Second Division.-External links:*...	2 September 2010
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Standings

Results

Top scorers

Last updated: 6 November 2010; Source: PFL
21 goal Otar Martsvaladze

Otar Martsvaladze

Otar Martsvaladze is a professional Georgian football player, currently playing in Russia for FC Krasnodar.-Career:Martsvaladze was signed for FC Dynamo Kyiv along with countryman Kakhaber Aladashvili in 2006....

(Volga
FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod
FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod is a Russian football club from Nizhny Novgorod, founded in 1963. In 2008, FC Volga won the Ural-Povolzhye zone of the Russian Second Division and advanced to the Russian First Division. It finished First Division as 4th in 2009 and finished one as 2nd in 2010 and...

)

18 goal Spartak Gogniyev

Spartak Gogniyev

Spartak Arturovich Gogniyev is a Russian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Krasnodar. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2000 for FC Dynamo Moscow...

(KAMAZ
FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny
KAMAZ is a Russian football club based in Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan. The club is currently in the Russian First Division.Colours are all white. Light blue shirts, white shorts.-History:...

/ Krasnodar
FC Krasnodar
FC Krasnodar is a Russian association football club from Krasnodar. In 2009 the club was promoted to the Russian First Division, the second highest division of the Russian football league system despite finishing Zone South of Second Division as 3rd. In 2009 club finished as 10th...

)

16 goal Sergei Davydov

Sergei Sergeyevich Davydov

Sergei Sergeyevich Davydov is a Russian professional football player. Currently, he plays for FC Kuban Krasnodar in the Russian Premier League as a striker.-Dynamo Bryansk:...

(Volgar-Gazprom
FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan
FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan is an association football club based in Astrakhan, Russia. In 2008, they won the Russian Second Division in the South Zone and were promoted to the Russian First Division for 2009.-History:...

/ Kuban
FC Kuban Krasnodar
FC Kuban is a Russian football club based in Krasnodar. In 2011 will play in the Russian Premier League after having won the Russian First Division in 2010....

)

15 goal Dmitri Golubov

Dmitri Golubov

Dmitri Sergeyevich Golubov is a Russian professional footballer. Until August 2011 he played for 1. Division club FC Baltika Kaliningrad, then he was transferred to FC Dynamo Bryansk, also 1. Division.. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2005 for FC Moscow.-External links:...

(Baltika
FC Baltika Kaliningrad
Baltika is an association football club based in Kaliningrad, Russia. Currently the club plays in the Football Championship of the National League.-History:The club was founded on 22 December 1954 as Pishchevik Kaliningrad...

)

13 goal Ruslan Mukhametshin

Ruslan Mukhametshin

Ruslan Nailevich Mukhametshin is a Russian professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Mordovia Saransk.He is the older brother of Rustem Mukhametshin.-Honours:...

(Mordovia
FC Mordovia Saransk
FC Mordovia Saransk is a Russian association football club from Saransk, Republic of Mordovia. In its current state it was formed in 2005, through the merger of Biokhimik-Mordovia and Lisma-Mordovia....

) Sergei Serdyukov

Sergei Serdyukov

Sergei Sergeyevich Serdyukov is a Russian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny.-External links: *...

Aleksandr Tikhonovetsky

Aleksandr Viktorovich Tikhonovetsky is a Russian football player. Currently he plays for FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok.He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2001 with PFC CSKA Moscow....

(Nizhny Novgorod
FC Nizhny Novgorod
FC Nizhny Novgorod is an association football club based in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Currently the club plays in the Russian First Division.In December 2007 a new team formed from an amateur team playing in the regional championship....

)

12 goal Azamat Gonezhukov

Azamat Gonezhukov

Azamat Nurbiyevich Gonezhukov is a Russian professional football player. Currently, he plays for FC Baltika Kaliningrad.-External links:*...

(Dynamo St. Petersburg
FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg
FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg is an association football club from Saint Petersburg, Russia. The club played in the Russian First Division in 2010 after winning the Western zone of the Russian Second Division in 2009. But, the club relegated back to the third level after finishing 16th in 2010...

)

11 goal Maksim Demenko

Maksim Demenko

Maksim Vladimirovich Demenko is an association footballer who plays as a central midfielder. He last played for FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi....

(Krasnodar
FC Krasnodar
FC Krasnodar is a Russian association football club from Krasnodar. In 2009 the club was promoted to the Russian First Division, the second highest division of the Russian football league system despite finishing Zone South of Second Division as 3rd. In 2009 club finished as 10th...

/ Zhemchuzhina-Sochi) Yevgeni Kaleshin

Yevgeni Kaleshin

Yevgeni Igorevich Kaleshin is a Russian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1999 for FC Shinnik Yaroslavl. He is the brother of Vitali Kaleshin and a son of Igor Kaleshin.-External links:...

Kirill Panchenko

Kirill Viktorovich Panchenko is a Russian professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Russian First Division for FC Mordovia Saransk....

Awards

Professional Football League announced the award winners for the season.

Best player: Andrey Tikhonov
Andrey Tikhonov
Andrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...

(FC Khimki
FC Khimki
FC Khimki is a Russian association football club based in Khimki.-History:The team was formed in 1996 by merging two amateur clubs from Khimki, Rodina, and Novator. Khimki entered the amateur league and played their first official match on 17 May 1996. Of more than 150 amateur teams in the...

).
Best goalkeeper: Aleksandr Budakov
Aleksandr Budakov
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Budakov is a Russian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Kuban Krasnodar. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 2006 for FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk.-External links: -References:...

(FC Kuban Krasnodar
FC Kuban Krasnodar
FC Kuban is a Russian football club based in Krasnodar. In 2011 will play in the Russian Premier League after having won the Russian First Division in 2010....

).
Best defender: Milan Vještica
Milan Vještica
Milan Vještica is a Serbian footballer who last played for FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi.Vještica has played in the Russian Premier League for Zenit, Rostov and Shinnik.-External links:*-References:...

(FC Shinnik Yaroslavl
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl is a Russian football club, based in Yaroslavl.From 1957 to 1960 the team was called Khimik.- Russia:- Current squad :, according to the .-Out on loan:- Notable players :...

).
Best midfielder: Andrey Tikhonov
Andrey Tikhonov
Andrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...

(FC Khimki
FC Khimki
FC Khimki is a Russian association football club based in Khimki.-History:The team was formed in 1996 by merging two amateur clubs from Khimki, Rodina, and Novator. Khimki entered the amateur league and played their first official match on 17 May 1996. Of more than 150 amateur teams in the...

).
Best striker: Spartak Gogniyev
Spartak Gogniyev
Spartak Arturovich Gogniyev is a Russian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Krasnodar. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2000 for FC Dynamo Moscow...

(FC Krasnodar
FC Krasnodar
FC Krasnodar is a Russian association football club from Krasnodar. In 2009 the club was promoted to the Russian First Division, the second highest division of the Russian football league system despite finishing Zone South of Second Division as 3rd. In 2009 club finished as 10th...

).
Best manager: Robert Yevdokimov
Robert Yevdokimov
Robert Gennadyevich Yevdokimov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Second League in 1987 for FC Turbina Naberezhnye Chelny...

(FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny
FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny
KAMAZ is a Russian football club based in Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan. The club is currently in the Russian First Division.Colours are all white. Light blue shirts, white shorts.-History:...

).

External links

2010 Russian First Division at Soccerway.com

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