Russian First Division 2009
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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.
, two clubs relegated from Russian Premier League 2008
, five zone winners from Russian Second Division 2008
and two of the third-placed clubs from Russian Second Division 2008.
as 2008 champions
and Kuban Krasnodar
as runners-up have been promoted to the Premier League
. They will be replaced by relegated teams
Shinnik Yaroslavl
and Luch-Energia Vladivostok.
. These teams, ranked 16th through 22nd in 2008, were Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk
, Volga Ulyanovsk
, Torpedo Moscow
, Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk
, Dinamo Barnaul, Dinamo Bryansk
and Zvezda Irkutsk
.
The relegated teams were replaced by the five 2008 Second Division zone winners
. These were MVD Rossii Moscow
(West), Metallurg Lipetsk
(Center), Volgar-Gazprom-2 Astrakhan
(South), Volga Nizhny Novgorod
(Ural-Povolzhye) and FC Chita
(East).
avoided relegation in 2008 by finishing 15th, but announced refusal to play in the First Division on 18 December 2008. On 15 January 2009, SKA Rostov-on-Don
refused to play as well. Regulations provided that Sportakademclub and SKA should be replaced by two of the runners-up from the Second Division groups (FC Bataysk-2007
, FC Torpedo Vladimir
, FC Gazovik Orenburg
, FC Avangard Kursk
or FC Smena Komsomolsk-on-Amur). However, since all of those teams refused promotion, the places were eventually filled by third-place finishers FC Nizhny Novgorod
and FC Krasnodar
.
FC MVD Rossii resigned from the league on 17 July after playing 19 matches. The team was in the 19th position with 17 points.
18 goals Aleksei Medvedev
(Sibir
)
17 goals Spartak Gogniyev
(KAMAZ
)
16 goals Vladimir Shishelov
(Ural
)
15 goals Roman Grigoryan
(Vityaz
)
13 goals Otar Martsvaladze
(Anzhi
)
12 goals Nikita Burmistrov
(Shinnik
) Serghei Dadu
(Alania)
10 goals Anton Khazov
(Volga
)
9 goals Sergei Davydov
(Volgar-Gazprom-2) Denys Dedechko
(Luch-Energiya) Nicolae Josan
(Anzhi
) Vasili Karmazinenko
(SKA-Energiya)
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
. The season began on 28 March 2009 and ended on 4 November 2009.
Teams
The league has been reduced from 22 to 20 teams. It features eleven clubs from Russian First Division 2008Russian First Division 2008
The Russian First Division 2008 was the 17th edition of Russian First Division. There were 22 teams.-Teams:15 clubs placed 3–17 in Russian First Division 2007, 2 clubs relegated from Russian Premier League 2007 and 5 zone winners from Russian Second Division 2007 took part in the league:On 23...
, two clubs relegated from Russian Premier League 2008
Russian Premier League 2008
The Russian Premier League 2008 was the 17th edition of the Russian Football Championship, and the seventh under the current Russian Premier League name. The season started on Friday, 14 March 2008 with a match between Terek and Krylia Sovetov in Grozny. Krylia Sovetov won 3–0...
, five zone winners from Russian Second Division 2008
Russian Second Division 2008
The Russian Second Division 2008 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...
and two of the third-placed clubs from Russian Second Division 2008.
Movement between Premier League and First Division
FC RostovFC Rostov
FC Rostov is a Russian football club based in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast. The club are currently members of the Russian Premier League and play at the Olimp – 2 stadium.-History:...
as 2008 champions
Russian First Division 2008
The Russian First Division 2008 was the 17th edition of Russian First Division. There were 22 teams.-Teams:15 clubs placed 3–17 in Russian First Division 2007, 2 clubs relegated from Russian Premier League 2007 and 5 zone winners from Russian Second Division 2007 took part in the league:On 23...
and 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....
as runners-up have been promoted to the Premier League
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...
. They will be replaced by relegated teams
Russian Premier League 2008
The Russian Premier League 2008 was the 17th edition of the Russian Football Championship, and the seventh under the current Russian Premier League name. The season started on Friday, 14 March 2008 with a match between Terek and Krylia Sovetov in Grozny. Krylia Sovetov won 3–0...
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 :...
and Luch-Energia Vladivostok.
Movement between First Division and Second Division
Due to the league contraction, seven instead of the regular five teams were relegated to their respective Second Division groupRussian 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...
. These teams, ranked 16th through 22nd in 2008, were Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk
FC Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk
FC Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk is a Russian football club. In 2008, the club was relegated to the Russian Second Division.-Recent history:...
, Volga Ulyanovsk
FC Volga Ulyanovsk
FC Volga Ulyanovsk is professional association football club based in Ulyanovsk, Russia. In 2008, they were relegated to the Russian Second Division 2009 after they finished 17th in Russian First Division...
, Torpedo Moscow
FC Torpedo Moscow
FC Torpedo Moscow is an association football club, based in Moscow, Russia. The club was founded in 1930. On March 19, 2009 it was denied membership of the Professional Football League and did not play in the professional competitions in 2009...
, Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk
FC Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk
FC Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk are a Russian football club based in Pyatigorsk.In 2008, the club has been relegated to the Russian Second Division.-History:The history of Mashuk-KMV dates back to the 1920s and the team named Dynamo...
, Dinamo Barnaul, Dinamo 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...
and Zvezda Irkutsk
FC Zvezda Irkutsk
FC Zvezda Irkutsk was a Russian football club based in Irkutsk. Zvezda finished first in the Russian Second Division East in 2006, winning promotion to the Russian First Division...
.
The relegated teams were replaced by the five 2008 Second Division zone winners
Russian Second Division 2008
The Russian Second Division 2008 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...
. These were 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...
(West), 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....
(Center), Volgar-Gazprom-2 Astrakhan
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:...
(South), 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...
(Ural-Povolzhye) and FC 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...
(East).
Further team changes
Sportakademklub MoscowFC Sportakademklub Moscow
FC Sportakademklub Moscow is a Russian professional association football club, based in Moscow.Despite finishing outside of the Russian First Division relegation zone in 2008 , the club could not afford to participate in the 2009 season in the division and volunteered to get relegated to the...
avoided relegation in 2008 by finishing 15th, but announced refusal to play in the First Division on 18 December 2008. On 15 January 2009, SKA Rostov-on-Don
FC SKA Rostov-on-Don
FC SKA Rostov-on-Don is a Russian association football club based in Rostov-on-Don. The club's rich history includes becoming runners-up of the Soviet Top League in 1966 and winning the Soviet Cup in 1981.-History:...
refused to play as well. Regulations provided that Sportakademclub and SKA should be replaced by two of the runners-up from the Second Division groups (FC Bataysk-2007
FC Bataysk-2007
FC Bataysk-2007 was a Russian association football club from Bataysk, founded in 1998 and playing on the professional level since 2007 until 2010. On July 31, 2010 it dropped out from the Russian Second Division due to lack of finances. From 1998 to 2006 it was called FC Bataysk....
, FC Torpedo Vladimir
FC Torpedo Vladimir
Football Club Torpedo Vladimir is a Russian football club from Vladimir, founded in 1959. In 2011, they will play in the Russian First Division after winning their zone of the Russian Second Division in 2010. The club has been called Trud , Traktor and Motor . Their best historical result was 6th...
, FC Gazovik Orenburg
FC Gazovik Orenburg
FC Gazovik Orenburg is a Russian association football club from Orenburg, founded in 1976. In 2011, it will play in the second-highest Russian First Division after winning the 2010 Russian Second Division zone. It played professionally from 1976 to 1982 and from 1989 on...
, FC 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....
or FC Smena Komsomolsk-on-Amur). However, since all of those teams refused promotion, the places were eventually filled by third-place finishers FC 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....
and 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...
.
Overview
| Team | Location | Head Coach | Captain | Venue | Capacity | Position in 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vladikavkaz Vladikavkaz -Notable structures:In Vladikavkaz, there is a guyed TV mast, tall, built in 1961, which has six crossbars with gangways in two levels running from the mast structure to the guys.-Twin towns/sister cities:... |
 Mircea RednicMircea Rednic Mircea Rednic is a Romanian football manager and former defender. As of July 2010, he manages Khazar Lankaran in Azerbaijan.... |
Kamalutdin Akhmedov Kamalutdin Akhmedov Kamalutdin Magomedrasulovich Akhmedov is a Russian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Gazovik Orenburg. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2004 for FC Spartak Moscow... |
Republican Spartak Republican Spartak Stadium Republican Spartak Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Vladikavkaz, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium was built in 1962 and is able to hold 32,464 people. It is the home ground for FC Alania Vladikavkaz.... |
32,464 | ||
| Makhachkala Makhachkala -Twin towns/sister cities:Makhachkala is twinned with: Sfax, Tunisia Siping, China Spokane, United States Vladikavkaz, Russia Yalova, Turkey Ndola, Zambia-See also:*... |
 Omari TetradzeOmari 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:... |
Rasim Tagirbekov Rasim Tagirbekov Rasim Zagirbekovich Tagirbekov is a Russian professional footballer of Lezgin origin. Currently, he plays for FC Anzhi Makhachkala. He made his professional debut in the Russian First Division in 2003 for FC Anzhi Makhachkala.-References:... |
Dynamo Dynamo Stadium (Makhachkala) Dynamo Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Makhachkala, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was the home ground of FC Dynamo Makhachkala. The stadium holds 20,000 people and opened in 1962. It now hosts football matches for the financially rising Russian premier league... |
16,800 | ||
| 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 TkachenkoLeonid 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... |
Denis Matyola | 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.... |
14,660 | ||
| Novorossiysk Novorossiysk Novorossiysk is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. It is the country's main port on the Black Sea and the leading Russian port for importing grain. It is one of the few cities honored with the title of the Hero City. Population: -History:... |
Igor Cherniy Igor Cherniy Igor Vasilyevich Cherniy is a Russian professional football coach and a former player who is currently managing FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk.-External links:... (caretaker) |
Tsentralny (Trud) | 12,500 | |||
| Chita | Oleg Kokarev Oleg Kokarev Oleg Ivanovich Kokarev is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Second League in 1989 for FC Progress Biysk. Currently, he is an assistant manager with FC Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk... |
Ilya Makiyenko Ilya Makiyenko Ilya Vladimirovich Makiyenko is a retired Russian professional football player and coach. Currently, he works as an assistant manager for FC Chita.-External links:*... |
Lokomotiv Lokomotiv Stadium (Chita) Lokomotiv Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Chita, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 12,500 people.... |
10,200 | ||
| 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... |
Vitali Panov Vitali Panov Vitali Nikolayevich Panov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player.-External links:*... (caretaker) |
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 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 | ||
| 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:... |
Nurbiy Khakunov Nurbiy Khakunov Nurbiy Khasambiyevich Khakunov is a Russian professional football coach. Currently, he is a director with FC Krasnodar.-External links:... |
Maksim Demenko Maksim Demenko Maksim Vladimirovich Demenko is an association footballer who plays as a central midfielder. He last played for FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi.... |
Kuban | 35,200 | ||
| 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... |
Aleksandr Pobegalov Aleksandr Pobegalov Aleksandr Mikhailovich Pobegalov is a Russian professional football coach. In 2011 he managed FC Shinnik Yaroslavl.-External links:... |
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... |
10,200 | |||
| Lipetsk Lipetsk Lipetsk is a city and the administrative center of Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, located on the banks of the Voronezh River in the Don basin, southeast of Moscow.-History:... |
Valeri Tretyakov Valeri Tretyakov Valeri Mikhailovich Tretyakov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. In 2009, he managed FC Metallurg Lipetsk.-External links:*... (caretaker) |
Metallurg | 14,940 | |||
| Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... |
Vladimir Eshtrekov Vladimir Eshtrekov Vladimir Khazrailovich Eshtrekov is a Russian football manager and former Soviet international player. He played 163 games in the USSR championships and scored 17 goals.-International career:... |
Avangard, Domodedovo | 6,000 | |||
| 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:... |
Oleg Gubanov Oleg Gubanov Oleg Anatolyevich Gubanov is a Russian professional football player. He last played in the Russian Second Division for FC Zvezda Ryazan.-External links:*... |
Severny | 3,180 | ||
| Novotroitsk Novotroitsk Novotroitsk is a town in Orenburg Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of and along the Ural River, from Orenburg, on the border with Kazakhstan. In the east Novotroitsk almost borders Orsk: the distance between the two cities is less than... |
Gennady Gridin |
Ruslan Surodin Ruslan Surodin Ruslan Andreyevich Surodin is a Russian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2001 for FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk... |
Metallurg | 6,060 | ||
| 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:... |
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... |
Sergei Kushov Sergei Kushov Sergei Leonidovich Kushov is a Russian professional football player. Currently, he plays for FC Shinnik Yaroslavl.-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... |
Yuri Bykov Yuri Bykov Yuri Aleksandrovich Bykov is a Russian professional football manager and a former player player.-External links:*... |
Roman Monaryov Roman Monaryov Roman Hennadiovych Monaryov is a Ukrainian footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Nizhny Novgorod.-Honours:* Russian Cup winner: 2002.* Russian Premier League runner-up: 2002.* Ukrainian Premier League bronze: 1999.-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.... |
18,500 (in reconstruction time) | ||
| Novosibirsk Novosibirsk Novosibirsk is the third-largest city in Russia, after Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and the largest city of Siberia, with a population of 1,473,737 . It is the administrative center of Novosibirsk Oblast as well as of the Siberian Federal District... |
 Igor KriushenkoIgor Kriushenko Igor Nikolayevich Kriushenko is a Belarusian professional football coach and a former player. Since November 2011, he manages Uzbek club Shurtan Guzar.As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Second League in 1985 for Khimik Grodno.-References:... |
Aleksey Medvedev | Spartak Spartak Stadium (Novosibirsk) Spartak Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Novosibirsk, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Sibir Novosibirsk. The stadium holds 12,500 people.... |
12,500 | ||
| 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... |
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:... |
Andrey Konovalov Andrey Konovalov Andrey Konovalov is a Russian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1990s. He won a bronze medal in the C-4 500 m event at the 1997 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth.-References:**... |
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... |
Aleksey Katulsky | 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 | ||
| Podolsk Podolsk Podolsk is an industrial city and the administrative center of Podolsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Pakhra River... |
Andrei Novosadov Andrei Novosadov Andrey Nikolaevich Novosadov is an association football coach and a former goalkeeper. Currently, he works as an assistant manager with FC Vityaz Podolsk. He is the only goalkeeper to score a goal in Russian Premier League.... (caretaker) |
Andrei Smirnov | Trud | 12,000 | ||
| 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... |
Khazret Dyshekov Khazret Dyshekov Khazret Zhangeriyevich Dyshekov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan.His son Zhangeri Dyshekov is now a professional footballer as well.-External links:*... |
Vitali Astakhov Vitali Astakhov Vitali Gennadyevich Astakhov is a Russian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2002 for FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow.-External links:... |
Polyot | 4,600 | ||
| 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:... |
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.... |
Nail Magzhanov Nail Magzhanov Nail Munirovich Magzhanov is a Russian professional football player. Currently, he plays for FC Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.-External links:*... |
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.... |
18,500 |
FC MVD Rossii resigned from the league on 17 July after playing 19 matches. The team was in the 19th position with 17 points.
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing | Manner | Date | Table | Incoming | Date | Table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chernomorets 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.... |
Nikolai Yuzhanin Nikolai Yuzhanin Nikolai Nikolayevich Yuzhanin is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of May 2009, he is unemployed after being fired by FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk. As a player, he made his debut in 1991 the Soviet Second League in for FC Khimik Belorechensk.-External links: -References:... |
Sacked | 1 May 2009 | 20th | Eduard Sarkisov Eduard Sarkisov Eduard Rachikovich Sarkisov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Currently, he works as a manager with FC Slavyansky Slavyansk-na-Kubani. He is of Armenian descent.-External links:... (caretaker) |
||
| Shinnik 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 :... |
Sergei Pavlov Sergei Pavlov Sergei Aleksandrovich Pavlov is a Russian professional football coach who currently manages FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok.-External links:... |
Sacked | 12 May 2009 | 10th | 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:... |
12 May 2009 | 10th |
| Luch-Energiya |  Benjaminas ZelkevičiusBenjaminas Zelkevicius Benjaminas Zelkevičius is a football coach and a former striker from Lithuania. Zelkevičius has been manager of the Lithuania national football team on three separate occasions: from 1990–1991, 1995–1997, and 2001–2002... |
Sacked | 16 May 2009 | 19th | Konstantin Yemelyanov Konstantin Yemelyanov Konstantin Vladilenovich Yemelyanov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Currently, he works as an assistant coach with FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok.-External links:... (caretaker) |
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| 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... |
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:... |
Sacked | 29 May 2009 | 10th | 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... |
8 June 2009 | 8th |
| Nosta 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... |
Sergei Podpaly Sergei Podpaly Sergei Ivanovich Podpaly is a retired association football player and now coach... |
Sacked | 3 June 2009 | 16th | Oleg Samatov Oleg Samatov Oleg Anatolyevich Samatov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1989 for FC Uralets Uralsk.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1994.... (caretaker) |
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| 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... |
Sergei Petrenko Sergei Petrenko (footballer) Sergei Anatolyevich Petrenko is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1972 for FC Torpedo Moscow.... |
Sacked | 5 June 2009 | 19th | Sergei Perednya Sergei Perednya Sergei Aleksandrovich Perednya is a Russian football coach and a former player. Currently, he is a manager of FC Tom Tomsk in the Russian Premier League.-External links:... (caretaker) |
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| FC 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.... |
Mikhail Afonin Mikhail Afonin Mikhail Vasilyevich Afonin is a Russian professional football coach.-External links:... |
Sacked | 6 June 2009 | 17th | Viktor Zaidenberg Viktor Zaidenberg Viktor Lazarevich Zaidenberg is a Russian professional football coach. Currently, he is the president of FC Nizhny Novgorod.-External links:... |
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| MVD Rossii 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... |
Yuri Kovtun |
Sacked | 8 June 2009 | 16th | Vladimir Eshtrekov Vladimir Eshtrekov Vladimir Khazrailovich Eshtrekov is a Russian football manager and former Soviet international player. He played 163 games in the USSR championships and scored 17 goals.-International career:... |
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| 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.... |
Gennadi Styopushkin Gennadi Styopushkin Gennadi Nikolayevich Styopushkin is a Russian professional football coach and a former player.-Club career:As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Second League in 1981 for FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don. In 1997, He played for FC Seoul of the South Korean K-League, then known as Anyang LG... |
Sacked | 16 June 2009 | 17th | Valeri Tretyakov Valeri Tretyakov Valeri Mikhailovich Tretyakov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. In 2009, he managed FC Metallurg Lipetsk.-External links:*... (caretaker) |
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| Luch-Energiya | Konstantin Yemelyanov Konstantin Yemelyanov Konstantin Vladilenovich Yemelyanov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Currently, he works as an assistant coach with FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok.-External links:... (caretaker) |
Finished | 23 June 2009 | 14th |  Francisco ArcosFrancisco 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... |
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| Nosta 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... |
Oleg Samatov Oleg Samatov Oleg Anatolyevich Samatov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1989 for FC Uralets Uralsk.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1994.... (caretaker) |
Finished | 26 June 2009 | 14th | Gennady Gridin |
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| Ural 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:... |
Aleksandr Pobegalov Aleksandr Pobegalov Aleksandr Mikhailovich Pobegalov is a Russian professional football coach. In 2011 he managed FC Shinnik Yaroslavl.-External links:... |
Sacked | 13 July 2009 | 5th | 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... |
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| 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... |
Sergei Perednya Sergei Perednya Sergei Aleksandrovich Perednya is a Russian football coach and a former player. Currently, he is a manager of FC Tom Tomsk in the Russian Premier League.-External links:... (caretaker) |
Finished | 5 June 2009 | 16th | Khazret Dyshekov Khazret Dyshekov Khazret Zhangeriyevich Dyshekov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan.His son Zhangeri Dyshekov is now a professional footballer as well.-External links:*... |
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| Chernomorets 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.... |
Eduard Sarkisov Eduard Sarkisov Eduard Rachikovich Sarkisov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Currently, he works as a manager with FC Slavyansky Slavyansk-na-Kubani. He is of Armenian descent.-External links:... (caretaker) |
Finished | 24 July 2009 | 20th | Aleksandr Irkhin Aleksandr Irkhin Aleksandr Sergeyevich Irkhin is a Russian football coach. In 2009, he managed FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk.He started his managerial career in 1984 and managed several Russian lower division teams until 2003, when he came in charge of Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Astana... |
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| Alania | Valeriy Petrakov Valeriy Petrakov Valeriy Yuryevich Petrakov is a former Soviet soccer striker and current Russian coach.-Playing career:... |
Sacked | 10 August 2009 | 3rd | Aleksandr Yanovskiy Aleksandr Yanovskiy Aleksandr Arkadyevich Yanovskiy is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Currently, he works as an assistant coach with FC Alania Vladikavkaz.-External links:... (caretaker) |
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| Luch-Energiya | 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... |
Finished | 11 August 2009 | 16th | Aleksandr Pobegalov Aleksandr Pobegalov Aleksandr Mikhailovich Pobegalov is a Russian professional football coach. In 2011 he managed FC Shinnik Yaroslavl.-External links:... |
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| Alania | Aleksandr Yanovskiy Aleksandr Yanovskiy Aleksandr Arkadyevich Yanovskiy is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Currently, he works as an assistant coach with FC Alania Vladikavkaz.-External links:... (caretaker) |
Finished | 19 August 2009 | 3rd | Mircea Rednic Mircea Rednic Mircea Rednic is a Romanian football manager and former defender. As of July 2010, he manages Khazar Lankaran in Azerbaijan.... |
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| Chernomorets 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.... |
Aleksandr Irkhin Aleksandr Irkhin Aleksandr Sergeyevich Irkhin is a Russian football coach. In 2009, he managed FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk.He started his managerial career in 1984 and managed several Russian lower division teams until 2003, when he came in charge of Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Astana... |
Finished | 3 September 2009 | 19th | Igor Cherniy Igor Cherniy Igor Vasilyevich Cherniy is a Russian professional football coach and a former player who is currently managing FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk.-External links:... |
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| Vityaz 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... |
Sergei Balakhnin Sergei Balakhnin Sergei Nikolayevich Balakhnin is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He manages FC Rostov in the Russian Premier League. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Second League in 1979 for FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don.... |
Sacked | 18 September 2009 | 13th | Andrei Novosadov Andrei Novosadov Andrey Nikolaevich Novosadov is an association football coach and a former goalkeeper. Currently, he works as an assistant manager with FC Vityaz Podolsk. He is the only goalkeeper to score a goal in Russian Premier League.... (caretaker) |
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| Shinnik 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 :... |
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 | 1 October 2009 | 4th | Yuri Bykov Yuri Bykov Yuri Aleksandrovich Bykov is a Russian professional football manager and a former player player.-External links:*... |
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| 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:... |
Yuri Gazzaev Yuri Gazzaev Yuri Farzunovich Gazzaev is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Currently he manages FC Shinnik Yaroslavl. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet First League in 1978 for Spartak Ordzhonikidze.... |
Finished | 13 October 2009 | 7th | Vitali Panov Vitali Panov Vitali Nikolayevich Panov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player.-External links:*... (caretaker) |
Standings
Results
Top scorers
Last updated: 4 November 2009; Source: PFL18 goals Aleksei Medvedev
Aleksei Medvedev
Aleksei Sergeyevich Medvedev is a Russian professional footballer. He plays for Rubin Kazan.- Career :Medvedev, an alumnus of CSKA Moscow youth school, started his professional career in 1995 playing for Orekhovo in the Russian Second Division...
(Sibir
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...
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17 goals 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:...
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16 goals Vladimir Shishelov
Vladimir Shishelov
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shishelov is an Uzbekistani-Russian football striker who plays for FC Fakel Voronezh in the Russian First Division....
(Ural
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:...
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15 goals Roman Grigoryan
Roman Grigoryan
Roman Bagdasarovich Grigoryan is a Russian professional footballer of Armenian descent. He currently plays for Russian Premier League side FC Krylia Sovetov Samara.-References:* *...
(Vityaz
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...
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13 goals 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....
(Anzhi
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...
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12 goals Nikita Burmistrov
Nikita Burmistrov
Nikita Aleksandrovich Burmistrov is a Russian football forward who plays for Amkar Perm in the Russian Premier League.-References:...
(Shinnik
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 :...
) Serghei Dadu
Serghei Dadu
Serghei Dadu is a Moldovan footballer, who last played as a striker for Russian side Alania Vladikavkaz. He is also a member of Moldova national football team....
(Alania)
10 goals Anton Khazov
Anton Khazov
Anton Gennadyevich Khazov is a Russian footballer currently playing for FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod.-External links: -References:...
(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...
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9 goals 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-2) Denys Dedechko
Denys Dedechko
Denys Dedechko is a Ukrainian professional football player. He plays for FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok.- External links :*...
(Luch-Energiya) Nicolae Josan
Nicolae Josan
Nicolae Josan is a Moldovan footballer. He is currently unattached. He also has Russian citizenship.-External links: -International goals:...
(Anzhi
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...
) Vasili Karmazinenko
Vasili Karmazinenko
Vasili Sergeyevich Karmazinenko is a Russian professional football player. Currently, he plays for FC Sibir Novosibirsk.-External links:*...
(SKA-Energiya)
Awards
On November 25, 2009, Professional Football League announced the award winners for the season.- Best player: Aleksei MedvedevAleksei MedvedevAleksei Sergeyevich Medvedev is a Russian professional footballer. He plays for Rubin Kazan.- Career :Medvedev, an alumnus of CSKA Moscow youth school, started his professional career in 1995 playing for Orekhovo in the Russian Second Division...
(FC Sibir Novosibirsk). - Best goalkeeper: Sergei ChepchugovSergei ChepchugovSergei Andreyevich Chepchugov is a Russian professional footballer currently playing for PFC CSKA Moscow.-Career:He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 2004 for FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk...
(FC Sibir Novosibirsk). - Best defender: Rasim TagirbekovRasim TagirbekovRasim Zagirbekovich Tagirbekov is a Russian professional footballer of Lezgin origin. Currently, he plays for FC Anzhi Makhachkala. He made his professional debut in the Russian First Division in 2003 for FC Anzhi Makhachkala.-References:...
(FC Anzhi Makhachkala). - Best midfielder:
Nicolae JosanNicolae JosanNicolae Josan is a Moldovan footballer. He is currently unattached. He also has Russian citizenship.-External links: -International goals:...
(FC Anzhi Makhachkala). - Best striker: Aleksei Medvedev.
- Best manager: Omari TetradzeOmari TetradzeOmari Mikhailovich Tetradze is a former football player of Georgian Greek descent who, during his playing career, represented Russia at international level.-Early life:...
(FC Anzhi Makhachkala).