2009 Russian Premier League

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Season 2009 Top goalscorer Welliton (21) Start date 2009 Goals scored 600		Champions FC Rubin Kazan Biggest home win Spartak Moscow 5–0 Tom Champion FC Rubin Kazan Matches played 240

Champions League FC Rubin KazanFC Spartak MoscowFC Zenit Saint Petersburg Europa League FC Lokomotiv MoscowPFC CSKA Moscow Relegated FC Kuban Krasnodar, FC Khimki, FC Moscow Similar 2011–12 Russian Premier L, 2006 Russian Premier L, 2012–13 Russian Premier L, 2013–14 Russian Premier L, 2014–15 Russian Premier L

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 played on 29 November 2009. On 21 November 2009 Rubin Kazan successfully retained their champion's title.

Teams

14 clubs placed 1–14 in Russian Premier League 2008 and 2 top clubs from Russian First Division 2008 take part in the league.

^1 Dynamo Moscow play their 2009 home games at Arena Khimki because their own Dynamo Stadium is undergoing renovation.

Managerial changes

^2 Valeri Karpin managed Spartak Moscow, while being the executive director of the team. At the same time, assistant manager Sergei Rodionov was registered as the first coach in the official match reports and was responsible for visiting official press conferences.

^3 Anatoli Davydov was registered as caretaker of Zenit St. Petersburg before being confirmed as head coach on 2 October.

^4 Since the start of the season Mariano Barreto was officially registered as head coach of Kuban Krasnodar because Sergei Ovchinnikov, who was registered as assistant coach, did not own a UEFA Pro Licence. On 30 May Barreto left the club, and Ovchinnikov was registered as caretaker.

League table

Source: RFPL (Russian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored; 7th position in previous season or decision game
¹Winners of Russian Cup 2009–10, Zenit, qualified for the Champions League, that means the loser finalists Sibir Novosibirsk will play in third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
²FC Moscow announced on 5 February 2010 that they will not participate in next season's Russian Premier League. On 17 February, they were officially excluded from the 2010 Russian Premier League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Source: RFPL (Russian)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Source: RFPL (Russian).

21 goals

Welliton (Spartak Moscow) (1 - from penalty kick)

16 goals

Aleksandr Bukharov (Rubin)

Alejandro Domínguez (Rubin) (8 - from penalty kick)

13 goals

Dmitri Sychev (Lokomotiv) (4 - from penalty kick)

12 goals

Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Dynamo) (3 - from penalty kick)

Alex (Spartak Moscow) (4 - from penalty kick)

11 goals

Shamil Lakhiyalov (Terek) (2 - from penalty kick)

10 goals

Vladimir Bystrov (Spartak Moscow / Zenit)

9 goals

Tomáš Necid (CSKA)

Miloš Krasić (CSKA)

Jan Koller (Krylia Sovetov)

Awards

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

Igor Akinfeev (CSKA)
Sergei Ryzhikov (Rubin)
Vladimir Gabulov (Dynamo)

Defensive midfielders

Sergei Semak (Rubin)
Igor Denisov (Zenit)
Dmitri Khokhlov (Dynamo)

References

2009 Russian Premier League Wikipedia

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