2009 Russian Premier League#Managerial changes

{{Short description|18th season of top-tier football league in Russia}}

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = Russian Premier League

| season = 2009

| winners = FC Rubin Kazan
2nd title

| relegated = FC Kuban Krasnodar
FC Khimki
FC Moscow

| continentalcup1 = Champions League

| continentalcup1 qualifiers = FC Rubin Kazan
FC Spartak Moscow
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg

| continentalcup2 = Europa League

| continentalcup2 qualifiers = FC Lokomotiv Moscow
PFC CSKA Moscow

| matches = 240

| total goals = 600

| league topscorer = Welliton (21)

| biggest home win = Spartak Moscow 5–0 Tom

| biggest away win = Saturn 0–5 Rubin

| highest scoring = 10 matches with 6 goals in each

| longest wins =

| longest unbeaten =

| longest losses =

| highest attendance =

| lowest attendance =

| average attendance =

| prevseason = 2008

| nextseason = 2010

}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.rg.ru/2009/03/12/a308864.html|script-title=ru:Расписание чемпионата России по футболу 2009|language=ru|access-date=4 December 2010}} The last matches were played on 29 November 2009. On 21 November 2009 Rubin Kazan successfully retained their champion's title.{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=922347.html |title=Jubilant Rubin reclaim Russian title |date=2009-11-21 |work=UEFA |access-date=2009-11-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091125115506/http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind%3D2/newsid%3D922347.html |archive-date=25 November 2009 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=701645&sec=europe&cc=5739|title=Rubin Kazan claim title|date=2009-11-21|work=ESPN|access-date=2009-11-21|archive-date=2012-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020030723/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=701645&sec=europe&cc=5739|url-status=dead}}

Teams

As in the previous season, 16 teams played in the 2009 season. After the 2008 season, Shinnik Yaroslavl and Luch-Energiya Vladivostok were relegated to the 2009 Russian First Division. They were replaced by Rostov and Kuban Krasnodar, the winners and runners up of the 2008 Russian First Division.

= Venues =

Dynamo Moscow played their home games during the 2009 season at the new Arena Khimki, due to their Dynamo Stadium undergoing renovation work.{{cite web|url=http://english.sport-express.ru/news/13_2855/|title=Dynamo on Arena Khimki|date=11 November 2008|publisher=Sport Express|access-date=15 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090407072437/http://english.sport-express.ru/news/13_2855|archive-date=2009-04-07|url-status=dead}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
Amkar

! CSKA

! Dynamo

! Khimki

Zvezda Stadium

| Luzhniki Stadium

| Arena Khimki

| Arena Khimki

Capacity: 17,000

| Capacity: 81,000

| Capacity: 18,840

| Capacity: 18,840

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Krylia

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Dynamo
Khimki
Lokomotiv
Moscow
Saturn
Spartak}}

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! Kuban

Metallurg Stadium

| Kuban Stadium

Capacity: 27,084

| Capacity: 28,800

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Lokomotiv

! Moscow

RZD Arena

| Eduard Streltsov Stadium

Capacity: 33,001

| Capacity: 13,450

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Rostov

! Rubin

Olimp-2

| Central Stadium

Capacity: 15,840

| Capacity: 22,500

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Saturn

! Spartak Moscow

Saturn Stadium

! Luzhniki Stadium

Capacity: 14,685

! Capacity: 81,029

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Spartak Nalchik

! Terek

! Tom

! Zenit Saint Petersburg

Spartak Stadium

| Sultan Bilimkhanov Stadium

| Trud Stadium

| Petrovsky Stadium

Capacity: 14,149

| Capacity: 10,400

| Capacity: 10,028

| Capacity: 21,570

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= Personnel and kits =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left"
Team

!Location

!Head coach

!Captain

!Kit manufacturer

!Shirt sponsor

Amkar Perm

|Perm

|{{flagicon|TJK}} Rashid Rakhimov

|{{flagicon|BUL}} Martin Kushev

|Nike

|

CSKA

|Moscow

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Leonid Slutsky

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Igor Akinfeev

|Reebok

|Aeroflot

Dynamo

|Moscow

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Andrey Kobelev

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Dmitri Khokhlov

|Umbro

|VTB Bank

Khimki

|Khimki

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Igor Chugainov {{small|(Caretaker)}}

|{{flagicon|BIH}} Dragan Blatnjak

|Nike

|

Krylia

|Samara

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Yuri Gazzaev

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Ruslan Ajinjal

|Nike

|

Kuban

|Krasnodar

|{{flagicon|ARM}} Poghos Galstyan {{small|(Caretaker)}}

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Andrei Topchu

|Nike

|

Lokomotiv

|Moscow

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Yuri Semin

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Rodolfo

|Adidas

|

Moscow

|Moscow

|{{flagicon|MNE}} Miodrag Božović

|{{flagicon|BLR}} Yuri Zhevnov

|Umbro

|

Rostov

|Rostov-on-Don

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Oleg Dolmatov

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Mikhail Osinov

|Nike

|

Rubin

|Kazan

|{{flagicon|TKM}} Kurban Berdyev

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Sergei Semak

|Nike

|

Saturn

|Ramenskoye

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Andrei Gordeyev {{small|(Caretaker)}}

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Aleksei Igonin

|Adidas

|

Spartak

|Moscow

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Valeri Karpin {{small|(Executive Director)}}

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Martin Jiránek

|Nike

|

Spartak

|Nalchik

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Yuri Krasnozhan

|{{flagicon|MNE}} Miodrag Džudović

|Umbro

|

Terek

|Grozny

|{{flagicon|AZE}} Shahin Diniyev {{small|(Caretaker)}}

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Timur Dzhabrailov

|Adidas

|SAT&Co Managing Company

Tom

|Tomsk

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Valery Nepomnyashchy

|{{flagicon|EST}} Sergei Pareiko

|

|

Zenit

|Saint Petersburg

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Anatoli Davydov

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Aleksandr Anyukov

|Nike

|Gazprom

= Managerial changes =

class="wikitable"
Team

! Outgoing manager

! Manner of departure

! Date of vacancy

! Position in table

! Replaced by

! Date of appointment

! Position in table

Amkar

| {{flagicon|MNE}} Miodrag Božović

|

|

|rowspan="4"|Preseason

| {{flagicon|BUL}} Dimitar Dimitrov

|

|rowspan="4"|Preseason

CSKA

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Valery Gazzaev

|

|

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Zico

| 9 January 2009{{cite web |title=Зико возглавил ЦСКА |url=https://sportrbc.ru/news/575505169a79474acad1157b |website=sportrbc.ru/ |publisher=Sport RBC |access-date=16 November 2020 |language=ru |date=10 January 2009}}

Khimki

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Sergei Yuran

|

|

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Konstantin Sarsania

| 15 December 2008{{cite web |title=Сарсания: я получил благословение Дика |url=https://www.rusfootball.info/pliga/1146058167-sarsanija-ja-poluchil-blagoslovenie-dika.html |website=rusfootball.info/ |publisher=RusFootball |access-date=17 November 2020 |language=ru |date=16 December 2008}}

Moscow

| {{flagicon|UKR}} Oleg Blokhin

|

|

| {{flagicon|MNE}} Miodrag Božović

| 28 November 2008{{cite web |title=Божович стал главным тренером Москвы |url=https://www.sports.ru/football/6304491.html |website=sports.ru/ |publisher=Sports RU |access-date=17 November 2020 |language=ru |date=28 November 2008}}

Spartak Moscow

| {{flagicon|Denmark}} Michael Laudrup

| Fired

| 15 April 2009{{cite web |title="Спартак" уволил Лаудрупа |url=https://www.championat.com/football/news-205848-spartak-uvolil-laudrupa.html |website=championat.com |publisher=Championat |access-date=17 November 2020 |language=ru |date=15 April 2009}}

| 10th

| {{flagicon|Russia}} Valeri Karpin {{small|(Executive Director)}}{{ref|2}}

|

|

Lokomotiv

| {{flagicon|TJK}} Rashid Rakhimov

| Fired

| 28 April 2009{{cite web|url=http://www.fclm.ru/news/00ebd64100e04e4da0aa9a428504ddf2.html#news_00ebd64100e04e4da0aa9a428504ddf2 |script-title=ru:Рашид Рахимов отстранен от работы с командой |date=28 April 2009 |publisher=FC Lokomotiv Moscow |access-date=28 April 2009 |language=ru |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501052048/http://www.fclm.ru/news/00ebd64100e04e4da0aa9a428504ddf2.html |archive-date=May 1, 2009 |url-status=dead }}

| 13th

| {{flagicon|UZB}} Vladimir Maminov {{small|(Caretaker)}}

| 28 April 2009

| 8th

Saturn

| {{flagicon|GER}} Jürgen Röber

| Fired

| 15 May 2009{{cite web|url=http://www.saturn-fc.ru/news/23885/|script-title=ru:Ребер отправлен в отставку |date=15 May 2009|publisher=FC Saturn Ramenskoye|access-date=15 May 2009|language=ru}}

| 15th

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Andrei Gordeyev {{small|(Caretaker)}}{{cite web|url=http://www.saturn-fc.ru/news/23896/|script-title=ru:Командой будет руководить Гордеев|date=20 May 2009|publisher=FC Saturn Ramenskoye|access-date=20 May 2009|language=ru}}

| 15 May 2009

| 15th

Saturn

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Andrei Gordeyev {{small|(Caretaker)}}

| End of role

| 20 May 2009

|

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Andrei Gordeyev

| 20 May 2009

|

Lokomotiv

| {{flagicon|UZB}} Vladimir Maminov {{small|(Caretaker)}}

| End of role

| 1 June 2009

| 8th

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Yuri Semin

| 1 June 2009{{cite web |title=Сёмин назначен главным тренером Локомотива |url=https://www.championat.com/football/news-228428-sjomin-naznachen-glavnym-trenerom-lokomotiva.html |website=championat.com/ |publisher=Championat |access-date=18 November 2020 |language=ru |date=26 May 2009}}

| 8th

Zenit

| {{flagicon|NLD}} Dick Advocaat

| Fired

| 10 August 2009{{cite web |title=Advocaat sacked as Zenit manager |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/8192749.stm |website=bbc.co.uk |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=18 November 2020 |date=10 August 2009}}

| 8th

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Anatoli Davydov {{small|(Caretaker)}}

| 10 August 2009

| 8th

Kuban

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Sergei Ovchinnikov

| Fired

| 11 August 2009

| 14th

| {{flagicon|ARM}} Poghos Galstyan {{small|(Caretaker)}}

| 11 August 2009{{cite web |title=ФК "Кубань" возглавил Погос Галстян |url=https://www.yuga.ru/news/162850/ |website=yuga.ru/ |publisher=Yuga |access-date=18 November 2020 |language=ru |date=11 August 2009}}

| 14th

Amkar

| {{flagicon|BUL}} Dimitar Dimitrov

| Fired

| 1 September 2009

| 13th

| {{flagicon|TJK}} Rashid Rakhimov

| 5 September 2009{{cite web |title=Амкар возглавил Рашид Рахимов |url=https://www.infox.ru/news/23/26749-amkar-vozglavil-rasid-rahimov |website=infox.ru/ |publisher=infox |access-date=17 November 2020 |language=ru |date=5 September 2009}}

|

CSKA

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Zico

| Sacked

| 10 September 2009{{cite web |title=ZICO OUT, RAMOS IN AT CSKA |url=https://www.ftbl.com.au/news/zico-out-ramos-in-at-cska-155454 |website=ftbl.com.au/ |publisher=FTBL |access-date=17 November 2020 |date=11 September 2009}}

| 4th

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Juande Ramos

| 10 September 2009{{cite web |title=Ramos appointed CSKA Moscow coach |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/8248851.stm |website=bbc.co.uk/ |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=17 November 2020 |date=10 September 2020}}

| 4th

Khimki

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Konstantin Sarsania

| Resigned

| 19 September 2009{{cite web |title=Главный тренер ФК "Химки" ушел в отставку - Вести-Спорт |url=https://ria.ru/20090919/185677570.html |website=ria.ru |publisher=RIA |access-date=17 November 2020 |language=ru |date=19 September 2009}}

| 16th

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Igor Chugainov {{small|(Caretaker)}}

|

|

Zenit

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Anatoli Davydov {{small|(Caretaker)}}

| End of role

| 2 October 2009{{cite web |title=Футбол. Анатолий Давыдов избавился от приставки и. о. |url=https://www.pressball.by/news/football/56063 |website=pressball.by |publisher=Press Ball |language=ru |access-date=18 November 2020 |date=3 October 2009}}

|

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Anatoli Davydov

| 2 October 2009

|

Krylia Sovetov

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Leonid Slutsky

| Resigned

| 9 October 2009{{cite web |title=Слуцкий подал в отставку с поста наставника Крыльев Советов |url=https://sportrbc.ru/news/575506219a79474acad11d2c?ruid=NaN |website=sportrbc.ru |publisher=Sport RBC |access-date=18 November 2020 |language=ru |date=8 October 2009}}

| 10th

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Yuri Gazzaev {{small|(Caretaker)}}

| 10 October 20009{{cite web |title=И.о. главного тренера "Крыльев Советов" стал Юрий Газзаев |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1254155 |website=kommersant.ru/ |publisher=Kommersant |access-date=18 November 2020 |language=ru |date=10 October 2009}}

| 10th

Terek

| {{flagicon|UKR}} Vyacheslav Hrozny

| Resigned

| 20 October 2009{{cite web |title=ГРОЗНЫЙ ПОКИДАЕТ ТЕРЕК |url=https://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/2009-10-21/2_1/ |website=sport-express.ru/ |publisher=Sport Express |access-date=18 November 2020 |language=ru |date=21 October 2009}}

| 9th

| {{flagicon|AZE}} Shahin Diniyev {{small|(Caretaker)}}

| 20 October 2009

| 9th

CSKA

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Juande Ramos

| Mutual Termination

| 26 October 2009{{cite web |title=Manager Ramos leaves CSKA Moscow |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/8325748.stm |website=bbc.co.uk/ |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=17 November 2020 |date=26 October 2009}}

| 5th

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Leonid Slutsky

| 26 October 2009{{cite web |title=CSKA appoint Slutski as Ramos departs |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01de-0e732d49f6ce-33c0df89a6db-1000--cska-appoint-slutski-as-ramos-departs/?referrer=%2Fuefachampionsleague%2Fnews%2Fnewsid%3D910892 |website=UEFA |publisher=UEFA |access-date=17 November 2020 |date=26 October 2009}}

| 5th

League table

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|team2=SPA|name_SPA=Spartak Moscow

|team3=ZEN|name_ZEN=Zenit St. Petersburg

|team4=LOK|name_LOK=Lokomotiv Moscow

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|team6=MOS|name_MOS=FC Moscow

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|team9=TOM|name_TOM=Tom Tomsk

|team10=KRY|name_KRY=Krylia Sovetov Samara

|team11=SPN|name_SPN=Spartak Nalchik

|team12=TER|name_TER=Terek Grozny

|team13=AMK|name_AMK=Amkar Perm

|team14=ROS|name_ROS=Rostov

|team15=KUB|name_KUB=Kuban Krasnodar

|team16=KHI|name_KHI=Khimki

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|win_SPA=17|draw_SPA=4|loss_SPA=9|gf_SPA=61|ga_SPA=33

|win_ZEN=15|draw_ZEN=9|loss_ZEN=6|gf_ZEN=48|ga_ZEN=27

|win_LOK=15|draw_LOK=9|loss_LOK=6|gf_LOK=43|ga_LOK=30

|win_CSK=16|draw_CSK=4|loss_CSK=10|gf_CSK=48|ga_CSK=30

|win_MOS=13|draw_MOS=9|loss_MOS=8|gf_MOS=39|ga_MOS=28|status_MOS=R

|win_SAT=13|draw_SAT=6|loss_SAT=11|gf_SAT=38|ga_SAT=41

|win_DYN=12|draw_DYN=6|loss_DYN=12|gf_DYN=31|ga_DYN=37

|win_TOM=11|draw_TOM=8|loss_TOM=11|gf_TOM=31|ga_TOM=39

|win_KRY=10|draw_KRY=6|loss_KRY=14|gf_KRY=32|ga_KRY=42

|win_SPN=8|draw_SPN=11|loss_SPN=11|gf_SPN=36|ga_SPN=33

|win_TER=9|draw_TER=6|loss_TER=15|gf_TER=33|ga_TER=48

|win_AMK=8|draw_AMK=9|loss_AMK=13|gf_AMK=27|ga_AMK=37

|win_ROS=7|draw_ROS=11|loss_ROS=12|gf_ROS=28|ga_ROS=39

|win_KUB=6|draw_KUB=10|loss_KUB=14|gf_KUB=23|ga_KUB=51|status_KUB=R

|win_KHI=2|draw_KHI=4|loss_KHI=24|gf_KHI=20|ga_KHI=64|status_KHI=R

|col_CLGS=green1|text_CLGS=Qualification to Champions League group stage

|result1=CLGS|result2=CLGS

|col_CL3=green2|text_CL3=Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round

|note_res_CL3=Winners of 2009–10 Russian Cup, Zenit, qualified for the Champions League, that means the loser finalists Sibir Novosibirsk will play in third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

|result3=CL3

|col_ELPR=blue1|text_ELPR=Qualification to Europa League play-off round

|result4=ELPR|result5=ELPR

|col_EXP=black1|text_EXP=Club expelled after season

|note_res_EXP=FC Moscow announced on 5 February 2010 that they will not participate in next season's Russian Premier League. On 17 February, they were officially excluded from the 2010 Russian Premier League.[http://www.sports.ru/football/68883430.html http://www.sports.ru/football/68883430.html «Москва» не будет играть в премьер-лиге][http://news.sport-express.ru/2010-02-11/344517 Плотников уведомил РФПЛ о снятии "Москвы" с чемпионата России][http://www.rfpl.org/news/2010/02/16/fk_moskva_prekraschaet_chlenstvo_v_premjer-lige ФК "Москва" прекращает членство в Премьер-Лиге] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100219050619/http://rfpl.org/news/2010/02/16/fk_moskva_prekraschaet_chlenstvo_v_premjer-lige |date=2010-02-19 }}

|result6=EXP

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to First Division

|result15=R|result16=R

|update=complete

|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090228195852/http://www.rfpl.org/champ.shtml RFPL] {{in lang|ru}}

|class_rules=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

}}

Results

{{#invoke:Sports results|main

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|match_CSK_ZEN=2–1

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|match_DYN_CSK=1–2

|match_DYN_KHI=3–2

|match_DYN_KRY=0–1

|match_DYN_KUB=1–1

|match_DYN_LOK=0–2

|match_DYN_MOS=1–0

|match_DYN_ROS=1–0

|match_DYN_RUB=0–3

|match_DYN_SAT=1–0

|match_DYN_SPA=1–1

|match_DYN_SPN=2–1

|match_DYN_TER=0–1

|match_DYN_TOM=0–1

|match_DYN_ZEN=1–0

|name_KHI=Khimki

|match_KHI_AMK=2–0

|match_KHI_CSK=0–3

|match_KHI_DYN=0–2

|match_KHI_KRY=1–3

|match_KHI_KUB=2–2

|match_KHI_LOK=1–3

|match_KHI_MOS=1–1

|match_KHI_ROS=0–1

|match_KHI_RUB=2–3

|match_KHI_SAT=1–0

|match_KHI_SPA=0–3

|match_KHI_SPN=0–2

|match_KHI_TER=1–2

|match_KHI_TOM=1–3

|match_KHI_ZEN=0–4

|name_KRY=Krylia Sovetov Samara

|match_KRY_AMK=1–0

|match_KRY_CSK=1–3

|match_KRY_DYN=3–1

|match_KRY_KHI=3–0

|match_KRY_KUB=1–0

|match_KRY_LOK=1–3

|match_KRY_MOS=1–1

|match_KRY_ROS=2–2

|match_KRY_RUB=1–2

|match_KRY_SAT=0–2

|match_KRY_SPA=2–1

|match_KRY_SPN=0–0

|match_KRY_TER=2–0

|match_KRY_TOM=1–3

|match_KRY_ZEN=0–1

|name_KUB=Kuban Krasnodar

|match_KUB_AMK=1–0

|match_KUB_CSK=1–0

|match_KUB_DYN=1–1

|match_KUB_KHI=2–1

|match_KUB_KRY=0–0

|match_KUB_LOK=1–0

|match_KUB_MOS=3–3

|match_KUB_ROS=0–0

|match_KUB_RUB=0–3

|match_KUB_SAT=0–2

|match_KUB_SPA=1–0

|match_KUB_SPN=2–2

|match_KUB_TER=1–1

|match_KUB_TOM=0–0

|match_KUB_ZEN=0–2

|name_LOK=Lokomotiv Moscow

|match_LOK_AMK=1–0

|match_LOK_CSK=2–1

|match_LOK_DYN=1–1

|match_LOK_KHI=1–1

|match_LOK_KRY=2–1

|match_LOK_KUB=4–1

|match_LOK_MOS=1–0

|match_LOK_ROS=2–0

|match_LOK_RUB=2–1

|match_LOK_SAT=2–2

|match_LOK_SPA=2–1

|match_LOK_SPN=1–0

|match_LOK_TER=4–0

|match_LOK_TOM=0–0

|match_LOK_ZEN=1–1

|name_MOS=FC Moscow

|match_MOS_AMK=0–2

|match_MOS_CSK=2–0

|match_MOS_DYN=1–2

|match_MOS_KHI=3–0

|match_MOS_KRY=2–1

|match_MOS_KUB=4–1

|match_MOS_LOK=0–0

|match_MOS_ROS=2–0

|match_MOS_RUB=1–3

|match_MOS_SAT=3–1

|match_MOS_SPA=3–1

|match_MOS_SPN=0–2

|match_MOS_TER=0–0

|match_MOS_TOM=2–1

|match_MOS_ZEN=1–0

|name_ROS=Rostov

|match_ROS_AMK=1–1

|match_ROS_CSK=1–0

|match_ROS_DYN=0–1

|match_ROS_KHI=2–0

|match_ROS_KRY=0–0

|match_ROS_KUB=3–3

|match_ROS_LOK=1–1

|match_ROS_MOS=2–2

|match_ROS_RUB=1–2

|match_ROS_SAT=1–2

|match_ROS_SPA=0–1

|match_ROS_SPN=1–1

|match_ROS_TER=1–1

|match_ROS_TOM=0–0

|match_ROS_ZEN=2–1

|name_RUB=Rubin Kazan

|match_RUB_AMK=1–2

|match_RUB_CSK=1–2

|match_RUB_DYN=3–0

|match_RUB_KHI=2–1

|match_RUB_KRY=4–1

|match_RUB_KUB=3–0

|match_RUB_LOK=2–0

|match_RUB_MOS=0–0

|match_RUB_ROS=0–2

|match_RUB_SAT=5–1

|match_RUB_SPA=0–2

|match_RUB_SPN=2–0

|match_RUB_TER=4–0

|match_RUB_TOM=4–0

|match_RUB_ZEN=0–0

|name_SAT=Saturn

|match_SAT_AMK=2–0

|match_SAT_CSK=0–3

|match_SAT_DYN=0–0

|match_SAT_KHI=1–0

|match_SAT_KRY=3–1

|match_SAT_KUB=2–1

|match_SAT_LOK=2–0

|match_SAT_MOS=0–1

|match_SAT_ROS=4–0

|match_SAT_RUB=0–5

|match_SAT_SPA=2–1

|match_SAT_SPN=1–0

|match_SAT_TER=3–0

|match_SAT_TOM=0–0

|match_SAT_ZEN=2–2

|name_SPA=Spartak Moscow

|match_SPA_AMK=5–1

|match_SPA_CSK=2–3

|match_SPA_DYN=0–2

|match_SPA_KHI=1–0

|match_SPA_KRY=1–1

|match_SPA_KUB=4–0

|match_SPA_LOK=3–0

|match_SPA_MOS=2–1

|match_SPA_ROS=5–1

|match_SPA_RUB=0–3

|match_SPA_SAT=4–0

|match_SPA_SPN=2–0

|match_SPA_TER=2–0

|match_SPA_TOM=5–0

|match_SPA_ZEN=1–1

|name_SPN=Spartak Nalchik

|match_SPN_AMK=4–1

|match_SPN_CSK=1–1

|match_SPN_DYN=2–4

|match_SPN_KHI=0–0

|match_SPN_KRY=0–1

|match_SPN_KUB=4–0

|match_SPN_LOK=0–1

|match_SPN_MOS=0–0

|match_SPN_ROS=1–0

|match_SPN_RUB=0–0

|match_SPN_SAT=1–1

|match_SPN_SPA=2–4

|match_SPN_TER=4–2

|match_SPN_TOM=3–0

|match_SPN_ZEN=2–2

|name_TER=Terek Grozny

|match_TER_AMK=2–2

|match_TER_CSK=1–1

|match_TER_DYN=1–0

|match_TER_KHI=2–0

|match_TER_KRY=3–2

|match_TER_KUB=0–1

|match_TER_LOK=2–1

|match_TER_MOS=1–2

|match_TER_ROS=1–3

|match_TER_RUB=1–2

|match_TER_SAT=1–1

|match_TER_SPA=2–3

|match_TER_SPN=1–0

|match_TER_TOM=4–0

|match_TER_ZEN=3–2

|name_TOM=Tom Tomsk

|match_TOM_AMK=1–2

|match_TOM_CSK=2–3

|match_TOM_DYN=2–3

|match_TOM_KHI=4–0

|match_TOM_KRY=0–1

|match_TOM_KUB=1–0

|match_TOM_LOK=1–3

|match_TOM_MOS=0–0

|match_TOM_ROS=2–1

|match_TOM_RUB=0–0

|match_TOM_SAT=3–1

|match_TOM_SPA=1–1

|match_TOM_SPN=1–0

|match_TOM_TER=2–1

|match_TOM_ZEN=0–3

|name_ZEN=Zenit St. Petersburg

|match_ZEN_AMK=0–0

|match_ZEN_CSK=2–0

|match_ZEN_DYN=2–1

|match_ZEN_KHI=4–2

|match_ZEN_KRY=2–0

|match_ZEN_KUB=2–0

|match_ZEN_LOK=1–1

|match_ZEN_MOS=1–0

|match_ZEN_ROS=2–0

|match_ZEN_RUB=0–0

|match_ZEN_SAT=2–1

|match_ZEN_SPA=2–1

|match_ZEN_SPN=2–2

|match_ZEN_TER=2–0

|match_ZEN_TOM=0–2

|update=complete

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Season statistics

= Top goalscorers =

{{updated|matches played on 29 November 2009.}}

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Rank

! Player

! Club

! Goal

rowspan="1" |1

| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|BRA}} Welliton

| style="text-align: left;" | Spartak

| rowspan="1" |20

rowspan="2" |2

| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|RUS}} Aleksandr Bukharov

| style="text-align: left;" | Rubin

| rowspan="2" |16

style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|ARG}} Alejandro Domínguez

| style="text-align: left;" | Rubin

rowspan="1" |4

| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|RUS}} Dmitri Sychev

| style="text-align: left;" | Lokomotiv

| rowspan="1" |13

rowspan="2" |5

| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|RUS}} Aleksandr Kerzhakov

| style="text-align: left;" | Dynamo

| rowspan="2" |12

style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|BRA}} Alex

| style="text-align: left;" | Spartak

rowspan="1" |7

| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|RUS}} Shamil Lakhiyalov

| style="text-align: left;" | Terek

| rowspan="1" |11

rowspan="1" |8

| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|RUS}} Vladimir Bystrov

| style="text-align: left;" | Dynamo / Zenit

| rowspan="1" |10

rowspan="3" |9

| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|CZE}} Tomáš Necid

| style="text-align: left;" | CSKA

| rowspan="3" |9

style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|SRB}} Miloš Krasić

| style="text-align: left;" | CSKA

style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|CZE}} Jan Koller

| style="text-align: left;" | Krylia

Awards

On 24 November 2009 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:{{cite news |script-title=ru:Список 33-х лучших игроков Премьер-Лиги сезона-2009|url=http://rfs.ru/?node=rfs-news&leaf=9d234808ed6643adb2ff69fa3796ccaa#news_9d234808ed6643adb2ff69fa3796ccaa|publisher=Russian Football Union |date=2009-11-24 |access-date=2009-11-24 |language=ru| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091128094947/http://rfs.ru/?node=rfs-news&leaf=9d234808ed6643adb2ff69fa3796ccaa| archive-date= 28 November 2009 | url-status= live}}

;Goalkeepers

  1. {{flagicon|Russia}} Igor Akinfeev (CSKA)
  2. {{flagicon|Russia}} Sergei Ryzhikov (Rubin)
  3. {{flagicon|Russia}} Vladimir Gabulov (Dynamo)

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;Right backs

  1. {{flagicon|Russia}} Aleksandr Anyukov (Zenit)
  2. {{flagicon|Russia}} Sergei Parshivlyuk (Spartak M.)
  3. {{flagicon|Russia}} Kirill Nababkin (Moscow)

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;Right-centre backs

  1. {{flagicon|Russia}} Roman Sharonov (Rubin)
  2. {{flagicon|Russia}} Vasili Berezutskiy (CSKA)
  3. {{flagicon|Czech}} Martin Jiránek (Spartak M.)

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;Left-centre backs

  1. {{flagicon|Russia}} Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA)
  2. {{flagicon|Spain}} César Navas (Rubin)
  3. {{flagicon|Russia}} Denis Kolodin (Dynamo)

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;Left backs

  1. {{flagicon|Argentina}} Cristian Ansaldi (Rubin)
  2. {{flagicon|Russia}} Renat Yanbaev (Lokomotiv)
  3. {{flagicon|Russia}} Georgi Schennikov (CSKA)

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;Defensive midfielders

  1. {{flagicon|Russia}} Sergei Semak (Rubin)
  2. {{flagicon|Russia}} Igor Denisov (Zenit)
  3. {{flagicon|Russia}} Dmitri Khokhlov (Dynamo)

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;Right wingers

  1. {{flagicon|Russia}} Vladimir Bystrov (Spartak M. / Zenit)
  2. {{flagicon|Serbia}} Miloš Krasić (CSKA)
  3. {{flagicon|Russia}} Aleksandr Samedov (Moscow)

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;Central midfielders

  1. {{flagicon|Brazil}} Alex (Spartak M.)
  2. {{flagicon|Russia}} Alan Dzagoev (CSKA)
  3. {{flagicon|Russia}} Igor Semshov (Zenit)

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;Left wingers

  1. {{flagicon|Russia}} Konstantin Zyryanov (Zenit)
  2. {{flagicon|Lithuania}} Edgaras Česnauskis (Moscow)
  3. {{flagicon|Russia}} Aleksandr Ryazantsev (Rubin)

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;Right forwards

  1. {{flagicon|Brazil}} Welliton (Spartak M.)
  2. {{flagicon|Russia}} Aleksandr Bukharov (Rubin)
  3. {{flagicon|Turkey}} Fatih Tekke (Zenit)

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;Left forwards

  1. {{flagicon|Argentina}} Alejandro Domínguez (Rubin)
  2. {{flagicon|Russia}} Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Dynamo)
  3. {{flagicon|Russia}} Dmitri Sychev (Lokomotiv)

{{Col-end}}

Medal squads

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| align="center" width="700" | 1. FC Rubin Kazan

bgcolor="#E8E8E8"

| align="left" width="700" |

Goalkeepers: Sergei Ryzhikov (29), Nukri Revishvili {{flagicon|GEO}} (1).

Defenders: César Navas {{flagicon|ESP}} (28), Cristian Ansaldi {{flagicon|ARG}} (25 / 1), Roman Sharonov (25 / 2), Vitali Kaleshin (18), Lasha Salukvadze {{flagicon|GEO}} (10 / 1), Aleksei Popov (10), Dato Kvirkvelia {{flagicon|GEO}} (7), Aleksandr Orekhov (2), Stjepan Tomas {{flagicon|CRO}} (1).

Midfielders: Sergei Semak (26 / 6), Gökdeniz Karadeniz {{flagicon|TUR}} (25 / 6), MacBeth Sibaya {{flagicon|RSA}} (23 / 1), Christian Noboa {{flagicon|ECU}} (22 / 2), Aleksandr Ryazantsev (18 / 3), Yevgeni Balyaikin (17), Andrei Gorbanets (11), Pyotr Bystrov (11), Alan Kasaev (10 / 1), Rafał Murawski {{flagicon|POL}} (7 / 1), Serhii Rebrov {{flagicon|UKR}} (7), Makhach Gadzhiyev (1), Aleksei Kotlyarov (1).

Forwards: Alejandro Domínguez {{flagicon|ARG}} (23 / 19), Aleksandr Bukharov (23 / 16), Hasan Kabze {{flagicon|TUR}} (14 / 2), Roman Adamov (13 / 2), Igor Portnyagin (2 / 1), Davron Mirzayev {{flagicon|UZB}} (1).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Kurban Berdyev.

Transferred out during the season: Roman Adamov (on loan to FC Krylia Sovetov Samara), Serhii Rebrov {{flagicon|UKR}} (retired), Makhach Gadzhiyev (end of loan from FC Saturn Moscow Oblast).

bgcolor="#FF0000"

| align="center" width="700" | 2. FC Spartak Moscow

bgcolor="#E8E8E8"

| align="left" width="700" |

Goalkeepers: Soslan Dzhanayev (26), Stipe Pletikosa {{flagicon|CRO}} (4).

Defenders: Martin Jiránek {{flagicon|CZE}} (29 / 1), Sergei Parshivlyuk (21 / 1), Martin Stranzl {{flagicon|AUT}} (19 / 1), Malik Fathi {{flagicon|GER}} (16 / 3), Fyodor Kudryashov (7), Clemente Rodríguez {{flagicon|ARG}} (7), Egor Filipenko {{flagicon|BLR}} (5 / 1), Ignas Dedura {{flagicon|LTU}} (4).

Midfielders: Alex {{flagicon|BRA}} (29 / 12), Rafael Carioca {{flagicon|BRA}} (23), Yevgeni Makeyev (20 / 2), Vladimir Bystrov (18 / 4), Denis Boyarintsev (18), Renat Sabitov (17), Serghei Covalciuc {{flagicon|MDA}} (16), Ivan Saenko (13 / 1), Aleksandr Pavlenko (10), Zhano Ananidze {{flagicon|GEO}} (8 / 2), Quincy {{flagicon|GHA}} (8 / 2), Ibson {{flagicon|BRA}} (6), Vladislav Ryzhkov (4), Maksim Grigoryev (3), Artur Maloyan (3), Igor Gorbatenko (2).

Forwards: Welliton {{flagicon|BRA}} (28 / 21), Nikita Bazhenov (22 / 2), Pavel Yakovlev (14 / 4), Artyom Dzyuba (8 / 2), Eldar Nizamutdinov (5 / 1).

Manager: Michael Laudrup {{flagicon|DEN}} (until April), Valery Karpin (from April).

Transferred out during the season: Vladimir Bystrov (to FC Zenit St. Petersburg), Aleksandr Pavlenko (on loan to FC Rostov), Artyom Dzyuba (on loan to FC Tom Tomsk), Clemente Rodríguez {{flagicon|ARG}} (to {{flagicon|ARG}} Estudiantes de La Plata), Artur Maloyan (on loan to FC Anzhi Makhachkala).

bgcolor="#0000FF"

| align="center" width="700" | 3. FC Zenit St. Petersburg

bgcolor="#E8E8E8"

| align="left" width="700" |

Goalkeepers: Vyacheslav Malafeev (28), Kamil Čontofalský {{flagicon|SVK}} (2).

Defenders: Aleksandr Anyukov (27 / 1), Fernando Meira {{flagicon|POR}} (22 / 1), Ivica Križanac {{flagicon|CRO}} (18 / 2), Kim Dong-Jin {{flagicon|KOR}} (17 / 1), Nicolas Lombaerts {{flagicon|BEL}} (15 / 2), Tomáš Hubočan {{flagicon|SVK}} (10).

Midfielders: Konstantin Zyryanov (30 / 4), Igor Denisov (28 / 1), Igor Semshov (26 / 6), Roman Shirokov (21 / 1), Szabolcs Huszti {{flagicon|HUN}} (19 / 2), Radek Šírl {{flagicon|CZE}} (17), Viktor Fayzulin (16), Anatoliy Tymoshchuk {{flagicon|UKR}} (11), Vladimir Bystrov (10 / 6), Aleksei Ionov (10), Alessandro Rosina {{flagicon|ITA}} (9 / 2), Danny {{flagicon|POR}} (8).

Forwards: Fatih Tekke {{flagicon|TUR}} (20 / 8), Pavel Pogrebnyak (15 / 5), Sergei Kornilenko {{flagicon|BLR}} (11 / 1), Mateja Kežman {{flagicon|SRB}} (10 / 2), Maksim Kanunnikov (1).

Manager: Dick Advocaat {{flagicon|NED}} (until August), Anatoli Davydov (from August).

Transferred out during the season: Pavel Pogrebnyak (to {{flagicon|GER}} VfB Stuttgart), Anatoliy Tymoshchuk {{flagicon|UKR}} (to {{flagicon|GER}} FC Bayern Munich).

See also

References

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