2010 Russian Premier League

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The 2010 Russian Premier League was the 19th season of the Russian football championship since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and ninth under the current Russian Premier League name. The season started on 12 March 2010 and the last matches were played on 29 November 2010. On 14 November 2010, Zenit Saint Petersburg clinched the title after a 5–0 win against Rostov.[5][6] This season was the last one played during an entire year (March–November), as the Russian Football Union decided to schedule the following seasons in sync with the biggest European football leagues (August–May).

Russian Premier League
Season2010
ChampionsZenit
2nd title
RelegatedAlania Vladikavkaz
Sibir Novosibirsk
Champions LeagueZenit
CSKA Moscow
Rubin Kazan
Europa LeagueSpartak Moscow
Lokomotiv
Matches played240
Goals scored561 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorerWelliton (19)
Biggest home winZenit 6–1 Saturn
(25 September)
Zenit 5–0 Rostov
(14 November)
Biggest away winSibir 1–4 CSKA
(24 April)

Tom 1–4 Anzhi
(18 July)

Lokomotiv 0–3 Zenit
(29 August)

Tom 0–3 CSKA
(26 September)

Dynamo 0–3 Spartak Nalchik
(26 September)

Terek 0–3 CSKA
(17  October)
Sibir 2–5 Zenit
(7 November)
Highest scoringSpartak Moscow 5–3 Sibir
(21 June)
Longest winning runZenit (9 games)[1]
(28 April–31 July)
Longest unbeaten runZenit (23 games)[1]
(13 March–24 October)
Longest losing runSibir (5 games)[1]
(27 March–24 April)
Anzhi (5 games)
(12 September–17 October)
Rostov (5 games)
(26 September–30 October)
Highest attendanceSpartak MoscowCSKA Moscow 65,000[2]
Lowest attendanceAnzhiLokomotiv 3,000[3]
Average attendance12,288[4]
2009

Teams

Kuban Krasnodar and Khimki were relegated at the end of the 2009 season after finishing in the bottom two places. Kuban make their immediate return to the First Division, while Khimki were relegated after a three-year tenure in the highest Russian football league.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2009 First Division champions Anzhi Makhachkala and runners-up Sibir Novosibirsk. Anzhi return after an eight-year hiatus from the Premier League, and Sibir will make their debut in the highest level of the Russian football pyramid.

On 5 February 2010, FC Moscow owner and main sponsor, MMC Norilsk Nickel, announced that the club will not play in the Premier League in 2010, possibly playing on a lower level instead.[7] The club sent the official fax to the league refusing to participate in the 2010 competition on February 11, 2010.[8] On 17 February, FC Moscow were officially excluded from the league and replaced by Alania Vladikavkaz, the third-placed team from the 2009 First Division.[9] Alania thus make their return to the Premier League after a four-year absence.

Venues

AlaniaAmkarAnzhiCSKA
Republican Spartak StadiumZvezda StadiumDynamo StadiumArena Khimki
Capacity: 32,464Capacity: 19,500Capacity: 16,863Capacity: 20,000
Dynamo
Moscow
Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League, Sibir & Tomsk
Krylia
Arena KhimkiMetallurg Stadium
Capacity: 20,000Capacity: 33,001
LokomotivRostov
RZD ArenaOlimp-2
Capacity: 28,810Capacity: 15,842
RubinSaturn
Central StadiumSaturn Stadium
Capacity: 27,434Capacity: 16,726
SibirSpartak Moscow
Spartak StadiumLuzhniki Stadium
Capacity: 12,567Capacity: 78,360
Spartak NalchikTerekTomZenit Saint Petersburg
Spartak StadiumSultan Bilimkhanov StadiumTrud StadiumPetrovsky Stadium
Capacity: 14,194Capacity: 10,400Capacity: 14,950Capacity: 21,570

Personnel and kits

TeamLocationHead CoachTeam CaptainVenueCapacity2009Kit MakerShirt Sponsor
AlaniaVladikavkaz Vladimir Shevchuk Georgy GabulovSpartak32,464D1 3rdUmbro
AmkarPerm Rashid Rakhimov Martin KushevZvezda19,50013thPuma
AnzhiMakhachkala Gadzhi Gadzhiyev Rasim TagirbekovDynamo16,863D1 1stAdidas
CSKAMoscow Leonid Slutsky Igor AkinfeevArena Khimki20,000[10]5thReebokBashneft
DynamoMoscow Miodrag Božović Dmitri KhokhlovArena Khimki20,0008thUmbroVTB
Krylia SovetovSamara Aleksandr Tarkhanov Ivan TaranovMetallurg33,00110thNikeRostekhnologii
LokomotivMoscow Yuri Semin Dmitri LoskovLokomotiv28,8104thAdidasRZD
RostovRostov-on-Don Oleh Protasov Aleksandr CherkesOlimp-215,84214thPatrick
RubinKazan Berdyev SharonovCentral Stadium27,4341stUmbro[11]TAIF
SaturnRamenskoye Andrei Gordeyev Aleksei IgoninSaturn16,7267thAdidasPromsvyazbank
SibirNovosibirsk Igor Kriushenko Tomáš VychodilSpartak12,567D1 2ndErreaSibmost
Spartak MoscowMoscow Valeri Karpin Alex Raphael MeschiniLuzhniki78,3602ndNikeLukoil
Spartak NalchikNalchik Yuri Krasnozhan Miodrag DžudovićSpartak14,19411thUmbroSindika
TerekGrozny Anatoli Baidachny Shamil LakhiyalovSultan Bilimkhanov10,40012thAdidasZato-Bank
TomTomsk Valeri Nepomniachi Sergei PareikoTrud14,9509thAdidas
ZenitSt. Petersburg Luciano Spalletti Aleksandr AnyukovPetrovsky21,5703rdNikeGazprom

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoingMannerDateTableIncomingDateTable
Anzhi Makhachkala Omari TetradzeResigned18 March 2010[12]10th Arsen Akayev (caretaker)18 April 201011th
Anzhi Makhachkala Arsen Akayev (caretaker)Finished18 April 2010[13]11th Gadzhi Gadzhiyev
Dynamo Moscow Andrei KobelevSacked27 April 2010[14]10th Miodrag Božović
Krylia Sovetov Yuri GazzaevResigned25 July 2010[15]16th Aleksandr Tarkhanov

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Zenit St. Petersburg (C)3020826121+4068Qualification to Champions League group stage
2CSKA Moscow3018845122+2962
3Rubin Kazan30151323716+2158Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4Spartak Moscow30131074333+1049Qualification to Europa League play-off round
5Lokomotiv Moscow3013983429+548
6Spartak Nalchik30128104037+344
7Dynamo Moscow3091383831+740
8Tom Tomsk30107133543−837
9Rostov30104162744−1734
10Saturn30810122738−1134Team disbanded after season[a]
11Anzhi Makhachkala3096152939−1033
12Terek Grozny3089132834−633
13Krylia Sovetov Samara30710132840−1231
14Amkar Perm3086162435−1130
15Alania Vladikavkaz[b] (R)3079142541−1630Relegation to Football National League
16Sibir Novosibirsk (R)3048183458−2420
Source: RFPL (in 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
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Zenit St. Petersburg433534221111111111111111111111
CSKA Moscow454723333222232323333333332222
Rubin Kazan112342444333323232222222223333
Spartak Moscow11127978755578768866766644444444
Lokomotiv Moscow1471181110568886556678988775555555
Spartak Nalchik931111112444444444445456666666
Dynamo Moscow4581112121011101199991012119119101098777777
Tom Tomsk185467910765788778108109910101110101098
Rostov14141012105686765675555554567888889
Saturn71012131414151615161616141311101011121311111111101111121010
Anzhi Makhachkala91314108912912121213111112111212101112121212131312111211
Terek Grozny1262568791010101010999767788999991112
Krylia Sovetov Samara111616161315141414141415161615151516151515151514121213131313
Amkar Perm11995911111311131312121414141414141414141415151514141414
Alania Vladikavkaz7111214151313121391111131213131313131213131313141415151515
Sibir Novosibirsk141415151616161516151514151516161615161616161616161616161616
Source: kicker.de (in German)
  = Leader;   = 2nd place;   = 3rd place

Results

Home \ AwayALAAMKANZCSKDYNKRYLOKROSRUBSATSIBSPASPNTERTOMZEN
Alania Vladikavkaz0–00–01–30–02–30–00–01–11–12–15–21–02–12–11–3
Amkar Perm1–01–00–00–12–11–21–00–10–13–10–23–12–02–10–2
Anzhi Makhachkala2–01–01–21–10–00–11–20–11–21–00–10–01–01–03–3
CSKA Moscow2–11–04–00–04–31–12–00–01–11–03–11–24–13–10–2
Dynamo Moscow2–01–14–00–01–13–03–22–21–04–11–10–33–10–01–2
Krylia Sovetov Samara1–01–13–00–11–00–01–20–22–11–10–02–01–32–30–1
Lokomotiv Moscow3–02–02–11–03–23–00–10–00–11–12–31–02–12–10–3
Rostov0–12–11–01–01–11–21–20–21–00–11–01–11–00–21–3
Rubin Kazan1–03–00–00–12–03–02–02–12–01–01–11–10–02–12–2
Saturn1–12–21–01–13–21–10–10–20–01–10–03–11–01–20–1
Sibir Novosibirsk1–21–02–41–42–24–12–22–02–20–10–00–20–20–12–5
Spartak Moscow3–02–23–01–20–10–02–12–10–12–15–30–02–14–21–0
Spartak Nalchik2–12–11–31–11–01–01–15–21–12–04–20–22–12–12–3
Terek Grozny2–01–01–30–31–12–00–01–11–12–01–12–01–11–00–0
Tom Tomsk1–11–01–40–31–01–11–12–10–12–23–22–21–02–10–0
Zenit St. Petersburg3–02–02–11–31–10–01–05–02–06–12–01–13–10–02–0
Source: RFPL (in Russian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Season events

Krylia Sovetov controversy

Krylia Sovetov Samara, who were scheduled to pass licensing on February 4, asked Russian Football Union to postpone their licensing until February 15 due to financial problems and debts to players.[18] The club was reported to be close to liquidation due to shortage of financing.[19] It later asked to postpone the licensing again to February 19, but the RFU only postponed it until February 17.[20] On February 17 it was decided to postpone the licensing until February 19 after all.[21] Krylia Sovetov finally received their license on February 19 after agreeing on new contracts with several companies to sponsor them, some of which might become partial owners of the club.[22][23]

As the first matchday arrived, Krylia Sovetov were still banned from registering new players because of debts outstanding on old contracts.[24] They could only register 11 players over 21 years old and several more players from the youth team that were registered for them in 2009. The transfer deadline had to be extended from March 11 to April 8 to accommodate Krylia Sovetov in hope they will pay their outstanding debts shortly.[25] With injuries on top of that and only 16 players available for both their main squad and the reserve team,[26] their reserve team had to finish their first game with 9 players on the field as they only had a goalkeeper on the bench after two players were injured,[27] and the main squad had to play against FC Zenit St. Petersburg with a heavily diluted roster, so even the loss with the score 0–1 was saluted by the Krylia's fans.[28] The transfer ban was confirmed again on March 16, and was to remain in place until Krylia paid back their debts to their former players Jan Koller and Jiří Jarošík.[29] Krylia lost the second game with the diluted roster 0–3 to FC Lokomotiv Moscow. The ban was finally lifted on March 26.[30]

Awards

On 9 December 2010 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:[31]

Goalkeepers
  1. Igor Akinfeev (CSKA)
  2. Sergei Ryzhikov (Rubin)
  3. Andriy Dykan (Terek / Spartak M.)
Defensive midfielders
  1. Igor Denisov (Zenit)
  2. Roman Shirokov (Zenit)
  3. Pavel Mamayev (CSKA)

Medal squads

1. FC Zenit St. Petersburg

Goalkeepers: Vyacheslav Malafeev (21), Yuri Zhevnov (8), Dmitri Borodin (1).
Defenders: Aleksandr Anyukov (27 / 1), Nicolas Lombaerts (26 / 3), Tomáš Hubočan (23), Bruno Alves (14), Ivica Križanac (14 / 1), Aleksandar Luković (11), Fernando Meira (11), Michael Lumb (2).
Midfielders: Konstantin Zyryanov (28 / 2), Danny (27 / 10), Vladimir Bystrov (25 / 6), Igor Denisov (24), Roman Shirokov (21 / 6), Danko Lazović (20 / 5), Alessandro Rosina (15 / 2), Viktor Fayzulin (14 / 2), Szabolcs Huszti (13 / 1), Sergei Semak (12 / 2), Aleksei Ionov (11).
Forwards: Aleksandr Kerzhakov (28 / 13), Maksim Kanunnikov (12 / 1), Aleksandr Bukharov (10 / 4).
Manager: Luciano Spalletti.

Transferred out during the season: Michael Lumb (on loan to Feyenoord).

2. PFC CSKA Moscow

Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (28), Sergei Chepchugov (2).
Defenders: Sergei Ignashevich (28 / 2), Deividas Šemberas (26), Georgi Schennikov (25), Aleksei Berezutski (23 / 1), Vasili Berezutski (22), Kirill Nababkin (13), Chidi Odiah (11 / 1).
Midfielders: Keisuke Honda (28 / 4), Pavel Mamayev (27), Alan Dzagoev (24 / 6), Mark González (21 / 3), Sekou Oliseh (16 / 3), Zoran Tošić (15 / 3), Yevgeni Aldonin (14), Miloš Krasić (14 / 2), Elvir Rahimić (11).
Forwards: Tomáš Necid (24 / 7), Vágner Love (15 / 9), Guilherme (12 / 5), Seydou Doumbia (11 / 5).
Manager: Leonid Slutskiy.

Transferred out during the season: Miloš Krasić (to Juventus), Guilherme (end of loan at Dynamo Kyiv).

3. FC Rubin Kazan

Goalkeepers: Sergei Ryzhikov (28), Giedrius Arlauskis (2).
Defenders: César Navas (29 / 1), Cristian Ansaldi (20), Aleksandr Orekhov (19 / 1), Vitali Kaleshin (15), Oleg Kuzmin (13), Lasha Salukvadze (10), Jordi Figueras (8), Salvatore Bocchetti (7 / 2), Roman Sharonov (2).
Midfielders: Alan Kasaev (28 / 5), Christian Noboa (27 / 8), Rafał Murawski (23), Pyotr Bystrov (18), Andrei Gorbanets (17 / 1), Gökdeniz Karadeniz (17 / 1), Bibras Natcho (14 / 2), Aleksandr Ryazantsev (13 / 2), Yevgeni Balyaikin (13), Sergei Semak (8 / 1), Vagiz Galiullin (7), MacBeth Sibaya (7), Carlos Eduardo (6 / 2).
Forwards: Aleksei Medvedev (13 / 2), Aleksandr Bukharov (12 / 4), Obafemi Martins (12 / 2), Sergei Kornilenko (8 / 3), Fatih Tekke (5), Hasan Kabze (5), Igor Portnyagin (4), Bahodir Nasimov (2), Alexandru Antoniuc (1).

Manager: Kurban Berdyev.

Transferred out during the season: Sergei Semak (to Zenit), Fatih Tekke (to Beşiktaş), Aleksandr Bukharov (to Zenit), Bahodir Nasimov (on loan to Neftchi Baku), Jordi Figueras (on loan to Real Valladolid), Vagiz Galiullin (on loan to Sibir Novosibirsk), Hasan Kabze (to Montpellier).

See also

References

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