2009 Russian Premier League

18th season of top-tier football league in Russia Russian Premier League 2009 FC Rubin Kazan2nd title FC Kuban KrasnodarFC KhimkiFC Moscow Champions League FC Rubin KazanFC Spartak MoscowFC Zenit Saint Petersburg Europa League FC Lokomotiv MoscowPFC CSKA Moscow 240 600 Welliton (21) Spartak Moscow 5–0 Tom Saturn 0–5 Rubin 10 matches with 6 goals in each 2008 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.http://www.rg.ru/2009/03/12/a308864.html ru:Расписание чемпионата России по футболу 2009 ru 4 December 2010 The last matches were played on 29 November 2009. On 21 November 2009 Rubin Kazan successfully retained their champion's title.http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=922347.html Jubilant Rubin reclaim Russian title 2009-11-21 UEFA 2009-11-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20091125115506/http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind%3D2/newsid%3D922347.html 25 November 2009 dead http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=701645&sec=europe&cc=5739 Rubin Kazan claim title 2009-11-21 ESPN 2009-11-21 2012-10-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20121020030723/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=701645&sec=europe&cc=5739 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.http://english.sport-express.ru/news/13_2855/ Dynamo on Arena Khimki 11 November 2008 Sport Express 15 March 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090407072437/http://english.sport-express.ru/news/13_2855 2009-04-07 dead Amkar CSKA Dynamo Khimki Zvezda Stadium Luzhniki Stadium Arena Khimki Arena Khimki Capacity: 17,000 Capacity: 81,000 Capacity: 18,840 Capacity: 18,840 250px 250px 250px 250px KryliaEuropean Russia 600 center Map of Russia with the teams of the 2009 Russian Premier League Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League European Russia 55.50 37.316 left CSKA Dynamo Khimki Lokomotiv Moscow Saturn Spartak European Russia 57.990694 56.244636 right Amkar European Russia 53.202778 50.140833 left Krylia European Russia 45.025278 38.999444 left Kuban European Russia 47.243011 39.761053 right Rostov European Russia 55.796944 49.098889 right Rubin European Russia 43.469537 43.590338 left Spartak European Russia 44.031108 43.064142 right Terek European Russia 59.972953 30.220533 left Zenit Russia 500 right Map of Russia with the teams of the 2009 Premier League Locations of teams in 2009 Russian Premier League, Tomsk Russia 55.50 37.316 top Moscow Russia 56.474167 84.956667 left Tom Kuban Metallurg Stadium Kuban Stadium Capacity: 27,084 Capacity: 28,800 250px 250px Lokomotiv Moscow RZD Arena Eduard Streltsov Stadium Capacity: 33,001 Capacity: 13,450 250px 250px Rostov Rubin Olimp-2 Central Stadium Capacity: 15,840 Capacity: 22,500 250px 250px Saturn Spartak Moscow Saturn Stadium Luzhniki Stadium Capacity: 14,685 Capacity: 81,029 250px 250px 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 250px Personnel and kits TeamLocationHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsorAmkar PermPermTJK Rashid RakhimovBUL Martin KushevNikeCSKAMoscowRUS Leonid SlutskyRUS Igor AkinfeevReebokAeroflotDynamoMoscowRUS Andrey KobelevRUS Dmitri KhokhlovUmbroVTB BankKhimkiKhimkiRUS Igor Chugainov (Caretaker)BIH Dragan BlatnjakNikeKryliaSamaraRUS Yuri GazzaevRUS Ruslan AjinjalNikeKubanKrasnodarARM Poghos Galstyan (Caretaker)RUS Andrei TopchuNikeLokomotivMoscowRUS Yuri SeminBRA RodolfoAdidasMoscowMoscowMNE Miodrag BožovićBLR Yuri ZhevnovUmbroRostovRostov-on-DonRUS Oleg DolmatovRUS Mikhail OsinovNikeRubinKazanTKM Kurban BerdyevRUS Sergei SemakNikeSaturnRamenskoyeRUS Andrei Gordeyev (Caretaker)RUS Aleksei IgoninAdidasSpartakMoscowRUS Valeri Karpin (Executive Director)CZE Martin JiránekNikeSpartakNalchikRUS Yuri KrasnozhanMNE Miodrag DžudovićUmbroTerekGroznyAZE Shahin Diniyev (Caretaker)RUS Timur DzhabrailovAdidasSAT&Co Managing CompanyTomTomskRUS Valery NepomnyashchyEST Sergei PareikoZenitSaint PetersburgRUS Anatoli DavydovRUS Aleksandr AnyukovNikeGazprom Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table Amkar MNE Miodrag Božović Preseason BUL Dimitar Dimitrov Preseason CSKA RUS Valery Gazzaev BRA Zico 9 January 2009Зико возглавил ЦСКА https://sportrbc.ru/news/575505169a79474acad1157b sportrbc.ru/ Sport RBC 16 November 2020 ru 10 January 2009 Khimki RUS Sergei Yuran RUS Konstantin Sarsania 15 December 2008Сарсания: я получил благословение Дика https://www.rusfootball.info/pliga/1146058167-sarsanija-ja-poluchil-blagoslovenie-dika.html rusfootball.info/ RusFootball 17 November 2020 ru 16 December 2008 Moscow UKR Oleg Blokhin MNE Miodrag Božović 28 November 2008Божович стал главным тренером Москвы https://www.sports.ru/football/6304491.html sports.ru/ Sports RU 17 November 2020 ru 28 November 2008 Spartak Moscow Denmark Michael Laudrup Fired 15 April 2009"Спартак" уволил Лаудрупа https://www.championat.com/football/news-205848-spartak-uvolil-laudrupa.html championat.com Championat 17 November 2020 ru 15 April 2009 10th Russia Valeri Karpin (Executive Director)2 Lokomotiv TJK Rashid Rakhimov Fired 28 April 2009https://www.fclm.ru/news/00ebd64100e04e4da0aa9a428504ddf2.html#news_00ebd64100e04e4da0aa9a428504ddf2 ru:Рашид Рахимов отстранен от работы с командой 28 April 2009 FC Lokomotiv Moscow 28 April 2009 ru https://web.archive.org/web/20090501052048/http://www.fclm.ru/news/00ebd64100e04e4da0aa9a428504ddf2.html May 1, 2009 dead 13th UZB Vladimir Maminov (Caretaker) 28 April 2009 8th Saturn GER Jürgen Röber Fired 15 May 2009http://www.saturn-fc.ru/news/23885/ ru:Ребер отправлен в отставку 15 May 2009 FC Saturn Ramenskoye 15 May 2009 ru 16 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110716085917/http://www.saturn-fc.ru/news/23885/ dead 15th RUS Andrei Gordeyev (Caretaker)http://www.saturn-fc.ru/news/23896/ ru:Командой будет руководить Гордеев 20 May 2009 FC Saturn Ramenskoye 20 May 2009 ru 16 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110716085927/http://www.saturn-fc.ru/news/23896/ dead 15 May 2009 15th Saturn RUS Andrei Gordeyev (Caretaker) End of role 20 May 2009 RUS Andrei Gordeyev 20 May 2009 Lokomotiv UZB Vladimir Maminov (Caretaker) End of role 1 June 2009 8th RUS Yuri Semin 1 June 2009Сёмин назначен главным тренером Локомотива https://www.championat.com/football/news-228428-sjomin-naznachen-glavnym-trenerom-lokomotiva.html championat.com Championat 18 November 2020 ru 26 May 2009 8th Zenit NLD Dick Advocaat Fired 10 August 2009Advocaat sacked as Zenit manager https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8192749.stm bbc.co.uk BBC Sport 18 November 2020 10 August 2009 8th RUS Anatoli Davydov (Caretaker) 10 August 2009 8th Kuban RUS Sergei Ovchinnikov Fired 11 August 2009 14th ARM Poghos Galstyan (Caretaker) 11 August 2009ФК "Кубань" возглавил Погос Галстян https://www.yuga.ru/news/162850/ yuga.ru/ Yuga 18 November 2020 ru 11 August 2009 14th Amkar BUL Dimitar Dimitrov Fired 1 September 2009 13th TJK Rashid Rakhimov 5 September 2009Амкар возглавил Рашид Рахимов https://www.infox.ru/news/23/26749-amkar-vozglavil-rasid-rahimov infox.ru/ infox 17 November 2020 ru 5 September 2009 CSKA BRA Zico Sacked 10 September 2009ZICO OUT, RAMOS IN AT CSKA https://www.ftbl.com.au/news/zico-out-ramos-in-at-cska-155454 ftbl.com.au/ FTBL 17 November 2020 11 September 2009 4th ESP Juande Ramos 10 September 2009Ramos appointed CSKA Moscow coach https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8248851.stm bbc.co.uk/ BBC Sport 17 November 2020 10 September 2020 4th Khimki RUS Konstantin Sarsania Resigned 19 September 2009Главный тренер ФК "Химки" ушел в отставку - Вести-Спорт https://ria.ru/20090919/185677570.html ria.ru RIA 17 November 2020 ru 19 September 2009 16th RUS Igor Chugainov (Caretaker) Zenit RUS Anatoli Davydov (Caretaker) End of role 2 October 2009Футбол. Анатолий Давыдов избавился от приставки и. о. https://www.pressball.by/news/football/56063 pressball.by Press Ball ru 18 November 2020 3 October 2009 RUS Anatoli Davydov 2 October 2009 Krylia Sovetov RUS Leonid Slutsky Resigned 9 October 2009Слуцкий подал в отставку с поста наставника Крыльев Советов https://sportrbc.ru/news/575506219a79474acad11d2c?ruid=NaN sportrbc.ru Sport RBC 18 November 2020 ru 8 October 2009 10th RUS Yuri Gazzaev (Caretaker) 10 October 20009И.о. главного тренера "Крыльев Советов" стал Юрий Газзаев https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1254155 kommersant.ru/ Kommersant 18 November 2020 ru 10 October 2009 10th Terek UKR Vyacheslav Hrozny Resigned 20 October 2009ГРОЗНЫЙ ПОКИДАЕТ ТЕРЕК https://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/2009-10-21/2_1/ sport-express.ru/ Sport Express 18 November 2020 ru 21 October 2009 9th AZE Shahin Diniyev (Caretaker) 20 October 2009 9th CSKA ESP Juande Ramos Mutual Termination 26 October 2009Manager Ramos leaves CSKA Moscow https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8325748.stm bbc.co.uk/ BBC Sport 17 November 2020 26 October 2009 5th RUS Leonid Slutsky 26 October 2009CSKA appoint Slutski as Ramos departs https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01de-0e732d49f6ce-33c0df89a6db-1000--cska-appoint-slutski-as-ramos-departs/?referrer=%2Fuefachampionsleague%2Fnews%2Fnewsid%3D910892 UEFA UEFA 17 November 2020 26 October 2009 5th League table main WDL 5 QR RUB Rubin Kazan SPA Spartak Moscow ZEN Zenit St. Petersburg LOK Lokomotiv Moscow CSK CSKA Moscow MOS FC Moscow SAT Saturn DYN Dynamo Moscow TOM Tom Tomsk KRY Krylia Sovetov Samara SPN Spartak Nalchik TER Terek Grozny AMK Amkar Perm ROS Rostov KUB Kuban Krasnodar KHI Khimki 19 6 5 62 21 C 17 4 9 61 33 15 9 6 48 27 15 9 6 43 30 16 4 10 48 30 13 9 8 39 28 R 13 6 11 38 41 12 6 12 31 37 11 8 11 31 39 10 6 14 32 42 8 11 11 36 33 9 6 15 33 48 8 9 13 27 37 7 11 12 28 39 6 10 14 23 51 R 2 4 24 20 64 R green1 Qualification to Champions League group stage CLGS CLGS green2 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round 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. CL3 blue1 Qualification to Europa League play-off round ELPR ELPR black1 Club expelled after season 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.https://www.sports.ru/football/68883430.html «Москва» не будет играть в премьер-лиге February 5, 2010 Sports.ru August 9, 2026http://news.sport-express.ru/2010-02-11/344517/ Плотников уведомил РФПЛ о снятии "Москвы" с чемпионата России News.sport-express.ru August 9, 2026ФК "Москва" прекращает членство в Премьер-Лиге https://web.archive.org/web/20100219050619/http://rfpl.org/news/2010/02/16/fk_moskva_prekraschaet_chlenstvo_v_premjer-lige 2010-02-19 EXP red1 Relegation to First Division R R complete RFPL ru 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 main FBR grey AMK CSK DYN KHI KRY KUB LOK MOS ROS RUB SAT SPA SPN TER TOM ZEN Amkar Perm 0–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 0–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–4 CSKA Moscow 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 4–0 4–1 1–3 1–2 0–2 3–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 Dynamo Moscow 0–0 1–2 3–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 Khimki 2–0 0–3 0–2 1–3 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–1 2–3 1–0 0–3 0–2 1–2 1–3 0–4 Krylia Sovetov Samara 1–0 1–3 3–1 3–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–3 0–1 Kuban Krasnodar 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–3 0–0 0–3 0–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–2 Lokomotiv Moscow 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 4–0 0–0 1–1 FC Moscow 0–2 2–0 1–2 3–0 2–1 4–1 0–0 2–0 1–3 3–1 3–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 Rostov 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 3–3 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 Rubin Kazan 1–2 1–2 3–0 2–1 4–1 3–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 5–1 0–2 2–0 4–0 4–0 0–0 Saturn 2–0 0–3 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 4–0 0–5 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–2 Spartak Moscow 5–1 2–3 0–2 1–0 1–1 4–0 3–0 2–1 5–1 0–3 4–0 2–0 2–0 5–0 1–1 Spartak Nalchik 4–1 1–1 2–4 0–0 0–1 4–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–4 4–2 3–0 2–2 Terek Grozny 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–2 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–3 1–2 1–1 2–3 1–0 4–0 3–2 Tom Tomsk 1–2 2–3 2–3 4–0 0–1 1–0 1–3 0–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–3 Zenit St. Petersburg 0–0 2–0 2–1 4–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 0–2 complete RFPL ru Season statistics Top goalscorers matches played on 29 November 2009. Rank Player Club Goal1 BRA Welliton Spartak 21 https://globalsportsarchive.com/en/soccer/competition/rfpl-2009/508 Russia - RFPL 2009 - Standings, Fixtures & Stats - Soccer Globalsportsarchive.com August 9, 2026https://premierliga.ru/statistics/?category=players&tournament=532&view=table&stat=1&club=0 Статистика команд, клубов и игроков по сезонам РПЛ Premierliga.ru August 9, 20262 RUS Aleksandr Bukharov Rubin 16 ARG Alejandro Domínguez Rubin 4 RUS Dmitri Sychev Lokomotiv 135 RUS Aleksandr Kerzhakov Dynamo 12 BRA Alex Spartak 7 RUS Shamil Lakhiyalov Terek 118 RUS Vladimir Bystrov Dynamo / Zenit 109 CZE Tomáš Necid CSKA 9 SRB Miloš Krasić CSKA CZE Jan Koller Krylia Awards On 24 November 2009 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:ru:Список 33-х лучших игроков Премьер-Лиги сезона-2009 http://rfs.ru/?node=rfs-news&leaf=9d234808ed6643adb2ff69fa3796ccaa#news_9d234808ed6643adb2ff69fa3796ccaa Russian Football Union 2009-11-24 2009-11-24 ru https://web.archive.org/web/20091128094947/http://rfs.ru/?node=rfs-news&leaf=9d234808ed6643adb2ff69fa3796ccaa 28 November 2009 live Goalkeepers Russia Igor Akinfeev (CSKA) Russia Sergei Ryzhikov (Rubin) Russia Vladimir Gabulov (Dynamo) Right backs Russia Aleksandr Anyukov (Zenit) Russia Sergei Parshivlyuk (Spartak M.) Russia Kirill Nababkin (Moscow) Right-centre backs Russia Roman Sharonov (Rubin) Russia Vasili Berezutskiy (CSKA) Czech Martin Jiránek (Spartak M.) Left-centre backs Russia Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA) Spain César Navas (Rubin) Russia Denis Kolodin (Dynamo) Left backs Argentina Cristian Ansaldi (Rubin) Russia Renat Yanbaev (Lokomotiv) Russia Georgi Schennikov (CSKA) Defensive midfielders Russia Sergei Semak (Rubin) Russia Igor Denisov (Zenit) Russia Dmitri Khokhlov (Dynamo) Right wingers Russia Vladimir Bystrov (Spartak M. / Zenit) Serbia Miloš Krasić (CSKA) Russia Aleksandr Samedov (Moscow) Central midfielders Brazil Alex (Spartak M.) Russia Alan Dzagoev (CSKA) Russia Igor Semshov (Zenit) Left wingers Russia Konstantin Zyryanov (Zenit) Lithuania Edgaras Česnauskis (Moscow) Russia Aleksandr Ryazantsev (Rubin) Right forwards Brazil Welliton (Spartak M.) Russia Aleksandr Bukharov (Rubin) Turkey Fatih Tekke (Zenit) Left forwards Argentina Alejandro Domínguez (Rubin) Russia Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Dynamo) Russia Dmitri Sychev (Lokomotiv) Medal squads 1. FC Rubin Kazan Goalkeepers: Sergei Ryzhikov (29), Nukri Revishvili GEO (1). Defenders: César Navas ESP (28), Cristian Ansaldi ARG (25 / 1), Roman Sharonov (25 / 2), Vitali Kaleshin (18), Lasha Salukvadze GEO (10 / 1), Aleksei Popov (10), Dato Kvirkvelia GEO (7), Aleksandr Orekhov (2), Stjepan Tomas CRO (1). Midfielders: Sergei Semak (26 / 6), Gökdeniz Karadeniz TUR (25 / 6), MacBeth Sibaya RSA (23 / 1), Christian Noboa ECU (22 / 2), Aleksandr Ryazantsev (18 / 3), Yevgeni Balyaikin (17), Andrei Gorbanets (11), Pyotr Bystrov (11), Alan Kasaev (10 / 1), Rafał Murawski POL (7 / 1), Serhii Rebrov UKR (7), Makhach Gadzhiyev (1), Aleksei Kotlyarov (1). Forwards: Alejandro Domínguez ARG (23 / 19), Aleksandr Bukharov (23 / 16), Hasan Kabze TUR (14 / 2), Roman Adamov (13 / 2), Igor Portnyagin (2 / 1), Davron Mirzayev UZB (1).(league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: TKM Gurban Berdiýew. Transferred out during the season: Roman Adamov (on loan to FC Krylia Sovetov Samara), Serhii Rebrov UKR (retired), Makhach Gadzhiyev (end of loan from FC Saturn Moscow Oblast). 2. FC Spartak Moscow Goalkeepers: Soslan Dzhanayev (26), Stipe Pletikosa CRO (4). Defenders: Martin Jiránek CZE (29 / 1), Sergei Parshivlyuk (21 / 1), Martin Stranzl AUT (19 / 1), Malik Fathi GER (16 / 3), Fyodor Kudryashov (7), Clemente Rodríguez ARG (7), Egor Filipenko BLR (5 / 1), Ignas Dedura LTU (4). Midfielders: Alex BRA (29 / 12), Rafael Carioca BRA (23), Yevgeni Makeyev (20 / 2), Vladimir Bystrov (18 / 4), Denis Boyarintsev (18), Renat Sabitov (17), Serghei Covalciuc MDA (16), Ivan Saenko (13 / 1), Aleksandr Pavlenko (10), Zhano Ananidze GEO (8 / 2), Quincy GHA (8 / 2), Ibson BRA (6), Vladislav Ryzhkov (4), Maksim Grigoryev (3), Artur Maloyan (3), Igor Gorbatenko (2). Forwards: Welliton BRA (28 / 21), Nikita Bazhenov (22 / 2), Pavel Yakovlev (14 / 4), Artyom Dzyuba (8 / 2), Eldar Nizamutdinov (5 / 1). Manager: Michael Laudrup 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 ARG (to ARG Estudiantes de La Plata), Artur Maloyan (on loan to FC Anzhi Makhachkala). 3. FC Zenit St. Petersburg Goalkeepers: Vyacheslav Malafeev (28), Kamil Čontofalský SVK (2). Defenders: Aleksandr Anyukov (27 / 1), Fernando Meira POR (22 / 1), Ivica Križanac CRO (18 / 2), Kim Dong-Jin KOR (17 / 1), Nicolas Lombaerts BEL (15 / 2), Tomáš Hubočan SVK (10). Midfielders: Konstantin Zyryanov (30 / 4), Igor Denisov (28 / 1), Igor Semshov (26 / 6), Roman Shirokov (21 / 1), Szabolcs Huszti HUN (19 / 2), Radek Šírl CZE (17), Viktor Fayzulin (16), Anatoliy Tymoshchuk UKR (11), Vladimir Bystrov (10 / 6), Aleksei Ionov (10), Alessandro Rosina ITA (9 / 2), Danny POR (8). Forwards: Fatih Tekke TUR (20 / 8), Pavel Pogrebnyak (15 / 5), Sergei Kornilenko BLR (11 / 1), Mateja Kežman SRB (10 / 2), Maksim Kanunnikov (1). Manager: Dick Advocaat NED (until August), Anatoli Davydov (from August). Transferred out during the season: Pavel Pogrebnyak (to GER VfB Stuttgart), Anatoliy Tymoshchuk UKR (to GER FC Bayern Munich). Attendances Rank Club Average 1 Spartak Moscow 25,253 2 Zenit 18,910 3 Kuban 18,467 4 Krylia Sovetov 15,873 5 Lokomotiv Moscow 15,288 6 Rubin 14,726 7 PFC CSKA 13,687 8 Amkar 12,073 9 Tom 11,833 10 Rostov 11,597 11 Spartak Nalchik 9,793 12 Terek 8,020 13 Dynamo Moscow 7,752 14 Saturn 7,173 15 FC Moscow 4,940 16 Khimki 4,881Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/rus/averus09.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk August 9, 2026 See also 2009 Russian First Division 2008–09 Russian Cup List of Russian football transfers summer 2009 References External links Official website ru Russian Football Union ru RFPL 2009 at Global Sports Archive en 2007 1 Russia