2008 Russian Premier League

17th season of top-tier football league in Russia Russian Premier League 2008 Rubin Kazan1st title Shinnik Yaroslavl Luch-Energiya Vladivostok Champions League Rubin Kazan CSKA Moscow Dynamo Moscow Europa League Amkar Perm Zenit St.Petersburg Krylia Sovetov 240 578 Vágner Love (20) 2007 2009 The 2008 Russian Premier League 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. The first goal of the season was scored by Krylia Sovetov's forward Yevgeny Savin. Due to Russia's participation in UEFA Euro 2008, the season was interrupted from 16 May until 5 July. The champions were determined on the 27th matchday, 2 November 2008. Rubin claimed their first championship title in Russian Premier League, defeating Saturn 2–1 away, with Savo Milošević scoring in the 89th minute to claim the title for his club. Rubin became the third (and second consecutive) non-Moscow club to become Russian champions. The last round of matches was played on 22 November 2008. Teams As in the previous season, 16 teams played in the 2008 season. After the 2007 season, Kuban Krasnodar and Rostov were relegated to the 2008 Russian First Division. They were replaced by Shinnik Yaroslavl and Terek Grozny, the winners and runners up of the 2007 Russian First Division. Venues Amkar CSKA Dynamo Khimki Zvezda Stadium Luzhniki Stadium Central Stadium Arena Khimki Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 76,000 Capacity: 36,540 Capacity: 18,000 250px 250px 250px 250px KryliaEuropean Russia 600 center Map of Russia with the teams of the 2008 Russian Premier League Locations of teams in 2008 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 55.796944 49.098889 right Rubin European Russia 57.628729 39.867486 left Shinnik 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 2008 Premier League Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok Russia 55.50 37.316 top Moscow Russia 43.1192 131.8788 left Luch Russia 56.474167 84.956667 left Tom Lokomotiv Metallurg Stadium RZD Arena Capacity: 33,220 Capacity: 28,800 250px 250px Luch-Energia Moscow Dynamo Stadium Eduard Streltsov Stadium Capacity: 10,200 Capacity: 13,422 250px 250px Rubin Saturn Central Stadium Saturn Stadium Capacity: 30,133 Capacity: 16,726 250px 250px Shinnik Spartak Moscow Shinnik Stadium Luzhniki Stadium Capacity: 19,000 Capacity: 76,000 250px 250px Spartak Nalchik Terek Tom Zenit Saint Petersburg Spartak Stadium Sultan Bilimkhanov Stadium Trud Stadium Petrovsky Stadium Capacity: 14,400 Capacity: 10,400 Capacity: 14,950 Capacity: 21,725 250px Personnel and kits TeamLocationHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsorAmkar PermPermMNE Miodrag BožovićRUS Aleksei PopovAdidasCSKAMoscowRUS Valery GazzaevRUS Igor AkinfeevReebokVTBDynamoMoscowRUS Andrey KobelevRUS Dmitri KhokhlovUmbroMetalloinvestKhimkiKhimkiRUS Sergei YuranARM Roman BerezovskyNikeMezhregionalnaya Developerskaya KompaniaKryliaSamaraRUS Leonid SlutskyRSA Matthew BoothUmbroRosTekhnologiiLokomotivMoscowTJK Rashid RakhimovRUS Diniyar BilyaletdinovAdidasRussian RailwaysLuch-EnergiaVladivostokUKR Semen AltmanRUS Dmitry SmirnovNikeDalEnergoMoscowMoscowUKR Oleg BlokhinRUS Dmitri GodunokUmbroNorilsk NickelRubinKazanTKM Kurban BerdyevRUS Sergei SemakNikeТАИФSaturnRamenskoyeGER Jürgen RöberRUS Aleksei IgoninAdidasShinnikYaroslavlRUS Sergei PavlovRUS Denis BoyarintsevAdidasSpartakMoscowDEN Michael LaudrupBRA MozartNikeLukoilSpartakNalchikRUS Yuri KrasnozhanMNE Miodrag DžudovićNikeTerekGroznyUKR Vyacheslav HroznyiRUS Timur DzhabrailovUmbroRAO UESTomTomskRUS Valery NepomnyashchyRUS Valeri KlimovAdidasZenitSaint PetersburgNLD Dick AdvocaatUKR Anatoliy TymoshchukPumaGazprom Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table Moscow RUS Leonid Slutsky Fired End of 2007 SeasonБывший тренер ФК Москва возглавил Крылья Советов https://lenta.ru/news/2007/11/27/kccamapa/ lenta.ru/ Lenta RU 14 November 2020 ru 27 November 2007Preseason UKR Oleg Blokhin 14 December 2007FK Moscow hire former Ukraine manager Blokhin http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=490600 https://web.archive.org/web/20121103205455/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=490600 dead 2012-11-03 ESPN ESPN 14 November 2020 14 December 2007Preseason Amkar TJK Rashid Rakhimov Joined Lokomotiv 6 December 2007 MNE Miodrag Božović 9 January 2008АМКАР НОВЫМ ГЛАВНЫМ ТРЕНЕРОМ КОМАНДЫ СТАЛ МИОДРАГ БОЖОВИЧ. https://fc-amkar.org/news/1549/ fc-amkar.org/ FC Amkar Perm 14 November 2020 ru 9 January 2008 Krylia RUS Aleksandr Tarkhanov RUS Leonid Slutsky 21 December 2007Слуцкий подписал трёхлетний контракт с Крыльями Советов https://www.championat.com/football/news-77539-sluckij-podpisal-trjokhletnij-kontrakt-s-kryljami-sovetov.html championat.com/ Championat 14 November 2020 ru 21 December 2007 Lokomotiv RUS Anatoliy Byshovets TJK Rashid Rakhimov 6 December 2007ИСТОРИЯ ФК ЛОКОМОТИВ МОСКВА http://lokoinfo.ru/history.html lokoinfo.ru/ Loko Info 14 November 2020 ru Luch-Energiya RUS Sergei Pavlov CRO Zoran Vulić 19 December 2007Зоран Вулич стал главным тренером Луча-Энергии (ФОТО) https://www.sports.ru/football/3853916.html sports.ru/ Sports RU 14 November 2020 ru 19 December 2007 Khimki SRB Slavoljub Muslin Fired 14 April 2008Муслин покинул пост главного тренера Химок https://www.sport-express.ru/football/rfpl/news/225437/ sport-express.ru/ Sport Express 14 November 2020 ru 14 April 2008 14th RUS Igor Yushchenko (Caretaker) 14 April 2008 14th Khimki RUS Igor Yushchenko (Caretaker) End of role 29 May 2008 16th RUS Sergei Yuran 29 May 2008Главный тренер Химок Сергей Юран: Опять займусь своей работой https://www.sportsdaily.ru/articles/glavnyiy-trener-c2-abhimok-c2-bb-sergey-yuran-opyat-zaymus-svoey-rabotoy-18033 sportsdaily.ru/ Sports Daily 14 November 2020 ru 29 May 2008 16th Tom RUS Valery Petrakov Mutual termination 1 June 2008ФУТБОЛ-Главным тренером клуба "Томь" с 1 июня станет Мирослав Poмащенкo https://uk.reuters.com/article/orusp-romashchenko-tom6-coach-20080527-idRUSMI73640820080527 uk.reuters.com/ Reuters 15 November 2020 ru 27 May 2008September 2024 medicmedic 12th BLR Miroslav Romaschenko 1 June 2008 12th Saturn RUS Gadzhi Gadzhiyev 8 August 2008 12th GER Jürgen Röber 21 August 2008Röber coacht Ramenskoje https://www.kicker.de/roeber-coacht-ramenskoje-382093/artikel kicker.de/ Kicker 14 November 2020 de 21 August 2008 12th Spartak RUS Stanislav Cherchesov Fired 14 August 2008Футбол: Черчесов официально уволен из "Спартака" https://news.sportbox.ru/Vidy_sporta/Futbol/Futbol-CHerchesov-oficialino-uvolen-iz-Spartaka news.sportbox.ru/ Sport Box ru 14 November 2020 ru 26 September 2008 4th RUS Igor Lediakhov (Caretaker) 14 August 2008 4th Tom BLR Miroslav Romaschenko Fired 4 September 2008Томь расторгла контракты с Ромащенко и Кечиновым https://www.sport.ru/football/Tom_rastorgla_kontrakty_s_Romaschenko_i_Kechinovym/article98015/ sport.ru/ Sport RU 15 November 2020 ru 4 September 2008 12th RUS Vasili Baskakov (Caretaker) 4 September 2008 12th Tom RUS Vasili Baskakov (Caretaker) End of role 11 September 2008 12th RUS Valery Nepomnyashchy 11 September 2008Валерий Непомнящий возглавит Томь https://www.sport.ru/football/Valeriy_Nepomnyaschiy_vozglavit_Tom/article98535/ sport.ru/ Sport RU 15 November 2020 ru 11 September 2008 12th Spartak RUS Igor Lediakhov (Caretaker) End of role 12 September 2008 3rd DEN Michael Laudrup 12 September 2008Divided Spartak turn to Laudrup to halt their downward spiral https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2008/oct/07/spartakmoscow.europeanfootball theguardian.com/ The Guardian 14 November 2020 7 October 2008 3rd Luch-Energiya CRO Zoran Vulić 10 October 2008 14th UKR Semen Altman 10 October 2008Семён Альтман возглавил Луч-Энергию https://www.sport.ru/football/Semen_Altman_vozglavil_Luch-Energiyu/article100960/ sport.ru/ Sport RU 15 November 2020 ru 10 October 2008 14th League table main WDL 5 QR RUB Rubin Kazan CSK CSKA Moscow DYN Dynamo Moscow AMK Amkar Perm ZEN Zenit St. Petersburg KRY Krylia Sovetov Samara LOK Lokomotiv Moscow SPA Spartak Moscow MOS FC Moscow TER Terek Grozny SAT Saturn SPN Spartak Nalchik TOM Tom Tomsk KHI Khimki SHI Shinnik Yaroslavl LUE Luch-Energiya Vladivostok 18 6 6 44 26 C 16 8 6 53 24 15 9 6 41 29 14 9 7 31 22 12 12 6 59 37 12 12 6 46 28 13 8 9 37 32 11 11 8 43 39 9 11 10 34 36 9 8 13 28 42 7 12 11 26 30 8 8 14 30 39 7 8 15 23 39 6 9 15 34 54 5 7 18 25 48 R 3 12 15 24 53 R Zenit St. Petersburg ahead of Krylia Sovetov on head-to-head points; Zenit St. Petersburg–Krylia Sovetov 1–1, Krylia Sovetov–Zenit St. Petersburg 0–3. ZEN green1 Qualification to Champions League group stage CLGS CLGS green2 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round CL3 blue1 Qualification to Europa League play-off round ELPR ELPR blue2 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round Since both finalists of the 2008–09 Russian Cup qualified for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, Krylia Sovetov earned a spot in the third qualifying round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League. EL3 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 LOK LUE MOS RUB SAT SHI SPA SPN TER TOM ZEN Zenit St. Petersburg 0–0 1–3 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–3 5–1 3–4 1–1 8–1 1–3 3–1 Spartak Moscow 1–3 1–5 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 4–2 3–1 CSKA Moscow 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 0–2 0–0 4–1 4–3 4–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 4–1 1–1 2–0 FC Moscow 0–2 2–1 1–4 0–0 1–1 0–3 0–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–3 1–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 Saturn 1–1 0–0 0–4 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 4–0 3–1 Dynamo Moscow 1–0 4–3 1–3 1–1 2–1 4–2 1–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 Lokomotiv Moscow 0–3 2–2 0–2 3–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 3–0 2–0 Amkar Perm 1–1 1–1 3–3 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 Khimki 1–4 3–3 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–3 0–4 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–1 Rubin Kazan 4–1 0–3 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–3 Tom Tomsk 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 0–4 1–1 2–1 2–0 Spartak Nalchik 2–2 1–2 0–0 0–3 2–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 Krylia Sovetov Samara 0–3 1–1 0–2 1–1 4–0 3–3 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–2 3–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 4–3 Luch-Energiya Vladivostok 0–0 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–3 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 Shinnik Yaroslavl 2–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 1–2 3–2 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 Terek Grozny 1–4 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–3 2–1 0–3 2–1 0–0 complete RFPL ru Season statistics Top goalscorers matches played on 22 November 2008. Rank Player Club Goal1 BRA Vágner Love CSKA 202 BIH Marko Topić Saturn 10 NGR Peter Odemwingie Lokomotiv POR Danny Dynamo / Zenit RUS Eldar Nizamutdinov Khimki 6 RUS Diniyar Bilyaletdinov Lokomotiv 97 RUS Alan Dzagoev CSKA 8 TUR Fatih Tekke Zenit RUS Anton Bobyor Krylia ARG Héctor Bracamonte Moscow BUL Martin Kushev Amkar Awards On 16 December 2008 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:ru:Утвержден список 33 лучших игроков "Росгосстрах Чемпионата России по футболу 2008 года" http://www.sports.ru/football/6447517.html Russian Football Union 2007-12-16 2007-12-16 ru auto margin:auto Goalkeepers Russia Igor Akinfeev (CSKA) Russia Sergei Ryzhikov (Rubin) Russia Vyacheslav Malafeev (Zenit) auto margin:auto Right backs Russia Aleksandr Anyukov (Zenit) Argentina Cristian Ansaldi (Rubin) Russia Vasili Berezutskiy (CSKA) Right-centre backs Russia Denis Kolodin (Dynamo) Brazil Rodolfo (Lokomotiv) Russia Dmitri Belorukov (Amkar) Left-centre backs Russia Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA) Argentina Leandro Fernández (Dynamo) Russia Aleksei Popov (Amkar/Rubin) Left backs Czech Republic Radek Šírl (Zenit) Russia Aleksei Berezutskiy (CSKA) Russia Renat Yanbaev (Lokomotiv) auto margin:auto Defensive midfielders Ukraine Anatoliy Tymoschuk (Zenit) Russia Sergei Semak (Rubin) Russia Dmitri Khokhlov (Dynamo) auto margin:auto Right wingers Serbia Miloš Krasić (CSKA) Russia Igor Denisov (Zenit) Russia Kirill Kombarov (Dynamo) Central midfielders Portugal Danny (Dynamo/Zenit) Russia Igor Semshov (Dynamo) Russia Alan Dzagoev (CSKA) Left wingers Russia Yuri Zhirkov (CSKA) Russia Konstantin Zyryanov (Zenit) Russia Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (Lokomotiv) auto margin:auto Right forwards Brazil Vágner Love (CSKA) Russia Pavel Pogrebnyak (Zenit) Russia Roman Pavlyuchenko (Spartak M.) Left forwards Russia Andrei Arshavin (Zenit) Bosnia and Herzegovina Marko Topić (Saturn) Turkey Gökdeniz Karadeniz (Rubin) Medal squads 1. FC Rubin Kazan Goalkeepers: Sergei Ryzhikov (26), Sergei Kozko (6). Defenders: Cristian Ansaldi ARG (27 / 1), Roman Sharonov (26 / 1), Dato Kvirkvelia GEO (24 / 3), Stjepan Tomas CRO (19), Lasha Salukvadze GEO (15), Aleksandr Orekhov (10), Aleksei Popov (7), Jefthon BRA (2), Andrei Fyodorov UZB (1), Gabriel Atz BRA (1). Midfielders: Gökdeniz Karadeniz TUR (27 / 6), Sergei Semak (27 / 5), MacBeth Sibaya RSA (25), Serhii Rebrov UKR (24 / 5), Aleksandr Ryazantsev (22 / 1), Christian Noboa ECU (21 / 6), Andrei Kobenko (17 / 2), Yevgeni Balyaikin (10), Aleksei Rebko (3), Vagiz Galiullin UZB (1), Pyotr Gitselov SWE (1). Forwards: Hasan Kabze TUR (23 / 2), Aleksandr Bukharov (20 / 6), Roman Adamov (13 / 1), Savo Milošević SRB (16 / 3).(league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Kurban Berdyev. Transferred out during the season: Gabriel Atz BRA (on loan to FC Khimki), Pyotr Gitselov SWE (on loan to FC Rostov), Aleksei Rebko (to FC Moscow). 2. PFC CSKA Moscow Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (30). Defenders: Sergei Ignashevich (28 / 4), Vasili Berezutski (28), Aleksei Berezutski (24 / 2), Deividas Šemberas LTU (24), Chidi Odiah NGA (23), Anton Grigoryev (16). Midfielders: Miloš Krasić SRB (28 / 6), Yuri Zhirkov (28 / 3), Evgeni Aldonin (25 / 3), Elvir Rahimić BIH (23), Alan Dzagoev (20 / 8), Caner Erkin TUR (18 / 1), Pavel Mamayev (17 / 2), Dudu BRA (10 / 1), Luboš Kalouda CZE (1). Forwards: Vágner Love BRA (26 / 20), Ricardo Jesus BRA (10), Jô BRA (8 / 3), Dmitri Ryzhov (8), Ramón BRA (7), Daniel Carvalho BRA (4), Dawid Janczyk POL (4). Manager: Valery Gazzaev. Transferred out during the season: Dudu BRA (to GRE Olympiacos), Jô BRA (to ENG Manchester City), Daniel Carvalho BRA (on loan to BRA Internacional). 3. FC Dynamo Moscow Goalkeepers: Vladimir Gabulov (12), Žydrūnas Karčemarskas LTU (9), Anton Shunin (9). Defenders: Leandro Fernández ARG (28 / 4), Denis Kolodin (22 / 1), Jovan Tanasijević MNE (20 / 1), Marcin Kowalczyk POL (20), Aleksandr Dimidko (12 / 2), Luke Wilkshire AUS (11 / 2), Vladimir Granat (11), Arūnas Klimavičius LTU (9 / 1), Nikita Chicherin (3), Aleksandr Tochilin (3). Midfielders: Dmitri Kombarov (30 / 1), Igor Semshov (29 / 6), Dmitri Khokhlov (27 / 2), Kirill Kombarov (26 / 1), Danny POR (18 / 5), Andrei Karpovich KAZ (12), Aleksandr Denisov (1). Forwards: Aleksandr Kerzhakov (27 / 7), Tsvetan Genkov BUL (23 / 4), Aleksandr Kokorin (7 / 2), Fyodor Smolov (7 / 1). Manager: Andrey Kobelev. Transferred out during the season: Danny POR (to FC Zenit St. Petersburg), Aleksandr Denisov (on loan to FC Salyut-Energia Belgorod). Attendances Rank Club Average 1 Krylia Sovetov 21,700 2 Spartak Moscow 21,413 3 Zenit 20,578 4 Rubin 18,434 5 Amkar 16,494 6 PFC CSKA 15,110 7 Lokomotiv Moscow 14,108 8 Dynamo Moscow 13,067 9 Tom 12,820 10 Shinnik 10,300 11 Spartak Nalchik 10,293 12 Saturn 9,193 13 Terek 8,731 14 Luch 8,413 15 Khimki 8,181 16 FC Moscow 4,513Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/rus/averus08.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk July 18, 2026 References External links Official website ru Russian Football Union ru 2007 1 Russia