The 2009 Russian First Division was the 18th season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 28 March 2009 and ended on 4 November 2009.

Teams

The league has been reduced from 22 to 20 teams. It features eleven clubs from 2008 Russian First Division, two clubs relegated from 2008 Russian Premier League, five zone winners from 2008 Russian Second Division and two of the third-placed clubs from 2008 Russian Second Division.

Movement between Premier League and First Division

FC Rostov as 2008 champions and Kuban Krasnodar as runners-up have been promoted to the Premier League. They will be replaced by relegated teams Shinnik Yaroslavl and Luch-Energia Vladivostok.

Movement between First Division and Second Division

Due to the league contraction, seven instead of the regular five teams were relegated to their respective Second Division group. These teams, ranked 16th through 22nd in 2008, were Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk, Volga Ulyanovsk, Torpedo Moscow, Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk, Dinamo Barnaul, Dinamo Bryansk and Zvezda Irkutsk.

The relegated teams were replaced by the five 2008 Second Division zone winners. These were MVD Rossii Moscow (West), Metallurg Lipetsk (Center), Volgar-Gazprom-2 Astrakhan (South), Volga Nizhny Novgorod (Ural-Povolzhye) and FC Chita (East).

Further team changes

Sportakademklub Moscow avoided relegation in 2008 by finishing 15th, but announced refusal to play in the First Division on 18 December 2008. On 15 January 2009, SKA Rostov-on-Don refused to play as well. Regulations provided that Sportakademclub and SKA should be replaced by two of the runners-up from the Second Division groups (FC Bataysk-2007, FC Torpedo Vladimir, FC Gazovik Orenburg, FC Avangard Kursk or FC Smena Komsomolsk-on-Amur). However, since all of those teams refused promotion, the places were eventually filled by third-place finishers FC Nizhny Novgorod and FC Krasnodar.

Overview

2009 Russian First Division is located in Russia
Location of the teams participating in the 2009 season
TeamLocationHead coachCaptainVenueCapacityPosition in 2008
AlaniaVladikavkazRomania Mircea RednicKamalutdin AkhmedovRepublican Spartak32,46410th
AnzhiMakhachkalaRussia Omari TetradzeRasim TagirbekovDynamo16,8006th
BaltikaKaliningradUkraine Leonid TkachenkoDenis MatyolaBaltika14,6607th
ChernomoretsNovorossiyskRussia Igor Cherniy (caretaker)Tsentralny (Trud)12,5009th
FC ChitaChitaRussia Oleg KokarevIlya MakiyenkoLokomotiv10,2001st, D2 "East"
KAMAZNaberezhnye ChelnyRussia Vitali Panov (caretaker)Spartak GogniyevKAMAZ9,2213rd
FC KrasnodarKrasnodarRussia Nurbiy KhakunovMaksim DemenkoKuban35,2003rd, D2 "South"
Luch-EnergiyaVladivostokRussia Aleksandr PobegalovDinamo10,20016th, RPL
MetallurgLipetskRussia Valeri Tretyakov (caretaker)Metallurg14,9401st, D2 "Center"
MVD RossiiMoscowRussia Vladimir EshtrekovAvangard, Domodedovo6,0001st, D2 "West"
FC Nizhny NovgorodNizhny NovgorodRussia Viktor ZaidenbergOleg GubanovSeverny3,1803rd, D2 "Ural-Povolzhye"
NostaNovotroitskRussia Gennady GridinRuslan SurodinMetallurg6,0605th
Salyut-EnergiyaBelgorodRussia Sergei TashuevSergei KushovSalyut11,50012th
ShinnikYaroslavlRussia Yuri BykovRoman MonaryovShinnik18,500 (in reconstruction time)15th, RPL
SibirNovosibirskBelarus Igor KriushenkoAleksey MedvedevSpartak12,50014th
SKA-EnergiyaKhabarovskRussia Vladimir FaizulinAndrey KonovalovLenin Stadium15,2008th
UralYekaterinburgRussia Vladimir FedotovAleksey KatulskyUralmash13,0004th
VityazPodolskRussia Andrei Novosadov (caretaker)Andrei SmirnovTrud12,00011th
VolgaNizhny NovgorodRussia Khazret DyshekovVitali AstakhovPolyot4,6001st, D2 "Ural-Povolzhye"
Volgar-Gazprom-2AstrakhanRussia Aleksandr IgnatenkoNail MagzhanovCentralny18,5001st, D2 "South"

FC MVD Rossii resigned from the league on 17 July after playing 19 matches. The team was in the 19th position with 17 points.

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoingMannerDateTableIncomingDateTable
ChernomoretsRussia Nikolai YuzhaninSacked1 May 200920thRussia Eduard Sarkisov (caretaker)
ShinnikRussia Sergei PavlovSacked12 May 200910thRussia Ivan Lyakh12 May 200910th
Luch-EnergiyaLithuania Benjaminas ZelkevičiusSacked16 May 200919thRussia Konstantin Yemelyanov (caretaker)
BaltikaRussia Zurab SanayaSacked29 May 200910thUkraine Leonid Tkachenko8 June 20098th
NostaRussia Sergei PodpalySacked3 June 200916thRussia Oleg Samatov (caretaker)
VolgaRussia Sergei PetrenkoSacked5 June 200919thRussia Sergei Perednya (caretaker)
FC Nizhny NovgorodRussia Mikhail AfoninSacked6 June 200917thRussia Viktor Zaidenberg
MVD RossiiRussia Yuri KovtunSacked8 June 200916thRussia Vladimir Eshtrekov
Metallurg LipetskRussia Gennadi StyopushkinSacked16 June 200917thRussia Valeri Tretyakov (caretaker)
Luch-EnergiyaRussia Konstantin Yemelyanov (caretaker)Finished23 June 200914thSpain Francisco Arcos
NostaRussia Oleg Samatov (caretaker)Finished26 June 200914thRussia Gennady Gridin
UralRussia Aleksandr PobegalovSacked13 July 20095thRussia Vladimir Fedotov
VolgaRussia Sergei Perednya (caretaker)Finished5 June 200916thRussia Khazret Dyshekov
ChernomoretsRussia Eduard Sarkisov (caretaker)Finished24 July 200920thRussia Aleksandr Irkhin
AlaniaRussia Valeriy PetrakovSacked10 August 20093rdRussia Aleksandr Yanovskiy (caretaker)
Luch-EnergiyaSpain Francisco ArcosFinished11 August 200916thRussia Aleksandr Pobegalov
AlaniaRussia Aleksandr Yanovskiy (caretaker)Finished19 August 20093rdRomania Mircea Rednic
ChernomoretsRussia Aleksandr IrkhinFinished3 September 200919thRussia Igor Cherniy
VityazRussia Sergei BalakhninSacked18 September 200913thRussia Andrei Novosadov (caretaker)
ShinnikRussia Ivan LyakhSacked1 October 20094thRussia Yuri Bykov
KAMAZRussia Yuri GazzaevFinished13 October 20097thRussia Vitali Panov (caretaker)

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Anzhi Makhachkala (P)38211256131+3075Promotion to Premier League
2Sibir Novosibirsk (P)3822796021+3973Promotion to Premier League and qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
3Alania Vladikavkaz (P)38217105730+2770Promotion to Premier League
4Volga Nizhny Novgorod38171475432+2265
5KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny381810105031+1964
6Shinnik Yaroslavl38187134635+1161
7Salyut-Energia Belgorod381710115441+1361
8Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast38151584032+860
9Baltika Kaliningrad381410144142−152
10Krasnodar381410145047+352
11Vityaz Podolsk381312134639+751
12Volgar-Gazprom-2 Astrakhan381215114041−151
13Nizhny Novgorod38148163747−1050
14Luch-Energiya Vladivostok381311144243−150
15SKA-Khabarovsk381211154342+147
16Nosta Novotroitsk (R)38913164759−1240Relegation to Second Division
17Chita (R)38105232765−3835
18Chernomorets Novorossiysk (R)38810203151−2034
19Metallurg Lipetsk (R)3887233062−3231
20MVD Rossii Moscow (R)3838271075−6517

Results

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Alania Vladikavkaz0–11–22–03–02–32–23–02–01–02–04–00–12–01–02–10–01–00–13–1
Anzhi Makhachkala0–02–02–03–01–11–12–03–01–04–04–10–01–02–13–10–02–12–21–0
Baltika Kaliningrad3–10–01–02–12–01–01–23–03–02–23–02–20–20–30–21–22–10–01–1
Chernomorets Novorossiysk0–11–20–33–01–01–20–11–13–01–12–21–11–12–14–01–11–10–01–1
Chita0–20–21–02–01–01–21–61–03–00–20–01–31–00–40–40–13–33–21–2
KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny1–11–10–11–12–02–12–01–13–03–03–10–00–12–13–11–13–12–00–0
Krasnodar5–10–10–01–01–00–13–11–03–01–01–22–01–32–33–12–21–11–32–2
Luch-Energiya Vladivostok1–13–22–02–01–10–02–11–00–02–01–10–00–21–02–20–00–12–22–2
Metallurg Lipetsk1–52–11–11–20–10–21–31–23–03–00–12–10–00–01–62–10–30–01–2
MVD Rossii Moscow0–30–32–12–10–01–30–10–30–20–30–30–10–10–30–30–30–30–00–3
Nizhny Novgorod0–21–11–01–00–10–21–22–02–11–12–02–10–11–01–10–03–20–10–0
Nosta Novotroitsk2–22–20–10–12–01–24–02–01–22–22–32–23–11–11–30–01–10–03–1
Salyut-Energia Belgorod2–03–03–21–05–21–02–11–05–13–00–22–01–20–02–02–01–11–11–0
Shinnik Yaroslavl1–23–00–00–10–22–01–11–31–03–03–02–14–23–11–01–21–11–00–0
Sibir Novosibirsk1–02–16–04–03–01–01–01–02–00–00–03–04–01–00–01–02–10–04–0
SKA-Khabarovsk0–02–30–12–01–00–01–10–02–01–11–01–21–00–20–12–01–00–00–2
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast0–10–20–01–01–00–31–12–11–22–03–10–01–03–12–12–12–12–22–0
Vityaz Podolsk0–11–12–14–10–01–22–01–02–00–01–02–13–11–00–21–10–00–22–0
Volga Nizhny Novgorod0–31–11–04–03–04–12–12–01–03–01–24–22–14–12–03–11–10–00–3
Volgar-Gazprom-2 Astrakhan1–01–31–11–02–01–00–03–11–10–12–31–12–20–00–20–01–12–11–0

Top scorers

Last updated: 4 November 2009; Source: (in Russian)

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1Russia Aleksei MedvedevSibir18
2Russia Spartak GogniyevKAMAZ17
3Uzbekistan Vladimir ShishelovUral16
4Russia Roman GrigoryanVityaz15
5Georgia (country) Otar MartsvaladzeAnzhi13
6Russia Nikita BurmistrovShinnik12
Moldova Serghei DaduAlania
8Russia Anton KhazovVolga10
9Russia Sergei DavydovVolgar-Gazprom-29
Ukraine Denys DedechkoLuch-Energiya
Moldova Nicolae JosanAnzhi
Russia Vasili KarmazinenkoSKA-Energiya

Awards

On 25 November 2009, Professional Football League announced the award winners for the season.

See also

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