The 2010 Russian First Division was the 19th season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 27 March 2010.

Teams

As in the previous year, 20 clubs participate in this year championship. It features eleven clubs from 2009 Russian First Division, two clubs relegated from 2009 Russian Premier League, five zone winners from 2009 Russian Second Division, one of the second-placed clubs from 2009 Russian Second Division and one of the third-placed clubs from 2009 Russian Second Division.

Movement between Premier League and First Division

Anzhi Makhachkala as 2009 champions and Sibir Novosibirsk as runners-up have been promoted to the Premier League. They will be replaced by relegated teams Kuban Krasnodar and Khimki.

Movement between First Division and Second Division

Nosta Novotroitsk, Chita, Chernomorets Novorossiysk, Metallurg Lipetsk and MVD Rossii Moscow who placed in the last 5 places respectively in 2009 were relegated to the Russian Second Division.

The relegated teams were replaced by the five 2009 Second Division zone winners. These were Dynamo Saint Petersburg (West), Avangard Kursk (Centre), Zhemchuzhina-Sochi (South), Mordovia Saransk (Ural-Povolzhye) and Irtysh Omsk (East).

Further team changes

Due to financial difficulties, Vityaz Podolsk who placed 11th in 2009, decided to give up their spot in the Russian First Division and participate in the Russian Second Division in 2010.

Pending licensing, their place was taken by FC Volgograd who placed 3rd in the Russian Second Division (South Zone) in 2009. For the occasion the management decided to change the name of the club from FC Volgograd to Rotor Volgograd.

FC Alania Vladikavkaz were promoted into the 2010 Russian Premier League after FC Moscow dropped out due to financial reasons. It was replaced by FC Dynamo Bryansk. Dynamo Bryansk originally refused to be promoted when offered Vityaz's spot, but by the time Alania's spot became available, they found new financial commitments and agreed to participate in the First Division.

Overview

2010 Russian First Division is located in Russia
Location of teams in 2010 Russian First Division
TeamLocationHead CoachCaptainVenueCapacityPosition in 2009
AvangardKurskRussia Aleksandr IgnatenkoTrudovye Rezervy11,3291st, D2 "Centre"
BaltikaKaliningradRussia Leonid TkachenkoBaltika14,6649th
Dynamo BryanskBryanskRussia Aleksandr SmirnovDynamo10,1002nd, D2 "Centre"
Dynamo St. PetersburgSaint PetersburgRussia Sergey FrantsevMSA Petrovsky2,8351st, D2 "West"
IrtyshOmskRussia Aleksandr DorofeyevRed Star8,0001st, D2 "East"
KAMAZNaberezhnye ChelnyRussia Robert YevdokimovKAMAZ9,2215th
KhimkiKhimkiRussia Yevgeni BushmanovNovyye Khimki3,06616th, Premier
KrasnodarKrasnodarRussia Sergei TashuevKuban34,64010th
KubanKrasnodarRomania Dan PetrescuKuban34,64015th, Premier
Luch-EnergiyaVladivostokSpain Francisco ArcosDinamo10,18514th
MordoviaSaranskRussia Fyodor ShcherbachenkoSvetotekhnika14,0001st, D2 "Ural-Povolzhye"
Nizhny NovgorodNizhny NovgorodRussia Viktor ZaidenbergSeverny3,18013th
RotorVolgogradRussia Vitaliy ShevchenkoCentral32,1263rd, D2 "South"
SalyutBelgorodRussia Yuri BykovSalyut11,5007th
ShinnikYaroslavlRussia Aleksandr PobegalovShinnik18,4816th
SKA-EnergiyaKhabarovskRussia Sergey FeldmanLenin Stadium15,20015th
UralYekaterinburgRussia Vladimir FedotovUralmash13,0008th
VolgaNizhny NovgorodRussia Omari TetradzeLokomotiv17,8564th
Volgar-GazpromAstrakhanRussia Lev IvanovCentralny20,50012th
Zhemchuzhina-SochiSochiRussia Oleg VasilenkoCentral10,2801st, D2 "South"

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoingMannerDateTableIncomingDateTable
Dynamo St. PetersburgRussia Aleksandr AveryanovResigned15 April 201019thRussia Grigori Mikhalyuk (caretaker)
Dynamo BryanskRussia Soferbi YeshugovSacked7 May 201020thRussia Sergei Ovchinnikov7 May 201020th
Volga Nizhny NovgorodRussia Aleksandr PobegalovResigned8 May 201012thRussia Omari Tetradze8 May 201012th
Shinnik YaroslavlRussia Igor LediakhovSacked11 May 201018thRussia Aleksandr Pobegalov11 May 201012th
Ural Sverdlovsk OblastRussia Vladimir FedotovSacked11 May 20107thRussia Boris Stukalov14 May 20107th
Dynamo St. PetersburgRussia Grigori Mikhalyuk (caretaker)Finished19 May 201010thRussia Boris Zhuravlyov19 May 2010
Salyut BelgorodBelarus Miroslav RomaschenkoSacked20 May 201016thBelarus Leonid Koutchouk20 May 201016th
Luch-EnergiyaRussia Leonid NazarenkoSacked22 May 201013thSpain Francisco Arcos (caretaker)22 May 201013th
BaltikaRussia Ivan LyakhSacked5 June 201013thRussia Leonid Tkachenko
RotorRussia Vladimir FaizulinSacked26 June 201020thRussia Vitaliy Shevchenko27 June 201020th
Dynamo St. PetersburgRussia Boris ZhuravlyovSacked22 July 201017thBelarus Eduard Malofeyev22 July 201020th
KhimkiRussia Aleksandr Tarkhanov30 July 20109thRussia Yevgeni Bushmanov (caretaker)
Zhemchuzhina-SochiRussia Oleg Vasilenko2 August 20104thRussia Zurab Sanaya
Avangard KurskRussia Valery YesipovSacked17 August 201019thRussia Oleg Sergeyev (caretaker)
Dynamo St. PetersburgBelarus Eduard MalofeyevSacked20 August 201020thRussia Sergey Frantsev
Salyut BelgorodBelarus Leonid KoutchoukSacked23 August 201019thRussia Yuri Bykov23 August 201019th
Irtysh OmskRussia Vladimir AraysSacked2 September 201020thRussia Aleksandr Dorofeyev2 September 2010
Avangard KurskRussia Oleg Sergeyev (caretaker)Finished17 September 201019thRussia Aleksandr Ignatenko
Dynamo BryanskRussia Sergei OvchinnikovSacked17 September 201018thRussia Aleksandr Smirnov17 September 201018th
Zhemchuzhina-SochiRussia Zurab Sanaya27 September 20105thRussia Oleg Vasilenko
SKA-EnergiyaRussia Sergei GorlukovichSacked28 September 201015thRussia Sergey Feldman

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Kuban Krasnodar (C, P)3824865120+3180Promotion to Premier League
2Volga Nizhny Novgorod (P)38191456225+3771
3Nizhny Novgorod38217106041+1970
4KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny38199105543+1266
5Krasnodar (P)381710116044+1661Promotion to Premier League
6Mordovia Saransk381610125340+1358
7Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast38141683828+1058
8Zhemchuzhina-Sochi38169134544+157
9Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan38169134548−357
10Shinnik Yaroslavl381413114331+1255
11SKA-Khabarovsk38158153739−253
12Luch-Energiya Vladivostok381313124242052
13Khimki381117103938+150
14Dynamo Bryansk381111165354−144
15Baltika Kaliningrad381110173847−943
16Dynamo St. Petersburg (R)38910193253−2137Relegation to Second Division
17Salyut Belgorod (R)38713183047−1734
18Rotor Volgograd (R)3897222764−3734
19Irtysh Omsk (R)38610222652−2628
20Avangard Kursk (R)3876253167−3627

Results

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Avangard Kursk1–11–20–02–12–10–11–21–21–21–11–51–32–01–61–50–11–01–01–0
Baltika Kaliningrad2–11–22–02–12–43–11–10–11–02–21–03–20–00–11–20–10–01–12–1
Dynamo Bryansk1–00–14–12–14–01–14–30–21–10–01–10–12–20–15–00–20–12–31–0
Dynamo St. Petersburg1–00–20–02–01–10–20–00–01–21–30–14–12–02–52–11–11–11–10–1
Irtysh Omsk2–12–01–40–20–00–00–02–30–30–01–02–01–11–10–11–01–11–40–1
KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny2–02–11–12–01–21–11–01–21–02–13–22–02–11–21–11–11–13–12–0
Khimki3–01–02–24–11–10–20–00–11–10–31–11–31–01–10–01–11–01–13–1
Krasnodar0–03–15–10–02–03–21–10–13–04–14–23–02–02–13–01–03–32–01–1
Kuban Krasnodar2–00–01–02–02–10–11–03–03–00–20–03–00–01–11–03–01–06–10–1
Luch-Energiya Vladivostok4–32–10–31–01–10–10–01–10–12–03–11–12–03–10–01–01–10–12–1
Mordovia Saransk0–11–03–22–12–11–22–11–23–00–03–13–10–11–00–21–12–01–11–1
Nizhny Novgorod3–22–03–11–02–13–12–04–33–13–10–13–03–01–02–01–02–20–00–0
Rotor Volgograd1–01–01–01–20–01–00–10–10–32–20–60–20–11–00–21–21–40–11–0
Salyut Belgorod0–01–14–21–21–02–01–21–21–20–11–10–12–10–02–41–10–01–21–0
Shinnik Yaroslavl2–01–11–00–01–01–20–01–00–13–20–00–11–11–13–01–10–02–00–1
SKA-Khabarovsk2–11–00–00–11–00–21–11–00–00–03–10–12–02–12–30–01–21–02–0
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast0–01–03–32–01–01–10–23–10–01–01–03–04–00–00–01–00–12–01–1
Volga Nizhny Novgorod3–04–11–13–03–02–22–04–10–02–23–03–00–01–01–02–03–03–13–0
Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan3–12–23–03–22–00–12–22–12–12–10–32–10–02–00–11–00–01–00–3
Zhemchuzhina-Sochi3–21–22–13–12–13–22–12–00–10–02–12–22–22–22–11–02–20–21–0

Top scorers

Last updated: 6 November 2010; Source: (in Russian)

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1Georgia (country) Otar MartsvaladzeVolga21
2Russia Spartak GogniyevKAMAZ / Krasnodar18
3Russia Sergei DavydovVolgar-Gazprom / Kuban16
4Russia Dmitri GolubovBaltika15
5Russia Ruslan MukhametshinMordovia13
Russia Sergei SerdyukovKAMAZ
Russia Aleksandr TikhonovetskyNizhny Novgorod
8Russia Azamat GonezhukovDynamo St. Petersburg12
9Russia Maksim DemenkoKrasnodar / Zhemchuzhina-Sochi11
Russia Yevgeni KaleshinKrasnodar
Russia Kirill PanchenkoMordovia
12Russia Vasiliy KarmazinenkoSKA-Energiya10

Awards

Professional Football League announced the award winners for the season.

See also

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