2010 Russian First Division
Encyclopedia
The Russian First Division is the 18th season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 27 March.

Teams

As the previous year, 20 clubs will participate in the championship. It features eleven clubs from Russian First Division 2009
Russian First Division 2009
The Russian First Division 2009 is 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...

, two clubs relegated from Russian Premier League 2009
Russian Premier League 2009
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. The last matches were...

, five zone winners from Russian Second Division 2009
Russian Second Division 2009
The Russian Second Division 2009 is the third strongest division in Russian football. The Second Division is geographically divided into 5 zones.The winners of each zone are automatically promoted into the First Division...

, one of the second-placed clubs from Russian Second Division 2009
Russian Second Division 2009
The Russian Second Division 2009 is the third strongest division in Russian football. The Second Division is geographically divided into 5 zones.The winners of each zone are automatically promoted into the First Division...

 and one of the third-placed clubs from Russian Second Division 2009
Russian Second Division 2009
The Russian Second Division 2009 is the third strongest division in Russian football. The Second Division is geographically divided into 5 zones.The winners of each zone are automatically promoted into the First Division...

.

Movement between Premier League and First Division

Anzhi Makhachkala
FC Anzhi Makhachkala
FC Anzhi Makhachkala is a Russian football club based in Makhachkala, capital of the Republic of Dagestan, which plays in the Russian Premier League. The word "Anzhi" is part of Anzhi-Qala the old name of Makhachkala.-History:The club was founded in 1991 and has played in the Russian league since...

 as 2009 champions
Russian First Division 2009
The Russian First Division 2009 is 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...

 and Sibir Novosibirsk
FC Sibir Novosibirsk
FC Sibir Novosibirsk is a Russian association football club based in Novosibirsk. The club plays at the Spartak Stadium. As a result of their first-ever season in the Russian Premier League in 2010, FC Sibir has been relegated to play the next season in Russian First Division.-History:The club was...

 as runners-up have been promoted to the Premier League. They will be replaced by relegated teams
Russian Premier League 2009
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. The last matches were...

 Kuban Krasnodar
FC Kuban Krasnodar
FC Kuban is a Russian football club based in Krasnodar. In 2011 will play in the Russian Premier League after having won the Russian First Division in 2010....

 and Khimki
FC Khimki
FC Khimki is a Russian association football club based in Khimki.-History:The team was formed in 1996 by merging two amateur clubs from Khimki, Rodina, and Novator. Khimki entered the amateur league and played their first official match on 17 May 1996. Of more than 150 amateur teams in the...

.

Movement between First Division and Second Division

Nosta Novotroitsk
FC Nosta Novotroitsk
FC Nosta Novotroitsk is a Russian association football club. The club finished 16th in the Russian First Division in 2009 and was relegated to the Russian Second Division. In early 2010 it was announced that the club is dissolved due to lack of financing...

, Chita
FC Chita
FC Chita is a Russian association football club based in Chita that currently plays in the Russian Second Division.The club was founded in 2006 as a result of reorganization of FC Lokomotiv Chita which was excluded from the First Division. FC Chita was immediately admitted to the Second...

, Chernomorets Novorossiysk
FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk
FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk is a Russian association football club based in Novorossiysk. In 2011, the club will play in the Russian First Division after winning their zone of the Russian Second Division....

, Metallurg Lipetsk
FC Metallurg Lipetsk
FC Metallurg Lipetsk is an association football club in Lipetsk, Russia, formed in 1966.-History:Their best result came in 1997 when they came 2nd in the Russian First Division....

 and MVD Rossii Moscow
FC MVD Rossii Moscow
FC MVD Rossii is a Russian football club from Moscow, founded in 2007. It represents the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs. Historically the ministry was represented by FC Dynamo Moscow, but Dynamo is now not directly dependent on MVD. Still, several players on the 2008 FC MVD roster played for...

 who placed in the last 5 places respectively in 2009
Russian First Division 2009
The Russian First Division 2009 is 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...

 were relegated to the Russian Second Division.

The relegated teams were replaced by the five 2009 Second Division zone winners
Russian Second Division 2009
The Russian Second Division 2009 is the third strongest division in Russian football. The Second Division is geographically divided into 5 zones.The winners of each zone are automatically promoted into the First Division...

. These were Dynamo Saint Petersburg
FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg
FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg is an association football club from Saint Petersburg, Russia. The club played in the Russian First Division in 2010 after winning the Western zone of the Russian Second Division in 2009. But, the club relegated back to the third level after finishing 16th in 2010...

 (West), Avangard Kursk
FC Avangard Kursk
FC Avangard Kursk is an association football club based in Kursk, Russia. In 2011, it will once again play in the Russian Second Division after taking the last place in Russian First Division in 2010, where it spent one season....

 (Centre), Zhemchuzhina-Sochi (South), Mordovia Saransk
FC Mordovia Saransk
FC Mordovia Saransk is a Russian association football club from Saransk, Republic of Mordovia. In its current state it was formed in 2005, through the merger of Biokhimik-Mordovia and Lisma-Mordovia....

 (Ural-Povolzhye) and Irtysh Omsk (East).

Further team changes

Due to financial difficulties, Vityaz Podolsk
FC Vityaz Podolsk
FC Vityaz Podolsk is a Russian football club based in Podolsk that played in the Russian First Division in 2009.The club was founded in 1996 as a non-professional team. The current team was formed in 2000 and in 2001 it turned professional. The uniforms are all black for home and away games...

 who placed 11th in 2009
Russian First Division 2009
The Russian First Division 2009 is 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...

, decided to give up their spot in the Russian First Division and participate in the Russian Second Division
Russian Second Division
The Russian Second Division is the third level of Russian professional football.In 1998–2010, it was run by the Professional Football League....

 in 2010.

Pending licensing, their place was taken by FC Volgograd
FC Volgograd
FC Volgograd is a former name of the Russian football club from Volgograd, founded in late 2008, currently known as FC Rotor Volgograd. Before it was founded, it was originally supposed to be called FC Rotor-Volgograd 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
2010 Russian Premier League
The 2010 Russian Premier League is the 19th season of the Russian football championship since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and 9th under the current Russian Premier League name. The season started on 12 March 2010. The last matches have been played on 29 November 2010. On 14 November 2010,...

 after FC Moscow dropped out due to financial reasons. It was replaced by FC Dynamo Bryansk
FC Dynamo Bryansk
FC Dynamo Bryansk are a Russian football club based in Bryansk.In 2009 it came second in its Russian Second Division zone and was not promoted...

. 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

Team Location Head Coach Captain Venue Capacity Position in 2009
Kursk
Kursk
Kursk is a city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur, Tuskar, and Seym Rivers. The area around Kursk was site of a turning point in the Russian-German struggle during World War II and the site of the largest tank battle in history...

  Aleksandr Ignatenko
Aleksandr Ignatenko
Aleksandr Viktorovich Ignatenko is an Ukrainian-born Russian professional football coach and a former player. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1970 for Zarya Voroshilovgrad.-Honours:* Soviet Top League champion: 1972....

Trudovye Rezervy
Trudovye Rezervy Stadium
Trudovye Rezervy Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Kursk, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Avangard Kursk. The stadium holds 11,329 people....

11,329
Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad is a seaport and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea...

  Leonid Tkachenko
Leonid Tkachenko
Leonid Ivanovich Tkachenko is a former Soviet player and the Ukrainian-Russian coach.Together with Mykola Pavlov served as an interim coach for Ukrainian national football team when it traveled to Belarus for a friendly against the Belarusian national football team. Him and Pavlov were assistant...

Baltika
Baltika Stadium
Baltika Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Kaliningrad, Russia, that is home to FC Baltika Kaliningrad. The capacity of the stadium is 14,660, making it an average sized stadium in the Russian First Division....

14,664
Bryansk
Bryansk
Bryansk is a city and the administrative center of Bryansk Oblast, Russia, located southwest of Moscow. Population: -History:The first written mention of Bryansk was in 1146, in the Hypatian Codex, as Debryansk...

  Aleksandr Smirnov
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Smirnov
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Smirnov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player who last managed FC Dynamo Bryansk. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1988 for FC Dynamo Moscow.-Honours:* Soviet Top League bronze: 1990....

Dynamo
Dynamo Stadium (Bryansk)
Dynamo Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Bryansk, Russia. It was built in 1924, refitted in 1960 and 2004 years. Stadium is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Dynamo Bryansk. The stadium holds up to 10,100 people....

10,100
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

  Sergey Frantsev MSA Petrovsky
Petrovsky Stadium
The Petrovsky Stadium is a sport complex that consists of a number of sport buildings. One of them is the Grand Sport Arena which is the home of FC Zenit of Saint Petersburg, Russia and for simplicity referred by everyone as Petrovsky Stadium. The complex also contains another football stadium,...

2,835
Omsk
Omsk
-History:The wooden fort of Omsk was erected in 1716 to protect the expanding Russian frontier along the Ishim and the Irtysh rivers against the Kyrgyz nomads of the Steppes...

  Aleksandr Dorofeyev
Aleksandr Dorofeyev
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Dorofeyev is a Russian professional football coach and a former player currently managing FC Irtysh Omsk in the Russian Second Division.-External links:*...

Red Star
Red Star Stadium (Omsk)
Red Star Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Omsk, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 18,000 people....

8,000
Naberezhnye Chelny
Naberezhnye Chelny
Naberezhnye Chelny is the second largest city in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.A major industrial center, Naberezhnye Chelny stands on the Kama River some 225 km east of Kazan near Nizhnekamsk Reservoir. It serves as the administrative center of Tukayevsky District, although it is not...

  Robert Yevdokimov
Robert Yevdokimov
Robert Gennadyevich Yevdokimov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Second League in 1987 for FC Turbina Naberezhnye Chelny...

KAMAZ
KAMAZ stadium
KAMAZ Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny. The stadium was built in 1977 and holds 10,000 people.-External links:*...

9,221
Khimki
Khimki
Khimki is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, situated just northwest of Moscow, at the west bank of the Moscow Canal. Population: 207,125 ; 141,000 ; 106,000 ; 23,000 .-History:...

  Yevgeni Bushmanov Novyye Khimki 3,066
Krasnodar
Krasnodar
Krasnodar is a city in Southern Russia, located on the Kuban River about northeast of the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk. It is the administrative center of Krasnodar Krai . Population: -Name:...

  Sergei Tashuev
Sergei Tashuev
Sergei Abuyezidovich Tashuyev is a Russian professional football coach. He manages PFC Spartak Nalchik in the Russian Premier League.He worked as an assistant to Aleksandr Tarkhanov on three different teams...

Kuban
Kuban Stadium
Kuban Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Krasnodar, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Kuban Krasnodar and FC Krasnodar. The stadium holds 31,654 people. The stadium was opened on 30 October 1960....

34,640
Krasnodar
Krasnodar
Krasnodar is a city in Southern Russia, located on the Kuban River about northeast of the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk. It is the administrative center of Krasnodar Krai . Population: -Name:...

  Dan Petrescu
Dan Petrescu
Daniel Vasile Petrescu is a Romanian football manager and former player, currently the manager of Kuban Krasnodar in the Russian Premier League....

Kuban
Kuban Stadium
Kuban Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Krasnodar, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Kuban Krasnodar and FC Krasnodar. The stadium holds 31,654 people. The stadium was opened on 30 October 1960....

34,640
Vladivostok
Vladivostok
The city is located in the southern extremity of Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula, which is about 30 km long and approximately 12 km wide.The highest point is Mount Kholodilnik, the height of which is 257 m...

  Francisco Arcos
Francisco Arcos
Francisco "Paco" Arcos Arcos is a Spanish football manager currently in charge of the physical trainer and assistant manager of Alicante CF, and coordinator of youth football at club. Arcos became the first Spanish trainer to train in Russian football.-Club career:Arcos started training school...

Dinamo
Dynamo Stadium (Vladivostok)
Dynamo Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Vladivostok, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Luch-Energia Vladivostok. The stadium is situated close to the main square and harbour and by one of beaches of Vladivostok. The pitch has been improved...

10,185
Saransk
Saransk
Saransk is a city in central European Russia and the capital of the Republic of Mordovia, as well as its financial and economic center. It is located in the Volga basin at the confluence of the Saranka and Insar Rivers, about east of Moscow...

  Fyodor Shcherbachenko
Fyodor Shcherbachenko
Fyodor Anatolyevich Shcherbachenko is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC Mordovia Saransk. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Second League in 1981 for FC Tsement Novorossiysk.-References:...

Svetotekhnika 14,000
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...

  Viktor Zaidenberg
Viktor Zaidenberg
Viktor Lazarevich Zaidenberg is a Russian professional football coach. Currently, he is the president of FC Nizhny Novgorod.-External links:...

Severny 3,180
Volgograd
Volgograd
Volgograd , formerly called Tsaritsyn and Stalingrad is an important industrial city and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is long, north to south, situated on the western bank of the Volga River...

  Vitaliy Shevchenko
Vitaliy Shevchenko
Vitaliy Viktorovich Shevchenko is a Russian coach and former Soviet footballer, currently head-coach of FC Rotor Volgograd. He finished the Institute of Physical Education and the Supreme school of coaches in Moscow....

Central
Central Stadium (Volgograd)
Central Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Volgograd, Russia, that is home to SC Rotor Volgograd. The capacity of the stadium is 32,120 with plans to expand to 45,015 in time for the 2018 FIFA World Cup....

32,126
Belgorod
Belgorod
-Twin towns/sister cities:Belgorod is twinned with: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia Opole, Poland Vyshhorod, Ukraine Kharkiv, Ukraine-External links:...

  Yuri Bykov
Yuri Bykov
Yuri Aleksandrovich Bykov is a Russian professional football manager and a former player player.-External links:*...

Salyut
Salyut Stadium
Salyut Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Belgorod, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Salyut-Energia Belgorod. The stadium holds 12,000 people....

11,500
Yaroslavl
Yaroslavl
Yaroslavl is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Moscow. The historical part of the city, a World Heritage Site, is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Kotorosl Rivers. It is one of the Golden Ring cities, a group of historic cities...

  Aleksandr Pobegalov
Aleksandr Pobegalov
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Pobegalov is a Russian professional football coach. In 2011 he managed FC Shinnik Yaroslavl.-External links:...

Shinnik
Shinnik Stadium
Shinnik Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Yaroslavl, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Shinnik Yaroslavl. The stadium holds 22,990 people....

18,481
Khabarovsk
Khabarovsk
Khabarovsk is the largest city and the administrative center of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is located some from the Chinese border. It is the second largest city in the Russian Far East, after Vladivostok. The city became the administrative center of the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia...

  Sergey Feldman Lenin Stadium
Lenin Stadium (Khabarovsk)
Lenin Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Khabarovsk, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC SKA-Energia Khabarovsk. The stadium holds 15,200 people, it is named after Lenin and was opened in 1951....

15,200
Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg is a major city in the central part of Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range, it is the main industrial and cultural center of the Urals Federal District with a population of 1,350,136 , making it Russia's...

  Vladimir Fedotov
Vladimir Valentinovich Fedotov
Vladimir Valentinovich Fedotov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He manages FC Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1983 for FC Uralmash Sverdlovsk. He played 6 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1996 for FC Uralmash...

Uralmash
Uralmash Stadium
Uralmash Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Yekaterinburg, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast also known as FC Ural Yekaterinburg. The stadium holds 13,000 people. it is now being re - constructed...

13,000
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...

  Omari Tetradze
Omari Tetradze
Omari Mikhailovich Tetradze is a former football player of Georgian Greek descent who, during his playing career, represented Russia at international level.-Early life:...

Lokomotiv
Lokomotiv Stadium (Nizhny Novgorod)
Lokomotiv Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was the home ground of FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod. The stadium holds 17,800 people and was opened in 2000....

17,856
Astrakhan
Astrakhan
Astrakhan is a major city in southern European Russia and the administrative center of Astrakhan Oblast. The city lies on the left bank of the Volga River, close to where it discharges into the Caspian Sea at an altitude of below the sea level. Population:...

  Lev Ivanov
Lev Ivanov
Lev Ivanovich Ivanov was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer and later, Second Balletmaster of the Imperial Ballet....

Centralny
Central Stadium (Astrakhan)
Central Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Astrakhan, Russia. It is used mostly for football matches. The stadium, holding 18,500 people, was built in 1955....

20,500
Sochi
Sochi
Sochi is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, situated just north of Russia's border with the de facto independent republic of Abkhazia, on the Black Sea coast. Greater Sochi sprawls for along the shores of the Black Sea near the Caucasus Mountains...

  Oleg Vasilenko
Oleg Vasilenko
Oleg Petrovich Vasilenko is a Russian professional football coach. He currently manages FC Krasnodar Reseves.-External links:...

Central
Sochi Central Stadium
Sochi Central Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Sochi, Russia, named after the Georgian footballer. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 10,200 people....

10,280

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing Manner Date Table Incoming Date Table
Dynamo St. Petersburg
FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg
FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg is an association football club from Saint Petersburg, Russia. The club played in the Russian First Division in 2010 after winning the Western zone of the Russian Second Division in 2009. But, the club relegated back to the third level after finishing 16th in 2010...

  Aleksandr Averyanov
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Averyanov
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Averyanov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. In 2010, he managed FC Dynamo St. Petersburg. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1966 for FC Chornomorets Odessa....

Resigned 15 April 2010 19th   Grigori Mikhalyuk
Grigori Mikhalyuk
Grigori Alekseyevich Mikhalyuk is a Russian professional football coach. Currently, he manages Dynamo St Petersburg-External links:*...

 (caretaker)
Dynamo Bryansk
FC Dynamo Bryansk
FC Dynamo Bryansk are a Russian football club based in Bryansk.In 2009 it came second in its Russian Second Division zone and was not promoted...

  Soferbi Yeshugov
Soferbi Yeshugov
Soferbi Bachmizovich Yeshugov is a Russian professional football coach. Last time he managed of FC Dynamo Bryansk.-External links:...

Sacked 7 May 2010 20th   Sergei Ovchinnikov
Sergei Ovchinnikov
Sergei Ivanovich Ovchinnikov or Boss is a manager and former association football goalkeeper who played for the Russian national team...

7 May 2010 20th
Volga Nizhny Novgorod
FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod
FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod is a Russian football club from Nizhny Novgorod, founded in 1963. In 2008, FC Volga won the Ural-Povolzhye zone of the Russian Second Division and advanced to the Russian First Division. It finished First Division as 4th in 2009 and finished one as 2nd in 2010 and...

  Aleksandr Pobegalov
Aleksandr Pobegalov
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Pobegalov is a Russian professional football coach. In 2011 he managed FC Shinnik Yaroslavl.-External links:...

Resigned 8 May 2010 12th   Omari Tetradze
Omari Tetradze
Omari Mikhailovich Tetradze is a former football player of Georgian Greek descent who, during his playing career, represented Russia at international level.-Early life:...

8 May 2010 12th
Shinnik Yaroslavl
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl is a Russian football club, based in Yaroslavl.From 1957 to 1960 the team was called Khimik.- Russia:- Current squad :, according to the .-Out on loan:- Notable players :...

  Igor Lediakhov Sacked 11 May 2010 18th   Aleksandr Pobegalov
Aleksandr Pobegalov
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Pobegalov is a Russian professional football coach. In 2011 he managed FC Shinnik Yaroslavl.-External links:...

11 May 2010 12th
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast
FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast
FC Ural is a Russian football club. The club is based in Yekaterinburg but represents all Sverdlovsk Oblast. The club is in the Russian First Division.-Club colours:-History:...

  Vladimir Fedotov
Vladimir Valentinovich Fedotov
Vladimir Valentinovich Fedotov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He manages FC Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1983 for FC Uralmash Sverdlovsk. He played 6 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1996 for FC Uralmash...

Sacked 11 May 2010 7th   Boris Stukalov
Boris Stukalov
Boris Alekseyevich Stukalov is a Russian professional football coach. He last managed FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast.-External links:...

14 May 2010 7th
Dynamo St. Petersburg
FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg
FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg is an association football club from Saint Petersburg, Russia. The club played in the Russian First Division in 2010 after winning the Western zone of the Russian Second Division in 2009. But, the club relegated back to the third level after finishing 16th in 2010...

  Grigori Mikhalyuk
Grigori Mikhalyuk
Grigori Alekseyevich Mikhalyuk is a Russian professional football coach. Currently, he manages Dynamo St Petersburg-External links:*...

 (caretaker)
Finished 19 May 2010 10th   Boris Zhuravlyov
Boris Zhuravlyov
Boris Ivanovich Zhuravlyov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player.-External links:*...

19 May 2010
Salyut Belgorod
FC Salyut Belgorod
FC Salyut Belgorod is a Russian association football club based in Belgorod. They play in the Russian Second Division.-History:The club was founded in 1960 and has been known as:*Tsementnik *Spartak...

  Miroslav Romaschenko
Miroslav Romaschenko
Miroslav Yuryevich Romaschenko is a Belarussian professional football coach and a former player.He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg. He is the brother of Maksim Romaschenko...

Sacked 20 May 2010 16th   Leonid Koutchouk
Leonid Koutchouk
Leonid Kuchuk is an Belarusian football manager and former professional player. He currently manages Ukrainian Premier League club FC Arsenal Kyiv.He is the father of FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk's Aliaksei Kuchuk in the Russian First Division.-As a manager:...

20 May 2010 16th
Luch-Energiya   Leonid Nazarenko
Leonid Nazarenko
Leonid Vasilyevich Nazarenko is a retired Soviet football player and a current Russian coach.-International career:...

Sacked 22 May 2010 13th   Francisco Arcos
Francisco Arcos
Francisco "Paco" Arcos Arcos is a Spanish football manager currently in charge of the physical trainer and assistant manager of Alicante CF, and coordinator of youth football at club. Arcos became the first Spanish trainer to train in Russian football.-Club career:Arcos started training school...

 (caretaker)
22 May 2010 13th
Baltika
FC Baltika Kaliningrad
Baltika is an association football club based in Kaliningrad, Russia. Currently the club plays in the Football Championship of the National League.-History:The club was founded on 22 December 1954 as Pishchevik Kaliningrad...

  Ivan Lyakh
Ivan Lyakh
Ivan Vasilyevich Lyakh is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. In 2010, he managed FC Baltika Kaliningrad.-External links:...

Sacked 5 June 2010 13th   Leonid Tkachenko
Leonid Tkachenko
Leonid Ivanovich Tkachenko is a former Soviet player and the Ukrainian-Russian coach.Together with Mykola Pavlov served as an interim coach for Ukrainian national football team when it traveled to Belarus for a friendly against the Belarusian national football team. Him and Pavlov were assistant...

Rotor   Vladimir Faizulin
Vladimir Faizulin
Vladimir Faizulovich Faizulin is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As a player, he made his debut in 1972 in the Soviet Second League for Barrikady Volgograd. He is an ethnic Tatar.-References:...

Sacked 26 June 2010 20th   Vitaliy Shevchenko
Vitaliy Shevchenko
Vitaliy Viktorovich Shevchenko is a Russian coach and former Soviet footballer, currently head-coach of FC Rotor Volgograd. He finished the Institute of Physical Education and the Supreme school of coaches in Moscow....

27 June 2010 20th
Dynamo St. Petersburg
FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg
FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg is an association football club from Saint Petersburg, Russia. The club played in the Russian First Division in 2010 after winning the Western zone of the Russian Second Division in 2009. But, the club relegated back to the third level after finishing 16th in 2010...

  Boris Zhuravlyov
Boris Zhuravlyov
Boris Ivanovich Zhuravlyov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player.-External links:*...

Sacked 22 July 2010 17th   Eduard Malofeyev 22 July 2010 20th
Khimki
FC Khimki
FC Khimki is a Russian association football club based in Khimki.-History:The team was formed in 1996 by merging two amateur clubs from Khimki, Rodina, and Novator. Khimki entered the amateur league and played their first official match on 17 May 1996. Of more than 150 amateur teams in the...

  Aleksandr Tarkhanov
Aleksandr Tarkhanov
Aleksandr Fyodorovich Tarkhanov is a retired Soviet football player and a current Russian coach. He last managed FC Krylia Sovetov Samara.His son Yuri Tarkhanov is a professional footballer.-International career:...

30 July 2010 9th   Yevgeni Bushmanov (caretaker)
Zhemchuzhina-Sochi   Oleg Vasilenko
Oleg Vasilenko
Oleg Petrovich Vasilenko is a Russian professional football coach. He currently manages FC Krasnodar Reseves.-External links:...

2 August 2010 4th   Zurab Sanaya
Zurab Sanaya
Zurab Vladimirovich Sanaya is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Second League in 1985 for FC Nart Cherkessk.His son Anzor Sanaya is a professional footballer.-External links:...

Avangard Kursk
FC Avangard Kursk
FC Avangard Kursk is an association football club based in Kursk, Russia. In 2011, it will once again play in the Russian Second Division after taking the last place in Russian First Division in 2010, where it spent one season....

  Valery Yesipov
Valery Yesipov
Valery Yesipov is a retired association footballer and a current manager, who is currently an assistant manager for FC Rotor Volgograd. He holds the record for most appearances in the Russian Premier League...

Sacked 17 August 2010 19th   Oleg Sergeyev
Oleg Sergeyev
Oleg Vyacheslavovich Sergeyev is a retired Russian football player. Currently, he works as an assistant coach with FC Salyut Belgorod.-Honours:* Soviet Premier League winner: 1991.* Soviet Premier League runner-up: 1990....

 (caretaker)
Dynamo St. Petersburg
FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg
FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg is an association football club from Saint Petersburg, Russia. The club played in the Russian First Division in 2010 after winning the Western zone of the Russian Second Division in 2009. But, the club relegated back to the third level after finishing 16th in 2010...

  Eduard Malofeyev Sacked 20 August 2010 20th   Sergey Frantsev
Salyut Belgorod
FC Salyut Belgorod
FC Salyut Belgorod is a Russian association football club based in Belgorod. They play in the Russian Second Division.-History:The club was founded in 1960 and has been known as:*Tsementnik *Spartak...

  Leonid Koutchouk
Leonid Koutchouk
Leonid Kuchuk is an Belarusian football manager and former professional player. He currently manages Ukrainian Premier League club FC Arsenal Kyiv.He is the father of FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk's Aliaksei Kuchuk in the Russian First Division.-As a manager:...

Sacked 23 August 2010 19th   Yuri Bykov
Yuri Bykov
Yuri Aleksandrovich Bykov is a Russian professional football manager and a former player player.-External links:*...

23 August 2010 19th
Irtysh Omsk   Vladimir Arays
Vladimir Arays
Vladimir Mikhailovich Arays is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. In 2010, he managed FC Irtysh Omsk. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Second League in 1979 for FC Irtysh Omsk.-References:...

Sacked 2 September 2010 20th   Aleksandr Dorofeyev
Aleksandr Dorofeyev
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Dorofeyev is a Russian professional football coach and a former player currently managing FC Irtysh Omsk in the Russian Second Division.-External links:*...

2 September 2010
Avangard Kursk
FC Avangard Kursk
FC Avangard Kursk is an association football club based in Kursk, Russia. In 2011, it will once again play in the Russian Second Division after taking the last place in Russian First Division in 2010, where it spent one season....

  Oleg Sergeyev
Oleg Sergeyev
Oleg Vyacheslavovich Sergeyev is a retired Russian football player. Currently, he works as an assistant coach with FC Salyut Belgorod.-Honours:* Soviet Premier League winner: 1991.* Soviet Premier League runner-up: 1990....

 (caretaker)
Finished 17 September 2010 19th   Aleksandr Ignatenko
Aleksandr Ignatenko
Aleksandr Viktorovich Ignatenko is an Ukrainian-born Russian professional football coach and a former player. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1970 for Zarya Voroshilovgrad.-Honours:* Soviet Top League champion: 1972....

Dynamo Bryansk
FC Dynamo Bryansk
FC Dynamo Bryansk are a Russian football club based in Bryansk.In 2009 it came second in its Russian Second Division zone and was not promoted...

  Sergei Ovchinnikov
Sergei Ovchinnikov
Sergei Ivanovich Ovchinnikov or Boss is a manager and former association football goalkeeper who played for the Russian national team...

Sacked 17 September 2010 18th   Aleksandr Smirnov
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Smirnov
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Smirnov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player who last managed FC Dynamo Bryansk. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1988 for FC Dynamo Moscow.-Honours:* Soviet Top League bronze: 1990....

17 September 2010 18th
Zhemchuzhina-Sochi   Zurab Sanaya
Zurab Sanaya
Zurab Vladimirovich Sanaya is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Second League in 1985 for FC Nart Cherkessk.His son Anzor Sanaya is a professional footballer.-External links:...

27 September 2010 5th   Oleg Vasilenko
Oleg Vasilenko
Oleg Petrovich Vasilenko is a Russian professional football coach. He currently manages FC Krasnodar Reseves.-External links:...

SKA-Energiya   Sergei Gorlukovich
Sergei Gorlukovich
Sergei Vadimovich Gorlukovich is an association footballer who played manager and former international player.-International career:In international football, Gorlukovich played at the 1990 and 1994 FIFA World Cups, and also in Euro 1996. He made his debut for USSR on 19 October 1988 in a 1990...

Sacked 28 September 2010 15th   Sergey Feldman

Standings

Results








Top scorers

Last updated: 6 November 2010; Source: PFL
21 goal Otar Martsvaladze
Otar Martsvaladze
Otar Martsvaladze is a professional Georgian football player, currently playing in Russia for FC Krasnodar.-Career:Martsvaladze was signed for FC Dynamo Kyiv along with countryman Kakhaber Aladashvili in 2006....

 (Volga
FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod
FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod is a Russian football club from Nizhny Novgorod, founded in 1963. In 2008, FC Volga won the Ural-Povolzhye zone of the Russian Second Division and advanced to the Russian First Division. It finished First Division as 4th in 2009 and finished one as 2nd in 2010 and...

)


18 goal Spartak Gogniyev
Spartak Gogniyev
Spartak Arturovich Gogniyev is a Russian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Krasnodar. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2000 for FC Dynamo Moscow...

 (KAMAZ
FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny
KAMAZ is a Russian football club based in Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan. The club is currently in the Russian First Division.Colours are all white. Light blue shirts, white shorts.-History:...

 / Krasnodar
FC Krasnodar
FC Krasnodar is a Russian association football club from Krasnodar. In 2009 the club was promoted to the Russian First Division, the second highest division of the Russian football league system despite finishing Zone South of Second Division as 3rd. In 2009 club finished as 10th...

 )


16 goal Sergei Davydov
Sergei Sergeyevich Davydov
Sergei Sergeyevich Davydov is a Russian professional football player. Currently, he plays for FC Kuban Krasnodar in the Russian Premier League as a striker.-Dynamo Bryansk:...

 (Volgar-Gazprom
FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan
FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan is an association football club based in Astrakhan, Russia. In 2008, they won the Russian Second Division in the South Zone and were promoted to the Russian First Division for 2009.-History:...

 / Kuban
FC Kuban Krasnodar
FC Kuban is a Russian football club based in Krasnodar. In 2011 will play in the Russian Premier League after having won the Russian First Division in 2010....

)


15 goal Dmitri Golubov
Dmitri Golubov
Dmitri Sergeyevich Golubov is a Russian professional footballer. Until August 2011 he played for 1. Division club FC Baltika Kaliningrad, then he was transferred to FC Dynamo Bryansk, also 1. Division.. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2005 for FC Moscow.-External links:...

 (Baltika
FC Baltika Kaliningrad
Baltika is an association football club based in Kaliningrad, Russia. Currently the club plays in the Football Championship of the National League.-History:The club was founded on 22 December 1954 as Pishchevik Kaliningrad...

)


13 goal Ruslan Mukhametshin
Ruslan Mukhametshin
Ruslan Nailevich Mukhametshin is a Russian professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Mordovia Saransk.He is the older brother of Rustem Mukhametshin.-Honours:...

 (Mordovia
FC Mordovia Saransk
FC Mordovia Saransk is a Russian association football club from Saransk, Republic of Mordovia. In its current state it was formed in 2005, through the merger of Biokhimik-Mordovia and Lisma-Mordovia....

)
Sergei Serdyukov
Sergei Serdyukov
Sergei Sergeyevich Serdyukov is a Russian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny.-External links: *...

 (KAMAZ
FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny
KAMAZ is a Russian football club based in Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan. The club is currently in the Russian First Division.Colours are all white. Light blue shirts, white shorts.-History:...

)
Aleksandr Tikhonovetsky
Aleksandr Tikhonovetsky
Aleksandr Viktorovich Tikhonovetsky is a Russian football player. Currently he plays for FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok.He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2001 with PFC CSKA Moscow....

 (Nizhny Novgorod
FC Nizhny Novgorod
FC Nizhny Novgorod is an association football club based in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Currently the club plays in the Russian First Division.In December 2007 a new team formed from an amateur team playing in the regional championship....

)


12 goal Azamat Gonezhukov
Azamat Gonezhukov
Azamat Nurbiyevich Gonezhukov is a Russian professional football player. Currently, he plays for FC Baltika Kaliningrad.-External links:*...

 (Dynamo St. Petersburg
FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg
FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg is an association football club from Saint Petersburg, Russia. The club played in the Russian First Division in 2010 after winning the Western zone of the Russian Second Division in 2009. But, the club relegated back to the third level after finishing 16th in 2010...

)


11 goal Maksim Demenko
Maksim Demenko
Maksim Vladimirovich Demenko is an association footballer who plays as a central midfielder. He last played for FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi....

 (Krasnodar
FC Krasnodar
FC Krasnodar is a Russian association football club from Krasnodar. In 2009 the club was promoted to the Russian First Division, the second highest division of the Russian football league system despite finishing Zone South of Second Division as 3rd. In 2009 club finished as 10th...

 / Zhemchuzhina-Sochi)
Yevgeni Kaleshin
Yevgeni Kaleshin
Yevgeni Igorevich Kaleshin is a Russian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1999 for FC Shinnik Yaroslavl. He is the brother of Vitali Kaleshin and a son of Igor Kaleshin.-External links:...

 (Krasnodar
FC Krasnodar
FC Krasnodar is a Russian association football club from Krasnodar. In 2009 the club was promoted to the Russian First Division, the second highest division of the Russian football league system despite finishing Zone South of Second Division as 3rd. In 2009 club finished as 10th...

)
Kirill Panchenko
Kirill Panchenko
Kirill Viktorovich Panchenko is a Russian professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Russian First Division for FC Mordovia Saransk....

 (Mordovia
FC Mordovia Saransk
FC Mordovia Saransk is a Russian association football club from Saransk, Republic of Mordovia. In its current state it was formed in 2005, through the merger of Biokhimik-Mordovia and Lisma-Mordovia....

)


10 goal Vasiliy Karmazinenko (SKA-Energiya)

Awards

Professional Football League announced the award winners for the season.
  • Best player: Andrey Tikhonov
    Andrey Tikhonov
    Andrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...

     (FC Khimki
    FC Khimki
    FC Khimki is a Russian association football club based in Khimki.-History:The team was formed in 1996 by merging two amateur clubs from Khimki, Rodina, and Novator. Khimki entered the amateur league and played their first official match on 17 May 1996. Of more than 150 amateur teams in the...

    ).
  • Best goalkeeper: Aleksandr Budakov
    Aleksandr Budakov
    Aleksandr Vladimirovich Budakov is a Russian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Kuban Krasnodar. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 2006 for FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk.-External links: -References:...

     (FC Kuban Krasnodar
    FC Kuban Krasnodar
    FC Kuban is a Russian football club based in Krasnodar. In 2011 will play in the Russian Premier League after having won the Russian First Division in 2010....

    ).
  • Best defender:   Milan Vještica
    Milan Vještica
    Milan Vještica is a Serbian footballer who last played for FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi.Vještica has played in the Russian Premier League for Zenit, Rostov and Shinnik.-External links:*-References:...

     (FC Shinnik Yaroslavl
    FC Shinnik Yaroslavl
    FC Shinnik Yaroslavl is a Russian football club, based in Yaroslavl.From 1957 to 1960 the team was called Khimik.- Russia:- Current squad :, according to the .-Out on loan:- Notable players :...

    ).
  • Best midfielder: Andrey Tikhonov
    Andrey Tikhonov
    Andrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...

     (FC Khimki
    FC Khimki
    FC Khimki is a Russian association football club based in Khimki.-History:The team was formed in 1996 by merging two amateur clubs from Khimki, Rodina, and Novator. Khimki entered the amateur league and played their first official match on 17 May 1996. Of more than 150 amateur teams in the...

    ).
  • Best striker: Spartak Gogniyev
    Spartak Gogniyev
    Spartak Arturovich Gogniyev is a Russian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Krasnodar. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2000 for FC Dynamo Moscow...

     (FC Krasnodar
    FC Krasnodar
    FC Krasnodar is a Russian association football club from Krasnodar. In 2009 the club was promoted to the Russian First Division, the second highest division of the Russian football league system despite finishing Zone South of Second Division as 3rd. In 2009 club finished as 10th...

    ).
  • Best manager: Robert Yevdokimov
    Robert Yevdokimov
    Robert Gennadyevich Yevdokimov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Second League in 1987 for FC Turbina Naberezhnye Chelny...

     (FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny
    FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny
    KAMAZ is a Russian football club based in Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan. The club is currently in the Russian First Division.Colours are all white. Light blue shirts, white shorts.-History:...

    ).

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