2010 Russian Premier League

Russian Premier League

Season	2010
Matches played	47
Goals scored	100 (2.13 per match)
Top goalscorer	Oleksandr Aliyev (5)
Biggest home win	Spartak Nalchik 5–2 Rostov
Biggest away win	Sibir 2–4 Anzhi
Highest scoring	Spartak Nalchik 5–2 Rostov
Longest winning run	Spartak Nalchik (3)
Longest unbeaten run	Spartak Nalchik Rubin Kazan (6)
Longest losing run	Krylia Sovetov Sibir Novosibirsk (4)
Highest attendance	Spartak Moscow – Dynamo 55,000
Lowest attendance	Dynamo – Tom 5,177
Average attendance	14,848
← 2009

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 will be played on 29 November 2010.

Teams

Kuban Krasnodar and Khimki were relegated at the end of the 2009 season after finishing in the bottom two places. Kuban make their immediate return to the First Division, while Khimki were relegated after a three-year tenure in the highest Russian football league.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2009 First Division champions Anzhi Makhachkala and runners-up Sibir Novosibirsk. Anzhi return after a eight-year hiatus from the Premier League, and Sibir will make their debut in the highest level of the Russian football pyramid.

On February 5, 2010, FC Moscow owner and main sponsor, MMC Norilsk Nickel, announced that the club will not play in the Russian Premier League in 2010, possibly playing on a lower level instead. The club sent the official fax to the league refusing to participate in the 2010 competition on February 11, 2010.. On February 17, 2010, FC Moscow were officially excluded from the league and replaced by Alania Vladikavkaz, the third-placed team from the 2009 First Division. Alania thus make their return to the Premier League after a four-year absence.

Team	Location	Head Coach	Team Captain	Venue	Capacity	2009	Kit Maker	Shirt Sponsor
Alania	Vladikavkaz	Shevchuk	D.Bazaev	Spartak	32,464	D1 3rd	Umbro
Amkar	Perm	Rakhimov	Kushev	Zvezda	19,500	13th	Puma
Anzhi	Makhachkala	Gadzhiev	Tagirbekov	Dynamo	16,863	D1 1st	Adidas
CSKA	Moscow	Slutskiy	Akinfeev	Arena Khimki	20,000	5th	Reebok	Bashneft
Dynamo	Moscow	Kobelev	Khokhlov	Arena Khimki	20,000	8th	Umbro	VTB
Krylia Sovetov	Samara	Y.Gazzaev	R.Adzhindzhal	Metallurg	33,001	10th	Nike	Rostekhnologii
Lokomotiv	Moscow	Semin	Sychev	Lokomotiv	28,810	4th	Adidas	RZD
Rostov	Rostov-on-Don	Protasov	Cherkes	Olimp-2	15,842	14th	Patrick
Rubin	Kazan	Berdiýew	Semak	Centralny	27,434	1st	Umbro	TAIF
Saturn	Ramenskoye	Gordeev	Igonin	Saturn	16,726	7th	Adidas	Promsvyazbank
Sibir	Novosibirsk	Kriushenko	Medvedev	Spartak	12,567	D1 2nd	Errea	Sibmost
Spartak	Moscow	Karpin	Jiránek	Luzhniki	78,304	2nd	Nike	Lukoil
Spartak	Nalchik	Krasnozhan	Džudović	Spartak	14,194	11th	Umbro
Terek	Grozny	Baidachny	Lakhiyalov	Sultan Bilimkhanov	10,400	12th	Adidas	Zato-Bank
Tom	Tomsk	Nepomnyaschiy	Pareiko	Trud	14,950	9th	Adidas
Zenit	St. Petersburg	Spalletti	Anyukov	Petrovskiy	21,358	3rd	Nike	Gazprom

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing	Manner	Date	Table	Incoming	Date	Table
Anzhi Makhachkala	Omari Tetradze	Resigned	18 March 2010	10th	Arsen Akaev (caretaker)	18 April 2010	11th
Anzhi Makhachkala	Arsen Akaev (caretaker)	Finished	18 April 2010	11th	Gadzhi Gadzhiev

League table

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Leader

2nd place

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The club was reported to be close to liquidation due to shortage of financing. It later asked to postpone the licensing again to February 19, but the RFU only postponed it until February 17. On February 17 it was decided to postpone the licensing until February 19 after all. Krylia Sovetov finally received their license on February 19 after agreeing on new contracts with several companies to sponsor them, some of which might become partial owners of the club. As the first matchday arrived, Krylia Sovetov were still banned from registering new players because of debts outstanding on old contracts. They could only register 11 players over 21 years old and several more players from the youth team that were registered for them in 2009. The transfer deadline had to be extended from March 11 to April 8 to accommodate Krylia Sovetov in hope they will pay their outstanding debts shortly. With injuries on top of that and only 16 players available for both their main squad and the reserve team, their reserve team had to finish their first game with 9 players on the field as they only had a goalkeeper on the bench after two players were injured, and the main squad had to play against FC Zenit St. Petersburg with a heavily diluted roster, so even the loss with the score 0-1 was saluted by the Krylia's fans. The transfer ban was confirmed again on March 16, and was to remain in place until Krylia paid back their debts to their former players Jan Koller and Jiří Jarošík. Krylia lost the second game with the diluted roster 0-3 to FC Lokomotiv Moscow. The ban was finally lifted on March 26. See also 2010 Russian First Division 2009–10 Russian Cup References External links 2010 Russian Premier League at Soccerway.com