2010_Russian_Premier_League

2010 Russian Premier League

2010 Russian Premier League

19th season of top-tier football league in Russia


The 2010 Russian Premier League was the 19th season of the Russian football championship since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and ninth under the current Russian Premier League name. The season started on 12 March 2010 and the last matches were played on 29 November 2010. On 14 November 2010, Zenit Saint Petersburg clinched the title after a 5–0 win against Rostov.[5][6] This season was the last one played during an entire year (March–November), as the Russian Football Union decided to schedule the following seasons in sync with the biggest European football leagues (August–May).

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

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 an eight-year hiatus from the Premier League, and Sibir will make their debut in the highest level of the Russian football pyramid.

On 5 February 2010, FC Moscow owner and main sponsor, MMC Norilsk Nickel, announced that the club will not play in the Premier League in 2010, possibly playing on a lower level instead.[7] The club sent the official fax to the league refusing to participate in the 2010 competition on February 11, 2010.[8] On 17 February, FC Moscow were officially excluded from the league and replaced by Alania Vladikavkaz, the third-placed team from the 2009 First Division.[9] Alania thus make their return to the Premier League after a four-year absence.

Venues

More information Alania, Amkar ...

    Personnel and kits

    Managerial changes

    More information Team, Outgoing ...

    League table

    More information Pos, Team ...
    Source: RFPL (in Russian)
    Rules for classification: 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
    (C) Champions; (R) Relegated
    Notes:
    1. Saturn Moscow Oblast were disbanded at the end of the season after amassing debts of RUB 800m.[16][17]
    2. Despite being relegated, Alania Vladikavkaz will participate in UEFA Europa League 3rd qualifying round as finalists of the 2010–11 Russian Cup competition, lost to CSKA Moscow.

    Positions by round

    More information Team ╲ Round, Zenit St. Petersburg ...
    Source: kicker.de (in German)
      = Leader;   = 2nd place;   = 3rd place

    Results

    More information Home \ Away, ALA ...
    Source: RFPL (in Russian)
    Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Statistics

    Season events

    Krylia Sovetov controversy

    Krylia Sovetov Samara, who were scheduled to pass licensing on February 4, asked Russian Football Union to postpone their licensing until February 15 due to financial problems and debts to players.[18] The club was reported to be close to liquidation due to shortage of financing.[19] It later asked to postpone the licensing again to February 19, but the RFU only postponed it until February 17.[20] On February 17 it was decided to postpone the licensing until February 19 after all.[21] 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.[22][23]

    As the first matchday arrived, Krylia Sovetov were still banned from registering new players because of debts outstanding on old contracts.[24] 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.[25] With injuries on top of that and only 16 players available for both their main squad and the reserve team,[26] 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,[27] 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.[28] 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.[29] Krylia lost the second game with the diluted roster 0–3 to FC Lokomotiv Moscow. The ban was finally lifted on March 26.[30]

    Awards

    On 9 December 2010 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:[31]

    Goalkeepers
    1. Russia Igor Akinfeev (CSKA)
    2. Russia Sergei Ryzhikov (Rubin)
    3. Ukraine Andriy Dykan (Terek / Spartak M.)
    Defensive midfielders
    1. Russia Igor Denisov (Zenit)
    2. Russia Roman Shirokov (Zenit)
    3. Russia Pavel Mamayev (CSKA)

    Medal squads

    1. FC Zenit St. Petersburg

    Goalkeepers: Vyacheslav Malafeev (21), Belarus Yuri Zhevnov (8), Dmitri Borodin (1).
    Defenders: Aleksandr Anyukov (27 / 1), Belgium Nicolas Lombaerts (26 / 3), Slovakia Tomáš Hubočan (23), Portugal Bruno Alves (14), Croatia Ivica Križanac (14 / 1), Serbia Aleksandar Luković (11), Portugal Fernando Meira (11), Denmark Michael Lumb (2).
    Midfielders: Konstantin Zyryanov (28 / 2), Portugal Danny (27 / 10), Vladimir Bystrov (25 / 6), Igor Denisov (24), Roman Shirokov (21 / 6), Serbia Danko Lazović (20 / 5), Italy Alessandro Rosina (15 / 2), Viktor Fayzulin (14 / 2), Hungary Szabolcs Huszti (13 / 1), Sergei Semak (12 / 2), Aleksei Ionov (11).
    Forwards: Aleksandr Kerzhakov (28 / 13), Maksim Kanunnikov (12 / 1), Aleksandr Bukharov (10 / 4).
    Manager: Italy Luciano Spalletti.

    Transferred out during the season: Denmark Michael Lumb (on loan to Netherlands Feyenoord).

    2. PFC CSKA Moscow

    Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (28), Sergei Chepchugov (2).
    Defenders: Sergei Ignashevich (28 / 2), Lithuania Deividas Šemberas (26), Georgi Schennikov (25), Aleksei Berezutski (23 / 1), Vasili Berezutski (22), Kirill Nababkin (13), Nigeria Chidi Odiah (11 / 1).
    Midfielders: Japan Keisuke Honda (28 / 4), Pavel Mamayev (27), Alan Dzagoev (24 / 6), Chile Mark González (21 / 3), Liberia Sekou Oliseh (16 / 3), Serbia Zoran Tošić (15 / 3), Yevgeni Aldonin (14), Serbia Miloš Krasić (14 / 2), Bosnia and Herzegovina Elvir Rahimić (11).
    Forwards: Czech Republic Tomáš Necid (24 / 7), Brazil Vágner Love (15 / 9), Brazil Guilherme (12 / 5), Ivory Coast Seydou Doumbia (11 / 5).
    Manager: Leonid Slutskiy.

    Transferred out during the season: Serbia Miloš Krasić (to Italy Juventus), Brazil Guilherme (end of loan at Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv).

    3. FC Rubin Kazan

    Goalkeepers: Sergei Ryzhikov (28), Lithuania Giedrius Arlauskis (2).
    Defenders: Spain César Navas (29 / 1), Argentina Cristian Ansaldi (20), Aleksandr Orekhov (19 / 1), Vitali Kaleshin (15), Oleg Kuzmin (13), Georgia (country) Lasha Salukvadze (10), Spain Jordi Figueras (8), Italy Salvatore Bocchetti (7 / 2), Roman Sharonov (2).
    Midfielders: Alan Kasaev (28 / 5), Ecuador Christian Noboa (27 / 8), Poland Rafał Murawski (23), Pyotr Bystrov (18), Andrei Gorbanets (17 / 1), Turkey Gökdeniz Karadeniz (17 / 1), Israel Bibras Natcho (14 / 2), Aleksandr Ryazantsev (13 / 2), Yevgeni Balyaikin (13), Sergei Semak (8 / 1), Uzbekistan Vagiz Galiullin (7), South Africa MacBeth Sibaya (7), Brazil Carlos Eduardo (6 / 2).
    Forwards: Aleksei Medvedev (13 / 2), Aleksandr Bukharov (12 / 4), Nigeria Obafemi Martins (12 / 2), Belarus Sergei Kornilenko (8 / 3), Turkey Fatih Tekke (5), Turkey Hasan Kabze (5), Igor Portnyagin (4), Uzbekistan Bahodir Nasimov (2), Moldova Alexandru Antoniuc (1).

    Manager: Turkmenistan Russia Kurban Berdyev.

    Transferred out during the season: Sergei Semak (to Zenit), Turkey Fatih Tekke (to Turkey Beşiktaş), Aleksandr Bukharov (to Zenit), Uzbekistan Bahodir Nasimov (on loan to Azerbaijan Neftchi Baku), Spain Jordi Figueras (on loan to Spain Real Valladolid), Uzbekistan Vagiz Galiullin (on loan to Sibir Novosibirsk), Turkey Hasan Kabze (to France Montpellier).

    See also


    References

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