The

Russian First Division The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн� ...

2009 was the 18th season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

. 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

Russian First Division 2008 The Russian First Division 2008 was the 17th edition of Russian First Division. There were 22 teams. Teams 15 clubs placed 3–17 in 2007 Russian First Division, 2 clubs relegated from 2007 Russian Premier League and 5 zone winners from Russian ...

, two clubs relegated from Russian Premier League 2008, five zone winners from Russian Second Division 2008 and two of the third-placed clubs from Russian Second Division 2008.

Movement between Premier League and First Division

FC Rostov FC Rostov (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб Ростов) is a Russian professional football club based in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast. The club are members of the Russian Premier League, and play at the Rostov Arena. After the ...

as 2008 champions and Kuban Krasnodar as runners-up have been promoted to the

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. They will be replaced by relegated teams

Shinnik Yaroslavl FC Shinnik Yaroslavl (russian: Футбольный клуб «Шинник» Ярославль) is a Russian football club, based in Yaroslavl. From 1957 to 1960 the team was called Khimik (russian: Химик - "the chemist"). In the USSR ...

and

Luch-Energia Vladivostok FC Luch Vladivostok (russian: Футбольный клуб "Луч" Владивосток) was an association football club based in Vladivostok, Russia. In 2005, Luch won the Russian First Division and played in the Premier League from 20 ...

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 Volga Ulyanovsk may refer to * Volga Ulyanovsk Bandy Club * FC Volga Ulyanovsk FC Volga Ulyanovsk (russian: ФК «Во́лга» Улья́новск) is a professional association football club based in Ulyanovsk, Russia. In the 2022–23 seas ...

, 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 FC Metallurg Lipetsk (russian: Футбольный клуб «Металлург» Липецк) is an association football club in Lipetsk, Russia, formed in 1957. Their home, Metallurg Stadium, is located on Pervomayskaya Street, 59, in 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 FC SKA Rostov-on-Don (russian: ФК СКА Ростов-на-Дону) is a Russian association football club based in Rostov-on-Don. The club's history includes becoming runners-up of the Soviet Top League in 1966 and winning the Soviet Cup in ...

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 Football Club Torpedo Vladimir (russian: Футбольный клуб "Торпедо" Владимир) is a Russian football club from Vladimir, founded in 1959. In 2011, they played in the Russian First Division after winning their zone of t ...

FC Gazovik Orenburg FC Orenburg (russian: ФК «Оренбург») is a Russian professional football club from Orenburg, founded in 1976. It will return to the Russian Premier League for the 2022–23 season. History It played professionally as Gazovik from 1 ...

FC Avangard Kursk FC Avangard Kursk is an association football club based in Kursk, Russia, currently playing in the third tier of Russian football. The team's colors are: home all blue, and away all white. History The club has been known under the following nam ...

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 FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod (russian: ФК «Пари Нижний Новгород») or FC Pari NN for short is a Russian football club from Nizhny Novgorod, founded in 2015. It made its debut in the Russian Premier League in the 2021–22 seas ...

and

FC Krasnodar FC Krasnodar is a Russian professional football club based in Krasnodar that plays in the Russian Premier League. The club was founded in 2008. In 2009, the club was promoted to the Russian First Division, the second highest division of the ...

Overview

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

Standings

Results

Top scorers

''Last updated: 4 November 2009; Source
PFL
'' ;18 goals * Aleksei Medvedev ''( Sibir)'' ;17 goals *

Spartak Gogniyev Spartak Arturovich Gogniyev (russian: Спартак Артурович Гогниев, os, Гогуниты Артуры фырт Спартак; born 19 January 1981) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He is the man ...

''( KAMAZ)'' ;16 goals * Vladimir Shishelov ''( Ural)'' ;15 goals * Roman Grigoryan ''( Vityaz)'' ;13 goals * Otar Martsvaladze ''( Anzhi)'' ;12 goals *

Nikita Burmistrov Nikita Aleksandrovich Burmistrov (russian: Никита Александрович Бурмистров; born 6 July 1989) is a Russian footballer who plays as a right winger for PFC Sochi. He also played as a left winger and centre-forwa ...

''( Shinnik)'' *

Serghei Dadu Sergiu Dadu (born 23 January 1981) is a Moldovan former footballer who played as a striker. He was also a member of Moldova national football team. Club career Dadu was born in Chişinău. He started his career at Sheriff Tiraspol and was loa ...

''(

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)'' ;10 goals * Anton Khazov ''(

Volga The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga has a length of , and a catchm ...

)'' ;9 goals * Sergei Davydov ''( Volgar-Gazprom-2)'' * Denys Dedechko ''( Luch-Energiya)'' * Nicolae Josan ''( Anzhi)'' * Vasili Karmazinenko ''( SKA-Energiya)''

Awards

On 25 November 2009, Professional Football League announced the award winners for the season.Лауреаты сезона 2009–го года
* Best player: Aleksei Medvedev (FC Sibir Novosibirsk). * Best goalkeeper:

Sergei Chepchugov Sergei Andreyevich Chepchugov (russian: Сергей Андреевич Чепчугов; born 15 July 1985) is a Russian former professional footballer. Career He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 2004 for FC Metall ...

(FC Sibir Novosibirsk). * Best defender: Rasim Tagirbekov (FC Anzhi Makhachkala). * Best midfielder: Nicolae Josan (FC Anzhi Makhachkala). * Best striker: Aleksei Medvedev. * Best manager: Omari Tetradze (FC Anzhi Makhachkala).

References

External links

PFL
{{Russian First Division seasons 2 Russian First League seasons

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