The 2009 Russian Premier League was the 18th season of the

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championship since the dissolution of the

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and 8th under the current

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name. The season started on 14 March 2009 with a goalless draw between

Amkar Perm FC Amkar Perm ( ) is a professional football club. Originally founded in 1994, it is based in the city of Perm. It was a participant in second-tier football from 1995 and in the Russian Premier League from 2004 to 2018, after which it was dissol ...

and

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. The last matches were played on 29 November 2009. On 21 November 2009

Rubin Kazan FC Rubin Kazan (; ) is a Russian professional football club based in the city of Kazan. They play in the Russian Premier League. Founded in 1958, Rubin played its first-ever top flight season in 2003. It has remained there through the 2021–2 ...

successfully retained their champion's title.

Teams

As in the previous season, 16 teams played in the 2009 season. After the 2008 season, Shinnik Yaroslavl and Luch-Energiya Vladivostok were relegated to the

2009 Russian First Division The 2009 Russian First Division was 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 2 ...

. They were replaced by

and Kuban Krasnodar, the winners and runners up of the 2008 Russian First Division.

Venues

Dynamo Moscow MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (), is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first institution created from the All-Union Dynamo Sports Club. Dynamo Mosco ...

played their home games during the 2009 season at the new Arena Khimki, due to their Dynamo Stadium undergoing renovation work.

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Awards

On 24 November 2009

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named its list of 33 top players:

;Goalkeepers # Igor Akinfeev (CSKA) # Sergei Ryzhikov (Rubin) # Vladimir Gabulov (Dynamo) ;Right backs # Aleksandr Anyukov (Zenit) # Sergei Parshivlyuk (Spartak M.) # Kirill Nababkin (Moscow) ;Right-centre backs # Roman Sharonov (Rubin) # Vasili Berezutskiy (CSKA) # Martin Jiránek (Spartak M.) ;Left-centre backs # Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA) # César Navas (Rubin) # Denis Kolodin (Dynamo) ;Left backs #

Cristian Ansaldi Cristian Daniel Ansaldi (born 20 September 1986) is an Argentine former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, full-back. He had been capped five times with the Argentina national ...

(Rubin) # Renat Yanbaev (Lokomotiv) # Georgi Schennikov (CSKA) ;Defensive midfielders #

Sergei Semak Sergei Bogdanovich Semak ( ; born 27 February 1976) is a Russian football manager and a former international midfielder who manages Russian Premier League side Zenit Saint Petersburg. Early life Semak was born in the village of Sychanske, ...

(Rubin) # Igor Denisov (Zenit) #

Dmitri Khokhlov Dmitri Valeryevich Khokhlov (, born 22 December 1975) is a Russian football manager and former midfielder who is the manager of the Under-19 squad of Lokomotiv Moscow. Playing career Khokhlov played for PFC CSKA Moscow and FC Lokomotiv Moscow i ...

(Dynamo) ;Right wingers #

Vladimir Bystrov Vladimir Sergeyevich Bystrov (, born 31 January 1984) is a Russian former footballer who played as a right winger. Career FC Zenit Saint Petersburg Bystrov began his career in youth club Smena. In 2001, he transferred to Zenit. On 8 May 200 ...

(Spartak M. / Zenit) # Miloš Krasić (CSKA) # Aleksandr Samedov (Moscow) ;Central midfielders #

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(Spartak M.) # Alan Dzagoev (CSKA) # Igor Semshov (Zenit) ;Left wingers #

Konstantin Zyryanov Konstantin Georgiyevich Zyryanov (; born 5 October 1977) is a Russian football manager and a former player of Komi descent. Club career Early career and Amkar Perm Zyryanov started to play football in local club Zvezda Perm. His professional ...

(Zenit) #

Edgaras Česnauskis Edgaras Česnauskis (born 5 February 1984) is a Lithuanian former professional footballer who played as a winger. Club career Česnauskis was born in Kuršėnai. He started his career in 2000 playing for his hometown team Ekranas. He played ...

(Moscow) # Aleksandr Ryazantsev (Rubin) ;Right forwards # Welliton (Spartak M.) # Aleksandr Bukharov (Rubin) # Fatih Tekke (Zenit) ;Left forwards # Alejandro Domínguez (Rubin) #

Aleksandr Kerzhakov Aleksandr Anatolyevich Kerzhakov ( ; born 27 November 1982) is a Russian professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker. He used ...

(Dynamo) #

Dmitri Sychev Dmitri Yevgenyevich Sychev ( rus, Дми́трий Евге́ньевич Сычёв, Dmitriy Yevgen’yevich Sychyov, ˈdmʲitrʲɪj jɪvˈɡʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ sɨˈtɕɵf, Ru-Dmitri Yevgenyevich Sychev.ogg; born 26 October 1983) is a Russian p ...

(Lokomotiv)

Medal squads

References

External links

Official website

Russian Football Union

Official website
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