2010 Russian Premier League
| Season | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Matches played | 216 |
| Goals scored | 501 (2.32 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Welliton (18) |
| Biggest home win | Zenit 6–1 Saturn (25 September) |
| Biggest away win | Sibir 1–4 CSKA (24 April) Tom 1–4 Anzhi (18 July) Lokomotiv 0–3 Zenit (29 August) Tom 0–3 CSKA (26 September) Dynamo 0–3 Spartak Nalchik (26 September) Terek 0–3 CSKA (17 October) Sibir 2–5 Zenit (7 November) |
| Highest scoring | Spartak Moscow 5–3 Sibir (21 June) |
| Longest winning run | Zenit (9 games)[1] (28 April–31 July) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Zenit (23 games)[1] (13 March–24 October) |
| Longest losing run | Sibir (5 games)[1] (27 March–24 April) Anzhi (5 games) (12 September–17 October) Rostov (5 games) (26 September–present) |
| Highest attendance | Spartak Moscow – CSKA Moscow 65,000[2] |
| Lowest attendance | Anzhi – Lokomotiv 3,000[3] |
| Average attendance | 11,020 [4] |
← 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.[5] The club sent the official fax to the league refusing to participate in the 2010 competition on February 11, 2010.[6] 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.[7] Alania thus make their return to the Premier League after a four-year absence.
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing | Manner | Date | Table | Incoming | Date | Table |
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| Anzhi Makhachkala |  Omari Tetradze
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Resigned | 18 March 2010[10] | 10th | Arsen Akaev (caretaker)
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18 April 2010 | 11th |
| Anzhi Makhachkala | Arsen Akaev (caretaker)
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Finished | 18 April 2010[11] | 11th | Gadzhi Gadzhiev
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| Dynamo Moscow | Andrei Kobelev
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Sacked | 27 April 2010[12] | 10th |  Miodrag Božović
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| Krylia Sovetov | Yuri Gazzaev
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Resigned | 25 July 2010[13] | 16th | Aleksandr Tarkhanov
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League table
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On the next matchday (November 12 to 14):
- Zenit St. Petersburg will win the league if
- they defeat Rostov AND CSKA Moscow do not defeat Spartak Nalchik, OR
- they draw with Rostov AND Spartak Nalchik defeat CSKA Moscow
- Zenit St. Petersburg will qualify for the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League Group stage if
- they do not lose to Rostov, OR
- Rubin Kazan does not defeat Dynamo Moscow
- Rubin Kazan will qualify for the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League if
- they defeat Dynamo Moscow, OR
- Spartak Moscow does not defeat Krylia Sovetov Samara
- Spartak Moscow will qualify for European competition in 2011–12 if
- they defeat Krylia Sovetov Samara AND Lokomotiv Moscow do not defeat Sibir Novosibirsk, OR
- they defeat Krylia Sovetov Samara AND Spartak Nalchik do not defeat CSKA Moscow
- Dynamo Moscow will lose the chance to qualify for European competition in 2011–12 through the league (with the chance to qualify through the Russian Cup) if
- they do not defeat Rubin Kazan AND Lokomotiv Moscow defeat Sibir Novosibirsk, OR
- they do not defeat Rubin Kazan AND Spartak Nalchik defeat CSKA Moscow
- Rostov will lose the chance to qualify for European competition in 2011–12 through the league (with the chance to qualify through the Russian Cup) if
- they do not defeat Zenit St. Petersburg, OR
- Sibir Novosibirsk do not defeat Lokomotiv Moscow, OR
- CSKA Moscow do not defeat Spartak Nalchik
- Terek Grozny will be safe from relegation if
- they defeat Anzhi Makhachkala, OR
- Tom Tomsk defeat Alania Vladikavkaz, OR
- Saturn Moscow Oblast defeat Amkar Perm
- Tom Tomsk will be safe from relegation if they defeat Alania Vladikavkaz
- Saturn Moscow Oblast will be safe from relegation if they defeat Amkar Perm
- Sibir Novosibirsk will be relegated if
- they do not defeat Lokomotiv Moscow, OR
- Alania Vladikavkaz defeat Tom Tomsk AND Amkar Perm defeat Saturn Moscow Oblast AND Krylia Sovetov Samara defeat Spartak Moscow
Positions by round
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