2008 Russian Premier League
Season | 2008 |
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Champions | Rubin Kazan |
Relegated | Shinnik Yaroslavl Luch-Energiya Vladivostok |
Champions League | Rubin Kazan CSKA Moscow Dynamo Moscow |
Europa League | Amkar Perm Zenit St.Petersburg Krylia Sovetov |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 578 (2.41 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Vágner Love (20) |
← 2007 2009 → |
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The Russian Premier League 2008 was the 17th edition of the Russian Football Championship, and the seventh under the current Russian Premier League name. The season started on Friday, 14 March 2008 with a match between Terek and Krylia Sovetov in Grozny. Krylia Sovetov won 3–0. The first goal of the season was scored by Krylia Sovetov's forward Yevgeny Savin.
Due to Russia's participation in UEFA Euro 2008, the season was interrupted from 16 May until 5 July.
The champions were determined on the 27th matchday, 2 November 2008. Rubin claimed their first championship title in Russian Premier League, defeating Saturn 2–1 away, with Savo Milošević scoring in the 89th minute to claim the title for his club. Rubin became the third (and second consecutive) non-Moscow club to become Russian champions.
The last round of matches was played on 22 November 2008.
Teams
14 clubs placed 1–14 in Russian Premier League 2007 and 2 top clubs from 2007 season of Russian First Division took part in the league:
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Rubin Kazan (C) | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 26 | +18 | 60 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
2 | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 53 | 24 | +29 | 56 | |
3 | Dynamo Moscow | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 41 | 29 | +12 | 54 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
4 | Amkar Perm | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 51 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
5 | Zenit St. Petersburg | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 59 | 37 | +22 | 48[a] | |
6 | Krylia Sovetov Samara | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 46 | 28 | +18 | 48[a] | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[b] |
7 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 47 | |
8 | Spartak Moscow | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 44 | |
9 | FC Moscow | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 36 | −2 | 38 | |
10 | Terek Grozny | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 42 | −14 | 35 | |
11 | Saturn | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 33 | |
12 | Spartak Nalchik | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 39 | −9 | 32 | |
13 | Tom Tomsk | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 39 | −16 | 29 | |
14 | Khimki | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 54 | −20 | 27 | |
15 | Shinnik Yaroslavl (R) | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 48 | −23 | 22 | Relegation to First Division |
16 | Luch-Energiya Vladivostok (R) | 30 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 24 | 53 | −29 | 21 |
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:
- ^ a b ZEN 1–1 KRY; KRY 0–3 ZEN
- ^ Since both finalists of the 2008–09 Russian Cup qualified for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, Krylia Sovetov earned a spot in the third qualifying round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.
Russian Premier League 2008 Winners |
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FC Rubin Kazan 1st title |
Results
Top goalscorers
Rank | Nat. | Player | Goals (pen.) | Team |
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Vágner Love | 20 | CSKA |
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Marko Topić | 10 | Saturn |
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Peter Odemwingie | 10 | Lokomotiv | |
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Danny | 10 | Dynamo (5) / Zenit (5) | |
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Eldar Nizamutdinov | 10 | Khimki | |
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Diniyar Bilyaletdinov | 9 (5) | Lokomotiv |
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Alan Dzagoev | 8 | CSKA |
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Fatih Tekke | 8 | Zenit | |
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Anton Bober | 8 (1) | Krylia Sovetov | |
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Héctor Bracamonte | 8 (1) | Moscow | |
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Martin Kushev | 8 (2) | Amkar |
Awards
On 16 December 2008 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:[2]
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Medal squads
References
- ^ Семен Альтман возглавит "Луч-Энергию" (in Russian) October 10, 2008
- ^ Утвержден список 33 лучших игроков "Росгосстрах Чемпионата России по футболу 2008 года" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 2007-12-16. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
External links
- Official website (in Russian)
- Russian Football Union (in Russian)