Football league season
The 2010 Russian First Division was the 19th season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 27 March 2010.
Teams
As in the previous year, 20 clubs participate in this year championship. It features eleven clubs from 2009 Russian First Division , two clubs relegated from 2009 Russian Premier League , five zone winners from 2009 Russian Second Division , one of the second-placed clubs from 2009 Russian Second Division and one of the third-placed clubs from 2009 Russian Second Division .
Movement between Premier League and First Division
Anzhi Makhachkala as 2009 champions and Sibir Novosibirsk as runners-up have been promoted to the Premier League . They will be replaced by relegated teams Kuban Krasnodar and Khimki .
Movement between First Division and Second Division
Nosta Novotroitsk , Chita , Chernomorets Novorossiysk , Metallurg Lipetsk and MVD Rossii Moscow who placed in the last 5 places respectively in 2009 were relegated to the Russian Second Division .
The relegated teams were replaced by the five 2009 Second Division zone winners . These were Dynamo Saint Petersburg (West), Avangard Kursk (Centre), Zhemchuzhina-Sochi (South), Mordovia Saransk (Ural-Povolzhye) and Irtysh Omsk (East).
Further team changes
Due to financial difficulties, Vityaz Podolsk who placed 11th in 2009 , decided to give up their spot in the Russian First Division and participate in the Russian Second Division in 2010.[ 1]
Pending licensing, their place was taken by FC Volgograd who placed 3rd in the Russian Second Division (South Zone) in 2009. For the occasion the management decided to change the name of the club from FC Volgograd to Rotor Volgograd .
FC Alania Vladikavkaz were promoted into the 2010 Russian Premier League after FC Moscow dropped out due to financial reasons. It was replaced by FC Dynamo Bryansk .[ 2] Dynamo Bryansk originally refused to be promoted when offered Vityaz's spot, but by the time Alania's spot became available, they found new financial commitments and agreed to participate in the First Division.
Overview
Location of teams in
2010 Russian First Division
Team
Location
Head Coach
Captain
Venue
Capacity
Position in 2009
Avangard
Kursk
Aleksandr Ignatenko
Trudovye Rezervy
11,329
1st, D2 "Centre"
Baltika
Kaliningrad
Leonid Tkachenko
Baltika
14,664
9th
Dynamo Bryansk
Bryansk
Aleksandr Smirnov
Dynamo
10,100
2nd, D2 "Centre"
Dynamo St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Sergey Frantsev
MSA Petrovsky
2,835
1st, D2 "West"
Irtysh
Omsk
Aleksandr Dorofeyev
Red Star
8,000
1st, D2 "East"
KAMAZ
Naberezhnye Chelny
Robert Yevdokimov
KAMAZ
9,221
5th
Khimki
Khimki
Yevgeni Bushmanov
Novyye Khimki
3,066
16th, Premier
Krasnodar
Krasnodar
Sergei Tashuev
Kuban
34,640
10th
Kuban
Krasnodar
Dan Petrescu
Kuban
34,640
15th, Premier
Luch-Energiya
Vladivostok
Francisco Arcos
Dinamo
10,185
14th
Mordovia
Saransk
Fyodor Shcherbachenko
Svetotekhnika
14,000
1st, D2 "Ural-Povolzhye"
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod
Viktor Zaidenberg
Severny
3,180
13th
Rotor
Volgograd
Vitaliy Shevchenko
Central
32,126
3rd, D2 "South"
Salyut
Belgorod
Yuri Bykov
Salyut
11,500
7th
Shinnik
Yaroslavl
Aleksandr Pobegalov
Shinnik
18,481
6th
SKA-Energiya
Khabarovsk
Sergey Feldman
Lenin Stadium
15,200
15th
Ural
Yekaterinburg
Vladimir Fedotov
Uralmash
13,000
8th
Volga
Nizhny Novgorod
Omari Tetradze
Lokomotiv
17,856
4th
Volgar-Gazprom
Astrakhan
Lev Ivanov
Centralny
20,500
12th
Zhemchuzhina-Sochi
Sochi
Oleg Vasilenko
Central
10,280
1st, D2 "South"
Managerial changes
Standings
Source:
PFL ,
Soccerway 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
(C) Champions;
(P) Promoted;
(R) Relegated
Results
Source:
PFL (in Russian) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top scorers
Last updated: 6 November 2010; Source: PFL (in Russian)
Awards
Professional Football League announced the award winners for the season.[ 13]
See also
References
External links
Russian First League Russian First Division Football National League Russian First Division/League
Domestic leagues Domestic cups European competitions
UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League
National teams Club seasons
Premier League First Division