2010 Russian First Division

The Russian First Division is the 18th season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 27 March.

Teams

As the previous year, 20 clubs will participate in the championship. It features eleven clubs from Russian First Division 2009, two clubs relegated from Russian Premier League 2009, five zone winners from Russian Second Division 2009, one of the second-placed clubs from Russian Second Division 2009 and one of the third-placed clubs from Russian Second Division 2009.

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 Russian First Division 2010
Team Location Head Coach Captain Venue Capacity Position in 2009
Avangard Kursk Russia Aleksandr Ignatenko Trudovye Rezervy 11,329 1st, D2 "Centre"
Baltika Kaliningrad Russia Leonid Tkachenko Baltika 14,664 9th
Dynamo Bryansk Bryansk Russia Aleksandr Smirnov Dynamo 10,100 2nd, D2 "Centre"
Dynamo St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg Russia Sergey Frantsev MSA Petrovsky 2,835 1st, D2 "West"
Irtysh Omsk Russia Aleksandr Dorofeyev Red Star 8,000 1st, D2 "East"
KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny Russia Robert Yevdokimov KAMAZ 9,221 5th
Khimki Khimki Russia Yevgeni Bushmanov Novyye Khimki 3,066 16th, Premier
Krasnodar Krasnodar Russia Sergei Tashuev Kuban 34,640 10th
Kuban Krasnodar Romania Dan Petrescu Kuban 34,640 15th, Premier
Luch-Energiya Vladivostok Spain Francisco Arcos Dinamo 10,185 14th
Mordovia Saransk Russia Fyodor Shcherbachenko Svetotekhnika 14,000 1st, D2 "Ural-Povolzhye"
Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod Russia Viktor Zaidenberg Severny 3,180 13th
Rotor Volgograd Russia Vitaliy Shevchenko Central 32,126 3rd, D2 "South"
Salyut Belgorod Russia Yuri Bykov Salyut 11,500 7th
Shinnik Yaroslavl Russia Aleksandr Pobegalov Shinnik 18,481 6th
SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk Russia Sergey Feldman Lenin Stadium 15,200 15th
Ural Yekaterinburg Russia Vladimir Fedotov Uralmash 13,000 8th
Volga Nizhny Novgorod Russia Omari Tetradze Lokomotiv 17,856 4th
Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan Russia Lev Ivanov Centralny 20,500 12th
Zhemchuzhina Sochi Russia Oleg Vasilenko Central 10,280 1st, D2 "South"

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing Manner Date Table Incoming Date Table
Dynamo St. Petersburg Russia Aleksandr Averyanov Resigned 15 April 2010[3] 19th Russia Grigori Mikhalyuk (caretaker)
Dynamo Bryansk Russia Soferbi Yeshugov Sacked 7 May 2010 20th Russia Sergei Ovchinnikov 7 May 2010[4] 20th
Volga Nizhny Novgorod Russia Aleksandr Pobegalov Resigned 8 May 2010 12th Russia Omari Tetradze 8 May 2010[5] 12th
Shinnik Yaroslavl Russia Igor Lediakhov Sacked 11 May 2010 18th Russia Aleksandr Pobegalov 11 May 2010[6] 12th
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast Russia Vladimir Fedotov Sacked 11 May 2010 7th Russia Boris Stukalov 14 May 2010 7th
Dynamo St. Petersburg Russia Grigori Mikhalyuk (caretaker) Finished 19 May 2010 10th Russia Boris Zhuravlyov 19 May 2010
Salyut Belgorod Belarus Miroslav Romaschenko Sacked 20 May 2010 16th Belarus Leonid Koutchouk 20 May 2010[7] 16th
Luch-Energiya Russia Leonid Nazarenko Sacked 22 May 2010 13th Spain Francisco Arcos (caretaker) 22 May 2010[8] 13th
Baltika Russia Ivan Lyakh Sacked 5 June 2010 13th Russia Leonid Tkachenko
Rotor Russia Vladimir Faizulin Sacked 26 June 2010 20th Russia Vitaliy Shevchenko 27 June 2010[9] 20th
Dynamo St. Petersburg Russia Boris Zhuravlyov Sacked 22 July 2010 17th Belarus Eduard Malofeyev 22 July 2010[10] 20th
Khimki Russia Aleksandr Tarkhanov 30 July 2010 9th Russia Yevgeni Bushmanov (caretaker)
Zhemchuzhina-Sochi Russia Oleg Vasilenko 2 August 2010 4th Russia Zurab Sanaya
Avangard Kursk Russia Valery Yesipov Sacked 17 August 2010 19th Russia Oleg Sergeyev (caretaker)
Dynamo St. Petersburg Belarus Eduard Malofeyev Sacked 20 August 2010 20th Russia Sergey Frantsev
Salyut Belgorod Belarus Leonid Koutchouk Sacked 23 August 2010 19th Russia Yuri Bykov 23 August 2010[11] 19th
Irtysh Omsk Russia Vladimir Arays Sacked 2 September 2010 20th Russia Aleksandr Dorofeyev 2 September 2010
Avangard Kursk Russia Oleg Sergeyev (caretaker) Finished 17 September 2010 19th Russia Aleksandr Ignatenko
Dynamo Bryansk Russia Sergei Ovchinnikov Sacked 17 September 2010 18th Russia Aleksandr Smirnov 17 September 2010[12] 18th
Zhemchuzhina-Sochi Russia Zurab Sanaya 27 September 2010 5th Russia Oleg Vasilenko
SKA-Energiya Russia Sergei Gorlukovich Sacked 28 September 2010 15th Russia Sergey Feldman

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Kuban Krasnodar (C) (P) 38 24 8 6 51 20+31 80 Promotion to Premier League
2 Volga Nizhny Novgorod (P) 38 19 14 5 62 25+37 71
3 Nizhny Novgorod 38 21 7 10 60 41+19 70
4 KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny 38 19 9 10 55 43+12 66
5 Krasnodar (P) 38 17 10 11 60 44+16 61 Promotion to Premier League
6 Mordovia Saransk 38 16 10 12 53 40+13 58
7 Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast 38 14 16 8 38 28+10 58
8 Zhemchuzhina-Sochi 38 16 9 13 45 44+1 57
9 Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan 38 16 9 13 45 48−3 57
10 Shinnik Yaroslavl 38 14 13 11 43 31+12 55
11 SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk 38 15 8 15 37 39−2 53
12 Luch-Energiya Vladivostok 38 13 13 12 42 420 52
13 Khimki 38 11 17 10 39 38+1 50
14 Dynamo Bryansk 38 11 11 16 53 54−1 44
15 Baltika Kaliningrad 38 11 10 17 38 47−9 43
16 Dynamo St. Petersburg (R) 38 9 10 19 32 53−21 37 Relegation to Second Division
17 Salyut Belgorod (R) 38 7 13 18 30 47−17 34
18 Rotor Volgograd (R) 38 9 7 22 27 64−37 34
19 Irtysh Omsk (R) 38 6 10 22 26 52−26 28
20 Avangard Kursk (R) 38 7 6 25 31 67−36 27

Updated to games played on 6 November 2010.
Source: PFL
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) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away[1] AVA BAL DBRDSPIRTKAMKHIKRAKUBLUEMORNNROTSALSHISKAURLVNNVGAZHE
Avangard Kursk 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–5 1–3 2–0 1–6 1–5 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0
Baltika Kaliningrad 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 2–4 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 3–2 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–1
Dynamo Bryansk 1–0 0–1 4–1 2–1 4–0 1–1 4–3 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 5–0 0–2 0–1 2–3 1–0
Dynamo St. Petersburg 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–3 0–1 4–1 2–0 2–5 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1
Irtysh Omsk 2–1 2–0 1–4 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–3 0–3 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–4 0–1
KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 3–2 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–0
Khimki 3–0 1–0 2–2 4–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–1
Krasnodar 0–0 3–1 5–1 0–0 2–0 3–2 1–1 0–1 3–0 4–1 4–2 3–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 3–3 2–0 1–1
Kuban Krasnodar 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 0–2 0–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 6–1 0–1
Luch-Energiya Vladivostok 4–3 2–1 0–3 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1
Mordovia Saransk 0–1 1–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–0 0–0 3–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1
Nizhny Novgorod 3–2 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 4–3 3–1 3–1 0–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–0
Rotor Volgograd 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–3 2–2 0–6 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–4 0–1 1–0
Salyut Belgorod 0–0 1–1 4–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–4 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–0
Shinnik Yaroslavl 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 3–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–1
SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–3 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–0
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast 0–0 1–0 3–3 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 4–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1
Volga Nizhny Novgorod 3–0 4–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 2–2 2–0 4–1 0–0 2–2 3–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 3–0
Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan 3–1 2–2 3–0 3–2 2–0 0–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–3 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–3
Zhemchuzhina-Sochi 3–2 1–2 2–1 3–1 2–1 3–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–2 1–0

Updated to games played on 6 November 2010.
Source: PFL (Russian)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Last updated: 6 November 2010; Source: PFL (Russian)

21 goal
18 goal
16 goal
15 goal
13 goal
12 goal
11 goal
10 goal

Awards

Professional Football League announced the award winners for the season.[13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Витязь" отказался от первой лиги
  2. ↑ Первый дивизион – 2010
  3. ↑ Александр Аверьянов ушёл в отставку (in Russian). FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg. 15 April 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
  4. ↑ Сергей Овчинников – главный тренер брянского "Динамо" (in Russian). Onedivision.ru. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  5. ↑ Тетрадзе возглавил нижегородскую "Волгу" (in Russian). Sports.ru. 8 May 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
  6. ↑ А.М.Побегалов – главный тренер ФК "Шинник" (in Russian). shinnik.com. 8 May 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
  7. ↑ Леонид Кучук назначен главным тренером Салюта (in Russian). fc-salyut.ru. 20 May 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  8. ↑ Анатолий Безняк: К матчу с "Шинником" команду будет готовить Франсиско Аркос (in Russian). luch-vlad.ru. 22 May 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  9. ↑ Экс-тренер Черноморца принял Ротор (in Russian). football.ua. 22 May 2010. Archived from the original on 28 June 2010. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  10. ↑ Эдуард Малофеев - главный тренер ФК "Динамо" (Санкт-Петербург) (in Russian). fc-dynamospb.ru. 22 July 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  11. ↑ Леонид Кучук подал в отставку (in Russian). fc-salyut.ru. 23 August 2010. Archived from the original on 27 August 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
  12. ↑ ФК "Динамо" Брянск возглавил Александр Смирнов (in Russian). FC Dinemo Site. 17 September 2010. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
  13. ↑ Лауреаты сезона 2010-го года

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