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name. The season started on Friday, 14 March 2008 with a match between Terek and Krylia Sovetov in

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. Krylia Sovetov won 3–0. The first goal of the season was scored by Krylia Sovetov's forward Yevgeny Savin. Due to

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's participation in

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, the season was interrupted from 16 May until 5 July. The champions were determined on the 27th matchday, 2 November 2008.

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claimed their first championship title in Russian Premier League, defeating

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2–1 away, with

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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

As in the previous season, 16 teams played in the 2008 season. After the 2007 season, Kuban Krasnodar and

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were relegated to the 2008 Russian First Division. They were replaced by

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and

Terek Grozny Republican Football Club Akhmat ( ce, футболан клуб Ахмат Соьлжа-ГӀала; russian: Республиканский футбольный клуб Ахмат Грозный), commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, is a Russian ...

, the winners and runners up of the 2007 Russian First Division.

Venues

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Awards

On 16 December 2008

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named its list of 33 top players: ;Goalkeepers #

Igor Akinfeev Igor Vladimirovich Akinfeev ( rus, Игорь Владимирович Акинфеев, Igor' Vladimirovich Akinfeyev, p=ˈiɡərʲ vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ ɐkʲɪnˈfʲe(j)ɪf; born 8 April 1986) is a Russian professional footballer who pla ...

(CSKA) # Sergei Ryzhikov (Rubin) #

Vyacheslav Malafeev Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Malafeev ( rus, Вячесла́в Алекса́ндрович Малафе́ев, p=vʲɪtɕɪˈslaf ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ məlɐˈfʲe(j)ɪf; born 4 March 1979) is a Russian football official and a former player ...

(Zenit) ;Right backs #

Aleksandr Anyukov Aleksandr Gennadyevich Anyukov (russian: Александр Геннадьевич Анюков; born 28 September 1982) is a Russian association football coach and a former player, who played as a right-back. He is an assistant coach with FC Ze ...

(Zenit) #

Cristian Ansaldi Cristian Daniel Ansaldi (born 20 September 1986) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Serie B club Parma. He has also been capped five times with the Argentina national team. A defender who plays with both fee ...

(Rubin) #

Vasili Berezutskiy Vasiliy Vladimirovich Berezutski (; born 20 June 1982) is a Russian football coach and a former player who played as a defender. He began his professional career in 1999 at the age of 17 with Torpedo Moscow, having graduated from their famed ac ...

(CSKA) ;Right-centre backs #

Denis Kolodin Denis Alexeyevich Kolodin (russian: Денис Алексеевич Колодин; born 11 January 1982) is a Russian football coach and former central defender. He was called up to the Russia squad for UEFA Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzer ...

(Dynamo) # Rodolfo (Lokomotiv) #

Dmitri Belorukov Dmitry Aleksandrovich Belorukov (russian: Дмитрий Александрович Белоруков; born 24 March 1983) is a Russian football coach and a former player who played as a centre-back. He is the manager of FC Dynamo Saint Petersbu ...

(Amkar) ;Left-centre backs #

Sergei Ignashevich Sergei Nikolayevich Ignashevich ( rus, link=no, Сергей Николаевич Игнашевич, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ɪɡnɐˈʂɛvʲɪtɕ; born 14 July 1979) is a Russian professional football coach and a former play ...

(CSKA) # Leandro Fernández (Dynamo) # Aleksei Popov (Amkar/Rubin) ;Left backs #

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(Zenit) # Aleksei Berezutskiy (CSKA) # Renat Yanbaev (Lokomotiv) ;Defensive midfielders # Anatoliy Tymoschuk (Zenit) #

Sergei Semak Sergei Bogdanovich Semak (russian: Серге́й Богда́нович Сема́к ; uk, Сергій Богданович Семак; born 27 February 1976) is a Russian football manager and a former international midfielder who currently ...

(Rubin) # Dmitri Khokhlov (Dynamo) ;Right wingers #

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(CSKA) #

Igor Denisov Igor Vladimirovich Denisov (russian: Игорь Владимирович Денисов; born 17 May 1984) is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Denisov spent most of his career from 2002 to 2013 at his home ...

(Zenit) #

Kirill Kombarov Kirill Vladimirovich Kombarov ( rus, Кири́лл Влади́мирович Комба́ров, p=kʲɪˈrʲil vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ kɐmˈbarəf; born 22 January 1987) is a Russian football official and a former player who played as a r ...

(Dynamo) ;Central midfielders #

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(Dynamo/Zenit) # Igor Semshov (Dynamo) #

Alan Dzagoev Alan Yelizbarovich Dzagoev (russian: Алан Елизбарович Дзагоев, ; os, Дзӕгъойты Елизбары фырт Алан; romanized as Dzagoyev; born 17 June 1990) is a Russian international footballer who plays as a cen ...

(CSKA) ;Left wingers #

Yuri Zhirkov Yuri Valentinovich Zhirkov ( rus, Ю́рий Валенти́нович Жирко́в, p=ˈjʉrʲɪj vəlʲɪnˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ ʐɨrˈkof; born 20 August 1983) is a Russian footballer. A left-sided player who can play full-back or winger, Zh ...

(CSKA) # Konstantin Zyryanov (Zenit) #

Diniyar Bilyaletdinov Diniyar Rinatovich Bilyaletdinov (russian: link=no, Динияр Ринатович Билялетдинов, tt-Cyrl, Динияр Ринат улы Билалетдинев, translit=Diniyar Rinat Uly Bilaletdinev; born 27 February 1985) is ...

(Lokomotiv) ;Right forwards #

Vágner Love Vágner Silva de Souza (born 11 June 1984), known as Vágner Love, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Sport Recife. He is a forward who has been described by ''World Soccer Magazine'' as possessing "mobility, fla ...

(CSKA) #

Pavel Pogrebnyak Pavel Viktorovich Pogrebnyak (russian: Па́вел Ви́кторович Погребня́к ; born 8 November 1983) is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in Moscow, Pogrebnyak began his career at Spart ...

(Zenit) #

Roman Pavlyuchenko Roman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko (russian: Роман Анатольевич Павлюченко; born 15 December 1981) is a Russian former footballer who played as a striker. He started his career at Dynamo Stavropol, and Rotor Volgograd, be ...

(Spartak M.) ;Left forwards #

Andrei Arshavin Andrey Sergeyevich Arshavin (russian: Андрей Сергеевич Аршавин ; born 29 May 1981) is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a winger or midfielder. Arshavin began his career at Zenit Saint Petersburg in ...

(Zenit) #

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(Saturn) #

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(Rubin)

Medal squads

References

External links

Official website

Russian Football Union
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