The

Russian First Division The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн� ...

2009 was the 18th season of Russia's second-tier

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league since the dissolution of the

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. The season began on 28 March 2009 and ended on 4 November 2009.

Teams

The league has been reduced from 22 to 20 teams. It features eleven clubs from

Russian First Division 2008 The Russian First Division 2008 was the 17th edition of Russian First Division. There were 22 teams. Teams 15 clubs placed 3–17 in 2007 Russian First Division, 2 clubs relegated from 2007 Russian Premier League and 5 zone winners from Russian ...

, two clubs relegated from

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, five zone winners from Russian Second Division 2008 and two of the third-placed clubs from Russian Second Division 2008.

Movement between Premier League and First Division

FC Rostov FC Rostov (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб Ростов) is a Russian professional football club based in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast. The club are members of the Russian Premier League, and play at the Rostov Arena. After the 20 ...

as 2008 champions and Kuban Krasnodar as runners-up have been promoted to the

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. They will be replaced by relegated teams

Shinnik Yaroslavl FC Shinnik Yaroslavl (russian: Футбольный клуб «Шинник» Ярославль) is a Russian football club, based in Yaroslavl. From 1957 to 1960 the team was called Khimik (russian: Химик - "the chemist"). In the USSR ...

and Luch-Energia Vladivostok.

Movement between First Division and Second Division

Due to the league contraction, seven instead of the regular five teams were relegated to their respective Second Division group. These teams, ranked 16th through 22nd in 2008, were Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk, Volga Ulyanovsk,

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, Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk, Dinamo Barnaul, Dinamo Bryansk and Zvezda Irkutsk. The relegated teams were replaced by the five 2008 Second Division zone winners. These were MVD Rossii Moscow (West), Metallurg Lipetsk (Center), Volgar-Gazprom-2 Astrakhan (South),

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(Ural-Povolzhye) and

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(East).

Further team changes

Sportakademklub Moscow avoided relegation in 2008 by finishing 15th, but announced refusal to play in the First Division on 18 December 2008. On 15 January 2009,

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refused to play as well. Regulations provided that Sportakademclub and SKA should be replaced by two of the runners-up from the Second Division groups (

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, FC Gazovik Orenburg,

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). However, since all of those teams refused promotion, the places were eventually filled by third-place finishers

FC Nizhny Novgorod FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod (russian: ФК «Пари Нижний Новгород») or FC Pari NN for short is a Russian football club from Nizhny Novgorod, founded in 2015. It made its debut in the Russian Premier League in the 2021–22 seaso ...

and

FC Krasnodar FC Krasnodar is a Russian professional football club based in Krasnodar that plays in the Russian Premier League. The club was founded in 2008. In 2009, the club was promoted to the Russian First Division, the second highest division of the Ru ...

Overview

FC MVD Rossii resigned from the league on 17 July after playing 19 matches. The team was in the 19th position with 17 points.

Managerial changes

Standings

Results

Top scorers

''Last updated: 4 November 2009; Source
PFL
'' ;18 goals * Aleksei Medvedev ''( Sibir)'' ;17 goals *

Spartak Gogniyev Spartak Arturovich Gogniyev (russian: Спартак Артурович Гогниев, os, Гогуниты Артуры фырт Спартак; born 19 January 1981) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He is the man ...

''( KAMAZ)'' ;16 goals *

Vladimir Shishelov Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shishelov (russian: Владимир Александрович Шишелов; born 8 November 1979) is an Uzbekistani-Russian retired football forward. Career His first professional club was Qizilqum Zarafshon he bega ...

''(

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)'' ;15 goals *

Roman Grigoryan Roman Bagdasarovich Grigoryan (russian: Роман Багдасарович Григорян; born 14 September 1982) is a former Russian professional footballer of Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a ...

''( Vityaz)'' ;13 goals *

Otar Martsvaladze Otar Martsvaladze ( ka, ოთარ მარცვალაძე; born 14 July 1984) is a former professional Georgian footballer who played for the national team. Career Club Otar Martsvaladze was born in Tbilisi. He spent first four years ...

''( Anzhi)'' ;12 goals *

Nikita Burmistrov Nikita Aleksandrovich Burmistrov (russian: Никита Александрович Бурмистров; born 6 July 1989) is a Russians, Russian association football, footballer who plays as a right winger for PFC Sochi. He also played as a le ...

''( Shinnik)'' * Serghei Dadu ''( Alania)'' ;10 goals *

Anton Khazov Anton Gennadyevich Khazov (russian: Антон Геннадьевич Хазов; born 28 April 1979) is a Russian football coach and a former player. Club career He made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Dynamo Moscow on 5 May 2001 in a ...

''(

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)'' ;9 goals * Sergei Davydov ''( Volgar-Gazprom-2)'' * Denys Dedechko ''( Luch-Energiya)'' *

Nicolae Josan Nicolae Josan (born 18 September 1983) is a Moldovan former footballer. Career In March 2015, Josan signed for FC Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Honours * Russian First Division The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Perva ...

''( Anzhi)'' * Vasili Karmazinenko ''( SKA-Energiya)''

Awards

On 25 November 2009, Professional Football League announced the award winners for the season.Лауреаты сезона 2009–го года
* Best player: Aleksei Medvedev (FC Sibir Novosibirsk). * Best goalkeeper:

Sergei Chepchugov Sergei Andreyevich Chepchugov (russian: Сергей Андреевич Чепчугов; born 15 July 1985) is a Russian former professional footballer. Career He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 2004 for FC Metallu ...

(FC Sibir Novosibirsk). * Best defender:

Rasim Tagirbekov Rasim Zagirbekovich Tagirbekov (russian: Расим Загирбекович Тагирбеков; lez, Расим Загьирбег хва Тагирбек; born 4 May 1984) is a former Russian professional footballer of Lezgin origin. Car ...

(FC Anzhi Makhachkala). * Best midfielder:

(FC Anzhi Makhachkala). * Best striker: Aleksei Medvedev. * Best manager:

Omari Tetradze Omari Mikhaylovich Tetradze (russian: Омари Михайлович Тетрадзе, ka, ომარ თეთრაძე, el, Ομάρι Τετράντζε; born 13 October 1969 as Omari Mikhaylovich Osipov) is a Georgian-Russian professi ...

(FC Anzhi Makhachkala).

References

External links

PFL
{{Russian First Division seasons 2 Russian First League seasons

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