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� ...

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 Russian First Division 2009, two clubs relegated from

Russian Premier League 2009 The 2009 Russian Premier League was the 18th season of the Russian football championship since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and 8th under the current Russian Premier League name. The season started on 14 March 2009 with a goalless draw be ...

, 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 Football Club Anzhi Makhachkala (russian: link=no, Футбо́льный клуб «Анжи́» Махачкала́, ), known simply as FC Anji, was a Russian professional football club based in the Dagestani capital of Makhachkala. Founded ...

as 2009 champions and Sibir Novosibirsk as runners-up have been promoted to the

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. They will be replaced by relegated teams Kuban Krasnodar and

Khimki Khimki ( rus, Химки, p=ˈxʲimkʲɪ) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, 18.25 kilometres northwest of central Moscow, and immediately beyond the Moscow city boundary. History Origins and formation Khimki was initially a railway station tha ...

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

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were relegated to the

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. 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 FC Mordovia Saransk (russian: ФК Мордовия Саранск) is a Russian association football club from Saransk, Republic of Mordovia. In its current state it was formed in 2005, through the merge of Biokhimik-Mordovia and Lisma-Mordov ...

(Ural-Povolzhye) and Irtysh Omsk (East).

Further team changes

Due to financial difficulties, Vityaz Podolsk who placed 11th in

, decided to give up their spot in the

and participate in the

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FC Volgograd FC Volgograd (russian: ФК Волгоград) is a former Russian football club from Volgograd, founded in late 2008, later reformed as FC Rotor Volgograd. History Before it was founded, it was originally supposed to be called FC Rotor-Volgog ...

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 FC Spartak Vladikavkaz (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб «Спартак Владикавказ») was a Russian association football, football club based in Vladikavkaz (formerly Ordzhonikidze), North Ossetia–Alania. Founded in ...

were promoted into the

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after

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dropped out due to financial reasons. It was replaced by

FC Dynamo Bryansk FC Dynamo-Bryansk is a Russian football club based in Bryansk. The team colours are (Home) all blue. (Away) all white with blue shorts. History The club was founded in 1931 by GPU officer Filaret Adamovich. The team initially consisted of play ...

.Первый дивизион – 2010
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

Managerial changes

Standings

Results

Top scorers

''Last updated: 6 November 2010; Source

'' ;21 goal *

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 ...

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)'' ;18 goal *

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 /

Krasnodar Krasnodar (; rus, Краснода́р, p=krəsnɐˈdar; ady, Краснодар), formerly Yekaterinodar (until 1920), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city stands on the Kuban River in southern ...

)'' ;16 goal * Sergei Davydov ''( Volgar-Gazprom /

Kuban Kuban (Russian language, Russian and Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Кубань; ady, Пшызэ) is a historical and geographical region of Southern Russia surrounding the Kuban River, on the Black Sea between the Pontic–Caspian steppe, ...

)'' ;15 goal *

Dmitri Golubov Dmitry Sergeyevich Golubov (russian: Дмитрий Сергеевич Голубов, born 14 June 1985) is a Russian former professional footballer. Career Golubov made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2005 for FC Moscow :''This ar ...

''(

Baltika Baltika Brewery (russian: link=no, Пивоваренная компания "Балтика") is the second largest brewing company in Europe and the leader of the Russian beer market with over 38% market share. It is headquartered in St. Pet ...

)'' ;13 goal * Ruslan Mukhametshin ''(

Mordovia The Republic of Mordovia (russian: Респу́блика Мордо́вия, r=Respublika Mordoviya, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə mɐrˈdovʲɪjə; mdf, Мордовия Республиксь, ''Mordovija Respublikś''; myv, Мордовия Рес ...

)'' *

Sergei Serdyukov Sergei Sergeyevich Serdyukov (russian: Серге́й Серге́евич Сердюков; born 10 April 1981) is a former Russian professional football player. Club career He made his Russian Premier League debut for PFC Spartak Nalchik on ...

''( KAMAZ)'' * Aleksandr Tikhonovetsky ''(

Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, from the 13th to the 17th century Novgorod of the Lower Land, formerly known as Gork ...

)'' ;12 goal *

Azamat Gonezhukov Azamat Nurbiyevich Gonezhukov (russian: Азамат Нурбиевич Гонежуков; born 13 January 1987) is a former Russian professional football player. Club career He played 4 seasons in the Russian Football National League The ...

''( Dynamo St. Petersburg)'' ;11 goal *

Maksim Demenko Maksim Vladimirovich Demenko (russian: Максим Владимирович Деменко; born 21 March 1976) is a Russian football manager and a former player who played as a central midfielder. He is one of six players who scored for six ...

''(

/ Zhemchuzhina-Sochi)'' * Yevgeni Kaleshin ''(

)'' *

Kirill Panchenko Kirill Viktorovich Panchenko (russian: Кирилл Викторович Панченко; born 16 October 1989) is a Russian footballer who plays as a second striker for FC Arsenal Tula. Career On 25 June 2013, Panchenko signed with Tom Tom ...

''(

)'' ;10 goal *

Vasiliy Karmazinenko Vasili Sergeyevich Karmazinenko (russian: Василий Серге́евич Кармазиненко; born 10 August 1983) is a former Russian professional football player. Club career He played 14 seasons in the Russian Football National Leag ...

''( SKA-Energiya)''

Awards

Professional Football League announced the award winners for the season.Лауреаты сезона 2010-го года
* Best player:

Andrey Tikhonov Andrey Valeryevich Tikhonov (russian: Андрей Валерьевич Тихонов; born 16 October 1970) is a Russian football manager and a former midfielder who was recently the manager of Kazakhstani club Astana. Tikhonov is primarily ...

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FC Khimki FC Khimki (russian: ФК Химки) is a Russian professional football club based in Khimki. The club returned to the Russian Premier League in the 2020–21 season. History The team was formed in 1996 by merging two amateur clubs from Khimki ...

). * Best goalkeeper: Aleksandr Budakov (

FC Kuban Krasnodar FC Kuban (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Кубань" Краснодар) was a Russian football club based in Krasnodar. The team began playing in the Russian Premier League in 2011, after it was promoted for winning the Ru ...

). * Best defender: Milan Vještica (

FC 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 ...

). * Best midfielder:

(

). * Best striker:

(

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 R ...

). * Best manager: Robert Yevdokimov (

FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny KAMAZ (russian: Футбольный клуб КАМАЗ Набережные Челны) is a Russian football club based in Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia. The club plays in the second-tier Russian First League. Colours are (Home) all white. ( ...

References

External links

2010 Russian First Division at Soccerway.com
{{2010 in Russian football 2 Russian First League seasons

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