2010 Russian First Division


The Russian First Division is the 19th season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 27 March .

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, 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

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

, 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, Avangard Kursk, Zhemchuzhina-Sochi, Mordovia Saransk and Irtysh Omsk.

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.
Pending licensing, their place was taken by FC Volgograd who placed 3rd in the Russian Second Division 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. 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

TeamLocationHead CoachCaptainVenueCapacityPosition in 2009
Kursk Aleksandr IgnatenkoTrudovye Rezervy11,329
Kaliningrad Leonid TkachenkoBaltika14,664
Bryansk Aleksandr SmirnovDynamo10,100
Saint Petersburg Sergey FrantsevMSA Petrovsky2,835
Omsk Aleksandr DorofeyevRed Star8,000
Naberezhnye Chelny Robert YevdokimovKAMAZ9,221
Khimki Yevgeni BushmanovNovyye Khimki3,066
Krasnodar Sergei TashuevKuban34,640
Krasnodar Dan PetrescuKuban34,640
Vladivostok Francisco ArcosDinamo10,185
Saransk Fyodor ShcherbachenkoSvetotekhnika14,000
Nizhny Novgorod Viktor ZaidenbergSeverny3,180
Volgograd Vitaliy ShevchenkoCentral32,126
Belgorod Yuri BykovSalyut11,500
Yaroslavl Aleksandr PobegalovShinnik18,481
Khabarovsk Sergey FeldmanLenin Stadium15,200
Yekaterinburg Vladimir FedotovUralmash13,000
Nizhny Novgorod Omari TetradzeLokomotiv17,856
Astrakhan Lev IvanovCentralny20,500
Sochi Oleg VasilenkoCentral10,280

Managerial changes

Standings

Results

Top scorers

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Professional Football League announced the award winners for the season.