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2009 Russian First Division

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The 2009 Russian First Division was the 18th season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 28 March 2009 and ended on 4 November 2009.[1]

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The league has been reduced from 22 to 20 teams. It features eleven clubs from 2008 Russian First Division, two clubs relegated from 2008 Russian Premier League, five zone winners from 2008 Russian Second Division and two of the third-placed clubs from 2008 Russian Second Division.

Movement between Premier League and First Division

FC Rostov as 2008 champions and Kuban Krasnodar as runners-up have been promoted to the Premier League. They will be replaced by relegated teams Shinnik Yaroslavl 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, Torpedo Moscow, 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), Volga Nizhny Novgorod (Ural-Povolzhye) and FC Chita (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.[2] On 15 January 2009, SKA Rostov-on-Don refused to play as well.[3] Regulations provided that Sportakademclub and SKA should be replaced by two of the runners-up from the Second Division groups (FC Bataysk-2007, FC Torpedo Vladimir, FC Gazovik Orenburg, FC Avangard Kursk or FC Smena Komsomolsk-on-Amur). However, since all of those teams refused promotion, the places were eventually filled by third-place finishers FC Nizhny Novgorod[4] and FC Krasnodar.[5]

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Overview

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FC MVD Rossii resigned from the league on 17 July after playing 19 matches.[20] The team was in the 19th position with 17 points.

Managerial changes

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Standings

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Source: PFL, Soccerway
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
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
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  1. Since the 2009–10 Russian Cup winners Zenit St. Petersburg qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup berth was carried down to the finalists, Sibir Novosibirsk.
  2. Alania Vladikavkaz accepted promotion to the 2010 Russian Premier League upon the withdrawal of FC Moscow.[40]

Results

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Source: PFL (in Russian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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Top scorers

Last updated: 4 November 2009; Source: PFL (in Russian)

Awards

On 25 November 2009, Professional Football League announced the award winners for the season.[41]

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