2009 Russian Championship (women's football)

The 2009 Russian Women's Football Championship was the 18th edition of the top category in Russian women's football. Like the previous year the competition was contested by seven teams, with Lada Togliatti and Zvezda Zvenigorod replacing disbanded teams Nadezhda Noginsk and SKA Rostov to join Energiya Voronezh, ShVSM Izmailovo, WFC Rossiyanka, Ryazan VDV and Zvezda Perm. Twelve game weeks were played from May 7 to October 29, 2009.[1]

The championship was won for the third year in a row by European Cup runner-up Zvezda Perm, which became the first team to achieve this since the competition's foundation in 1992.[2] Rossiyanka was the championship's runner-up, also qualifying for the Champions League. 2004 champion Lada Togliatti was disbanded after Week 9.

Table edit

Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts PS Q/R
1 Zvezda Perm (C) 12 11 0 1 46 10 36 33   2010-11 Champions League (round of 32)
2 Rossiyanka 12 8 3 1 31 8 23 27   2010-11 Champions League (qual. stage)
3 Energiya Voronezh 12 7 0 5 20 16 4 21  4
4 Izmailovo 12 5 2 5 15 12 3 21  2
5 Ryazan 12 5 1 6 19 21 -2 16  1
6 Zvezda Zvenigorod 12 1 1 10 9 41 -32 4  
7 Lada Togliatti 7 1 1 5 6 23 -17 4   Disbanded after 7 games

Results edit

2009 ZVP ROS ENV IZM RYA ZVZ LAT
Zvezda P. 1–3 1–0 4–0 3–2 6–1 10–1
Rossiyanka 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–2 5–1 4–0
Energiya Voronezh 2–4 0–3 1–0 2–0 5–2 2–0
Izmailovo 0–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 w/o
Ryazan 0–4 1–3 1–2 2–1 4–0 2–0
Zvezda Z. 0–7 1–1 0–2 0–5 1–2 0–3
Lada Togliatti w/o w/o 1–4 1–1 w/o w/o

Top scorers edit

Rank Player Team Goals
1   Daryna Apanaschenko Zvezda Perm 12
  Olesya Kurochkina Zvezda Perm 12
3   Olga Letyushova Izmailovo 8
4   Nadezhda Bosikova Energiya Voronezh 7
5   Emueje Ogbiagbevha Rossiyanka 6
6   Svetlana Zangieva Ryazan 5
  Natalia Zinchenko Zvezda Perm 5
8   Elena Danilova Rossiyanka 4
  Vera Dyatel Zvezda Perm 4
  Elena Gorbacheva Ryazan 4
  Svetlana Tsydikova Energiya Voronezh 4

References edit

  1. ^ Table and results in Soccerway.com
  2. ^ List of champions in RSSSF.com