2009 in Russian football

Football in Russia
Season	2009
Men's football
Russian Premier League	Rubin Kazan
Russian First Division	Anzhi Makhachkala
Russian Second Division	Zhemchuzhina-Sochi
Russian Cup	CSKA Moscow
Russian Super Cup	CSKA Moscow
Women's football
Russian Championship	Zvezda-2005 Perm

2009 in Russian football.

Club competitions edit

FC Rubin Kazan won the league for the second time in a row.

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Cup competitions edit

2008–09 Russian Cup edit

31 May 2009

14:00

Rubin Kazan	0 – 1	CSKA Moscow
		Aldonin 90+2'

Arena Khimki, Khimki

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Stanislav Sukhina (Malakhovka)

2009–10 Russian Cup edit

2009 Russian Super Cup edit

7 March 2009

14:00 MSK

Rubin Kazan	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	CSKA Moscow
Sharonov 62'	(Report)	Šemberas 43' Necid 113'

Luzhniki, Moscow

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Stanislav Sukhina (Malakhovka)

European club competitions edit

2008–09 UEFA Champions League edit

FC Zenit Saint Petersburg took third place in the group stage and enters the UEFA Cup at the round of 32.

2008–09 UEFA Cup edit

FC Zenit Saint Petersburg and CSKA Moscow was knocked out in the Round of 16.

February 18, 2009 / Round of 32, First Leg / FC Zenit Saint Petersburg - Stuttgart 2-1 (Huszti 2' Tymoshchuk 45+3' - Gómez 15') / Saint Petersburg, Petrovsky Stadium / Attendance: 17,585

FC Zenit Saint Petersburg: Malafeev, Anyukov, Shirokov, Križanac, Šírl, Tymoshchuk (captain), Zyryanov (Tekke, 75), Semshov, Huszti (Fayzulin, 88), Danny, Pogrebnyak.

February 18, 2009 / Round of 32, First Leg / Aston Villa - PFC CSKA Moscow 1-1 (Carew 69' - Vágner Love 14') / Birmingham, Villa Park / Attendance: 38,038

PFC CSKA Moscow: Akinfeev (captain), V. Berezutski, Ignashevich, A. Berezutskiy, Schennikov, Krasić, Rahimić, Aldonin (Mamaev, 90), Zhirkov (Caner, 90+2), Dzagoev (Carvalho, 80), Vágner Love.

February 26, 2009 / Round of 32, Second Leg / PFC CSKA Moscow - Aston Villa 2-0 (Zhirkov 61' Vágner Love 90+3') / Moscow, Luzhniki Stadium / Attendance: 25,650

PFC CSKA Moscow: Akinfeev (captain), V. Berezutski, Ignashevich, A. Berezutskiy, Schennikov, Krasić, Rahimić, Šemberas, Zhirkov, Dzagoev, Vágner Love.

February 26, 2009 / Round of 32, Second Leg / Stuttgart - FC Zenit Saint Petersburg 1-2 (Gebhart 80' - Semshov 42' Fayzulin 86')/ Stuttgart, Mercedes-Benz Arena / Attendance: 34,500

FC Zenit Saint Petersburg: Malafeev, Kim, Križanac, Shirokov, Anyukov, Zyryanov, Denisov, Semshov, Danny, Pogrebnyak, Huszti (Fayzulin, 73).

March 12, 2009 / Round of 16, First Leg / PFC CSKA Moscow - Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 (Vágner Love 50' (pen.)) / Moscow, Luzhniki Stadium / Attendance: 19,700

PFC CSKA Moscow: Akinfeev (captain), V. Berezutski, Ignashevich, A. Berezutskiy, Schennikov, Krasić (Kalouda, 89), Rahimić (Mamaev, 45), Šemberas, Zhirkov (Caner, 70), Dzagoev, Vágner Love.

March 12, 2009 / Round of 16, First Leg / Udinese - FC Zenit Saint Petersburg 2-0 (Quagliarella 85'Di Natale 88' (pen.)) / Udine, Stadio Friuli / Attendance: 20,000

FC Zenit Saint Petersburg: Malafeev, Šírl, Križanac, Shirokov, Anyukov, Zyryanov (Fayzulin, 85), Denisov, Tymoshchuk (captain), Danny, Pogrebnyak (Tekke, 62), Huszti (Semshov, 62).

March 19, 2009 / Round of 16, Second Leg / FC Zenit Saint Petersburg - Udinese 1-0 (Tymoshchuk 34')/ Saint Petersburg, Petrovsky Stadium / Attendance: 19,500

FC Zenit Saint Petersburg: Malafeev, Šírl (Huszti, 71), Križanac, Fayzulin (Tekke, 71), Kim, Zyryanov, Denisov, Tymoshchuk (captain), Danny, Pogrebnyak, Semshov.

March 19, 2009 / Round of 16, Second Leg / Shakhtar Donetsk - PFC CSKA Moscow 2-0 (Fernandinho 54' (pen.) Luiz Adriano 70') / Donetsk, RSC Olimpiyskiy / Attendance: 25,000

PFC CSKA Moscow: Akinfeev (captain), V. Berezutski, Ignashevich, A. Berezutskiy, Schennikov, Krasić, Mamaev (Ryzhov, 76), Šemberas, Caner (Carvalho, 66), Dzagoev (Aldonin, 65), Vágner Love.

2009–10 UEFA Champions League edit

FC Dynamo Moscow lose in the Third qualifying round and enter into the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.

July 29, 2009 / Third qualifying round, First Leg /Celtic - FC Dynamo Moscow 0-1 (Kokorin 7') / Glasgow, Celtic Park / Attendance: 54,184

FC Dynamo Moscow: Gabulov, Kowalczyk, Fernández, K. Kombarov, D. Kombarov, Kerzhakov, Granat, Wilkshire, Kolodin, Svezhov, Kokorin (Smolov, 74).

August 5, 2009 / Third qualifying round, Second Leg / FC Dynamo Moscow - Celtic 0-2 (McDonald 45' Samaras 90+1') / Khimki, Arena Khimki / Attendance: 13,753

FC Dynamo Moscow: Gabulov, Kowalczyk, Fernández (Ropotan, 90+6), K. Kombarov, Khokhlov, D. Kombarov, Kerzhakov, Granat, Wilkshire, Kolodin, Svezhov (Kokorin, 84).

FC Rubin Kazan and PFC CSKA Moscow qualified directly into group stage. FC Rubin Kazan finished third in Group F and enters in UEFA Europa League knockout stage. PFC CSKA Moscow finished second in Group B and enters in First knockout round.

September 15, 2009 / Matchday 1 / Wolfsburg - PFC CSKA Moscow 3-1 (Grafite 36', 41' (pen.), 87' - Dzagoev 76') / Wolfsburg, Volkswagen Arena / Attendance: 25,017

PFC CSKA Moscow: Akinfeev (captain), Šemberas, Ignashevich, A. Berezutskiy, Dzagoev, Krasić, Guilherme, Aldonin (Mamaev, 68), V. Berezutski (Necid, 84), Rahimić, Schennikov (Piliyev, 57).

September 16, 2009 / Matchday 1 / Dynamo Kyiv - FC Rubin Kazan 3-1 (Yussuf 71' Magrão 79' Husyev 85' - Domínguez 25') / Kyiv, Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium / Attendance: 15,000

FC Rubin Kazan: Ryzhikov, Ansaldi, César Navas, Semak (captain), Domínguez (Murawski, 77), Bukharov, Ryazantsev (Kasaev, 83), Noboa, Kaleshin, Gökdeniz, Sharonov.

September 29, 2009 / Matchday 2 / FC Rubin Kazan - Internazionale 1-1 (Domínguez 11' - Stanković 27') / Kazan, Central Stadium / Attendance: 23,670

FC Rubin Kazan: Ryzhikov, Ansaldi, César Navas, Semak (captain), Salukvadze, Domínguez (Kasaev, 86), Bukharov, Ryazantsev, Noboa, Gökdeniz, Sharonov.

September 30, 2009 / Matchday 2 / PFC CSKA Moscow - Beşiktaş 2-1 (Dzagoev 7' Krasić 61' - Dağ 90+2') / Moscow, Luzhniki Stadium / Attendance: 19,750

PFC CSKA Moscow: Akinfeev (captain), Šemberas, Ignashevich, A. Berezutskiy (Grigoryev, 46), Dzagoev, Mamaev, González (Schennikov, 78), Odiah, Krasić, V. Berezutski, Necid (Rahimić, 64).

October 20, 2009 / Matchday 3 / Barcelona - FC Rubin Kazan 1-2 (Ibrahimović 48' - Ryazantsev 2' Gökdeniz 73') / Barcelona, Camp Nou / Attendance: 55,930

FC Rubin Kazan: Ryzhikov, Ansaldi, César Navas, Semak (captain) (Murawski, 43), Salukvadze, Domínguez, Ryazantsev (Kasaev, 83), Noboa, Kaleshin, Gökdeniz (Popov, 90+3), Sharonov.

October 21, 2009 / Matchday 3 / PFC CSKA Moscow - Manchester United 0-1 (Valencia 86') / Moscow, Luzhniki Stadium / Attendance: 51,250

PFC CSKA Moscow: Akinfeev (captain), Šemberas, Ignashevich, A. Berezutskiy, Dzagoev, Odiah, Krasić, V. Berezutski, Rahimić (Carvalho, 90), Schennikov (Mamaev, 62), Necid (Piliyev, 73).

November 3, 2009 / Matchday 4 / Manchester United - PFC CSKA Moscow 3-3 (Owen 29' Scholes 84' Valencia 90+2' - Dzagoev 25' Krasić 31' V. Berezutski 47' ) / Manchester, Old Trafford / Attendance: 73,718

PFC CSKA Moscow: Akinfeev (captain), Šemberas, Ignashevich, A. Berezutskiy, Dzagoev (Carvalho, 72), Mamaev (Rahimić, 70), Krasić, Aldonin, V. Berezutski, Schennikov, Necid (Piliyev, 85).

November 4, 2009 / Matchday 4 / FC Rubin Kazan - Barcelona 0-0 / Kazan, Central Stadium / Attendance: 24,600

FC Rubin Kazan: Ryzhikov, Ansaldi, César Navas, Semak (captain), Salukvadze, Domínguez, Ryazantsev, Noboa, Kaleshin, Gökdeniz (Bukharov, 62), Sharonov.

November 24, 2009 / Matchday 5 / FC Rubin Kazan - Dynamo Kyiv 0-0 / Kazan, Central Stadium / Attendance: 23,185

FC Rubin Kazan: Ryzhikov, Ansaldi, César Navas, Semak (captain), Salukvadze, Domínguez, Bukharov, Ryazantsev, Noboa, Gökdeniz (Bystrov, 75), Sharonov (Kaleshin, 53).

November 25, 2009 / Matchday 5 / PFC CSKA Moscow - Wolfsburg 2-1 (Necid 58' Krasić 66' - Džeko 19') / Moscow, Luzhniki Stadium / Attendance: 13,478

PFC CSKA Moscow: Akinfeev (captain), Ignashevich, A. Berezutskiy, Dzagoev, Mamaev, Krasić, Aldonin, V. Berezutski, Rahimić, Schennikov, Necid.

December 8, 2009 / Matchday 6 / Beşiktaş - PFC CSKA Moscow 1-2 (Bobô 86' - Krasić 41' Aldonin 90+5' ) / Istanbul, BJK İnönü Stadium / Attendance: 16,129

PFC CSKA Moscow: Akinfeev (captain), Šemberas, Dzagoev (Grigoryev, 90+6), Mamaev, Odiah, Krasić (Oliseh, 82), Aldonin, V. Berezutski, Rahimić, Schennikov, Necid.

December 9, 2009 / Matchday 6 / Internazionale - FC Rubin Kazan 2-0 (Eto'o 31' Balotelli 64') / Milan, San Siro / Attendance: 49,539

FC Rubin Kazan: Ryzhikov, César Navas, Semak (captain), Salukvadze, Domínguez, Ryazantsev (Balyaikin, 84), Noboa (Bystrov, 81), Kaleshin, Popov, Murawski, Gökdeniz (Kasaev, 74).

2009–10 UEFA Europa League edit

FC Krylia Sovetov Samara lose in the Third qualifying round.

July 30, 2009 / Third qualifying round, First Leg / St Patrick's Athletic - FC Krylia Sovetov Samara 1-0 (O'Brien 71') / Dublin, Richmond Park / Attendance: 3,500

FC Krylia Sovetov Samara: Lobos, Kalachev, Leilton, Shishkin, Bober, Savin, Jarošík, Adzhindzhal, Ignatyev, Belozyorov, Ivanov (Kulik, 78).

August 6, 2009 / Third qualifying round, Second Leg / FC Krylia Sovetov Samara - St Patrick's Athletic 3-2 (Bober 41' Savin 53', 57' - Bober 73' (o.g.) O'Brien 79') / Samara, Metallurg Stadium / Attendance: 17,000

FC Krylia Sovetov Samara: Lobos, Kalachev, Shishkin, Bober, Taranov, Savin, Adzhindzhal, Ignatyev (Kulik, 39), Budylin (Leilton, 68), Belozyorov, Ivanov.

FC Amkar Perm, FC Zenit Saint Petersburg and FC Dynamo Moscow lose in the Play-off round.

August 20, 2009 / Play-off round, First Leg / CSKA Sofia - FC Dynamo Moscow 0-0 / Sofia, Vasil Levski National Stadium / Attendance: 23,250

FC Dynamo Moscow: Gabulov, Kowalczyk, Fernández, K. Kombarov, Khokhlov (Ropotan, 85), D. Kombarov, Kerzhakov, Granat, Wilkshire, Kolodin, Kokorin (Aguiar, 68).

August 20, 2009 / Play-off round, First Leg / Fulham - FC Amkar Perm 3-1 ( Johnson 4' Dempsey 51' Zamora 75' - Grishin 77') / London, Craven Cottage / Attendance: 13,029

FC Amkar Perm: Narubin, Peev, Novaković (Telkiyski, 68), Sirakov, Gaál, Jean Carlos (Junuzović, 85), Drinčić, Zhilyayev (Grishin, 60), Belorukov, Cherenchikov, Kushev.

August 20, 2009 / Play-off round, First Leg / Nacional - FC Zenit Saint Petersburg 4-3 (Luís Alberto 30' João Aurélio 37' Silva 53' Micael 73' - Semshov 44', 55' Tekke 90+2') / Funchal, Estádio da Madeira / Attendance: 2,500

FC Zenit Saint Petersburg: Malafeev, Anyukov, Meira, Lombaerts, Hubočan, Shirokov, Zyryanov, Kornilenko (Tekke, 68), Semshov, Huszti (Rosina, 58), Denisov (Ignatovich, 76).

August 27, 2009 / Play-off round, Second Leg / FC Amkar Perm - Fulham 1-0 ( Kushev 90') / Perm, Zvezda Stadium / Attendance: 20,000

FC Amkar Perm: Narubin, Grishin (Junuzović, 76), Telkiyski (Novaković, 60), Peev, Sirakov, Gaál, Jean Carlos (Zhilyayev, 64), Drinčić, Belorukov, Cherenchikov, Kushev.

August 27, 2009 / Play-off round, Second Leg / FC Dynamo Moscow - CSKA Sofia 1-2 (Kerzhakov 10' - Delev 14' Ivanov 56' / Khimki, Arena Khimki / Attendance: 8,486

FC Dynamo Moscow: Gabulov, Kowalczyk (Smolov, 61), Fernández, K. Kombarov, Khokhlov, D. Kombarov, Kerzhakov, Granat (Kokorin, 56), Aguiar (Dimidko, 46), Wilkshire, Kolodin.

August 27, 2009 / Play-off round, Second Leg / FC Zenit Saint Petersburg - Nacional 1-1 (Tekke 34') - Micael 89') / Saint Petersburg, Petrovsky Stadium / Attendance: 20,000

FC Zenit Saint Petersburg: Čontofalský, Anyukov, Meira, Kim, Lombaerts, Tekke (Rosina, 61), Shirokov (Križanac, 71), Zyryanov, Kornilenko, Semshov, Huszti (Ignatovich, 90+1).