2010 Russian First Division

{{Infobox football league season | competition = Russian First Division | season = 2010 | winners = | promoted = | relegated = | matches = | total goals = | league topscorer = | biggest home win = | biggest away win = | highest scoring = | longest wins = | longest unbeaten = | longest winless = | longest losses = | highest attendance = | lowest attendance = | average attendance = | prevseason = 2009 | nextseason = 2011–12 }}

The '''2010 Russian First Division''' 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 2009 Russian First Division, two clubs relegated from 2009 Russian Premier League, five zone winners from 2009 Russian Second Division, one of the second-placed clubs from 2009 Russian Second Division and one of the third-placed clubs from 2009 Russian Second Division.

===Movement between Premier League and First Division=== Anzhi Makhachkala 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=== Nosta Novotroitsk, 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 (West), Avangard Kursk (Centre), Zhemchuzhina-Sochi (South), Mordovia Saransk (Ural-Povolzhye) and Irtysh Omsk (East).

===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.<ref name=firstdiv2009>[http://news.sport-express.ru/2009-12-24/337272 "Витязь" отказался от первой лиги]</ref>

Pending licensing, their place was taken by FC Volgograd 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 were promoted into the 2010 Russian Premier League after FC Moscow dropped out due to financial reasons. It was replaced by FC Dynamo Bryansk.<ref>[http://www.pfl.ru/DESIGN.2001/FFFF/1010.htm Первый дивизион – 2010] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623212240/http://pfl.ru/DESIGN.2001/FFFF/1010.htm |date=June 23, 2011 }}</ref> 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== {{Location map+ |Russia |width=800 |float=left |caption=Location of teams in '''2010 Russian First Division'''| places= {{Location map~|Russia|mark size=6x6px |lat=51.44 |long=36.11 |label=Avangard |position=left}} {{Location map~|Russia|mark size=6x6px |lat=54.71 |long=20.51 |label=Baltika }} {{Location map~|Russia|mark size=6x6px |lat=56.33 |long=44 |label=Volga NN }} {{Location map~|Russia|mark size=6x6px |lat=46.38 |long=48.05 |label=Volgar }} {{Location map~|Russia|mark size=6x6px |lat=53.19 |long=34.17 |label=Dynamo B }} {{Location map~|Russia|mark size=6x6px |lat=59.57 |long=30.19 |label=Dynamo StP |position=left}} {{Location map~|Russia|mark size=6x6px |lat=43.35 |long=39.43 |label=Zhemchuzhina |position=left }} {{Location map~|Russia|mark size=6x6px |lat=54.59 |long=73.22 |label=Irtysh }} {{Location map~|Russia|mark size=6x6px |lat=55.68 |long=52.31 |label=KAMAZ |position=right}} {{Location map~|Russia|mark size=6x6px |lat=55.54 |long=37.27 |label=Khimki |position=left}} {{Location map~|Russia|mark size=6x6px |lat=45.03 |long=38.97 |label=Krasnodar }} {{Location map~|Russia|mark size=6x6px |lat=45.03 |long=38.97 |label=Kuban |position=left}} {{Location map~|Russia|mark size=6x6px |lat=43.11 |long=131.87 |label=Luch-Energiya }} {{Location map~|Russia|mark size=6x6px |lat=54.11 |long=45.11 |label=Mordovia |position=left}} {{Location map~|Russia|mark size=6x6px |lat=50.61 |long=36.58 |label=Salyut }} {{Location map~|Russia|mark size=6x6px |lat=57.62 |long=39.86 |label=Shinnik |position=top }} {{Location map~|Russia|mark size=6x6px |lat=48.42 |long=44.31 |label=Rotor }} {{Location map~|Russia|mark size=6x6px |lat=48.48 |long=135.06 |label=SKA-Energiya |position=left}} {{Location map~|Russia|mark size=6x6px |lat=56.83 |long=60.58 |label=Ural }} }}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="clear: both;" !Team !Location !Head Coach !Captain !Venue !Capacity !Position in 2009 |- |{{sort|Avangard|'''Avangard'''}} |Kursk |{{flagicon|Russia}} Aleksandr Ignatenko | |Trudovye Rezervy |11,329 |{{sort|3-1c|1st, D2 "Centre"}} |- |{{sort|Baltika|'''Baltika'''}} |Kaliningrad |{{flagicon|Russia}} Leonid Tkachenko | |Baltika |14,664 |{{sort|2-09|9th}} |- |{{sort|Dynamo Bryansk|'''Dynamo Bryansk'''}} |Bryansk |{{flagicon|Russia}} Aleksandr Smirnov | |Dynamo |10,100 |{{sort|3-2c|2nd, D2 "Centre"}} |- |{{sort|Dynamo St. Petersburg|'''Dynamo St. Petersburg'''}} |Saint Petersburg |{{flagicon|Russia}} Sergey Frantsev | |MSA Petrovsky |2,835 |{{sort|3-1w|1st, D2 "West"}} |- |{{sort|Irtysh|'''Irtysh'''}} |Omsk |{{flagicon|Russia}} Aleksandr Dorofeyev | |Red Star |8,000 |{{sort|3-1e|1st, D2 "East"}} |- |{{sort|Kamaz|'''KAMAZ'''}} |Naberezhnye Chelny |{{flagicon|Russia}} Robert Yevdokimov | |KAMAZ |9,221 |{{sort|2-05|5th}} |- |{{sort|Khimki|'''Khimki'''}} |Khimki |{{flagicon|Russia}} Yevgeni Bushmanov | |Novyye Khimki |3,066 |{{sort|1-16|16th, Premier}} |- |{{sort|Krasnodar|'''Krasnodar'''}} |Krasnodar |{{flagicon|RUS}} Sergei Tashuev | |Kuban |34,640 |{{sort|2-10|10th}} |- |{{sort|Kuban|'''Kuban'''}} |Krasnodar |{{flagicon|ROM}} Dan Petrescu | |Kuban |34,640 |{{sort|1-15|15th, Premier}} |- |{{sort|Luch|'''Luch-Energiya'''}} |Vladivostok |{{flagicon|Spain}} Francisco Arcos | |Dinamo |10,185 |{{sort|2-14|14th}} |- |{{sort|Mordovia|'''Mordovia'''}} |Saransk |{{flagicon|Russia}} Fyodor Shcherbachenko | |Svetotekhnika |14,000 |{{sort|3-1u|1st, D2 "Ural-Povolzhye"}} |- |{{sort|Nizhny Novgorod|'''Nizhny Novgorod'''}} |Nizhny Novgorod |{{flagicon|Russia}} Viktor Zaidenberg | |Severny |3,180 |{{sort|2-13|13th}} |- |{{sort|Rotor|'''Rotor'''}} |Volgograd |{{flagicon|Russia}} Vitaliy Shevchenko | |Central |32,126 |{{sort|3-3s|3rd, D2 "South"}} |- |{{sort|Salyut|'''Salyut'''}} |Belgorod |{{flagicon|RUS}} Yuri Bykov | |Salyut |11,500 |{{sort|2-07|7th}} |- |{{sort|Shinnik|'''Shinnik'''}} |Yaroslavl |{{flagicon|Russia}} Aleksandr Pobegalov | |Shinnik |18,481 |{{sort|2-06|6th}} |- |{{sort|SKA|'''SKA-Energiya'''}} |Khabarovsk |{{flagicon|Russia}} Sergey Feldman | |Lenin Stadium |15,200 |{{sort|2-15|15th}} |- |{{sort|Ural|'''Ural'''}} |Yekaterinburg |{{flagicon|RUS}} Vladimir Fedotov | |Uralmash |13,000 |{{sort|2-08|8th}} |- |{{sort|Volga|'''Volga'''}} |Nizhny Novgorod |{{flagicon|Russia}} Omari Tetradze | |Lokomotiv |17,856 |{{sort|2-04|4th}} |- |{{sort|Volgar|'''Volgar-Gazprom'''}} |Astrakhan |{{flagicon|Russia}} Lev Ivanov | |Centralny |20,500 |{{sort|2-12|12th}} |- |{{sort|Zhemchuzhina|'''Zhemchuzhina-Sochi'''}} |Sochi |{{flagicon|Russia}} Oleg Vasilenko | |Central |10,280 |{{sort|3-1s|1st, D2 "South"}} |}

===Managerial changes=== {| class="wikitable" |- !Team !Outgoing !Manner !Date !Table !Incoming !Date !Table |- |Dynamo St. Petersburg |{{flagicon|Russia}} Aleksandr Averyanov |Resigned |15 April 2010<ref name="Averyanov">{{cite web|url=http://www.fc-dynamospb.ru/?part=3&id=617|script-title=ru:Александр Аверьянов ушёл в отставку|date=15 April 2010|publisher=FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg|accessdate=16 April 2009|language=Russian}}</ref> |19th |{{flagicon|Russia}} Grigori Mikhalyuk (caretaker) | | |- |Dynamo Bryansk |{{flagicon|Russia}} Soferbi Yeshugov |Sacked |7 May 2010 |20th |{{flagicon|Russia}} Sergei Ovchinnikov |7 May 2010<ref name="Ovchinnikov">{{cite web|url=http://onedivision.ru/news/1589/|script-title=ru:Сергей Овчинников – главный тренер брянского "Динамо"|date=7 May 2010|publisher=Onedivision.ru|accessdate=7 May 2010|language=Russian|title = Сергей Овчинников - главный тренер брянского "Динамо" — Новости портала. Первый Дивизион — OneDivision.ru |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825153727/http://onedivision.ru/news/1589/|archive-date=25 August 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> |20th |- |Volga Nizhny Novgorod |{{flagicon|Russia}} Aleksandr Pobegalov |Resigned |8 May 2010 |12th |{{flagicon|Russia}} Omari Tetradze |8 May 2010<ref name="Tetradze">{{cite web|url=http://www.ua-football.com/foreign/russia/4be5321e.html|script-title=ru:Тетрадзе возглавил нижегородскую "Волгу"|date=8 May 2010|publisher=Sports.ru|accessdate=8 May 2009|language=Russian}}</ref> |12th |- |Shinnik Yaroslavl |{{flagicon|Russia}} Igor Lediakhov |Sacked |11 May 2010 |18th |{{flagicon|Russia}} Aleksandr Pobegalov |11 May 2010<ref name="Pobegalov">{{cite web|url=http://www.shinnik.com/news/154640/|script-title=ru:А.М.Побегалов – главный тренер ФК "Шинник"|date=8 May 2010|publisher=shinnik.com|accessdate=12 May 2010|language=Russian}}</ref> |12th |- |Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast |{{flagicon|Russia}} Vladimir Fedotov |Sacked |11 May 2010 |7th |{{flagicon|Russia}} Boris Stukalov |14 May 2010 |7th |- |Dynamo St. Petersburg |{{flagicon|Russia}} Grigori Mikhalyuk (caretaker) |Finished |19 May 2010 |10th |{{flagicon|Russia}} Boris Zhuravlyov | 19 May 2010 | |- |Salyut Belgorod |{{flagicon|Belarus}} Miroslav Romaschenko |Sacked |20 May 2010 |16th |{{flagicon|Belarus}} Leonid Koutchouk |20 May 2010<ref name="Romaschenko">{{cite web|url=http://www.fc-salyut.ru/rnews/356.html|script-title=ru:Леонид Кучук назначен главным тренером Салюта|date=20 May 2010|publisher=fc-salyut.ru|accessdate=21 May 2010|language=Russian}}</ref> |16th |- |Luch-Energiya |{{flagicon|Russia}} Leonid Nazarenko |Sacked |22 May 2010 |13th |{{flagicon|Spain}} Francisco Arcos (caretaker) |22 May 2010<ref name="Nazarenko">{{cite web| url=http://luch-vlad.ru/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1999&Itemid=1|script-title=ru:Анатолий Безняк: К матчу с "Шинником" команду будет готовить Франсиско Аркос |date=22 May 2010|publisher=luch-vlad.ru|accessdate=21 May 2010|language=Russian}}</ref> |13th |- |Baltika |{{flagicon|Russia}} Ivan Lyakh |Sacked |5 June 2010 |13th |{{flagicon|Russia}} Leonid Tkachenko | | |- |Rotor |{{flagicon|Russia}} Vladimir Faizulin |Sacked |26 June 2010 |20th |{{flagicon|Russia}} Vitaliy Shevchenko |27 June 2010<ref name="Shevchenko">{{cite web|url=http://football.ua/russia/news/100421.html|script-title=ru:Экс-тренер Черноморца принял Ротор |date=22 May 2010|publisher=football.ua|accessdate=27 June 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100628150523/http://football.ua/russia/news/100421.html| archivedate= 28 June 2010 | url-status= live|language=Russian}}</ref> |20th |- |Dynamo St. Petersburg |{{flagicon|Russia}} Boris Zhuravlyov |Sacked |22 July 2010 |17th |{{flagicon|Belarus}} Eduard Malofeyev |22 July 2010<ref name="Malofeyev">{{cite web| url=http://www.fc-dynamospb.ru/?part=3&id=679|script-title=ru:Эдуард Малофеев - главный тренер ФК "Динамо" (Санкт-Петербург) |date=22 July 2010|publisher=fc-dynamospb.ru|accessdate=28 July 2010|language=Russian}}</ref> |20th |- |Khimki |{{flagicon|Russia}} Aleksandr Tarkhanov | |30 July 2010 |9th |{{flagicon|Russia}} Yevgeni Bushmanov (caretaker) | | |- |Zhemchuzhina-Sochi |{{flagicon|Russia}} Oleg Vasilenko | |2 August 2010 |4th |{{flagicon|Russia}} Zurab Sanaya | | |- |Avangard Kursk |{{flagicon|Russia}} Valery Yesipov |Sacked |17 August 2010 |19th |{{flagicon|Russia}} Oleg Sergeyev (caretaker) | | |- |Dynamo St. Petersburg |{{flagicon|Belarus}} Eduard Malofeyev |Sacked |20 August 2010 |20th |{{flagicon|Russia}} Sergey Frantsev | | |- |Salyut Belgorod |{{flagicon|Belarus}} Leonid Koutchouk |Sacked |23 August 2010 |19th |{{flagicon|Russia}} Yuri Bykov |23 August 2010<ref name="Koutchouk">{{cite web|url=http://www.fc-salyut.ru/rnews/490.html|script-title=ru:Леонид Кучук подал в отставку|date=23 August 2010|publisher=fc-salyut.ru|accessdate=24 August 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100827054242/http://www.fc-salyut.ru/rnews/490.html| archivedate= 27 August 2010 | url-status= live|language=Russian}}</ref> |19th |- |Irtysh Omsk |{{flagicon|Russia}} Vladimir Arays |Sacked |2 September 2010 |20th |{{flagicon|Russia}} Aleksandr Dorofeyev |2 September 2010 | |- |Avangard Kursk |{{flagicon|Russia}} Oleg Sergeyev (caretaker) |Finished |17 September 2010 |19th |{{flagicon|Russia}} Aleksandr Ignatenko | | |- |Dynamo Bryansk |{{flagicon|Russia}} Sergei Ovchinnikov |Sacked |17 September 2010 |18th |{{flagicon|Russia}} Aleksandr Smirnov |17 September 2010<ref name="Smirnov">{{cite web|url=http://fkdb.ru/2010/09/17/fk-dinamo-bryansk-vozglavil-aleksandr-smirnov/|script-title=ru:ФК "Динамо" Брянск возглавил Александр Смирнов|date=17 September 2010|publisher=FC Dinemo Site|accessdate=17 September 2010|language=Russian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101107190237/http://fkdb.ru/2010/09/17/fk-dinamo-bryansk-vozglavil-aleksandr-smirnov/|archive-date=7 November 2010|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> |18th |- |Zhemchuzhina-Sochi |{{flagicon|Russia}} Zurab Sanaya | |27 September 2010 |5th |{{flagicon|Russia}} Oleg Vasilenko | | |- |SKA-Energiya |{{flagicon|Russia}} Sergei Gorlukovich |Sacked |28 September 2010 |15th |{{flagicon|Russia}} Sergey Feldman | | |}

==Standings== <onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |show_limit=5 |res_col_header=PR

|class_rules=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 }}</onlyinclude>

==Results== {{#invoke:Sports results|main |matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey |team1=AVA|team2=BAL|team3=DBR|team4=DSP|team5=IRT |team6=KAM|team7=KHI|team8=KRA|team9=KUB|team10=LUE |team11=MOR|team12=NN|team13=ROT|team14=SAL|team15=SHI |team16=SKA|team17=URA|team18=VNN|team19=VGA|team20=ZHE

|name_ZHE=Zhemchuzhina-Sochi |match_ZHE_AVA=3–2 |match_ZHE_BAL=1–2 |match_ZHE_DBR=2–1 |match_ZHE_DSP=3–1 |match_ZHE_IRT=2–1 |match_ZHE_KAM=3–2 |match_ZHE_KHI=2–1 |match_ZHE_KRA=2–0 |match_ZHE_KUB=0–1 |match_ZHE_LUE=0–0 |match_ZHE_MOR=2–1 |match_ZHE_NN=2–2 |match_ZHE_ROT=2–2 |match_ZHE_SAL=2–2 |match_ZHE_SHI=2–1 |match_ZHE_SKA=1–0 |match_ZHE_URA=2–2 |match_ZHE_VNN=0–2 |match_ZHE_VGA=1–0 |update=complete |source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110623212240/http://www.pfl.ru/DESIGN.2001/FFFF/1010.htm PFL] {{in lang|ru}} }}

==Top scorers== ''Last updated: 6 November 2010; Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20110623212240/http://www.pfl.ru/DESIGN.2001/FFFF/1010.htm PFL] {{in lang|ru}}'' {| class="wikitable" |- !Rank !Player !Team !Goals |- |align=center|1 |{{flagicon|GEO}} Otar Martsvaladze |Volga |align=center|21 |- |align=center|2 |{{flagicon|RUS}} Spartak Gogniyev |KAMAZ / Krasnodar |align=center|18 |- |align=center|3 |{{flagicon|RUS}} Sergei Davydov |Volgar-Gazprom / Kuban |align=center|16 |- |align=center|4 |{{flagicon|RUS}} Dmitri Golubov |Baltika |align=center|15 |- |rowspan="3" align=center|5 |{{flagicon|RUS}} Ruslan Mukhametshin |Mordovia |rowspan="3" align=center|13 |- |{{flagicon|RUS}} Sergei Serdyukov |KAMAZ |- |{{flagicon|RUS}} Aleksandr Tikhonovetsky |Nizhny Novgorod |- |align=center|8 |{{flagicon|RUS}} Azamat Gonezhukov |Dynamo St. Petersburg |align=center|12 |- |rowspan="3" align=center|9 |{{flagicon|RUS}} Maksim Demenko |Krasnodar / Zhemchuzhina-Sochi |rowspan="3" align=center|11 |- |{{flagicon|RUS}} Yevgeni Kaleshin |Krasnodar |- |{{flagicon|RUS}} Kirill Panchenko |Mordovia |- |align=center|12 |{{flagicon|RUS}} Vasiliy Karmazinenko |SKA-Energiya |align=center|10 |}

==Awards== Professional Football League announced the award winners for the season.<ref name=prize2009>[http://www.pfl.ru/DESIGN.2001/FFFF/prize2010.htm Лауреаты сезона 2010-го года] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521161321/http://pfl.ru/DESIGN.2001/FFFF/prize2010.htm |date=2011-05-21 }}</ref>

* Best player: Andrey Tikhonov (FC Khimki). * Best goalkeeper: Aleksandr Budakov (FC Kuban Krasnodar). * Best defender: {{flagicon|Serbia}} Milan Vještica (FC Shinnik Yaroslavl). * Best midfielder: Andrey Tikhonov (FC Khimki). * Best striker: Spartak Gogniyev (FC Krasnodar). * Best manager: Robert Yevdokimov (FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny).

==See also== *2010 Russian Premier League

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://int.soccerway.com/national/russia/1-division/2010/regular-season/ 2010 Russian First Division at Soccerway.com]

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