2008 Russian Premier League

The Russian Premier League 2008 was the 17th edition of the Russian Football Championship, and the seventh under the current Russian Premier League name. The season started on Friday, 14 March 2008 with a match between Terek and Krylia Sovetov in Grozny. Krylia Sovetov won 3–0. The first goal of the season was scored by Krylia Sovetov's forward Yevgeny Savin.

Russian Premier League
Season2008
ChampionsRubin Kazan
1st title
RelegatedShinnik Yaroslavl
Luch-Energiya Vladivostok
Champions LeagueRubin Kazan
CSKA Moscow
Dynamo Moscow
Europa LeagueAmkar Perm
Zenit St.Petersburg
Krylia Sovetov
Matches played240
Goals scored578 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorerVágner Love (20)
← 2007
2009 →

Due to Russia's participation in UEFA Euro 2008, the season was interrupted from 16 May until 5 July.

The champions were determined on the 27th matchday, 2 November 2008. Rubin claimed their first championship title in Russian Premier League, defeating Saturn 2–1 away, with Savo Milošević scoring in the 89th minute to claim the title for his club. Rubin became the third (and second consecutive) non-Moscow club to become Russian champions.

The last round of matches was played on 22 November 2008.

Teams

As in the previous season, 16 teams played in the 2008 season. After the 2007 season, Kuban Krasnodar and Rostov were relegated to the 2008 Russian First Division. They were replaced by Shinnik Yaroslavl and Terek Grozny, the winners and runners up of the 2007 Russian First Division.

Venues
Amkar CSKA Dynamo Khimki
Zvezda Stadium Luzhniki Stadium Central Stadium Arena Khimki
Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 76,000 Capacity: 36,540 Capacity: 18,000
Krylia
Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League
Moscow
Locations of teams in 2008 Russian Premier League, Tomsk & Vladivostok
 Lokomotiv
Metallurg Stadium RZD Arena
Capacity: 33,220 Capacity: 28,800
Luch-Energia Moscow
Dynamo Stadium Eduard Streltsov Stadium
Capacity: 10,200 Capacity: 13,422
Rubin Saturn
Central Stadium Saturn Stadium
Capacity: 30,133 Capacity: 16,726
Shinnik Spartak Moscow
Shinnik Stadium Luzhniki Stadium
Capacity: 19,000 Capacity: 76,000
Spartak Nalchik Terek Tom Zenit Saint Petersburg
Spartak Stadium Sultan Bilimkhanov Stadium Trud Stadium Petrovsky Stadium
Capacity: 14,400 Capacity: 10,400 Capacity: 14,950 Capacity: 21,725


    Personnel and kits
    Team Location Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
    Amkar Perm Perm Miodrag Božović Aleksei Popov Adidas
    CSKA Moscow Valery Gazzaev Igor Akinfeev Reebok VTB
    Dynamo Moscow Andrey Kobelev Dmitri Khokhlov Umbro Metalloinvest
    Khimki Khimki Sergei Yuran Roman Berezovsky Nike Mezhregionalnaya Developerskaya Kompania
    Krylia Samara Leonid Slutsky Matthew Booth Umbro RosTekhnologii
    Lokomotiv Moscow Rashid Rakhimov Diniyar Bilyaletdinov Adidas Russian Railways
    Luch-Energia Vladivostok Semen Altman Dmitry Smirnov Nike DalEnergo
    Moscow Moscow Oleg Blokhin Dmitri Godunok Umbro Norilsk Nickel
    Rubin Kazan Kurban Berdyev Sergei Semak Nike ТАИФ
    Saturn Ramenskoye Jürgen Röber Aleksei Igonin Adidas
    Shinnik Yaroslavl Sergei Pavlov Denis Boyarintsev Adidas
    Spartak Moscow Michael Laudrup Mozart Nike Lukoil
    Spartak Nalchik Yuri Krasnozhan Miodrag Džudović Nike
    Terek Grozny Vyacheslav Hroznyi Timur Dzhabrailov Umbro RAO UES
    Tom Tomsk Valery Nepomnyashchy Valeri Klimov Adidas
    Zenit Saint Petersburg Dick Advocaat Anatoliy Tymoshchuk Puma Gazprom

    Managerial changes
    Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
    Moscow Leonid Slutsky Fired End of 2007 Season[1] Preseason Oleg Blokhin 14 December 2007[2] Preseason
    Amkar Rashid Rakhimov Joined Lokomotiv 6 December 2007 Miodrag Božović 9 January 2008[3]
    Krylia Aleksandr Tarkhanov Leonid Slutsky 21 December 2007[4]
    Lokomotiv Anatoliy Byshovets Rashid Rakhimov 6 December 2007[5]
    Luch-Energiya Sergei Pavlov Zoran Vulić 19 December 2007[6]
    Khimki Slavoljub Muslin Fired 14 April 2008[7] 14th Igor Yushchenko (Caretaker) 14 April 2008[7] 14th
    Khimki Igor Yushchenko (Caretaker) End of role 29 May 2008 16th Sergei Yuran 29 May 2008[8] 16th
    Tom Valery Petrakov Mutual termination 1 June 2008[9] 12th Miroslav Romaschenko 1 June 2008[9] 12th
    Saturn Gadzhi Gadzhiyev 8 August 2008 12th Jürgen Röber 21 August 2008[10] 12th
    Spartak Stanislav Cherchesov Fired 14 August 2008[11] 4th Igor Lediakhov (Caretaker) 14 August 2008 4th
    Tom Miroslav Romaschenko Fired 4 September 2008[12] 12th Vasili Baskakov (Caretaker) 4 September 2008 12th
    Tom Vasili Baskakov (Caretaker) End of role 11 September 2008 12th Valery Nepomnyashchy 11 September 2008[13] 12th
    Spartak Igor Lediakhov (Caretaker) End of role 12 September 2008 3rd Michael Laudrup 12 September 2008[14] 3rd
    Luch-Energiya Zoran Vulić 10 October 2008 14th Semen Altman 10 October 2008[15] 14th

    League table
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
    1 Rubin Kazan (C) 30 18 6 6 44 26 +18 60 Qualification to Champions League group stage
    2 CSKA Moscow 30 16 8 6 53 24 +29 56
    3 Dynamo Moscow 30 15 9 6 41 29 +12 54 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
    4 Amkar Perm 30 14 9 7 31 22 +9 51 Qualification to Europa League play-off round
    5 Zenit St. Petersburg 30 12 12 6 59 37 +22 48[lower-alpha 1]
    6 Krylia Sovetov Samara 30 12 12 6 46 28 +18 48[lower-alpha 1] Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
    7 Lokomotiv Moscow 30 13 8 9 37 32 +5 47
    8 Spartak Moscow 30 11 11 8 43 39 +4 44
    9 FC Moscow 30 9 11 10 34 36 −2 38
    10 Terek Grozny 30 9 8 13 28 42 −14 35
    11 Saturn 30 7 12 11 26 30 −4 33
    12 Spartak Nalchik 30 8 8 14 30 39 −9 32
    13 Tom Tomsk 30 7 8 15 23 39 −16 29
    14 Khimki 30 6 9 15 34 54 −20 27
    15 Shinnik Yaroslavl (R) 30 5 7 18 25 48 −23 22 Relegation to First Division
    16 Luch-Energiya Vladivostok (R) 30 3 12 15 24 53 −29 21
    Source: RFPL (in Russian)
    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; 7th position in previous season or decision game
    (C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
    Notes:
    1. Zenit St. Petersburg ahead of Krylia Sovetov on head-to-head points; Zenit St. Petersburg–Krylia Sovetov 1–1, Krylia Sovetov–Zenit St. Petersburg 0–3.
    2. Since both finalists of the 2008–09 Russian Cup qualified for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, Krylia Sovetov earned a spot in the third qualifying round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.
     Russian Premier League 2008 Winners 
    FC Rubin Kazan
    1st title

    Results
    Home \ Away ZEN SPA CSK MOS SAT DYN LOK AMK KHI RUB TOM SPN KRY LUE SHI TER
    Zenit St. Petersburg 0–0 1–3 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–3 5–1 3–4 1–1 8–1 1–3 3–1
    Spartak Moscow 1–3 1–5 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 4–2 3–1
    CSKA Moscow 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 0–2 0–0 4–1 4–3 4–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 4–1 1–1 2–0
    FC Moscow 0–2 2–1 1–4 0–0 1–1 0–3 0–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–3 1–1 3–0 2–1 0–0
    Saturn 1–1 0–0 0–4 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 4–0 3–1
    Dynamo Moscow 1–0 4–3 1–3 1–1 2–1 4–2 1–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–1
    Lokomotiv Moscow 0–3 2–2 0–2 3–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 3–0 2–0
    Amkar Perm 1–1 1–1 3–3 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0
    Khimki 1–4 3–3 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–3 0–4 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–1
    Rubin Kazan 4–1 0–3 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–3
    Tom Tomsk 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 0–4 1–1 2–1 2–0
    Spartak Nalchik 2–2 1–2 0–0 0–3 2–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–0
    Krylia Sovetov Samara 0–3 1–1 0–2 1–1 4–0 3–3 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–2 3–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 4–3
    Luch-Energiya Vladivostok 0–0 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–3 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–1
    Shinnik Yaroslavl 2–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 1–2 3–2 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–1
    Terek Grozny 1–4 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–3 2–1 0–3 2–1 0–0
    Source: RFPL (in Russian)
    Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Season statistics

    Top goalscorers
    As of matches played on 22 November 2008.
    Rank Player Club Goal
    1 Vágner Love CSKA 20
    2 Marko Topić Saturn 10
    Peter Odemwingie Lokomotiv
    Danny Dynamo / Zenit
    Eldar Nizamutdinov Khimki
    6 Diniyar Bilyaletdinov Lokomotiv 9
    7 Alan Dzagoev CSKA 8
    Fatih Tekke Zenit
    Anton Bobyor Krylia
    Héctor Bracamonte Moscow
    Martin Kushev Amkar

    Awards

    On 16 December 2008 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:[16]

    Medal squads
    1. FC Rubin Kazan

    Goalkeepers: Sergei Ryzhikov (26), Sergei Kozko (6).
    Defenders: Cristian Ansaldi (27 / 1), Roman Sharonov (26 / 1), Dato Kvirkvelia (24 / 3), Stjepan Tomas (19), Lasha Salukvadze (15), Aleksandr Orekhov (10), Aleksei Popov (7), Jefthon (2), Andrei Fyodorov (1), Gabriel Atz (1).
    Midfielders: Gökdeniz Karadeniz (27 / 6), Sergei Semak (27 / 5), MacBeth Sibaya (25), Serhiy Rebrov (24 / 5), Aleksandr Ryazantsev (22 / 1), Christian Noboa (21 / 6), Andrei Kobenko (17 / 2), Yevgeni Balyaikin (10), Aleksei Rebko (3), Vagiz Galiullin (1), Pyotr Gitselov (1).
    Forwards: Hasan Kabze (23 / 2), Aleksandr Bukharov (20 / 6), Roman Adamov (13 / 1), Savo Milošević (16 / 3).
    (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

    Manager: Kurban Berdyev.

    Transferred out during the season: Gabriel Atz (on loan to FC Khimki), Pyotr Gitselov (on loan to FC Rostov), Aleksei Rebko (to FC Moscow).

    2. PFC CSKA Moscow

    Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (30).
    Defenders: Sergei Ignashevich (28 / 4), Vasili Berezutski (28), Aleksei Berezutski (24 / 2), Deividas Šemberas (24), Chidi Odiah (23), Anton Grigoryev (16).
    Midfielders: Miloš Krasić (28 / 6), Yuri Zhirkov (28 / 3), Evgeni Aldonin (25 / 3), Elvir Rahimić (23), Alan Dzagoev (20 / 8), Caner Erkin (18 / 1), Pavel Mamayev (17 / 2), Dudu (10 / 1), Luboš Kalouda (1).
    Forwards: Vágner Love (26 / 20), Ricardo Jesus (10), Jô (8 / 3), Dmitri Ryzhov (8), Ramón (7), Daniel Carvalho (4), Dawid Janczyk (4).
    Manager: Valery Gazzaev.

    Transferred out during the season: Dudu (to Olympiacos), Jô (to Manchester City), Daniel Carvalho (on loan to Internacional).

    3. FC Dynamo Moscow

    Goalkeepers: Vladimir Gabulov (12), Žydrūnas Karčemarskas (9), Anton Shunin (9).
    Defenders: Leandro Fernández (28 / 4), Denis Kolodin (22 / 1), Jovan Tanasijević (20 / 1), Marcin Kowalczyk (20), Aleksandr Dimidko (12 / 2), Luke Wilkshire (11 / 2), Vladimir Granat (11), Arūnas Klimavičius (9 / 1), Nikita Chicherin (3), Aleksandr Tochilin (3).
    Midfielders: Dmitri Kombarov (30 / 1), Igor Semshov (29 / 6), Dmitri Khokhlov (27 / 2), Kirill Kombarov (26 / 1), Danny (18 / 5), Andrei Karpovich (12), Aleksandr Denisov (1).
    Forwards: Aleksandr Kerzhakov (27 / 7), Tsvetan Genkov (23 / 4), Aleksandr Kokorin (7 / 2), Fyodor Smolov (7 / 1).

    Manager: Andrey Kobelev.

    Transferred out during the season: Danny (to FC Zenit St. Petersburg), Aleksandr Denisov (on loan to FC Salyut-Energia Belgorod).

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