2009 Russian Premier League

The 2009 Russian Premier League was the 18th season of the Russian football championship since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and 8th under the current Russian Premier League name. The season started on 14 March 2009 with a goalless draw between Amkar Perm and Rostov. The last matches were played on 29 November 2009. On 21 November 2009 Rubin Kazan successfully retained their champion's title.

Teams
As in the previous season, 16 teams played in the 2009 season. After the 2008 season, Shinnik Yaroslavl and Luch-Energiya Vladivostok were relegated to the 2009 Russian First Division. They were replaced by Rostov and Kuban Krasnodar, the winners and runners up of the 2008 Russian First Division.

Venues
Dynamo Moscow played their home games during the 2009 season at the new Arena Khimki, due to their Dynamo Stadium undergoing renovation work.

Awards
On 24 November 2009 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:


 * Goalkeepers
 * 1) 🇷🇺 Igor Akinfeev (CSKA)
 * 2) 🇷🇺 Sergei Ryzhikov (Rubin)
 * 3) 🇷🇺 Vladimir Gabulov (Dynamo)


 * Right backs
 * 1) 🇷🇺 Aleksandr Anyukov (Zenit)
 * 2) 🇷🇺 Sergei Parshivlyuk (Spartak M.)
 * 3) 🇷🇺 Kirill Nababkin (Moscow)


 * Right-centre backs
 * 1) 🇷🇺 Roman Sharonov (Rubin)
 * 2) 🇷🇺 Vasili Berezutskiy (CSKA)
 * 3)  Martin Jiránek (Spartak M.)


 * Left-centre backs
 * 1) 🇷🇺 Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA)
 * 2) 🇪🇸 César Navas (Rubin)
 * 3) 🇷🇺 Denis Kolodin (Dynamo)


 * Left backs
 * 1) 🇦🇷 Cristian Ansaldi (Rubin)
 * 2) 🇷🇺 Renat Yanbaev (Lokomotiv)
 * 3) 🇷🇺 Georgi Schennikov (CSKA)


 * Defensive midfielders
 * 1) 🇷🇺 Sergei Semak (Rubin)
 * 2) 🇷🇺 Igor Denisov (Zenit)
 * 3) 🇷🇺 Dmitri Khokhlov (Dynamo)


 * Right wingers
 * 1) 🇷🇺 Vladimir Bystrov (Spartak M. / Zenit)
 * 2) 🇷🇸 Miloš Krasić (CSKA)
 * 3) 🇷🇺 Aleksandr Samedov (Moscow)


 * Central midfielders
 * 1) 🇧🇷 Alex (Spartak M.)
 * 2) 🇷🇺 Alan Dzagoev (CSKA)
 * 3) 🇷🇺 Igor Semshov (Zenit)


 * Left wingers
 * 1) 🇷🇺 Konstantin Zyryanov (Zenit)
 * 2) 🇱🇹 Edgaras Česnauskis (Moscow)
 * 3) 🇷🇺 Aleksandr Ryazantsev (Rubin)


 * Right forwards
 * 1) 🇧🇷 Welliton (Spartak M.)
 * 2) 🇷🇺 Aleksandr Bukharov (Rubin)
 * 3) 🇹🇷 Fatih Tekke (Zenit)


 * Left forwards
 * 1) 🇦🇷 Alejandro Domínguez (Rubin)
 * 2) 🇷🇺 Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Dynamo)
 * 3) 🇷🇺 Dmitri Sychev (Lokomotiv)