2010 Russian Premier League

The 2010 Russian Premier League was the 19th season of the Russian football championship since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and ninth under the current Russian Premier League name. The season started on 12 March 2010 and the last matches were played on 29 November 2010. On 14 November 2010, Zenit Saint Petersburg clinched the title after a 5–0 win against Rostov. This season was the last one played during an entire year (March–November), as the Russian Football Union decided to schedule the following seasons in sync with the biggest European football leagues (August–May).

Russian Premier League
Season2010
ChampionsZenit
2nd title
RelegatedAlania Vladikavkaz
Sibir Novosibirsk
Champions LeagueZenit
CSKA Moscow
Rubin Kazan
Europa LeagueSpartak Moscow
Lokomotiv
Matches played240
Goals scored561 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorerWelliton (19)
Biggest home winZenit 6–1 Saturn
(25 September)
Zenit 5–0 Rostov
(14 November)
Biggest away winSibir 1–4 CSKA
(24 April)

Tom 1–4 Anzhi
(18 July)

Lokomotiv 0–3 Zenit
(29 August)

Tom 0–3 CSKA
(26 September)

Dynamo 0–3 Spartak Nalchik
(26 September)

Terek 0–3 CSKA
(17  October)
Sibir 2–5 Zenit
(7 November)
Highest scoringSpartak Moscow 5–3 Sibir
(21 June)
Longest winning runZenit (9 games)
(28 April–31 July)
Longest unbeaten runZenit (23 games)
(13 March–24 October)
Longest losing runSibir (5 games)
(27 March–24 April)
Anzhi (5 games)
(12 September–17 October)
Rostov (5 games)
(26 September–30 October)
Highest attendanceSpartak MoscowCSKA Moscow 65,000
Lowest attendanceAnzhiLokomotiv 3,000
Average attendance12,288
2009
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