Russian Football Championship 2008 (lineups)

Dynamo
Dynamo
general information
Season	2008
Trainer	Andrey Kobelev
The president	Dmitry Ivanov
Stadium	Dynamo (15)
Competition
Premier League	3rd place
Top scorer	Alexander Kerzhakov (7)

CSKA
CSKA
general information
Season	2008
Trainer	Valery Gazzaev
The president	Evgeny Giner
Stadium	Luzhniki (14); Dynamo (1)
Competition
Premier League	2nd place
Top scorer	Wagner Love (20)

Ruby
Ruby
general information
Season	2008
Trainer	Kurban Berdyev
The president	Alexander Gusev
Stadium	Central (15)
Competition
Premier League	1st place
Top scorer	Alexander Bukharov; Christian Noboa; Gokdeniz Karadeniz (6)

This article is a list of players who played at least one match for the main team in the 2008 Russian Championship .

Bold footballers are included in the list of 33 best according to the results of the season, in italics - bounced during the season.

Rubin (Kazan)

No.	Player	Citizenship	Date of Birth	Games	Goals (with pen.)
Goalkeepers
one	Sergey Kozko	Russia	April 12, 1975	6	−7
77	Sergey Ryzhikov	Russia	September 19, 1980	26	−19
Defenders
2	Stepan Thomas	Croatia	March 6, 1976	nineteen	0
3	Christian Ansaldi	Argentina	September 20, 1986	27	one
four	Jeffton	Brazil	January 3, 1982	2	0
five	Andrey Fedorov	Uzbekistan	April 10, 1971	one	0
9	Lasha Salukvadze	Georgia	December 21, 1981	15	0
22	Alexander Orekhov	Russia	November 29, 1983	ten	0
24	Alexey Popov	Russia	July 7, 1978	7	0
27	Dato Quirquelia	Georgia	June 27, 1980	24	3
31	Gabriel	Brazil	August 4, 1981	one	0
76	Roman Sharonov	Russia	September 8, 1976	26	one
Midfielders
6	Macbeth Sibaya	South Africa	November 25, 1977	25	0
7	Sergey Semak	Russia	February 27, 1976	27	5 (1)
eight	Peter Gitselov	Russia	July 18, 1983	one	0
ten	Andrey Kobenko	Russia	June 25, 1982	17	2
14	Sergey Rebrov	Ukraine	June 3, 1974	24	five
15	Alexander Ryazantsev	Russia	September 5, 1986	22	one
sixteen	Christian Noboa	Ecuador	April 8, 1985	21	6
20	Alexey Rebko	Russia	April 23, 1986	3	0
23	Evgeny Balyaykin	Russia	May 19, 1988	ten	0
49	Vagiz Galiulin	Uzbekistan	October 10, 1987	one	0
61	Gokdeniz Karadeniz	Turkey	January 11, 1980	27	6
Forwards
eleven	Alexander Bukharov	Russia	March 12, 1985	20	6
nineteen	Savo Milosevic	Serbia	September 2, 1973	sixteen	3
21	Roman Adamov	Russia	June 21, 1982	13	one
99	Hassan Kabze	Turkey	May 26, 1982	23	2
Trainer
	Kurban Berdyev	Turkmenistan	August 25, 1952	thirty

CSKA (Moscow)

No.	Player	Citizenship	Date of Birth	Games	Goals (with pen.)
Goalkeeper
35	Igor Akinfeev	Russia	April 8, 1986	thirty	−24
Defenders
2	Deividas ераemberas	Lithuania	August 2, 1978	24	0
four	Sergey Ignashevich	Russia	July 14, 1979	28	four
6	Alexey Berezutsky	Russia	June 20, 1982	24	2
15	Chidi Odia	Nigeria	December 17, 1983	23	0
24	Vasily Berezutsky	Russia	June 20, 1982	28	0
50	Anton Grigoriev	Russia	December 13, 1985	sixteen	0
Midfielders
7	Daniel Carvalho	Brazil	March 1, 1983	four	0
eight	Dudu	Brazil	April 15, 1983	ten	eleven)
eleven	Pavel Mamaev	Russia	September 17, 1988	17	2
17	Milos Krasic	Serbia	November 1, 1984	28	6
18	Yuri Zhirkov	Russia	August 20, 1983	28	3
20	Lubos Kalouda	Czech	May 20, 1987	one	0
22	Evgeny Aldonin	Russia	January 22, 1980	25	3
25	Elvir Rahimich	Bosnia and Herzegovina	April 4, 1976	23	0
46	Alan Dzagoev	Russia	June 17, 1990	20	eight
88	Caner Erkin	Turkey	October 4, 1988	18	one
Forwards
five	Ramon	Brazil	May 24, 1988	7	0
9	Vagner Love	Brazil	June 11, 1984	26	20 (1)
ten	Jo	Brazil	March 20, 1987	eight	3
14	Ricardo Jesus	Brazil	May 16, 1985	ten	0
nineteen	David Yanchik	Poland	September 23, 1987	four	0
37	Dmitry Ryzhov	Russia	August 26, 1989	eight	0
Trainer
	Valery Gazzaev	Russia	August 7, 1954	thirty

Dynamo (Moscow)

No.	Player	Citizenship	Date of Birth	Games	Goals (with pen.)
Goalkeepers
one	Anton Shunin	Russia	January 27, 1987	9	−11
21	Zhydrunas Karchemarskas	Lithuania	May 24, 1983	9	−11
thirty	Vladimir Gabulov	Russia	October 19, 1983	12	−7
Defenders
3	Alexander Tochilin	Russia	April 27, 1974	3	0
four	Marcin Kowalczyk	Poland	April 9, 1985	20	0
6	Leandro Fernandez	Argentina	January 30, 1983	28	four
13	Vladimir Granat	Russia	May 22, 1987	eleven	0
15	Alexander Dimidko	Russia	January 20, 1986	12	2
22	Luke Wilkshire	Australia	October 2, 1981	eleven	2 (1)
23	Jovan Tanasievich	Montenegro	January 20, 1978	20	one
24	Arunas Klimavičius	Lithuania	October 5, 1982	9	one
25	Denis Kolodin	Russia	January 11, 1982	22	eleven)
44	Nikita Chicherin	Russia	August 18, 1990	3	0
Midfielders
2	Andrey Karpovich	Kazakhstan	January 18, 1981	12	0
7	Kirill Kombarov	Russia	January 22, 1987	26	one
eight	Dmitry Khokhlov	Russia	December 22, 1975	27	2
9	Dmitry Kombarov	Russia	January 22, 1987	thirty	one
ten	Miguel Danny	Portugal	August 7, 1983	18	five
20	Igor Semshov	Russia	April 6, 1978	29th	6
71	Alexander Denisov	Russia	February 23, 1989	one	0
Forwards
five	Alexander Kerzhakov	Russia	November 27, 1982	27	7 (1)
sixteen	Tsvetan Genkov	Bulgaria	February 8, 1984	23	four
40	Fedor Smolov	Russia	February 9, 1990	7	one
77	Alexander Kokorin	Russia	March 19, 1991	7	2
Trainers
	Andrey Kobelev	Russia	October 22, 1968	thirty

Amkar (Perm)

Amkar
general information
Season	2008
Trainer	Miodrag Bozovic
The president	Valery Chuprakov
Stadium	The Star (15)
Competition
Premier League	4th place
Top scorer	Martin Kushev (9)

No.	Player	Citizenship	Date of Birth	Games	Goals (with pen.)
Goalkeepers
one	Vladimir Gabulov	Russia	October 19, 1983	ten	−6
42	Sergey Narubin	Russia	December 5, 1981	20	−16
Defenders
four	Vitaly Fedoriv	Ukraine	October 21, 1987	12	0
14	Zachary Sirakov	Bulgaria	October 8, 1977	29th	0
15	Miklos Gaal	Hungary	May 13, 1981	12	0
21	Dmitry Belorukov	Russia	March 24, 1983	25	one
23	Ivan Cherenchikov	Russia	August 25, 1984	25	0
24	Alexey Popov	Russia	July 7, 1978	18	0
28	Vyacheslav Kalashnikov	Russia	May 12, 1985	five	0
69	Marko Milovanovic	Serbia	August 12, 1982	one	0
Midfielders
3	Ivan Starkov	Russia	January 10, 1986	nineteen	2
five	Vitaly Grishin	Russia	September 9, 1980	23	0
7	George Peev	Bulgaria	March 11, 1979	thirty	four
ten	Mikhail Afanasyev	Belarus	November 4, 1986	12	one
13	Mitar Novakovich	Montenegro	September 27, 1981	15	one
18	Nikola Drinčić	Montenegro	September 7, 1984	28	2
22	Tomislav Dujmovich	Croatia	February 26, 1981	26	3
Forwards
eight	Sergey Volkov	Russia	September 27, 1980	eleven	one
9	Konstantin Paramonov	Russia	November 26, 1973	one	0
nineteen	Nikolay Zhilyaev	Russia	March 5, 1987	20	2
29th	Martin Kushev	Bulgaria	August 25, 1973	27	9 (2)
33	Nenad Inyac	Serbia	September 4, 1985	14	2
99	Predrag Sikimich	Serbia	August 29, 1982	27	2
Trainer
	Miodrag Bozovic	Montenegro	June 22, 1968	thirty

Zenith (St. Petersburg)

Zenith
general information
Season	2008
Trainer	Dick Advocaat
The president	Alexander Dyukov
Stadium	Petrovsky (15)
Competition
Premier League	5th place
Top scorer	Fatih Tekke (8)

No.	Player	Citizenship	Date of Birth	Games	Goals (with pen.)
Goalkeeper
sixteen	Vyacheslav Malafeev	Russia	March 4, 1979	thirty	−37
Defenders
four	Ivica Krizhanac	Croatia	April 13, 1979	25	one
five	Kim dong jin	South Korea	January 29, 1982	ten	0
6	Nicholas Lomberts	Belgium	March 20, 1985	2	0
14	Tomasz Gubochan	Slovakia	September 17, 1985	eleven	0
22	Alexander Anyukov	Russia	September 28, 1982	26	3
28	Sebastian Puigreigne	France	January 28, 1982	9	one
Midfielders
2	Vladislav Radimov	Russia	November 26, 1975	3	0
eleven	Radek Shirl	Czech	March 20, 1981	26	0
15	Roman Shirokov	Russia	July 6, 1981	27	3
18	Konstantin Zyryanov	Russia	October 5, 1977	29th	7
nineteen	Miguel Danny	Portugal	August 7, 1983	ten	five
20	Victor Fayzulin	Russia	April 22, 1986	24	6
25	Fernando Rixen	Netherlands	July 27, 1976	eight	0
27	Igor Denisov	Russia	May 17, 1984	29th	one
44	Anatoly Timoshchuk	Ukraine	March 30, 1979	27	6 (5)
57	Alexey Ionov	Russia	February 18, 1989	five	0
Forwards
7	Alejandro Dominguez	Argentina	June 10, 1981	22	four
eight	Pavel Pogrebnyak	Russia	November 8, 1983	nineteen	6 (1)
9	Fatih Tekke	Turkey	September 9, 1977	22	eight
ten	Andrey Arshavin	Russia	May 29, 1981	27	6
Trainer
	Dick Advocaat	Netherlands	September 27, 1947	thirty

Wings of the Soviets (Samara)

Wings of Soviets
general information
Season	2008
Trainer	Leonid Slutsky
The president	Igor Zavyalov
Stadium	Metallurg (15)
Competition
Premier League	6th place
Top scorer	Anton Beaver (8)

No.	Player	Citizenship	Date of Birth	Games	Goals (with pen.)
Goalkeeper
31	Eduardo Lobos	Chile	July 30, 1981	thirty	−28
Defenders
3	Leilton	Brazil	March 7, 1982	24	one
four	Krzysztof Longevka	Poland	January 23, 1983	one	0
eight	Ivan Taranov	Russia	June 22, 1986	18	2
14	O bom juice	South Korea	July 29, 1984	27	0
22	Matthew Booth	South Africa	March 14, 1977	25	0
29th	Sergey Budylin	Russia	October 31, 1979	23	3
40	Sergey Shustikov	Russia	March 5, 1989	one	0
63	Alexander Belozerov	Russia	October 27, 1981	27	2
Midfielders
2	Timofey Kalachev	Belarus	May 1, 1981	6	one
6	Juan Carlos Escobar	Colombia	October 30, 1982	20	one
7	Anton Beaver	Russia	September 28, 1982	27	8 (1)
9	Denis Cowba	Belarus	September 6, 1979	22	2
eleven	Andrey Tikhonov	Russia	October 16, 1970	28	7 (3)
nineteen	Alexey Skvernyuk	Belarus	October 13, 1985	2	0
20	Jiri Yaroshik	Czech	October 27, 1977	22	2
21	Ruslan Ajinjal	Russia	June 22, 1974	28	eleven)
53	Choi Min Ho	DPRK	July 3, 1988	one	0
99	Oleg Ivanov	Russia	August 4, 1986	22	2
Forwards
ten	Evgeny Savin	Russia	April 19, 1984	26	7
15	Alexander Salugin	Russia	October 23, 1988	17	0
89	Jan Koller	Czech	March 30, 1973	18	7
Trainer
	Leonid Slutsky	Russia	May 4, 1971	thirty

Lokomotiv (Moscow)

Locomotive
general information
Season	2008
Trainer	Rashid Rakhimov
The president	Nikolay Naumov
Stadium	Lokomotiv (15)
Competition
Premier League	7th place
Top scorer	Peter Odemwingie (10)

No.	Player	Citizenship	Date of Birth	Games	Goals (with pen.)
Goalkeepers
one	Ivan Levenets	Russia	February 22, 1980	12	−10
22	Ivan Pelizzoli	Italy	November 18, 1980	eight	−11
32	Marek Cech	Czech	April 8, 1976	eleven	−11
Defenders
four	Rodolfo	Brazil	October 23, 1982	26	0
five	Emir Spahich	Bosnia and Herzegovina	August 18, 1980	nineteen	0
14	Igor Smolnikov	Russia	August 8, 1988	one	0
17	Dmitry Sennikov	Russia	June 24, 1976	22	one
23	Marco Basha	Montenegro	December 29, 1982	eleven	0
thirty	Malkhaz Asatiani	Georgia	August 4, 1981	four	0
41	Sergey Gurenko	Belarus	September 30, 1972	28	0
44	Ruslan Kambolov	Russia	January 1, 1990	eight	0
55	Renat Yanbaev	Russia	April 7, 1984	27	0
Midfielders
7	Dmitry Torbinsky	Russia	April 28, 1984	20	3
eight	Vladimir Maminov	Uzbekistan	September 4, 1974	17	0
ten	David Mujiri	Georgia	January 2, 1978	14	one
15	Finigno	Brazil	November 3, 1983	ten	0
sixteen	Charles	Brazil	February 14, 1985	3	0
18	Guillermo Pereira	Argentina	February 20, 1980	eight	0
25	Razvan Kochish	Romania	February 19, 1983	25	one
27	Hamina Draman	Ghana	April 1, 1986	3	0
40	Alexander Samedov	Russia	July 19, 1984	four	0
58	Denis Glushakov	Russia	January 27, 1987	23	four
63	Diniyar Bilyaletdinov	Russia	February 27, 1985	26	9 (5)
Forwards
9	Peter Odemwingie	Nigeria	July 15, 1981	26	ten
eleven	Dmitry Sychev	Russia	October 26, 1983	26	7
nineteen	Draman Traore	Mali	June 17, 1982	13	one
45	Alexander Minchenkov	Russia	January 13, 1989	four	0
Trainer
	Rashid Rakhimov	Russia	March 18, 1963	thirty

Spartak (Moscow)

Spartacus
general information
Season	2008
Trainer	Michael Laudrup
The chairman	Leonid Fedun
Stadium	Luzhniki Stadium (13) Lokomotiv (2)
Competition
Premier League	8th place
Top scorer	Wellton Roman Pavlyuchenko Alexander Pavlenko Nikita Bazhenov (6)

No.	Player	Citizenship	Date of Birth	Games	Goals (with pen.)
Goalkeeper
22	Stipe Pletikosa	Croatia	January 8, 1979	thirty	−39
Defenders
3	Martin Stranzl	Austria	June 16, 1980	17	0
four	Malik Fati	Germany	October 29, 1983	21	3
7	Martin Jiranek	Czech	May 25, 1979	26	0
14	Clemente Rodriguez	Argentina	July 31, 1981	ten	one
31	Sergey Parshivlyuk	Russia	March 18, 1989	18	0
36	Fedor Kudryashov	Russia	April 5, 1987	one	0
49	Roman Shishkin	Russia	January 27, 1987	13	0
59	Andrey Ivanov	Russia	October 8, 1988	12	0
70	Ignas Dedura	Lithuania	June 1, 1978	6	one
88	Egor Filipenko	Belarus	April 10, 1988	eleven	0
Midfielders
five	Mozart	Brazil	November 8, 1979	21	2 (2)
eight	Alexander Pavlenko	Russia	January 20, 1985	20	6 (1)
9	Egor Titov	Russia	May 29, 1976	9	0
15	Radoslav Kovacs	Czech	November 27, 1979	21	2
nineteen	Christian Maidana	Argentina	January 24, 1987	24	3
23	Vladimir Bystrov	Russia	January 31, 1984	24	one
25	Maxim Kalinichenko	Ukraine	January 26, 1979	2	one
27	Sergey Kovalchuk	Moldova	January 20, 1982	17	0
thirty	Ivan Sayenko	Russia	October 17, 1983	eight	0
34	Renat Sabitov	Russia	June 13, 1985	3	0
37	Egor Lugachev	Ukraine	December 24, 1988	one	0
38	Arthur Maloyan	Russia	February 4, 1989	2	0
43	Alexander Zotov	Russia	August 27, 1990	one	0
55	Oleg Dineev	Russia	October 30, 1987	one	0
90	Vladislav Ryzhkov	Russia	February 28, 1990	five	one
96	Konstantin Sovetkin	Russia	February 19, 1989	four	0
Forwards
ten	Roman Pavlyuchenko	Russia	December 15, 1981	14	6 (2)
eleven	Wellton	Brazil	October 22, 1986	ten	6
18	Alexander Prudnikov	Russia	February 26, 1989	21	2
32	Nikita Bazhenov	Russia	February 1, 1985	22	6
40	Artyom Dziuba	Russia	August 22, 1988	sixteen	one
Trainers
	Stanislav Cherchesov	Russia	September 2, 1963	17
	Igor Ledyakhov (acting)	Russia	May 22, 1968	3
	Michael Laudrup	Denmark	June 15, 1964	ten

Moscow

Moscow
general information
Season	2008
Trainer	Oleg Blokhin
The president	Igor Dmitriev
Stadium	Eduard Streltsov Stadium (15)
Competition
Premier League	9th place
Top scorer	Hector Bracamonte (8)

No.	Player	Citizenship	Date of Birth	Games	Goals (with pen.)
Goalkeepers
sixteen	Anton Amelchenko	Belarus	March 27, 1985	ten	−17
thirty	Yuri Zhevnov	Belarus	April 17, 1981	20	−19
Defenders
2	Dmitry Godunok	Russia	January 4, 1976	24	2
3	Alexander Sheshukov	Russia	April 15, 1983	ten	0
four	Roman Gubnik	Czech	June 6, 1984	four	0
eight	Pompiliou Stand	Romania	September 10, 1976	ten	0
14	Kirill Nababkin	Russia	September 8, 1986	15	0
15	Alexander Epuryanu	Moldova	September 27, 1986	24	one
22	Oleg Kuzmin	Russia	May 9, 1981	27	one
23	Isaac Okoronkwo	Nigeria	May 1, 1978	five	0
25	Mariusz Jop	Poland	August 3, 1978	23	0
27	Vitaliy Kaleshin	Russia	October 3, 1980	nineteen	2
33	Gur Dacosta	Cote d'Ivoire	December 31, 1984	eight	0
Midfielders
five	Radu Rebezh	Moldova	June 8, 1973	eight	0
6	Ricardo Bayano	Bosnia and Herzegovina	September 10, 1980	eight	0
7	Peter Bystrov	Russia	July 15, 1979	nineteen	one
9	Pablo Barrientos	Argentina	January 17, 1985	3	0
ten	Zvonimir Vukich	Serbia	July 19, 1979	3	2
eleven	Tomasz Cizek	Czech	November 27, 1978	13	2
13	Alexey Rebko	Russia	April 23, 1986	sixteen	2
17	Pavel Golyshev	Russia	July 7, 1987	five	0
nineteen	Alexander Samedov	Russia	July 19, 1984	17	2
20	Alexey Meleshin	Russia	January 30, 1976	one	0
28	Branislav Krunich	Bosnia and Herzegovina	January 28, 1979	14	0
41	Arthur Rylov	Russia	April 12, 1989	2	0
47	Artyom Varakin	Russia	April 21, 1987	2	0
77	Stanislav Ivanov	Moldova	October 7, 1980	23	four
88	Edgaras Chesnauskis	Lithuania	February 5, 1984	ten	one
Forwards
18	Maxi Lopez	Argentina	April 3, 1984	13	3 (1)
21	Roman Adamov	Russia	June 21, 1982	eight	2 (1)
29th	Igor Strelkov	Russia	March 21, 1982	eleven	0
37	Alexander Stavpets	Russia	July 4, 1989	15	one
69	Hector Bracamonte	Argentina	February 16, 1978	27	8 (1)
Trainer
	Oleg Blokhin	Ukraine	November 5, 1952	thirty

Terek (Terrible)

Terek
general information
Season	2008
Trainer	Vyacheslav the Terrible
The president	Ramzan Kadyrov
Stadium	Sultan Bilimkhanov Stadium (14) Dynamo Makhachkala (1)
Competition
Premier League	10th place
Top scorer	Vladimir Kuzmichyov (5)

No.	Player	Citizenship	Date of Birth	Games	Goals (with pen.)
Goalkeepers
one	Ilion Lika	Albania	May 17, 1980	27	−33
12	Yaroslav Godzur	Ukraine	March 6, 1985	2	−5
88	Stepan Sikach	Moldova	September 8, 1988	one	−3
95	Rizavdi Edilov	Russia	June 26, 1988	one	−1
Defenders
2	Radoslav Zabavnik	Slovenia	September 16, 1980	25	one
3	Igor Dudnik	Ukraine	August 9, 1985	four	0
four	Anatoly Romanovich	Russia	September 9, 1979	20	0
14	Valentin Iliev	Bulgaria	July 11, 1980	25	2
18	Timur Dzhabrailov	Russia	August 5, 1973	29th	2
22	Dmitry Dolgov	Moldova	August 24, 1987	7	0
42	Sergey Omelyanchuk	Belarus	August 8, 1980	sixteen	0
43	Mitko Karchev	Macedonia	March 31, 1981	one	0
47	Sergey Benj	Russia	April 3, 1983	ten	2
63	David Lopez	Brazil	July 19, 1982	eight	0
Midfielders
7	Guy Stefan Essame	Cameroon	November 25, 1984	20	0
eight	Rade Petrovich Negosh	Montenegro	September 21, 1982	3	0
eleven	Florentin Petre	Romania	January 15, 1976	17	3
17	Vladislav Kulik	Russia	February 27, 1985	20	2 (1)
nineteen	Yuri Mamaev	Russia	February 3, 1984	one	0
20	Artyom Voronkin	Russia	February 19, 1986	9	0
23	Goran Dimowski	Macedonia	October 14, 1982	one	0
28	Vladimir Kuzmichyov	Russia	July 28, 1979	24	five
33	Shamil Lakhiyalov	Russia	October 28, 1979	nineteen	4 (1)
40	Oleg Vlasov	Russia	December 10, 1984	15	0
46	Vitaly Kuznetsov	Russia	February 21, 1986	four	0
55	Andrei Mergeritescu	Romania	January 1, 1980	17	0
77	Marco Diniyar	Croatia	May 21, 1986	five	0
98	Jean Boule	Cameroon	September 4, 1980	14	2
Forwards
9	Sergey Serdyukov	Russia	April 10, 1981	26	0
ten	Magomed Adiev	Russia	June 30, 1977	13	0
41	Islam Tsuroev	Russia	April 23, 1989	one	0
70	Zaur Sadaev	Russia	November 6, 1989	3	0
78	Daniel Panku	Romania	August 17, 1977	eleven	3
99	Victor Zemchenkov	Russia	September 15, 1986	eleven	one
Trainers
	Leonid Nazarenko	Russia	March 21, 1955	ten
	Vyacheslav the Terrible	Ukraine	July 12, 1956	20

Saturn (Ramenskoe)

Saturn
general information
Season	2008
Trainer	Jürgen Reber
Director	Boris Zhiganov
Stadium	Saturn (15)
Competition
Premier League	11th place
Top scorer	Marco Topic (10)

No.	Player	Citizenship	Date of Birth	Games	Goals (with pen.)
Goalkeepers
one	Antonin Kinsky	Czech	May 31, 1975	28	−27
sixteen	Alexey Botvinev	Russia	June 25, 1981	2	−3
Defenders
2	Vadim Evseev	Russia	January 8, 1976	eight	0
3	Zelau	Brazil	November 12, 1984	27	one
four	Peter Petrash	Slovakia	May 7, 1979	3	0
6	Jan Dyuritsa	Slovakia	December 10, 1981	20	2
15	Ruslan Nakhushev	Russia	September 5, 1984	24	one
24	Benoit Angbwa	Cameroon	January 1, 1982	24	0
63	Evgeni Malkov	Russia	July 12, 1988	four	0
Midfielders
five	Alexey Igonin	Russia	March 18, 1976	27	0
7	Peter Nemov	Russia	October 18, 1983	26	one
ten	Dmitry Loskov	Russia	February 12, 1974	15	one
eleven	Alexey Eremenko	Finland	March 24, 1983	nineteen	0
18	Edgaras Chesnauskis	Lithuania	February 5, 1984	five	0
21	Andrey Karjaka	Russia	April 1, 1978	26	3 (2)
23	Andrey Gusin	Ukraine	December 11, 1972	13	0
37	Roman Vorobyov	Russia	March 24, 1984	sixteen	one
41	Alexander Sapeta	Russia	June 28, 1989	2	0
88	Aleksey Ivanov	Russia	September 1, 1981	29th	one
Forwards
eight	Marco Topic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	January 1, 1976	thirty	ten
9	Baffour Gyan	Ghana	July 2, 1980	3	0
14	Dmitry Kirichenko	Russia	January 17, 1977	17	one
17	Vladimir Yurchenko	Belarus	January 26, 1989	four	one
22	Igor Lebedenko	Russia	May 27, 1983	ten	0
26	Martin Yakubko	Slovakia	February 26, 1980	7	2
29th	Leonid Kovel	Belarus	July 29, 1986	13	0
31	Solomon Okoronkvo	Nigeria	March 2, 1987	9	0
Trainers
	Haji Hajiyev	Russia	October 28, 1945	sixteen
	Dmitry Galyamin (acting)	Russia	January 8, 1963	2
	Jürgen Reber	Germany	December 25, 1953	12

Spartak Nalchik (Nalchik)

Spartak Nalchik
general information
Season	2008
Trainer	Yuri Krasnozhan
The chairman	Hazratali Bird
Stadium	Spartak (15)
Competition
Premier League	12th place
Top scorer	Rustem Kalimullin (5)

No.	Player	Citizenship	Date of Birth	Games	Goals (with pen.)
Goalkeepers
13	Dmitry Khomich	Russia	October 4, 1984	27	−33
22	Dejan Radic	Serbia	July 8, 1980	2	−4
35	Sergey Krashchenko	Russia	February 8, 1970	one	−2
Defenders
3	Dmitry Yatchenko	Russia	August 25, 1986	29th	0
five	Alexander Amisulashvili	Georgia	August 20, 1982	28	3
6	Vitaly Shumeyko	Ukraine	October 6, 1981	9	one
17	Valentin Filatov	Russia	March 19, 1982	14	one
18	Vladimir Kisenkov	Russia	October 8, 1981	25	2
20	Miodrag Djudovic	Montenegro	September 6, 1979	26	one
55	Victor Vasin	Russia	October 6, 1988	four	0
Midfielders
2	Ricardo Bayano	Bosnia and Herzegovina	September 10, 1980	6	one
7	Gogita Gogua	Georgia	September 4, 1983	21	one
eight	Oleg Samsonov	Russia	September 7, 1987	25	2
eleven	Marat Bikmaev	Uzbekistan	January 1, 1986	13	2
15	Aslan Mashukov	Russia	November 4, 1984	28	2
24	Oleg Patyak	Ukraine	November 28, 1985	2	0
25	Rustam Balov	Russia	February 3, 1986	one	0
26	Darvydas наernas	Lithuania	July 22, 1984	four	0
27	Kirill Kochubey	Russia	October 6, 1986	eleven	one
33	Kazbek Geteriev	Kazakhstan	June 30, 1985	26	one
Forwards
ten	Nazir Kazharov	Russia	January 12, 1987	14	one
nineteen	Marat Dzakhmishev	Russia	January 25, 1980	23	one
43	David Siradze	Georgia	October 21, 1981	27	four
47	Arsen Goshokov	Russia	June 5, 1991	eight	0
67	Viorel Frunze	Moldova	December 6, 1979	7	0
84	Rustem Kalimullin	Russia	June 24, 1984	20	five
99	Felipe Felix	Brazil	April 20, 1985	sixteen	0
Trainer
	Yuri Krasnozhan	Russia	June 7, 1963	thirty

Tom (Tomsk)

Tom
general information
Season	2008
Trainer	Valery Nepomnyashchy
Director	Yuri Stepanov
Stadium	“ Labor ” (15)
Competition
Premier League	13th place
Top scorer	Igor Strelkov Sergey Skoblyakov George Jokich (3)

No.	Player	Citizenship	Date of Birth	Games	Goals (with pen.)
Goalkeepers
sixteen	Benjamin Mandrykin	Russia	August 30, 1981	21	−24
25	Sergey Pareiko	Estonia	January 31, 1977	9	−13
77	Artyom Rebrov	Russia	March 4, 1984	one	−2
Defenders
12	Alexey Bugaev	Russia	August 25, 1981	9	0
15	Victor Stroyev	Russia	January 16, 1987	five	0
nineteen	Denis Evsikov	Russia	February 19, 1981	five	0
21	Valery Katinsus	Moldova	April 27, 1978	27	0
37	George Jockich	Serbia	January 20, 1981	28	3
67	Sergey Kabanov	Russia	March 15, 1986	one	0
84	Hrvoe Vejic	Croatia	June 8, 1977	23	2 (1)
88	Pompiliou Stand	Romania	September 10, 1976	13	0
Midfielders
3	Valery Klimov	Russia	January 31, 1974	28	2
four	Vasily Yanotovsky	Russia	January 2, 1976	13	0
five	Sergey Skoblyakov	Russia	January 2, 1977	27	3 (2)
6	Dmitry Michkov	Russia	February 22, 1980	14	2 (1)
7	Alexander Mladenov	Bulgaria	June 25, 1982	6	eleven)
14	Roman Kontsedalov	Russia	May 11, 1986	17	0
17	Beslan Ajinjal	Russia	June 22, 1974	9	0
20	Dmitry Tarasov	Russia	March 18, 1987	26	one
22	Vitaly Volkov	Russia	March 22, 1981	nineteen	0
23	Aleksandar Radosavlevich	Slovenia	April 25, 1979	21	0
83	Alexander Kharitonov	Russia	April 4, 1983	15	one
Forwards
eight	Denis Kiselev	Russia	June 2, 1978	2	0
9	Igor Strelkov	Russia	March 21, 1982	ten	3
ten	Anton Arkhipov	Russia	November 4, 1985	21	2
eleven	Goran Maznov	Montenegro	April 22, 1981	27	2
24	Alexander Shirko	Russia	November 24, 1976	15	one
98	Sergey Kornilenko	Belarus	June 14, 1983	3	0
Trainers
	Valery Petrakov	Russia	May 16, 1958	eleven
	Miroslav Romashchenko	Belarus	December 16, 1973	9
	Vasily Baskakov (acting)	Russia	September 9, 1962	one
	Valery Nepomnyashchy	Russia	August 7, 1943	9

Khimki

Khimki
general information
Season	2008
Trainer	Sergey Juran
The president	Vladimir Strelchenko
Stadium	Homeland (11) Arena-Khimki (4)
Competition
Premier League	14th place
Top scorer	Eldar Nizamutdinov (9)

No.	Player	Citizenship	Date of Birth	Games	Goals (with pen.)
Goalkeepers
21	Roman Berezovsky	Armenia	August 5, 1974	27	−48
thirty	Andrey Chichkin	Russia	October 12, 1977	five	−6
Defenders
2	Florin Shawave	Romania	July 24, 1978	14	eleven)
four	Victor Golovatenko	Moldova	April 28, 1984	14	0
6	Vule Trivunovich	Bosnia and Herzegovina	March 13, 1983	20	2
7	Nikola Miyailovich	Serbia	February 15, 1982	five	0
14	Andrey Stepanov	Estonia	March 16, 1979	ten	one
15	Mantas Samusevas	Lithuania	September 8, 1978	9	0
18	Miodrag Jovanovic	Serbia	March 24, 1977	sixteen	one
26	Artyom Radkov	Belarus	August 26, 1985	eight	one
79	Gabriel	Brazil	August 4, 1981	ten	0
81	Danielson	Brazil	January 9, 1981	13	0
99	Fedor Kudryashov	Russia	April 5, 1987	sixteen	0
Midfielders
3	Yuri Drozdov	Russia	January 16, 1972	ten	0
five	Sergey Pilipchuk	Ukraine	November 26, 1984	17	3
eight	Artyom Pershin	Russia	February 6, 1988	7	0
ten	Nastya Cech	Slovenia	January 26, 1978	22	four
23	Richard Eromoigbe	Nigeria	June 26, 1984	eight	0
25	Alexander Dantsev	Russia	October 14, 1984	five	0
32	Zoran Knezhevich	Serbia	August 15, 1986	one	0
33	Radu Rebezh	Moldova	June 8, 1973	eight	0
55	Oleg Dineev	Russia	October 30, 1987	12	0
77	Renat Sabitov	Russia	June 13, 1985	sixteen	0
90	Egor Titov	Russia	May 29, 1976	12	one
Forwards
9	Dragan Mrdzha	Serbia	January 23, 1984	3	0
eleven	Martin Yakubko	Slovakia	February 26, 1980	15	2
12	Vladislav Nikiforov	Russia	March 21, 1989	nineteen	0
17	Alexander Evstafiev	Russia	January 15, 1985	eight	0
nineteen	Dragan Blatniak	Croatia	August 1, 1981	22	4 (2)
20	Alexander Antipenko	Russia	May 27, 1982	22	four
27	Vladimir Bayramov	Turkmenistan	August 2, 1980	15	0
31	Eldar Nizamutdinov	Russia	May 31, 1981	28	9
Trainers
	Slavolyub Muslin	Serbia	June 15, 1953	five
	Igor Yushchenko (acting)	Russia	March 9, 1969	6
	Sergey Juran	Russia	June 11, 1969	nineteen

Shinnik (Yaroslavl)

Shinnik
general information
Season	2008
Trainer	Sergey Pavlov
Director	Alexander Rozhnov
Stadium	Shinnik (15)
Competition
Premier League	15th place
Top scorer	Denis Boyarintsev (6)

No.	Player	Citizenship	Date of Birth	Games	Goals (with pen.)
Goalkeepers
27	Sergey Pravkin	Russia	January 20, 1980	6	−6
thirty	Alexey Stepanov	Russia	December 5, 1977	eleven	−20
37	Sergey Pesyakov	Russia	December 16, 1988	13	−20
Defenders
2	Boris Rotenberg	Finland	May 19, 1986	one	0
3	Ricardo Silva	Portugal	September 26, 1975	25	3
four	Igor Stepanov	Latvia	January 21, 1976	four	0
five	Alexander Cherkes	Russia	September 2, 1976	eleven	0
14	Gennady Oleksich	Moldova	August 23, 1978	15	0
15	Andrey Ushenin	Russia	December 1, 1983	12	0 −2 *
18	Slavolyub Djordjevic	Serbia	February 15, 1981	21	0
21	Bruno Bashtu	Portugal	May 21, 1978	14	0
22	Milan Viestica	Serbia	November 15, 1979	9	0
25	Dmitry Semochko	Ukraine	January 25, 1979	27	0
71	Sergey Anisimov	Russia	February 9, 1990	one	0
Midfielders
6	Sergey Yashin	Russia	January 3, 1981	ten	0
7	Denis Boyarintsev	Russia	February 6, 1978	27	6
eight	Maxim Burchenko	Russia	January 21, 1983	eleven	0
ten	Damian Gorawski	Poland	January 4, 1979	18	one
13	Dmitry Kudryashov	Russia	May 13, 1983	24	3
17	Andrey Bochkov	Russia	January 13, 1982	18	0
nineteen	Juris Lizans	Latvia	January 6, 1979	24	one
28	Dmitry Zinovich	Russia	May 19, 1989	one	0
29th	Dmitry Polovinchuk	Russia	September 27, 1982	eleven	0
81	Marcel Gomis	Senegal	August 20, 1987	four	0
87	Ilya Maximov	Russia	February 2, 1987	one	0
88	Alexander Petrovich	Serbia	February 1, 1985	3	0
Forwards
sixteen	Anton Khazov	Russia	April 28, 1979	24	2
31	Roman Monaryov	Ukraine	January 17, 1980	27	3
70	Maxim Buznikin	Russia	March 1, 1977	28	4 (2)
77	Zdravko Lazarov	Bulgaria	February 20, 1976	14	2 (2)
Trainers
	Sergey Juran	Russia	June 11, 1969	7
	Ivan Lyakh (acting)	Russia	January 14, 1960	9
	Sergey Pavlov	Russia	September 16, 1955	14

* In the match of the 27th round with Wings of the Soviets, due to the lack of substitutions, Andrey Ushenin replaced Sergei Pesyakov, who was removed in the 72nd minute, and conceded two goals in the 74th and 76th minutes.

Luch-Energia (Vladivostok)

Ray Energy
general information
Season	2008
Trainer	Simon Altman
The chairman	Victor Butcher
Stadium	Dynamo (15)
Competition
Premier League	16th place
Top scorer	Igor Shevchenko Vitaly Bulyga (5)

No.	Player	Citizenship	Date of Birth	Games	Goals (with pen.)
Goalkeepers
23	Marek Cech	Czech	April 8, 1976	18	−22
35	Dragan Stoikich	Bosnia and Herzegovina	October 7, 1975	6	−19
74	Alexey Polyakov	Uzbekistan	February 28, 1974	6	−11
Defenders
2	Gur Dacosta	Cote d'Ivoire	December 31, 1984	15	0
3	Dmitry N. Smirnov	Russia	November 9, 1980	26	one
four	Rade Novkovic	Serbia	June 25, 1980	22	0
five	Igor Kralevski	Montenegro	November 10, 1978	2	0
12	Daniel Wushkovich	Croatia	January 5, 1981	one	0
15	Nenad Begovic	Serbia	January 6, 1980	four	0
17	Alexander Sheshukov	Russia	April 15, 1983	ten	0
29th	Sergey Chernogaev	Russia	March 20, 1983	15	0
31	Leandro	Brazil	June 26, 1985	nineteen	one
32	Kirill Pavlyuchek	Belarus	June 27, 1984	ten	0
34	Matia Kristich	Croatia	October 10, 1978	eleven	0
61	Maxim Kulemin	Russia	May 25, 1989	2	0
Midfielders
7	Evgeny Kuznetsov	Russia	December 2, 1983	ten	0
eight	Vitaly Bulyga	Belarus	January 12, 1980	thirty	five
eleven	Vladimir Vuyovich	Montenegro	July 23, 1982	sixteen	0
14	Dario Damyanovich	Bosnia and Herzegovina	July 23, 1981	25	one
18	Andrey Streltsov	Russia	March 18, 1984	15	0
22	Levani Gvazava	Georgia	July 8, 1980	27	3
24	Dmitry A. Smirnov	Russia	August 13, 1980	14	2
26	Alexander Dantsev	Russia	October 14, 1984	14	0
27	George Bazaev	Russia	August 26, 1978	6	one
37	Josip Lukachevich	Bosnia and Herzegovina	November 3, 1983	6	0
45	Artyom Mikheev	Russia	October 28, 1987	four	0
Forwards
9	Vitaliy Lanko	Belarus	April 4, 1977	ten	0
ten	Alexander Tikhonovetsky	Russia	April 11, 1979	ten	3 (1)
25	Igor Shevchenko	Russia	February 2, 1985	25	five −1 *
thirty	Andre Alves	Brazil	October 15, 1983	13	one
33	Shamil Asildarov	Russia	May 18, 1983	9	eleven)
44	Nikita Burmistrov	Russia	July 6, 1989	four	0
Trainers
	Zoran Vulich	Croatia	October 4, 1961	24
	Simon Altman	Ukraine	April 21, 1946	6

* In the match of the 15th round with Spartak Moscow, due to the lack of substitutions, Igor Shevchenko replaced Marek Cech, who was removed in the 88th minute, and missed a goal from the penalty spot in the 89th minute.

Links

The official site of the Premier League
The statistics of the teams of the Russian Football Championship 2008 on the website Championship.com : Teams - Standings