2008 Russian Premier League
Template:Short description Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The 2008 Russian Premier League 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.
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
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
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| Moscow | Template:Flagicon Leonid Slutsky | Fired | End of 2007 Season[1] | Preseason | Template:Flagicon Oleg Blokhin | 14 December 2007[2] | Preseason |
| Amkar | Template:Flagicon Rashid Rakhimov | Joined Lokomotiv | 6 December 2007 | Template:Flagicon Miodrag Božović | 9 January 2008[3] | ||
| Krylia | Template:Flagicon Aleksandr Tarkhanov | Template:Flagicon Leonid Slutsky | 21 December 2007[4] | ||||
| Lokomotiv | Template:Flagicon Anatoliy Byshovets | Template:Flagicon Rashid Rakhimov | 6 December 2007[5] | ||||
| Luch-Energiya | Template:Flagicon Sergei Pavlov | Template:Flagicon Zoran Vulić | 19 December 2007[6] | ||||
| Khimki | Template:Flagicon Slavoljub Muslin | Fired | 14 April 2008[7] | 14th | Template:Flagicon Igor Yushchenko (Caretaker)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 14 April 2008[7] | 14th |
| Khimki | Template:Flagicon Igor Yushchenko (Caretaker)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | End of role | 29 May 2008 | 16th | Template:Flagicon Sergei Yuran | 29 May 2008[8] | 16th |
| Tom | Template:Flagicon Valery Petrakov | Mutual termination | 1 June 2008[9] | 12th | Template:Flagicon Miroslav Romaschenko | 1 June 2008[9] | 12th |
| Saturn | Template:Flagicon Gadzhi Gadzhiyev | 8 August 2008 | 12th | Template:Flagicon Jürgen Röber | 21 August 2008[10] | 12th | |
| Spartak | Template:Flagicon Stanislav Cherchesov | Fired | 14 August 2008[11] | 4th | Template:Flagicon Igor Lediakhov (Caretaker)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 14 August 2008 | 4th |
| Tom | Template:Flagicon Miroslav Romaschenko | Fired | 4 September 2008[12] | 12th | Template:Flagicon Vasili Baskakov (Caretaker)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 4 September 2008 | 12th |
| Tom | Template:Flagicon Vasili Baskakov (Caretaker)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | End of role | 11 September 2008 | 12th | Template:Flagicon Valery Nepomnyashchy | 11 September 2008[13] | 12th |
| Spartak | Template:Flagicon Igor Lediakhov (Caretaker)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | End of role | 12 September 2008 | 3rd | Template:Flagicon Michael Laudrup | 12 September 2008[14] | 3rd |
| Luch-Energiya | Template:Flagicon Zoran Vulić | 10 October 2008 | 14th | Template:Flagicon Semen Altman | 10 October 2008[15] | 14th |
League table
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Results
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Season statistics
Top goalscorers
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Awards
On 16 December 2008 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:[16]
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Medal squads
References
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External links
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