# 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).

## Teams

Kuban Krasnodar and Khimki were relegated at the end of the 2009 season after finishing in the bottom two places. Kuban make their immediate return to the First Division, while Khimki were relegated after a three-year tenure in the highest Russian football league.
The relegated teams were replaced by 2009 First Division champions Anzhi Makhachkala and runners-up Sibir Novosibirsk. Anzhi return after an eight-year hiatus from the Premier League, and Sibir will make their debut in the highest level of the Russian football pyramid.
On 5 February 2010, FC Moscow owner and main sponsor, MMC Norilsk Nickel, announced that the club will not play in the Premier League in 2010, possibly playing on a lower level instead. The club sent the official fax to the league refusing to participate in the 2010 competition on February 11, 2010. On 17 February, FC Moscow were officially excluded from the league and replaced by Alania Vladikavkaz, the third-placed team from the 2009 First Division. Alania thus make their return to the Premier League after a four-year absence.

### Venues

| Alania | Amkar | Anzhi | CSKA |
| Republican Spartak Stadium | Zvezda Stadium | Dynamo Stadium | Arena Khimki |
| Capacity: 32,464 | Capacity: 19,500 | Capacity: 16,863 | Capacity: 20,000 |
| Dynamo | CSKADynamoLokomotivSaturnSpartakAlaniaAmkarAnzhiKryliaRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League MoscowSibirTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League, Sibir & Tomsk | CSKADynamoLokomotivSaturnSpartakAlaniaAmkarAnzhiKryliaRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League MoscowSibirTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League, Sibir & Tomsk | Krylia |
| Arena Khimki | CSKADynamoLokomotivSaturnSpartakAlaniaAmkarAnzhiKryliaRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League MoscowSibirTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League, Sibir & Tomsk | CSKADynamoLokomotivSaturnSpartakAlaniaAmkarAnzhiKryliaRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League MoscowSibirTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League, Sibir & Tomsk | Metallurg Stadium |
| Capacity: 20,000 | CSKADynamoLokomotivSaturnSpartakAlaniaAmkarAnzhiKryliaRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League MoscowSibirTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League, Sibir & Tomsk | CSKADynamoLokomotivSaturnSpartakAlaniaAmkarAnzhiKryliaRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League MoscowSibirTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League, Sibir & Tomsk | Capacity: 33,001 |
| Lokomotiv | CSKADynamoLokomotivSaturnSpartakAlaniaAmkarAnzhiKryliaRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League MoscowSibirTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League, Sibir & Tomsk | CSKADynamoLokomotivSaturnSpartakAlaniaAmkarAnzhiKryliaRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League MoscowSibirTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League, Sibir & Tomsk | Rostov |
| RZD Arena | CSKADynamoLokomotivSaturnSpartakAlaniaAmkarAnzhiKryliaRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League MoscowSibirTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League, Sibir & Tomsk | CSKADynamoLokomotivSaturnSpartakAlaniaAmkarAnzhiKryliaRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League MoscowSibirTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League, Sibir & Tomsk | Olimp-2 |
| Capacity: 28,810 | CSKADynamoLokomotivSaturnSpartakAlaniaAmkarAnzhiKryliaRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League MoscowSibirTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League, Sibir & Tomsk | CSKADynamoLokomotivSaturnSpartakAlaniaAmkarAnzhiKryliaRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League MoscowSibirTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League, Sibir & Tomsk | Capacity: 15,842 |
| Rubin | CSKADynamoLokomotivSaturnSpartakAlaniaAmkarAnzhiKryliaRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League MoscowSibirTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League, Sibir & Tomsk | CSKADynamoLokomotivSaturnSpartakAlaniaAmkarAnzhiKryliaRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League MoscowSibirTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League, Sibir & Tomsk | Saturn |
| Central Stadium | CSKADynamoLokomotivSaturnSpartakAlaniaAmkarAnzhiKryliaRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League MoscowSibirTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League, Sibir & Tomsk | CSKADynamoLokomotivSaturnSpartakAlaniaAmkarAnzhiKryliaRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League MoscowSibirTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League, Sibir & Tomsk | Saturn Stadium |
| Capacity: 27,434 | CSKADynamoLokomotivSaturnSpartakAlaniaAmkarAnzhiKryliaRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League MoscowSibirTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League, Sibir & Tomsk | CSKADynamoLokomotivSaturnSpartakAlaniaAmkarAnzhiKryliaRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League MoscowSibirTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League, Sibir & Tomsk | Capacity: 16,726 |
| Sibir | CSKADynamoLokomotivSaturnSpartakAlaniaAmkarAnzhiKryliaRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League MoscowSibirTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League, Sibir & Tomsk | CSKADynamoLokomotivSaturnSpartakAlaniaAmkarAnzhiKryliaRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League MoscowSibirTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League, Sibir & Tomsk | Spartak Moscow |
| Spartak Stadium | CSKADynamoLokomotivSaturnSpartakAlaniaAmkarAnzhiKryliaRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League MoscowSibirTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League, Sibir & Tomsk | CSKADynamoLokomotivSaturnSpartakAlaniaAmkarAnzhiKryliaRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League MoscowSibirTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League, Sibir & Tomsk | Luzhniki Stadium |
| Capacity: 12,567 | CSKADynamoLokomotivSaturnSpartakAlaniaAmkarAnzhiKryliaRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League MoscowSibirTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League, Sibir & Tomsk | CSKADynamoLokomotivSaturnSpartakAlaniaAmkarAnzhiKryliaRostovRubinSpartakTerekZenitclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League MoscowSibirTomclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2010 Russian Premier League, Sibir & Tomsk | Capacity: 78,360 |
| Spartak Nalchik | Terek | Tom | Zenit Saint Petersburg |
| Spartak Stadium | Sultan Bilimkhanov Stadium | Trud Stadium | Petrovsky Stadium |
| Capacity: 14,194 | Capacity: 10,400 | Capacity: 14,950 | Capacity: 21,570 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Location | Head Coach | Team Captain | Venue | Capacity | 2009 | Kit Maker | Shirt Sponsor |
| Alania | Vladikavkaz | Vladimir Shevchuk | Georgy Gabulov | Spartak | 32,464 | D1 3rd | Umbro | |
| Amkar | Perm | Rashid Rakhimov | Martin Kushev | Zvezda | 19,500 | 13th | Puma | |
| Anzhi | Makhachkala | Gadzhi Gadzhiyev | Rasim Tagirbekov | Dynamo | 16,863 | D1 1st | Adidas | |
| CSKA | Moscow | Leonid Slutsky | Igor Akinfeev | Arena Khimki | 20,000 | 5th | Reebok | Bashneft |
| Dynamo | Moscow | Miodrag Božović | Dmitri Khokhlov | Arena Khimki | 20,000 | 8th | Umbro | VTB |
| Krylia Sovetov | Samara | Aleksandr Tarkhanov | Ivan Taranov | Metallurg | 33,001 | 10th | Nike | Rostekhnologii |
| Lokomotiv | Moscow | Yuri Semin | Dmitri Loskov | Lokomotiv | 28,810 | 4th | Adidas | RZD |
| Rostov | Rostov-on-Don | Oleh Protasov | Aleksandr Cherkes | Olimp-2 | 15,842 | 14th | Patrick | |
| Rubin | Kazan | Berdyev | Sharonov | Central Stadium | 27,434 | 1st | Umbro | TAIF |
| Saturn | Ramenskoye | Andrei Gordeyev | Aleksei Igonin | Saturn | 16,726 | 7th | Adidas | Promsvyazbank |
| Sibir | Novosibirsk | Igor Kriushenko | Tomáš Vychodil | Spartak | 12,567 | D1 2nd | Errea | Sibmost |
| Spartak Moscow | Moscow | Valeri Karpin | Alex Raphael Meschini | Luzhniki | 78,360 | 2nd | Nike | Lukoil |
| Spartak Nalchik | Nalchik | Yuri Krasnozhan | Miodrag Džudović | Spartak | 14,194 | 11th | Umbro | Sindika |
| Terek | Grozny | Anatoli Baidachny | Shamil Lakhiyalov | Sultan Bilimkhanov | 10,400 | 12th | Adidas | Zato-Bank |
| Tom | Tomsk | Valeri Nepomniachi | Sergei Pareiko | Trud | 14,950 | 9th | Adidas | |
| Zenit | St. Petersburg | Luciano Spalletti | Aleksandr Anyukov | Petrovsky | 21,570 | 3rd | Nike | Gazprom |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing | Manner | Date | Table | Incoming | Date | Table |
| Anzhi Makhachkala | Omari Tetradze | Resigned | 18 March 2010 | 10th | Arsen Akayev (caretaker) | 18 April 2010 | 11th |
| Anzhi Makhachkala | Arsen Akayev (caretaker) | Finished | 18 April 2010 | 11th | Gadzhi Gadzhiyev | | |
| Dynamo Moscow | Andrei Kobelev | Sacked | 27 April 2010 | 10th | Miodrag Božović | | |
| Krylia Sovetov | Yuri Gazzaev | Resigned | 25 July 2010 | 16th | Aleksandr Tarkhanov | | |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Zenit St. Petersburg (C) | 30 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 61 | 21 | +40 | 68 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 51 | 22 | +29 | 62 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Rubin Kazan | 30 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 37 | 16 | +21 | 58 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Spartak Moscow | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 49 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 48 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 6 | Spartak Nalchik | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 44 | |
| 7 | Dynamo Moscow | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 38 | 31 | +7 | 40 | |
| 8 | Tom Tomsk | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 37 | |
| 9 | Rostov | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 27 | 44 | −17 | 34 | |
| 10 | Saturn | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 38 | −11 | 34 | Team disbanded after season |
| 11 | Anzhi Makhachkala | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 33 | |
| 12 | Terek Grozny | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 33 | |
| 13 | Krylia Sovetov Samara | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 28 | 40 | −12 | 31 | |
| 14 | Amkar Perm | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 35 | −11 | 30 | |
| 15 | Alania Vladikavkaz (R) | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 41 | −16 | 30 | Relegation to Football National League |
| 16 | Sibir Novosibirsk (R) | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 34 | 58 | −24 | 20 | Relegation to Football National League |
* ↑ Saturn Moscow Oblast were disbanded at the end of the season after amassing debts of RUB 800m.
* ↑ Despite being relegated, Alania Vladikavkaz will participate in UEFA Europa League 3rd qualifying round as finalists of the 2010–11 Russian Cup competition, lost to CSKA Moscow.

### Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Zenit St. Petersburg | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| CSKA Moscow | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Rubin Kazan | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Spartak Moscow | 11 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 14 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Spartak Nalchik | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Dynamo Moscow | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Tom Tomsk | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
| Rostov | 14 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| Saturn | 7 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 |
| Anzhi Makhachkala | 9 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 |
| Terek Grozny | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 |
| Krylia Sovetov Samara | 11 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Amkar Perm | 11 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Alania Vladikavkaz | 7 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Sibir Novosibirsk | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALA | AMK | ANZ | CSK | DYN | KRY | LOK | ROS | RUB | SAT | SIB | SPA | SPN | TER | TOM | ZEN |
| Alania Vladikavkaz | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 |
| Amkar Perm | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Anzhi Makhachkala | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 |
| CSKA Moscow | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | | 0–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| Dynamo Moscow | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Krylia Sovetov Samara | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| Rostov | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 |
| Rubin Kazan | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Saturn | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Sibir Novosibirsk | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–5 |
| Spartak Moscow | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–3 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 |
| Spartak Nalchik | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 |
| Terek Grozny | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Tom Tomsk | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 0–0 |
| Zenit St. Petersburg | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |

## Season events
### Krylia Sovetov controversy

Krylia Sovetov Samara, who were scheduled to pass licensing on February 4, asked Russian Football Union to postpone their licensing until February 15 due to financial problems and debts to players. The club was reported to be close to liquidation due to shortage of financing. It later asked to postpone the licensing again to February 19, but the RFU only postponed it until February 17. On February 17 it was decided to postpone the licensing until February 19 after all. Krylia Sovetov finally received their license on February 19 after agreeing on new contracts with several companies to sponsor them, some of which might become partial owners of the club.
As the first matchday arrived, Krylia Sovetov were still banned from registering new players because of debts outstanding on old contracts. They could only register 11 players over 21 years old and several more players from the youth team that were registered for them in 2009. The transfer deadline had to be extended from March 11 to April 8 to accommodate Krylia Sovetov in hope they will pay their outstanding debts shortly. With injuries on top of that and only 16 players available for both their main squad and the reserve team, their reserve team had to finish their first game with 9 players on the field as they only had a goalkeeper on the bench after two players were injured, and the main squad had to play against FC Zenit St. Petersburg with a heavily diluted roster, so even the loss with the score 0–1 was saluted by the Krylia's fans. The transfer ban was confirmed again on March 16, and was to remain in place until Krylia paid back their debts to their former players Jan Koller and Jiří Jarošík. Krylia lost the second game with the diluted roster 0–3 to FC Lokomotiv Moscow. The ban was finally lifted on March 26.

## Awards

On 9 December 2010 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:

### Goalkeepers

* Igor Akinfeev (CSKA)
* Sergei Ryzhikov (Rubin)
* Andriy Dykan (Terek / Spartak M.)

### Defensive midfielders

* Igor Denisov (Zenit)
* Roman Shirokov (Zenit)
* Pavel Mamayev (CSKA)

## Medal squads

* 1. FC Zenit St. Petersburg
* Goalkeepers: Vyacheslav Malafeev (21), Yuri Zhevnov (8), Dmitri Borodin (1).
* Defenders: Aleksandr Anyukov (27 / 1), Nicolas Lombaerts (26 / 3), Tomáš Hubočan (23), Bruno Alves (14), Ivica Križanac (14 / 1), Aleksandar Luković (11), Fernando Meira (11), Michael Lumb (2).
* Midfielders: Konstantin Zyryanov (28 / 2), Danny (27 / 10), Vladimir Bystrov (25 / 6), Igor Denisov (24), Roman Shirokov (21 / 6), Danko Lazović (20 / 5), Alessandro Rosina (15 / 2), Viktor Fayzulin (14 / 2), Szabolcs Huszti (13 / 1), Sergei Semak (12 / 2), Aleksei Ionov (11).
* Forwards: Aleksandr Kerzhakov (28 / 13), Maksim Kanunnikov (12 / 1), Aleksandr Bukharov (10 / 4).
* Manager: Luciano Spalletti.
* Transferred out during the season: Michael Lumb (on loan to Feyenoord).
* 2. PFC CSKA Moscow
* Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (28), Sergei Chepchugov (2).
* Defenders: Sergei Ignashevich (28 / 2), Deividas Šemberas (26), Georgi Schennikov (25), Aleksei Berezutski (23 / 1), Vasili Berezutski (22), Kirill Nababkin (13), Chidi Odiah (11 / 1).
* Midfielders: Keisuke Honda (28 / 4), Pavel Mamayev (27), Alan Dzagoev (24 / 6), Mark González (21 / 3), Sekou Oliseh (16 / 3), Zoran Tošić (15 / 3), Yevgeni Aldonin (14), Miloš Krasić (14 / 2), Elvir Rahimić (11).
* Forwards: Tomáš Necid (24 / 7), Vágner Love (15 / 9), Guilherme (12 / 5), Seydou Doumbia (11 / 5).
* Manager: Leonid Slutskiy.
* Transferred out during the season: Miloš Krasić (to Juventus), Guilherme (end of loan at Dynamo Kyiv).
* 3. FC Rubin Kazan
* Goalkeepers: Sergei Ryzhikov (28), Giedrius Arlauskis (2).
* Defenders: César Navas (29 / 1), Cristian Ansaldi (20), Aleksandr Orekhov (19 / 1), Vitali Kaleshin (15), Oleg Kuzmin (13), Lasha Salukvadze (10), Jordi Figueras (8), Salvatore Bocchetti (7 / 2), Roman Sharonov (2).
* Midfielders: Alan Kasaev (28 / 5), Christian Noboa (27 / 8), Rafał Murawski (23), Pyotr Bystrov (18), Andrei Gorbanets (17 / 1), Gökdeniz Karadeniz (17 / 1), Bibras Natcho (14 / 2), Aleksandr Ryazantsev (13 / 2), Yevgeni Balyaikin (13), Sergei Semak (8 / 1), Vagiz Galiullin (7), MacBeth Sibaya (7), Carlos Eduardo (6 / 2).
* Forwards: Aleksei Medvedev (13 / 2), Aleksandr Bukharov (12 / 4), Obafemi Martins (12 / 2), Sergei Kornilenko (8 / 3), Fatih Tekke (5), Hasan Kabze (5), Igor Portnyagin (4), Bahodir Nasimov (2), Alexandru Antoniuc (1).
* Manager: Kurban Berdyev.
* Transferred out during the season: Sergei Semak (to Zenit), Fatih Tekke (to Beşiktaş), Aleksandr Bukharov (to Zenit), Bahodir Nasimov (on loan to Neftchi Baku), Jordi Figueras (on loan to Real Valladolid), Vagiz Galiullin (on loan to Sibir Novosibirsk), Hasan Kabze (to Montpellier).