2009 Russian Premier League Teams Teams

| Team | Location_ | Head_Coach | Team_Captain | Venue | Capacity | Position_in_2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amkar | Perm | Rashid Rakhimov | Martin Kushev | Zvezda | 19500 | 4th |
| CSKA | Moscow | Leonid Slutskiy | Igor Akinfeev | Luzhniki | 78304 | 2nd |
| Dynamo | Moscow | Andrei Kobelev | Dmitri Khokhlov | Arena Khimki | 18840 | 3rd |
| Khimki | Khimki | Igor Chugainov (caretaker) | Dragan Blatnjak | Arena Khimki | 18840 | 14th |
| Krylia Sovetov | Samara | Yuri Gazzaev | Ruslan Adzhindzhal | Metallurg | 33001 | 6th |
| Kuban | Krasnodar | Poghos Galstyan (caretaker) | Andrei Topchu | Kuban | 34640 | D1, 2nd |
| Lokomotiv | Moscow | Yuri Semin | Rodolfo | Lokomotiv | 28810 | 7th |
| Moscow | Moscow | Miodrag Božović | Yuri Zhevnov | Eduard Streltsov | 13422 | 9th |
| Rostov | Rostov-on-Don | Oleg Dolmatov | Mikhail Osinov | Olimp-2 | 15842 | D1, 1st |
| Rubin | Kazan | Gurban Berdiýew | Sergei Semak | Centralny | 28856 | 1st |