Teams
14 clubs placed 1–14 in Russian Premier League 2008 and 2 top clubs from Russian First Division 2008 take part in the league.
Rubin Khimki Kuban Spartak N. Amkar Saturn Rostov Krylia Sovetov Zenit Tom Moscow teams:CSKA
Dynamo
Lokomotiv
FC Moscow
Spartak M. Location of teams in Russian Premier League 2009
| Team | Location | Head Coach | Team Captain | Venue | Capacity | Position in 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amkar !Amkar | Perm | Rashid Rakhimov | Martin Kushev | Zvezda | 19,500 | d !4th |
| CSKA !CSKA | Moscow | Leonid Slutskiy | Igor Akinfeev | Luzhniki | 78,304 | b !2nd |
| Dynamo !Dynamo | Moscow | Andrei Kobelev | Dmitri Khokhlov | Arena Khimki | 18,840 | c !3rd |
| Khimki !Khimki | Khimki | Igor Chugainov (caretaker) | Dragan Blatnjak | Arena Khimki | 18,840 | n !14th |
| Krylia Sovetov !Krylia Sovetov | Samara | Yuri Gazzaev | Ruslan Adzhindzhal | Metallurg | 33,001 | f !6th |
| Kuban !Kuban | Krasnodar | Poghos Galstyan (caretaker) | Andrei Topchu | Kuban | 34,640 | p !D1, 2nd |
| Lokomotiv !Lokomotiv | Moscow | Yuri Semin | Rodolfo | Lokomotiv | 28,810 | g !7th |
| Moscow !Moscow | Moscow | Miodrag Božović | Yuri Zhevnov | Eduard Streltsov | 13,422 | i !9th |
| Rostov !Rostov | Rostov-on-Don | Oleg Dolmatov | Mikhail Osinov | Olimp-2 | 15,842 | o !D1, 1st |
| Rubin !Rubin | Kazan | Gurban Berdiýew | Sergei Semak | Centralny | 28,856 | a !1st |
| Saturn !Saturn | Ramenskoye | Andrei Gordeev (caretaker) | Aleksei Igonin | Saturn | 16,726 | k !11th |
| Spartak Moscow !Spartak | Moscow | Valeri Karpin (executive director) | Martin Jiránek | Luzhniki | 78,304 | h !8th |
| Spartak Nalchik !Spartak | Nalchik | Yuri Krasnozhan | Miodrag Džudović | Spartak | 14,194 | l !12th |
| Terek !Terek | Grozny | Shahin Diniyev (caretaker) | Timur Dzhabrailov | Sultan Bilimkhanov | 10,400 | j !10th |
| Tom !Tom | Tomsk | Valeri Nepomnyaschiy | Sergei Pareiko | Trud | 14,950 | m !13th |
| Zenit !Zenit | St. Petersburg | Anatoli Davydov | Aleksandr Anyukov | Petrovskiy | 21,358 | e !5th |
- ^1 Dynamo Moscow play their 2009 home games at Arena Khimki because their own Dynamo Stadium is undergoing renovation.
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