2008 in Russian football
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2008 in Russian football.
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[edit] Overview
- Russian Super Cup 2008 was held on 9 March at the Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow. Zenit St. Petersburg won the trophy for the first time, beating Lokomotiv Moscow 2–1.
- Russian Premier League 2008 started on 14 March.
- The final of Russian Cup was held on 11 May at the Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow. CSKA Moscow won the trophy for the fourth time, becoming the second most successful club to win the Cup, after Lokomotiv Moscow's 5 titles.
- Russia will start their Euro 2008 campaign on 10 June with a group stage match against Spain, and their 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign on 10 September with a home match against Wales.
[edit] National team
| Date | Venue | Opponents | Score1 | Comp. | Russia scorers | Match Report |
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| 26 March | Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest (A) |  Romania |
0–3 | F | UEFA.com | |
| 23 May | Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow (H) |  Kazakhstan |
6–0 | F | Pavel Pogrebnyak, Vladimir Bystrov, Konstantin Zyrianov, Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Dmitri Torbinsky, Dmitri Sychev | UEFA.com |
| 28 May | Wacker Arena, Burghausen, Germany (N) |  Serbia |
2–1 | F | Pavel Pogrebnyak, Roman Pavlyuchenko | UEFA.com |
| 4 June | Wacker Arena, Burghausen, Germany (N) |  Lithuania |
4–1 | F | Konstantin Zyrianov, Andrei Arshavin, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Vladimir Bystrov | UEFA.com |
| 10 June | Tivoli-Neu Stadion, Innsbruck, Austria (N) |  Spain |
1–4 | EURO | Roman Pavlyuchenko | UEFA.com |
| 14 June | Wals Siezenheim Stadium, Salzburg, Austria (N) |  Greece |
1–0 | EURO | Konstantin Zyrianov | UEFA.com |
| 18 June | Tivoli-Neu Stadion, Innsbruck, Austria (N) |  Sweden |
EURO | |||
| 20 August | Moscow (H) |  Netherlands |
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| 10 September | (H) |  Wales |
WCQ | |||
| 11 October | (A) |  Germany |
WCQ | |||
| 15 October | (H) |  Finland |
WCQ |
- Russia score given first
- Key
- H = Home match
- A = Away match
- N = Match on neutral ground
- F = Friendly
- EURO = UEFA Euro 2008
- WCQ = 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying
[edit] Leagues
[edit] Premier League
The following teams will take part in Russian Premier League 2008:
[edit] First Division
The following teams will take part in Russian First Division 2008:
[edit] Second Division
The following teams will take part in Russian Second Division 2008:
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[edit] Cups
[edit] Russian Cup 2007-08
[edit] Quarterfinals
| Team #1 | Score | Team #2 |
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| CSKA Moscow | 2–1 | Spartak Nalchik |
| Zenit | 0–0 (3–4p) | Tom |
| Amkar | 2–1 | Moskva |
| Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast | 2–1 | Saturn |
[edit] Semifinals
| Team #1 | Score | Team #2 |
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| CSKA Moscow | 2–1 | Tom |
| Amkar | 1–0 | Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast |
[edit] Final
| 17 May 2008 15:00 MSD |
CSKA Moscow | 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) | Amkar Perm | Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow Attendance: Referee: Sukhina (Malakhovka) |
Vágner Love  65'Jô 75' |
Drinčić 57' Dujmović 64' |
| Penalties Zhirkov Vágner Love Jô Janczyk |
4–1 | Penalties Drinčić Kushev Dujmović |
[edit] 2008 Russian Super Cup
Russian Super Cup 2008 was the 6th Russian Super Cup match, which was contested between the Russian Premier League 2007 champion, Zenit St. Petersburg, and the winner of Russian Cup 2006-07, Lokomotiv Moscow.
| 9 March 2008 16:00 MSK |
Zenit St. Petersburg | 2 – 1 | Lokomotiv Moscow | Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Baskakov (Moscow) |
| Arshavin 34' Pogrebnyak 82' |
(Report) | Rodolfo 69' |
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