2000 Russian Top Division

Spartak Moscow won their fifth consecutive Russian title, and eighth overall.

Overview

Team Head coach
FC Spartak Moscow Oleg Romantsev
FC Lokomotiv Moscow Yuri Syomin
FC Torpedo Moscow Vitaliy Shevchenko
FC Anzhi Makhachkala Gadzhi Gadzhiyev
FC Dynamo Moscow Valery Gazzaev
FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk Anatoly Baidachny
FC Zenit St. Petersburg Anatoli Davydov (until April)
Yuri Morozov (from April)
PFC CSKA Moscow Oleg Dolmatov (until May)
Pavel Sadyrin (from May)
FC Saturn Ramenskoye Sergei Pavlov
FC Alania Vladikavkaz Vladimir Gutsaev Georgia (country) (until May)
Aleksandr Yanovskiy (caretaker) (May)
Aleksandr Averyanov (from May)
FC Rotor Volgograd Georgi Yartsev (until June)
Yevhen Kucherevskyi Ukraine (from June)
FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don Sergey Andreyev
FC Fakel Voronezh Valeri Nenenko
FC Krylia Sovetov Samara Alexander Tarkhanov
FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod Valeri Ovchinnikov (until June)
Nikolai Kozin (caretaker) (June to July)
Valeri Ovchinnikov (from July)
FC Uralan Elista Aleksandr Averyanov (until May)
Vladimir Dergach (May)
Aleksandr Irkhin (May to June)
Boris Bunjak Serbia (from June)

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Spartak Moscow (C) 30 23 1 6 69 30+39 70 2001–02 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Lokomotiv Moscow 30 18 8 4 50 20+30 62 2001–02 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3 Torpedo Moscow 30 16 7 7 42 29+13 55 2001–02 UEFA Cup First round
4 Anzhi Makhachkala 30 15 7 8 44 31+13 52
5 Dynamo Moscow 30 14 8 8 45 35+10 50
6 Chernomorets Novorossiysk 30 13 10 7 47 28+19 49
7 Zenit St. Petersburg 30 13 8 9 38 26+12 47
8 CSKA Moscow 30 12 5 13 45 39+6 41
9 Saturn 30 10 10 10 26 293 40
10 Alania Vladikavkaz 30 10 8 12 34 362 38
11 Rotor Volgograd 30 8 8 14 35 5419 32
12 Rostselmash 30 6 14 10 24 273 32
13 Fakel Voronezh 30 6 12 12 25 4520 30
14 Krylia Sovetov Samara 30 8 5 17 25 4520 29
15 Lokomotiv N.N. (R) 30 3 9 18 16 4731 18 Relegation to Russian First Division 2001
16 Uralan Elista (R) 30 2 6 22 17 6144 12

Source: rsssf.com {{{2}}}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Chernomorets qualified for the UEFA Cup thanks to Lokomotiv winning the Russian Cup in 2001.

Top goalscorers

RankNameGoalsTeam
1Dmitri Loskov15Lokomotiv M
2Dmitri Kirichenko14Rostselmash
3Egor Titov13Spartak
4Rolan Gusev12Dynamo
Predrag Randjelovic Federal Republic of Yugoslavia12Anzhi
6Oleksandr Pryzetko Ukraine11Chernomorets
Aleksandr Shirko11Spartak
8Vladimir Kulik10CSKA
Hennadiy Popovych Ukraine10Zenit
Robson Brazil10Spartak
Narvik SirkhayevAzerbaijan/Russia10Anzhi
Bakhva Tedeyev10Alania

Awards

On December 5 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:[1]

Goalkeepers
  1. Russia Ruslan Nigmatullin (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  2. Russia Aleksandr Filimonov (Spartak Moscow)
  3. Russia Veniamin Mandrykin (Alania)
Sweepers
  1. Russia Igor Chugainov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  2. Russia Dimitri Ananko (Spartak Moscow)
  3. Russia Aleksei Katulsky (Zenit)
Right backs
  1. Ukraine Dmytro Parfenov (Spartak Moscow)
  2. Cameroon Jerry-Christian Tchuissé (Chernomorets / Spartak Moscow)
  3. Russia Gennadiy Nizhegorodov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
Stoppers
  1. Russia Yuri Alekseevich Drozdov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  2. Russia Yevgeni Varlamov (CSKA Moscow)
  3. Russia Vitali Litvinov (Torpedo Moscow)
Left backs
  1. Russia Yuri Kovtun (Spartak Moscow)
  2. Russia Aleksandr Tochilin (Dynamo Moscow)
  3. Russia Vadim Evseev (Lokomotiv Moscow)

Defensive midfielders
  1. Russia Viktor Bulatov (Spartak Moscow)
  2. Bosnia and Herzegovina Elvir Rahimić (Anzhi)
  3. Ukraine Maksym Kalynychenko (Spartak Moscow)
Right wingers
  1. Russia Rolan Gusev (Dynamo Moscow)
  2. Belarus Vasili Baranov (Spartak Moscow)
  3. Russia Valery Yesipov (Rotor)
Central midfielders
  1. Russia Yegor Titov (Spartak Moscow)
  2. Russia Dmitri Loskov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  3. Ukraine Oleksandr Pryzetko (Chernomorets)
Left wingers
  1. Azerbaijan Narvik Sirkhayev (Anzhi)
  2. Belarus Maksim Romaschenko (Dynamo Moscow)
  3. Russia Artyom Bezrodny (Spartak Moscow)

Right forwards
  1. Russia Aleksandr Panov (Zenit)
  2. Russia Maksim Buznikin (Spartak Moscow / Saturn)
  3. Serbia Predrag Ranđelović (Anzhi)
Left forwards
  1. Russia Sergei Semak (CSKA Moscow)
  2. Brazil Luis Robson (Spartak Moscow)
  3. Russia Dmitri Kirichenko (Rostselmash)

Medal squads

1. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Aleksandr Filimonov (23), Andrei Smetanin (7).
Defenders: Dmytro Parfenov Ukraine (25 / 4), Yevgeni Bushmanov (23), Aleksandr Shchyogolev (18 / 1), Yuri Kovtun (17 / 1), Dmitri Khlestov (14 / 1), Jerry-Christian Tchuissé Cameroon (10), Eduard Mor (8 / 1), Dmitri Ananko (6), Otar Khizaneishvili Georgia (country) (4), Oleg Kuzmin (1), Sergei Gurchenkov (1).
Midfielders: Viktor Bulatov (29 / 1), Andrey Tikhonov (25 / 1), Yegor Titov (24 / 13), Vasili Baranov Belarus (23 / 3), Maksym Kalynychenko Ukraine (17 / 4), Artyom Bezrodny (13 / 3), Andrejs Štolcers Latvia (11 / 5), Milan Jović Serbia (10), Valery Kechinov (3).
Forwards: Aleksandr Shirko (24 / 11), Luis Robson Brazil (24 / 10), Maksim Buznikin (15 / 6), Nikolai Pisarev (13 / 2), Marcão Brazil (7 / 1), Sergei Lebedkov (1), German Lovchev (1), Aleksandr Shchipkov (1 / 1).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Oleg Romantsev.

Transferred out during the season: Andrey Tikhonov (to Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.), Maksim Buznikin (to FC Saturn Ramenskoye), Dmitri Khlestov (to Turkey Beşiktaş J.K.), Milan Jović Serbia (to FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk), Eduard Mor (to FC Saturn Ramenskoye).

2. FC Lokomotiv Moscow

Goalkeepers: Ruslan Nigmatullin (29), Zaur Khapov (2).
Defenders: Igor Chugainov (30 / 3), Vadim Evseev (29 / 2), Gennadiy Nizhegorodov (26), Yuri Alekseevich Drozdov (25 / 1), Andrei Lavrik Belarus (23), Igor Cherevchenko Tajikistan (19 / 1), Andrei Solomatin (16 / 1), Dmitri Sennikov (13 / 2), Oleg Pashinin Uzbekistan (11).
Midfielders: Dmitri Loskov (26 / 15), Yevgeni Kharlachyov (22 / 4), Vladimir Maminov Uzbekistan (17 / 2), Albert Sarkisyan Armenia (17), Alexey Smertin (10 / 1), Ilya Tsymbalar (10), Juraj Dovicovic Slovakia (2).
Forwards: Dmitri Bulykin (22 / 3), Oleg Teryokhin (21 / 8), Zaza Janashia Georgia (country) (20 / 5), Ruslan Pimenov (13 / 1), Filipe Azevedo France (4), Oleh Haras Ukraine (4).

One own goal scored by Mikhail Mysin (FC Rotor Volgograd).

Manager: Yuri Syomin.

Transferred out during the season: Alexey Smertin (to France Bordeaux), Oleh Haras Ukraine (to FC Fakel Voronezh).

3. FC Torpedo Moscow

Goalkeepers: Yevgeni Kornyukhin (22), Valeriy Vorobyov Ukraine (8).
Defenders: Vitali Litvinov (29 / 2), Vyacheslav Dayev (29 / 1), Alyaksandar Lukhvich Belarus (27 / 2), Andrei Malay (26), Marat Makhmutov (16), Andriy Sapuha Ukraine (3), Sergei Burchenkov (3).
Midfielders: Andrei Gashkin (30 / 7), Vladimir Kazakov (28 / 2), Radaslaw Arlowski Belarus (22 / 3), Igor Semshov (18 / 1), Vladimir Leonchenko (14 / 1), Sergei Kormiltsev Ukraine (12), Pavlo Shkapenko Ukraine (10 / 1), Konstantin Zyryanov (5 / 3), Johann Duveau France (4 / 1), Aleksandr Ignatyev (4).
Forwards: Dmitri Vyazmikin (27 / 8), Arsen Avakov Tajikistan (23 / 3), Rimantas Žvingilas Lithuania (21 / 3), Valdas Trakys Lithuania (21 / 2), Mihai Drăguş Romania (7), Vyacheslav Kamoltsev (5), Maksim Aristarkhov (2 / 1).

One own goal scored by Aleksandr Cherkes (FC Fakel Voronezh).

Manager: Vitaliy Shevchenko.

Transferred out during the season: Mihai Drăguş Romania, Aleksandr Ignatyev, Andriy Sapuha Ukraine (all to FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod).

See also

References

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