Russian Top Division
Season2000
ChampionsSpartak Moscow
8th Russian title
RelegatedLokomotiv N.N.
Elista
Matches played240
Goals scored582 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorerDmitri Loskov
(15 goals)
← 1999
2001 →

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 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Lokomotiv Moscow 30 18 8 4 50 20 +30 62 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 Torpedo Moscow 30 16 7 7 42 29 +13 55 Qualification to 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[a] 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 29 −3 40
10 Alania Vladikavkaz 30 10 8 12 34 36 −2 38
11 Rotor Volgograd 30 8 8 14 35 54 −19 32
12 Rostselmash 30 6 14 10 24 27 −3 32
13 Fakel Voronezh 30 6 12 12 25 45 −20 30
14 Krylia Sovetov Samara 30 8 5 17 25 45 −20 29
15 Lokomotiv N.N. (R) 30 3 9 18 16 47 −31 18 Relegation to First Division
16 Uralan Elista (R) 30 2 6 22 17 61 −44 12
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Chernomorets qualified for the UEFA Cup thanks to Lokomotiv winning the Russian Cup in 2001.

Results

Home \ Away ALA ANZ CHE CSK DYN FAK KRY LOK LNN ROS ROT SPA SAT TOR URE ZEN
Alania Vladikavkaz 2–3 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 4–3 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–0
Anzhi Makhachkala 2–0 2–1 4–1 2–2 4–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 3–2
Chernomorets Novorossiysk 1–1 3–0 3–0 4–0 3–1 3–0 0–3 2–0 1–2 3–0 1–4 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–1
CSKA Moscow 0–1 4–0 0–3 2–2 5–1 2–0 4–3 5–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–2 0–2 4–1
Dynamo Moscow 4–2 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–2 3–1 0–0 2–0 2–4 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–2
Fakel Voronezh 0–0 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 3–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–0
Krylia Sovetov Samara 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–3 0–1 1–2 3–2 3–2 1–0 0–1
Lokomotiv Moscow 1–0 1–0 0–3 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 4–1 3–2 1–0 0–3 9–0 1–1
Lokomotiv N.N. 1–1 1–4 0–0 1–2 0–3 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–2
Rostselmash 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–3 2–0 0–1 3–0 0–0
Rotor Volgograd 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–4 2–0 1–1 0–4 2–2 3–0 1–6 3–0 0–1 3–1 2–0
Spartak Moscow 3–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 3–1 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–0 5–2 3–0 4–2 2–0 1–2
Saturn 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–0
Torpedo Moscow 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–3 2–0 2–2 1–1
Uralan Elista 0–4 1–1 1–2 1–5 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–2 1–2 2–3 0–2
Zenit St. Petersburg 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 5–0 3–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 3–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 12 November 2000.[1]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Russia Dmitri Loskov Lokomotiv Moscow 15
2 Russia Dmitri Kirichenko Rostselmash 14
3 Russia Yegor Titov Spartak Moscow 13
4 Russia Rolan Gusev Dynamo 12
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Predrag Ranđelović Anzhi
6 Ukraine Oleksandr Pryzetko Chernomorets 11
Russia Aleksandr Shirko Spartak Moscow
8 Russia Vladimir Kulik CSKA 10
Ukraine Hennadiy Popovych Zenit
Brazil Robson Spartak Moscow
AzerbaijanRussia Narvik Sirkhayev Anzhi
Russia Bakhva Tedeyev Alania

Awards

On December 5 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:[2]

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)
Defensive midfielders
  1. Russia Viktor Bulatov (Spartak Moscow)
  2. Bosnia and Herzegovina Elvir Rahimić (Anzhi)
  3. Ukraine Maksym Kalynychenko (Spartak Moscow)

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 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 Dovičovič 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: Vitaly Shevchenko.

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Russia 2000". RSSSF. The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  2. ^ ТОЛСТЫХ ПОЛУЧАЕТ НОВЫЕ НАЗНАЧЕНИЯ (in Russian). Sport Express. 2000-12-06. Archived from the original on 2012-12-22.

External links

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