# 2002 Russian First Division

The 2002 Russian First Division was the 11th edition of Russian First Division. There were 18 teams.

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Rubin Kazan (P) | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 51 | 14 | +37 | 72 | Promotion to Premier League |
| 2 | Chernomorets Novorossiysk (P) | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 59 | 29 | +30 | 70 | Promotion to Premier League |
| 3 | Tom Tomsk | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 51 | 23 | +28 | 61 | |
| 4 | Kuban Krasnodar | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 44 | 30 | +14 | 54 | |
| 5 | Amkar Perm | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 47 | 31 | +16 | 54 | |
| 6 | Spartak Nalchik | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 53 | |
| 7 | Khimki | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 38 | 27 | +11 | 52 | |
| 8 | Lada-Togliatti | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 54 | 35 | +19 | 50 | |
| 9 | Lokomotiv Chita | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 45 | |
| 10 | Kristall Smolensk | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 44 | |
| 11 | Gazovik-Gazprom | 34 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 44 | |
| 12 | SKA-Khabarovsk | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 42 | |
| 13 | Fakel Voronezh | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 40 | |
| 14 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 34 | 49 | −15 | 38 | |
| 15 | Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 34 | 51 | −17 | 36 | |
| 16 | Dynamo St. Petersburg | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 56 | −28 | 36 | |
| 17 | SKA Rostov-on-Don (R) | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 38 | 62 | −24 | 31 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 18 | Metallurg Krasnoyarsk (R) | 34 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 24 | 87 | −63 | −8 | Relegation to Second Division |
* ↑ Dynamo SPb were awarded 0–3 defeats in ten matches for fielding ineligible players
* ↑ Metallurg were docked 24 points for failing to pay transfer fees for four players

## Results

| Home \ Away | AMK | CHE | DSP | FAK | GGI | KHI | KRI | KUB | LAD | LCH | MKR | NEF | RUB | SKA | SKR | SPN | TOM | VOL |
| Amkar Perm | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 |
| Chernomorets Novorossiysk | 1–0 | | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Dynamo St. Petersburg | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| Fakel Voronezh | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Gazovik-Gazprom | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Khimki | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Kristall Smolensk | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Kuban Krasnodar | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Lada-Togliatti | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Lokomotiv Chita | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 |
| Metallurg Krasnoyarsk | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 |
| Rubin Kazan | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| SKA-Khabarovsk | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| SKA Rostov-on-Don | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 3–4 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Spartak Nalchik | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Tom Tomsk | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 2–0 |
| Volgar-Gazprom | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | David Chaladze | Rubin | 20 |
| 2 | Vyacheslav Kamoltsev | Chernomorets | 20 |
| 3 | Stanislav Lebedintsev | SKA-Khabarovsk | 15 |
| 4 | Victor Karpenko | Lokomotiv (Ch) | 14 |
| 5 | Konstantin Paramonov | Amkar | 14 |
| 6 | Roman Uzdenov | Spartak (N) | 12 |
| 7 | Eduard Zatsepin | Volgar-Gazprom | 12 |
| 8 | Yevgeny Buda | Neftekhimik | 10 |
| 9 | Vitali Safronov | Volgar-Gazprom | 10 |
| 9 | Yuri Shukanov | Dynamo (SPb) | 10 |
| 11 | Maksim Autlev | Spartak (N) | 10 |