# 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 (until May) Aleksandr Yanovskiy (caretaker) (May) Aleksandr Averyanov (from May) |
| FC Rotor Volgograd | Georgi Yartsev (until June) Yevhen Kucherevskyi (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 (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 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Dynamo Moscow | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 50 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Chernomorets Novorossiysk | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 47 | 28 | +19 | 49 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 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 | Relegation to First Division |
* ↑ 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 | |

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

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

## Awards

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

### Goalkeepers

* Ruslan Nigmatullin (Lokomotiv Moscow)
* Aleksandr Filimonov (Spartak Moscow)
* Veniamin Mandrykin (Alania)

### Sweepers

* Igor Chugainov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
* Dimitri Ananko (Spartak Moscow)
* Aleksei Katulsky (Zenit)

### Defensive midfielders

* Viktor Bulatov (Spartak Moscow)
* Elvir Rahimić (Anzhi)
* Maksym Kalynychenko (Spartak Moscow)

## Medal squads

* 1. FC Spartak Moscow
* Goalkeepers: Aleksandr Filimonov (23), Andrei Smetanin (7).
* Defenders: Dmytro Parfenov (25 / 4), Yevgeni Bushmanov (23), Aleksandr Shchyogolev (18 / 1), Yuri Kovtun (17 / 1), Dmitri Khlestov (14 / 1), Jerry-Christian Tchuissé (10), Eduard Mor (8 / 1), Dmitri Ananko (6), Otar Khizaneishvili (4), Oleg Kuzmin (1), Sergei Gurchenkov (1).
* Midfielders: Viktor Bulatov (29 / 1), Andrey Tikhonov (25 / 1), Yegor Titov (24 / 13), Vasili Baranov (23 / 3), Maksym Kalynychenko (17 / 4), Artyom Bezrodny (13 / 3), Andrejs Štolcers (11 / 5), Milan Jović (10), Valery Kechinov (3).
* Forwards: Aleksandr Shirko (24 / 11), Luis Robson (24 / 10), Maksim Buznikin (15 / 6), Nikolai Pisarev (13 / 2), Marcão (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 Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.), Maksim Buznikin (to FC Saturn Ramenskoye), Dmitri Khlestov (to Beşiktaş J.K.), Milan Jović (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 (23), Igor Cherevchenko (19 / 1), Andrei Solomatin (16 / 1), Dmitri Sennikov (13 / 2), Oleg Pashinin (11).
* Midfielders: Dmitri Loskov (26 / 15), Yevgeni Kharlachyov (22 / 4), Vladimir Maminov (17 / 2), Albert Sarkisyan (17), Alexey Smertin (10 / 1), Ilya Tsymbalar (10), Juraj Dovičovič (2).
* Forwards: Dmitri Bulykin (22 / 3), Oleg Teryokhin (21 / 8), Zaza Janashia (20 / 5), Ruslan Pimenov (13 / 1), Filipe Azevedo (4), Oleh Haras (4).
* One own goal scored by Mikhail Mysin (FC Rotor Volgograd).
* Manager: Yuri Syomin.
* Transferred out during the season: Alexey Smertin (to Bordeaux), Oleh Haras (to FC Fakel Voronezh).
* 3. FC Torpedo Moscow
* Goalkeepers: Yevgeni Kornyukhin (22), Valeriy Vorobyov (8).
* Defenders: Vitali Litvinov (29 / 2), Vyacheslav Dayev (29 / 1), Alyaksandar Lukhvich (27 / 2), Andrei Malay (26), Marat Makhmutov (16), Andriy Sapuha (3), Sergei Burchenkov (3).
* Midfielders: Andrei Gashkin (30 / 7), Vladimir Kazakov (28 / 2), Radaslaw Arlowski (22 / 3), Igor Semshov (18 / 1), Vladimir Leonchenko (14 / 1), Sergei Kormiltsev (12), Pavlo Shkapenko (10 / 1), Konstantin Zyryanov (5 / 3), Johann Duveau (4 / 1), Aleksandr Ignatyev (4).
* Forwards: Dmitri Vyazmikin (27 / 8), Arsen Avakov (23 / 3), Rimantas Žvingilas (21 / 3), Valdas Trakys (21 / 2), Mihai Drăguş (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 , Aleksandr Ignatyev, Andriy Sapuha (all to FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod).

## Attendances

| # | Football club | Home games | Average attendance |
| 1 | Fakel Voronezh | 15 | 23,573 |
| 2 | FC Spartak Moscow | 15 | 19,933 |
| 3 | Krylia Sovetov Samara | 15 | 18,667 |
| 4 | Alania Vladikavkaz | 15 | 18,333 |
| 5 | FC Zenit | 15 | 17,287 |
| 6 | Anji Makhachkala | 15 | 13,513 |
| 7 | Chernomorets Novorossiysk | 15 | 12,667 |
| 8 | FC Saturn | 15 | 11,600 |
| 9 | Rostselmash | 15 | 10,187 |
| 10 | Rotor Volgograd | 15 | 9,193 |
| 11 | FC Dynamo Moscow | 15 | 8,833 |
| 12 | PFC CSKA Moscow | 15 | 7,733 |
| 13 | Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod | 15 | 7,673 |
| 14 | Uralan Elista | 15 | 5,387 |
| 15 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 15 | 5,380 |
| 16 | Torpedo Moscow | 15 | 4,500 |