# 2001 Russian First Division

The 2001 Russian First Division was the 10th edition of Russian First Division. There were 18 teams.

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Shinnik Yaroslavl (P) | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 58 | 21 | +37 | 69 | Promotion to Premier League |
| 2 | Uralan Elista (P) | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 55 | 31 | +24 | 65 | Promotion to Premier League |
| 3 | Kuban Krasnodar | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 56 | 29 | +27 | 60 | |
| 4 | Amkar Perm | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 46 | 29 | +17 | 56 | |
| 5 | Spartak Nalchik | 34 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 55 | |
| 6 | Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 50 | |
| 7 | Tom Tomsk | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 28 | +3 | 47 | |
| 8 | Rubin Kazan | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 46 | |
| 9 | Metallurg Krasnoyarsk | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 45 | |
| 10 | Kristall Smolensk | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 44 | |
| 11 | Netfekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 49 | 56 | −7 | 43 | |
| 12 | Khimki | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 43 | |
| 13 | Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 42 | |
| 14 | Lada-Togliatti | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 41 | |
| 15 | Lokomotiv Chita | 34 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 40 | |
| 16 | Arsenal Tula (R) | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 40 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 17 | Baltika Kaliningrad (R) | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 35 | 51 | −16 | 39 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 18 | Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod (R) | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 26 | 58 | −32 | 32 | Relegation to Second Division |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AMK | ARS | BAL | GGI | KHI | KRI | KUB | LAD | LCH | LNN | MKR | NEF | RUB | SHI | SPN | TOM | URE | VOL |
| Amkar Perm | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Arsenal Tula | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Baltika Kaliningrad | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Gazovik-Gazprom | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Khimki | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Kristall Smolensk | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 |
| Kuban Krasnodar | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Lada-Togliatti | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Lokomotiv Chita | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 0–6 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 |
| Metallurg Krasnoyarsk | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Netfekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 4–1 |
| Rubin Kazan | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Shinnik Yaroslavl | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Spartak Nalchik | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 |
| Tom Tomsk | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Uralan Elista | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 |
| Volgar-Gazprom | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Vitali Kakunin | Neftekhimik | 20 |
| 2 | Oleg Teryokhin | Kuban | 15 |
| 3 | Sergei Bulatov | Metallurg (K) | 14 |
| 3 | Zurab Tsiklauri | Uralan | 14 |
| 5 | Arsen Avakov | Uralan | 13 |
| 5 | Nail Galimov | Lokomotiv (Ch) | 13 |
| 7 | Maksim Autlev | Spartak (N) | 12 |
| 7 | Teimuraz Gadelia | Kristall | 12 |
| 9 | Konstantin Paramonov | Amkar | 11 |
| 10 | Sergei Perednya | Tom | 10 |