View source for 2000 Russian Top Division

{{Short description|9th season of top-tier football league in Russia}}
{{Infobox football league season
| competition        = [[Russian Premier League|Russian Top Division]]
| season             = 2000
| winners            = [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]<br>8th [[List of Soviet and Russian football champions|Russian title]]
| relegated          = [[FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod|Lokomotiv N.N.]]<br>[[FC Elista|Elista]]
| matches            = 240
| total goals        = 582
| league topscorer   = [[Dmitri Loskov]]<br>(15 goals)
| biggest home win   = 
| biggest away win   = 
| highest scoring    = 
| longest wins       = 
| longest unbeaten   = 
| longest losses     = 
| highest attendance = 
| lowest attendance  = 
| average attendance = 
| prevseason         = [[1999 Russian Top Division|1999]]
| nextseason         = [[2001 Russian Top Division|2001]]
}}

[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]] won their fifth consecutive [[Russian Premier League|Russian title]], and eighth overall.

== Overview ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! 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)<br />[[Yury Morozov (footballer, born 1934)|Yuri Morozov]] (from April)
|-
| [[PFC CSKA Moscow]]
| [[Oleg Dolmatov]] (until May)<br />[[Pavel Sadyrin]] (from May)
|-
| [[FC Saturn Ramenskoye]]
| [[Sergei Aleksandrovich Pavlov|Sergei Pavlov]]
|-
| [[FC Alania Vladikavkaz]]
| [[Vladimir Gutsaev]] {{flagicon|GEO}} (until May)<br />[[Aleksandr Yanovskiy]] (caretaker) (May)<br />[[Aleksandr Averyanov (footballer, born 1948)|Aleksandr Averyanov]] (from May)
|-
| [[FC Rotor Volgograd]]
| [[Georgi Yartsev]] (until June)<br />[[Yevhen Kucherevskyi]] {{flagicon|UKR}} (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)<br />[[Nikolai Kozin]] (caretaker) (June to July)<br />[[Valeri Ovchinnikov]] (from July)
|-
| [[FC Uralan Elista]]
| [[Aleksandr Averyanov (footballer, born 1948)|Aleksandr Averyanov]] (until May)<br />[[Vladimir Dergach]] (May)<br />[[Aleksandr Irkhin]] (May to June)<br />[[Boris Bunjak]] {{flagicon|SRB}} (from June)
|-
|}

== Standings ==
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=QR
|show_limit=5

|team1=SPA|name_SPA=[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|team2=LOK|name_LOK=[[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]]
|team3=TOR|name_TOR=[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|team4=ANZ|name_ANZ=[[FC Anzhi Makhachkala|Anzhi Makhachkala]]
|team5=DYN|name_DYN=[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|team6=CHE|name_CHE=[[FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk|Chernomorets Novorossiysk]]
|team7=ZEN|name_ZEN=[[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit St. Petersburg]]
|team8=CSK|name_CSK=[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
|team9=SAT|name_SAT=[[FC Saturn Moscow Oblast (1946–2011)|Saturn]]
|team10=ALA|name_ALA=[[FC Alania Vladikavkaz|Alania Vladikavkaz]]
|team11=ROT|name_ROT=[[FC Rotor Volgograd|Rotor Volgograd]]
|team12=ROS|name_ROS=[[FC Rostov|Rostselmash]]
|team13=FAK|name_FAK=[[FC Fakel Voronezh|Fakel Voronezh]]
|team14=KRY|name_KRY=[[FC Krylia Sovetov Samara|Krylia Sovetov Samara]]
|team15=LNN|name_LNN=[[FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod|Lokomotiv N.N.]]
|team16=ELI|name_ELI=[[FC Elista|Uralan Elista]]
|win_SPA=23|draw_SPA=1|loss_SPA=6|gf_SPA=69|ga_SPA=30|status_SPA=C
|win_LOK=18|draw_LOK=8|loss_LOK=4|gf_LOK=50|ga_LOK=20
|win_TOR=16|draw_TOR=7|loss_TOR=7|gf_TOR=42|ga_TOR=29
|win_ANZ=15|draw_ANZ=7|loss_ANZ=8|gf_ANZ=44|ga_ANZ=31
|win_DYN=14|draw_DYN=8|loss_DYN=8|gf_DYN=45|ga_DYN=35
|win_CHE=13|draw_CHE=10|loss_CHE=7|gf_CHE=47|ga_CHE=28
|win_ZEN=13|draw_ZEN=8|loss_ZEN=9|gf_ZEN=38|ga_ZEN=26
|win_CSK=12|draw_CSK=5|loss_CSK=13|gf_CSK=45|ga_CSK=39
|win_SAT=10|draw_SAT=10|loss_SAT=10|gf_SAT=26|ga_SAT=29
|win_ALA=10|draw_ALA=8|loss_ALA=12|gf_ALA=34|ga_ALA=36
|win_ROT=8|draw_ROT=8|loss_ROT=14|gf_ROT=35|ga_ROT=54
|win_ROS=6|draw_ROS=14|loss_ROS=10|gf_ROS=24|ga_ROS=27
|win_FAK=6|draw_FAK=12|loss_FAK=12|gf_FAK=25|ga_FAK=45
|win_KRY=8|draw_KRY=5|loss_KRY=17|gf_KRY=25|ga_KRY=45
|win_LNN=3|draw_LNN=9|loss_LNN=18|gf_LNN=16|ga_LNN=47|status_LNN=R
|win_ELI=2|draw_ELI=6|loss_ELI=22|gf_ELI=17|ga_ELI=61|status_ELI=R

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

|col_CLGS=green1|text_CLGS=Qualification to [[2001–02 UEFA Champions League#First group stage|Champions League group stage]]
|result1=CLGS
|col_CL3=green2|text_CL3=Qualification to [[2001–02 UEFA Champions League#Third qualifying round|Champions League third qualifying round]]
|result2=CL3
|col_UC1=blue1|text_UC1=Qualification to [[2001–02 UEFA Cup#First round|UEFA Cup first round]]
|result3=UC1|result4=UC1|result5=UC1|result6=UC1
|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to [[2001 Russian First Division|First Division]]
|result15=R|result16=R
|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
|update=complete
|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/rus00.html rsssf.com]
}}</onlyinclude>

==Results==
{{#invoke:sports results|main
|matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey
|team1=ALA|team2=ANZ|team3=CHE|team4=CSK|team5=DYN
|team6=FAK|team7=KRY|team8=LOK|team9=LNN|team10=ROS
|team11=ROT|team12=SPA|team13=SAT|team14=TOR|team15=URE
|team16=ZEN

|name_SPA=[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|match_SPA_LOK=0–0
|match_SPA_TOR=4–2
|match_SPA_ANZ=1–0
|match_SPA_DYN=3–1
|match_SPA_CHE=3–1
|match_SPA_ZEN=1–2
|match_SPA_CSK=1–0
|match_SPA_SAT=3–0
|match_SPA_ALA=3–1
|match_SPA_ROT=5–2
|match_SPA_ROS=1–0
|match_SPA_FAK=3–1
|match_SPA_KRY=1–2
|match_SPA_LNN=3–1
|match_SPA_URE=2–0

|name_LOK=[[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]]
|match_LOK_SPA=3–2
|match_LOK_TOR=0–3
|match_LOK_ANZ=1–0
|match_LOK_DYN=1–0
|match_LOK_CHE=0–3
|match_LOK_ZEN=1–1
|match_LOK_CSK=1–0
|match_LOK_SAT=1–0
|match_LOK_ALA=1–0
|match_LOK_ROT=4–1
|match_LOK_ROS=3–0
|match_LOK_FAK=1–0
|match_LOK_KRY=2–0
|match_LOK_LNN=2–0
|match_LOK_URE=9–0

|name_TOR=[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|match_TOR_SPA=0–3
|match_TOR_LOK=1–1
|match_TOR_ANZ=2–1
|match_TOR_DYN=1–1
|match_TOR_CHE=2–1
|match_TOR_ZEN=1–1
|match_TOR_CSK=0–1
|match_TOR_SAT=2–0
|match_TOR_ALA=2–0
|match_TOR_ROT=2–0
|match_TOR_ROS=1–1
|match_TOR_FAK=2–0
|match_TOR_KRY=2–1
|match_TOR_LNN=2–1
|match_TOR_URE=2–2

|name_ANZ=[[FC Anzhi Makhachkala|Anzhi Makhachkala]]
|match_ANZ_SPA=0–2
|match_ANZ_LOK=1–0
|match_ANZ_TOR=0–0
|match_ANZ_DYN=2–2
|match_ANZ_CHE=2–1
|match_ANZ_ZEN=3–2
|match_ANZ_CSK=4–1
|match_ANZ_SAT=2–0
|match_ANZ_ALA=2–0
|match_ANZ_ROT=1–1
|match_ANZ_ROS=1–0
|match_ANZ_FAK=4–0
|match_ANZ_KRY=1–0
|match_ANZ_LNN=4–0
|match_ANZ_URE=2–1

|name_DYN=[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|match_DYN_SPA=2–4
|match_DYN_LOK=2–2
|match_DYN_TOR=0–0
|match_DYN_ANZ=2–1
|match_DYN_CHE=2–2
|match_DYN_ZEN=1–2
|match_DYN_CSK=1–0
|match_DYN_SAT=2–0
|match_DYN_ALA=4–2
|match_DYN_ROT=2–0
|match_DYN_ROS=0–0
|match_DYN_FAK=2–2
|match_DYN_KRY=2–0
|match_DYN_LNN=3–1
|match_DYN_URE=1–0

|name_CHE=[[FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk|Chernomorets Novorossiysk]]
|match_CHE_SPA=1–4
|match_CHE_LOK=0–3
|match_CHE_TOR=1–0
|match_CHE_ANZ=3–0
|match_CHE_DYN=4–0
|match_CHE_ZEN=1–1
|match_CHE_CSK=3–0
|match_CHE_SAT=1–1
|match_CHE_ALA=1–1
|match_CHE_ROT=3–0
|match_CHE_ROS=1–2
|match_CHE_FAK=3–1
|match_CHE_KRY=3–0
|match_CHE_LNN=2–0
|match_CHE_URE=3–1

|name_ZEN=[[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit St. Petersburg]]
|match_ZEN_SPA=1–2
|match_ZEN_LOK=1–2
|match_ZEN_TOR=2–1
|match_ZEN_ANZ=1–0
|match_ZEN_DYN=0–1
|match_ZEN_CHE=0–0
|match_ZEN_CSK=0–1
|match_ZEN_SAT=1–1
|match_ZEN_ALA=1–0
|match_ZEN_ROT=3–1
|match_ZEN_ROS=0–0
|match_ZEN_FAK=5–0
|match_ZEN_KRY=3–0
|match_ZEN_LNN=2–0
|match_ZEN_URE=3–0

|name_CSK=[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
|match_CSK_SPA=2–1
|match_CSK_LOK=4–3
|match_CSK_TOR=0–2
|match_CSK_ANZ=4–0
|match_CSK_DYN=2–2
|match_CSK_CHE=0–3
|match_CSK_ZEN=4–1
|match_CSK_SAT=0–0
|match_CSK_ALA=0–1
|match_CSK_ROT=1–1
|match_CSK_ROS=1–1
|match_CSK_FAK=5–1
|match_CSK_KRY=2–0
|match_CSK_LNN=5–0
|match_CSK_URE=0–2

|name_SAT=[[FC Saturn Moscow Oblast (1946–2011)|Saturn]]
|match_SAT_SPA=2–0
|match_SAT_LOK=1–1
|match_SAT_TOR=0–1
|match_SAT_ANZ=0–0
|match_SAT_DYN=1–0
|match_SAT_CHE=0–0
|match_SAT_ZEN=1–0
|match_SAT_CSK=2–1
|match_SAT_ALA=2–0
|match_SAT_ROT=2–0
|match_SAT_ROS=2–2
|match_SAT_FAK=0–1
|match_SAT_KRY=0–0
|match_SAT_LNN=1–0
|match_SAT_URE=3–0

|name_ALA=[[FC Alania Vladikavkaz|Alania Vladikavkaz]]
|match_ALA_SPA=1–2
|match_ALA_LOK=0–0
|match_ALA_TOR=2–1
|match_ALA_ANZ=2–3
|match_ALA_DYN=0–1
|match_ALA_CHE=1–0
|match_ALA_ZEN=1–0
|match_ALA_CSK=2–1
|match_ALA_SAT=2–2
|match_ALA_ROT=2–0
|match_ALA_ROS=2–0
|match_ALA_FAK=1–1
|match_ALA_KRY=4–3
|match_ALA_LNN=1–1
|match_ALA_URE=1–1

|name_ROT=[[FC Rotor Volgograd|Rotor Volgograd]]
|match_ROT_SPA=1–6
|match_ROT_LOK=0–4
|match_ROT_TOR=0–1
|match_ROT_ANZ=2–2
|match_ROT_DYN=2–4
|match_ROT_CHE=1–1
|match_ROT_ZEN=2–0
|match_ROT_CSK=0–1
|match_ROT_SAT=3–0
|match_ROT_ALA=2–1
|match_ROT_ROS=3–0
|match_ROT_FAK=2–0
|match_ROT_KRY=1–1
|match_ROT_LNN=2–2
|match_ROT_URE=3–1

|name_ROS=[[FC Rostov|Rostselmash]]
|match_ROS_SPA=2–3
|match_ROS_LOK=0–0
|match_ROS_TOR=0–1
|match_ROS_ANZ=0–1
|match_ROS_DYN=2–1
|match_ROS_CHE=0–1
|match_ROS_ZEN=0–0
|match_ROS_CSK=1–1
|match_ROS_SAT=2–0
|match_ROS_ALA=0–1
|match_ROS_ROT=1–1
|match_ROS_FAK=1–1
|match_ROS_KRY=2–0
|match_ROS_LNN=0–0
|match_ROS_URE=3–0

|name_FAK=[[FC Fakel Voronezh|Fakel Voronezh]]
|match_FAK_SPA=1–0
|match_FAK_LOK=0–0
|match_FAK_TOR=1–2
|match_FAK_ANZ=0–1
|match_FAK_DYN=1–0
|match_FAK_CHE=2–2
|match_FAK_ZEN=0–0
|match_FAK_CSK=2–1
|match_FAK_SAT=0–1
|match_FAK_ALA=0–0
|match_FAK_ROT=2–2
|match_FAK_ROS=1–1
|match_FAK_KRY=3–2
|match_FAK_LNN=1–1
|match_FAK_URE=1–1

|name_KRY=[[FC Krylia Sovetov Samara|Krylia Sovetov Samara]]
|match_KRY_SPA=1–2
|match_KRY_LOK=0–2
|match_KRY_TOR=3–2
|match_KRY_ANZ=1–1
|match_KRY_DYN=0–2
|match_KRY_CHE=0–0
|match_KRY_ZEN=0–1
|match_KRY_CSK=2–0
|match_KRY_SAT=3–2
|match_KRY_ALA=1–0
|match_KRY_ROT=0–1
|match_KRY_ROS=0–3
|match_KRY_FAK=1–1
|match_KRY_LNN=2–1
|match_KRY_URE=1–0

|name_LNN=[[FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod|Lokomotiv N.N.]]
|match_LNN_SPA=0–2
|match_LNN_LOK=0–1
|match_LNN_TOR=0–1
|match_LNN_ANZ=1–4
|match_LNN_DYN=0–3
|match_LNN_CHE=0–0
|match_LNN_ZEN=1–2
|match_LNN_CSK=1–2
|match_LNN_SAT=0–0
|match_LNN_ALA=1–1
|match_LNN_ROT=0–1
|match_LNN_ROS=0–0
|match_LNN_FAK=1–0
|match_LNN_KRY=1–0
|match_LNN_URE=2–0

|name_URE=[[FC Elista|Uralan Elista]]
|match_URE_SPA=0–2
|match_URE_LOK=0–1
|match_URE_TOR=2–3
|match_URE_ANZ=1–1
|match_URE_DYN=0–1
|match_URE_CHE=1–2
|match_URE_ZEN=0–2
|match_URE_CSK=1–5
|match_URE_SAT=1–2
|match_URE_ALA=0–4
|match_URE_ROT=2–0
|match_URE_ROS=0–0
|match_URE_FAK=0–1
|match_URE_KRY=0–1
|match_URE_LNN=0–0

|update=complete|source=
}}

==Season statistics==
===Top goalscorers ===
{{updated|matches played on 12 November 2000.}}<ref name="Russia 2000">{{cite web |title=Russia 2000 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/rus00.html |website=[[RSSSF]] |publisher=The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Rank
! Player
! Club
! Goals
|-
|1
| style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Dmitri Loskov]]
| style="text-align: left;" |[[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]]
|15
|-
|2
| style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Dmitri Kirichenko]]
| style="text-align: left;" |[[FC Rostov|Rostselmash]]
|14
|-
|3
| style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Yegor Titov]]
| style="text-align: left;" |[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|13
|-
| rowspan="2"|4
| style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Rolan Gusev]]
| style="text-align: left;" |[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo]]
| rowspan="2"|12
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} [[Predrag Ranđelović (footballer, born 1976)|Predrag Ranđelović]]
| style="text-align: left;" |[[FC Anzhi Makhachkala|Anzhi]]
|-
| rowspan="2"|6
| style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Oleksandr Pryzetko]]
| style="text-align: left;" |[[FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk|Chernomorets]]
| rowspan="2"|11
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Aleksandr Shirko]]
| style="text-align: left;" |[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|-
| rowspan="5"|8
| style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vladimir Kulik]]
| style="text-align: left;" |[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA]]
| rowspan="5"|10
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Hennadiy Popovych]]
| style="text-align: left;" |[[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit]]
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Luis Pereira Robson|Robson]]
| style="text-align: left;" |[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|AZE}}{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Narvik Sirkhayev]]
| style="text-align: left;" |[[FC Anzhi Makhachkala|Anzhi]]
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Bakhva Tedeyev]]
| style="text-align: left;" |[[FC Spartak Vladikavkaz|Alania]]
|}

== Awards ==
On December 5 [[Russian Football Union]] named its list of 33 top players:<ref>{{cite news|script-title=ru:ТОЛСТЫХ ПОЛУЧАЕТ НОВЫЕ НАЗНАЧЕНИЯ|language=ru|url=http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?27242|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121222065245/http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?27242|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-12-22|publisher=[[Sport Express]]|date=2000-12-06}}</ref>

<div style="text-align: center;">
;Goalkeepers
# {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Ruslan Nigmatullin]] (Lokomotiv Moscow)
# {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Aleksandr Filimonov]] (Spartak Moscow)
# {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Veniamin Mandrykin]] (Alania)

;Sweepers
# {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Igor Chugainov]] (Lokomotiv Moscow)
# {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Dimitri Ananko]] (Spartak Moscow)
# {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Aleksei Katulsky]] (Zenit)

{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}
;Right backs
# {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Dmytro Parfenov]] (Spartak Moscow)
# {{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Jerry-Christian Tchuissé]] (Chernomorets / Spartak Moscow)
# {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Gennadiy Nizhegorodov]] (Lokomotiv Moscow)
{{col-3}}
;Stoppers
# {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Yuri Drozdov (footballer)|Yuri Drozdov]] (Lokomotiv Moscow)
# {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Yevgeni Varlamov]] (CSKA Moscow)
# {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Vitali Litvinov]] (Torpedo Moscow)
{{col-3}}
;Left backs
# {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Yuri Kovtun]] (Spartak Moscow)
# {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Aleksandr Tochilin]] (Dynamo Moscow)
# {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Vadim Evseev]] (Lokomotiv Moscow)
{{col-end}}

;Defensive midfielders
# {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Viktor Bulatov]] (Spartak Moscow)
# {{flagicon|BIH}} [[Elvir Rahimić]] (Anzhi)
# {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Maksym Kalynychenko]] (Spartak Moscow)

{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}
;Right wingers
# {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Rolan Gusev]] (Dynamo Moscow)
# {{flagicon|Belarus}} [[Vasili Baranov]] (Spartak Moscow)
# {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Valery Yesipov]] (Rotor)
{{col-3}}
;Central midfielders
# {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Yegor Titov]] (Spartak Moscow)
# {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Dmitri Loskov]] (Lokomotiv Moscow)
# {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Oleksandr Pryzetko]] (Chernomorets)
{{col-3}}
;Left wingers
# {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Narvik Sirkhayev]] (Anzhi)
# {{flagicon|Belarus}} [[Maksim Romaschenko]] (Dynamo Moscow)
# {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Artyom Bezrodny]] (Spartak Moscow)
{{col-end}}

{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
;Right forwards
# {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Aleksandr Panov (footballer)|Aleksandr Panov]] (Zenit)
# {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Maksim Buznikin]] (Spartak Moscow / Saturn)
# {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Predrag Ranđelović (footballer, born 1976)|Predrag Ranđelović]] (Anzhi)
{{col-2}}
;Left forwards
# {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Sergei Semak]] (CSKA Moscow)
# {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Luis Robson]] (Spartak Moscow)
# {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Dmitri Kirichenko]] (Rostselmash)
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== Medal squads ==

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| align="center" width="700" |<span style="color:#FFFFFF;"> '''1. FC Spartak Moscow''' </span>
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'''Goalkeepers:''' [[Aleksandr Filimonov]] (23), [[Andrei Smetanin]] (7).<br />
'''Defenders:''' [[Dmytro Parfenov]] {{flagicon|UKR}} (25 / 4), [[Yevgeni Bushmanov]] (23), [[Aleksandr Shchyogolev]] (18 / 1), [[Yuri Kovtun]] (17 / 1), [[Dmitri Khlestov]] (14 / 1), [[Jerry-Christian Tchuissé]] {{flagicon|CMR}} (10), [[Eduard Mor]] (8 / 1), [[Dmitri Ananko]] (6), [[Otar Khizaneishvili]] {{flagicon|GEO}} (4), [[Oleg Kuzmin]] (1), [[Sergei Gurchenkov]] (1).<br />
'''Midfielders:''' [[Viktor Bulatov]] (29 / 1), [[Andrey Tikhonov (footballer)|Andrey Tikhonov]] (25 / 1), [[Yegor Titov]] (24 / 13), [[Vasili Baranov]] {{flagicon|BLR}} (23 / 3), [[Maksym Kalynychenko]] {{flagicon|UKR}} (17 / 4), [[Artyom Bezrodny]] (13 / 3), [[Andrejs Štolcers]] {{flagicon|LVA}} (11 / 5), [[Milan Jović]] {{flagicon|SRB}} (10), [[Valery Kechinov]] (3).<br />
'''Forwards:''' [[Aleksandr Shirko]] (24 / 11), [[Luis Robson]] {{flagicon|BRA}} (24 / 10), [[Maksim Buznikin]] (15 / 6), [[Nikolai Pisarev]] (13 / 2), [[Marcos Antonio Aparecido Cipriano|Marcão]] {{flagicon|BRA}} (7 / 1), [[Sergei Lebedkov]] (1), [[German Lovchev]] (1), [[Aleksandr Shchipkov (football player)|Aleksandr Shchipkov]] (1 / 1).<br />''(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)''

'''Manager:''' [[Oleg Romantsev]].

'''Transferred out during the season:''' [[Andrey Tikhonov (footballer)|Andrey Tikhonov]] (to {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.]]), [[Maksim Buznikin]] (to [[FC Saturn Ramenskoye]]), [[Dmitri Khlestov]] (to {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Beşiktaş J.K.]]), [[Milan Jović]] {{flagicon|SRB}} (to [[FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk]]), [[Eduard Mor]] (to [[FC Saturn Ramenskoye]]).
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| align="center" width="700" |<span style="color:#FFFFFF;"> '''2. FC Lokomotiv Moscow''' </span>
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'''Goalkeepers:''' [[Ruslan Nigmatullin]] (29), [[Zaur Khapov]] (2).<br />
'''Defenders:''' [[Igor Chugainov]] (30 / 3), [[Vadim Evseev]] (29 / 2), [[Gennadiy Nizhegorodov]] (26), [[Yuri Drozdov (footballer)|Yuri Drozdov]] (25 / 1), [[Andrei Lavrik]] {{flagicon|BLR}} (23), [[Igor Cherevchenko]] {{flagicon|TJK}} (19 / 1), [[Andrei Solomatin]] (16 / 1), [[Dmitri Sennikov]] (13 / 2), [[Oleg Pashinin]] {{flagicon|UZB}} (11).<br />
'''Midfielders:''' [[Dmitri Loskov]] (26 / 15), [[Yevgeni Kharlachyov]] (22 / 4), [[Vladimir Maminov]] {{flagicon|UZB}} (17 / 2), [[Albert Sarkisyan]] {{flagicon|ARM}} (17), [[Alexey Smertin]] (10 / 1), [[Ilya Tsymbalar]] (10), [[Juraj Dovičovič]] {{flagicon|SVK}} (2).<br />
'''Forwards:''' [[Dmitri Bulykin]] (22 / 3), [[Oleg Teryokhin]] (21 / 8), [[Zaza Janashia]] {{flagicon|GEO}} (20 / 5), [[Ruslan Pimenov]] (13 / 1), [[Filipe Vaz de Azevedo|Filipe Azevedo]] {{flagicon|FRA}} (4), [[Oleh Haras]] {{flagicon|UKR}} (4).

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

'''Manager:''' [[Yuri Syomin]].

'''Transferred out during the season:''' [[Alexey Smertin]] (to {{flagicon|FRA}} [[FC Girondins de Bordeaux|Bordeaux]]), [[Oleh Haras]] {{flagicon|UKR}} (to [[FC Fakel Voronezh]]).
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| align="center" width="700" |<span style="color:#FFFFFF;"> '''3. FC Torpedo Moscow''' </span>
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'''Goalkeepers:''' [[Yevgeni Kornyukhin]] (22), [[Valeriy Vorobyov]] {{flagicon|UKR}} (8).<br />
'''Defenders:''' [[Vitali Litvinov]] (29 / 2), [[Vyacheslav Dayev]] (29 / 1), [[Alyaksandar Lukhvich]] {{flagicon|BLR}} (27 / 2), [[Andrei Malay]] (26), [[Marat Makhmutov]] (16), [[Andriy Sapuha]] {{flagicon|UKR}} (3), [[Sergei Burchenkov]] (3).<br />
'''Midfielders:''' [[Andrei Gashkin]] (30 / 7), [[Vladimir Kazakov]] (28 / 2), [[Radaslaw Arlowski]] {{flagicon|BLR}} (22 / 3), [[Igor Semshov]] (18 / 1), [[Vladimir Leonchenko]] (14 / 1), [[Sergei Kormiltsev]] {{flagicon|UKR}} (12), [[Pavlo Shkapenko]] {{flagicon|UKR}} (10 / 1), [[Konstantin Zyryanov]] (5 / 3), [[Johann Duveau]] {{flagicon|FRA}} (4 / 1), [[Aleksandr Ignatyev]] (4).<br />
'''Forwards:''' [[Dmitri Vyazmikin]] (27 / 8), [[Arsen Avakov (footballer)|Arsen Avakov]] {{flagicon|TJK}} (23 / 3), [[Rimantas Žvingilas]] {{flagicon|LTU}} (21 / 3), [[Valdas Trakys]] {{flagicon|LTU}} (21 / 2), [[Mihai Drăguş]] {{flagicon|ROM}} (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]] {{flagicon|ROM}}, [[Aleksandr Ignatyev]], [[Andriy Sapuha]] {{flagicon|UKR}} (all to [[FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod]]).
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==Attendances==

{{row counter|{| class{{=}}"wikitable sortable"
!#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendance<ref>https://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/rus-premier-liga-2000/1/</ref>
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| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count || [[Fakel Voronezh]] || 15 || 23,573
|-
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count || [[FC Spartak Moscow]] || 15 || 19,933
|-
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count || [[Krylia Sovetov Samara]] || 15 || 18,667
|-
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count || [[Alania Vladikavkaz]] || 15 || 18,333
|-
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count || [[FC Zenit]] || 15 || 17,287
|-
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count || [[Anzhi Makhachkala|Anji Makhachkala]] || 15 || 13,513
|-
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count || [[Chernomorets Novorossiysk]] || 15 || 12,667
|-
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count || [[FC Saturn]] || 15 || 11,600
|-
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count || [[FC Rostov|Rostselmash]] || 15 || 10,187
|-
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count || [[Rotor Volgograd]] || 15 || 9,193
|-
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count || [[FC Dynamo Moscow]] || 15 || 8,833
|-
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count || [[PFC CSKA Moscow]] || 15 || 7,733
|-
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count || [[Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod]] || 15 || 7,673
|-
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count || [[Uralan Elista]] || 15 || 5,387
|-
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count || [[Lokomotiv Moscow]] || 15 || 5,380
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| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count || [[Torpedo Moscow]] || 15 || 4,500
|-
|} }}

==See also==
* [[2000 in Russian football]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/rus00.html RSSSF]

{{Russian Premier League seasons}}
{{2000 in Russian football}}
{{1999–2000 in European football (UEFA)}}
{{2000–01 in European football (UEFA)}}

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