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 Template:Flagicon (until May) Aleksandr Yanovskiy (caretaker) (May) Aleksandr Averyanov (from May)
FC Rotor Volgograd	Georgi Yartsev (until June) Yevhen Kucherevskyi Template:Flagicon (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 Template:Flagicon (from June)

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 12 November 2000.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Template:Flagicon Dmitri Loskov	Lokomotiv Moscow	15
2	Template:Flagicon Dmitri Kirichenko	Rostselmash	14
3	Template:Flagicon Yegor Titov	Spartak Moscow	13
4	Template:Flagicon Rolan Gusev	Dynamo	12
	Template:Flagicon Predrag Ranđelović	Anzhi
6	Template:Flagicon Oleksandr Pryzetko	Chernomorets	11
	Template:Flagicon Aleksandr Shirko	Spartak Moscow
8	Template:Flagicon Vladimir Kulik	CSKA	10
	Template:Flagicon Hennadiy Popovych	Zenit
	Template:Flagicon Robson	Spartak Moscow
	Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon Narvik Sirkhayev	Anzhi
	Template:Flagicon Bakhva Tedeyev	Alania

Awards

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

Goalkeepers

1. Template:Flagicon Ruslan Nigmatullin (Lokomotiv Moscow)
2. Template:Flagicon Aleksandr Filimonov (Spartak Moscow)
3. Template:Flagicon Veniamin Mandrykin (Alania)

Sweepers

1. Template:Flagicon Igor Chugainov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
2. Template:Flagicon Dimitri Ananko (Spartak Moscow)
3. Template:Flagicon Aleksei Katulsky (Zenit)

Right backs

1. Template:Flagicon Dmytro Parfenov (Spartak Moscow)
2. Template:Flagicon Jerry-Christian Tchuissé (Chernomorets / Spartak Moscow)
3. Template:Flagicon Gennadiy Nizhegorodov (Lokomotiv Moscow)

Stoppers

1. Template:Flagicon Yuri Drozdov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
2. Template:Flagicon Yevgeni Varlamov (CSKA Moscow)
3. Template:Flagicon Vitali Litvinov (Torpedo Moscow)

Left backs

1. Template:Flagicon Yuri Kovtun (Spartak Moscow)
2. Template:Flagicon Aleksandr Tochilin (Dynamo Moscow)
3. Template:Flagicon Vadim Evseev (Lokomotiv Moscow)

Defensive midfielders

1. Template:Flagicon Viktor Bulatov (Spartak Moscow)
2. Template:Flagicon Elvir Rahimić (Anzhi)
3. Template:Flagicon Maksym Kalynychenko (Spartak Moscow)

Right wingers

1. Template:Flagicon Rolan Gusev (Dynamo Moscow)
2. Template:Flagicon Vasili Baranov (Spartak Moscow)
3. Template:Flagicon Valery Yesipov (Rotor)

Central midfielders

1. Template:Flagicon Yegor Titov (Spartak Moscow)
2. Template:Flagicon Dmitri Loskov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
3. Template:Flagicon Oleksandr Pryzetko (Chernomorets)

Left wingers

1. Template:Flagicon Narvik Sirkhayev (Anzhi)
2. Template:Flagicon Maksim Romaschenko (Dynamo Moscow)
3. Template:Flagicon Artyom Bezrodny (Spartak Moscow)

Right forwards

1. Template:Flagicon Aleksandr Panov (Zenit)
2. Template:Flagicon Maksim Buznikin (Spartak Moscow / Saturn)
3. Template:Flagicon Predrag Ranđelović (Anzhi)

Left forwards

1. Template:Flagicon Sergei Semak (CSKA Moscow)
2. Template:Flagicon Luis Robson (Spartak Moscow)
3. Template:Flagicon Dmitri Kirichenko (Rostselmash)

Medal squads

1. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Aleksandr Filimonov (23), Andrei Smetanin (7). Defenders: Dmytro Parfenov Template:Flagicon (25 / 4), Yevgeni Bushmanov (23), Aleksandr Shchyogolev (18 / 1), Yuri Kovtun (17 / 1), Dmitri Khlestov (14 / 1), Jerry-Christian Tchuissé Template:Flagicon (10), Eduard Mor (8 / 1), Dmitri Ananko (6), Otar Khizaneishvili Template:Flagicon (4), Oleg Kuzmin (1), Sergei Gurchenkov (1). Midfielders: Viktor Bulatov (29 / 1), Andrey Tikhonov (25 / 1), Yegor Titov (24 / 13), Vasili Baranov Template:Flagicon (23 / 3), Maksym Kalynychenko Template:Flagicon (17 / 4), Artyom Bezrodny (13 / 3), Andrejs Štolcers Template:Flagicon (11 / 5), Milan Jović Template:Flagicon (10), Valery Kechinov (3). Forwards: Aleksandr Shirko (24 / 11), Luis Robson Template:Flagicon (24 / 10), Maksim Buznikin (15 / 6), Nikolai Pisarev (13 / 2), Marcão Template:Flagicon (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 Template:Flagicon Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.), Maksim Buznikin (to FC Saturn Ramenskoye), Dmitri Khlestov (to Template:Flagicon Beşiktaş J.K.), Milan Jović Template:Flagicon (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 Template:Flagicon (23), Igor Cherevchenko Template:Flagicon (19 / 1), Andrei Solomatin (16 / 1), Dmitri Sennikov (13 / 2), Oleg Pashinin Template:Flagicon (11). Midfielders: Dmitri Loskov (26 / 15), Yevgeni Kharlachyov (22 / 4), Vladimir Maminov Template:Flagicon (17 / 2), Albert Sarkisyan Template:Flagicon (17), Alexey Smertin (10 / 1), Ilya Tsymbalar (10), Juraj Dovičovič Template:Flagicon (2). Forwards: Dmitri Bulykin (22 / 3), Oleg Teryokhin (21 / 8), Zaza Janashia Template:Flagicon (20 / 5), Ruslan Pimenov (13 / 1), Filipe Azevedo Template:Flagicon (4), Oleh Haras Template:Flagicon (4). One own goal scored by Mikhail Mysin (FC Rotor Volgograd). Manager: Yuri Syomin. Transferred out during the season: Alexey Smertin (to Template:Flagicon Bordeaux), Oleh Haras Template:Flagicon (to FC Fakel Voronezh).

3. FC Torpedo Moscow

Goalkeepers: Yevgeni Kornyukhin (22), Valeriy Vorobyov Template:Flagicon (8). Defenders: Vitali Litvinov (29 / 2), Vyacheslav Dayev (29 / 1), Alyaksandar Lukhvich Template:Flagicon (27 / 2), Andrei Malay (26), Marat Makhmutov (16), Andriy Sapuha Template:Flagicon (3), Sergei Burchenkov (3). Midfielders: Andrei Gashkin (30 / 7), Vladimir Kazakov (28 / 2), Radaslaw Arlowski Template:Flagicon (22 / 3), Igor Semshov (18 / 1), Vladimir Leonchenko (14 / 1), Sergei Kormiltsev Template:Flagicon (12), Pavlo Shkapenko Template:Flagicon (10 / 1), Konstantin Zyryanov (5 / 3), Johann Duveau Template:Flagicon (4 / 1), Aleksandr Ignatyev (4). Forwards: Dmitri Vyazmikin (27 / 8), Arsen Avakov Template:Flagicon (23 / 3), Rimantas Žvingilas Template:Flagicon (21 / 3), Valdas Trakys Template:Flagicon (21 / 2), Mihai Drăguş Template:Flagicon (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 Template:Flagicon, Aleksandr Ignatyev, Andriy Sapuha Template:Flagicon (all to FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod).

See also

• 2000 in Russian football

External links

• RSSSF