2000 Russian Top Division Explained

Competition:	Russian Top Division
Season:	2000
Winners:	Spartak Moscow 8th Russian title
Relegated:	Lokomotiv N.N. Elista
Matches:	240
Total Goals:	582
League Topscorer:	Dmitri Loskov (15 goals)
Prevseason:	1999
Nextseason:	2001

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

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

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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
	Predrag Ranđelović	Anzhi
6	Oleksandr Pryzetko	Chernomorets	11
	Aleksandr Shirko	Spartak Moscow
8	Vladimir Kulik	CSKA	10
	Hennadiy Popovych	Zenit
	Robson	Spartak Moscow
	Narvik Sirkhayev	Anzhi
	Bakhva Tedeyev	Alania

Awards

On December 5 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:^[2]

Goalkeepers

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

Sweepers

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

Right backs

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

Stoppers

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

Left backs

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

Defensive midfielders

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

Right wingers

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

Central midfielders

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

Left wingers

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

Right forwards

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

Left forwards

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

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).

See also

• 2000 in Russian football

External links

• RSSSF

Notes and References

1. Web site: Russia 2000 . . The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . 23 February 2024.
2. News: ru:ТОЛСТЫХ ПОЛУЧАЕТ НОВЫЕ НАЗНАЧЕНИЯ. ru. http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?27242. https://archive.today/20121222065245/http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?27242. dead. 2012-12-22. Sport Express. 2000-12-06.