2001 Russian Top Division Explained

Competition:Russian Top Division
Season:2001
Winners:Spartak Moscow
9th Russian title
Relegated:Fakel Voronezh
Chernomorets Novorossiysk
Matches:240
Total Goals:607
League Topscorer:Dmitri Vyazmikin
(18 goals)
Prevseason:2000
Nextseason:2002

Spartak Moscow won their sixth consecutive Russian title, and ninth overall.

However, the season was overshadowed by the death of CSKA and Ukraine goalkeeper Serhiy Perkhun, when he clashed heads with Anzhi striker Budun Budunov during the round 22 match against them on 18 August. Both players were injured, and Perkhun died from a brain haemorrhage caused by the collision on 28 August in the age of 23, 10 days after the match against Anzhi.[1]

Overview

TeamHead coach
FC Spartak MoscowOleg Romantsev
FC Lokomotiv MoscowYuri Syomin
FC Zenit St. PetersburgYuri Morozov
FC Torpedo MoscowVitaly Shevchenko
FC Krylia Sovetov SamaraAleksandr Tarkhanov
FC Saturn RamenskoyeVladimir Shevchuk
PFC CSKA MoscowPavel Sadyrin (until October)
Aleksandr Kuznetsov (caretaker) (from October)
FC Sokol SaratovAleksandr Koreshkov
FC Dynamo MoscowValery Gazzaev (until April)
Aleksandr Novikov (from April)
FC Rotor VolgogradPavel Gusev
FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-DonSergei Balakhnin (until April)
Anatoly Baidachny (from April)
FC Alania VladikavkazAleksandr Averyanov (until April)
Aleksandr Yanovskiy (from April)
FC Anzhi MakhachkalaGadzhi Gadzhiyev (until July)
Aleksandr Markarov (caretaker) (July to November)
Leonid Tkachenko (from November)
FC Torpedo-ZIL MoscowYevhen Kucherevskyi
FC Fakel VoronezhValeri Nenenko (until May)
Aleksandr Averyanov (from May)
FC Chernomorets NovorossiyskAnatoly Baidachny (until April)
Viktor Zernov (April to June)
Sergey Andreyev (June to September)
Khazret Dyshekov (caretaker) (from September)

Standings

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

[2]

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Dmitri Vyazmikin18
2 Andrei FedkovSokol Saratov14
James Obiorah
Serghei Rogaciov
5 Dmitri KirichenkoRostselmash13
6 Dmitri Loskov12
Vitali Safronov
8 Luis RobsonSpartak Moscow11
Yegor TitovSpartak Moscow
Valery YesipovRotor Volgograd

Awards

On 20 November, Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:[3]

Goalkeepers
  1. Ruslan Nigmatullin (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  2. Serhiy Perkhun (CSKA Moscow)
  3. Maxym Levitsky (Spartak Moscow)
Right backs
  1. Gennadiy Nizhegorodov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  2. Dmitri Sennikov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  3. Vladimir Kurayev (Saturn)
Centre backs
  1. Igor Chugainov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  2. Igor Mitreski (Spartak Moscow)
  3. Yevgeni Bushmanov (Krylia Sovetov)
Left backs
  1. Yuri Kovtun (Spartak Moscow)
  2. Jacob Lekgetho (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  3. Valeri Tsvetkov (Zenit)
Stoppers
  1. Sergei Ignashevich (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  2. Aleksei Katulsky (Zenit)
  3. Dmytro Parfenov (Spartak Moscow)
Defensive midfielders
  1. Marat Izmailov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  2. Dmitri Loskov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  3. Olexandr Gorshkov (Zenit)
Right wingers
  1. Rolan Gusev (Dynamo Moscow)
  2. Andrei Arshavin (Zenit)
  3. Andrei Konovalov (Krylia Sovetov)
Central midfielders
  1. Yegor Titov (Spartak Moscow)
  2. Valery Yesipov (Rotor)
  3. Andrey Tikhonov (Krylia Sovetov)
Left wingers
  1. Andrei Karyaka (Krylia Sovetov)
  2. Olexandr Spivak (Zenit)
  3. Ruslan Agalarov (Anzhi)
Right forwards
  1. Vladimir Beschastnykh (Spartak Moscow)
  2. Dmitri Vyazmikin (Torpedo Moscow)
  3. James Obiorah (Lokomotiv Moscow)
Left forwards
  1. Sergei Semak (CSKA Moscow)
  2. Ruslan Pimenov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  3. Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Zenit)

Medal squads

1. FC Spartak Moscow
Goalkeepers: Maksym Levytskyi (20), Aleksandr Filimonov (8), Maksim Kabanov (3).
Defenders: Igor Mitreski (27), Dmytro Parfenov (26 / 4), Yuri Kovtun (26 / 1), Jerry-Christian Tchuissé (22), Dmitri Ananko (13), Oleksandr Hranovskyi (8 / 1), Dmitri Bugakov (5), Mikhail Kupriyanov (4), Ibra Kébé (4), Igor Stamenovski (1), Andrei Streltsov (1).
Midfielders: Yegor Titov (30 / 11), Viktor Bulatov (29 / 2), Vasili Baranov (25 / 5), Eduard Tsykhmeystruk (15 / 3), Maksym Kalynychenko (9 / 2), Aleksandr Pavlenko (5), Kahaber Mzhavanadze (4), Nikola Gjoševski (4), Lawrence Adjei (1), Yevhen Lysytsyn (1).
Forwards: Luis Robson (28 / 11), Aleksandr Shirko (15 / 3), Vladimir Beschastnykh (12 / 9), Nikolai Pisarev (9 / 1), Jafar Irismetov (8), Artyom Bezrodny (6 / 1), German Lovchev (5), Raman Vasilyuk (4 / 2), Marcão (3), Okon Flo Essien (3), Aleksandr Danishevsky (2), Aleksandr Sonin (2).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Oleg Romantsev

Transferred out during the season: Aleksandr Shirko (to FC Torpedo Moscow), Nikolai Pisarev (to FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow), Oleksandr Hranovskyi (to FC Karpaty Lviv), Jafar Irismetov (on loan to FC Slavia Mozyr), Aleksandr Filimonov (to FC Dynamo Kyiv), Dmitri Bugakov (to FC Sokol Saratov), Nikola Gjoševski (to FK Vardar), Marcão (to FC St. Pauli).

2. FC Lokomotiv Moscow
Goalkeepers: Ruslan Nigmatullin (27), Platon Zakharchuk (3).
Defenders: Igor Chugainov (28 / 2), Jacob Lekgetho (25), Yuri Drozdov (24), Sergei Ignashevich (23), Gennadiy Nizhegorodov (21), Dmitri Sennikov (18), Vadim Evseev (13), Milan Obradović (12 / 1), Igor Cherevchenko (10), Andrei Lavrik (5), Andrei Solomatin (3), Oleg Pashinin (1).
Midfielders: Dmitri Loskov (29 / 12), Vladimir Maminov (25 / 5), Albert Sarkisyan (16), Yevgeni Kharlachyov (3).
Forwards: Marat Izmailov (29 / 6), James Obiorah (25 / 14), Maksim Buznikin (25 / 6), Ruslan Pimenov (23 / 3), Zaza Janashia (20 / 2), Nemanja Vučićević (3).

One own goal each scored by Denis Yevsikov and Oleg Kornaukhov (both PFC CSKA Moscow).

Manager: Yuri Syomin

Transferred out during the season: Andrei Solomatin (to PFC CSKA Moscow), Yevgeni Kharlachyov (to FC Dynamo Moscow), Oleg Pashinin (on loan to Sanfrecce Hiroshima).

3. FC Zenit St. Petersburg
Goalkeepers: Vyacheslav Malafeev (28), Dmitri Borodin (3).
Defenders: Sargis Hovsepyan (27), Aleksei Katulsky (26 / 3), Aleksei Igonin (22), Valeri Tsvetkov (21), Maksim Demenko (19 / 6), Konstantin Lepyokhin (15 / 2), Igor Nedorezov (2).
Midfielders: Andrei Arshavin (29 / 4), Aleksandr Gorshkov (28 / 6), Aleksandr Spivak (27 / 3), Andrey Kobelev (24 / 6), Denis Ugarov (17), Barys Haravoy (14), Sergei Osipov (10 / 1), Konstantin Konoplyov (8), Sergei Vasyanovich (7 / 1), Aleksei Lazarev (2).
Forwards: Aleksandr Kerzhakov (28 / 6), Hennadiy Popovych (24 / 7), Maksim Astafyev (9 / 3), Yevgeni Tarasov (9 / 3), Dmitri Akimov (2), Dzmitry Aharodnik (2), Aleksandr Petukhov (1).

One own goal scored by Otar Khizaneishvili (FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don).

Manager: Yury Morozov.

Transferred out during the season: none.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.fifa.com/en/news/index/0,1464,29499,00.html
  2. Web site: Russia 2001 . . The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . 17 June 2022.
  3. News: ru:УТВЕРЖДЕН СПИСОК 33 ЛУЧШИХ . ru . http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?42933 . . 2001-11-21 . 2009-03-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20041111045840/http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?42933 . 2004-11-11 . dead .

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