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2000 Russian First Division

Football league season

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The 2000 Russian First Division was the ninth edition of the Russian First Division.

01Overview

Team Head coach
FC Sokol Saratov Alexander Koreshkov
FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow Boris Ignatyev
FC Rubin Kazan Viktor Antikhovich
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl Aleksei Petrushin (until June)
Aleksandr Pobegalov (from June)
FC Kristall Smolensk Lev Platonov, Kurban Berdyev
FC Amkar Perm Sergei Oborin
FC Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk Aleksandr Ivchenko
FC Lokomotiv Chita Aleksandr Kovalyov
FC Lada Togliatti Aleksandr Garmashov
FC Tom Tomsk Vladimir Puzanov
FC Arsenal Tula Valeri Tretyakov
FC Baltika Kaliningrad Viktor Karman
FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan Korney Shperling
FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk Ishtvan Sekech (until May)
Vladimir Kukhlevsky (May to July)
Aleksandr Irkhin (from July)
PFC Spartak Nalchik Aslanbek Khantsev (until September)
Sergei Ponomaryov (from September)
FC Nosta Novotroitsk Valeri Znarok (until July)
Sergei Butenko (from July)
FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi Arsen Naydyonov
FC Metallurg Lipetsk Sergei Savchenkov (until June)
Gennadi Soshenko (June to July)
Vladimir Dergach (July to October)
Gennadi Soshenko (from October)
FC Spartak-Chukotka Moscow Anatoli Shelest, Anatoliy Korobochka
FC Lokomotiv St. Petersburg Givi Nodia

02Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Sokol Saratov (P) 38 28 5 5 75 27 +48 89 Promotion to Top Division
2 Torpedo-ZIL Moscow (P) 38 24 8 6 59 28 +31 80
3 Rubin Kazan 38 24 6 8 58 28 +30 78
4 Shinnik Yaroslavl 38 20 11 7 55 33 +22 71
5 Kristall Smolensk 38 19 4 15 60 49 +11 61
6 Amkar Perm 38 17 9 12 50 38 +12 60
7 Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk 38 18 5 15 52 52 0 59
8 Lokomotiv Chita 38 16 5 17 47 51 −4 53
9 Lada-Togliatti 38 14 10 14 55 49 +6 52
10 Tom Tomsk 38 14 10 14 33 28 +5 52
11 Arsenal Tula 38 13 13 12 42 39 +3 52
12 Baltika Kaliningrad 38 15 6 17 37 46 −9 51
13 Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan 38 13 12 13 43 39 +4 51
14 Metallurg Krasnoyarsk 38 15 5 18 37 49 −12 50
15 Spartak Nalchik 38 13 9 16 34 44 −10 48
16 Nosta Novotroitsk (R) 38 12 10 16 41 51 −10 46 Relegation to Second Division
17 Zhemchuzhina Sochi (R) 38 12 7 19 45 70 −25 43
18 Metallurg Lipetsk (R) 38 10 9 19 40 53 −13 39
19 Spartak-Chukotka Moscow (R) 38 4 4 30 29 58 −29 16
20 Lokomotiv St. Petersburg (R) 38 3 4 31 27 87 −60 13
Source: PFL, RSSSF
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

03Results

Home \ Away AMK ARS BAL GGI KRI LAD LCH LSP MKR MTL NOS RUB SHI SOK SCM SPN TOM TZM VOL ZHE
Amkar Perm 1-0 0-0 4-2 0-2 0-0 1-1 3-0 5-1 3-1 3-1 2-0 1-1 0-1 3-0 2-1 2-1 1-1 1-0 1-1
Arsenal Tula 3-1 3-0 0-1 1-1 2-2 2-0 2-0 0-0 2-1 0-2 2-1 1-1 0-0 3-0 0-2 1-0 0-0 1-0 4-2
Baltika Kaliningrad 1-0 2-1 1-2 4-3 2-1 1-0 1-3 1-2 2-1 1-0 2-1 1-2 1-0 1-1 2-2 1-0 0-1 2-1 1-2
Gazovik-Gazprom 2-1 1-0 2-0 3-1 2-1 3-1 2-1 4-1 0-1 0-0 2-1 0-2 0-1 3-0 4-1 1-2 1-1 1-1 3-1
Kristall Smolensk 1-2 2-1 3-1 2-0 2-1 1-0 3-1 1-1 2-1 3-0 3-0 0-1 1-3 3-0 2-0 2-1 2-3 0-0 1-1
Lada-Togliatti 1-1 2-2 1-0 1-3 1-0 3-0 3-1 1-2 3-1 2-1 0-0 2-1 3-4 3-3 3-1 2-0 0-1 1-1 4-0
Lokomotiv Chita 1-2 0-0 1-0 1-3 2-0 2-1 2-0 1-0 1-0 4-3 1-2 0-0 2-1 7-0 4-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0
Lokomotiv St. Petersburg 0-4 0-2 1-2 1-2 1-3 1-1 0-2 0-1 2-2 1-2 0-2 2-2 0-2 3-1 0-3 0-0 1-4 0-1 2-3
Metallurg Krasnoyarsk 0-1 1-0 0-2 3-0 0-2 0-2 3-1 2-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-1 2-0 3-1 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-0 4-1
Metallurg Lipetsk 1-1 0-2 2-1 1-0 0-3 0-1 4-2 6-1 2-2 0-1 0-0 3-2 0-0 3-0 0-0 1-0 0-2 2-0 1-1
Nosta Novotroitsk 1-0 1-1 1-1 0-1 2-1 0-2 4-2 3-0 2-0 1-1 0-0 2-1 1-3 6-1 2-2 0-0 1-3 1-1 2-2
Rubin Kazan 0-1 2-1 4-0 1-0 3-0 1-0 1-0 5-0 2-1 2-0 1-0 3-1 2-0 3-1 2-0 2-1 2-0 3-1 3-1
Shinnik Yaroslavl 1-0 1-1 1-0 3-1 2-0 3-1 1-1 1-0 3-1 1-0 5-0 2-0 0-0 3-0 3-2 1-1 1-0 0-0 2-1
Sokol Saratov 3-1 3-0 1-0 5-0 6-2 2-1 2-1 2-1 3-0 5-2 2-0 1-2 2-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 2-0 1-0 3-1
Spartak-Chukotka Moscow 3-2 2-2 0-3 2-4 1-3 0-3 0-3 0-3 0-3 3-2 0-3 0-3 1-3 1-4 1-0 0-3 0-3 3-7 3-1
Spartak Nalchik 2-1 1-1 0-0 1-0 0-1 2-0 0-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 3-2 0-1 0-0 3-0 1-0 3-0 0-2 1-0
Tom Tomsk 1-0 0-0 2-0 1-1 1-0 3-2 2-0 3-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 2-0 1-2 3-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 3-0
Torpedo-ZIL Moscow 3-1 4-1 2-0 2-1 1-0 2-0 4-1 2-1 4-1 2-1 2-0 1-1 0-0 2-2 1-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 3-0
Volgar-Gazprom 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 4-3 1-1 3-0 1-0 3-1 2-1 3-0 1-3 2-2 0-1 3-0 1-1 1-0 1-3 2-1
Zhemchuzhina Sochi 0-1 1-3 1-0 3-2 0-4 2-2 3-2 4-3 2-0 1-1 1-0 0-1 0-3 0-2 3-0 4-0 1-1 1-0 2-1
Source: PFL (in Russian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

04Top goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Andrei Fedkov Sokol 26
2 Nail Galimov Lokomotiv (Ch) 19
3 Konstantin Paramonov Amkar 17
4 Valeri Solyanik Kristall 15
5 Leonid Markevich Sokol 13
6 Vladimir Filippov Rubin 12
Mikhail Nikitin Sokol
8 Nikolai Kurilov Gazovik-Gazprom 11
9 Gocha Gogrichiani Zhemchuzhina 10
Aleksandrs Jeļisejevs Arsenal
Aleksandr Katasonov Spartak-Chukotka
Aleksandr Krotov Volgar-Gazprom
Vladimir Lebed Torpedo-ZIL
Aleksandr Studzinsky Kristall
Nazim Suleymanov Zhemchuzhina
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