2000 Russian Top Division


won their fifth consecutive Russian title, and eighth overall.

Overview

Standings

Top goalscorers

Awards

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

;Goalkeepers
  1. Ruslan Nigmatullin
  2. Aleksandr Filimonov
  3. Veniamin Mandrykin
;Sweepers
  1. Igor Chugainov
  2. Dimitri Ananko
  3. Aleksei Katulsky
;Right backs
  1. Dmytro Parfenov
  2. Jerry-Christian Tchuissé
  3. Gennadiy Nizhegorodov
;Stoppers
  1. Yuri Drozdov
  2. Yevgeni Varlamov
  3. Vitali Litvinov
;Left backs
  1. Yuri Kovtun
  2. Aleksandr Tochilin
  3. Vadim Evseev
;Defensive midfielders
  1. Viktor Bulatov
  2. Elvir Rahimić
  3. Maksym Kalynychenko
;Right wingers
  1. Rolan Gusev
  2. Vasili Baranov
  3. Valery Yesipov
;Central midfielders
  1. Yegor Titov
  2. Dmitri Loskov
  3. Oleksandr Pryzetko
;Left wingers
  1. Narvik Sirkhayev
  2. Maksim Romaschenko
  3. Artyom Bezrodny
;Right forwards
  1. Aleksandr Panov
  2. Maksim Buznikin
  3. Predrag Ranđelović
;Left forwards
  1. Sergei Semak
  2. Luis Robson
  3. Dmitri Kirichenko

Medal squads

1. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Aleksandr Filimonov, Andrei Smetanin.

Defenders: Dmytro Parfenov , Yevgeni Bushmanov, Aleksandr Shchyogolev, Yuri Kovtun, Dmitri Khlestov, Jerry-Christian Tchuissé , Eduard Mor, Dmitri Ananko, Otar Khizaneishvili , Oleg Kuzmin, Sergei Gurchenkov.

Midfielders: Viktor Bulatov, Andrey Tikhonov, Yegor Titov, Vasili Baranov , Maksym Kalynychenko , Artyom Bezrodny, Andrejs Štolcers , Milan Jović , Valery Kechinov.

Forwards: Aleksandr Shirko, Luis Robson , Maksim Buznikin, Nikolai Pisarev, Marcão , Sergei Lebedkov, German Lovchev, Aleksandr Shchipkov.
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Manager: Oleg Romantsev.
Transferred out during the season: Andrey Tikhonov, Maksim Buznikin, Dmitri Khlestov, Milan Jović , Eduard Mor.
2. FC Lokomotiv Moscow

Goalkeepers: Ruslan Nigmatullin, Zaur Khapov.

Defenders: Igor Chugainov, Vadim Evseev, Gennadiy Nizhegorodov, Yuri Drozdov, Andrei Lavrik , Igor Cherevchenko , Andrei Solomatin, Dmitri Sennikov, Oleg Pashinin .

Midfielders: Dmitri Loskov, Yevgeni Kharlachyov, Vladimir Maminov , Albert Sarkisyan , Alexey Smertin, Ilya Tsymbalar, Juraj Dovičovič .

Forwards: Dmitri Bulykin, Oleg Teryokhin, Zaza Janashia , Ruslan Pimenov, Filipe Azevedo , Oleh Haras .
One own goal scored by Mikhail Mysin.
Manager: Yuri Syomin.
Transferred out during the season: Alexey Smertin, Oleh Haras .
3. FC Torpedo Moscow

Goalkeepers: Yevgeni Kornyukhin, Valeriy Vorobyov .

Defenders: Vitali Litvinov, Vyacheslav Dayev, Alyaksandar Lukhvich , Andrei Malay, Marat Makhmutov, Andriy Sapuha , Sergei Burchenkov.

Midfielders: Andrei Gashkin, Vladimir Kazakov, Radaslaw Arlowski , Igor Semshov, Vladimir Leonchenko, Sergei Kormiltsev , Pavlo Shkapenko , Konstantin Zyryanov, Johann Duveau , Aleksandr Ignatyev.

Forwards: Dmitri Vyazmikin, Arsen Avakov , Rimantas Žvingilas , Valdas Trakys , Mihai Drăguş , Vyacheslav Kamoltsev, Maksim Aristarkhov.
One own goal scored by Aleksandr Cherkes.
Manager: Vitaly Shevchenko.
Transferred out during the season:''' Mihai Drăguş , Aleksandr Ignatyev, Andriy Sapuha .