The 2000 Russian First Division was the ninth edition of the Russian First Division.
Overview 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
Standings
Results
Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Andrei FedkovSokol262 Nail GalimovLokomotiv (Ch)193 Konstantin ParamonovAmkar174 Valeri SolyanikKristall155 Leonid MarkevichSokol136 Vladimir FilippovRubin12 Mikhail NikitinSokol8 Nikolai KurilovGazovik-Gazprom119 Gocha GogrichianiZhemchuzhina10 Aleksandrs JeļisejevsArsenal Aleksandr KatasonovSpartak-Chukotka Aleksandr KrotovVolgar-Gazprom Vladimir LebedTorpedo-ZIL Aleksandr StudzinskyKristall Nazim SuleymanovZhemchuzhina
See also 2000 Russian Top Division 2000 Russian Second Division
External links 2000 Russian First Division by Footballfacts