| Season | 2000 |
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| Champions | Spartak Moscow 8thRussian title |
| Relegated | Lokomotiv N.N. Elista |
| Matches | 240 |
| Goals | 582 (2.43 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Dmitri Loskov (15 goals) |
←1999 2001 → | |
Spartak Moscow won their fifth consecutiveRussian title, and eighth overall.
| 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 Aleksandr Yanovskiy (caretaker) (May) Aleksandr Averyanov (from May) |
| FC Rotor Volgograd | Georgi Yartsev (until June) Yevhen Kucherevskyi |
| 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 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 1 | Spartak Moscow(C) | 30 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 69 | 30 | +39 | 70 | Qualification toChampions League group stage |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 50 | 20 | +30 | 62 | Qualification toChampions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Torpedo Moscow | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 55 | Qualification toUEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Anzhi Makhachkala | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 44 | 31 | +13 | 52 | |
| 5 | Dynamo Moscow | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 50 | |
| 6 | Chernomorets Novorossiysk[a] | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 47 | 28 | +19 | 49 | |
| 7 | Zenit St. Petersburg | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 38 | 26 | +12 | 47 | |
| 8 | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 45 | 39 | +6 | 41 | |
| 9 | Saturn | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 29 | −3 | 40 | |
| 10 | Alania Vladikavkaz | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 36 | −2 | 38 | |
| 11 | Rotor Volgograd | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 35 | 54 | −19 | 32 | |
| 12 | Rostselmash | 30 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 32 | |
| 13 | Fakel Voronezh | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 25 | 45 | −20 | 30 | |
| 14 | Krylia Sovetov Samara | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 25 | 45 | −20 | 29 | |
| 15 | Lokomotiv N.N.(R) | 30 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 16 | 47 | −31 | 18 | Relegation toFirst Division |
| 16 | Uralan Elista(R) | 30 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 61 | −44 | 12 |
| Home \ Away | ALA | ANZ | CHE | CSK | DYN | FAK | KRY | LOK | LNN | ROS | ROT | SPA | SAT | TOR | URE | ZEN |
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| Alania Vladikavkaz | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| Anzhi Makhachkala | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | |
| Chernomorets Novorossiysk | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |
| CSKA Moscow | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | |
| Dynamo Moscow | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
| Fakel Voronezh | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| Krylia Sovetov Samara | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 9–0 | 1–1 | |
| Lokomotiv N.N. | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | |
| Rostselmash | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | |
| Rotor Volgograd | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–6 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |
| Spartak Moscow | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | |
| Saturn | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
| Torpedo Moscow | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | |
| Uralan Elista | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | |
| Zenit St. Petersburg | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
On December 5Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:[2]
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| # | Football club | Home games | Average attendance[3] |
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| 1 | Fakel Voronezh | 15 | 23,573 |
| 2 | FC Spartak Moscow | 15 | 19,933 |
| 3 | Krylia Sovetov Samara | 15 | 18,667 |
| 4 | Alania Vladikavkaz | 15 | 18,333 |
| 5 | FC Zenit | 15 | 17,287 |
| 6 | Anji Makhachkala | 15 | 13,513 |
| 7 | Chernomorets Novorossiysk | 15 | 12,667 |
| 8 | FC Saturn | 15 | 11,600 |
| 9 | Rostselmash | 15 | 10,187 |
| 10 | Rotor Volgograd | 15 | 9,193 |
| 11 | FC Dynamo Moscow | 15 | 8,833 |
| 12 | PFC CSKA Moscow | 15 | 7,733 |
| 13 | Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod | 15 | 7,673 |
| 14 | Uralan Elista | 15 | 5,387 |
| 15 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 15 | 5,380 |
| 16 | Torpedo Moscow | 15 | 4,500 |