2001 Russian Top Division

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

Russian Top Division
Season2001
ChampionsSpartak Moscow
9th Russian title
RelegatedFakel Voronezh
Chernomorets Novorossiysk
Matches played240
Goals scored607 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorerDmitri Vyazmikin
(18 goals)
← 2000
2002 →

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
Team Head coach
FC Spartak Moscow Oleg Romantsev
FC Lokomotiv Moscow Yuri Syomin
FC Zenit St. Petersburg Yuri Morozov
FC Torpedo Moscow Vitaly Shevchenko
FC Krylia Sovetov Samara Aleksandr Tarkhanov
FC Saturn Ramenskoye Vladimir Shevchuk
PFC CSKA Moscow Pavel Sadyrin (until October)
Aleksandr Kuznetsov (caretaker) (from October)
FC Sokol Saratov Aleksandr Koreshkov
FC Dynamo Moscow Valery Gazzaev (until April)
Aleksandr Novikov (from April)
FC Rotor Volgograd Pavel Gusev
FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don Sergei Balakhnin (until April)
Anatoly Baidachny (from April)
FC Alania Vladikavkaz Aleksandr Averyanov (until April)
Aleksandr Yanovskiy (from April)
FC Anzhi Makhachkala Gadzhi Gadzhiyev (until July)
Aleksandr Markarov (caretaker) (July to November)
Leonid Tkachenko (from November)
FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow Yevhen Kucherevskyi Ukraine
FC Fakel Voronezh Valeri Nenenko (until May)
Aleksandr Averyanov (from May)
FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk Anatoly Baidachny (until April)
Viktor Zernov (April to June)
Sergey Andreyev (June to September)
Khazret Dyshekov (caretaker) (from September)

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Spartak Moscow (C) 30 17 9 4 56 30 +26 60 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Lokomotiv Moscow 30 16 8 6 53 24 +29 56 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 Zenit St. Petersburg 30 16 8 6 52 35 +17 56 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
4 Torpedo Moscow 30 15 7 8 53 42 +11 52
5 Krylia Sovetov Samara 30 14 7 9 38 23 +15 49 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
6 Saturn 30 13 8 9 45 22 +23 47
7 CSKA Moscow 30 12 11 7 39 30 +9 47 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
8 Sokol Saratov 30 12 5 13 31 42 −11 41
9 Dynamo Moscow 30 10 8 12 43 51 −8 38
10 Rotor Volgograd 30 8 8 14 38 42 −4 32
11 Rostselmash 30 8 8 14 29 43 −14 32
12 Alania Vladikavkaz 30 8 8 14 31 47 −16 32
13 Anzhi Makhachkala 30 7 11 12 28 34 −6 32
14 Torpedo-ZIL Moscow 30 7 10 13 22 35 −13 31
15 Fakel Voronezh (R) 30 8 4 18 30 53 −23 28 Relegation to First Division
16 Chernomorets Novorossiysk (R) 30 5 8 17 19 54 −35 23
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away ALA ANZ CHE CSK DYN FAK KRY LOK ROS ROT SAT SOK SPA TOR TZM ZEN
Alania Vladikavkaz 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–3 0–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 3–1 0–5 2–0 3–3 2–0 1–1 2–0
Anzhi Makhachkala 3–2 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 4–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–0
Chernomorets Novorossiysk 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–3 0–3 1–3 1–2 0–5 0–0 1–4
CSKA Moscow 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 5–1 0–3 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 4–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1
Dynamo Moscow 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 6–2 0–1 1–2 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–4 2–1 1–3
Fakel Voronezh 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 4–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 0–5 2–2 2–0 1–2
Krylia Sovetov Samara 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 3–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 2–1 1–0
Lokomotiv Moscow 3–1 4–0 4–0 3–2 4–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 5–1
Rostselmash 3–0 3–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–4 1–2 0–1 5–2 1–0 1–2
Rotor Volgograd 3–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–2 4–0 3–1 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–3 1–1 0–0 0–0
Saturn 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–1 6–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 0–1 1–0 2–2
Sokol Saratov 4–1 2–0 0–0 0–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–4 0–2 1–0 0–1
Spartak Moscow 1–1 2–1 5–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 5–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 3–1
Torpedo Moscow 0–1 2–1 3–1 1–3 1–1 3–1 0–4 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–4 6–2 2–0 1–0 3–2
Torpedo-ZIL Moscow 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–4 0–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–2
Zenit St. Petersburg 3–0 1–1 2–1 6–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–3 4–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers
As of matches played on 8 November 2001.[2]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Russia Dmitri Vyazmikin Torpedo Moscow 18
2 Russia Andrei Fedkov Sokol Saratov 14
Nigeria James Obiorah Lokomotiv Moscow
Moldova Serghei Rogaciov Saturn Ramenskoye
5 Russia Dmitri Kirichenko Rostselmash 13
6 Russia Dmitri Loskov Lokomotiv Moscow 12
Russia Vitali Safronov Fakel Voronezh
8 Brazil Luis Robson Spartak Moscow 11
Russia Yegor Titov Spartak Moscow
Russia Valery Yesipov Rotor Volgograd

Awards

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

Goalkeepers
  1. Russia Ruslan Nigmatullin (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  2. Ukraine Serhiy Perkhun (CSKA Moscow)
  3. Ukraine Maxym Levitsky (Spartak Moscow)
Stoppers
  1. Russia Sergei Ignashevich (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  2. Russia Aleksei Katulsky (Zenit)
  3. Ukraine Dmytro Parfenov (Spartak Moscow)
Defensive midfielders
  1. Russia Marat Izmailov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  2. Russia Dmitri Loskov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
  3. Ukraine Olexandr Gorshkov (Zenit)

Medal squads
1. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Maksym Levytskyi Ukraine (20), Aleksandr Filimonov (8), Maksim Kabanov (3).
Defenders: Igor Mitreski North Macedonia (27), Dmytro Parfenov Ukraine (26 / 4), Yuri Kovtun (26 / 1), Jerry-Christian Tchuissé Cameroon (22), Dmitri Ananko (13), Oleksandr Hranovskyi Ukraine (8 / 1), Dmitri Bugakov (5), Mikhail Kupriyanov (4), Ibra Kébé Senegal (4), Igor Stamenovski North Macedonia (1), Andrei Streltsov (1).
Midfielders: Yegor Titov (30 / 11), Viktor Bulatov (29 / 2), Vasili Baranov Belarus (25 / 5), Eduard Tsykhmeystruk Ukraine (15 / 3), Maksym Kalynychenko Ukraine (9 / 2), Aleksandr Pavlenko (5), Kahaber Mzhavanadze Georgia (country) (4), Nikola Gjoševski North Macedonia (4), Lawrence Adjei Ghana (1), Yevhen Lysytsyn Ukraine (1).
Forwards: Luis Robson Brazil (28 / 11), Aleksandr Shirko (15 / 3), Vladimir Beschastnykh (12 / 9), Nikolai Pisarev (9 / 1), Jafar Irismetov Uzbekistan (8), Artyom Bezrodny (6 / 1), German Lovchev (5), Raman Vasilyuk Belarus (4 / 2), Marcão Brazil (3), Okon Flo Essien Nigeria (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 Ukraine (to Ukraine FC Karpaty Lviv), Jafar Irismetov Uzbekistan (on loan to Belarus FC Slavia Mozyr), Aleksandr Filimonov (to Ukraine FC Dynamo Kyiv), Dmitri Bugakov (to FC Sokol Saratov), Nikola Gjoševski North Macedonia (to North Macedonia FK Vardar), Marcão Brazil (to Germany FC St. Pauli).

2. FC Lokomotiv Moscow

Goalkeepers: Ruslan Nigmatullin (27), Platon Zakharchuk (3).
Defenders: Igor Chugainov (28 / 2), Jacob Lekgetho South Africa (25), Yuri Drozdov (24), Sergei Ignashevich (23), Gennadiy Nizhegorodov (21), Dmitri Sennikov (18), Vadim Evseev (13), Milan Obradović Serbia (12 / 1), Igor Cherevchenko Tajikistan (10), Andrei Lavrik Belarus (5), Andrei Solomatin (3), Oleg Pashinin Uzbekistan (1).
Midfielders: Dmitri Loskov (29 / 12), Vladimir Maminov Uzbekistan (25 / 5), Albert Sarkisyan Armenia (16), Yevgeni Kharlachyov (3).
Forwards: Marat Izmailov (29 / 6), James Obiorah Nigeria (25 / 14), Maksim Buznikin (25 / 6), Ruslan Pimenov (23 / 3), Zaza Janashia Georgia (country) (20 / 2), Nemanja Vučićević Serbia (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 Uzbekistan (on loan to Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima).

3. FC Zenit St. Petersburg

Goalkeepers: Vyacheslav Malafeev (28), Dmitri Borodin (3).
Defenders: Sargis Hovsepyan Armenia (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 Ukraine (28 / 6), Aleksandr Spivak Ukraine (27 / 3), Andrey Kobelev (24 / 6), Denis Ugarov (17), Barys Haravoy Belarus (14), Sergei Osipov (10 / 1), Konstantin Konoplyov (8), Sergei Vasyanovich (7 / 1), Aleksei Lazarev (2).
Forwards: Aleksandr Kerzhakov (28 / 6), Hennadiy Popovych Ukraine (24 / 7), Maksim Astafyev (9 / 3), Yevgeni Tarasov Kazakhstan (9 / 3), Dmitri Akimov (2), Dzmitry Aharodnik Belarus (2), Aleksandr Petukhov (1).

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

Manager: Yury Morozov.

Transferred out during the season: none.

See also
  • 2001 in Russian football

References
  2. "Russia 2001". RSSSF. The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  3. УТВЕРЖДЕН СПИСОК 33 ЛУЧШИХ (in Russian). Sport Express. 2001-11-21. Archived from the original on 2004-11-11. Retrieved 2009-03-30.
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