2001 Russian Top Division

10th season of top-tier football league in Russia Russian Top Division 2001 Spartak Moscow9th Russian title Fakel VoronezhChernomorets Novorossiysk 240 607 Dmitri Vyazmikin(18 goals) 2000 2002 Spartak Moscow won their sixth consecutive Russian title, and ninth overall. 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.October 2021 medicmedic 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 UKR 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 main WDL QR 5 SPA Spartak Moscow LOK Lokomotiv Moscow ZEN Zenit St. Petersburg TOR Torpedo Moscow KRY Krylia Sovetov Samara SAT Saturn CSK CSKA Moscow SOK Sokol Saratov DYN Dynamo Moscow ROT Rotor Volgograd ROS Rostselmash ALA Alania Vladikavkaz ANZ Anzhi Makhachkala TZM Torpedo-ZIL Moscow FAK Fakel Voronezh CHE Chernomorets Novorossiysk 17 9 4 56 30 C 16 8 6 53 24 16 8 6 52 35 15 7 8 53 42 14 7 9 38 23 13 8 9 45 22 12 11 7 39 30 12 5 13 31 42 10 8 12 43 51 8 8 14 38 42 8 8 14 29 43 8 8 14 31 47 7 11 12 28 34 7 10 13 22 35 8 4 18 30 53 R 5 8 17 19 54 R green1 Qualification to Champions League group stage CLGS green2 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round CL3 blue2 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round UCQR #CCCCFF Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round IC2 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UC1 red1 Relegation to First Division R R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey ALA ANZ CHE CSK DYN FAK KRY LOK ROS ROT SAT SOK SPA TOR TZM ZEN Spartak Moscow 1–0 3–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 5–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 5–0 Lokomotiv Moscow 2–1 5–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 3–2 3–0 4–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 4–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 Zenit St. Petersburg 2–1 0–0 0–3 1–1 2–1 6–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–1 1–1 4–0 2–1 2–1 Torpedo Moscow 2–0 1–1 3–2 0–4 1–4 1–3 6–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 3–1 Krylia Sovetov Samara 1–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 Saturn 3–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 6–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 4–0 CSKA Moscow 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–3 0–0 4–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 5–1 2–1 Sokol Saratov 2–4 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–0 0–2 0–2 2–1 1–0 4–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 Dynamo Moscow 1–1 1–2 1–3 0–4 0–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 6–2 2–1 Rotor Volgograd 3–3 1–3 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 4–0 3–0 Alania Vladikavkaz 3–3 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–5 0–0 2–0 3–3 3–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 Rostselmash 0–1 0–0 1–2 5–2 2–0 1–4 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 3–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 Anzhi Makhachkala 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 4–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–2 0–1 0–2 2–2 3–1 Torpedo-ZIL Moscow 0–2 0–4 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 Fakel Voronezh 0–5 2–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 3–1 1–0 4–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 Chernomorets Novorossiysk 1–2 2–1 1–4 0–5 0–0 0–3 2–0 1–3 1–1 2–3 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 complete Season statistics Top goalscorers matches played on 8 November 2001.Russia 2001 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/rus01.html RSSSF The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 17 June 2022 Rank Player Club Goals1RUS Dmitri Vyazmikin Torpedo Moscow 182RUS Andrei FedkovSokol Saratov14NGR James Obiorah Lokomotiv Moscow MDA Serghei Rogaciov Saturn Ramenskoye 5RUS Dmitri KirichenkoRostselmash136RUS Dmitri Loskov Lokomotiv Moscow 12RUS Vitali Safronov Fakel Voronezh 8BRA Luis RobsonSpartak Moscow11RUS Yegor TitovSpartak MoscowRUS Valery YesipovRotor Volgograd Awards On 20 November, Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:ru:УТВЕРЖДЕН СПИСОК 33 ЛУЧШИХ ru http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?42933 Sport Express 2001-11-21 2009-03-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20041111045840/http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?42933 2004-11-11 dead Goalkeepers Russia Ruslan Nigmatullin (Lokomotiv Moscow) Ukraine Serhiy Perkhun (CSKA Moscow) Ukraine Maxym Levitsky (Spartak Moscow) Right backs Russia Gennadiy Nizhegorodov (Lokomotiv Moscow) Russia Dmitri Sennikov (Lokomotiv Moscow) Russia Vladimir Kurayev (Saturn) Centre backs Russia Igor Chugainov (Lokomotiv Moscow) Macedonia Igor Mitreski (Spartak Moscow) Russia Yevgeni Bushmanov (Krylia Sovetov) Left backs Russia Yuri Kovtun (Spartak Moscow) South Africa Jacob Lekgetho (Lokomotiv Moscow) Russia Valeri Tsvetkov (Zenit) Stoppers Russia Sergei Ignashevich (Lokomotiv Moscow) Russia Aleksei Katulsky (Zenit) Ukraine Dmytro Parfenov (Spartak Moscow) Defensive midfielders Russia Marat Izmailov (Lokomotiv Moscow) Russia Dmitri Loskov (Lokomotiv Moscow) Ukraine Olexandr Gorshkov (Zenit) Right wingers Russia Rolan Gusev (Dynamo Moscow) Russia Andrei Arshavin (Zenit) Russia Andrei Konovalov (Krylia Sovetov) Central midfielders Russia Yegor Titov (Spartak Moscow) Russia Valery Yesipov (Rotor) Russia Andrey Tikhonov (Krylia Sovetov) Left wingers Russia Andrei Karyaka (Krylia Sovetov) Ukraine Olexandr Spivak (Zenit) Uzbekistan Ruslan Agalarov (Anzhi) Right forwards Russia Vladimir Beschastnykh (Spartak Moscow) Russia Dmitri Vyazmikin (Torpedo Moscow) Nigeria James Obiorah (Lokomotiv Moscow) Left forwards Russia Sergei Semak (CSKA Moscow) Russia Ruslan Pimenov (Lokomotiv Moscow) Russia Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Zenit) Medal squads 1. FC Spartak Moscow Goalkeepers: Maksym Levytskyi UKR (20), Aleksandr Filimonov (8), Maksim Kabanov (3). Defenders: Igor Mitreski MKD (27), Dmytro Parfenov UKR (26 / 4), Yuri Kovtun (26 / 1), Jerry-Christian Tchuissé CMR (22), Dmitri Ananko (13), Oleksandr Hranovskyi UKR (8 / 1), Dmitri Bugakov (5), Mikhail Kupriyanov (4), Ibra Kébé SEN (4), Igor Stamenovski MKD (1), Andrei Streltsov (1). Midfielders: Yegor Titov (30 / 11), Viktor Bulatov (29 / 2), Vasili Baranov BLR (25 / 5), Eduard Tsykhmeystruk UKR (15 / 3), Maksym Kalynychenko UKR (9 / 2), Aleksandr Pavlenko (5), Kahaber Mzhavanadze GEO (4), Nikola Gjoševski MKD (4), Lawrence Adjei GHA (1), Yevhen Lysytsyn UKR (1). Forwards: Luis Robson BRA (28 / 11), Aleksandr Shirko (15 / 3), Vladimir Beschastnykh (12 / 9), Nikolai Pisarev (9 / 1), Jafar Irismetov UZB (8), Artyom Bezrodny (6 / 1), German Lovchev (5), Raman Vasilyuk BLR (4 / 2), Marcão BRA (3), Okon Flo Essien NGA (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 UKR (to UKR FC Karpaty Lviv), Jafar Irismetov UZB (on loan to BLR FC Slavia Mozyr), Aleksandr Filimonov (to UKR FC Dynamo Kyiv), Dmitri Bugakov (to FC Sokol Saratov), Nikola Gjoševski MKD (to MKD FK Vardar), Marcão BRA (to GER FC St. Pauli). 2. FC Lokomotiv Moscow Goalkeepers: Ruslan Nigmatullin (27), Platon Zakharchuk (3). Defenders: Igor Chugainov (28 / 2), Jacob Lekgetho RSA (25), Yuri Drozdov (24), Sergei Ignashevich (23), Gennadiy Nizhegorodov (21), Dmitri Sennikov (18), Vadim Evseev (13), Milan Obradović SRB (12 / 1), Igor Cherevchenko TJK (10), Andrei Lavrik BLR (5), Andrei Solomatin (3), Oleg Pashinin UZB (1). Midfielders: Dmitri Loskov (29 / 12), Vladimir Maminov UZB (25 / 5), Albert Sarkisyan ARM (16), Yevgeni Kharlachyov (3). Forwards: Marat Izmailov (29 / 6), James Obiorah NGA (25 / 14), Maksim Buznikin (25 / 6), Ruslan Pimenov (23 / 3), Zaza Janashia GEO (20 / 2), Nemanja Vučićević SRB (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 UZB (on loan to JPN Sanfrecce Hiroshima). 3. FC Zenit St. Petersburg Goalkeepers: Vyacheslav Malafeev (28), Dmitri Borodin (3). Defenders: Sargis Hovsepyan ARM (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 UKR (28 / 6), Aleksandr Spivak UKR (27 / 3), Andrey Kobelev (24 / 6), Denis Ugarov (17), Barys Haravoy BLR (14), Sergei Osipov (10 / 1), Konstantin Konoplyov (8), Sergei Vasyanovich (7 / 1), Aleksei Lazarev (2). Forwards: Aleksandr Kerzhakov (28 / 6), Hennadiy Popovych UKR (24 / 7), Maksim Astafyev (9 / 3), Yevgeni Tarasov KAZ (9 / 3), Dmitri Akimov (2), Dzmitry Aharodnik BLR (2), Aleksandr Petukhov (1). One own goal scored by Otar Khizaneishvili GEO (FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don). Manager: Yury Morozov. Transferred out during the season: none. See also 2001 in Russian football References External links RSSSF 2001 1 Russia