2001 Russian Top Division


won their sixth consecutive Russian title, and ninth overall.

Overview

Standings


During the round 22 match between Anzhi and CSKA on 18 August, CSKA and Ukraine goalkeeper Serhiy Perkhun clashed heads with Anzhi striker Budun Budunov. Both players were injured, and Perkhun died from a brain haemorrhage on 28 August in the age of 23.

Top goalscorers

RankNameGoalsTeam
1Dmitri Vyazmikin18Torpedo
2Andrey Fedkov14Sokol
James Obiorah 14Lokomotiv
Serghei Rogaciov 14Saturn
5Dmitri Kirichenko13Rostselmash
6Dmitri Loskov12Lokomotiv
Vitali Safronov12Fakel
8Robson 11Spartak
Egor Titov11Spartak
Valery Yesipov11Rotor

Awards

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

;Goalkeepers
  1. Ruslan Nigmatullin
  2. Serhiy Perkhun
  3. Maxym Levitsky
;Right backs
  1. Gennadiy Nizhegorodov
  2. Dmitri Sennikov
  3. Vladimir Kurayev
;Centre backs
  1. Igor Chugainov
  2. Igor Mitreski
  3. Yevgeni Bushmanov
;Left backs
  1. Yuri Kovtun
  2. Jacob Lekgetho
  3. Valeri Tsvetkov
;Stoppers
  1. Sergei Ignashevich
  2. Aleksei Katulsky
  3. Dmytro Parfenov
;Defensive midfielders
  1. Marat Izmailov
  2. Dmitri Loskov
  3. Olexandr Gorshkov
;Right wingers
  1. Rolan Gusev
  2. Andrei Arshavin
  3. Andrei Konovalov
;Central midfielders
  1. Yegor Titov
  2. Valery Yesipov
  3. Andrey Tikhonov
;Left wingers
  1. Andrei Karyaka
  2. Olexandr Spivak
  3. Ruslan Agalarov
;Right forwards
  1. Vladimir Beschastnykh
  2. Dmitri Vyazmikin
  3. James Obiorah
;Left forwards
  1. Sergei Semak
  2. Ruslan Pimenov
  3. Aleksandr Kerzhakov

Medal squads

1. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Maksym Levytskyi , Aleksandr Filimonov, Maksim Kabanov.

Defenders: Igor Mitreski , Dmytro Parfenov , Yuri Kovtun, Jerry-Christian Tchuissé , Dmitri Ananko, Oleksandr Hranovskyi , Dmitri Bugakov, Mikhail Kupriyanov, Ibra Kébé , Igor Stamenovski , Andrei Streltsov.

Midfielders: Yegor Titov, Viktor Bulatov, Vasili Baranov , Eduard Tsykhmeystruk , Maksym Kalynychenko , Aleksandr Pavlenko, Kahaber Mzhavanadze , Nikola Gjoševski , Lawrence Adjei , Yevhen Lysytsyn .

Forwards: Luis Robson , Aleksandr Shirko, Vladimir Beschastnykh, Nikolai Pisarev, Jafar Irismetov , Artyom Bezrodny, German Lovchev, Raman Vasilyuk , Marcão , Okon Flo Essien , Aleksandr Danishevsky, Aleksandr Sonin.
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Manager: Oleg Romantsev
Transferred out during the season: Aleksandr Shirko, Nikolai Pisarev, Oleksandr Hranovskyi , Jafar Irismetov , Aleksandr Filimonov, Dmitri Bugakov, Nikola Gjoševski , Marcão .
2. FC Lokomotiv Moscow

Goalkeepers: Ruslan Nigmatullin, Platon Zakharchuk.

Defenders: Igor Chugainov, Jacob Lekgetho , Yuri Drozdov, Sergei Ignashevich, Gennadiy Nizhegorodov, Dmitri Sennikov, Vadim Evseev, Milan Obradović , Igor Cherevchenko , Andrei Lavrik , Andrei Solomatin, Oleg Pashinin .

Midfielders: Dmitri Loskov, Vladimir Maminov , Albert Sarkisyan , Yevgeni Kharlachyov.

Forwards: Marat Izmailov, James Obiorah , Maksim Buznikin, Ruslan Pimenov, Zaza Janashia , Nemanja Vučićević .
One own goal each scored by Denis Yevsikov and Oleg Kornaukhov.
Manager: Yuri Syomin
Transferred out during the season: Andrei Solomatin, Yevgeni Kharlachyov, Oleg Pashinin .
3. FC Zenit St. Petersburg

Goalkeepers: Vyacheslav Malafeev, Dmitri Borodin.

Defenders: Sargis Hovsepyan , Aleksei Katulsky, Aleksei Igonin, Valeri Tsvetkov, Maksim Demenko, Konstantin Lepyokhin, Igor Nedorezov.

Midfielders: Andrei Arshavin, Aleksandr Gorshkov , Aleksandr Spivak , Andrey Kobelev, Denis Ugarov, Barys Haravoy , Sergei Osipov, Konstantin Konoplyov, Sergei Vasyanovich, Aleksei Lazarev.

Forwards: Aleksandr Kerzhakov, Hennadiy Popovych , Maksim Astafyev, Yevgeni Tarasov , Dmitri Akimov, Dzmitry Aharodnik , Aleksandr Petukhov.
One own goal scored by Otar Khizaneishvili .
Manager: Yury Morozov.
Transferred out during the season:''' none.