1st football division 2000

1st football division 2000
master	PFK Sokol Saratov
Climbers	PFK Sokol Saratov, Torpedo-SIL Moscow
Relegated	Nosta Novotroitsk , Schemchuschina Sochi , Metallurg Lipetsk , Spartak-Chukotka Moscow , Locomotive Saint Petersburg
Teams	20th
Games	380
Gates	976  (ø 2.57 per game)
← 1st division 1999 1st division 2001 →
^ Supreme Division 2000 2nd division 2000 ↓

The 1st Division 2000 was the ninth season of the second highest Russian league in football. It started on April 9, 2000 and ended on November 4, 2000.

mode

The league was reduced to 20 teams. These played against each other twice, divided into a first half and a second half. So each team played 38 games. The two best clubs rose to the top division in 2001 , while the last five were relegated to the third-class 2nd division .

Attendees

Tom Tomsk Metallurg Krasnoyarsk Chita locomotive Metallurg Lipetsk Spartak Nalchik Crystal Smolensk Shemchushina Sochi Shinnik Yaroslavl Locomotive. St. Petersburg Baltika Kaliningrad Lada Tolyatti Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk Amkar Perm Volgar Gazprom Astrakhan Arsenal Tula Nosta Novostroitsk Rubin Kazan Sokol Saratov Torpedo-SIL Moscow Sp. Tsch. Moscow

Clubs 1st Division 2000

The two relegated from the Supreme Division in 1999

• Shemchushina Sochi
• Shinnik Yaroslavl

The 15 clubs that ranked 3rd to 17th in the 1st division in 1999

• PFK Sokol Saratov
• Torpedo-SIL Moscow
• Baltika Kaliningrad
• Amkar Perm
• Rubin Kazan
• Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk
• Arsenal Tula
• Chita locomotive
• Crystal Smolensk
• Tom Tomsk
• Spartak Nalchik
• Metallurg Krasnoyarsk
• Metallurg Lipetsk
• Saint Petersburg locomotive
• Volgar Gazprom Astrakhan

the three play-off winners of the 2nd division

• FK Lada Tolyatti
• Nosta Novotroitsk
• Spartak Chukotka Moscow

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	PFK Sokol Saratov	38	28	5	5	075:270	+48	89
2.	Torpedo-SIL Moscow	38	24	8th	6th	059:280	+31	80
3.	Rubin Kazan	38	24	6th	8th	058:280	+30	78
4th	Shinnik Yaroslavl (A)	38	20th	7th	11	055:330	+22	67
5.	Crystal Smolensk	38	19th	4th	15th	060:490	+11	61
6th	Amkar Perm	38	17th	9	12	050:380	+12	60
7th	Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk	38	18th	5	15th	052:520	± 0	59
8th.	Chita locomotive	38	16	5	17th	047:510	−4	53
9.	FK Lada Tolyatti (N)	38	14th	10	14th	055:490	+6	52
10.	Tom Tomsk	38	14th	10	14th	033:280	+5	52
11.	Arsenal Tula	38	13	13	12	042:390	+3	52
12.	Baltika Kaliningrad	38	15th	6th	17th	037:460	−9	51
13.	Volgar Gazprom Astrakhan	38	13	12	13	043:390	+4	51
14th	Metallurg Krasnoyarsk	38	15th	5	18th	037:490	−12	50
15th	Spartak Nalchik	38	13	9	16	034:440	−10	48
16.	Nosta Novotroitsk (N)	38	12	10	16	041:510	−10	46
17th	Shemchushina Sochi (A)	38	12	7th	19th	045:700	−25	43
18th	Metallurg Lipetsk	38	10	9	19th	040:530	−13	39
19th	Spartak-Chukotka Moscow (N) 1	38	4th	4th	30th	029:580	−29	16
20th	Saint Petersburg 2 locomotive	38	3	4th	31	027:870	−60	07th

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd wins - 3rd direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 4th goal difference - 5th goals scored

Promoted to the top division in 2001

Relegation to the 2nd division in 2001

Relegation to the 3rd division in 2001

(A)	Relegated from the Supreme Division in 1999
(N)	Promoted from the 2nd division in 1999

¹ Spartak-Chukotka Moscow was excluded from the league after 19 games. All remaining games were rated 3-0 for the opponents. After the season, the club was dissolved.

² Locomotive Saint Petersburg six points were deducted due to late transfer payments. The club lost its professional status and in 2001 played in the fourth class third division .

Web links

• Season on rsssf.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Season 2000 results and table. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved August 17, 2019 .