1st football division 2001

1st football division 2001
master	Shinnik Yaroslavl
Climbers	Shinnik Yaroslavl, Uralan Elista
Relegated	Arsenal Tula , Baltika Kaliningrad , Nizhny Novgorod locomotive
Teams	18th
Games	306
Gates	749  (ø 2.45 per game)
← 1st division 2000 1st division 2002 →
^ Supreme Division 2001 2nd division 2001 ↓

The 1st Division 2001 was the tenth season of the second highest Russian league in football. It started on April 1, 2001 and ended on November 1, 2001.

mode

The league was reduced to 18 teams. They played against each other twice on a total of 34 match days, divided into a first round and a second half. The two best teams rose to the Premjer League in 2002 , while the last three clubs were relegated to the third-class 2nd division .

Attendees

Tom Tomsk Metallurg Krasnoyarsk Chita locomotive Locomotive. Nizhny N. Spartak Nalchik Crystal Smolensk Uralan Elista Shinnik Yaroslavl Kuban Krasnodar Baltika Kaliningrad Lada Tolyatti Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk Amkar Perm Volgar Gazprom Astrakhan Arsenal Tula Neft. Nizhnekamsk Runin Kazan FK Khimki

Clubs 1st Division 2001

The two relegated from the Supreme Division 2000

• Locomotive Nizhny Novgorod
• Uralan Elista

The 13 clubs that finished 3rd to 15th in the 1st Division in 2000

• Rubin Kazan
• Shinnik Yaroslavl
• Crystal Smolensk
• Amkar Perm
• Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk
• Chita locomotive
• FK Lada Tolyatti
• Tom Tomsk
• Arsenal Tula
• Baltika Kaliningrad
• Volgar Gazprom Astrakhan
• Metallurg Krasnoyarsk
• Spartak Nalchik

as well as the three promoted members of the 2nd division

• Kuban Krasnodar
• Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk
• FK Khimki ¹

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Shinnik Yaroslavl	34	21st	6th	7th	058:210	+37	69
2.	Uralan Elista (A)	34	19th	8th	7th	055:310	+24	65
3.	Kuban Krasnodar (N)	34	16	12	6th	056:290	+27	60
4th	Amkar Perm	34	16	8th	10	046:290	+17	56
5.	Spartak Nalchik	34	17th	4th	13	048:370	+11	55
6th	Volgar Gazprom Astrakhan	34	14th	8th	12	040:400	± 0	50
7th	Tom Tomsk	34	12	11	11	031:280	+3	47
8th.	Rubin Kazan	34	13	7th	14th	044:440	± 0	46
9.	Metallurg Krasnoyarsk	34	12	9	13	039:470	−8	45
10.	Crystal Smolensk	34	13	5	16	037:450	−8	44
11.	FK Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk (N)	34	13	4th	17th	049:560	−7	43
12.	FK Chimki (N) 1	34	13	4th	17th	042:540	−12	43
13.	Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk	34	12	6th	16	038:440	−6	42
14th	FK Lada Tolyatti	34	12	5	17th	040:500	−10	41
15th	Chita locomotive	34	12	4th	18th	038:500	−12	40
16.	Arsenal Tula	34	10	10	14th	027:350	−8	40
17th	Baltika Kaliningrad	34	11	6th	17th	035:510	−16	39
18th	Locomotive Nizhny Novgorod (A)	34	9	5	20th	026:580	−32	32

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

Promoted to the Premjer League in 2002

Relegated to the 2nd division in 2002

(A)	Relegated from the Supreme Division in 2000
(N)	Promoted from the 2nd division in 2000

¹ The FK Chimki took over the league place from Severstal Tscherepowez, as this was not promoted for financial reasons.

Web links

• Season on rsssf.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2001 season results and table. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved August 17, 2019 .