2000 in Russian football saw the eighth title for

FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow (, ) is a Russian professional association football, football club based in Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet Top League, Soviet championships (second only to FC Dynamo Kyiv, Dynamo Kyiv) and 10 Russian Premier League, Russian champ ...

and the third Cup for

FC Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (, ) is a Russian professional association football, football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three occasions; the Soviet Cup twice; and the Russian Cup (football), Russian Cup a record ...

. The national team began qualification for the

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National team

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began qualification for the

# Russia score given first ;Key * H = Home match * A = Away match * F = Friendly * WCQ = 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying, UEFA Group 1

Leagues

Top Division

First Division

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and Torpedo-ZIL were promoted to the Top Division for the first time after occupying two top positions in the

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. Andrey Fedkov of Sokol became the top goalscorer with 26 goals.

Second Division

Of six clubs that finished first in their respective

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zones, three play-off winners were promoted to the First Division: However, later Severstal refused promotion, and their place was taken by Khimki.

Cup

The Russian Cup was won by

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, who beat

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3–2 after extra time.

UEFA club competitions

UEFA Cup 1999–2000

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played in the third round of the

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, where they lost to

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on away goals.

UEFA Intertoto Cup 2000

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reached the final of the

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after eliminating

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, and

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In the final, Zenit lost 3–4 on aggregate to

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UEFA Champions League 2000-01

failed to qualify for the group stage of the

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, losing 1–6 on aggregate to

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in the third qualifying round.

, who qualified for the group stage automatically, finished in the second position, one point behind

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in Group A which also contained

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and

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UEFA Cup 2000-01

Of the four Russian clubs which played in the

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, only

qualified for the second round.

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lost 2–5 on aggregate to

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0–1 to

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(after extra time), and Spartak Vladikavkaz 0–5 to

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. Lokomotiv overcome

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in the first round and

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in the second round, qualifying for the spring phase of the UEFA Cup.

References

National team fixtures

*UEFA Cup results

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