The 2000 Russian Second Division was the ninth edition of the Russian Second Division. There were 6 zones with 107 teams starting the competition (one was excluded before the end of the season).
Zone West
Overview Team Head coach FC Severstal Cherepovets Boris Rappoport FC Dynamo Vologda Vladimir Yulygin FC Pskov Eduard Malofeyev (until August)Aleksandr Lebedev (from August) FC Spartak Shchyolkovo Aleksandr Ignatenko (until June)Yevgeni Sidorov (from June) FC Mosenergo Moscow Valentin Sysoyev FC Torpedo-2 Moscow Sergei Petrenko FC Volochanin-89 Vyshny Volochyok Viktor Demidov FC Neftyanik Yaroslavl FC Zenit-2 St. Petersburg FC Avtomobilist Noginsk Igor Volchok FC Sportakademklub Moscow Sergei Abramov FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow Andrei Syomin PFC CSKA-2 Moscow FC Oazis Yartsevo Leonid Arkhipov (until August)Ivan Burlaku (from August) FC Spartak-2 Moscow Nikolay Kiselyov (until May) FC Spartak Kostroma Nikolai Semykin (until May)Aleksei Yarovoy (June)Viktor Nozdrin (from July) FC Dynamo-2 Moscow Leonid Ablizin FC Saturn-d Ramenskoye FC Energiya Velikiye Luki Vladimir Kosogov (until July)Vladimir Tsvetkov (from July)
Standings
Top goalscorers 22 goals Dmitri Sachkov (FC Pskov)
19 goals Aleksandr Rogulin (FC Oazis Yartsevo)
15 goals Sergei Stepanov (FC Pskov)
13 goals Andrei Nikolayev (FC Severstal Cherepovets) Dmitri Podshivalov (FC Dynamo-2 Moscow)
12 goals Sergei Matveyev (FC Sportakademklub Moscow) Aleksandr Samorodov (FC Mosenergo Moscow)
11 goals Dmitri Akimov (FC Zenit-2 St. Petersburg) Dmitri Kalinin (FC Spartak Shchyolkovo) Dmitri Rudanov (FC Neftyanik Yaroslavl)
Zone Centre
Overview Team Head coach FC Khimki Aleksandr Piskaryov (until May), Viktor Papayev (from May) FC Dynamo Bryansk Igor Belanovich (until June), Viktor Zimin (June to July), Valeri Korneyev (from July) FC Oryol Vitali Koberskiy FC Spartak Tambov Vladimir Kovylin FC Lotto-MKM Moscow Yuri Bykov FC Krasnoznamensk Vladimir Bondarenko, Aleksandr Gretsky FC Kosmos Elektrostal Aleksandr Logunov FC Avangard Kursk Aleksandr Galkin FC Spartak-Telekom Shuya Aleksandr Saitov, Vladimir Belkov FC Lokomotiv Kaluga Aleksandr Sakharov FC Lokomotiv Liski Aleksandr Minayev (until May), Anatoli Bulgakov (from May) FC Kolomna Vladimir Ushakov FC Ryazan-Agrokomplekt Ryazan Sergei Ponomaryov FC Spartak-Orekhovo Orekhovo-Zuyevo Anatoli Kuznetsov, Viktor Rodionov, Vadim Khnykin FC Yelets Nikolai Volkov FC Don Novomoskovsk Aleksandr Arkhipov FC Fabus Bronnitsy Aleksandr Bubnov (until June), Vladimir Mukhanov (from June) FC Titan Reutov Nikolai Pushkaryov, Ravil Sabitov FC Spartak Lukhovitsy Aleksandr Yegorov, Vadim Khnykin FC Arsenal-2 Tula Vyacheslav Ledovskikh (until June), Anatoli Semyonov (June to July), Aleksandr Chimbiryov (from July)
Standings
Top goalscorers 18 goals Konstantin Genich (FC Khimki)
16 goals Nikolai Kovardayev (FC Khimki) Aleksandr Seredokhin (FC Lokomotiv Kaluga) Ruslan Usikov (FC Dynamo Bryansk)
15 goals Aleksei Kopilov (FC Oryol)
13 goals Sergei Kravchuk (FC Khimki)
12 goals Andrei Boldin (FC Kolomna) Vitali Milenin (FC Spartak Tambov)
11 goals Dmitri Pinin (FC Spartak-Orekhovo Orekhovo-Zuyevo) Andrei Cherenkov (FC Krasnoznamensk)
Zone South
Overview Team Head coach FC Kuban Krasnodar Soferbi Yeshugov FC SKA Rostov-on-Don Aleksandr Tumasyan FC Kavkazkabel Prokhladny Sergei Razaryonov FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz Yuri Gazzaev FC Druzhba Maykop Adam Natkho FC Angusht Nazran Timur Kuriyev (until July)Umar Markhiyev (from August) FC Vityaz Krymsk Kalin Stepanyan FC Lokomotiv-Taym Mineralnye Vody Aleksandr Ikayev (until April)Yuri Dukhovnov (April to August)Aleksandr Babayan (from August) FC Rostselmash-2 Rostov-on-Don FC Dynamo Makhachkala Magomed Isayev FC Mozdok Vladimir Arkalov FC Slavyansk Slavyansk-na-Kubani Vladimir Sinyagovsky FC Shakhtyor Shakhty Valeri Dzolov FC Zhemchuzhina-2 Sochi Anatoli Lyz FC Venets Gulkevichi Vasili Sidorenko FC Nart Nartkala Vladimir Kurashinov FC Iriston Vladikavkaz Ruslan Merdenov FC Torpedo Taganrog Anatoli Shabanov FC Beshtau Lermontov Sergei Shestakov, Viktor Vashchenko FC Torpedo Georgiyevsk Aleksandr Ivanchenko
Standings
Top goalscorers 30 goals Yusup Guguyev (FC Angush Nazran)
26 goals Stanislav Lebedintsev (FC SKA Rostov-on-Don) Isa Markhiyev (FC Angush Nazran)
20 goals Nikolai Komlichenko (FC Druzhba Maykop)
18 goals Konstantin Boyko (FC SKA Rostov-on-Don) Sergey Zelikov (FC SKA Rostov-on-Don)
17 goals Aleksandr Bocharnikov (FC Sudostroitel Astrakhan)
16 goals Andrey Perederiy (FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz)
15 goals Eduard Bogdanov (FC Dynamo Stavropol) Vitali Makarenko (FC Kavkazkabel Prokhladny) Musa Mazayaev (FC Druzhba Maykop) Anzor Mizov (FC Nart Nartkala)
Zone Povolzhye
Overview Team Head coach FC Svetotekhnika Saransk Aleksandr Khomutetskiy FC Torpedo Pavlovo Aleksandr Sarafannikov FC Volga Ulyanovsk Sergei Sedyshev FC Metallurg Vyksa Yevgeni Popov FC Balakovo Gennadi Drozdov FC Torpedo-Viktoriya Nizhny Novgorod Anatoli Nefyodov FC Energetik Uren Viktor Pavlyukov FC Iskra Engels Yuri Vasilyev FC Lada-Energiya Dimitrovgrad Andrei Flaat FC Olimpiya Volgograd FC Diana Volzhsk Valeri Bogdanov FC Biokhimik-Mordovia Saransk Igor Shinkarenko FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk Valeri Volodin FC Rotor-2 Volgograd FC Khopyor Balashov FC Torpedo Volzhsky Oleg Dudarin, Anatoli Kurbatov, Valeri Chupin, Viktor Ionov FC Krylya Sovetov-2 Samara FC Salyut Saratov Vladimir Khoroltsev
Standings
Top goalscorers 26 goals Anton Khazov (FC Torpedo-Viktoriya Nizhny Novgorod)
23 goals Maksim Bondarenko (FC Rotor-2 Volgograd)
20 goals Vladimir Pronin (FC Volga Ulyanovsk)
19 goals Anatoli Lychagov (FC Energetik Uren)
14 goals Dmitri Golubev (FC Metallurg Vyksa)
13 goals Vitali Nikulkin (FC Svetotekhnika Saransk) Dmitri Timofeyev (FC Diana Volzhsk)
12 goals Aleksandr Fyodorov (FC Diana Volzhsk)
11 goals Eduard Bazarov (FC Balakovo) Andrei Chibrikov (FC Torpedo Pavlovo) Denis Snimshchikov (FC Olimpiya Volgograd)
Zone Ural
Overview Team Head coach FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Ivan Butaliy FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg Nikolai Agafonov FC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny Pyotr Shubin FC Tyumen Viktor Knyazhev (until July)Rudolf Atamalyan (from July) FC Sodovik Sterlitamak Sergei Maksimov FC Metallurg-Metiznik Magnitogorsk Aleksandr Kukushkin FC Zenit Chelyabinsk Oleg Kudelin, Rafail Fazylov FC Uralets Nizhny Tagil Lev Kutashov FC Gazovik Orenburg Aleksandr Korolyov FC UralAZ Miass Pyotr Nagayev, Valeri Znarok FC Dynamo Perm Andrei Boglayevskiy FC Energiya Chaikovsky Sergei Kleymyonov FC Dynamo-Mashinostroitel Kirov Vasili Esaulov, Aleksandr Kishinevsky FC Dynamo Izhevsk Stanislav Korotayev FC Spartak Yoshkar-Ola Aleksandr Yerastov, Viktor Zvyagin, Igor Pochuyenkov, Aleksandr Rasputin FC Spartak Kurgan Ivan Gerasimov
Standings
Top goalscorers 36 goals Igor Palachyov (FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg)
21 goals Rustyam Fakhrutdinov (FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk)
20 goals Roman Strizhov (FC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny)
18 goals Vladimir Dzhubanov (FC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny)
17 goals Vitali Kakunin (FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) Mikhail Tyufyakov (FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk)
16 goals Vladimir Raykov (FC Zenit Chelyabinsk)
14 goals Sergei Polstyanov (FC Tyumen)
13 goals Andrei Frolov (FC Tyumen)
12 goals Stanislav Filonov (FC Metallurg-Metiznik Magnitogorsk) Maksim Kovalyov (FC Uralets Nizhny Tagil)
Zone East
Overview Team Head coach FC Metallurg Novokuznetsk Vladislav Sosnov (until August)Sergei Synovyat (from August) FC SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk Oleh Smolyaninov FC Zvezda Irkutsk Sergei Muratov, Gennadi Vyazovtsev FC Luch Vladivostok Yuri Karamyan (until August)Boris Zhuravlyov (from August) FC Okean Nakhodka Vladimir Susin FC Chkalovets-Olimpik Novosibirsk Yuri Gavrilov FC Irtysh Omsk Sergei Vasyutin FC Sibiryak Bratsk Valeri Tolchev FC Selenga Ulan-Ude Valeri Mikhnov FC Amur-Energiya Blagoveshchensk Vyacheslav Kurtsayev FC Dynamo Barnaul Viktor Volynkin FC Kuzbass Kemerovo Sergei Rogalevskiy, Boris Rusanov FC Dynamo Omsk Anatoli Chikinskiy
Standings
Top goalscorers 14 goals Aleksandr Popov (FC Zvezda Irkutsk)
13 goals Stanislav Chaplygin (FC Metallurg Novokuznetsk) Sergei Pervushin (FC SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk)
12 goals Anatoli Panchenko (FC Dynamo Barnaul)
10 goals Shamil Bagizayev (FC Sibiryak Bratsk)
9 goals Aleksandr Garin (FC Luch Vladivostok) Oleg Lidrik (FC Chkalovets-Olimpik Novosibirsk) Sergei Matochkin (FC Selenga Ulan-Ude) Aleksandr Tikhonkikh (FC Zvezda Irkutsk)
8 goals Aleksei Korobchenko (FC SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk) Aleksei Latushkin (FC Okean Nakhodka) Aleksei Poddubskiy (FC SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk)
Promotion play-offs
Neftekhimik won 4–1 on aggregate and was promoted to the 2001 Russian First Division.
3–3 on aggregate, Severstal won on away goals rule and was promoted to the 2001 Russian First Division. However, Severstal could not find necessary financing in time and the spot was eventually given to Khimki instead.
Kuban Krasnodar won 1–0 on aggregate and was promoted to the 2001 Russian First Division.
See also 2000 Russian Top Division 2000 Russian First Division
External links Russian Second Division 2000 at Footballfacts