Spartak Moscow won their fifth consecutive Russian title, and eighth overall.
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Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Chernomorets qualified for the UEFA Cup thanks to Lokomotiv winning the Russian Cup in 2001.
On December 5 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:
Goalkeepers: Aleksandr Filimonov (23), Andrei Smetanin (7).
Defenders: Dmytro Parfenov (25 / 4), Yevgeni Bushmanov (23), Aleksandr Shchyogolev (18 / 1), Yuri Kovtun (17 / 1), Dmitri Khlestov (14 / 1), Jerry-Christian Tchuissé (10), Eduard Mor (8 / 1), Dmitri Ananko (6), Otar Khizaneishvili (4), Oleg Kuzmin (1), Sergei Gurchenkov (1).
Midfielders: Viktor Bulatov (29 / 1), Andrey Tikhonov (25 / 1), Yegor Titov (24 / 13), Vasili Baranov (23 / 3), Maksym Kalynychenko (17 / 4), Artyom Bezrodny (13 / 3), Andrejs Štolcers (11 / 5), Milan Jović (10), Valery Kechinov (3).
Forwards: Aleksandr Shirko (24 / 11), Luis Robson (24 / 10), Maksim Buznikin (15 / 6), Nikolai Pisarev (13 / 2), Marcão (7 / 1), Sergei Lebedkov (1), German Lovchev (1), Aleksandr Shchipkov (1 / 1).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)