2000 Russian Second Division

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).

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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.