2001 Russian Top Division

Spartak Moscow won their sixth consecutive Russian title, and ninth overall.

However, the season was overshadowed by the death of CSKA and Ukraine goalkeeper Serhiy Perkhun, when he clashed heads with Anzhi striker Budun Budunov during the round 22 match against them on 18 August. Both players were injured, and Perkhun died from a brain haemorrhage caused by the collision on 28 August in the age of 23, 10 days after the match against Anzhi.

Awards
On 20 November, Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:


 * Goalkeepers
 * 1) 🇷🇺 Ruslan Nigmatullin (Lokomotiv Moscow)
 * 2) 🇺🇦 Serhiy Perkhun (CSKA Moscow)
 * 3) 🇺🇦 Maxym Levitsky (Spartak Moscow)


 * Right backs
 * 1) 🇷🇺 Gennadiy Nizhegorodov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
 * 2) 🇷🇺 Dmitri Sennikov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
 * 3) 🇷🇺 Vladimir Kurayev (Saturn)


 * Centre backs
 * 1) 🇷🇺 Igor Chugainov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
 * 2) 🇲🇰 Igor Mitreski (Spartak Moscow)
 * 3) 🇷🇺 Yevgeni Bushmanov (Krylia Sovetov)


 * Left backs
 * 1) 🇷🇺 Yuri Kovtun (Spartak Moscow)
 * 2) 🇿🇦 Jacob Lekgetho (Lokomotiv Moscow)
 * 3) 🇷🇺 Valeri Tsvetkov (Zenit)


 * Stoppers
 * 1) 🇷🇺 Sergei Ignashevich (Lokomotiv Moscow)
 * 2) 🇷🇺 Aleksei Katulsky (Zenit)
 * 3) 🇺🇦 Dmytro Parfenov (Spartak Moscow)


 * Defensive midfielders
 * 1) 🇷🇺 Marat Izmailov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
 * 2) 🇷🇺 Dmitri Loskov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
 * 3) 🇺🇦 Olexandr Gorshkov (Zenit)


 * Right wingers
 * 1) 🇷🇺 Rolan Gusev (Dynamo Moscow)
 * 2) 🇷🇺 Andrei Arshavin (Zenit)
 * 3) 🇷🇺 Andrei Konovalov (Krylia Sovetov)


 * Central midfielders
 * 1) 🇷🇺 Yegor Titov (Spartak Moscow)
 * 2) 🇷🇺 Valery Yesipov (Rotor)
 * 3) 🇷🇺 Andrey Tikhonov (Krylia Sovetov)


 * Left wingers
 * 1) 🇷🇺 Andrei Karyaka (Krylia Sovetov)
 * 2) 🇺🇦 Olexandr Spivak (Zenit)
 * 3) 🇺🇿 Ruslan Agalarov (Anzhi)


 * Right forwards
 * 1) 🇷🇺 Vladimir Beschastnykh (Spartak Moscow)
 * 2) 🇷🇺 Dmitri Vyazmikin (Torpedo Moscow)
 * 3) 🇳🇬 James Obiorah (Lokomotiv Moscow)


 * Left forwards
 * 1) 🇷🇺 Sergei Semak (CSKA Moscow)
 * 2) 🇷🇺 Ruslan Pimenov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
 * 3) 🇷🇺 Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Zenit)