# 2000–01 Ukrainian First League

The 2000–01 Ukrainian First League was the tenth season of the Ukrainian First League which was won by FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv. The season started on July 23, 2000, and finished on June 28, 2001.

## Promotion and relegation
### Promoted teams

Three clubs promoted from the 1999-2000 Ukrainian Second League.

#### Group A

* FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi – champion (returning after a season)

#### Group B

* FC Borysfen Boryspil – champion (debut)

#### Group C

* FC Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk – champion (debut)

### Relegated teams

Three clubs were relegated from the 1999-00 Ukrainian Top League:
* FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk – 14th place (returning after six seasons)
* FC Chornomorets Odesa – 15th place (returning after a season)
* FC Zirka Kirovohrad – 16th place (returning after five seasons)

### Renamed teams

* FC Yavir-Sumy changed its name to FC Spartak Sumy before start of the season.
* On May 25, 2001 FC Volyn Lutsk changed its name to SC Volyn-1 Lutsk.

### Teams

In 2000-01 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv (C) | 34 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 61 | 25 | +36 | 68 | |
| 2 | FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod (P) | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 64 | Promoted to Vyshcha Liha |
| 3 | FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria (P) | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 50 | 22 | +28 | 63 | Promoted to Vyshcha Liha |
| 4 | SC Mykolaiv | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 41 | 30 | +11 | 59 | |
| 5 | FC Lviv | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 58 | |
| 6 | FC Chornomorets Odesa | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 44 | 28 | +16 | 57 | |
| 7 | FC Metalurh Nikopol | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 50 | |
| 8 | FC CSKA-2 Kyiv | 34 | 15 | 1 | 18 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 46 | |
| 9 | SC Volyn-1 Lutsk | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 44 | |
| 10 | FC Vinnytsia | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 44 | |
| 11 | FC Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 43 | |
| 12 | FC Borysfen Boryspil | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 43 | |
| 13 | FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 43 | |
| 14 | FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 42 | |
| 15 | FC Zirka Kirovohrad | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 34 | −7 | 40 | |
| 16 | FC Cherkasy (R) | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 35 | 51 | −16 | 34 | Relegated to Second League |
| 17 | FC Spartak Sumy (R) | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 46 | −26 | 31 | Relegated to Second League |
| 18 | FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi (R) | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 18 | 41 | −23 | 26 | Relegated to Second League |

## Top scorers

Statistics are taken from here.
| | Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team |
| 1 | Serhiy Chuychenko | 20 (8) | Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya |
| 2 | Serhiy Bohatyryov | 13 (7) | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod |
| 3 | Oleksiy Ivanov | 11 | Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya |
| 4 | Vadym Oliynyk | 10 (7) | Metalurh Nikopol |
| 5 | Myroslav Bundash | 8 | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod |
| 5 | Valentyn Hrehul | 8 (5) | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk |
| 7 | Mykola Kovalchuk | 7 | CSKA-2 / Vinnytsia |
| 7 | Serhiy Shubin | 7 | FC Vinnytsia |
| 7 | Serhiy Dranytskyi | 7 (3) | Chornomorets Odesa |
| 7 | Oleh Mazurenko | 7 (4) | SC Mykolaiv |