# 2000–01 Ukrainian Second League

The 2000–01 Ukrainian Second League was the tenth season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine.
The competitions were divided into three groups according to geographical location in the country – A is western Ukraine, B is southern Ukraine and Crimea, and C is eastern Ukraine.
The groups were won respectively by FC Polissya Zhytomyr, FC Obolon Kyiv and FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka.

## Team changes
### Promoted

The following team were promoted from the 2000 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:
* FC Tekhno-Tsentr Rohatyn – (debut)
* FC Frunzenets-Liha-99 Sumy – (debut, previously (17 seasons ago) played in the 1983 Soviet Second League as Frunzenets Sumy)
Also, eight more clubs were admitted additionally:
* FC Krasyliv – (debut)
* FC Sokil Zolochiv – (debut)
* FC Ternopil-Nyva-2 – (debut)
* FC Dnipro-3 Dnipropetrovsk – (debut)
* FC Cherkasy-2– (debut)
* FC Shakhtar-3 Donetsk – (debut)
* FC Metalurh-2 Mariupol – (debut)
* SSSOR-Metalurh Zaporizhzhia – (debut)
* FC Stal-2 Alchevsk– (debut)

### Relegated

The following team were relegated from the 1999–2000 Ukrainian First League:
* FC Polissya Zhytomyr – (returning after an absence of 7 seasons)
* FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka – (returning after an absence of 11 seasons, previously in the 1989 Soviet tier–3 competitions)
* FC Obolon Kyiv – (returning after an absence of a season)
* FC Chornomorets-2 Odesa – (returning after an absence of 5 seasons)

## Group A
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Polissya Zhytomyr (P) | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 61 | 18 | +43 | 70 | Promoted to First League |
| 2 | Sokil Zolochiv | 30 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 48 | 6 | +42 | 68 | |
| 3 | Krasyliv | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 53 | 25 | +28 | 62 | |
| 4 | Dynamo Lviv | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 51 | |
| 5 | Tsementnyk-Khorda Mykolaiv | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 41 | 29 | +12 | 51 | |
| 6 | Tekhno-Centre Rohatyn | 30 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 44 | 32 | +12 | 50 | |
| 7 | Dynamo-3 Kyiv | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 16 | +10 | 46 | |
| 8 | Karpaty-2 Lviv (P) | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 42 | Promoted to First League |
| 9 | Enerhetyk Burshtyn | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 41 | |
| 10 | Hazovyk Komarno | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 38 | −12 | 37 | |
| 11 | Ternopil-Nyva-2 | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 52 | −26 | 31 | |
| 12 | Veres Rivne | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 52 | −26 | 27 | |
| 13 | Naftovyk Dolyna | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 34 | 43 | −9 | 26 | |
| 14 | Halychyna Drohobych | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 29 | 48 | −19 | 24 | |
| 15 | Kalush | 30 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 26 | 74 | −48 | 23 | |
| 16 | Prykarpattia-2 Ivano-Frankivsk (R) | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 42 | −26 | 23 | Relegated to Amateurs |
* ↑ Krasyliv RSSSF show number of draws as 6, correct number is 5.
* ↑ Veres Rivne RSSSF shows Veres with 8 wins. Correct number is 7. A matchday 29 game on 16 June 2001 between Veres Rivne and Kalush was changed from 3-1 to -/+.
* ↑ Kalush RSSSF shows Kalush as a relegated team. A matchday 29 game on 16 June 2001 between Veres Rivne and Kalush was changed from 3-1 to -/+.
* ↑ Prykarpattia-2 Ivano-Frankivsk RSSSF shows Kalush as a relegated team. Correct team is Prykarpattia-2

## Results

| Home \ Away | ZHY | SZO | KRA | DLV | MYK | TCR | D3K | K3L | EBU | HZV | TNP | VER | NDO | HDR | KAL | P2IF |
| Polissya Zhytomyr | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 |
| Sokil Zolochiv | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Krasyliv | 3–4 | 0–0 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 7–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Dynamo Lviv | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | +/- | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Tsementnyk-Khorda Mykolaiv | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Tekhno-Centre Rohatyn | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 |
| Dynamo-3 Kyiv | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | — | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Karpaty-2 Lviv | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 7–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| Enerhetyk Burshtyn | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 |
| Hazovyk Komarno | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 |
| Ternopil-Nyva-2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Veres Rivne | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | -/+ | 1–0 |
| Naftovyk Dolyna | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 |
| Halychyna Drohobych | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Kalush | 0–3 | 0–6 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–5 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 |
| Prykarpattia-2 Ivano-Frankivsk | 0–5 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — |

## Group B
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Obolon Kyiv (P) | 28 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 14 | +37 | 67 | Promoted to First League |
| 2 | Systema-Boreks Borodyanka | 28 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 46 | 15 | +31 | 62 | |
| 3 | Dnipro-3 Dnipropetrovsk | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 21 | +14 | 53 | |
| 4 | Tytan Armiansk | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 50 | |
| 5 | Ryhonda Bila Tserkva | 28 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 50 | |
| 6 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi | 28 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 47 | |
| 7 | Kherson | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 33 | −7 | 42 | |
| 8 | Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 41 | |
| 9 | Olimpiya AES Pivdenoukrainsk | 28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 33 | −12 | 34 | |
| 10 | Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk | 28 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 45 | −19 | 31 | |
| 11 | Portovyk Illichivsk | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 26 | 40 | −14 | 26 | |
| 12 | Olkom Melitopol | 28 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 48 | −30 | 25 | |
| 13 | Chornomorets-2 Odesa | 28 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 47 | −29 | 25 | |
| 14 | Cherkasy-2 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 39 | −25 | 21 | |
| 15 | Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih (R) | 28 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 28 | 20 | +8 | 21 | Relegated to Amateurs |

## Results

| Home \ Away | OBK | IBO | D3D | TAR | ROS | POD | KRK | M2Z | YZH | HIS | PIL | OLM | ODE | CH2 | K2K |
| Obolon Kyiv | — | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | +/- |
| Systema-Boreks Borodyanka | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 |
| Dnipro-3 Dnipropetrovsk | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | +/- |
| Tytan Armiansk | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 3–0 | +/- |
| Ryhonda Bila Tserkva | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Podillya Khmelnytskyi | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | +/- |
| Kherson | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | — | 3–2 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 6–1 | 3–0 | +/- |
| Olimpiya AES Pivdenoukrainsk | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk | 1–2 | 1–3 | 7–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Portovyk Illichivsk | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | +/- |
| Olkom Melitopol | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | +/- |
| Chornomorets-2 Odesa | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Cherkasy-2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | +/- | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 |
| Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih | 1–1 | -/+ | 3–2 | 4–2 | -/+ | 4–0 | -/+ | 4–1 | -/+ | -/+ | 2–2 | 6–0 | -/+ | -/+ | — |

## Group C
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Naftovyk Okhtyrka (P) | 30 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 65 | 20 | +45 | 75 | Promoted to First League |
| 2 | Desna Chernihiv | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 66 | 29 | +37 | 59 | |
| 3 | Oskil Kupyansk | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 40 | 24 | +16 | 56 | |
| 4 | Arsenal Kharkiv | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 55 | 27 | +28 | 52 | |
| 5 | Zorya Luhansk | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 50 | |
| 6 | Elektron Romny | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 47 | |
| 7 | Frunzenets-Liha-99 Sumy | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 43 | |
| 8 | Shakhtar-3 Donetsk | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 40 | |
| 9 | Metalist-2 Kharkiv | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 40 | |
| 10 | Vorskla-2 Poltava | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 52 | 56 | −4 | 36 | |
| 11 | Avanhard Rovenky | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 35 | |
| 12 | Mashbud Druzhkivka | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 34 | |
| 13 | Metalurh-2 Mariupol | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 34 | |
| 14 | Adoms Kremenchuk (R) | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 38 | −14 | 28 | Withdrew |
| 15 | Stal-2 Alchevsk | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 24 | 49 | −25 | 25 | |
| 16 | SSSOR-Metalurh Zaporizhzhia (R) | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 80 | −63 | 14 | Relegated to Amateurs |
* ↑ Oskil Kupyansk RSSSF show number of goals scored as 50, Naftovyk Okhtyrka historical season page shows 40.

## Results

| Home \ Away | NOK | DES | OKU | KHA | ZOR | ERO | FSU | SH3 | M2K | V2P | AVR | MDR | IL2 | AKR | S2A | SMZ |
| Naftovyk Okhtyrka | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 |
| Desna Chernihiv | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 4–1 |
| Oskil Kupyansk | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Arsenal Kharkiv | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 7–0 |
| Zorya Luhansk | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 |
| Elektron Romny | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | +/- | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Frunzenets-Liha-99 Sumy | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Shakhtar-3 Donetsk | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Metalist-2 Kharkiv | 0–3 | 6–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 |
| Vorskla-2 Poltava | 1–4 | 1–3 | 7–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Avanhard Rovenky | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | +/- | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–6 | — | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Mashbud Druzhkivka | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Metalurh-2 Mariupol | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | +/- | 1–0 | 5–2 |
| Adoms Kremenchuk | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Stal-2 Alchevsk | 1–3 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 |
| SSSOR-Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–6 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | — |