# 2000–01 League of Ireland Premier Division

The 2000–01 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 16th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The division was made up of 12 teams. Bohemians won the title.

## Regular season

The season saw each team playing three rounds of games, playing every other team three times, totalling 33 games.

### Final Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bohemians (C) | 33 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 66 | 35 | +31 | 62 | Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Shelbourne | 33 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 53 | 37 | +16 | 60 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Cork City | 33 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 56 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 4 | Bray Wanderers | 33 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 52 | 35 | +17 | 55 | |
| 5 | St Patrick's Athletic | 33 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 54 | 41 | +13 | 53 | |
| 6 | Derry City | 33 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 31 | 28 | +3 | 45 | |
| 7 | Shamrock Rovers | 33 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 42 | |
| 8 | Longford Town | 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 42 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 9 | Galway United | 33 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 40 | |
| 10 | UCD (O) | 33 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 37 | Qualification to Relegation play-off |
| 11 | Finn Harps (R) | 33 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 36 | Relegation to League of Ireland First Division |
| 12 | Kilkenny City (R) | 33 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 14 | 66 | −52 | 9 | Relegation to League of Ireland First Division |
* ↑ Longford Town qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying round after reaching the 2001 FAI Cup Final.

### Results
#### Matches 1–22

| Home \ Away | BOH | BRW | COR | DER | FHA | GAL | KLC | LON | SHM | SHE | StP | UCD |
| Bohemians | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Bray Wanderers | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Cork City | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 |
| Derry City | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Finn Harps | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Galway United | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Kilkenny City | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Longford Town | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 |
| Shamrock Rovers | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | — | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Shelbourne | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| St Patrick's Athletic | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 |
| UCD | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |

#### Matches 23–33

| Home \ Away | BOH | BRW | COR | DER | FHA | GAL | KLC | LON | SHM | SHE | StP | UCD |
| Bohemians | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | — | 5–1 | 5–0 | — | — | — | — | 2–2 | — |
| Bray Wanderers | — | — | — | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 5–0 | — | 2–2 | — | 4–1 | 1–2 |
| Cork City | — | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | — | — | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Derry City | 1–0 | — | — | — | 3–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–1 | — | 3–3 | 1–1 | — |
| Finn Harps | — | 4–1 | 1–1 | — | — | — | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | — | — | — |
| Galway United | — | — | — | — | 5–2 | — | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 |
| Kilkenny City | 0–5 | — | 1–4 | 0–2 | — | — | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | — | — |
| Longford Town | 1–6 | 1–3 | — | — | — | 2–2 | — | — | — | 0–1 | — | 2–0 |
| Shamrock Rovers | 4–6 | — | 4–1 | 2–3 | — | — | — | 3–2 | — | — | 1–2 | — |
| Shelbourne | 4–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | — | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | — | 3–1 | — | — | — |
| St Patrick's Athletic | — | — | — | — | 2–1 | — | 3–0 | 2–4 | — | 4–1 | — | 2–1 |
| UCD | 3–4 | — | — | 1–1 | 3–2 | — | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | 1–2 | — | — |

## Promotion/relegation play-off

UCD who finished in tenth place played off against Athlone Town, the third placed team from the 2000–01 League of Ireland First Division.

### 2nd leg

UCD win 4-2 on penalties after extra time and retain their place in the Premier Division.