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 '
- FC Borysfen Boryspil - champion '
- FC Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk - champion
Relegated teams
- FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk - 14th place '
- FC Chornomorets Odesa - 15th place '
- FC Zirka Kirovohrad - 16th place
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
Final standings
Top scorers
Statistics are taken from here.| Scorer | Goals | Team | |
| 1 |  Serhiy Chuychenko | 20 | Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya |
| 2 | Serhiy Bohatyryov | 13 | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod |
| 3 | Oleksiy Ivanov | 11 | Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya |
| 4 | Vadym Oliynyk | 10 | Metalurh Nikopol |
| 5 | Myroslav Bundash | 8 | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod |
| 5 | Valentyn Hrehul | 8 | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk |
| 7 | Mykola Kovalchuk | 7 | CSKA-2 / Vinnytsia |
| 7 | Serhiy Shubin | 7 | FC Vinnytsia |
| 7 | Serhiy Dranytskyi | 7 | Chornomorets Odesa |
| 7 | Oleh Mazurenko | 7 | SC Mykolaiv |