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2000–01 Vyshcha Liha
10th season of top-tier football league in Vyshcha Liha
10th season of top-tier football league in Vyshcha Liha
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Vyshcha Liha |
| season | 2000–01 |
| dates | 12 July 2000 – 19 June 2001 |
| 29 November 2000 – 10 March 2001 | |
| (winter break) | |
| winners | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 9th title | |
| relegated | Stal Alchevsk |
| Nyva Ternopil | |
| continentalcup1 | Champions League |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | Dynamo Kyiv |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | |
| continentalcup2 | UEFA Cup |
| continentalcup2 qualifiers | CSKA Kyiv |
| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | |
| league topscorer | Andriy Vorobei (Shakhtar) |
| (21 goals) | |
| biggest home win | Shakhtar - Metalist 8:0 |
| biggest away win | Nyva - Shakhtar 0:7 |
| highest scoring | Nyva - Dynamo 3:7 |
| prevseason | 1999–2000 |
| nextseason | 2001–02 |
29 November 2000 – 10 March 2001 (winter break) 9th title Nyva Ternopil Shakhtar Donetsk Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (21 goals) The 2000–01 Vyshcha Liha season was the 10th since its establishment. FC Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions.
Teams
Promotions
- Stal Alchevsk, the runners-up of the 1999–2000 Ukrainian First League – (debut)
Note: the 1999–2000 Ukrainian First League was won by the second team of Dynamo Kyiv, FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv, which could not be promoted.
Location
Stadiums
| Rank | Stadium | Place | Club | Capacity | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stadion "Metalist" | Kharkiv | Metalist Kharkiv | 32,000 | |
| 2 | Stadion "Shakhtar" | Donetsk | Shakhtar Donetsk | 31,545 | |
| 3 | Stadion "Meteor" | Dnipropetrovsk | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 30,000 | |
| 4 | Stadion "Metalurh" | Kryvyi Rih | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 29,782 | |
| 5 | Stadion "Ukraina" | Lviv | Karpaty Lviv | 27,000 | |
| 6 | Stadion "Lokomotyv" | Simferopol | Tavriya Simferopol | 26,000 | |
| 7 | Tsentralnyi Stadion "Metalurh" | Zaporizhia | Metalurh Zaporizhia | 25,000 | |
| 8 | Stadion "Vorskla" | Poltava | Vorskla Poltava | 25,000 | |
| 9 | Stadion "Dynamo" | Kyiv | Dynamo Kyiv | 18,864 | |
| 10 | Tsentralnyi Miskyi Stadion | Ternopil | Nyva Ternopil | 17,000 | |
| 11 | Stadion "Stal" | Alchevsk | Stal Alchevsk | 12,500 | |
| 12 | Stadion "CSK ZSU" | Kyiv | CSKA Kyiv | 12,000 | |
| 13 | Stadion "Azovstal" | Mariupol | Metalurh Mariupol | 12,000 | |
| 14 | Stadion imeni 125-richia DMZ | Donetsk | Metalurh Donetsk | 4,000 |
Managers
| Club | Coach | Replaced coach |
|---|---|---|
| FC Dynamo Kyiv | Ukraine Valery Lobanovsky | |
| FC Shakhtar Donetsk | Ukraine Viktor Prokopenko | |
| FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | Ukraine Mykola Fedorenko | |
| FC Metalurh Mariupol | Ukraine Mykola Pavlov | |
| FC Metalurh Donetsk | Ukraine Semen Altman | |
| FC CSCA Kyiv | Ukraine Mykhailo Fomenko | |
| SC Tavriya Simferopol | Ukraine Valeriy Petrov | Ukraine Oleksandr Ischenko 24 games |
| FC Metalurh Zaporizhia | Ukraine Volodymyr Atamaniuk | Ukraine Myron Markevych 24 games |
| FC Metalist Kharkiv | Ukraine Viktor Udovenko | Ukraine Leonid Tkachenko the first half |
| Ukraine Valeriy Shalychev 12 games | ||
| FC Karpaty Lviv | Ukraine Stepan Yurchyshyn | Ukraine Lev Brovarskyi 24 games |
| FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Ukraine Hennadiy Litovchenko | Ukraine Oleh Taran 8 games |
| FC Vorskla Poltava | Ukraine Serhiy Sobetskyi | Ukraine Anatoliy Konkov 7 games |
| Ukraine Serhiy Morozov 18 games | ||
| FC Stal Alchevsk | Ukraine Anatoliy Volobuev | |
| FC Nyva Ternopil | Ukraine Ihor Biskup | Ukraine Valeriy Bohuslavskyi 8 games |
| Ukraine Ihor Yavorskyi 7 games |
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment | Table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC CSCA Kyiv | Ukraine Volodymyr Bezsonov | pre-season | Ukraine Mykhailo Fomenko | pre-season | |||
| FC Metalist Kharkiv | Ukraine Mykhailo Fomenko | pre-season | Russia Leonid Tkachenko | pre-season | |||
| SC Tavriya Simferopol | Ukraine Volodymyr Muntian | pre-season | Ukraine Oleksandr Ischenko | pre-season | |||
| FC Vorskla Poltava | Ukraine Anatoliy Konkov | August | Ukraine Serhiy Morozov | August | |||
| FC Nyva Ternopil | Ukraine Valeriy Bohuslavsky | August | Ukraine Ihor Yavorsky | September | |||
| FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Ukraine Oleh Taran | September | Ukraine Hennadiy Litovchenko | October | |||
| FC Metalist Kharkiv | Russia Leonid Tkachenko | November | Ukraine Valeriy Shalychev | March | |||
| FC Nyva Ternopil | Ukraine Ihor Yavorsky | March | Ukraine Ihor Biskup | April | |||
| SC Tavriya Simferopol | Ukraine Oleksandr Ischenko | May | Ukraine Valeriy Petrov | June | |||
| FC Metalurh Zaporizhia | Ukraine Myron Markevych | May | Ukraine Volodymyr Atamaniuk | June | |||
| FC Karpaty Lviv | Ukraine Lev Brovarsky | May | Ukraine Stepan Yurchyshyn | June | |||
| FC Metalist Kharkiv | Ukraine Valeriy Shalychev | June | Ukraine Viktor Udovenko | June | |||
| FC Vorskla Poltava | Ukraine Serhiy Morozov | June | Ukraine Serhiy Sobetsky | June |
League table
Results
Top goalscorers

| Ukraine Serhiy Zakarlyuka | CSCA Kyiv | 7 |
|---|
;Notable Transfers
- Georgi Demetradze, FC Dynamo Kyiv to Real Sociedad
- Serhiy Zakarlyuka, CSCA Kyiv to FC Metalurh Donetsk
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