The 2001–02 Ukrainian First League was the eleventh season of the Ukrainian First League which was won by SC Volyn-1 Lutsk. The season started on July 17, 2001, and finished on June 16, 2002.
Promotion and relegation Promoted teams Three clubs promoted from the 2000–01 Ukrainian Second League. Group A FC Polissya Zhytomyr – champion (returning after a season) Group B FC Obolon Kyiv – champion (returning after a season) Group C FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka – champion (returning after a season)
Relegated teams Two clubs were relegated from the 2000-01 Ukrainian Top League: FC Stal Alchevsk – 14th place (returning after a season) FC Nyva Ternopil – 15th place (debut)
Renamed teams FC Lviv merged with Karpaty becoming their farm team and changed its name to FC Karpaty-2 Lviv before the season. FC Metalurh Nikopol changed its name to FC Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol before the season. Due to reorganization of FC Arsenal Kyiv, FC CSKA-2 Kyiv changed its name back to FC CSKA Kyiv during winter break.
Teams In 2001-02 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:
Final table
Persha Liha 2001-02 WinnersFC Volyn LutskFirst title
Promotion play-off
FC Polissya Zhytomyr failed to obtain a berth in the 2002–03 Vyshcha Liha.
Top scorers Statistics are taken from here.Statistics ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team1 Vasyl Sachko17 (1)Volyn-1 Lutsk Viktor Arefyev17 (5)Stal Alchevsk3 Vyacheslav Tereschenko16 (1)Obolon Kyiv4 Pavlo Parshyn14 (4)Polissya Zhytomyr5 Volodymyr Skrypka13SC Mykolaiv6 Pavlo Onysko12Karpaty-2 Lviv7 Volodymyr Hashchyn11 (3)Volyn-1 Lutsk8 Kostiantyn Balabanov10Chornomorets Odesa Pavlo Zakharov10 (7)Naftovyk Okhtyrka10 Oleksandr Sobkovych7 (4)Obolon Kyiv
See also 2001–02 Ukrainian Premier League 2001–02 Ukrainian Second League 2001–02 Ukrainian Cup
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