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 RankStadiumPlaceClubCapacityNotes1Stadion "Metalist" Kharkiv Metalist Kharkiv 32,0002Stadion "Shakhtar" Donetsk Shakhtar Donetsk 31,5453Stadion "Meteor" Dnipropetrovsk Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 30,0004Stadion "Metalurh" Kryvyi Rih Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 29,7825Stadion "Ukraina" Lviv Karpaty Lviv 27,0006Stadion "Lokomotyv" Simferopol Tavriya Simferopol 26,0007Tsentralnyi Stadion "Metalurh" Zaporizhia Metalurh Zaporizhia 25,0008Stadion "Vorskla" Poltava Vorskla Poltava 25,0009Stadion "Dynamo" Kyiv Dynamo Kyiv 18,86410Tsentralnyi Miskyi Stadion Ternopil Nyva Ternopil 17,00011Stadion "Stal" Alchevsk Stal Alchevsk 12,50012Stadion "CSK ZSU" Kyiv CSKA Kyiv 12,00013Stadion "Azovstal" Mariupol Metalurh Mariupol 12,00014Stadion imeni 125-richia DMZ Donetsk Metalurh Donetsk 4,000
Managers Club Coach Replaced coach FC Dynamo Kyiv Valery Lobanovsky FC Shakhtar Donetsk Viktor Prokopenko FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Mykola Fedorenko FC Metalurh Mariupol Mykola Pavlov FC Metalurh Donetsk Semen Altman FC CSCA Kyiv Mykhailo Fomenko SC Tavriya Simferopol Valeriy Petrov Oleksandr Ischenko 24 games FC Metalurh Zaporizhia Volodymyr Atamaniuk Myron Markevych 24 games FC Metalist Kharkiv Viktor Udovenko Leonid Tkachenko the first half Valeriy Shalychev 12 games FC Karpaty Lviv Stepan Yurchyshyn Lev Brovarskyi 24 games FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Hennadiy Litovchenko Oleh Taran 8 games FC Vorskla Poltava Serhiy Sobetskyi Anatoliy Konkov 7 games Serhiy Morozov 18 games FC Stal Alchevsk Anatoliy Volobuev FC Nyva Ternopil Ihor Biskup Valeriy Bohuslavskyi 8 games Ihor Yavorskyi 7 games
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming head coachDate of appointmentTableFC CSCA Kyiv Volodymyr Bezsonovpre-season Mykhailo Fomenkopre-seasonFC Metalist Kharkiv Mykhailo Fomenkopre-season Leonid Tkachenkopre-seasonSC Tavriya Simferopol Volodymyr Muntianpre-season Oleksandr Ischenkopre-seasonFC Vorskla Poltava Anatoliy KonkovAugust Serhiy MorozovAugustFC Nyva Ternopil Valeriy BohuslavskyAugust Ihor YavorskySeptemberFC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Oleh TaranSeptember Hennadiy LitovchenkoOctoberFC Metalist Kharkiv Leonid TkachenkoNovember Valeriy ShalychevMarchFC Nyva Ternopil Ihor YavorskyMarch Ihor BiskupAprilSC Tavriya Simferopol Oleksandr IschenkoMay Valeriy PetrovJuneFC Metalurh Zaporizhia Myron MarkevychMay Volodymyr AtamaniukJuneFC Karpaty Lviv Lev BrovarskyMay Stepan YurchyshynJuneFC Metalist Kharkiv Valeriy ShalychevJune Viktor UdovenkoJuneFC Vorskla Poltava Serhiy MorozovJune Serhiy SobetskyJune
League table
Results
Top goalscorers
Andriy Vorobei Shakhtar Donetsk 21 (4) Ivan Hetsko Metalist Kharkiv / Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 14 (4) Serhiy Atelkin Shakhtar Donetsk 11 Oleksandr Rykun Metalurh Mariupol 11 (3) Olexandr Melashchenko Dynamo Kyiv / Vorskla Poltava 10 Stepan Molokutsko Metalurh Mariupol 9 (1) Hennady Zubov Shakhtar Donetsk 9 (1) Vasyl Shved Karpaty Lviv 8 Georgi Demetradze Dynamo Kyiv 8 (1) Julius Aghahowa Shakhtar Donetsk 7 Valentin Belkevich Dynamo Kyiv 7 Serhiy Popov Shakhtar Donetsk 7 Artem Yashkin Dynamo Kyiv 7 Serhiy Zakarlyuka CSCA Kyiv 7
Notable Transfers Georgi Demetradze, FC Dynamo Kyiv to Real Sociedad Serhiy Zakarlyuka, CSCA Kyiv to FC Metalurh Donetsk
External links ukrsoccerhistory.com - source of information Чемпионат Украины 2000/01 - Высшая лига. ukranianfootball.narod.ru