| Season | 2000–01 |
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| Champions | Dynamo Kyiv |
| Relegated | Stal Alchevsk Nyva Ternopil |
| Champions League | Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk |
| UEFA Cup | CSKA Kyiv Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
| Top goalscorer | (21) Andriy Vorobei (Shakhtar Donetsk) |
| Biggest home win | Shakhtar - Metalist 8:0 |
| Biggest away win | Nyva - Shakhtar 0:7 |
| Highest scoring | Nyva - Dynamo 3:7 |
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2001–02 →
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Contents |
| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment | Table |
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| FC CSKA Kyiv | Volodymyr Bezsonov | pre-season | Mykhailo Fomenko | pre-season | |||
| FC Metalist Kharkiv | Mykhailo Fomenko | pre-season | Leonid Tkachenko | pre-season | |||
| SC Tavriya Simferopol | Volodymyr Muntian | pre-season | Oleksandr Ischenko | pre-season |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv (C) | 26 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 58 | 17 | +41 | 64 | CL 3rd Qualifying Round |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 26 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 71 | 21 | +50 | 63 | CL 2nd Qualifying Round |
| 3 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 18 | +19 | 55 | UC 1st Round |
| 4 | Metalurh Mariupol | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 26 | +9 | 43 | |
| 5 | Metalurh Donetsk | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 30 | 24 | +6 | 42 | |
| 6 | CSKA Kyiv | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 23 | +7 | 40 | UC Qualifying Round |
| 7 | Tavriya Simferopol | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 33 | IC 2nd Round |
| 8 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhya | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 32 | |
| 9 | Metalist Kharkiv | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 31 | |
| 10 | Karpaty Lviv | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 30 | |
| 11 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 36 | −14 | 24 | |
| 12 | Vorskla Poltava | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 29 | −13 | 23 | |
| 13 | Stal Alchevsk (R) | 26 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 49 | −30 | 15 | Persha Liha |
| 14 | Nyva Ternopil (R) | 26 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 65 | −45 | 9 | Persha Liha |
Note:
| Rank | Club | Points | Notes |
| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv | 57.5 | |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 19 | |
| 3 | Vorskla Poltava | 6 | |
| 4 | Chornomorets (I) | 4 | |
| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 4 | ||
| 6 | Nyva Vinnytsia (I) | 2 | |
| Karpaty Lviv | 2 | ||
| Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 2 | ||
| 9 | CSKA Kyiv | 1 | |
| Round | Country | Club | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 round | Red Star Belgrade | 0-0 | 1-1 | |
| Group G 4th place |
Anderlecht Manchester United PSV |
4-0 0-0 0-1 |
2-4 0-1 1-2 |
| Round | Country | Club | Home | Away |
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| Q3 round | Slavia Prague | 0-1 | 2-0 | |
| Group B 3rd place |
Arsenal Lazio Sparta Prague |
3-0 0-3 2-1 |
2-3 1-5 2-3 |
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| Third round UEFA Cup |
Celta de Vigo | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| Round | Country | Club | Home | Away |
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| 1st round | FC Nantes | 0-1 | 0-5 |
| Round | Country | Club | Home | Away |
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| Q round | FK Rabotnicki | 2-0 | 2-0 | |
| 1st round | Boavista FC | 1-2 | 1-2 |
| Club | Name | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 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 CSKA Kyiv | Mykhailo Fomenko | |
| SC Tavriya Simferopol | Oleksandr Ischenko | after 24 games replaced with Valeriy Petrov |
| FC Metalurh Zaporizhia | Myron Markevych | after 24 games replaced with Volodymyr Atamaniuk |
| FC Metalist Kharkiv | Leonid Tkachenko | after the first half replaced with Valeriy Shalychev(12 games), and then Viktor Udovenko |
| FC Karpaty Lviv | Lev Brovarskyi | after 24 games replaced with Stepan Yurchyshyn |
| FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Oleh Taran | after 8 games replaced with Hennadiy Litovchenko |
| FC Vorskla Poltava | Anatoliy Konkov | after 7 games replaced with Serhiy Morozov(18 games), and then Serhiy Sobetskyi |
| FC Stal Alchevsk | Anatoliy Volobuev | |
| FC Nyva Ternopil | Valeriy Bohuslavskyi | after 8 games replaced with Ihor Yavorskyi(7 games), and then Ihor Biskup |
| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment | Table |
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| FC Vorskla Poltava | Anatoliy Konkov | August | Serhiy Morozov | August | |||
| FC Nyva Ternopil | Valeriy Bohuslavsky | August | Ihor Yavorsky | September | |||
| FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Oleh Taran | September | Hennadiy Litovchenko | October | |||
| FC Metalist Kharkiv | Leonid Tkachenko | November | Valeriy Shalychev | March | |||
| FC Nyva Ternopil | Ihor Yavorsky | March | Ihor Biskup | April | |||
| SC Tavriya Simferopol | Oleksandr Ischenko | May | Valeriy Petrov | June | |||
| FC Metalurh Zaporizhia | Myron Markevych | May | Volodymyr Atamaniuk | June | |||
| FC Karpaty Lviv | Lev Brovarsky | May | Stepan Yurchyshyn | June | |||
| FC Metalist Kharkiv | Valeriy Shalychev | June | Viktor Udovenko | June | |||
| FC Vorskla Poltava | Serhiy Morozov | June | Serhiy Sobetsky | June |
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