2000–01 Hong Kong First Division League

Hong Kong First Division League 2000–01
Hong Kong First Division League 2000–01
League	Hong Kong First Division League
Sport	Football
Duration	2 August 2000 – 2 June 2001
League
League champions	Happy Valley
Runners-up	Instant-Dict
Top scorer	Paul Ritchie (Happy Valley)
Hong Kong First Division League seasons
	← 1999–00 2001–02 →

The 2000–01 Hong Kong First Division League season is the 89th since its establishment. The first match was played on 2 August 2000 with Happy Valley drew South China 1–1.

First stage

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Happy Valley	14	9	4	1	49	15	+34	31	To Grand Final
2	Instant-Dict	14	8	4	2	38	16	+22	28	Championship Playoff
3	South China	14	8	4	2	27	20	+7	28
4	Sun Hei	14	7	5	2	26	15	+11	26
5	O&YH Union	14	6	4	4	27	22	+5	22	Relegation Playoff
6	Rangers	14	2	3	9	9	28	−19	9
7	Kitchee	14	1	2	11	7	40	−33	5
8	Po Chai Pills	14	0	4	10	9	36	−27	4

Second stage

NB: Teams take points and goals halved from first phase. GF and GA is rounded.

Championship Playoff

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Instant-Dict	6	5	1	0	30	11	+19	30	To Grand Final
2	Happy Valley	6	2	1	3	29	16	+13	22.5
3	South China	6	2	1	3	21	17	+4	21
4	Sun Hei	6	1	1	4	21	20	+1	17

Relegation Playoff

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
5	O&YH Union	6	6	0	0	35	17	+18	29	Withdrewn after season end
6	Rangers	6	2	2	2	13	20	−7	12.5
7	Po Chai Pills	6	1	2	3	10	32	−22	7	Dissolved
8	Kitchee	6	0	2	4	6	30	−24	4.5	Relegation to Second Division

Final

2 June 2001

Happy Valley	1–0	Instant-Dict
Cheung Sai Ho 59'

Hong Kong Stadium

First Division League 2000–01 Winners
Happy Valley 4th Title

References

v t e Hong Kong First Division seasons
1900s	1908–09 1909–10
1910s	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20
1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30
1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40
1940s	1940–41 1941–42^† 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50
1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00
2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
2020s	2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
^†Suspended season