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2000–01 Hong Kong First Division League

Football league season

Hong Kong First Division
Season	2000–01
Champions	Happy Valley
Relegated	Po Chai Pills Kitchee
Matches played	56
Goals scored	192 (3.43 per match)
Top goalscorer	Paul Ritchie (Happy Valley)
← 1999–00 2001–02 →

The 2000–01 Hong Kong First Division League season was the 90th since its establishment. The season began on 2 August 2000 and ended on 2 June 2001.

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Second stage

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

Championship playoff

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Instant-Dict	6	5	1	0	30	11	+19	14	30	To Grand Final
2	Happy Valley	6	2	1	3	29	16	+13	15.5	22.5
3	South China	6	2	1	3	21	17	+4	14	21
4	Sun Hei	6	1	1	4	21	20	+1	13	17

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Relegation playoff

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Relegation
5	O&YH Union	6	6	0	0	35	17	+18	11	29	Withdrawn from league system
6	Rangers	6	2	2	2	13	20	−7	4.5	12.5
7	Po Chai Pills	6	1	2	3	10	32	−22	2	7	Dissolved
8	Kitchee	6	0	2	4	6	30	−24	2.5	4.5	Relegation to Second Division