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Hong Kong First Division
Season2000–01
Champions Happy Valley
Relegated Po Chai Pills
Kitchee
Matches played56
Goals scored192 (3.43 per match)
Top goalscorer Paul Ritchie
( Happy Valley)
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5 O&YH Union 6 6 0 0 35 17 +18 11 29 Withdrawn from league system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
Source: [ citation needed]

Final

Happy Valley1–0 Instant-Dict
Cheung Sai Ho 59'


 First Division League 2000–01 winners 
Happy Valley
4th title

References