Promoted The following team was promoted from the
2001 Ukrainian Football Amateur League: •
FC Kovel-Volyn-2 –
(debut) •
FC SKA-Orbita Lviv –
(debut) •
FC Dnister Ovidiopol –
(debut) •
FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk –
(debut, previously (16 seasons ago) played in the 1985 Soviet Second League as Metalurh Dniprodzerzhynsk) The
2000 Ukrainian Football Amateur League participant: •
FC Akademiya Irpin –
(debut) Also, eight more club was admitted additionally: •
FC Zakarpattia-2 Uzhhorod –
(debut) •
FC Borysfen-2 Boryspil –
(debut) •
FC Metalurh-2 Donetsk –
(debut) •
FC Obolon-2 Kyiv –
(returning after absence of a season) •
FC Chornohora Ivano-Frankivsk–
(debut, replacing relegated FC Prykarpattia-2 Ivano-Frankivsk) •
FC Chaika-VMS Sevastopol –
(returning after an absence of 6 seasons) •
FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia –
(debut, previously (10 seasons ago) played in the 1991 Soviet Second League as Torpedo Zaporizhzhia) •
FC Dynamo Simferopol –
(debut) Relegated •
FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi –
(returning after an absence of a season) •
FC Cherkasy –
(returning after an absence of 8 seasons, previously as Dnipro Cherkasy) •
FC Spartak Sumy –
(returning after an absence of 7 seasons, previously as Yavir Krasnopillia) Withdrawn •
FC Adoms Kremenchuk, withdrew before the season •
FC Ternopil, being a farm team of
FC Nyva Ternopil, it is forced relegation as Nyva was relegated to the league for the next season •
FC Dnipro-3 Dnipropetrovsk was forced into relegation due to relegation of
FC Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk •
FC Chaika-VMS Sevastopol, was replaced for the next season with
FC Sevastopol •
FC Frunzenets-Liha-99 Sumy was merged with
FC Sumy •
FC Tsementnyk-Khorda Mykolaiv withdrew during winter break •
FC Dynamo Lviv, withdrew after the season •
FC SKA-Orbita Lviv, withdrew after the season •
FC Zakarpattia-2 Uzhhorod, withdrew after the season •
FC Portovyk Illichivsk, withdrew after the season •
FC Cherkasy, withdrew after the season •
FC Mashynobudivnyk Druzhkivka, withdrew after the season •
FC Oskil Kupyansk, withdrew after the relegation
Renamed / Relocated •
FC Kalush changed its name to
FC Lukor Kalush •
FC Kovel-Volyn changed its name to
FC Kovel-Volyn-2 • FC Akademiya Irpin changed its name to
FC Nafkom-Akademiya Irpin • FC Ternopil-Nyva-2 changed its name to
FC Ternopil • FC Rihonda Bila Tserkva changed its name to
FC Ros Bila Tserkva •
FC Spartak Sumy changed its name to
FC Sumy • FC Karpaty-2 changed its name to
FC Karpaty-3 Lviv •
FC Lviv (1992) in the First League after merger changed to Karpaty-2 •
FC Hazovyk Komarno moved to
Stryi and changed its name to
FC Hazovyk-Skala Stryi ==Group A==