2001 Ukrainian Football Amateur League

Ukrainian Football Amateur League
Season 2001
Champions FC Shakhtar Luhansk
Top goalscorer K. Pinchuk (FC Shakhtar Luhansk)
← 2000
2002

Ukrainian Football Amateur League 2001 was the sixth season of the national amateur football competition in Ukraine since their reorganization in 1997.

Overview and format

This season competition consisted of four stages with 35 teams participating. First two stages were organized in regional principal in groups of four or five and were played in two rounds where each team could play another at its home ground. The semifinals and finals, on the other hand, were played in one round. During the season several teams withdrew, while others successfully applied for a professional status.

On the first stage each group winners and their immediate runners-up were to advance to the next part of the competition. Due to few teams joining the professional competition the format was adjusted and to the second stage only eleven teams advanced. The second stage was split in four groups where first two places were advancing to the semifinals. The semifinals, in their turn, were split in two groups where first two teams were advancing to the winners final of four and the last two teams—to the losers final of four. The finals were cut short as Shakhtar Luhansk earned the maximum points after just two games and thus securing the season's title with the.

Note: ZALK stands for the Zaporzhian Aliuminum Plant (Kombinat in Ukrainian).
KZEZO stands for the Kakhovkan Factory (Zavod) of Electro-Welding Equipment (Elektro-Zvariuvalnoho Obladnannia).

First stage

Teams that applied to the 2001-02 Second League discontinuing their further participation in the competition: SKA-Orbita Lviv, Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk, and Dnister Ovidiopol.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Comments
1Luzhany 6420203+1714Second Stage
2Lysonia Berezhany 62226608Second Stage
3Nyva-Tekstylnyk Dunaivtsi 621331297Second Stage
4Bukovyna-2 Chernivtsi 611461484

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Comments
1Yavir VolynLis Tsuman 8530104+618Second Stage
2Kovel-Volyn Kovel 834176+113Second Stage
3SKA-Orbita Lviv 8323105+511joined Druha Liha
4Tytan Irshansk 832338511Second Stage
5Sokil Radyvyliv 801741171withdrew

Note: SKA-Orbita Lviv decided to join Druha Liha.
Sokil Radyvyliv withdrew.

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Comments
1Systema-KKhP Cherniakhiv 6411205+1513Second Stage
2Nizhyn 6402113+812Second Stage
3Budivelnyk-Nyva Hnivan 62136607Second Stage
4Metalist Zdolbuniv 6105427233

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Comments
1Fakel Varva 8611206+1419Second Stage
2Evropa Pryliuky 8521266+2017Second Stage
3Dnipro Kyiv 823391129Second Stage
4Drabiv 8215112097
4Yavir Krasnopillia 8116225234

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Comments
1ZALK Zaporizhia 431053+210Second Stage
2Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk 421154+17joined Druha Liha
3SVKh Danika Simferopol 40042530withdrew

Note: Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk decided to join Druha Liha.
SVKh Danika Simferopol and KDPU Mekhanizator Komyshuvate withdrew. KDPU Mekhanizator Komyshuvate results were annulled.

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Comments
1Shakhtar Luhansk 650183+515Second Stage
2VAVK Volodymyrivka 640276+112Second Stage
3Batkivschyna Kryvyi Rih 63035729Second Stage
4Metalurh Komsomolske 60062640

Note: Olympik Kharkiv withdrew and its results were annulled.
Batkivschyna Kryvyi Rih qualified for the Second Stage, but later withdrew.

Group G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Comments
1Vuhlyk Dymytrov 431083+510Second Stage
2Orion Dnipropetrovsk 40311433Second Stage
3Monolit Konstantynivka 40222422Second Stage

Note: Ekina Almazna withdrew and its results were annulled.

Group H

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Comments
1Dnister Ovidiopol 641193+613joined Druha Liha
2Kolos Stepove 640277012Second Stage
3Tyras-2500 Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi 630397+29Second Stage
3Herkules Novoukrainka 60151981

Second stage

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Comments
1Luzhany 10802219+1224Semifinals
2Kovel-Volyn Kovel 107031710+721Semifinals
3Fakel Varva 105231211+117
4Budivelnyk-Nyva Hnivan 1050512221015
5Nyva-Tekstylnyk Dunaivtsi 102265728
6Lysonia Berezhany 1002821082

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Comments
1Evropa Pryliuky 8521114+717Semifinals
2Systema-KKhP Cherniakhiv 852183+517Semifinals
3Nizhyn 834193+613
4Titan Irshansk 82245838
5Dnipro Kyiv 8008419150

Note: Yavir VolynLis Tsuman withdrew and its results were annulled.

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Comments
1Shakhtar Luhansk 8701184+1421Semifinals
2Monolit Kostyantynivka 84221110+114Semifinals
3Zemliak Myrhorod 833267112
4Orion Dnipropetrovsk 8116212104
5VAVK Volodymyrivka 80442644

Note: Zemliak Myrhorod replaced Batkivschyna Kryvyi Rih.

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Comments
1ZALK Zaporizhia 6402148+612Semifinals
2Vuhlyk Dymytrov 63034629Semifinals
3Tyras-2500 Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi 6303105+59withdrew
4Kolos Stepove 620481796

Note: Tyras-2500 Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi withdrew.

Semifinals

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Comments
1Monolit Konstantinivka 321074+37Final
2Luzhany 312054+15Final
3ZALK Zaporizhia 30212422
4Systema-KKhP Cherniakhiv 30120221

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Comments
1Shakhtar Luhansk 330081+79Final
2Vuhlyk Dymytrov 31112314Final
3Kovel-Volyn Kovel 31024513
4Evropa Pryliuky 30120551

Final Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Comments
1Shakhtar Luhansk 2200101+96Champion
2Monolit Konstantynivka 20203302
3Vuhlyk Dymytrov 20111321
4Luzhany 201131071

Note: No further games were necessary as the champion was identified.

A permission to apply for the Second League for the next 2002-03 season was granted to Shakhtar Luhansk, Vuhlyk Dymytrov, and Systema-KKhP Cherniakhiv.

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