2000–01 Hong Kong First Division League

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 edit

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 edit

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

Championship playoff edit

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 edit

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5	O&YH Union	6	6	0	0	35	17	+18	11	29	Withdrawn from league system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 edit

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 edit

www.rsssf.com Hongkong 2000/01
(in Japanese) 2000–2001年　香港リーグ