2000–01 League of Ireland Premier Division

League of Ireland Premier Division
Season	2000–01
Teams	12
Champions	Bohemians (8th title)
Relegated	Finn Harps; Kilkenny City
UEFA Champions League	Bohemians
UEFA Cup	Shelbourne; Longford Town
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Cork City
FAI Super Cup	Bohemians; Shelbourne; Longford Town; Cork City
Top goalscorer	Glen Crowe (Bohemians); 25 goals
Average attendance	1,709
	← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

The 2000–01 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 16th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division.

Season2000–01

Teams12

ChampionsBohemians (8th title)

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The division was made up of 12 teams. Bohemians won the title, their first league championship in 23 years.^[3]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bohemians (C)	33	18	8	7	66	35	+31	62	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	Shelbourne	33	17	9	7	53	37	+16	60	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Cork City	33	15	11	7	36	29	+7	56	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
4	Bray Wanderers	33	15	10	8	52	35	+17	55
5	St Patrick's Athletic	33	14	11	8	54	41	+13	53
6	Derry City	33	12	9	12	31	28	+3	45
7	Shamrock Rovers	33	10	12	11	50	47	+3	42
8	Longford Town	33	12	6	15	40	47	−7	42	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round^[a]
9	Galway United	33	10	10	13	34	47	−13	40
10	UCD (O)	33	9	10	14	36	44	−8	37	Qualification to Relegation play-off
11	Finn Harps (R)	33	8	12	13	36	46	−10	36	Relegation to League of Ireland First Division
12	Kilkenny City (R)	33	1	6	26	14	66	−52	9	Relegation to League of Ireland First Division

Home \ Away	BOH	BRW	COR	DER	FHA	GAL	KLC	LON	SHM	SHE	StP	UCD
Bohemians	—	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	2–0
Bray Wanderers	3–1	—	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	3–0	3–1	1–1	3–0	2–2	1–0
Cork City	0–0	0–0	—	0–2	1–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–4	2–1
Derry City	0–2	1–1	1–1	—	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–1
Finn Harps	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	—	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	0–1	1–1
Galway United	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–0	1–1	—	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–2
Kilkenny City	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	—	0–1	0–4	0–3	0–2	0–1
Longford Town	1–3	0–1	2–1	1–0	4–1	2–1	2–1	—	2–1	0–1	0–3	2–0
Shamrock Rovers	0–0	1–2	1–2	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	—	1–3	1–1	1–1
Shelbourne	2–4	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	—	3–1	3–1
St Patrick's Athletic	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–4	3–0	3–0	2–1	0–1	0–2	—	1–1
UCD	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	—

Home \ Away	BOH	BRW	COR	DER	FHA	GAL	KLC	LON	SHM	SHE	StP	UCD
Bohemians	—	3–1	1–1	—	5–1	5–0	—	—	—	—	2–2	—
Bray Wanderers	—	—	—	2–1	—	2–1	5–0	—	2–2	—	4–1	1–2
Cork City	—	1–0	—	1–0	—	3–1	—	1–0	—	—	1–0	2–2
Derry City	1–0	—	—	—	3–1	0–1	—	0–1	—	3–3	1–1	—
Finn Harps	—	4–1	1–1	—	—	—	2–0	2–2	2–2	—	—	—
Galway United	—	—	—	—	5–2	—	2–0	—	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–4
Kilkenny City	0–5	—	1–4	0–2	—	—	—	1–1	1–1	—	—	—
Longford Town	1–6	1–3	—	—	—	2–2	—	—	—	0–1	—	2–0
Shamrock Rovers	4–6	—	4–1	2–3	—	—	—	3–2	—	—	1–2	—
Shelbourne	4–2	3–2	2–0	—	0–1	—	3–1	—	3–1	—	—	—
St Patrick's Athletic	—	—	—	—	2–1	—	3–0	2–4	—	4–1	—	2–1
UCD	3–4	—	—	1–1	3–2	—	2–1	—	2–2	1–2	—	—

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