2001–02 Ukrainian First League
The 2001–02 Ukrainian First League was the eleventh season of the Ukrainian First League which was won by SC Volyn-1 Lutsk. The season started on July 17, 2001, and finished on June 16, 2002.
Promotion and relegation
Promoted teams
Three clubs promoted from the 2000–01 Ukrainian Second League.;Group A
- FC Polissya Zhytomyr - champion '
- FC Obolon Kyiv - champion '
- FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka - champion
Relegated teams
- FC Stal Alchevsk - 14th place '
- FC Nyva Ternopil - 15th place '
Renamed teams
- FC Lviv merged with Karpaty becoming their farm team and changed its name to FC Karpaty-2 Lviv before the season.
- FC Metalurh Nikopol changed its name to FC Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol before the season.
- Due to reorganization of FC Arsenal Kyiv, FC CSKA-2 Kyiv changed its name back to FC CSKA Kyiv during winter break.
Teams
Final table
| Persha Liha 2001-02 Winners |
| FC Volyn Lutsk First title |
Promotion play-off
FC Polissya Zhytomyr failed to obtain a berth in the 2002-03 Top League.Top scorers
Statistics are taken from here.| Scorer | Goals | Team | |
| 1 |  Vasyl Sachko | 17 | Volyn-1 Lutsk |
| 1 | Viktor Arefyev | 17 | Stal Alchevsk |
| 3 | Vyacheslav Tereschenko | 16 | Obolon Kyiv |
| 4 | Pavlo Parshyn | 14 | Polissya Zhytomyr |
| 5 | Volodymyr Skrypka | 13 | SC Mykolaiv |
| 6 | Pavlo Onysko | 12 | Karpaty-2 Lviv |
| 7 | Volodymyr Hashchyn | 11 | Volyn-1 Lutsk |
| 8 | Kostiantyn Balabanov | 10 | Chornomorets Odesa |
| 8 | Pavlo Zakharov | 10 | Naftovyk Okhtyrka |
| 10 | Oleksandr Sobkovych | 7 | Obolon Kyiv |