| Continentalcup1: | New team in League |
| Nextseason: | 2001–02 |
The 2000–01 Football League (known as the Nationwide Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 102nd completed season of The Football League.
| Competition: | First Division |
| Season: | 2000–01 |
| Winners: | Fulham |
| Promoted: | Fulham Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers |
| Relegated: | Huddersfield Town Queens Park Rangers Tranmere Rovers |
| League Topscorer: | Louis Saha (27 goals)[1] |
| Matches: | 552 |
| Total Goals: | 1373 |
| Prevseason: | 1999–2000 |
| Nextseason: | 2001–02 |
The following teams changed division since the 1999–2000 season.
Promoted to FA Premier League
Relegated to Second Division
Promoted from Second Division
Relegated from FA Premier League
Source:[2]
| width=20 | Rank | width=155 | Player | width=155 | Club | width=50 | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Louis Saha | Fulham | 27 | ||||
| 2 | 23 | ||||||
| 3 | 21 | ||||||
| 4 | 19 | ||||||
| = | 19 | ||||||
| = | 19 | ||||||
| 5 | 18 | ||||||
| = | 18 |
| Season: | 2000–01 |
| Winners: | Millwall (1st third tier title) |
| Continentalcup1: | Direct promotion |
| Continentalcup2: | Promoted through play-offs |
| Continentalcup3: | Relegated |
| League Topscorer: | Neil Harris (Millwall), 27 |
| Matches: | 552 |
| Total Goals: | 1466 |
| Nextseason: | 2001–02 |
The following teams changed division since the 1999–2000 season.
Promoted to First Division
Relegated to Third Division
Promoted from Third Division
Relegated from First Division
Source:[2]
| Season: | 2000–01 |
| Winners: | Brighton & Hove Albion (2nd fourth tier title) |
| Continentalcup1: | Direct promotion |
| Continentalcup2: | Promoted through play-offs |
| Continentalcup4: | New club in the league |
| League Topscorer: | Bobby Zamora (Brighton & Hove Albion), 28 |
| Matches: | 552 |
| Total Goals: | 1397 |
| Nextseason: | 2001–02 |
The following teams changed division since the 1999–2000 season.
Promoted to Second Division
Relegated to Football Conference
Promoted from Football Conference
Relegated from Second Division
Source:[2]