2000–01 Primeira Liga

The 2000–01 Primeira Liga was the 67th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 19 August 2000 with a match between Braga and Vitória de Guimarães, and ended on 27 May 2001. The league was contested by 18 clubs, with Sporting CP as the defending champions.

Primeira Liga
Season2000–01
ChampionsBoavista
1st title
RelegatedCampomaiorense
Desportivo das Aves
Estrela da Amadora
Champions LeagueBoavista (group stage)
Porto (second qualifying round)
UEFA CupSporting CP (first round)
Marítimo (qualifying round)
Matches played306
Goals scored807 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorerPena (22 goals)
Biggest home winPorto 6–0 Alverca
(30 October 2000)
Biggest away winCampomaiorense 0–5 Porto
(18 September 2000)
Highest scoringBraga 3–5 União de Leiria
(27 May 2001)

Boavista won their first league title, only the second time that the competition had been won by a team outside the Portuguese "Big Three" (Os Três Grandes) of Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP; the first time being Belenenses in the 1945–46 season. Boavista qualified for the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League group stage, along with Porto, who qualified for the second round. Sporting and Marítimo qualified for the 2001–02 UEFA Cup; in opposite, Campomaiorense, Desportivo das Aves and Estrela da Amadora were relegated to the Segunda Liga. Pena was the top scorer with 22 goals. This season saw also the lowest-ever position of Benfica in Primeira Liga.

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to Segunda Liga

Vitória de Setúbal, Rio Ave and Santa Clara, were consigned to the Segunda Liga following their final classification in 1999–2000 season.

Teams promoted from Segunda Liga

The other three teams were replaced by Paços de Ferreira, Beira-Mar and Desportivo das Aves from the Segunda Liga.

Teams

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Stadia and locations
Location of teams in Primeira Liga 2000-01 (Mainland)
Location of teams in Primeira Liga 2000-01 (Madeira)
Team Head Coach City Stadium 1999–00 finish
Alverca Jesualdo Ferreira Alverca Complexo do Alverca 11th
Beira-Mar António Sousa Aveiro Estádio Mário Duarte 2nd in Divisão de Honra
Belenenses Marinho Peres Lisbon Estádio do Restelo 12th
Benfica Jupp Heynckes Lisbon Estádio da Luz 3rd
Boavista Jaime Pacheco Porto Estádio do Bessa 4th
Braga Manuel Cajuda Braga Estádio Primeiro de Maio 9th
Campomaiorense Carlos Manuel Campo Maior Estádio Capitão Cesar Correia 13th
Desportivo das Aves Prof. Neca Vila das Aves Estádio do CD das Aves 3rd in Divisão de Honra
Estrela da Amadora Quinito Amadora Estádio José Gomes 8th
Farense Manuel Balela Faro Estádio de São Luís 14th
Marítimo Nelo Vingada Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 6th
Paços de Ferreira José Mota Paços de Ferreira Estádio da Mata Real 1st in Divisão de Honra
Porto Fernando Santos Porto Estádio das Antas 2nd
Salgueiros Vítor Manuel Porto Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro 15th
Sporting CP Augusto Inácio Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 1st
União de Leiria Manuel José Leiria Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa 10th
Vitória de Guimarães Paulo Autuori Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 7th

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Benfica Jupp Heynckes 18 September 2000 7th José Mourinho 20 September 2000
Vitória de Guimarães Paulo Autuori 18 November 2000 12th Álvaro Magalhães 19 November 2000
Sporting CP Augusto Inácio 25 November 2000 2nd Fernando Mendes 26 November 2000
Desportivo das Aves Prof. Neca 3 December 2000 16th Carlos Carvalhal 4 December 2000
Benfica José Mourinho 5 December 2000 6th Toni 6 December 2000
Sporting CP Fernando Mendes 21 January 2001 3rd Manuel Fernandes 22 January 2001
Estrela da Amadora Quinito 26 January 2001 18th Carlos Brito 27 January 2001
Vitória de Guimarães Álvaro Magalhães 26 February 2001 14th Augusto Inácio 27 February 2001
Campomaiorense Carlos Manuel 11 March 2001 15th Diamantino Miranda 12 March 2001

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Boavista (C) 34 23 8 3 63 22 +41 77 Qualification to Champions League first group stage
2 Porto 34 24 4 6 73 27 +46 76 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Sporting CP 34 19 5 10 56 37 +19 62 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 Braga 34 16 9 9 58 48 +10 57
5 União de Leiria 34 15 11 8 46 41 +5 56
6 Benfica 34 15 9 10 54 44 +10 54
7 Belenenses 34 14 10 10 43 36 +7 52
8 Beira-Mar 34 14 7 13 45 49 −4 49
9 Paços de Ferreira 34 12 12 10 47 39 +8 48
10 Salgueiros 34 13 4 17 41 55 −14 43
11 Marítimo 34 12 7 15 34 37 −3 43 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
12 Alverca 34 12 7 15 45 52 −7 43
13 Farense 34 10 9 15 37 47 −10 39
14 Gil Vicente 34 10 7 17 34 41 −7 37
15 Vitória de Guimarães 34 9 9 16 41 49 −8 36
16 Campomaiorense (R) 34 7 11 16 29 58 −29 32 Relegation to Segunda Liga
17 Desportivo das Aves (R) 34 4 10 20 31 68 −37 22
18 Estrela da Amadora (R) 34 4 7 23 30 57 −27 19
Source: Primeira Divisão
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Maritimo qualified for the UEFA Cup as Portuguese Cup runners-up

Results
Home \ Away ALV BEM BEL BEN BOA BRA CPM DAV EST FAR GVI MAR PAÇ POR SAL SCP ULE VGU
Alverca 0–1 0–3 2–1 1–2 4–1 2–1 5–1 3–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 0–3 3–1 0–1 1–3
Beira-Mar 0–0 2–2 1–3 2–4 3–0 0–0 1–0 3–3 0–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–3 3–2 0–1 3–1 3–2
Belenenses 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 5–0 0–3 4–2 1–3 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0
Benfica 0–2 4–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 5–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 2–3 2–1 1–1 3–0 3–2 1–0
Boavista 5–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 5–0 1–0 4–0 4–1
Braga 1–1 3–3 2–0 3–1 1–0 4–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 3–2 3–5 1–0
Campomaiorense 0–4 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–5 2–3 1–0 1–1 0–1
Desportivo das Aves 0–0 2–3 0–1 4–4 1–2 2–1 2–2 3–2 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–3 3–4 1–1 0–3
Estrela da Amadora 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 4–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–3 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–2
Farense 2–0 1–2 3–1 2–2 2–2 1–0 1–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 2–4 1–3 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1
Gil Vicente 1–2 3–0 2–1 3–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 2–2 0–2 0–2 2–0 4–1
Marítimo 2–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 2–1 1–0
Paços de Ferreira 2–2 3–2 2–2 0–0 0–2 4–2 0–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1
Porto 6–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 4–0 3–2 3–1 4–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 5–1 2–2 3–0 2–0
Salgueiros 3–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 1–5 3–4 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–5 1–4 2–1
Sporting CP 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–3 0–1 2–0 4–0 3–1
União de Leiria 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 4–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–4 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–1
Vitória de Guimarães 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–4 1–2 0–0 3–0 2–2 4–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 1–4 0–1
Source: Foradejogo (in Portuguese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Pena Porto 22
2 Pierre van Hooijdonk Benfica 19
3 Rafael Paços de Ferreira 17
4 João Tomás Benfica 17
Hassan Nader Farense
6 Miklós Fehér Braga 14
Alberto Acosta Sporting
8 Marcão Belenenses 13
Derlei União de Leiria
10 Zé Roberto Braga 12

Sources: Footballzz[2][3]

References
  1. "Teams". Footballzz.
  2. "Primeira Liga 2000-01 – Top Scorers". Footballzz. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  3. Rui Tovar (2012). Almaneque do Benfica (in Portuguese). Portugal: Lua de Papel. ISBN 978-989-23-2087-8.
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