2001–02 Primeira Liga

68th season of top-tier Portuguese football September 2022 Primeira Liga 2001–02 10 August 2001 – 5 May 2002 Sporting CP18th title SalgueirosFarenseAlverca Champions League Sporting CP (third qualifying round) Boavista (second qualifying round) UEFA Cup Porto (first round) Leixões (first round) Intertoto Cup Belenenses (second round) União de Leiria (first round) Santa Clara (first round) Mário Jardel (42 goals) União de Leiria 7–0 Salgueiros(9 December 2001) Paços de Ferreira 0–6 Sporting CP (27 October 2001) 5–3 (2 times) 6-2 (1 time) 306 818 2000–01 2002–03 The 2001–02 Primeira Liga was the 68th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 11 August 2001 with a match between Varzim and Benfica, and ended on 6 May 2002. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Boavista as the defending champions. Sporting CP won the league and qualified for the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round, along with Boavista, who qualified for the second round. Porto, Benfica and Leixões from the third division qualified for the 2002–03 UEFA Cup, while Salgueiros, Farense and Alverca were relegated to the Segunda Liga. Mário Jardel was the top scorer with 42 goals. Until 2021, this remained the last season where Sporting CP won the title and where neither Porto nor Benfica won before Sporting CP won the 2020–21 season ending their 19-year drought and the 19-year reign of Porto and Benfica. Promotion and relegation Teams relegated to Segunda Liga Campomaiorense Desportivo das Aves Estrela da Amadora Campomaiorense, Desportivo das Aves and Estrela da Amadora were consigned to the Segunda Liga following their final classification in the 2000–01 season. Teams promoted from Segunda Liga Santa Clara Varzim Vitória de Setúbal The other three teams were replaced by Santa Clara, Varzim and Vitória de Setúbal from the Segunda Liga. Teams March 2026 Stadia and locations Portugal Location of teams in Primeira Liga 2001-02 (Mainland) right 250 Portugal 37.033333 -7.916667 Farense bottom Portugal 41.416667 -8.766667 Varzim left Portugal 38.89 -9.0444 Alverca right Portugal 40.616667 -8.633333 Beira-Mar bottom Portugal 41.533333 -8.616667 Gil Vicente left Portugal 39.748611 -8.813056 Leiria Portugal 38.70277778 -9.207777778 BelenensesBenficaSporting top Portugal 41.16175833 -8.583933333 PortoBoavistaSalgueiros Portugal 41.5624 -8.4308 Braga top Portugal 41.300508 -8.378448 P. Ferreira right Portugal 41.445833 -8.301111 V. Guimarães Portugal 38.533333 -8.883333 V. Setúbal Portugal 37 -9.7 Black triangle.svg Madeira: Marítimo Portugal 37.741111 -9.7 Black triangle.svg Azores: Santa Clara Portugal Madeira right 250 Location of teams in Madeira 2001-2002 Liga 32.645561 -16.928331 Marítimo left Portugal Azores right 250 Location of teams in Azores 2001-2002 Liga 37.741111 -25.698056 Santa Clara left Team Head coach City Stadium2000–01 finish Alverca POR Carlos Pereira Alverca Complexo do Alverca 12th Beira-Mar POR António Sousa Aveiro Estádio Mário Duarte 8th Belenenses BRA Marinho Peres Lisbon Estádio do Restelo 7th Benfica POR Toni Lisbon Estádio da Luz 6th Boavista POR Jaime Pacheco Porto Estádio do Bessa 1st Braga POR Manuel Cajuda Braga Estádio Primeiro de Maio 4th Farense ESP Alberto Pazos Faro Estádio de São Luís 13th Marítimo POR Nelo Vingada Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 11th Paços de Ferreira Portugal José Mota Paços de Ferreira Estádio da Mata Real 9th Porto POR Octávio Machado Porto Estádio das Antas 2nd Salgueiros POR Vítor Manuel Porto Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro 10th Santa Clara POR Carlos Manuel Ponta Delgada Estádio de São Miguel 1st in Segunda Liga Sporting CP ROM László Bölöni Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 3rd União de Leiria POR José Mourinho Leiria Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa 5th Varzim POR Rogério Gonçalves Póvoa de Varzim Estádio do Varzim Sport Club 2nd in Segunda Liga Vitória de Guimarães BRA Augusto Inácio Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 15th Vitória de Setúbal POR Jorge Jesus Setúbal Estádio do Bonfim 3rd in Segunda Liga Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Santa Clara POR Carlos Manuel 30 September 2001 15th POR Manuel Fernandes 1 October 2001 Salgueiros POR Vítor Manuel 5 November 2001 16th POR Carlos Manuel 6 November 2001 Farense ESP Alberto Pazos 25 November 2001 13th POR Jorge Castelo 26 November 2001 Varzim POR Rogério Gonçalves 25 November 2001 18th POR José Alberto Costa 26 November 2001 Benfica POR Toni 23 December 2001 4th POR Jesualdo Ferreira 28 December 2001 Alverca POR Carlos Pereira 8 January 2002 16th POR Vítor Manuel 9 January 2002 União de Leiria POR José Mourinho 20 January 2002 4th POR Mário Reis 21 January 2002 Porto POR Octávio Machado 20 January 2002 5th POR José Mourinho 21 January 2002 Vitória de Setúbal POR Jorge Jesus 20 January 2002 17th POR Luís Campos 21 January 2002 Farense POR Jorge Castelo 23 February 2002 16th ESP Paco Fortes 24 February 2002 União de Leiria POR Mário Reis 24 February 2002 4th POR Vítor Pontes 25 February 2002 League table main WDL 5 QR SCP Sporting CP BOA Boavista POR Porto BEN Benfica BEL Belenenses MAR Marítimo ULE União de Leiria PAÇ Paços de Ferreira VGU Vitória de Guimarães BRA Braga BEM Beira-Mar GVI Gil Vicente VSE Vitória de Setúbal STC Santa Clara VAR Varzim SAL Salgueiros FAR Farense ALV Alverca 22 9 3 74 25 C 21 7 6 53 20 21 5 8 66 34 17 12 5 66 37 17 6 11 54 44 17 5 12 48 35 15 10 9 52 35 12 10 12 41 44 11 9 14 35 41 10 12 12 43 43 10 9 15 48 56 10 8 16 42 56 9 11 14 40 46 9 10 15 32 46 8 8 18 27 55 8 6 20 29 71 R 7 7 20 29 63 R 7 6 21 39 67 R green1 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round CL3 green2 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UC1 #CCCCFF Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round IC2 #CCCCFF Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round IC1 IC1 Relegation to Segunda Liga R R R complete 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored Primeira Divisão Results main FBR grey ALV BEM BEL BEN BOA BRA FAR GVI MAR PAÇ POR SAL STC SCP ULE VAR VGU VSE Alverca 2–0 0–1 1–3 1–2 0–3 1–0 1–4 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–2 3–1 1–3 1–1 4–2 3–2 1–1 Beira-Mar 6–2 0–3 3–3 0–3 4–2 2–1 2–2 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 4–0 0–0 1–0 Belenenses 1–1 1–5 1–1 0–2 1–1 4–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–2 2–1 1–1 Benfica 3–2 4–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 5–0 2–0 1–1 4–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 0–2 3–2 0–0 3–2 Boavista 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 5–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 4–1 Braga 5–3 3–2 2–3 0–1 0–2 4–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–4 0–0 6–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 Farense 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–2 1–2 2–2 3–2 2–1 1–1 0–3 2–1 1–0 1–3 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 Gil Vicente 2–2 2–1 3–2 0–2 0–3 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–5 3–2 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 Marítimo 5–0 3–1 0–2 3–2 0–0 4–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–3 4–0 1–0 0–2 3–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 Paços de Ferreira 2–2 0–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 6–0 2–1 0–6 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 Porto 0–0 2–3 1–2 3–2 4–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 5–3 2–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 Salgueiros 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–4 1–1 1–0 0–2 3–0 2–1 3–2 0–3 2–1 1–5 0–1 2–1 1–3 0–2 Santa Clara 2–1 0–0 2–3 0–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 Sporting CP 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 3–1 4–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 4–1 4–0 5–0 1–0 União de Leiria 2–1 4–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 7–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 Varzim 1–0 1–1 1–5 2–2 0–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–3 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–3 2–0 0–0 2–1 Vitória de Guimarães 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–4 2–0 2–1 3–1 0–2 1–3 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 2–4 4–0 0–0 Vitória de Setúbal 2–1 4–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–2 0–1 1–3 1–4 3–0 3–2 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 complete Foradejogo pt Top goalscorers Rank Player Club GoalsJanuary 20261 BRA Mário Jardel Sporting CP422 BRA Derlei União de Leiria213 SEN Fary Faye Beira-Mar184 BRA Hugo Henrique Vitória de Setúbal165 BRA Gaúcho Marítimo15 BRA Barata Braga157 BRA Leonardo Paços de Ferreira148 BRA Deco Porto13 ANG Mantorras Benfica1310 RSA Benni McCarthy Porto12 POR João Pedro Salgueiros12 Attendances # Club Average 1 Benfica 29,924 2 Sporting 25,660 3 Porto 21,159 4 Vitória SC 8,138 5 Boavista 7,500 6 Santa Clara 7,000 7 Braga 6,086 8 Vitória FC 5,147 9 Marítimo 4,559 10 Varzim 4,441 11 Farense 4,012 12 Beira-Mar 3,882 13 Paços de Ferreira 3,529 14 Os Belenenses 3,265 15 Salgueiros 3,088 16 União de Leiria 2,971 17 Alverca 2,729 18 Gil Vicente 2,677 Source:Historical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/prt/aveprt02.htm 2026-06-19 www.european-football-statistics.co.uk References External links Portugal 2001-02 – RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira) Portugal – Table of Honor – Soccer Library https://web.archive.org/web/20191010211315/http://soccerlibrary.free.fr/por_ft.pdf 10 October 2019 Category:Primeira Liga seasons Port 1