2000–01 Primeira Liga

67th season of top-tier Portuguese football October 2022 Primeira Liga 2000–01 18 August 2000 – 27 May 2001 Boavista1st title CampomaiorenseDesportivo das AvesEstrela da Amadora Champions League Boavista (group stage) Porto (second qualifying round) UEFA Cup Sporting CP (first round) Marítimo (qualifying round) Pena (22 goals) Porto 6–0 Alverca (30 October 2000) Campomaiorense 0–5 Porto (18 September 2000) Braga 3–5 União de Leiria (27 May 2001) 306 807 1999–2000 2001–02 The 2000–01 Primeira Liga was the 67th edition of the 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. Boavista won their first league title, becoming only the second champions from outside the Portuguese "Big Three" (Os Três Grandes) of Benfica, Porto and Sporting, after Belenenses in the 1945–46 season. Boavista qualified for the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League group stage along with Porto, who entered the second qualifying round. Sporting and Marítimo qualified for the 2001–02 UEFA Cup. At the bottom of the table, Campomaiorense, Desportivo das Aves and Estrela da Amadora were relegated to the Segunda Liga. Pena finished as the top scorer with 22 goals. This season saw also Benfica finish sixth, their lowest ever Primeira Liga position. Promotion and relegation Teams relegated to Segunda Liga Vitória de Setúbal Rio Ave Santa Clara Vitória de Setúbal, Rio Ave and Santa Clara were consigned to the Segunda Liga after finishing as the bottom three teams in 1999–2000 season. Teams promoted from Segunda Liga Paços de Ferreira Beira-Mar Desportivo das Aves The other three teams were replaced by Paços de Ferreira, Beira-Mar and Desportivo das Aves from the Segunda Liga. Teams March 2026 Stadia and locations Portugal Location of teams in Primeira Liga 2000-01 (Mainland) right 250 Portugal 37.033333 -7.916667 Farense bottom Portugal 38.89 -9.04 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 38.7520 -9.2280 Estrela bottom Portugal 38.998172 -7.149433 Campomaiorense top Portugal 41.16175833 -8.583933333 PortoBoavistaSalgueiros left Portugal 41.5624 -8.4308 Braga top Portugal 41.300508 -8.378448 P. Ferreira right Portugal 41.341667 -8.473056 Aves left Portugal 41.445833 -8.301111 V. Guimarães right Portugal Madeira right 250 Location of teams in Primeira Liga 2000-01 (Madeira) 32.645561 -16.928331 Marítimo bottom Team Head coach City Stadium1999–00 finish Alverca POR Jesualdo Ferreira Alverca Complexo do Alverca 11th Beira-Mar POR António Sousa Aveiro Estádio Mário Duarte 2nd in Divisão de Honra Belenenses BRA Marinho Peres Lisbon Estádio do Restelo 12th Benfica GER Jupp Heynckes Lisbon Estádio da Luz 3rd Boavista POR Jaime Pacheco Porto Estádio do Bessa 4th Braga POR Manuel Cajuda Braga Estádio Primeiro de Maio 9th Campomaiorense POR Carlos Manuel Campo Maior Estádio Capitão Cesar Correia 13th Desportivo das Aves POR Manuel Gomes Vila das Aves Estádio do CD das Aves 3rd in Divisão de Honra Estrela da Amadora POR Quinito Amadora Estádio José Gomes 8th Farense POR Manuel Balela Faro Estádio de São Luís 14th Marítimo POR Nelo Vingada Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 6th Paços de Ferreira Portugal José Mota Paços de Ferreira Estádio da Mata Real 1st in Divisão de Honra Porto POR Fernando Santos Porto Estádio das Antas 2nd Salgueiros POR Vítor Manuel Porto Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro 15th Sporting CP POR Augusto Inácio Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 1st União de Leiria POR Manuel José Leiria Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa 10th Vitória de Guimarães BRA Paulo Autuori Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 7th Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Benfica GER Jupp Heynckes 18 September 2000 7th POR José Mourinho 20 September 2000 Vitória de Guimarães BRA Paulo Autuori 18 November 2000 12th POR Álvaro Magalhães 19 November 2000 Sporting CP POR Augusto Inácio 25 November 2000 2nd POR Fernando Mendes 26 November 2000 Desportivo das Aves POR Manuel Gomes 3 December 2000 16th POR Carlos Carvalhal 4 December 2000 Benfica POR José Mourinho 5 December 2000 6th POR Toni 6 December 2000 Sporting CP POR Fernando Mendes 21 January 2001 3rd POR Manuel Fernandes 22 January 2001 Estrela da Amadora POR Quinito 26 January 2001 18th POR Carlos Brito 27 January 2001 Vitória de Guimarães POR Álvaro Magalhães 26 February 2001 14th POR Augusto Inácio 27 February 2001 Campomaiorense POR Carlos Manuel 11 March 2001 15th POR Diamantino Miranda 12 March 2001 League table main WDL 5 QR BOA Boavista POR Porto SCP Sporting CP BRA Braga ULE União de Leiria BEN Benfica BEL Belenenses BEM Beira-Mar PAÇ Paços de Ferreira SAL Salgueiros MAR Marítimo ALV Alverca FAR Farense GVI Gil Vicente VGU Vitória de Guimarães CPM Campomaiorense DAV Desportivo das Aves EST Estrela da Amadora 23 8 3 63 22 C 24 4 6 73 27 19 5 10 56 37 16 9 9 58 48 15 11 8 46 41 15 9 10 54 44 14 10 10 43 36 14 7 13 45 49 12 12 10 47 39 13 4 17 41 55 12 7 15 34 37 12 7 15 45 52 10 9 15 37 47 10 7 17 34 41 9 9 16 41 49 7 11 16 29 58 R 4 10 20 31 68 R 4 7 23 30 57 R green1 Qualification to Champions League first group stage CLGS green2 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UC1 blue2 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round Marítimo qualified for the UEFA Cup as Portuguese Cup runners-up UCQR red1 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 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 complete Foradejogo pt Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 BRA Pena Porto 22 2 NED Pierre van Hooijdonk Benfica 19 3 BRA Rafael Paços de Ferreira 17 4 POR João Tomás Benfica 17 MAR Hassan Nader Farense 6 HUN Miklós Fehér Braga 14 ARG Alberto Acosta Sporting 8 BRA Marcão Belenenses 13 BRA Derlei União de Leiria10 BRA Zé Roberto Braga 12 Sources: Rui Tovar Almaneque do Benfica 2012 Lua de Papel Portugal 978-989-23-2087-8 pt Attendances # Club Average 1 Benfica 27,206 2 Sporting 19,000 3 Porto 17,776 4 Braga 11,941 5 Vitória SC 7,748 6 Boavista 6,294 7 Marítimo 5,353 8 Beira-Mar 4,765 9 Os Belenenses 4,412 10 Farense 4,059 11 Paços de Ferreira 3,500 12 Alverca 3,441 13 Salgueiros 3,382 14 União de Leiria 3,265 15 Aves 3,176 16 Campomaiorense 3,088 17 Gil Vicente 2,412 18 Estrela da Amadora 2,059 Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/prt/aveprt01.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk 28 June 2026 References External links Portugal 2000-01 – 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