2000–01 Primeira Liga

67th season of top-tier Portuguese football

Football league season
Primeira Liga
Season2000–01
Dates18 August 2000 – 27 May 2001
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)
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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 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

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

2000–01 Primeira Liga is located in Portugal
Farense
Farense
Alverca
Alverca
Beira-Mar
Beira-Mar
Gil Vicente
Gil Vicente
Leiria
Leiria
Belenenses Benfica Sporting
Belenenses
Benfica
Sporting
Estrela
Estrela
Campomaiorense
Campomaiorense
Porto Boavista Salgueiros
Porto
Boavista
Salgueiros
Braga
Braga
P. Ferreira
P. Ferreira
Aves
Aves
V. Guimarães
V. Guimarães
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Location of teams in Primeira Liga 2000-01 (Mainland)
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Location of teams in Primeira Liga 2000-01 (Madeira)
Team Head Coach City Stadium 1999–00 finish
Alverca Portugal Jesualdo Ferreira Alverca Complexo do Alverca 11th
Beira-Mar Portugal António Sousa Aveiro Estádio Mário Duarte 2nd in Divisão de Honra
Belenenses Brazil Marinho Peres Lisbon Estádio do Restelo 12th
Benfica Germany Jupp Heynckes Lisbon Estádio da Luz 3rd
Boavista Portugal Jaime Pacheco Porto Estádio do Bessa 4th
Braga Portugal Manuel Cajuda Braga Estádio Primeiro de Maio 9th
Campomaiorense Portugal Carlos Manuel Campo Maior Estádio Capitão Cesar Correia 13th
Desportivo das Aves Portugal Manuel Gomes Vila das Aves Estádio do CD das Aves 3rd in Divisão de Honra
Estrela da Amadora Portugal Quinito Amadora Estádio José Gomes 8th
Farense Portugal Manuel Balela Faro Estádio de São Luís 14th
Marítimo Portugal 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 Portugal Fernando Santos Porto Estádio das Antas 2nd
Salgueiros Portugal Vítor Manuel Porto Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro 15th
Sporting CP Portugal Augusto Inácio Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 1st
União de Leiria Portugal Manuel José Leiria Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa 10th
Vitória de Guimarães Brazil 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 Germany Jupp Heynckes 18 September 2000 7th Portugal José Mourinho 20 September 2000
Vitória de Guimarães Brazil Paulo Autuori 18 November 2000 12th Portugal Álvaro Magalhães 19 November 2000
Sporting CP Portugal Augusto Inácio 25 November 2000 2nd Portugal Fernando Mendes 26 November 2000
Desportivo das Aves Portugal Manuel Gomes 3 December 2000 16th Portugal Carlos Carvalhal 4 December 2000
Benfica Portugal José Mourinho 5 December 2000 6th Portugal Toni 6 December 2000
Sporting CP Portugal Fernando Mendes 21 January 2001 3rd Portugal Manuel Fernandes 22 January 2001
Estrela da Amadora Portugal Quinito 26 January 2001 18th Portugal Carlos Brito 27 January 2001
Vitória de Guimarães Portugal Álvaro Magalhães 26 February 2001 14th Portugal Augusto Inácio 27 February 2001
Campomaiorense Portugal Carlos Manuel 11 March 2001 15th Portugal 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[a]
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) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Marítimo 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 Brazil Pena Porto 22
2 Netherlands Pierre van Hooijdonk Benfica 19
3 Brazil Rafael Paços de Ferreira 17
4 Portugal João Tomás Benfica 17
Morocco Hassan Nader Farense
6 Hungary Miklós Fehér Braga 14
Argentina Alberto Acosta Sporting
8 Brazil Marcão Belenenses 13
Brazil Derlei União de Leiria
10 Brazil Zé Roberto Braga 12

Sources: Footballzz[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Teams". Footballzz.[permanent dead link]
  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.

External links

  • Portugal 2000-01 – RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira)
  • Portuguese League 2000/01 – footballzz.co.uk
  • Portugal – Table of Honor – Soccer Library Archived 10 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine
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