2000–01 Primeira Liga
Season | 2000–01 |
---|---|
Dates | 18 August 2000 – 27 May 2001 |
Champions | Boavista 1st title |
Relegated | Campomaiorense Desportivo das Aves Estrela da Amadora |
Champions League | Boavista (group stage) Porto (second qualifying round) |
UEFA Cup | Sporting CP (first round) Marítimo (qualifying round) |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 807 (2.64 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Pena (22 goals) |
Biggest home win | Porto 6–0 Alverca (30 October 2000) |
Biggest away win | Campomaiorense 0–5 Porto (18 September 2000) |
Highest scoring | Braga 3–5 União de Leiria (27 May 2001) |
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
[edit]Teams relegated to Segunda Liga
[edit]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
[edit]The other three teams were replaced by Paços de Ferreira, Beira-Mar and Desportivo das Aves from the Segunda Liga.
Teams
[edit]Stadia and locations
[edit]Managerial changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Benfica | ![]() | 18 September 2000 | 7th | ![]() | 20 September 2000 |
Vitória de Guimarães | ![]() | 18 November 2000 | 12th | ![]() | 19 November 2000 |
Sporting CP | ![]() | 25 November 2000 | 2nd | ![]() | 26 November 2000 |
Desportivo das Aves | ![]() | 3 December 2000 | 16th | ![]() | 4 December 2000 |
Benfica | ![]() | 5 December 2000 | 6th | ![]() | 6 December 2000 |
Sporting CP | ![]() | 21 January 2001 | 3rd | ![]() | 22 January 2001 |
Estrela da Amadora | ![]() | 26 January 2001 | 18th | ![]() | 27 January 2001 |
Vitória de Guimarães | ![]() | 26 February 2001 | 14th | ![]() | 27 February 2001 |
Campomaiorense | ![]() | 11 March 2001 | 15th | ![]() | 12 March 2001 |
League table
[edit]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 |
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:
- ^ Marítimo qualified for the UEFA Cup as Portuguese Cup runners-up
Results
[edit]Top goalscorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Porto | 22 |
2 | ![]() | Benfica | 19 |
3 | ![]() | Paços de Ferreira | 17 |
4 | ![]() | Benfica | 17 |
![]() | Farense | ||
6 | ![]() | Braga | 14 |
![]() | Sporting | ||
8 | ![]() | Belenenses | 13 |
![]() | União de Leiria | ||
10 | ![]() | Braga | 12 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Teams". Footballzz.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Primeira Liga 2000-01 – Top Scorers". Footballzz. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ Rui Tovar (2012). Almaneque do Benfica (in Portuguese). Portugal: Lua de Papel. ISBN 978-989-23-2087-8.