# 2000–01 Boavista F.C. season

The 2000–01 season was the 98th season in the existence of Boavista F.C. and the club's 32nd consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. Boavista won its first, and to date only, league championship.
In addition to the domestic league, Boavista participated in this season's editions of the Taça de Portugal and the UEFA Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | POR | Ricardo |
| 2 | DF | POR | Rui Óscar |
| 3 | MF | POR | Rui Bento |
| 4 | DF | POR | Sérgio Carvalho |
| 5 | DF | POR | Pedro Emanuel |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Erivan |
| 7 | DF | POR | Jorge Silva |
| 8 | FW | BRA | Duda |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Demétrius |
| 10 | FW | GUI | Almami Moreira |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Elpídio Silva |
| 12 | GK | CMR | William |
| 13 | MF | POR | Emanuel |
| 14 | MF | BRA | Geraldo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Quevedo |
| 16 | FW | POR | Martelinho |
| 17 | DF | POR | Litos |
| 18 | MF | POR | Pedro Santos |
| 19 | FW | BRA | Rogério |
| 20 | FW | POR | Jorge Couto |
| 21 | MF | POR | Gouveia |
| 23 | DF | POR | Frechaut |
| 24 | GK | SEN | Khadim |
| 25 | MF | POR | Petit |
| 29 | DF | BRA | Marçal |
| 30 | FW | BRA | Whelliton |
| 37 | MF | BOL | Erwin Sánchez |

### Transfers
#### In

| Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee |
| MF | Petit | 23 | Gil Vicente | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| DF | Rui Óscar | 24 | Marítimo | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| DF | Frechaut | 22 | Vitória de Setúbal | Transfer | Summer | 350,000 (PTE) |
| FW | Elpídio Silva | 24 | Braga | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| FW | Duda | 26 | Alverca | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| MF | Pedro Santos | 24 | Gil Vicente | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| MF | Filipe Gouveia | 27 | Belenenses | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| DF | Marçal | 25 | União de Leiria | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| GK | Khadim | 29 | Felgueiras | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| MF | Geraldo | 27 | Unattached | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| GK | Sérgio Leite | 20 | Maia | Loan return | Summer | Free |
| MF | Rui Lima | 22 | Chaves | Loan return | Summer | Free |
| FW | João Paulo | 20 | Feirense | Loan return | Summer | Free |

#### Out

| Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee |
| GK | Daniel | 18 | Leixões | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| DF | Paulo Sousa | 33 | União de Lamas | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| DF | Carlos Alberto | 25 | Rio Branco-MG | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| DF | Pedro Costa | 18 | Gondomar | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| DF | Mário Silva | 23 | Nantes | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| MF | Nilton | 21 | Desportivo das Aves | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| MF | Luís Viana | 29 | Beira-Mar | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| MF | Ion Timofte | 32 | None | — | Summer | Retired |
| FW | Augustine Ahinful | 25 | Ankaragücü | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| FW | Gilmar Estevan | 33 | Chaves | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| MF | César de Loma | 24 | Betis | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| FW | Douala | 21 | Desportivo das Aves | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed |
| DF | José Bosingwa | 17 | Freamunde | Loan | Summer | Free |
| GK | Sérgio Leite | 20 | Espinho | Loan | Summer | Free |
| DF | Flávio Cerqueira | 18 | Espinho | Loan | Summer | Free |
| MF | Rui Lima | 22 | Desportivo das Aves | Loan | Summer | Free |
| FW | João Paulo | 20 | Vitória de Setúbal | Loan | Summer | Free |
| FW | Rogério | 26 | Sport Recife | Loan | Winter | Free |
| MF | Emanuel Braga | 25 | Rio Ave | Loan | Winter | Free |

## Pre-season friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Primeira Liga | 18 May 2000 | 27 May 2001 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 34 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 63 | 22 | +41 | 067.65 |
| Taça de Portugal | 26 November 2000 | 21 March 2001 | Fourth round | Semi-finals | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 080.00 |
| UEFA Cup | 10 August 2000 | 9 November 2000 | Qualifying round | Second round | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 85 | 27 | +58 | 068.89 |
Source: Competitions

### Primeira Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: ZeroZero.pt

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Cup
#### Qualifying round
#### Second round
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Primeira Liga | Taça de Portugal | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 11 | FW | | Silva | 11 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 8 | MF | | Duda | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 37 | MF | | Erwin Sánchez | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 30 | FW | | Whelliton | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 16 | FW | | Martelinho | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 20 | FW | | Jorge Couto | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 17 | DF | | Litos | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 19 | FW | | Rogério | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 25 | MF | | Petit | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | MF | | Pedro Santos | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 23 | DF | | Frechaut | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | FW | | Whelliton | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | | Erivan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | | Geraldo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | | Rui Óscar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | | Quevedo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | | Jorge Silva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 63 | 12 | 10 | 85 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition | Ref |
| Elpídio Silva | Salgueiros | 1–5 (A) | 13 May 2001 | Primeira Liga | |
(H) – Home; (A) – Away

### Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play.
| | | | Clean sheets | Clean sheets | Clean sheets | Clean sheets |
| No. | Player | Games Played | Primeira Liga | Taça da Portugal | UEFA Cup | TOTAL |
| 1 | Ricardo | 31 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 12 | William | 14 (1) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 24 | Khadim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 19 | 2 | 2 | 23 |

#### Notes

* ↑ Ricardo was sent off against Campomaiorense on matchday 8 and William kept the Clean sheet