# 2000–01 Primeira Liga

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
### Stadia and locations

| Team | Head Coach | City | Stadium | 1999–00 finish |
| Alverca | Jesualdo Ferreira | Alverca | Complexo do Alverca | 11th |
| Beira-Mar | António Sousa | Aveiro | Estádio Mário Duarte | 2nd in Divisão de Honra |
| Belenenses | Marinho Peres | Lisbon | Estádio do Restelo | 12th |
| Benfica | Jupp Heynckes | Lisbon | Estádio da Luz | 3rd |
| Boavista | Jaime Pacheco | Porto | Estádio do Bessa | 4th |
| Braga | Manuel Cajuda | Braga | Estádio Primeiro de Maio | 9th |
| Campomaiorense | Carlos Manuel | Campo Maior | Estádio Capitão Cesar Correia | 13th |
| Desportivo das Aves | Manuel Gomes | Vila das Aves | Estádio do CD das Aves | 3rd in Divisão de Honra |
| Estrela da Amadora | Quinito | Amadora | Estádio José Gomes | 8th |
| Farense | Manuel Balela | Faro | Estádio de São Luís | 14th |
| Marítimo | Nelo Vingada | Funchal | Estádio dos Barreiros | 6th |
| Paços de Ferreira | José Mota | Paços de Ferreira | Estádio da Mata Real | 1st in Divisão de Honra |
| Porto | Fernando Santos | Porto | Estádio das Antas | 2nd |
| Salgueiros | Vítor Manuel | Porto | Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro | 15th |
| Sporting CP | Augusto Inácio | Lisbon | Estádio José Alvalade | 1st |
| União de Leiria | Manuel José | Leiria | Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa | 10th |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 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 | Jupp Heynckes | 18 September 2000 | 7th | José Mourinho | 20 September 2000 |
| Vitória de Guimarães | Paulo Autuori | 18 November 2000 | 12th | Álvaro Magalhães | 19 November 2000 |
| Sporting CP | Augusto Inácio | 25 November 2000 | 2nd | Fernando Mendes | 26 November 2000 |
| Desportivo das Aves | Manuel Gomes | 3 December 2000 | 16th | Carlos Carvalhal | 4 December 2000 |
| Benfica | José Mourinho | 5 December 2000 | 6th | Toni | 6 December 2000 |
| Sporting CP | Fernando Mendes | 21 January 2001 | 3rd | Manuel Fernandes | 22 January 2001 |
| Estrela da Amadora | Quinito | 26 January 2001 | 18th | Carlos Brito | 27 January 2001 |
| Vitória de Guimarães | Álvaro Magalhães | 26 February 2001 | 14th | Augusto Inácio | 27 February 2001 |
| Campomaiorense | Carlos Manuel | 11 March 2001 | 15th | 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 |
| 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 | Relegation to Segunda Liga |
| 18 | Estrela da Amadora (R) | 34 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 57 | −27 | 19 | Relegation to Segunda Liga |
* ↑ 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 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Pena | Porto | 22 |
| 2 | Pierre van Hooijdonk | Benfica | 19 |
| 3 | Rafael | Paços de Ferreira | 17 |
| 4 | João Tomás | Benfica | 17 |
| 4 | Hassan Nader | Farense | 17 |
| 6 | Miklós Fehér | Braga | 14 |
| 6 | Alberto Acosta | Sporting | 14 |
| 8 | Marcão | Belenenses | 13 |
| 8 | Derlei | União de Leiria | 13 |
| 10 | Zé Roberto | Braga | 12 |
Sources: Footballzz