# 2001–02 Primeira Liga

The 2001–02 Primeira Liga was the 68th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 11 August 2001 with a match between Varzim and Benfica, and ended on 6 May 2002. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Boavista as the defending champions.
Sporting CP won the league and qualified for the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round, along with Boavista, who qualified for the second round. Porto and Leixões from the third division qualified for the 2002–03 UEFA Cup; in opposite, Salgueiros, Farense and Alverca were relegated to the Segunda Liga. Mário Jardel was the top scorer with 42 goals. Until 2021, this remained the last season where Sporting CP won the title and where neither Porto nor Benfica won before Sporting CP won the 2020–21 season ending their 19-year drought and 19-year reign of Porto and Benfica.

## Promotion and relegation
### Teams relegated to Segunda Liga

* Campomaiorense
* Desportivo das Aves
* Estrela da Amadora
Campomaiorense, Desportivo das Aves and Estrela da Amadora, were consigned to the Segunda Liga following their final classification in 2000–01 season.

### Teams promoted from Segunda Liga

* Santa Clara
* Varzim
* Vitória de Setúbal
The other three teams were replaced by Santa Clara, Varzim and Vitória de Setúbal from the Segunda Liga.

## Teams
### Stadia and locations

| Team | Head Coach | City | Stadium | 2000–01 finish |
| Alverca | Carlos Pereira | Alverca | Complexo do Alverca | 12th |
| Beira-Mar | António Sousa | Aveiro | Estádio Mário Duarte | 8th |
| Belenenses | Marinho Peres | Lisbon | Estádio do Restelo | 7th |
| Benfica | Toni | Lisbon | Estádio da Luz | 6th |
| Boavista | Jaime Pacheco | Porto | Estádio do Bessa | 1st |
| Braga | Manuel Cajuda | Braga | Estádio Primeiro de Maio | 4th |
| Farense | Alberto Pazos | Faro | Estádio de São Luís | 13th |
| Marítimo | Nelo Vingada | Funchal | Estádio dos Barreiros | 11th |
| Paços de Ferreira | José Mota | Paços de Ferreira | Estádio da Mata Real | 9th |
| Porto | Octávio Machado | Porto | Estádio das Antas | 2nd |
| Salgueiros | Vítor Manuel | Porto | Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro | 10th |
| Santa Clara | Carlos Manuel | Ponta Delgada | Estádio de São Miguel | 1st in Segunda Liga |
| Sporting CP | László Bölöni | Lisbon | Estádio José Alvalade | 3rd |
| União de Leiria | José Mourinho | Leiria | Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa | 5th |
| Varzim | Rogério Gonçalves | Póvoa de Varzim | Estádio do Varzim Sport Club | 2nd in Segunda Liga |
| Vitória de Guimarães | Augusto Inácio | Guimarães | Estádio D. Afonso Henriques | 15th |
| Vitória de Setúbal | Jorge Jesus | Setúbal | Estádio do Bonfim | 3rd in Segunda Liga |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Santa Clara | Carlos Manuel | 30 September 2001 | 15th | Manuel Fernandes | 1 October 2001 |
| Salgueiros | Vítor Manuel | 5 November 2001 | 16th | Carlos Manuel | 6 November 2001 |
| Farense | Alberto Pazos | 25 November 2001 | 13th | Jorge Castelo | 26 November 2001 |
| Varzim | Rogério Gonçalves | 25 November 2001 | 18th | José Alberto Costa | 26 November 2001 |
| Benfica | Toni | 23 December 2001 | 4th | Jesualdo Ferreira | 28 December 2001 |
| Alverca | Carlos Pereira | 8 January 2002 | 16th | Vítor Manuel | 9 January 2002 |
| União de Leiria | José Mourinho | 20 January 2002 | 4th | Mário Reis | 21 January 2002 |
| Porto | Octávio Machado | 20 January 2002 | 5th | José Mourinho | 21 January 2002 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | Jorge Jesus | 20 January 2002 | 17th | Luís Campos | 21 January 2002 |
| Farense | Jorge Castelo | 23 February 2002 | 16th | Paco Fortes | 24 February 2002 |
| União de Leiria | Mário Reis | 24 February 2002 | 4th | Vítor Pontes | 25 February 2002 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sporting CP (C) | 34 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 74 | 25 | +49 | 75 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Boavista | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 53 | 20 | +33 | 70 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Porto | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 66 | 34 | +32 | 68 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Benfica | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 66 | 37 | +29 | 63 | |
| 5 | Belenenses | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 54 | 44 | +10 | 57 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 6 | Marítimo | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 48 | 35 | +13 | 56 | |
| 7 | União de Leiria | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 52 | 35 | +17 | 55 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 8 | Paços de Ferreira | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 46 | |
| 9 | Vitória de Guimarães | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 42 | |
| 10 | Braga | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 42 | |
| 11 | Beira-Mar | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 48 | 56 | −8 | 39 | |
| 12 | Gil Vicente | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 42 | 56 | −14 | 38 | |
| 13 | Vitória de Setúbal | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 38 | |
| 14 | Santa Clara | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 32 | 46 | −14 | 37 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 15 | Varzim | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 55 | −28 | 32 | |
| 16 | Salgueiros (R) | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 29 | 71 | −42 | 30 | Relegation to Segunda Liga |
| 17 | Farense (R) | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 29 | 63 | −34 | 28 | Relegation to Segunda Liga |
| 18 | Alverca (R) | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 39 | 67 | −28 | 27 | Relegation to Segunda Liga |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALV | BEM | BEL | BEN | BOA | BRA | FAR | GVI | MAR | PAÇ | POR | SAL | STC | SCP | ULE | VAR | VGU | VSE |
| Alverca | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Beira-Mar | 6–2 | | 0–3 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Belenenses | 1–1 | 1–5 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Benfica | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| Boavista | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 |
| Braga | 5–3 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Farense | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Gil Vicente | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Marítimo | 5–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Paços de Ferreira | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Porto | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 5–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Salgueiros | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 |
| Santa Clara | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Sporting CP | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 4–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| União de Leiria | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Varzim | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 4–0 | | 0–0 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Mário Jardel | Sporting CP | 42 |
| 2 | Derlei | União de Leiria | 21 |
| 3 | Fary Faye | Beira-Mar | 18 |
| 4 | Hugo Henrique | Vitória de Setúbal | 16 |
| 5 | Gaúcho | Marítimo | 15 |
| 5 | Barata | Braga | 15 |
| 7 | Leonardo | Paços de Ferreira | 14 |
| 8 | Deco | Porto | 13 |
| 8 | Mantorras | Benfica | 13 |
| 10 | Benni McCarthy | Porto | 12 |
| 10 | João Pedro | Salgueiros | 12 |