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 Stadium1999–00 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 TeamOutgoing managerDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate 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
Results
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 Hassan Nader Farense 6 Miklós Fehér Braga 14 Alberto Acosta Sporting 8 Marcão Belenenses 13 Derlei União de Leiria10 Zé Roberto Braga 12 Sources:
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Benfica 27,206 2 Sporting 19,000 3 Porto 17,776 4 Braga 11,941 5 Vitória SC 7,748 6 Boavista 6,294 7 Marítimo 5,353 8 Beira-Mar 4,765 9 Os Belenenses 4,412 10 Farense 4,059 11 Paços de Ferreira 3,500 12 Alverca 3,441 13 Salgueiros 3,382 14 União de Leiria 3,265 15 Aves 3,176 16 Campomaiorense 3,088 17 Gil Vicente 2,412 18 Estrela da Amadora 2,059 Source:
References
External links Portugal 2000-01 – RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira) Portugal – Table of Honor – Soccer Library