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2000–01 Primeira Liga

67th season of top-tier Portuguese football

Field	Value
competition	Primeira Liga
season	2000–01
dates	18 August 2000 – 27 May 2001
winners	Boavista
1st title
relegated	Campomaiorense
Desportivo das Aves
Estrela da Amadora
continentalcup1	[Champions League](2001-02-uefa-champions-league)
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Boavista (group stage)
Porto (second qualifying round)
continentalcup2	[UEFA Cup](2001-02-uefa-cup)
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Sporting CP (first round)
Marítimo (qualifying round)
league topscorer	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)
matches	306
total goals	807
prevseason	[1999–2000](1999-2000-primeira-liga)
nextseason	[2001–02](2001-02-primeira-liga)

1st title Desportivo das Aves Estrela da Amadora Porto (second qualifying round) Marítimo (qualifying round) (30 October 2000) (18 September 2000) (27 May 2001) 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	POR Jesualdo Ferreira	Alverca	Complexo do Alverca	11th
Beira-Mar	POR António Sousa	Aveiro	Estádio Mário Duarte	2nd in [Divisão de Honra](1999-2000-segunda-divisao-de-honra)
Belenenses	BRA Marinho Peres	Lisbon	Estádio do Restelo	12th
Benfica	GER Jupp Heynckes	Lisbon	Estádio da Luz	3rd
Boavista	POR Jaime Pacheco	Porto	Estádio do Bessa	4th
Braga	POR Manuel Cajuda	Braga	Estádio Primeiro de Maio	9th
Campomaiorense	POR Carlos Manuel	Campo Maior	Estádio Capitão Cesar Correia	13th
Desportivo das Aves	POR Manuel Gomes	Vila das Aves	Estádio do CD das Aves	3rd in [Divisão de Honra](1999-2000-segunda-divisao-de-honra)
Estrela da Amadora	POR Quinito	Amadora	Estádio José Gomes	8th
Farense	POR Manuel Balela	Faro	Estádio de São Luís	14th
Marítimo	POR Nelo Vingada	Funchal	Estádio dos Barreiros	6th
Paços de Ferreira	Portugal José Mota	Paços de Ferreira	Estádio da Mata Real	1st in [Divisão de Honra](1999-2000-segunda-divisao-de-honra)
Porto	POR Fernando Santos	Porto	Estádio das Antas	2nd
Salgueiros	POR Vítor Manuel	Porto	Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro	15th
Sporting CP	POR Augusto Inácio	Lisbon	Estádio José Alvalade	1st
União de Leiria	POR Manuel José	Leiria	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa	10th
Vitória de Guimarães	BRA 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	GER Jupp Heynckes	18 September 2000	7th	POR José Mourinho	20 September 2000
Vitória de Guimarães	BRA Paulo Autuori	18 November 2000	12th	POR Álvaro Magalhães	19 November 2000
Sporting CP	POR Augusto Inácio	25 November 2000	2nd	POR Fernando Mendes	26 November 2000
Desportivo das Aves	POR Manuel Gomes	3 December 2000	16th	POR Carlos Carvalhal	4 December 2000
Benfica	POR José Mourinho	5 December 2000	6th	POR Toni	6 December 2000
Sporting CP	POR Fernando Mendes	21 January 2001	3rd	POR Manuel Fernandes	22 January 2001
Estrela da Amadora	POR Quinito	26 January 2001	18th	POR Carlos Brito	27 January 2001
Vitória de Guimarães	POR Álvaro Magalhães	26 February 2001	14th	POR Augusto Inácio	27 February 2001
Campomaiorense	POR Carlos Manuel	11 March 2001	15th	POR Diamantino Miranda	12 March 2001

League table

Results

Top goalscorers

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

Sources: Footballzz

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

(May 2020). "Teams". Footballzz}}{{Dead link.
"Primeira Liga 2000-01 – Top Scorers". Footballzz.
(2012). "Almaneque do Benfica". Lua de Papel.
https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/prt/aveprt01.htm

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