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2001–02 Primeira Liga

68th season of top-tier Portuguese football

Field	Value
competition	Primeira Liga
season	2001–02
dates	10 August 2001 – 5 May 2002
winners	Sporting CP
18th title
relegated	Salgueiros
Farense
Alverca
continentalcup1	[Champions League](2002-03-uefa-champions-league)
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Sporting CP (third qualifying round)
Boavista (second qualifying round)
continentalcup2	[UEFA Cup](2002-03-uefa-cup)
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Porto (first round)
Benfica (first round)
continentalcup3	[Intertoto Cup](2002-uefa-intertoto-cup)
continentalcup3 qualifiers	Belenenses (second round)
União de Leiria (first round)
Santa Clara (first round)
league topscorer	Mário Jardel (42 goals)
biggest home win	União de Leiria 7–0 Salgueiros
(9 December 2001)
biggest away win	Paços de Ferreira 0–6 Sporting CP
(27 October 2001)
highest scoring	5–3
(2 times)
6-2
(1 time)
matches	306
total goals	818
prevseason	[2000–01](2000-01-primeira-liga)
nextseason	[2002–03](2002-03-primeira-liga)

18th title Farense Alverca Boavista (second qualifying round) Benfica (first round) União de Leiria (first round) Santa Clara (first round) (9 December 2001) (27 October 2001) (2 times) 6-2 (1 time) 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, Benfica 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	POR Carlos Pereira	Alverca	Complexo do Alverca	12th
Beira-Mar	POR António Sousa	Aveiro	Estádio Mário Duarte	8th
Belenenses	BRA Marinho Peres	Lisbon	Estádio do Restelo	7th
Benfica	POR Toni	Lisbon	Estádio da Luz	6th
Boavista	POR Jaime Pacheco	Porto	Estádio do Bessa	1st
Braga	POR Manuel Cajuda	Braga	Estádio Primeiro de Maio	4th
Farense	ESP Alberto Pazos	Faro	Estádio de São Luís	13th
Marítimo	POR Nelo Vingada	Funchal	Estádio dos Barreiros	11th
Paços de Ferreira	Portugal José Mota	Paços de Ferreira	Estádio da Mata Real	9th
Porto	POR Octávio Machado	Porto	Estádio das Antas	2nd
Salgueiros	POR Vítor Manuel	Porto	Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro	10th
Santa Clara	POR Carlos Manuel	Ponta Delgada	Estádio de São Miguel	1st in [Segunda Liga](2000-01-segunda-liga)
Sporting CP	ROM László Bölöni	Lisbon	Estádio José Alvalade	3rd
União de Leiria	POR José Mourinho	Leiria	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa	5th
Varzim	POR Rogério Gonçalves	Póvoa de Varzim	Estádio do Varzim Sport Club	2nd in [Segunda Liga](2000-01-segunda-liga)
Vitória de Guimarães	BRA Augusto Inácio	Guimarães	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques	15th
Vitória de Setúbal	POR Jorge Jesus	Setúbal	Estádio do Bonfim	3rd in [Segunda Liga](2000-01-segunda-liga)

Managerial changes

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

League table

Results

Top goalscorers

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

Attendances

#	Club	Average
1	Benfica	29,924
2	Sporting	25,660
3	Porto	21,159
4	Vitória SC	8,138
5	Boavista	7,500
6	Santa Clara	7,000
7	Braga	6,086
8	Vitória FC	5,147
9	Marítimo	4,559
10	Varzim	4,441
11	Farense	4,012
12	Beira-Mar	3,882
13	Paços de Ferreira	3,529
14	Os Belenenses	3,265
15	Salgueiros	3,088
16	União de Leiria	2,971
17	Alverca	2,729
18	Gil Vicente	2,677

Source:

References

(August 2020). "Teams". Footballzz.
https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/prt/aveprt02.htm

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