Season 2000–01 Matches played 306 | Champions Boavista1st title Dates 18 Aug 2000 – 27 May 2001 Goals scored 807 | |
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UEFA Cup Sporting CP (first round)Marítimo (qualifying round) Similar 2005–06 Primeira Liga, 2007–08 Primeira Liga, 2008–09 Primeira Liga | ||
The 2000–01 Primeira Liga was the 67th edition of 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.
Contents
- Teams relegated to Segunda Liga
- Teams promoted from Segunda Liga
- League table
- Results
- Top goalscorers
- References
Boavista won the league for the first time and qualified for the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League group stage, along with Porto, who qualified for the second round. Sporting and Marítimo qualified for the 2001–02 UEFA Cup; in opposite, Campomaiorense, Desportivo das Aves and Estrela da Amadora were relegated to the Segunda Liga. Pena was the top scorer with 22 goals.
Teams relegated to Segunda Liga
Vitória de Setúbal, Rio Ave and Santa Clara, were consigned to the Segunda Liga following their final classification in 1999-00 season.
Teams promoted from Segunda Liga
The other three teams were replaced by Paços de Ferreira, Beira-Mar and Desportivo das Aves from the Segunda Liga.
League table
Source: Primeira Divisão
Rules for classification: 1st points, 2nd head-to-head, 3rd goals average
1 Maritimo qualified for the UEFA Cup as Portuguese Cup runners-up
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
Source: Foradejogo (Portuguese)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
Sources: Footballzz