Season 2001–02 UEFA Cup Porto (first round) | Champions Sporting CP
18th title | |
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Relegated Salgueiros
Farense
Alverca Champions League Sporting CP (third qualifying round)
Boavista (second qualifying round) Intertoto Cup Belenenses (second round)
União de Leiria (first round)
Santa Clara (first round) | ||
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 5 May 2002. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Boavista as the defending champions.
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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.
Teams relegated to Segunda Liga
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
The other three teams were replaced by Santa Clara, Varzim and Vitória de Setúbal from the Segunda Liga.
League table
Source: Primeira Divisão
Rules for classification: 1st points, 2nd head-to-head, 3rd goals average
(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.