2000–01 Primeira Liga

Primeira Liga

Season	2000–01
Champions	Boavista 1st title
Relegated	Campomaiorense Desportivo das Aves Estrela da Amadora
Champions League	Boavista (group stage) Porto (second qualifying round)
UEFA Cup	Sporting CP (first round) Marítimo (qualifying round)
Matches played	306
Goals scored	807 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorer	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)
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

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.

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.

Vitória de Setúbal, Rio Ave and Santa Clara, were consigned to the Segunda Liga following their final classification in 1999-00 season.

The other three teams were replaced by Paços de Ferreira, Beira-Mar and Desportivo das Aves from the Segunda Liga.

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.

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