2001–02 Primeira Liga
| Season | 2001–02 |
|---|---|
| Champions |
Sporting CP 18th title |
| Relegated |
Salgueiros Farense Alverca |
| Champions League |
Sporting CP (third qualifying round) Boavista (second qualifying round) |
| UEFA Cup | Porto (first round) |
| Intertoto Cup |
Belenenses (second round) União de Leiria (first round) Santa Clara (first round) |
| Matches played | 306 |
| Goals scored | 818 (2.67 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | 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) |
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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.
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.
Campomaiorense, Desportivo das Aves and Estrela da Amadora, were consigned to the Segunda Liga following their final classification in 2000–01 season.
The other three teams were replaced by Santa Clara, Varzim and Vitória de Setúbal from the Segunda Liga.
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.
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