2001–02 Primeira Liga

68th season of top-tier Portuguese football From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

Season2001–02
Dates10 August 2001 – 5 May 2002
ChampionsSporting CP
18th title
RelegatedSalgueiros
Farense
Alverca
Quick facts Season, Dates ...
Primeira Liga
Season2001–02
Dates10 August 2001 – 5 May 2002
ChampionsSporting CP
18th title
RelegatedSalgueiros
Farense
Alverca
Champions LeagueSporting CP (third qualifying round)
Boavista (second qualifying round)
UEFA CupPorto (first round)
Benfica (first round)
Intertoto CupBelenenses (second round)
União de Leiria (first round)
Santa Clara (first round)
Matches306
Goals818 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorerMário Jardel (42 goals)
Biggest home winUnião de Leiria 7–0 Salgueiros
(9 December 2001)
Biggest away winPaços de Ferreira 0–6 Sporting CP
(27 October 2001)
Highest scoring5–3
(2 times)
6-2
(1 time)
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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, Benfica and Leixões from the third division qualified for the 2002–03 UEFA Cup, while 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 the 19-year reign of Porto and Benfica.

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to Segunda Liga

Campomaiorense, Desportivo das Aves and Estrela da Amadora were consigned to the Segunda Liga following their final classification in the 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.

Teams

[citation needed]

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in Primeira Liga 2001-02 (Mainland)
Location of teams in Madeira 2001-2002 Liga
Location of teams in Azores 2001-2002 Liga
More information Team, Head coach ...
Team Head coach City Stadium 2000–01 finish
Alverca Portugal Carlos Pereira Alverca Complexo do Alverca 12th
Beira-Mar Portugal António Sousa Aveiro Estádio Mário Duarte 8th
Belenenses Brazil Marinho Peres Lisbon Estádio do Restelo 7th
Benfica Portugal Toni Lisbon Estádio da Luz 6th
Boavista Portugal Jaime Pacheco Porto Estádio do Bessa 1st
Braga Portugal Manuel Cajuda Braga Estádio Primeiro de Maio 4th
Farense Spain Alberto Pazos Faro Estádio de São Luís 13th
Marítimo Portugal Nelo Vingada Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 11th
Paços de Ferreira Portugal José Mota Paços de Ferreira Estádio da Mata Real 9th
Porto Portugal Octávio Machado Porto Estádio das Antas 2nd
Salgueiros Portugal Vítor Manuel Porto Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro 10th
Santa Clara Portugal Carlos Manuel Ponta Delgada Estádio de São Miguel 1st in Segunda Liga
Sporting CP Romania László Bölöni Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 3rd
União de Leiria Portugal José Mourinho Leiria Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa 5th
Varzim Portugal Rogério Gonçalves Póvoa de Varzim Estádio do Varzim Sport Club 2nd in Segunda Liga
Vitória de Guimarães Brazil Augusto Inácio Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 15th
Vitória de Setúbal Portugal Jorge Jesus Setúbal Estádio do Bonfim 3rd in Segunda Liga
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Managerial changes

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

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sporting CP (C) 34 22 9 3 74 25 +49 75 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Boavista 34 21 7 6 53 20 +33 70 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Porto 34 21 5 8 66 34 +32 68 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 Benfica 34 17 12 5 66 37 +29 63
5 Belenenses 34 17 6 11 54 44 +10 57 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
6 Marítimo 34 17 5 12 48 35 +13 56
7 União de Leiria 34 15 10 9 52 35 +17 55 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
8 Paços de Ferreira 34 12 10 12 41 44 −3 46
9 Vitória de Guimarães 34 11 9 14 35 41 −6 42
10 Braga 34 10 12 12 43 43 0 42
11 Beira-Mar 34 10 9 15 48 56 −8 39
12 Gil Vicente 34 10 8 16 42 56 −14 38
13 Vitória de Setúbal 34 9 11 14 40 46 −6 38
14 Santa Clara 34 9 10 15 32 46 −14 37 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
15 Varzim 34 8 8 18 27 55 −28 32
16 Salgueiros (R) 34 8 6 20 29 71 −42 30 Relegation to Segunda Liga
17 Farense (R) 34 7 7 20 29 63 −34 28
18 Alverca (R) 34 7 6 21 39 67 −28 27
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Source: Primeira Divisão
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

More information Home \ Away, ALV ...
Home \ Away ALV BEM BEL BEN BOA BRA FAR GVI MAR PAÇ POR SAL STC SCP ULE VAR VGU VSE
Alverca 2–0 0–1 1–3 1–2 0–3 1–0 1–4 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–2 3–1 1–3 1–1 4–2 3–2 1–1
Beira-Mar 6–2 0–3 3–3 0–3 4–2 2–1 2–2 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 4–0 0–0 1–0
Belenenses 1–1 1–5 1–1 0–2 1–1 4–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–2 2–1 1–1
Benfica 3–2 4–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 5–0 2–0 1–1 4–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 0–2 3–2 0–0 3–2
Boavista 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 5–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 4–1
Braga 5–3 3–2 2–3 0–1 0–2 4–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–4 0–0 6–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–1
Farense 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–2 1–2 2–2 3–2 2–1 1–1 0–3 2–1 1–0 1–3 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–2
Gil Vicente 2–2 2–1 3–2 0–2 0–3 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–5 3–2 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1
Marítimo 5–0 3–1 0–2 3–2 0–0 4–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–3 4–0 1–0 0–2 3–0 1–1 2–0 3–1
Paços de Ferreira 2–2 0–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 6–0 2–1 0–6 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–0
Porto 0–0 2–3 1–2 3–2 4–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 5–3 2–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0
Salgueiros 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–4 1–1 1–0 0–2 3–0 2–1 3–2 0–3 2–1 1–5 0–1 2–1 1–3 0–2
Santa Clara 2–1 0–0 2–3 0–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0
Sporting CP 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 3–1 4–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 4–1 4–0 5–0 1–0
União de Leiria 2–1 4–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 7–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0
Varzim 1–0 1–1 1–5 2–2 0–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–3 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–3 2–0 0–0 2–1
Vitória de Guimarães 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–4 2–0 2–1 3–1 0–2 1–3 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 2–4 4–0 0–0
Vitória de Setúbal 2–1 4–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–2 0–1 1–3 1–4 3–0 3–2 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–0
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Source: Foradejogo (in Portuguese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Goals[citation needed]
1 Brazil Mário Jardel Sporting CP 42
2 Brazil Derlei União de Leiria 21
3 Senegal Fary Faye Beira-Mar 18
4 Brazil Hugo Henrique Vitória de Setúbal 16
5 Brazil Gaúcho Marítimo 15
Brazil Barata Braga 15
7 Brazil Leonardo Paços de Ferreira 14
8 Brazil Deco Porto 13
Angola Mantorras Benfica 13
10 South Africa Benni McCarthy Porto 12
Portugal João Pedro Salgueiros 12
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Attendances

More information #, Club ...
#ClubAverage
1Benfica29,924
2Sporting25,660
3Porto21,159
4Vitória SC8,138
5Boavista7,500
6Santa Clara7,000
7Braga6,086
8Vitória FC5,147
9Marítimo4,559
10Varzim4,441
11Farense4,012
12Beira-Mar3,882
13Paços de Ferreira3,529
14Os Belenenses3,265
15Salgueiros3,088
16União de Leiria2,971
17Alverca2,729
18Gil Vicente2,677
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