2000–01 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.
Boavista won their first league title, only the second time that the competition had been won by a team outside the Portuguese "Big Three" of Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP; the first time being Belenenses in the 1945–46 season. Boavista 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.
Promotion and relegation
Teams relegated to [Segunda Liga]
- Vitória de Setúbal
- Rio Ave
- Santa Clara
Teams promoted from Segunda Liga
- Paços de Ferreira
- Beira-Mar
- Desportivo das Aves
Teams
Stadia and locations
| Team | Head Coach | City | Stadium | 1999–00 finish |
| Alverca |  Jesualdo Ferreira | Alverca | Complexo do Alverca | 11th |
| Beira-Mar | António Sousa | Aveiro | Estádio Mário Duarte | 2nd in Divisão de Honra |
| Belenenses |  Marinho Peres | Lisbon | Estádio do Restelo | 12th |
| Benfica |  Jupp Heynckes | Lisbon | Estádio da Luz | 3rd |
| Boavista | Jaime Pacheco | Porto | Estádio do Bessa | 4th |
| Braga | Manuel Cajuda | Braga | Estádio Primeiro de Maio | 9th |
| Campomaiorense | Carlos Manuel | Campo Maior | Estádio Capitão Cesar Correia | 13th |
| Desportivo das Aves | Prof. Neca | Vila das Aves | Estádio do CD das Aves | 3rd in Divisão de Honra |
| Estrela da Amadora | Quinito | Amadora | Estádio José Gomes | 8th |
| Farense | Manuel Balela | Faro | Estádio de São Luís | 14th |
| Marítimo | Nelo Vingada | Funchal | Estádio dos Barreiros | 6th |
| Paços de Ferreira |  José Mota | Paços de Ferreira | Estádio da Mata Real | 1st in Divisão de Honra |
| Porto | Fernando Santos | Porto | Estádio das Antas | 2nd |
| Salgueiros | Vítor Manuel | Porto | Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro | 15th |
| Sporting CP | Augusto Inácio | Lisbon | Estádio José Alvalade | 1st |
| União de Leiria | Manuel José | Leiria | Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa | 10th |
| Vitória de Guimarães | Paulo Autuori | Guimarães | Estádio D. Afonso Henriques | 7th |