1999–2000 Primeira Liga

Primeira Liga
Season	1999–2000
Champions	Sporting CP; 17th title
Relegated	Vitória de Setúbal; Rio Ave; Santa Clara
UEFA Champions League	Sporting CP (first group stage); Porto (third qualifying round)
UEFA Cup	Benfica (first round); Boavista (qualifying round)
Matches played	306
Goals scored	739 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mário Jardel; (38 goals)
Biggest home win	Porto 5–0 Farense; (20 December 1999)
Biggest away win	Rio Ave 0–5 Santa Clara; (26 September 1999)
Highest scoring	Benfica 6–2 Farense; (20 February 2000)
Longest winning run	4 games; Boavista; Sporting CP
Longest unbeaten run	12 games; Sporting CP
Longest winless run	8 games; Rio Ave; Vitória de Guimarães
Longest losing run	5 games; Campomaiorense
	← 1998–99 (Primeira Divisão) 2000–01 →

Template:1999–2000 football in Portugal The 1999–2000 Primeira Liga was the 66th season of top-tier football in Portugal. The competition was renamed Campeonato Nacional da Primeira Liga (National Championship of the First League), Primeira Liga for short, after the Portuguese League for Professional Football took control of the two top nationwide leagues in 1999. It started on 20 August 1999 and ended on 14 May 2000. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Porto as the defending champions.

Sporting won their first Championship in 18 years (since 1981–82) and qualified for the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League group stage, along with Porto, who qualified for the third round. Benfica, Boavista, qualified for the UEFA Cup; in opposite, Vitória de Setúbal, Rio Ave and Santa Clara were relegated to the Segunda Liga. Mário Jardel was the top scorer with 38 goals.

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to Segunda Liga

Beira-Mar, Chaves and Académica, were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1998-99 season.

Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

The other three teams were replaced by Gil Vicente, Belenenses and Santa Clara from the Liga de Honra.

Teams

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Belenenses
Benfica
Sporting

Estrela

Campomaiorense

Porto
Boavista
Salgueiros

Madeira: Marítimo

Azores: Santa Clara

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Location of teams in the 1999–2000 Primeira Liga

Marítimo

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Location of teams in Madeira in the 1999–2000 Primeira Liga

Santa Clara

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Location of teams in Azores in the 1999–2000 Primeira Liga

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager^[3]	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Alverca	António Veloso	Hugo Costa	Saillev	Somague
Belenenses	Vítor Oliveira	Wilson	Umbro	Montepio Geral
Benfica	Jupp Heynckes	João Pinto	Adidas	Telecel
Boavista	Jaime Pacheco	Paulo Sousa	Diadora	Montepio Geral
Braga	Manuel Cajuda	José Barroso	Umbro	Recheio
Campomaiorense	Carlos Manuel	Paulo Sérgio	Reebok	Delta Cafés
Estrela da Amadora	Jorge Jesus	Joaquim Rebelo	Lotto	Gelpeixe
Farense	Ismael Díaz	Hajry Redouane	Saillev	Pingo Doce
Gil Vicente	Álvaro Magalhães	Jorge Casquilha	Patrick	Grupo FM Magalhães
Leiria	Manuel José	Luís Bilro	Sporito	Armazéns Madiver
Marítimo	Nelo Vingada	Carlos Jorge	Saillev	Hiper Sá
Porto	Fernando Santos	Jorge Costa	Kappa	Revigrés
Rio Ave	Carlos Brito	Augusto Gama	Fila	Vila do Conde
Salgueiros	Vítor Manuel	Jorge Silva	Umbro	Nuelmos
Santa Clara	Manuel Fernandes	Paulo Figueiredo	Umbro	Sol-Mar
Sporting CP	Augusto Inácio	Pedro Barbosa	Reebok	Telecel
Vitória de Guimarães	António Valença	Fernando Meira	Adidas	Bayer Milraz
Vitória de Setúbal	Rui Águas	Hélio Sousa	Saillev	None

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Sporting CP	Mirko Jozić	Resigned	7 June 1999^[4]	Pre-season	Giuseppe Materazzi	16 June 1999^[5]
Sporting CP	Giuseppe Materazzi	Sacked	27 September 1999^[6]^[7]	4th	Augusto Inácio	4 October 1999
Salgueiros	Dito		7 November 1999	13th	Vítor Manuel	10 November 1999^[8]
Farense	João Alves		5 December 1999	16th	Nicolau Vaqueiro	12 December 1999
Farense	Nicolau Vaqueiro		8 January 2000	16th	Jorge Portela	16 January 2000
Vitória de Setúbal	Carlos Cardoso		8 January 2000	17th	Rui Águas	16 January 2000
Farense	Jorge Portela		29 January 2000	15th	Ismael Díaz	6 February 2000
Vitória de Guimarães	Quinito		24 April 2000	6th	António Valença	30 April 2000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting CP (C)	34	23	8	3	57	22	+35	77	Qualification to UEFA Champions League first group stage
2	Porto	34	22	7	5	66	26	+40	73	Qualification to UEFA Champions League third qualifying round
3	Benfica	34	21	6	7	58	33	+25	69	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Boavista	34	16	7	11	40	31	+9	55	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Gil Vicente	34	14	11	9	48	34	+14	53
6	Marítimo	34	13	11	10	42	36	+6	50
7	Vitória de Guimarães	34	14	6	14	48	43	+5	48
8	Estrela da Amadora	34	10	15	9	40	35	+5	45
9	Braga	34	12	7	15	44	45	−1	43
10	Leiria	34	10	12	12	31	35	−4	42
11	Alverca	34	11	8	15	39	48	−9	41
12	Belenenses	34	9	13	12	36	38	−2	40
13	Campomaiorense	34	10	6	18	31	51	−20	36
14	Farense	34	8	11	15	35	60	−25	35
15	Salgueiros	34	9	7	18	30	49	−19	34
16	Vitória de Setúbal (R)	34	9	6	19	25	49	−24	33^[a]	Relegation to Segunda Liga
17	Rio Ave (R)	34	8	9	17	34	54	−20	33^[b]
18	Santa Clara (R)	34	7	10	17	35	50	−15	31

Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2000. Source: Infordesporto
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
Notes:

^ Vitória de Setúbal: 4 points
^ Rio Ave: 1 point

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[9]
1	Mário Jardel	Porto	38
2	Alberto Acosta	Sporting CP	22
3	Gaúcho	Estrela da Amadora	21
4	Nuno Gomes	Benfica	18
5	Brandão	Vitória de Guimarães	16
6	Mariano Toedtli	Marítimo	13
7	Hugo Henrique	Rio Ave	12
8	Lucian Marinescu	Farense	11
8	Whelliton	Boavista	11
10	Edmilson	Vitória de Guimarães	10
	Maniche	Benfica	10
	Odair	Braga	10

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to Segunda Liga

Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

Teams

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Top goalscorers

References

External links