1999–2000 Primeira Liga

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.

Primeira Liga
Season1999–2000
Dates20 August 1999 – 14 May 2000
ChampionsSporting CP
17th title
RelegatedVitória de Setúbal
Rio Ave
Santa Clara
UEFA Champions LeagueSporting CP (first group stage)
Porto (third qualifying round)
UEFA CupBenfica (first round)
Boavista (qualifying round)
Matches played306
Goals scored739 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorerMário Jardel
(38 goals)
Biggest home winPorto 5–0 Farense
(20 December 1999)
Biggest away winRio Ave 0–5 Santa Clara
(26 September 1999)
Highest scoringBenfica 6–2 Farense
(20 February 2000)
Longest winning run4 games[1]
Boavista
Sporting CP
Longest unbeaten run12 games[1]
Sporting CP
Longest winless run8 games[1]
Rio Ave
Vitória de Guimarães
Longest losing run5 games[1]
Campomaiorense
← 1998–99 (Primeira Divisão)

Sporting won their first Championship in 18 years (since 1981–82) and qualified for the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League first group stage, along with Porto, who qualified for the third qualifying 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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Location of teams in the 1999–2000 Primeira Liga
Location of teams in Madeira in the 1999–2000 Primeira Liga
Location of teams in Azores in the 1999–2000 Primeira Liga

Personnel and kits
Team Manager[3] Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Alverca Portugal António Veloso Portugal Hugo Costa Saillev Somague
Belenenses Portugal Vítor Oliveira Angola Wilson Umbro Montepio Geral
Benfica Germany Jupp Heynckes Portugal João Pinto Adidas Telecel
Boavista Portugal Jaime Pacheco Portugal Paulo Sousa Diadora Montepio Geral
Braga Portugal Manuel Cajuda Portugal José Barroso Umbro Recheio
Campomaiorense Portugal Carlos Manuel Portugal Paulo Sérgio Reebok Delta Cafés
Estrela da Amadora Portugal Jorge Jesus Portugal Joaquim Rebelo Lotto Gelpeixe
Farense Spain Ismael Díaz Morocco Hajry Redouane Saillev Pingo Doce
Gil Vicente Portugal Álvaro Magalhães Portugal Jorge Casquilha Patrick Grupo FM Magalhães
Leiria Portugal Manuel José Portugal Luís Bilro Sporito Armazéns Madiver
Marítimo Portugal Nelo Vingada Portugal Carlos Jorge Saillev Hiper Sá
Porto Portugal Fernando Santos Portugal Jorge Costa Kappa Revigrés
Rio Ave Portugal Carlos Brito Portugal Augusto Gama Fila Vila do Conde
Salgueiros Portugal Vítor Manuel Portugal Jorge Silva Umbro Nuelmos
Santa Clara Portugal Manuel Fernandes Angola Paulo Figueiredo Umbro Sol-Mar
Sporting CP Portugal Augusto Inácio Portugal Pedro Barbosa Reebok Telecel
Vitória de Guimarães Portugal António Valença Portugal Fernando Meira Adidas Bayer Milraz
Vitória de Setúbal Portugal Rui Águas Portugal 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 Croatia Mirko Jozić Resigned 7 June 1999[4] Pre-season Italy Giuseppe Materazzi 16 June 1999[5]
Sporting CP Italy Giuseppe Materazzi Sacked 27 September 1999[6][7] 4th Portugal Augusto Inácio 4 October 1999
Salgueiros Portugal Dito 7 November 1999 13th Portugal Vítor Manuel 10 November 1999[8]
Farense Portugal João Alves 5 December 1999 16th Portugal Nicolau Vaqueiro 12 December 1999
Farense Portugal Nicolau Vaqueiro 8 January 2000 16th Portugal Jorge Portela 16 January 2000
Vitória de Setúbal Portugal Carlos Cardoso 8 January 2000 17th Portugal Rui Águas 16 January 2000
Farense Portugal Jorge Portela 29 January 2000 15th Spain Ismael Díaz 6 February 2000
Vitória de Guimarães Portugal Quinito 24 April 2000 6th Portugal 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 Champions League group stage
2 Porto 34 22 7 5 66 26 +40 73 Qualification to 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 qualifying 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[lower-alpha 1] Relegation to Segunda Liga
17 Rio Ave (R) 34 8 9 17 34 54 −20 33[lower-alpha 2]
18 Santa Clara (R) 34 7 10 17 35 50 −15 31
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:
  1. Vitória de Setúbal: 4 points
  2. Rio Ave: 1 point

Results
Home \ Away ALV BEL BEN BOA BRA CPM EST FAR GVI MAR POR RAV SAL STC SCP ULE VGU VSE
Alverca 1–1 3–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 4–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–1
Belenenses 4–2 0–0 1–1 0–3 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–1
Benfica 3–2 2–3 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 6–2 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–2 3–0 3–0
Boavista 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–0
Braga 3–1 0–0 3–2 1–0 4–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 0–2 0–2 2–4 3–0
Campomaiorense 0–0 2–1 2–4 0–1 2–4 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 2–1 0–1
Estrela da Amadora 3–0 0–3 3–0 1–2 3–3 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 3–0
Farense 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–3 1–0 3–3 4–0 3–2 2–2 0–3 2–1 2–1 0–0
Gil Vicente 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–3 0–0 3–0 2–2 4–0 5–1 2–1 4–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0
Marítimo 3–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 3–0 1–0 2–1 5–2 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–0
Porto 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 5–0 2–0 3–2 4–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 4–2 2–1 4–1
Rio Ave 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–2 2–2 4–1 0–5 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–1
Salgueiros 0–2 0–0 1–2 1–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–4 1–1 2–0 0–4 3–0 0–1 1–0
Santa Clara 4–3 1–0 0–3 0–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 3–2 2–1
Sporting CP 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 4–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 4–1 2–0 1–0 2–1
União de Leiria 3–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–4 3–2 1–1 1–0 0–0
Vitória de Guimarães 1–0 4–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 4–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–2 0–1 4–0
Vitória de Setúbal 1–0 0–2 1–2 2–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 4–2 1–4 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–1
Source: Foradejogo (in Portuguese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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

References
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  2. "Teams". Footballzz.
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  4. "Mirko Jozic abandona o Sporting". Record (in Portuguese). 7 June 1999. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  5. Filipe, Carlos; Queiroz, Manuel (16 June 1999). "O seu lema é o trabalho". Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  6. "Allenatori lo Sporting Lisbona esonera Materazzi". La Nuova Sardegna (in Italian). 28 September 1999. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
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