1999–2000 Primeira Liga
# 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.

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
* Académica

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

* Gil Vicente
* Belenenses
* Santa Clara

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

## Teams

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | 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 | Pre-season | Giuseppe Materazzi | 16 June 1999 |
| Sporting CP | Giuseppe Materazzi | Sacked | 27 September 1999 | 4th | Augusto Inácio | 4 October 1999 |
| Salgueiros | Dito | | 7 November 1999 | 13th | Vítor Manuel | 10 November 1999 |
| 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 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 | Relegation to Segunda Liga |
| 17 | Rio Ave (R) | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 34 | 54 | −20 | 33 | Relegation to Segunda Liga |
| 18 | Santa Clara (R) | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 31 | Relegation to Segunda Liga |

* ↑ Vitória de Setúbal: 4 points
* ↑ 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 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 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 |
| 10 | Maniche | Benfica | 10 |
| 10 | Odair | Braga | 10 |
