| Season | 2001–02 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 10 August 2001 – 5 May 2002 |
| Champions | Sporting CP 18th title |
| Relegated | Salgueiros Farense Alverca |
| Champions League | Sporting CP(third qualifying round) Boavista(second qualifying round) |
| UEFA Cup | Porto(first round) |
| Intertoto Cup | Belenenses(second round) União de Leiria(first round) Santa Clara(first round) |
| Matches | 306 |
| Goals | 818 (2.67 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Mário Jardel (42 goals) |
| Biggest home win | União de Leiria 7–0Salgueiros (9 December 2001) |
| Biggest away win | Paços de Ferreira 0–6Sporting CP (27 October 2001) |
| Highest scoring | 5–3 (2 times) 6-2 (1 time) |
2002–03 → | |
The2001–02 Primeira Liga was the68th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 11 August 2001 with a match betweenVarzim andBenfica, and ended on 6 May 2002. The league was contested by 18 clubs withBoavista as the defending champions.
Sporting CP won the league and qualified for the2002–03 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round, along with Boavista, who qualified for the second round.Porto andLeixões from thethird division qualified for the2002–03 UEFA Cup; in opposite,Salgueiros,Farense andAlverca were relegated to theSegunda Liga.Mário Jardel was the top scorer with 42 goals. Until 2021, this remained the last season whereSporting CP won the title and where neitherPorto norBenfica won before Sporting CP won the 2020–21 season ending their 19-year drought and 19-year reign of Porto and Benfica.
Campomaiorense, Desportivo das Aves and Estrela da Amadora, were consigned to the Segunda Liga following their final classification in2000–01 season.
The other three teams were replaced by Santa Clara, Varzim and Vitória de Setúbal from the Segunda Liga.
| Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Clara | 30 September 2001 | 15th | 1 October 2001 | ||
| Salgueiros | 5 November 2001 | 16th | 6 November 2001 | ||
| Farense | 25 November 2001 | 13th | 26 November 2001 | ||
| Varzim | 25 November 2001 | 18th | 26 November 2001 | ||
| Benfica | 23 December 2001 | 4th | 28 December 2001 | ||
| Alverca | 8 January 2002 | 16th | 9 January 2002 | ||
| União de Leiria | 20 January 2002 | 4th | 21 January 2002 | ||
| Porto | 20 January 2002 | 5th | 21 January 2002 | ||
| Vitória de Setúbal | 20 January 2002 | 17th | 21 January 2002 | ||
| Farense | 23 February 2002 | 16th | 24 February 2002 | ||
| União de Leiria | 24 February 2002 | 4th | 25 February 2002 |
| 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 toChampions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Boavista | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 53 | 20 | +33 | 70 | Qualification toChampions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Porto | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 66 | 34 | +32 | 68 | Qualification toUEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Benfica | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 66 | 37 | +29 | 63 | |
| 5 | Belenenses | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 54 | 44 | +10 | 57 | Qualification toIntertoto 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 toIntertoto 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 toIntertoto 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 toSegunda Liga |
| 17 | Farense(R) | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 29 | 63 | −34 | 28 | |
| 18 | Alverca(R) | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 39 | 67 | −28 | 27 |
| 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 |