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, 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 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 37 goals.
Promotion and relegation
Teams relegated to [Segunda Liga]
- Beira-Mar
- Chaves
- [Associação Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F.|Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F.|Académica]
Teams promoted from Liga de Honra
The other three teams were replaced by Gil Vicente, Belenenses and Santa Clara from the Liga de Honra.League table
Attendances
| # | Club | Average |
| 1 | Sporting | 28,824 |
| 2 | Benfica | 27,706 |
| 3 | Porto | 22,029 |
| 4 | Vitória SC | 8,635 |
| 5 | Braga | 8,059 |
| 6 | Marítimo | 7,412 |
| 7 | Boavista | 7,235 |
| 8 | Santa Clara | 5,588 |
| 9 | União de Leiria | 5,235 |
| 10 | Vitória FC | 5,235 |
| 11 | Rio Ave | 4,941 |
| 12 | Farense | 4,000 |
| 13 | Os Belenenses | 3,941 |
| 14 | Campomaiorense | 3,794 |
| 15 | Salgueiros | 3,706 |
| 16 | Gil Vicente | 3,500 |
| 17 | Estrela da Amadora | 3,235 |
| 18 | Alverca | 2,394 |
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