2000–01 S.L. Benfica season

Benfica
2000–01 season
President	João Vale e Azevedo (Till 28 October 2000) ; Manuel Vilarinho
Manager	Jupp Heynckes(Till 18 September 2000) ; José Mourinho(Till 5 December 2000) ; Toni
Stadium	old Estádio da Luz
Primeira Liga	6th
Taça de Portugal	Sixth round
UEFA Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: van Hooijdonk (20); All: van Hooijdonk (24)
Highest home attendance	82,500 (25 February vs Boavista, Primeira Liga)
Lowest home attendance	7,000 (4 May vs Alverca, Primeira Liga)
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The 2000–01 S.L. Benfica season involved Benfica competing in the Primeira Liga and the Taça de Portugal. Benfica qualified for the UEFA Cup by finishing 3rd in the previous Primeira Liga.^[1]

In the Primeira Liga, Benfica started with a loss against Porto plus a draw against União Leiria in the third day put pressure on Jupp Heynckes. A further loss against Halmstad in the UEFA Cup and Heynckes was sacked before the end of September 2000.^[2] João Vale e Azevedo named an young coach as he replacement, José Mourinho.^[3] He didn't have an immediate impression but by late November, Benfica had vastly improved. After a 3-0 victory against current champions Sporting, Mourinho demanded a contract extension after threats to his job by new President Manuel Vilarinho which favored historic manager Toni. Vilarinho didn't yield and Mourinho resigned.^[4] Toni replace him ^[5] and Benfica kept on a good track, including rising to second place in early February 2001, but only two wins in the last 12 matches saw Benfica drop to 6th. It is to this day the club worst ever finished in the Primeira Liga and the first time that Benfica missed on european competitions.^[6]

In the Taça de Portugal, Benfica reached the sixth round, before being trashed by Porto in the replay, after a 1-1 draw at home.

In the UEFA Cup, Benfica was dispached by lowly Swedish team Halmstad, 4-3 on aggregate.

This season is also notable for the change in Presidency, when on 28 October 2000, Manuel Vilarinho defeated João Vale e Azevedo on Benfica most contested elections.^[7]^[8]

Competitions

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Primeira Liga

League table

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Matches

19 August 2000 1	Porto	2 − 0	Benfica	Porto
21:15	Jorge Costa 23' Alenichev 43'	Report		Stadium: Estádio das Antas Attendance: 50.000 Referee: António Costa

27 August 2000 2	Benfica	4 − 1	Beira Mar	Lisbon
19:30	Sabry 17' Poborsky 26' Maniche 55' van Hooijdonk 72'	Report	Òscar 65'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Isidoro Rodrigues

9 September 2000 3	União Leiria	1 − 1	Benfica	Leiria
20:30	Éder Gaúcho 82'	Report	Chano 89'	Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa Attendance: 9.000 Referee: José Leirós

18 September 2000 4	Benfica	2 – 1	Estrela da Amadora	Lisbon
21:15	van Hooijdonk 88', 89'	Report	Djalma 79'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 30.000 Referee: Olegário Benquerença

23 September 2000 5	Boavista	1 − 0	Benfica	Porto
20:00	Duda 2'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 8.000 Referee: José Pratas

2 October 2000 6	Benfica	2 − 2	Braga	Lisbon
19:00	João Tomás 61' van Hooijdonk 75'	Report	Fehér 34' Artur Jorge 90'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Lucílio Baptista

15 October 2000 7	Benfica	1 − 0	Belenenses	Lisbon
19:30	Marchena 32'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Isidoro Rodrigues

21 October 2000 8	Paços de Ferreira	0 − 0	Benfica	Paços de Ferreira
20:00		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 7.000 Referee: Lucílio Baptista

29 October 2000 9	Benfica	2 − 0	Campomaiorense	Lisbon
19:00	João Tomás 75', 85'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Francisco Ferreira

5 November 2000 10	Maritimo	3 − 0	Benfica	Funchal
19:00	Lagorio 13', 53', 59'	Report		Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros Attendance: 9000 Referee: José Pratas

12 November 2000 11	Benfica	2 − 1	Farense	Lisbon
20:00	van Hooijdonk 84', pen.', 88'	Report	Marco Nuno 73'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 15.000 Referee: António Costa

18 November 2000 12	Vitória Guimarães	0 − 4	Benfica	Guimarães
19:00		Report	Chano 40' João Tomás 60', 84', 88'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 9.300 Referee: Olegário Benquerença

3 December 2000 13	Benfica	3 − 0	Sporting	Lisbon
20:00	van Hooijdonk 41', pen.' João Tomás 77', 82'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 65.000 Referee: Jorge Coroado

10 December 2000 14	Alverca	2 − 1	Benfica	Alverca
20:00	Mantorras 43' Nikola Milinković 79'	Report	João Tomás 39'	Stadium: Complexo Desportivo do Alverca Attendance: 5000 Referee: João Ferreira

17 December 2000 15	Benfica	0 − 0	Gil Vicente	Lisbon
19:00		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Cunha Antunes

7 January 2001 16	Salgueiros	1 − 2	Benfica	Porto
21:15	Basílio Almeida 52'	Report	Chano 60' van Hooijdonk 81'	Stadium: Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro Attendance: 3.500 Referee: Paulo Paraty

13 January 2001 17	Benfica	5 − 1	Desportivo Aves	Lisbon
19:00	van Hooijdonk 15', 50', 65', pen.' Nené 30', o.g.' Carlitos 39'	Report	Quinzinho 61'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 30.000 Referee: Francisco Ferreira

21 January 2001 18	Benfica	2 − 1	Porto	Lisbon
21:00	van Hooijdonk 26', pen.', 80'	Report	Capucho 41'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 69.950 Referee: António Costa

29 January 2001 19	Beira Mar	1 – 3	Benfica	Aveiro
21:15	Fary 82'	Report	van Hooijdonk 38', 60', pen.' João Tomás 79'	Stadium: Estádio Mário Duarte Attendance: 8.000 Referee: Vítor Pereira

4 February 2001 20	Benfica	3 − 2	União Leiria	Lisbon
17:45	João Tomás 5' Roger 44' van Hooijdonk 47', pen.'	Report	Éder Gaúcho 25' Nuno Valente 67'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Bruno Paixão

16 February 2001 21	Estrela da Amadora	1 − 2	Benfica	Lisbon
20:00	Gaúcho 14'	Report	van Hooijdonk 20' João Tomás 64'	Stadium: Estádio da Reboleira Attendance: 7.000 Referee: Jorge Coroado

25 February 2001 22	Benfica	0 − 0	Boavista	Lisbon
20:45		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 82.500 Referee: José Pratas

4 March 2001 23	Braga	3 − 1	Benfica	Braga
20:30	Luis Filipe 2', 84' Zé Roberto 22'	Report	João Tomás 9'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal 1º de Maio Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Lucílio Baptista

10 March 2001 24	Belenenses	1 − 0	Benfica	Lisbon
20:30	Marcão 50'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Olegário Benquerença

18 March 2001 25	Benfica	2 − 3	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
19:00	Carlitos 40' Roger 71'	Report	Rafeael 26', 50' Leonardo 34'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 18.000 Referee: Paulo Paraty

31 March 2001 26	Campomaiorense	1 − 1	Benfica	Campo Maior, Portalegre
20:30	Paulo Vida 65'	Report	van Hooijdonk 85'	Stadium: Estádio Capitão Cesar Correia Attendance: 5000 Referee: João Ferreira

8 April 2001 27	Benfica	3 – 0	Maritimo	Lisbon
21:15	Ronaldo 27' João Tomás 48' Sabry 65'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 10.000 Referee: António Costa

13 April 2001 28	Farense	2 − 2	Benfica	Faro
21:30	Hassan 7' Carlos Costa 67'	Report	Miguel 40' João Tomás 42'	Stadium: Estádio de São Luís Attendance: 7.0000 Referee: Paulo Costa

22 April 2001 29	Benfica	1 − 0	Vitória Guimarães	Lisbon
19:00	Sabry 31'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 18.000 Referee: Duarte Gomes

29 April 2001 30	Sporting	3 − 0	Benfica	Lisbon
21:30	Acosta 2' Pedro Barbosa 21' Beto 57'	Report		Stadium: Estádio de Alvalade Attendance: 27.000 Referee: João Ferreira

4 May 2001 31	Benfica	0 − 2	Alverca	Lisbon
19:00		Report	Ivan Dudić 17', o.g.' Rui Borges 67'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 7.000 Referee: Elmano Santos

13 May 2001 32	Gil Vicente	3 − 0	Benfica	Barcelos
20:30	Paulo César 13' Sérgio Lomba 77' Pinheiro 86'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo Attendance: 3.500 Referee: Martins dos Santos

20 May 2001 33	Benfica	1 − 1	Salgueiros	Lisbon
20:00	Rui Baião 58'	Report	João Pedro 44'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 12.000 Referee: Francisco Ferreira

27 May 2001 34	Desportivo Aves	4 − 4	Benfica	Vila das Aves
19:00	Douala 3', 23' Abílio 19', pen.' Marco Aleixo 77'	Report	van Hooijdonk 30', 64' João Tomás 35' André 89'	Stadium: Estádio do CD das Aves Attendance: 2.000 Referee: Lucílio Baptista

Taça de Portugal

26 November 2000 4th Round	Campomaiorense	0 – 1	Benfica	Campo Maior, Portalegre
18:00		Report	Sabry 76'	Stadium: Estádio Capitão Cesar Correia Attendance: 5.000 Referee: Lucílio Baptista

3 January 2001 5th Round	Louletano	1 – 3	Benfica	Loulé
19:00	Marcos Gaúcho 57'	Report	van Hooijdonk 44', 48' João Tomás 52'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Loulé Attendance: 7.500 Referee: Bruno Paixão

17 January 2001 6th Round	Benfica	1 – 1	Porto	Lisbon
19:00	Maniche 53'	Report	Marić 84'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 43.000 Referee: José Pratas

23 January 2001 6th Rd Replay	Porto	4 − 0	Benfica	Porto
19:15	Alenichev 10', 67', pen.' Pena 28' Paredes 34'	Report		Stadium: Estádio das Antas Attendance: 16.500 Referee: Lucílio Baptista

UEFA Cup

First Round

14 September 2000 First Leg	Halmstad	2 – 1	Benfica	Örjans Vall, Halmstad
20:00	Svensson 35' Selaković 57'	Report	van Hooijdonk 40'	Attendance: 3796 Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)

28 September 2000 Second Leg	Benfica	2 – 2 (3 - 4 agg.)	Halmstad	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
20:00	van Hooijdonk 24' Miguel 90'	Report	Gustafson 32' Selaković 88'	Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Germany)

Players

Squad information

Appearances and goals

As of 13 June 2013^[update].^[9]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Liga		Portuguese Cup		UEFA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	GER	Robert Enke	32	-42	26	-32	4	-6	2	-4
12	GK	ARG	Bossio	8	-12	8	-12	0	0	0	0
24	GK	POR	Moreira	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	SRB	Dudić	24	0	20	0	3	0	1	0
3	DF	CHI	Escalona	11	0	9	0	2	0	0	0
4	DF	ESP	Marchena	23	2	20	2	3	0	0	0
5	DF	POR	Paulo Madeira	13	0	12	0	0	0	1	0
6	DF	POR	Fernando Meira	37	0	31	0	4	0	2	0
13	DF	BRA	Ronaldo	29	1	24	1	3	0	2	0
15	DF	PAR	Rojas	12	0	9	0	1	0	2	0
16	DF	POR	Sérgio Nunes	5	0	3	0	1	0	1	0
27	DF	POR	Ricardo Esteves	16	0	14	0	2	0	0	0
36	DF	POR	Diogo Luís	25	0	23	0	2	0	0	0
40	DF	POR	Nuno Abreu	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
57	DF	POR	Geraldo Alves	6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF	CZE	Poborský	17	1	13	1	2	0	2	0
8	MF	ESP	Chano	24	2	23	2	1	0	0	0
10	MF	EGY	Sabry	29	4	24	3	3	1	2	0
14	MF	CHI	Uribe	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
17	MF	UKR	Kandaurov	8	0	7	0	0	0	1	0
18	MF	POR	Carlitos	25	2	22	2	2	0	1	0
20	MF	POR	Maniche	32	2	26	1	4	1	2	0
21	MF	POR	Dani	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	POR	Calado	24	0	19	0	4	0	1	0
23	DF	POR	Miguel	26	2	23	1	2	0	1	1
25	MF	BRA	Roger	13	2	12	2	1	0	0	0
28	MF	POR	Rui Baião	6	1	6	1	0	0	0	0
29	MF	POR	Ednilson	13	0	12	0	1	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	NED	van Hooijdonk	35	24	30	20	3	2	2	2
11	FW	POR	João Tomás	36	17	31	16	3	1	2	0
19	FW	CPV	Toy	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
26	FW	EQG	André	10	1	9	1	1	0	0	0

Starting XI

This shows the most used players in each position, based on Benfica's typical starting formation for the season.

No.	Pos.	Name	MS
1	GK	Robert Enke	32
2	RB	Dudić	24
4	CB	Marchena	23
13	CB	Ronaldo	29
36	LB	Diogo Luís	25
6	CM	Fernando Meira	37
23	RW	Miguel	26
20	CM	Maniche	32
10	LW	Sabry	29
9	FW	van Hooijdonk	35
11	FW	João Tomás	36

Last updated: 13 June 2013
Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Reference

^ "Squad 2000/2001". foradejogo.net.
^ "Heynckes despede-se do Benfica". Record.pt (in Portuguese). 20 September 2000.
^ "Vale e Azevedo: «Mourinho é um treinador jovem com grande ambição»". record.xl.pt (in Portuguese). 21 September 2000.
^ "Mourinho demitiu-se por ser «treinador a prazo»" (in Portuguese). 5 December 2000.
^ "Toni rende José Mourinho". record.xl.pt/ (in Portuguese). 5 December 2000.
^ "Toni: «Não fizemos tudo para evitar este lugar»". record.xl.pt (in Portuguese). 28 May 2001.
^ "Manuel Vilarinho: «A hora é de festejar»". record.xl.pt (in Portuguese). 28 October 2000.
^ "Imprensa nacional saúda Vilarinho". Record.pt (in Portuguese). 28 October 2000.
^ "Sport Lisboa e Benfica Squad 2000-01". footballzz.co.uk/.

[1] "Squad 2000/2001". foradejogo.net.

[2] "Heynckes despede-se do Benfica". Record.pt (in Portuguese). 20 September 2000.

[3] "Vale e Azevedo: «Mourinho é um treinador jovem com grande ambição»". record.xl.pt (in Portuguese). 21 September 2000.

[4] "Mourinho demitiu-se por ser «treinador a prazo»" (in Portuguese). 5 December 2000.

[5] "Toni rende José Mourinho". record.xl.pt/ (in Portuguese). 5 December 2000.

[6] "Toni: «Não fizemos tudo para evitar este lugar»". record.xl.pt (in Portuguese). 28 May 2001.

[7] "Manuel Vilarinho: «A hora é de festejar»". record.xl.pt (in Portuguese). 28 October 2000.

[8] "Imprensa nacional saúda Vilarinho". Record.pt (in Portuguese). 28 October 2000.

[9] "Sport Lisboa e Benfica Squad 2000-01". footballzz.co.uk/.

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