1999-2000 Portuguese football season.

Portuguese Liga

The 1999/2000 season of the

Portuguese First Division The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, ...

began on August 20, 1999, and ended on May 14. Sporting CP became champions for the first time in eighteen years.

Promoted teams

These teams were promoted from the Portuguese Second Division of Honour at the start of the season: *

Gil Vicente FC Gil Vicente Futebol Clube (), commonly known as Gil Vicente, founded in 1924, is a Portuguese football club that plays in Barcelos. It competes in the Primeira Liga, the top division of football in the country, and it is named after the Portugues ...

(2nd Division of Honour champions) *

CF «Os Belenenses» Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses, commonly known as Os Belenenses (), is a Portuguese sports club best known for its football team. Founded in 1919, it is one of the oldest Portuguese sports clubs. It is based in the 25,000-seat Estádio do Reste ...

(2nd placed) *

CD Santa Clara Clube Desportivo Santa Clara is a Portuguese football club from Ponta Delgada, Azores. They play in the 13,277-seat Estádio de São Miguel. They are the most successful football team from the Azores Islands as the only team from the archipelag ...

(3rd placed)

Relegated teams

These teams were relegated to the Portuguese Second Division of Honour at the end of the season: *

Vitória FC Vitoria or Vitória may refer to : People * Francisco de Vitoria (c. 1483–1546), a Spanish Renaissance theologian * Alberto Vitoria (1956–2010), Spanish footballer * Rui Vitória (born 1970), Portuguese retired footballer * Steven Vitória (b ...

de Setúbal (16th placed) * Rio Ave FC (17th placed) *

(18th placed)

Primeira Liga

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