The 2000–01 Segunda Liga season was the 11th season of the competition and the 67th season of recognised second-tier

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. As the

LPFP The Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (English: Portuguese Professional Football League), also known by its acronym LPFP, is a governing body that manages professional football club competitions in Portugal. It was founded in 1978 as Liga Po ...

took over all nationwide professional leagues the competition was renamed from Segunda Divisão de Honra to Segunda Liga.

Overview

The league was contested by 18 teams with

CD Santa Clara Clube Desportivo Santa Clara is a Portuguese professional football club from Ponta Delgada, Azores. As the most successful football team from the Azores Islands, they are the only team from the archipelago to compete in a UEFA competition, having ...

winning the championship and gaining promotion to the

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

along with

Varzim SC Varzim Sport Club () is a Portuguese football club based in Póvoa de Varzim. The club was founded on 25 December 1915, and has played at the Estádio do Varzim Sport Club since its foundation. The club plays in Liga 3, following relegation in ...

and Vitória Setúbal. At the other end of the table Imortal DC,

FC Marco Futebol Clube do Marco was a Portuguese football team based in Marco de Canaveses, Porto District. Founded in 1927, it held home games at '' Estádio Municipal de Marco de Canaveses'', which has a 6,530 seat capacity. It might return to its origi ...

and

SC Freamunde Sport Clube Freamunde is a Portuguese football club based in Freamunde, Paços de Ferreira. Founded on 19 March 1933, it currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, holding home matches at the 4,000-capacity Complexo Desportivo do SC Freamu ...

were relegated to the

Segunda Divisão : : The Segunda Divisão Portuguesa ( English: ''Portuguese Second Division'') was a football league situated at the third level of the Portuguese football league system. The division had previously been the second level of the Portuguese pyrami ...

League standings

Footnotes

External links

Portugal 2000/01 - RSSSF (Jorge Santos, Jan Schoenmakers and Daniel Dalence)

Portuguese II Liga 2000/2001 - footballzz.co.uk
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2000–01 in Portuguese football leagues