1996–97 Primeira Divisão
Season | 1996–97 |
---|---|
Champions | Porto 16th title |
Relegated | Espinho União de Leiria Gil Vicente |
Champions League | Porto (group stage) Sporting CP (second qualifying round) |
Cup Winners' Cup | Boavista (first round) |
UEFA Cup | Benfica (first round) Braga (first round) V. Guimarães (first round) |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 721 (2.36 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Mário Jardel (30 goals) |
Biggest home win | Boavista 7–0 Gil Vicente (27 April 1997) |
Biggest away win | Espinho 0–5 Porto (26 October 1996) |
Highest scoring | 4–3 (3 times) 5–2 (2 times) |
← 1995–96 1997–98 → |
The 1996–97 Primeira Divisão was the 63rd edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 25 August 1996 with a match between Benfica and Braga, and ended on 15 June 1997. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Porto as the defending champions.
Porto won the league and qualified for the 1997–98 UEFA Champions League group stage, along with Sporting CP, who qualified for the second round, Boavista qualified for the 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round, and Benfica, Braga and V. Guimarães qualified for the 1997–98 UEFA Cup; in opposite, Espinho, União de Leiria and Gil Vicente were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Mário Jardel was the top scorer with 30 goals.
Promotion and relegation
Teams relegated to Liga de Honra
Felgueiras, Campomaiorense and Tirsense, were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1995–96 season.
Teams promoted from Liga de Honra
The other three teams were replaced by Rio Ave, Vitória de Setúbal and Espinho from the Liga de Honra.
Teams
Stadia and locations
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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União de Leiria | ![]() |
20 October 1996 | 17th | ![]() |
21 October 1996 |
Belenenses | ![]() |
27 October 1996 | 15th | ![]() |
28 October 1996 |
Marítimo | ![]() |
17 November 1996 | 12th | ![]() |
18 November 1996 |
Boavista | ![]() |
19 November 1996 | 10th | ![]() |
20 November 1996 |
Gil Vicente | ![]() |
1 December 1996 | 17th | ![]() |
2 December 1996 |
Sporting | ![]() |
12 December 1996 | 3rd | ![]() |
20 December 1996 |
Rio Ave | ![]() |
22 December 1996 | 18th | ![]() |
23 December 1996 |
Boavista | ![]() |
12 January 1997 | 10th | ![]() |
27 January 1997 |
União de Leiria | ![]() |
19 January 1997 | 16th | ![]() |
20 January 1997 |
Benfica | ![]() |
19 January 1997 | 2nd | ![]() |
20 January 1997 |
Marítimo | ![]() |
26 January 1997 | 12th | ![]() |
27 January 1997 |
Benfica | ![]() |
26 January 1997 | 3rd | ![]() |
27 January 1997 |
Vitória de Setúbal | ![]() |
26 January 1997 | 7th | ![]() |
27 January 1997 |
Marítimo | ![]() |
16 February 1997 | 11th | ![]() |
17 February 1997 |
Vitória de Setúbal | ![]() |
10 March 1997 | 11th | ![]() |
11 March 1997 |
Gil Vicente | ![]() |
23 March 1997 | 18th | ![]() |
24 March 1997 |
Espinho | ![]() |
11 May 1996 | 16th | ![]() |
12 May 1996 |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Porto (C) | 34 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 80 | 24 | +56 | 85 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
2 | Sporting CP | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 55 | 19 | +36 | 72 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
3 | Benfica | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 49 | 30 | +19 | 58 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
4 | Braga | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 55 | |
5 | Vitória de Guimarães | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 53 | |
6 | Salgueiros | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 49 | 48 | +1 | 52 | |
7 | Boavista | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 62 | 39 | +23 | 49 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a] |
8 | Marítimo | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 47 | |
9 | Estrela da Amadora | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 47 | |
10 | Chaves | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 46 | |
11 | Farense | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 42 | |
12 | Vitória de Setúbal | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 40 | |
13 | Belenenses | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 40 | |
14 | Leça | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 36 | |
15 | Rio Ave | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 35 | |
16 | Espinho (R) | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 27 | 56 | −29 | 33 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão de Honra |
17 | União de Leiria (R) | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 53 | −28 | 30 | |
18 | Gil Vicente (R) | 34 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 29 | 74 | −45 | 19 |
Rules for classification: 1st points, 2nd head-to-head, 3rd goals average
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Boavista qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Portuguese Cup winners
Results
Top goalscorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
Porto | 30 |
2 | ![]() |
Boavista | 20 |
3 | ![]() |
Estrela da Amadora | 16 |
4 | ![]() |
Leça | 15 |
![]() |
Boavista | ||
6 | ![]() |
Braga | 14 |
7 | ![]() |
Vitória de Guimarães | 13 |
8 | ![]() |
Marítimo | 12 |
9 | ![]() |
Porto | 11 |
10 | ![]() |
Salgueiros | 10 |
Source: Footballzz[2]
Footnotes
- ^ "Teams". Footballzz. Retrieved 2019-01-22.[dead link]
- ^ "Primeira Divisão 1996-97 – Top Scorers". Footballzz. Retrieved 22 May 2015.