1970–71 Primeira Divisão

The 1970–71 Primeira Divisão was the 37th season of top-tier football in Portugal.

Primeira Liga
Season1970–71
ChampionsBenfica
18th title
Matches played182
Goals scored426 (2.34 per match)

Overview

It was contested by 14 teams, and S.L. Benfica won the championship.

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Benfica (C) 26 18 5 3 62 17 +45 41 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Sporting CP 26 16 6 4 45 14 +31 38 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
3 Porto 26 16 5 5 44 21 +23 37 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 Vitória de Setúbal 26 15 4 7 51 16 +35 34
5 Académica 26 13 7 6 38 24 +14 33
6 Boavista 26 9 4 13 18 38 20 22
7 Belenenses 26 7 8 11 20 27 7 22
8 CUF Barreiro 26 8 5 13 28 37 9 21
9 Tirsense 26 6 8 12 24 45 21 20
10 Barreirense 26 5 10 11 21 31 10 20
11 Farense 26 7 6 13 15 33 18 20
12 Vitória de Guimarães 26 4 11 11 15 27 12 19
13 Leixões 26 7 5 14 22 44 22 19
14 Varzim (R) 26 7 4 15 23 52 29 18 Relegation to Segunda Divisão
Source: RSSSF[1] and footballzz.co.uk[2]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Sporting qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1971 Taça de Portugal Final

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[3]
1 Artur Jorge Benfica 23
2 Vítor Baptista Vitória de Setúbal 22
3 Eusébio Benfica 19
4 António Lemos Porto 18
5 Félix Guerreiro Vitória de Setúbal 12
6 Abel Porto 11
7 Manuel António Académica de Coimbra 10
8 António Jorge Académica de Coimbra 8
Esteves Leixões
Nunes Pinto Varzim

References

  1. "Portugal 1970-71 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira)". RSSSF Archive. 2001. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
  2. "Portuguese League 1970/71 - footballzz.co.uk". ZeroZero. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
  3. "TheFinalBall Goalscorer statistics". TheFinalBall. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
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