1936–37 Campeonato da Liga

The 1936–37 Campeonato da Liga was the third season of top-tier football in Portugal. Although the first national competition (in a knock-out cup format) was still called Portuguese Championship, the Primeira Liga winners are considered the national champions.[1]

Primeira Liga
Season1936–37
ChampionsBenfica
2nd title
Matches played56
Goals scored265 (4.73 per match)

Overview edit

Location of teams in the 1936–37 Liga

It was contested by 8 teams, and S.L. Benfica won the championship.

League standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Benfica (C) 14 12 0 2 57 13 +44 24
2 Belenenses 14 11 1 2 46 17 +29 23
3 Sporting CP 14 9 2 3 54 25 +29 20
4 Porto 14 6 2 6 31 31 0 14
5 Académica 14 5 1 8 24 30 −6 11
6 Carcavelinhos 14 4 1 9 16 35 −19 9
7 Vitória de Setúbal 14 3 1 10 18 45 −27 7
8 Leixões 14 2 0 12 19 69 −50 4
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions

Results edit

Home \ Away ACA BEL BEN CAR LEI POR SCP VSE
Académica 3–5 1–3 1–2 4–2 2–1 1–2 2–0
Belenenses 2–3 1–0 3–0 9–0 3–0 1–1 5–0
Benfica 2–1 2–0 5–1 10–2 6–0 5–1 8–1
Carcavelinhos 1–0 1–2 1–3 4–0 0–0 1–2 1–0
Leixões 0–3 3–5 0–6 4–1 0–5 2–7 5–1
Porto 2–0 1–2 2–1 4–2 6–1 2–2 7–0
Sporting CP 7–2 2–3 1–4 8–0 4–0 9–1 5–1
Vitória de Setúbal 1–1 1–5 1–2 3–1 4–0 3–0 2–3
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References edit

  1. ^ "FPF confirms: Sporting only has 18 national titles". Oservador. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2017.