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1977–78 Primeira Divisão

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Statistics of Portuguese Liga in the 1977–78 season.

Primeira Liga
Season1977-78
ChampionsF.C. Porto
6th title
RelegatedPortimonense
Espinho
Riopele
Feirense
European CupF.C. Porto
Cup Winners' CupSporting CP
UEFA CupBenfica
Braga
Matches played240
Goals scored585 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorer Fernando Gomes (25 goals)

Overview edit

It was contested by 16 teams, and F.C. Porto won the championship. This year was notable for the fact that S.L. Benfica came second despite never losing a match throughout the entire season.

League standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Porto (C) 30 22 7 1 81 21 +60 51 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Benfica 30 21 9 0 56 11 +45 51 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 Sporting CP 30 19 4 7 63 30 +33 42 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
4 Braga 30 16 6 8 42 27 +15 38 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 Belenenses 30 14 8 8 25 21 +4 36
6 Vitória de Guimarães 30 12 7 11 33 28 +5 31
7 Boavista 30 10 8 12 36 38 −2 28
8 Académica 30 11 4 15 41 49 −8 26
9 Vitória de Setúbal 30 8 10 12 29 40 −11 26
10 Varzim 30 9 7 14 26 38 −12 25
11 Estoril 30 8 9 13 25 36 −11 25
12 Marítimo 30 8 7 15 22 45 −23 23
13 Portimonense (R) 30 8 7 15 29 39 −10 23 Relegation to Segunda Divisão
14 Espinho (R) 30 8 6 16 30 52 −22 22
15 Riopele (R) 30 6 9 15 23 51 −28 21
16 Feirense (R) 30 5 2 23 24 59 −35 12
Source: RSSSF[1] and footballzz.co.uk[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Sporting qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1978 Taça de Portugal Final.

Results edit

Home \ Away ACA BEL BEN BOA BRA ESP EST FEI MAR PTM POR RPL SCP VAR VGU VSE
Académica 0–0 0–3 3–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 4–1 3–1 0–0 3–1 1–5 3–1 1–3 4–2
Belenenses 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0
Benfica 3–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 6–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–2
Boavista 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 5–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 4–1 3–1 0–2 0–0 0–0
Braga 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 6–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 5–0
Espinho 4–1 1–2 1–5 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 3–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–1
Estoril 2–0 1–2 0–3 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–0
Feirense 0–4 0–0 0–1 1–4 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–3 4–0 0–2 2–0 0–1 2–0
Marítimo 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–3 1–0 0–4 2–0 1–1 0–0
Portimonense 1–0 0–2 0–3 1–2 3–2 2–0 1–1 5–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–2 1–0 1–2 1–1
Porto 4–2 6–0 1–1 0–0 4–0 4–0 5–2 6–1 3–0 3–2 6–0 3–0 5–1 2–1 3–0
Riopele 2–0 1–0 1–4 0–0 1–1 3–3 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–4 0–0 1–2 2–1
Sporting CP 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 5–0 3–1 4–1 5–0 3–0 1–0 2–3 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–0
Varzim 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–4 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–2
Vitória de Guimarães 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–0
Vitória de Setúbal 1–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–4 4–0 2–1 1–1 1–0
Source: [1][2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics edit

Top goalscorers edit

Rank Player Club Goals[3]
1   Fernando Gomes Porto 25
2   Chico Gordo Braga 20
3   António Oliveira Porto 19
4   Rui Jordão Sporting 15
  Joaquim Rocha Académica de Coimbra
6   Mané Vitória de Guimarães 14
  Serginho Feirense
  Manuel Fernandes Sporting
9   Manoel Sporting 13
  Albertino Pereira Boavista

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ a b "Portugal 1977-78 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira)". RSSSF. 2001. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
  2. ^ a b "Portuguese League 1977/78 - footballzz.co.uk". ZeroZero. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
  3. ^ "TheFinalBall Goalscorer statistics". TheFinalBall. Retrieved 20 April 2017.

External links edit

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