1976–77 Primeira Divisão

Primeira Liga
Season	1976–77
Champions	Benfica; 23rd title
Relegated	Beira-Mar; Montijo; Leixões; Atlético CP
European Cup	Benfica
Cup Winners' Cup	F.C. Porto
UEFA Cup	Sporting CP; Boavista
Matches played	240
Goals scored	616 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorer	Fernando Gomes (26 goals)
	← 1975–76 1977–78 →

The 1976–77 Primeira Divisão was the 43rd season of top-tier football in Portugal.

Overview[edit]

It was contested by 16 teams, and S.L. Benfica won the championship.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Benfica (C)	30	23	5	2	67	24	+43	51	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Sporting CP	30	17	8	5	59	26	+33	42	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Porto	30	18	5	7	72	27	+45	41	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
4	Boavista	30	13	8	9	41	33	+8	34	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Académica	30	14	6	10	29	25	+4	34
6	Vitória de Setúbal	30	13	6	11	47	46	+1	32
7	Varzim	30	10	11	9	36	36	0	31
8	Braga	30	10	9	11	36	36	0	29
9	Vitória de Guimarães	30	10	6	14	39	38	+1	26
10	Belenenses	30	7	12	11	29	40	−11	26
11	Estoril	30	6	13	11	26	36	−10	25
12	Portimonense	30	8	9	13	34	46	−12	25
13	Beira-Mar (R)	30	7	9	14	33	57	−24	23	Relegation to Segunda Divisão
14	Montijo (R)	30	7	9	14	30	47	−17	23
15	Leixões (R)	30	4	15	11	15	31	−16	23
16	Atlético CP (R)	30	3	9	18	23	68	−45	15

Source: RSSSF^[1] and footballzz.co.uk^[2]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Porto qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1978 Taça de Portugal Final.

Home \ Away	ACA	ACP	BEM	BEL	BEN	BOA	BRA	EST	LEI	MON	PTM	POR	SCP	VAR	VGU	VSE
Académica		0–0	0–0	3–1	0–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	3–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–0
Atlético CP	0–1		4–1	2–1	0–2	1–4	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–2	2–5
Beira-Mar	1–2	1–1		1–0	2–2	1–2	4–2	2–1	2–0	4–1	2–2	0–3	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–2
Belenenses	1–0	2–1	3–0		2–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–2	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–1
Benfica	1–0	6–0	4–0	1–1		2–1	2–2	6–1	3–1	4–1	5–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	3–1
Boavista	4–1	6–2	0–0	0–1	0–3		1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–3	2–1	1–0
Braga	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	0–1	0–1		1–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–3	3–1	0–0	4–1	3–0
Estoril	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–1		2–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–3
Leixões	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–1		1–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–1
Montijo	0–0	6–0	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0		2–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–2
Portimonense	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–2	1–2	1–3	0–0	2–1	3–0	0–0		0–2	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–0
Porto	2–0	8–2	5–2	8–0	0–1	2–0	5–2	0–0	4–0	7–0	3–0		4–1	2–1	4–2	3–1
Sporting CP	2–0	0–0	4–0	4–0	3–0	0–0	4–1	5–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	3–0		1–1	3–2	6–1
Varzim	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	7–2	1–1	1–0	3–4		3–1	2–1
Vitória de Guimarães	0–0	5–0	4–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–2	1–0	0–1	1–3	3–0		3–2
Vitória de Setúbal	0–2	3–2	5–3	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	7–1	1–0

Source: ^[1]^[2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[3]
1	Fernando Gomes	Porto	26
2	Nené	Benfica	22
3	Manuel Fernandes	Sporting	21
4	Mirobaldo	Vitória de Setúbal	15
5	Salif Keïta	Sporting	14
5	Celso Pita	Boavista	14
7	Horácio de Faria	Varzim	13
	Joaquim Rocha	Académica de Coimbra
	Tito	Vitória de Guimarães
10	Jacinto João	Vitória de Setúbal	12
10	Chico Bolota	Montijo	12

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Domestic leagues	Primeira Divisão Segunda Divisão Terceira Divisão
Domestic cups	Taça de Portugal (Final)
European competitions	European Cup Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup
Club seasons
Primeira Divisão	Benfica
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League cups	England Poland Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland
Super cups	Soviet Union
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '76 '77