1961–62 Primeira Divisão

Statistics of Portuguese Liga in the 1961/1962 season.

Overview

It was contested by 14 teams, and Sporting Clube de Portugal won the championship.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Sporting CP (C)	26	19	5	2	66	17	43	European Cup
2	F.C. Porto	26	18	5	3	57	16	41	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
3	S.L. Benfica	26	14	8	4	69	38	36	European Cup
4	GD CUF	26	14	5	7	44	34	33
5	C.F. Os Belenenses	26	12	7	7	51	35	31	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
6	Atlético Clube de Portugal	26	11	4	11	41	42	26
7	Leixões S.C.	26	10	3	13	47	55	23
8	S.C. Olhanense	26	8	6	12	33	41	22
9	Vitória S.C.	26	9	4	13	44	47	22
10	Académica de Coimbra	26	9	4	13	44	54	22
11	S.C. Beira-Mar (R)	26	8	5	13	43	61	21	Relegation to Segunda Divisão
12	Lusitano G.C.	26	9	2	15	31	42	20
13	S.C. Covilhã (R)	26	6	5	15	30	48	17	Relegation to Segunda Divisão
14	S.C. Salgueiros (R)	26	2	3	21	17	87	7	Relegation to Segunda Divisão

Details of the 14 participants are provided below:

Clubs	Seasons at this level	Settlements	Season joined league	Position in 1960/1961
Benfica	28 seasons	Lisbon	1934/1935	1
Sporting	28 seasons	Lisbon	1934/1935	2
FC Porto	28 seasons	Porto	1934/1935	3
Belenenses	28 seasons	Lisbon	1934/1935	5
Académica	27 seasons	Coimbra	1949/1950	7
Vitória Guimarães	18 seasons	Guimarães	1958/1959	4
Atlético	16 seasons	Lisbon	1959/1960	10
Sporting Covilhã	13 seasons	Covilhã	1958/1959	9
Olhanense	11 seasons	Olhão	1961/1962	Segunda Divisão
Lusitano Évora	10 seasons	Évora	1952/1953	11
CUF	9 seasons	Barreiro	1954/1955	6
Salgueiros	6 seasons	Porto	1960/1961	12
Leixões	5 seasons	Matosinhos	1959/1960	8
Beira Mar	1 season	Aveiro	1961/1962	Segunda Divisão

Azumir Veríssimo (Futebol Clube do Porto) was the top scorer of the season with 23 goals.

Rank	Player		Club	Goals
1	Azumir		FC Porto	23

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