1995–96 Primeira Divisão
Season | 1995–96 |
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Champions | Porto 15th title |
Relegated | Felgueiras Campomaiorense Tirsense |
Champions League | Porto (group stage) |
Cup Winners' Cup | Benfica (first round) |
UEFA Cup | Sporting CP (first round) Boavista (first round) V. Guimarães (first round) |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 797 (2.6 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Domingos (25 goals) |
Biggest home win | Sporting CP 7–1 Campomaiorense (18 September 1995) |
Biggest away win | Leça 0–5 Belenenses (30 December 1995) |
Highest scoring | Porto 6–3 Braga (3 March 1996) |
← 1994–95 1996–97 → |
The 1995–96 Primeira Divisão was the 62nd edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 19 August 1995 with a match between União de Leiria and Marítimo, and ended on 12 May 1996. Starting from this season, Portugal implemented the three points for a win rule, after FIFA formally adopted the system. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Porto as the defending champions.
Porto won the league and qualified for the 1996–97 UEFA Champions League group stage, Benfica qualified for the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round, and Sporting CP, Boavista and V. Guimarães qualified for the 1996–97 UEFA Cup; in opposite, União da Madeira, Beira-Mar and Vitória de Setúbal were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Domingos was the top scorer with 25 goals.
Promotion and relegation
[edit]Teams relegated to Liga de Honra
[edit]União da Madeira, Beira-Mar and Vitória de Setúbal, were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1994–95 season.
Teams promoted from Liga de Honra
[edit]The other three teams were replaced by Leça, Campomaiorense and Felgueiras from the Liga de Honra.
Teams
[edit]Stadia and locations
[edit]Managerial changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Benfica | ![]() |
9 September 1995 | 6th | ![]() |
10 September 1995 |
Leça | ![]() |
1 October 1995 | 17th | ![]() |
2 October 1995 |
Chaves | ![]() |
5 November 1995 | 17th | ![]() |
6 November 1995 |
Campomaiorense | ![]() |
19 November 1995 | 18th | ![]() |
20 November 1995 |
Vitória de Guimarães | ![]() |
17 December 1995 | 6th | ![]() |
23 December 1995 |
Tirsense | ![]() |
23 December 1995 | 18th | ![]() |
30 December 1995 |
Vitória de Guimarães | ![]() |
13 January 1996 | 8th | ![]() |
14 January 1996 |
Sporting | ![]() |
17 February 1996 | 3rd | ![]() |
18 February 1996 |
Marítimo | ![]() |
10 March 1996 | 7th | ![]() |
10 March 1996 |
Chaves | ![]() |
17 March 1996 | 17th | ![]() |
18 March 1996 |
Sporting | ![]() |
31 March 1996 | 4th | ![]() |
1 April 1996 |
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Porto (C) | 34 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 84 | 20 | +64 | 84 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
2 | Benfica | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 56 | 25 | +31 | 73 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a] |
3 | Sporting CP | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 69 | 27 | +42 | 67 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
4 | Boavista | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 59 | 28 | +31 | 65 | |
5 | Vitória de Guimarães | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 62 | |
6 | Belenenses | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 53 | 33 | +20 | 51 | |
7 | União de Leiria | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 47 | |
8 | Braga | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 45 | |
9 | Marítimo | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 39 | 53 | −14 | 43 | |
10 | Farense | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 36 | |
11 | Gil Vicente | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 49 | −18 | 36 | |
12 | Salgueiros | 34 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 39 | 49 | −10 | 36 | |
13 | Estrela da Amadora | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 35 | |
14 | Leça | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 29 | 55 | −26 | 34 | |
15 | Chaves | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 38 | 56 | −18 | 34 | |
16 | Felgueiras (R) | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 47 | −18 | 33 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão de Honra |
17 | Campomaiorense (R) | 34 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 32 | 69 | −37 | 33 | |
18 | Tirsense (R) | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 53 | −23 | 31 |
Rules for classification: 1st points, 2nd head-to-head, 3rd goals average
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Benfica qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Portuguese Cup winners
Results
[edit]Top goalscorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Porto | 25 |
2 | ![]() |
Benfica | 18 |
3 | ![]() |
Guimarães | 15 |
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Leça | ||
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Felgueiras | ||
6 | ![]() |
Boavista | 14 |
7 | ![]() |
Leiria | 13 |
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Porto | ||
9 | ![]() |
Campomaiorense | 12 |
10 | ![]() |
Sporting | 10 |
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Marítimo |
Source: Footballzz[2]
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ "Teams". Footballzz.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Primeira Divisão 1994-95 – Top Scorers". Footballzz. Retrieved 21 May 2015.