1980–81 Primeira Divisão
47th season of top-tier Portuguese football
Football league season
| Season | 1980–81 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Benfica 24th title |
| Relegated | Varzim Marítimo Académica |
| European Cup | Benfica |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Porto |
| UEFA Cup | Sporting CP Boavista |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 560 (2.33 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Nené (20 goals) |
← 1979–80 1981–82 → | |
The 1980–81 Primeira Divisão was the 47th season of top-tier football in Portugal.
Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and S.L. Benfica won the championship.
League standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benfica (C) | 30 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 72 | 15 | +57 | 50 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Porto | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 53 | 18 | +35 | 48 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a] |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 48 | 28 | +20 | 37 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Boavista | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 25 | +11 | 36 | |
| 5 | Vitória de Guimarães | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 31 | |
| 6 | Braga | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 30 | |
| 7 | Vitória de Setúbal | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 29 | |
| 8 | Portimonense | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 28 | |
| 9 | Espinho | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 27 | |
| 10 | Penafiel | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 38 | −11 | 27 | |
| 11 | Belenenses | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 39 | −15 | 26 | |
| 12 | Amora | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 25 | |
| 13 | Académico de Viseu | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 40 | −16 | 25 | |
| 14 | Varzim (R) | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 24 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão |
| 15 | Marítimo (R) | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 23 | |
| 16 | Académica (R) | 30 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 58 | −42 | 14 |
- ^ Porto qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as the other finalist, Benfica, had qualified for the European Cup.
Results
| Home \ Away | ACA | ACV | AMO | BEL | BEN | BOA | BRA | ESP | MAR | PEN | PTM | POR | SCP | VAR | VGU | VSE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Académica | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
| Académico de Viseu | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Amora | 6–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
| Belenenses | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| Benfica | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | |
| Boavista | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
| Braga | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
| Espinho | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | |
| Marítimo | 3–1 | 5–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | |
| Penafiel | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | |
| Portimonense | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |
| Porto | 7–0 | 2–0 | 6–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
| Sporting CP | 3–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| Varzim | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 2–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[3] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Nené | Benfica | 20 |
| 2 | Jacques | Braga | 17 |
| 3 |  Mickey Walsh | Porto | 14 |
| Jorge Silva | Amora | ||
| Rui Jordão | Sporting | ||
| João Alves | Benfica | ||
| 7 | Júlio Carlos | Boavista | 13 |
| 8 | Folha | Boavista | 12 |
| 9 |  César | Benfica | 10 |
| António Oliveira | Penafiel | ||
| Manuel Fernandes | Sporting |
References
External links
- Portugal 1980-81 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira)
- Portuguese League 1980/81 - footballzz.co.uk
- Portugal - Table of Honor - Soccer Library Archived 2019-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
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