Primeira Liga
Season1976–77
ChampionsBenfica
23rd title
RelegatedBeira-Mar
Montijo
Leixões
Atlético CP
European CupBenfica
Cup Winners' CupF.C. Porto
UEFA CupSporting CP
Boavista
Matches played240
Goals scored616 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorerFernando Gomes (26 goals)

The 1976–77 Primeira Divisão was the 43rd 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 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[lower-alpha 1]
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:
  1. ↑ Porto qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1978 Taça de Portugal Final.

Results

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.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

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

References

  1. 1 2 "Portugal 1976-77 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira)". RSSSF. 2001. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
  2. 1 2 "Portuguese League 1976/77 - footballzz.co.uk". ZeroZero. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
  3. ↑ "TheFinalBall Goalscorer statistics". TheFinalBall. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
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