1980–81 Primeira Divisão

Primeira Liga
Season1980–81
ChampionsBenfica
24th title
RelegatedVarzim
Marítimo
Académica
European CupBenfica
Cup Winners' CupPorto
UEFA CupSporting CP
Boavista
Matches played240
Goals scored560 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorerNené (20 goals)

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
Source: RSSSF[1] and footballzz.co.uk[2]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ 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
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 Nené Benfica 20
2 Portugal Jacques Braga 17
3 Republic of Ireland Mickey Walsh Porto 14
Portugal Jorge Silva Amora
Portugal Rui Jordão Sporting
Portugal João Alves Benfica
7 Portugal Júlio Carlos Boavista 13
8 Portugal Folha Boavista 12
9 Brazil César Benfica 10
Portugal António Oliveira Penafiel
Portugal Manuel Fernandes Sporting

References

  1. ^ a b "Portugal 1980-81 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira)". RSSSF. 2001. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
  2. ^ a b "Portuguese League 1980/81 - footballzz.co.uk". ZeroZero. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
  3. ^ "TheFinalBall Goalscorer statistics". TheFinalBall. Retrieved 20 April 2017.