1977–78 Primeira Divisão

Statistics of Portuguese Liga in the 1977–78 season.

Primeira Liga
Season1977-78
ChampionsF.C. Porto
6th title
Matches played240
Goals scored585 (2.44 per match)

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and F.C. Porto won the championship. This year was notable for the fact that S.L. Benfica came second despite never losing a match throughout the entire season.

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Porto (C) 30 22 7 1 81 21 +60 51 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Benfica 30 21 9 0 56 11 +45 51 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 Sporting CP 30 19 4 7 63 30 +33 42 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
4 Braga 30 16 6 8 42 27 +15 38 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 Belenenses 30 14 8 8 25 21 +4 36
6 Vitória de Guimarães 30 12 7 11 33 28 +5 31
7 Boavista 30 10 8 12 36 38 −2 28
8 Académica 30 11 4 15 41 49 −8 26
9 Vitória de Setúbal 30 8 10 12 29 40 −11 26
10 Varzim 30 9 7 14 26 38 −12 25
11 Estoril 30 8 9 13 25 36 −11 25
12 Marítimo 30 8 7 15 22 45 −23 23
13 Portimonense (R) 30 8 7 15 29 39 −10 23 Relegation to Segunda Divisão
14 Espinho (R) 30 8 6 16 30 52 −22 22
15 Riopele (R) 30 6 9 15 23 51 −28 21
16 Feirense (R) 30 5 2 23 24 59 −35 12
Source: RSSSF[1] and footballzz.co.uk[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Sporting qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1978 Taça de Portugal Final.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals[3]
1 Fernando Gomes Porto 25
2 Chico Gordo Braga 20
3 António Oliveira Porto 19
4 Rui Jordão Sporting 15
Joaquim Rocha Académica de Coimbra
6 Mané Vitória de Guimarães 14
Serginho Feirense
Manuel Fernandes Sporting
9 Manoel Sporting 13
Albertino Pereira Boavista

Footnotes
  1. "Portugal 1977-78 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira)". RSSSF Archive. 2001. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
  2. "Portuguese League 1977/78 - footballzz.co.uk". ZeroZero. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
  3. "TheFinalBall Goalscorer statistics". TheFinalBall. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
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