1960–61 Primeira Divisão

Primeira Divisão
Season1960–61
ChampionsBenfica
11th title
RelegatedBraga
Barreirense
European CupS.L. Benfica
Sporting CP
Cup Winners' CupLeixões
Fairs CupBelenenses
Matches played182
Goals scored589 (3.24 per match)
Top goalscorerJosé Águas
(27 goals)

The 1960–61 Primeira Divisão was the 27th season of top-tier football in Portugal.[1]

Overview

The competition was contested by 14 teams with S.L. Benfica winning the 1960–61 Primeira Divisão championship. It was the eleventh championship title for the club. Benfica also won the 1961–62 European Cup and qualified for the 1961–62 competition. This enabled second placed Sporting CP to also qualify for the European Cup. Leixões S.C. qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup and C.F. Os Belenenses for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. The two lowest placed teams of the competition, S.C. Braga and F.C. Barreirense were relegated to the Segunda Divisão.[2][3]

Details of participants

Location of teams in 1960–61 Primeira Liga

Details of the 14 participants are provided below:

Clubs Seasons at this level Settlements Season joined league Position in 1959–1960
Benfica 27 seasons Lisbon 1934–1935 1
Sporting CP 27 seasons Lisbon 1934–1935 2
Belenenses 27 seasons Lisbon 1934–1935 3
Porto 27 seasons Porto 1934–1935 4
Académica de Coimbra 26 seasons Coimbra 1949–1950 6
Vitória de Guimarães 17 seasons Guimarães 1958–1959 7
Atlético CP 15 seasons Lisbon 1959–1960 11
Barreirense 14 seasons Barreiro 1960–1961 Segunda Divisão
Sporting de Braga 13 seasons Braga 1957–1958 12
Sporting da Covilhã 12 seasons Covilhã 1958–1959 9
Lusitano de Évora 9 seasons Évora 1952–1953 10
CUF Barreiro 8 seasons Barreiro 1954–1955 5
Salgueiros 5 seasons Porto 1960–1961 Segunda Divisão
Leixões 4 seasons Matosinhos 1959–1960 8

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League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Benfica (C) 26 22 2 2 92 21 +71 46 Qualified for the European Cup
2 Sporting CP[a] 26 19 4 3 61 19 +42 42
3 Porto 26 14 5 7 51 28 +23 33
4 Vitória de Guimarães 26 14 2 10 48 44 +4 30
5 Belenenses 26 12 4 10 45 37 +8 28 Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
6 CUF Barreiro 26 10 6 10 38 28 +10 26
7 Académica 26 10 6 10 31 29 +2 26
8 Leixões 26 10 3 13 38 44 −6 23 Qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup
9 Sporting da Covilhã 26 8 5 13 27 55 −28 21
10 Atlético CP 26 8 5 13 35 54 −19 21
11 Lusitano de Évora 26 9 3 14 29 51 −22 21
12 Salgueiros 26 8 4 14 34 64 −30 20
13 Braga (R) 26 8 3 15 41 62 −21 19 Relegated to Segunda Divisão
14 Barreirense (R) 26 3 2 21 26 60 −34 8
Source: RSSSF[2] and footballzz.co.uk[3]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Sporting CP qualified because Benfica were title holders in the European Cup.

Results

Home \ Away ACA ACP BAR BEL BEN BRA CUF LEI LUS POR SAL SCP SCO VGU
Académica 0–1 3–0 0–1 0–2 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 4–2 2–1
Atlético CP 3–1 2–2 1–1 3–3 3–1 2–0 0–3 3–0 1–2 2–2 0–3 3–0 1–0
Barreirense 0–2 2–2 3–4 0–1 2–4 0–1 2–3 0–1 1–4 1–2 3–1 2–0 1–2
Belenenses 2–2 2–1 4–0 0–4 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 8–1 0–2 0–1 2–1
Benfica 4–1 7–2 3–0 4–2 7–1 4–1 4–1 5–0 2–0 8–1 1–0 8–0 4–0
Braga 0–2 3–0 5–3 1–1 0–4 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–4 5–1 1–3 3–0 2–1
CUF Barreiro 2–0 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–3 2–0 3–0 7–1 1–2 4–2 2–1 1–1 2–0
Leixões 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 0–3 3–2 0–2 3–1 3–2 1–3 1–3 2–2 0–2
Lusitano de Évora 1–0 4–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–2 2–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 0–3 0–1 3–0
Porto 0–1 5–0 4–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–0 1–2 0–0 4–0 2–2
Salgueiros 1–3 1–0 1–0 3–2 0–2 2–3 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–7 1–1 2–3
Sporting CP 1–0 3–0 4–0 2–1 1–1 6–1 1–0 3–1 4–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 4–1
Sporting da Covilhã 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–4 1–3 2–0 0–0 1–5 3–1 1–3 2–0 0–3 2–1
Vitória de Guimarães 2–0 4–2 3–1 3–2 2–1 4–1 0–3 2–1 5–2 4–2 2–1 0–0 3–1
Source: [2][3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorer

José Águas (S.L. Benfica) was the top scorer of the season with 27 goals.[1]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 José Águas Portugal S.L. Benfica 27

Promotion and relegation 1961–62

Relegation to Segunda Divisão
Promotion to Primeira Divisão

References

  1. ^ a b c "Portugal - Table of Honor - soccer library" (PDF). soccer library. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
  2. ^ a b c d "Portugal 1960-61 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira)". RSSSF. 2001. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Portuguese League 1960/61 - footballzz.co.uk". ZeroZero. Retrieved 2012-04-20.