1990–91 Primeira Divisão

Primeira Divisão
Season1990–91
ChampionsBenfica
29th title
RelegatedTirsense
Vitória de Setúbal
Estrela da Amadora
Belenenses
Nacional
European CupBenfica (first round)
Cup Winners' CupPorto (first round)
UEFA CupSporting CP (first round)
Boavista (first round)
Salgueiros (first round)
Matches played342
Goals scored874 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorerRui Águas (25 goals)
Biggest home winChaves 6–0 Beira-Mar
(28 April 1991)
Biggest away winPenafiel 2–5 Sporting CP
(26 August 1990)
Highest scoringTirsense 4–4 Boavista
(12 January 1991)
Braga 6–2 Nacional
(2 February 1991)

The 1990–91 Primeira Divisão was the 57th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 19 August 1990 with a match between Farense and Nacional, and ended on 26 May 1991. The league was contested by 20 clubs with Porto as the defending champions.

Benfica qualified for the 1991–92 European Cup first round, Porto qualified for the 1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup first round, and Sporting CP, Boavista and Salgueiros qualified for the 1991–92 UEFA Cup first round; in opposite, Tirsense, Vitória de Setúbal, Estrela da Amadora, Belenenses and Nacional were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Rui Águas was the top scorer with 25 goals.

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to Liga de Honra

Portimonense and Feirense were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1989-90 season.

Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

The other two teams were replaced by Salgueiros, Gil Vicente, Farense and Famalicão from the Liga de Honra, as the league increase from 18 to 20 teams.

Teams

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Stadia and locations

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Location of teams in Primeira Divisão 1990-91 (Mainland)
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Location of teams in Primeira Divisão 1990-91 (Madeira)
Team Head Coach City Stadium 1989–90 finish
Beira-Mar Portugal Vítor Urbano Aveiro Estádio Mário Duarte 11th
Belenenses Belgium Henri Depireux Lisbon Estádio do Restelo 6th
Benfica Sweden Sven-Göran Eriksson Lisbon Estádio da Luz 2nd
Boavista Portugal João Alves Porto Estádio do Bessa 8th
Braga Portugal Raul Águas Braga Estádio Primeiro de Maio 12th
Chaves Portugal Manuel Barbosa Chaves Estádio Municipal de Chaves 5th
Estrela da Amadora Portugal Manuel Fernandes Amadora Estádio José Gomes 13th
Famalicão Brazil Abel Braga Vila Nova de Famalicão Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho 4th in Segunda Divisão
Farense Spain Paco Fortes Faro Estádio de São Luís 3rd in Segunda Divisão
Gil Vicente Portugal Rodolfo Reis Barcelos Estádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo 2nd in Segunda Divisão
Marítimo Portugal Ferreira da Costa Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 10th
Nacional Brazil Jair Picerni Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 14th
Penafiel Portugal Joaquim Teixeira Penafiel Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril 15th
Porto Portugal Artur Jorge Porto Estádio das Antas 1st
Salgueiros Serbia and Montenegro Zoran Filipovic Porto Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro 1st in Segunda Divisão
Sporting CP Brazil Marinho Peres Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 3rd
Tirsense Portugal Prof. Neca Santo Tirso Estádio Abel Alves de Figueiredo 9th
União da Madeira Portugal Rui Mâncio Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 16th
Vitória de Guimarães Brazil Paulo Autuori Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 4th
Vitória de Setúbal Portugal José Romão Setúbal Estádio do Bonfim 7th

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Vitória de Guimarães Brazil Paulo Autuori 23 September 1990 13th Uruguay Pedro Rocha 24 September 1990
Marítimo Portugal Ferreira da Costa 23 September 1990 17th Brazil Paulo Autuori 24 September 1990
Penafiel Portugal Joaquim Teixeira 30 September 1990 20th Portugal Vítor Manuel 1 October 1990
Braga Portugal Raul Águas 28 October 1990 19th Portugal Carlos Garcia 29 October 1990
Belenenses Belgium Henri Depireux 21 October 1990 19th Brazil Antônio Lopes 1 November 1990
Boavista Portugal João Alves 14 November 1990 5th Portugal Raul Águas 9 December 1990
Vitória de Setúbal Portugal José Romão 2 December 1990 19th Portugal Quinito 3 December 1990
Chaves Portugal Manuel Barbosa 23 December 1990 18th Portugal José Romão 24 December 1990
Belenenses Brazil Antônio Lopes 6 January 1991 18th Brazil Moisés Andrade 7 January 1991
Vitória de Guimarães Uruguay Pedro Rocha 12 January 1991 12th Portugal João Alves 13 January 1991
Estrela da Amadora Portugal Manuel Fernandes 27 January 1991 15th Portugal Jesualdo Ferreira 28 January 1991
Nacional Brazil Jair Picerni 2 February 1991 17th Portugal Manuel de Oliveira 3 February 1991
Nacional Portugal Manuel de Oliveira 14 April 1991 20th Portugal Amaro Cavalcante 15 April 1991

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Benfica (C) 38 32 5 1 89 18 +71 69 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Porto 38 31 5 2 77 22 +55 67 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
3 Sporting CP 38 24 8 6 58 23 +35 56 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 Boavista 38 15 11 12 53 46 +7 41
5 Salgueiros 38 12 12 14 32 48 −16 36
6 Beira-Mar 38 12 12 14 40 49 −9 36
7 Braga 38 13 8 17 42 45 −3 34
8 Chaves 38 10 14 14 49 52 −3 34
9 Vitória de Guimarães 38 12 10 16 31 40 −9 34
10 Marítimo 38 14 6 18 46 47 −1 34
11 Farense 38 12 10 16 37 48 −11 34
12 União da Madeira 38 9 15 14 30 51 −21 33
13 Gil Vicente 38 11 11 16 34 46 −12 33
14 Famalicão 38 11 11 16 33 41 −8 33
15 Penafiel 38 12 9 17 34 51 −17 33
16 Tirsense (R) 38 10 13 15 39 50 −11 33 Relegation to Segunda Divisão de Honra
17 Vitória de Setúbal (R) 38 11 10 17 53 53 0 32
18 Estrela da Amadora (R) 38 9 14 15 37 46 −9 32
19 Belenenses (R) 38 10 9 19 27 38 −11 29
20 Nacional (R) 38 8 11 19 33 60 −27 27
Source: Primeira Divisão
Rules for classification: 1st points, 2nd head-to-head, 3rd goals average
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Porto qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Portuguese Cup winners

Results

Home \ Away BEM BEL BEN BOA BRA CHA EST FAM FAR GVI MAR NAC PEN POR SAL SCP TIR UNI VGU VSE
Beira-Mar 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 3–2 4–1 1–0 1–0
Belenenses 2–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–2 2–3 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1
Benfica 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 3–0 2–0 2–2 4–0 1–1 5–0 4–1 2–0 2–0
Boavista 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 4–0 5–0 1–1 0–0 0–3 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1
Braga 2–1 2–0 1–3 5–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 4–2 1–2 3–1 6–2 2–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–3
Chaves 6–0 2–0 0–3 0–1 0–1 1–3 3–1 4–2 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 4–3
Estrela da Amadora 2–0 1–0 1–4 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 5–2 0–2 3–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–2
Famalicão 2–1 3–0 1–3 0–3 4–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–0
Farense 3–2 0–0 2–2 1–2 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 5–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–0
Gil Vicente 0–0 2–1 2–3 4–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0
Marítimo 2–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–1
Nacional 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–3 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–3 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 3–1 1–1
Penafiel 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 4–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–5 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–1
Porto 2–1 0–0 0–2 3–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–2 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 5–0 5–0 4–1
Salgueiros 2–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–3 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–0
Sporting CP 2–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 0–2 5–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–0
Tirsense 2–0 1–0 1–3 4–4 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 3–2 1–2 1–0 3–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1
União da Madeira 2–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–3 2–2 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–1
Vitória de Guimarães 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 4–2
Vitória de Setúbal 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 5–2 2–0 3–0 0–2 3–1 3–3 3–0 0–1 2–3
Source: Foradejogo (in Portuguese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Portugal Rui Águas Benfica 25
2 Portugal Domingos Porto 24
3 Portugal Fernando Gomes Sporting 22
4 Nigeria Ricky Estrela da Amadora 15
5 Nigeria Yekini Vitória de Setúbal 13
Brazil Jorge Andrade Boavista
7 Brazil Geraldão Porto 12
Serbia Curcic Farense
9 Croatia Rudi Chaves 11
Brazil Marlon Brandão Boavista
Portugal Tozé Salgueiros

Source: Foradejogo[2]

References

  1. ^ "Teams". Footballzz.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Primeira Divisão 1990-91 – Top Scorers". Footballzz. Retrieved 2 June 2015.