1997–98 Primeira Divisão

Primeira Divisão
Season1997–98
ChampionsPorto
17th title
RelegatedLeça
Varzim
Belenenses
Champions LeaguePorto (group stage)
Benfica (second qualifying round)
Cup Winners' CupBraga (first round)
UEFA CupV. Guimarães (first round)
Sporting CP (first round)
Marítimo (first round)
Intertoto CupEstrela da Amadora (third round)
Matches played306
Goals scored770 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorerMário Jardel (26 goals)
Biggest home winBenfica 7–1 Leça
(17 May 1998)
Biggest away win0–4
(3 times)
Highest scoringPorto 7–2 Salgueiros
(10 May 1998)

The 1997–98 Primeira Divisão was the 64th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 25 August 1997 with a match between Varzim and Porto, and ended on 17 May 1998. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Porto as the defending champions.

Porto won the league and qualified for the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League group stage, along with Benfica, who qualified for the second round. Braga qualified for the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round, and V. Guimarães, Sporting CP and Marítimo qualified for the 1998–99 UEFA Cup; in opposite, Leça, Varzim and Belenenses were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Mário Jardel was the top scorer with 26 goals.

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to Liga de Honra

Espinho, União de Leiria and Gil Vicente, were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1996–97 season.

Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

The other three teams were replaced by Campomaiorense, Varzim and Académica from the Liga de Honra.

Teams

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Stadia and locations

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Location of teams in Primeira Divisão 1997-98 (Mainland)
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Location of teams in Primeira Divisão 1997-98 (Madeira)
Team Head Coach City Stadium 1996–97 finish
Académica Portugal Henrique Calisto Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra 3rd in Divisão de Honra
Belenenses Bulgaria Mladenov Lisbon Estádio do Restelo 13th
Benfica Portugal Manuel José Lisbon Estádio da Luz 3rd
Boavista Portugal Mário Reis Porto Estádio do Bessa 7th
Braga Spain Castro Santos Braga Estádio Primeiro de Maio 4th
Campomaiorense Portugal Bernardino Pedroto Campo Maior Estádio Capitão Cesar Correia 1st in Divisão de Honra
Chaves Portugal José Romão Chaves Estádio Municipal de Chaves 10th
Estrela da Amadora Portugal Fernando Santos Amadora Estádio José Gomes 9th
Farense Spain Paco Fortes Faro Estádio de São Luís 11th
Leça Portugal Rodolfo Reis Leça da Palmeira Estádio do Leça FC 14th
Marítimo Portugal Augusto Inácio Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 8th
Porto Portugal António Oliveira Porto Estádio das Antas 1st
Rio Ave Portugal Carlos Brito Vila do Conde Estádio dos Arcos 15th
Salgueiros Portugal Carlos Manuel Porto Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro 6th
Sporting Portugal Octávio Machado Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 2nd
Varzim Portugal Horácio Gonçalves Póvoa de Varzim Estádio do Varzim Sport Club 2nd in Divisão de Honra
Vitória de Guimarães Portugal Jaime Pacheco Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 5th
Vitória de Setúbal Portugal Manuel Fernandes Setúbal Estádio do Bonfim 12th

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Benfica Portugal Manuel José 20 September 1997 11th Mozambique Mário Wilson 21 September 1997
Leça Portugal Rodolfo Reis 28 September 1997 16th Portugal Vítor Manuel 29 September 1997
Belenenses Bulgaria Mladenov 5 October 1997 17th Portugal Manuel Cajuda 6 October 1997
Campomaiorense Portugal Bernardino Pedroto 19 October 1997 17th Portugal João Alves 20 October 1997
Benfica Mozambique Mário Wilson 1 November 1997 5th Scotland Graeme Souness 2 November 1997
Sporting Portugal Octávio Machado 1 November 1997 4th Portugal Francisco Vital 2 November 1997
Vitória de Guimarães Portugal Jaime Pacheco 2 November 1997 3rd Portugal Quinito 3 November 1997
Chaves Portugal José Romão 9 November 1997 18th Portugal Manuel Correia 10 November 1997
Vitória de Setúbal Portugal Manuel Fernandes 9 November 1997 14th Spain Barrios 10 November 1997
Sporting Portugal Francisco Vital 6 December 1997 5th Argentina Vicente Cantatore 7 December 1997
Boavista Portugal Mário Reis 12 December 1997 15th Portugal Jaime Pacheco 13 December 1997
Salgueiros Portugal Carlos Manuel 20 December 1997 6th Portugal Dito 21 December 1997
Sporting Argentina Vicente Cantatore 21 December 1997 5th Portugal Carlos Manuel 22 December 1997
Académica Coimbra Portugal Henrique Calisto 31 January 1997 15th Portugal José Romão 15 February 1998
Chaves Portugal Manuel Correia 11 January 1998 17th Portugal Álvaro Magalhães 12 January 1998
Braga Spain Castro Santos 19 January 1998 10th Spain Alberto Pazos 20 January 1998
Varzim Portugal Horácio Gonçalves 22 March 1998 16th Portugal António Miranda 23 March 1998
Vitória de Setúbal Spain Barrios 5 April 1998 13th Portugal Carlos Cardoso 6 April 1998

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Porto (C) 34 24 5 5 75 38 +37 77 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Benfica 34 20 8 6 62 29 +33 68 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Vitória de Guimarães 34 17 8 9 42 25 +17 59 Qualification to UEFA Cup First round
4 Sporting CP 34 15 11 8 45 33 +12 56
5 Marítimo 34 16 8 10 44 35 +9 56
6 Boavista 34 15 10 9 54 31 +23 55
7 Estrela da Amadora 34 14 8 12 42 41 +1 50 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
8 Salgueiros 34 13 10 11 48 44 +4 49
9 Rio Ave 34 12 10 12 43 43 0 46
10 Braga 34 11 12 11 48 49 −1 45 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
11 Campomaiorense 34 11 7 16 53 58 −5 40
12 Leça (R) 34 10 8 16 29 52 −23 38 Relegation to Segunda Divisão de Honra[b]
13 Vitória de Setúbal 34 10 7 17 38 43 −5 37
14 Farense 34 8 13 13 41 50 −9 37
15 Académica 34 8 12 14 27 41 −14 36
16 Chaves 34 10 5 19 31 55 −24 35
17 Varzim (R) 34 6 11 17 26 51 −25 29 Relegation to Segunda Divisão de Honra
18 Belenenses (R) 34 5 9 20 22 52 −30 24
Source: Primeira Divisão
Rules for classification: 1st points, 2nd head-to-head, 3rd goals average
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Braga qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Portuguese Cup runners-up
  2. ^ Leça was demoted administratively

Results

Home \ Away ACA BEL BEN BOA BRA CPM CHA EST FAR LEÇ MAR POR RAV SAL SCP VAR VGU VSE
Académica 0–0 1–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0
Belenenses 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–3 0–1 0–2 1–0 2–4 1–2 0–4 1–0 1–0 1–0
Benfica 1–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 4–0 3–1 2–2 3–1 7–1 3–1 3–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 4–0 1–0 2–0
Boavista 6–0 4–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 4–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 3–4 1–2 3–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–1
Braga 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 5–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–0 3–1 3–2 2–2
Campomaiorense 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–2 4–0 2–1 2–0 5–2 4–0 2–1 2–2 4–1 0–0 3–5 1–1 2–3 2–1
Chaves 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–2 0–0 3–2 2–1 1–2 1–3
Estrela da Amadora 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 4–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–0
Farense 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0
Leça 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–3 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–4 2–1 1–1 2–3 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–3
Marítimo 4–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–2 3–2 1–4 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–0
Porto 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–2 4–0 3–0 3–1 4–0 5–2 3–1 2–1 2–0 7–2 1–1 4–3 1–0 1–0
Rio Ave 3–0 3–0 3–1 1–1 0–4 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–3 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 3–0
Salgueiros 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 5–2 2–0 2–1 4–1 0–0 2–0 1–3 5–1 0–2 3–1 0–0 1–1
Sporting CP 1–0 1–0 1–4 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1
Varzim 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–4 0–2 1–3 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–0
Vitória de Guimarães 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 5–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 5–0 2–1
Vitória de Setúbal 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 5–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 2–0 1–1 0–0
Source: Foradejogo (in Portuguese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Brazil Mário Jardel Porto 26
2 Portugal Nuno Gomes Benfica 18
3 Ghana Ayew Boavista 16
4 Brazil Isaías Campomaiorense 14
Croatia Karoglan Braga
6 Portugal Nandinho Salgueirs 13
7 Brazil Gilmar Vitória de Guimarães 12
Portugal Constantino Jardim Leça
Cape Verde Artur Jorge Vicente Braga
10 Azerbaijan Vali Gasimov Vitória de Setúbal 11
Canada Alex Bunbury Marítimo

Source: Footballzz[2]

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Teams". Footballzz.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Primeira Divisão 1997-98 – Top Scorers". Footballzz. Retrieved 22 May 2015.