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1977–78 Primeira Divisão

44th season of top-tier Portuguese football From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Statistics of Portuguese Liga in the 1977–78 season.

Season1977-78
ChampionsF.C. Porto
6th title
RelegatedPortimonense
Espinho
Riopele
Feirense
European CupF.C. Porto
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Primeira Liga
Season1977-78
ChampionsF.C. Porto
6th title
RelegatedPortimonense
Espinho
Riopele
Feirense
European CupF.C. Porto
Cup Winners' CupSporting CP
UEFA CupBenfica
Braga
Matches240
Goals585 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorer Fernando Gomes (25 goals)
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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

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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[a]
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
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Source: RSSSF[1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Sporting qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1978 Taça de Portugal Final.

Results

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Home \ Away ACA BEL BEN BOA BRA ESP EST FEI MAR PTM POR RPL SCP VAR VGU VSE
Académica 0–0 0–3 3–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 4–1 3–1 0–0 3–1 1–5 3–1 1–3 4–2
Belenenses 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0
Benfica 3–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 6–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–2
Boavista 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 5–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 4–1 3–1 0–2 0–0 0–0
Braga 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 6–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 5–0
Espinho 4–1 1–2 1–5 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 3–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–1
Estoril 2–0 1–2 0–3 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–0
Feirense 0–4 0–0 0–1 1–4 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–3 4–0 0–2 2–0 0–1 2–0
Marítimo 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–3 1–0 0–4 2–0 1–1 0–0
Portimonense 1–0 0–2 0–3 1–2 3–2 2–0 1–1 5–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–2 1–0 1–2 1–1
Porto 4–2 6–0 1–1 0–0 4–0 4–0 5–2 6–1 3–0 3–2 6–0 3–0 5–1 2–1 3–0
Riopele 2–0 1–0 1–4 0–0 1–1 3–3 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–4 0–0 1–2 2–1
Sporting CP 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 5–0 3–1 4–1 5–0 3–0 1–0 2–3 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–0
Varzim 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–4 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–2
Vitória de Guimarães 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–0
Vitória de Setúbal 1–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–4 4–0 2–1 1–1 1–0
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Source: [1][citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

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