1977–78 Primeira Divisão

Primeira Liga
Season	1977-78
Champions	F.C. Porto ; 6th title
Relegated	Portimonense; Espinho; Riopele; Feirense
European Cup	F.C. Porto
Cup Winners' Cup	Sporting CP
UEFA Cup	Benfica; Braga
Matches played	240
Goals scored	585 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorer	Fernando Gomes (25 goals)
	← 1976–77 1978–79 →

Statistics of Portuguese Liga in the 1977–78 season.

Overview[edit]

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[edit]

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

Source: RSSSF^[1] and footballzz.co.uk^[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Sporting qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1978 Taça de Portugal Final.

Results[edit]

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

Source: ^[1]^[2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics[edit]

Top goalscorers[edit]

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
4	Joaquim Rocha	Académica de Coimbra	15
6	Mané	Vitória de Guimarães	14
	Serginho	Feirense
	Manuel Fernandes	Sporting
9	Manoel	Sporting	13
9	Albertino Pereira	Boavista	13

Footnotes[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Portugal 1977-78 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira)". RSSSF. 2001. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
^ ^a ^b "Portuguese League 1977/78 - footballzz.co.uk". ZeroZero. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
^ "TheFinalBall Goalscorer statistics". TheFinalBall. Retrieved 20 April 2017.

External links[edit]

[table_note_res_UCWC0.9976336248208-1] Sporting qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1978 Taça de Portugal Final.

[RSSSF-2] "Portugal 1977-78 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira)". RSSSF. 2001. Retrieved 2012-04-25.

[footballzz.co.uk-3] "Portuguese League 1977/78 - footballzz.co.uk". ZeroZero. Retrieved 2012-04-25.

[4] "TheFinalBall Goalscorer statistics". TheFinalBall. Retrieved 20 April 2017.

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Domestic cups	Taça de Portugal (Final)
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League cups	England Poland Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland
Super cups	Soviet Union
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
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