1977–78 Primeira Divisão
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Season | 1977-78 |
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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 |
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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:
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]Season statistics
[edit]Top goalscorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Goals[3] |
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1 | ![]() |
Porto | 25 |
2 | ![]() |
Braga | 20 |
3 | ![]() |
Porto | 19 |
4 | ![]() |
Sporting | 15 |
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Académica de Coimbra | ||
6 | ![]() |
Vitória de Guimarães | 14 |
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Feirense | ||
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Sporting | ||
9 | ![]() |
Sporting | 13 |
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Boavista |
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.