1979–80 Primeira Divisão

Statistics of Portuguese Liga in the 1979–80 season.

Primeira Liga
Season1979-80
ChampionsSporting CP
15th title
RelegatedUnião de Leiria
Estoril
Beira-Mar
Rio Ave
European CupSporting CP
Cup Winners' CupS.L. Benfica
UEFA CupPorto
Boavista
Matches played240
Goals scored600 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorerRui Jordão (31 goals)

Overview edit

It was contested by 16 teams, and Sporting Clube de Portugal won the championship.

League standings edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Sporting CP (C)3024426717+5052Qualification to European Cup first round
2Porto302262599+5050Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3Benfica3019747921+5845Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round[a]
4Boavista3015784430+1437Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5Belenenses3013893338−534
6Vitória de Guimarães30111094238+432
7Espinho30116132942−1328
8Portimonense30106143249−1726
9Braga30106143440−626
10Varzim30810123745−826
11Marítimo3098132537−1226
12Vitória de Setúbal3095162941−1223
13União de Leiria (R)3069152649−2321Relegation to Segunda Divisão
14Estoril (R)30511141837−1921
15Beira-Mar (R)30510152446−2220
16Rio Ave (R)3053222261−3913
Source: RSSSF[1] and footballzz.co.uk[2]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Benfica qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1980 Taça de Portugal Final.

Results edit

Home \ AwayBEMBELBENBOABRAESPESTMARPTMPORRAVSCPULEVARVGUVSE
Beira-Mar1–10–31–00–21–13–12–31–10–42–00–11–12–23–30–0
Belenenses1–00–31–02–02–01–21–01–10–11–02–12–15–11–42–1
Benfica5–08–01–23–14–34–14–01–00–08–03–23–04–04–05–1
Boavista1–12–11–11–04–01–02–15–10–11–02–23–01–10–05–1
Braga1–01–11–12–02–10–01–00–00–22–32–30–03–12–13–1
Espinho2–11–10–30–22–12–11–02–12–01–00–12–12–02–10–1
Estoril3–11–10–20–00–11–10–01–00–02–00–10–10–01–10–0
Marítimo1–00–01–11–10–00–03–11–00–11–00–35–01–01–12–0
Portimonense1–01–20–22–03–11–14–03–10–42–10–01–11–04–51–0
Porto3–03–02–12–01–03–03–02–06–01–11–11–02–14–03–1
Rio Ave1–21–20–31–21–00–20–24–00–21–31–30–03–21–12–1
Sporting CP2–02–03–14–12–14–02–04–12–01–05–03–03–02–04–1
União de Leiria1–10–01–13–12–42–11–11–00–10–42–01–22–01–41–1
Varzim1–01–12–01–23–20–00–03–05–10–03–00–04–21–13–1
Vitória de Guimarães0–11–00–01–33–01–03–01–12–00–03–10–12–12–21–0
Vitória de Setúbal0–00–10–00–13–13–01–00–14–00–22–00–31–04–01–0
Source: [1][2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics edit

Top goalscorers edit

RankPlayerClubGoals[3]
1 Rui JordãoSporting31
2 NenéBenfica30
3 Fernando GomesPorto23
4 MundinhoVitória de Guimarães16
5 ReinaldoBenfica15
6 JúlioBoavista12
ManoelSporting
8 MirobaldoPortimonense11
9 Chico FariaBraga10
Manuel FernandesSporting

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ a b "Portugal 1979-80 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira)". RSSSF. 2001. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
  2. ^ a b "Portuguese League 1979/80 - footballzz.co.uk". ZeroZero. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
  3. ^ "TheFinalBall Goalscorer statistics". TheFinalBall. Retrieved 20 April 2017.

External links edit