1971–72 Primeira Divisão

The 1971–72 Primeira Divisão was the 38th season of top-tier football in Portugal.

Primeira Liga
Season1971–72
ChampionsBenfica
19th title
Matches played240
Goals scored638 (2.66 per match)

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and S.L. Benfica won the championship.

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Benfica (C) 30 26 3 1 81 16 +65 55 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Vitória de Setúbal 30 17 11 2 62 16 +46 45 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 Sporting CP 30 17 9 4 51 26 +25 43 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
4 CUF Barreiro 30 12 13 5 43 28 +15 37 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 Porto 30 13 7 10 51 32 +19 33
6 Vitória de Guimarães 30 11 8 11 49 47 +2 30
7 Belenenses 30 11 7 12 35 33 +2 29
8 Barreirense 30 11 5 14 34 46 12 27
9 Farense 30 9 7 14 34 48 14 25
10 Atlético CP 30 8 9 13 35 52 17 25
11 Boavista 30 7 10 13 28 46 18 24
12 UFCI Tomar 30 9 5 16 25 42 17 23
13 Beira-Mar 30 7 9 14 29 51 22 23
14 Leixões 30 7 7 16 26 51 25 21
15 Académica (R) 30 7 7 16 29 38 9 21 Relegation to Segunda Divisão
16 Tirsense (R) 30 6 7 17 26 66 40 19
Source: RSSSF[1] and footballzz.co.uk[2]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Sporting qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as runners-up of the 1972 Taça de Portugal Final, because Taça de Portugal winners, Benfica qualified for the European Cup.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[3]
1 Artur Jorge Benfica 27
2 José Torres Vitória de Setúbal 21
3 Abel Porto 19
4 Eusébio Benfica 18
Flávio Minuano Porto
6 Jorge Gonçalves Vitória de Guimarães 15
Tito Vitória de Guimarães
8 Arcanjo Vitória de Setúbal 12
Manuel António Académica de Coimbra
José Monteiro Fabril Barreiro
Serafim Barreirense

References

  1. "Portugal 1971-72 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira)". RSSSF Archive. 2001. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
  2. "Portuguese League 1971/72 - footballzz.co.uk". ZeroZero. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
  3. "TheFinalBall Goalscorer statistics". TheFinalBall. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
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