1960–61 Primeira Divisão
The 1960–61 Primeira Divisão was the 27th season of top-tier football in Portugal.[1]
Season | 1960–61 |
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Champions | Benfica 11th title |
Relegated | Braga Barreirense |
European Cup | S.L. Benfica Sporting CP |
Cup Winners' Cup | Leixões |
Fairs Cup | Belenenses |
Matches played | 182 |
Goals scored | 589 (3.24 per match) |
Top goalscorer | José Águas (27 goals) |
← 1959–60 1961–62 → |
Overview
The competition was contested by 14 teams with S.L. Benfica winning the 1960–61 Primeira Divisão championship. It was the eleventh championship title for the club. Benfica also won the 1961–62 European Cup and qualified for the 1961–62 competition. This enabled second placed Sporting CP to also qualify for the European Cup. Leixões S.C. qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup and C.F. Os Belenenses for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. The two lowest placed teams of the competition, S.C. Braga and F.C. Barreirense were relegated to the Segunda Divisão.[2][3]
Details of participants
Details of the 14 participants are provided below:
Clubs | Seasons at this level | Settlements | Season joined league | Position in 1959–1960 |
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Benfica | 27 seasons | Lisbon | 1934–1935 | 1 |
Sporting CP | 27 seasons | Lisbon | 1934–1935 | 2 |
Belenenses | 27 seasons | Lisbon | 1934–1935 | 3 |
Porto | 27 seasons | Porto | 1934–1935 | 4 |
Académica de Coimbra | 26 seasons | Coimbra | 1949–1950 | 6 |
Vitória de Guimarães | 17 seasons | Guimarães | 1958–1959 | 7 |
Atlético CP | 15 seasons | Lisbon | 1959–1960 | 11 |
Barreirense | 14 seasons | Barreiro | 1960–1961 | Segunda Divisão |
Sporting de Braga | 13 seasons | Braga | 1957–1958 | 12 |
Sporting da Covilhã | 12 seasons | Covilhã | 1958–1959 | 9 |
Lusitano de Évora | 9 seasons | Évora | 1952–1953 | 10 |
CUF Barreiro | 8 seasons | Barreiro | 1954–1955 | 5 |
Salgueiros | 5 seasons | Porto | 1960–1961 | Segunda Divisão |
Leixões | 4 seasons | Matosinhos | 1959–1960 | 8 |
League standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Benfica (C) | 26 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 92 | 21 | +71 | 46 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
2 | Sporting CP | 26 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 61 | 19 | +42 | 42 | Qualification to European Cup preliminary round[lower-alpha 1] |
3 | Porto | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 51 | 28 | +23 | 33 | |
4 | Vitória de Guimarães | 26 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 30 | |
5 | Belenenses | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 28 | Qualification to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
6 | CUF Barreiro | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 26 | |
7 | Académica | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 26 | |
8 | Leixões | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 23 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round |
9 | Sporting da Covilhã | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 55 | −28 | 21 | |
10 | Atlético CP | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 35 | 54 | −19 | 21 | |
11 | Lusitano de Évora | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 29 | 51 | −22 | 21 | |
12 | Salgueiros | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 34 | 64 | −30 | 20 | |
13 | Braga (R) | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 41 | 62 | −21 | 19 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão |
14 | Barreirense (R) | 26 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 26 | 60 | −34 | 8 |
- Sporting CP qualified for the European Cup as Benfica qualified as title holders.
Results
Top scorer
José Águas (S.L. Benfica) was the top scorer of the season with 27 goals.[1]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals | |
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1 | José Águas | S.L. Benfica | 27 |
References
- "Portugal - Table of Honor - soccer library" (PDF). soccer library. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
- "Portugal 1960-61 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira)". RSSSF Archive. 2001. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
- "Portuguese League 1960/61 - footballzz.co.uk". ZeroZero. Retrieved 2012-04-20.