1975–76 Primeira Divisão

Primeira Liga
Season	1975–76
Champions	Benfica; 22nd title
Relegated	União de Tomar; Farense; CUF Barreiro
European Cup	Benfica
Cup Winners' Cup	Boavista
UEFA Cup	F.C. Porto; Belenenses
Matches played	240
Goals scored	681 (2.84 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rui Jordão (30 goals)
	← 1974–75 1976–77 →

The 1975–76 Primeira Divisão was the 42nd season of top-tier football in Portugal.

Overview

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Benfica (C)	30	23	4	3	94	20	+74	50	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Boavista	30	21	6	3	65	23	+42	48	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
3	Belenenses	30	16	8	6	45	28	+17	40	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Porto	30	16	7	7	73	33	+40	39	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Sporting CP	30	16	6	8	54	31	+23	38
6	Vitória de Guimarães	30	13	10	7	49	32	+17	36
7	Braga	30	9	10	11	35	43	−8	28
8	Estoril	30	10	8	12	31	45	−14	28
9	Vitória de Setúbal	30	8	10	12	39	42	−3	26
10	Atlético	30	9	5	16	26	49	−23	23
11	Académica	30	7	9	14	32	47	−15	23
12	Leixões	30	8	6	16	30	65	−35	22
13	Beira-Mar	30	6	9	15	28	47	−19	21
14	União de Tomar (R)	30	7	7	16	32	61	−29	21	Relegation to Segunda Divisão
15	Farense (R)	30	8	3	19	33	65	−32	19
16	CUF Barreiro (R)	30	4	10	16	15	50	−35	18

Source: RSSSF^[1] and footballzz.co.uk^[2]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Boavista qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1976 Taça de Portugal Final.

Home \ Away	ACA	ACP	BEM	BEL	BEN	BOA	BRA	CUF	EST	FAR	LEI	POR	SCP	UTO	VGU	VSE
Académica		0–1	1–1	0–2	2–4	0–1	1–0	4–1	1–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–4	2–1	1–2	0–0
Atlético CP	0–0		1–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–2	3–1	1–0	0–4	3–0	1–0	0–1	2–1
Beira Mar	1–0	1–3		0–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–2	2–1	4–1	0–0	4–2
Belenenses	0–0	1–0	2–1		4–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	4–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–1
Benfica	4–0	3–0	5–0	1–1		0–0	7–1	5–1	7–1	3–0	9–1	2–3	0–0	6–1	2–0	2–0
Boavista	4–2	4–3	4–1	2–1	1–4		2–0	9–0	6–0	3–0	4–0	1–0	3–1	0–1	1–1	2–1
Braga	1–0	4–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2		1–1	2–1	2–0	5–0	0–3	2–1	3–3	0–0	0–0
CUF Barreiro	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–1		0–0	1–0	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–0	0–2	1–1
Estoril	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–4	0–2	1–0	1–0		2–0	2–0	1–3	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–1
Farense	3–0	3–4	2–0	1–3	1–4	1–4	5–1	2–0	1–1		3–2	1–0	0–3	2–0	0–3	0–0
Leixões	0–1	1–1	3–1	3–2	1–0	0–1	2–0	3–2	1–1	0–1		0–3	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–1
Porto	5–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	2–3	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	6–1	8–2		2–3	6–1	1–1	2–0
Sporting CP	3–3	3–0	2–0	1–0	0–3	0–1	4–1	1–0	2–1	4–1	3–0	5–1		4–1	1–1	1–0
União de Tomar	2–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–4	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–0	0–5	0–1		3–0	1–0
Vitória de Guimarães	3–3	5–0	2–1	2–2	0–3	1–1	1–2	2–0	3–1	3–0	4–1	2–1	1–1	3–1		4–0
Vitória de Setúbal	3–1	3–0	2–0	4–1	0–4	1–2	3–0	0–0	1–3	3–1	4–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–0

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

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[3]
1	Rui Jordão	Benfica	30
2	Nené	Benfica	29
3	Teófilo Cubillas	Porto	28
4	Manuel Fernandes	Sporting	26
5	Francisco González	Belenenses	18
6	Tito	Vitória de Guimarães	16
7	João Alves	Boavista	15
8	Albertino Pereira	Leixões	14
9	Chico Gordo	Braga	13
10	Jacques Pereira	Farense	12
10	Camolas	União de Tomar	12

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v t e 1975–76 in Portuguese football
Domestic leagues	Primeira Divisão Segunda Divisão Terceira Divisão
Domestic cups	Taça de Portugal (Final)
European competitions	European Cup Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup
Club seasons
Primeira Divisão	Benfica
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League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '75 '76