1977–78 Primeira Divisão
44th season of top-tier Portuguese football
Football league season
| Season | 1977-78 |
|---|---|
| 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
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
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Home \ Away | ACA | BEL | BEN | BOA | BRA | ESP | EST | FEI | MAR | PTM | POR | RPL | SCP | VAR | VGU | VSE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Académica | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 4–2 | |
| Belenenses | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Benfica | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | |
| Boavista | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
| Braga | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | |
| Espinho | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Estoril | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Feirense | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |
| Marítimo | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| Portimonense | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
| Porto | 4–2 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
| Riopele | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |
| Sporting CP | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | |
| Varzim | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[3] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Fernando Gomes | Porto | 25 |
| 2 | Chico Gordo | Braga | 20 |
| 3 | António Oliveira | Porto | 19 |
| 4 | Rui Jordão | Sporting | 15 |
| Joaquim Rocha | Académica de Coimbra | ||
| 6 |  Mané | Vitória de Guimarães | 14 |
| Serginho | Feirense | ||
| Manuel Fernandes | Sporting | ||
| 9 | Manoel | Sporting | 13 |
| Albertino Pereira | Boavista |
Footnotes
External links
- Portugal 1977-78 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira)
- Portuguese League 1977/78 - footballzz.co.uk
- Portugal - Table of Honor - Soccer Library Archived 2019-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
- Portuguese Wikipedia - Campeonato Português de Futebol - I Divisão 1977/1978
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