1978–79 Primeira Divisão
45th season of top-tier Portuguese football
Football league season
| Season | 1978-79 |
|---|---|
| Champions | F.C. Porto 7th title |
| Relegated | Famalicão Barreirense Académica de Coimbra Académico de Viseu |
| European Cup | F.C. Porto |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Boavista |
| UEFA Cup | Benfica Sporting CP |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 626 (2.61 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Fernando Gomes (27 goals) |
← 1977–78 1979–80 → | |
Statistics of Portuguese Liga in the 1978–79 season.
Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and F.C. Porto won the championship.
League standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto (C) | 30 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 70 | 19 | +51 | 50 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Benfica | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 75 | 21 | +54 | 49 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 46 | 22 | +24 | 42 | |
| 4 | Braga | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 37 | |
| 5 | Varzim | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 32 | |
| 6 | Vitória de Guimarães | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 31 | |
| 7 | Vitória de Setúbal | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 31 | |
| 8 | Belenenses | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 47 | 43 | +4 | 29 | |
| 9 | Boavista | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 27 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 10 | Marítimo | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 27 | |
| 11 | Estoril | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 42 | −18 | 26 | |
| 12 | Beira-Mar | 30 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 24 | |
| 13 | Famalicão (R) | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 30 | 45 | −15 | 24 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão |
| 14 | Barreirense (R) | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 45 | −21 | 22 | |
| 15 | Académica (R) | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 41 | −21 | 18 | |
| 16 | Académico de Viseu (R) | 30 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 75 | −62 | 11 |
Results
| Home \ Away | ACA | ACV | BAR | BEM | BEL | BEN | BOA | BRA | EST | FAM | MAR | POR | SCP | VAR | VGU | VSE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Académica | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | |
| Académico de Viseu | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–6 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
| Barreirense | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
| Beira-Mar | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 2–3 | |
| Belenenses | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| Benfica | 6–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 5–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | |
| Boavista | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | |
| Braga | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| Estoril | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| Famalicão | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
| Marítimo | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | |
| Porto | 3–0 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | |
| Sporting CP | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
| Varzim | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[3] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Fernando Gomes | Porto | 27 |
| 2 | Nené | Benfica | 25 |
| 3 | António Oliveira | Porto | 17 |
| Reinaldo | Benfica | ||
| 5 |  Jeremias | Vitória de Guimarães | 13 |
| China | Marítimo | ||
| 7 |  Arnaldo Silva | Marítimo | 12 |
| 8 | Gomes | Boavista | 11 |
| Lincoln | Belenenses | ||
| Lito | Braga | ||
| João Alves | Benfica |
Footnotes
External links
- Portugal 1978-79 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira)
- Portuguese League 1978/79 - 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 1978/1979
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