1960–61 Primeira Divisão

Primeira Divisão
Season 1960–61
Champions Benfica
11th title
Relegated S.C. Braga
F.C. Barreirense
European Cup S.L. Benfica
Sporting C.P.
Cup Winners' Cup Leixões S.C.
Fairs Cup C.F. Os Belenenses
Matches played 182
Goals scored 589 (3.24 per match)
Top goalscorer José Águas
(27 goals)

The 1960–61 Primeira Divisão season was the 26th season of top-tier football in Portugal.[1]

Overview

The competition was contested by 14 teams with Benfica winning the 1960-61 Primeira Divisão championship. It was the eleventh championship title for the club. S.L. Benfica also won the 1961–62 European Cup and qualified for the 1961–62 competition. This enabled second placed Sporting C.P. 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]

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1Benfica (C)262222922146European Cup
2Sporting CP261943611942European Cup
3Porto261457512833
4Vitória de Guimarães2614210484430
5Belenenses2612410453728Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
6CUF Barreiro2610610382826
7Académica de Coimbra2610610312926
8Leixões2610313384423European Cup Winner's Cup
9Sporting da Covilhã268513275521
10Atlético CP268513355421
11Lusitano de Évora269314295121
12Salgueiros268414346420
13Braga (R)268315416219Relegation to Segunda Divisão
14Barreirense (R)26322126608Relegation to Segunda Divisão

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Details of participants

Location of teams in 1960–61 Primeira Liga

Details of the 14 participants are provided below:

Clubs Seasons at this level Settlements Season joined league Position in 1959–1960
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

[3]

Results

BFSPPTVGBLCUFACLXSCATLESGSBBR
Benfica 1–0 2–0 4–0 4–2 4–1 4–1 4–1 8–0 7–2 5–0 8–1 7–1 3–0
Sporting 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 3–0 4–2 2–1 6–1 4–0
FC Porto 3–2 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 4–0 5–0 4–0 1–2 1–1 4–1
Vitória Guimarães 2–1 0–0 4–2 3–2 0–3 2–0 2–1 3–1 4–2 5–2 2–1 4–1 3–1
Belenenses 0–4 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 8–1 2–1 4–0
CUF 1–3 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–2 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 7–1 4–2 2–0 0–1
Académica 0–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 4–2 0–1 0–0 2–0 3–1 3–0
Leixões 0–3 1–3 3–2 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–2 3–1 3–1 1–3 3–2 1–0
Sporting Covilhã 1–3 0–3 1–3 2–1 1–4 0–0 1–1 1–5 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–1
Atlético 3–3 0–3 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–3 3–0 3–0 2–2 3–1 2–2
Lusitano Évora 1–2 0–3 0–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 4–0 2–2 3–2 1–0
Salgueiros 0–2 1–7 1–2 2–3 3–2 1–0 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–3 1–0
Sporting Braga 0–4 1–3 0–4 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 0–1 5–1 5–3
Barreirense 0–1 3–1 1–4 1–2 3–4 0–1 0–2 2–3 2–0 2–2 0–1 1–2 2–4

[2][3]

Leading scorer

José Águas (S.L. Benfica), a footballer of Angolan origin, was the top scorer of the season with 27 goals.

Rank Player Club Goals
1 José Águas Portugal S.L. Benfica 27

[1]

Promotion and relegation 1961–1962

Relegation to Segunda Divisão
Promotion to Primeira Divisão

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 "Portugal - Table of Honor - soccer library" (PDF). soccer library. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Portugal 1960-61 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira)". RSSSF Archive. 2001. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Portuguese League 1960/61 - footballzz.co.uk". ZeroZero. Retrieved 2012-04-20.

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