1990–91 Primeira Divisão
The 1990–91 Primeira Divisão was the 57th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 19 August 1990 with a match between Farense and Nacional, and ended on 26 May 1991. The league was contested by 20 clubs with Porto as the defending champions.
Season | 1990–91 |
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Champions | Benfica 29th title |
Relegated | Tirsense Vitória de Setúbal Estrela da Amadora Belenenses Nacional |
European Cup | Benfica (first round) |
Cup Winners' Cup | Porto (first round) |
UEFA Cup | Sporting CP (first round) Boavista (first round) Salgueiros (first round) |
Matches played | 342 |
Goals scored | 874 (2.56 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Rui Águas (25 goals) |
Biggest home win | Chaves 6–0 Beira-Mar (28 April 1991) |
Biggest away win | Penafiel 2–5 Sporting CP (26 August 1990) |
Highest scoring | Tirsense 4–4 Boavista (12 January 1991) Braga 6–2 Nacional (2 February 1991) |
← 1989–90 1991–92 → |
Benfica qualified for the 1991–92 European Cup first round, Porto qualified for the 1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup first round, and Sporting CP, Boavista and Salgueiros qualified for the 1991–92 UEFA Cup first round; in opposite, Tirsense, Vitória de Setúbal, Estrela da Amadora, Belenenses and Nacional were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Rui Águas was the top scorer with 25 goals.
Promotion and relegation
Teams relegated to Liga de Honra
Portimonense and Feirense were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1989-90 season.
Teams promoted from Liga de Honra
The other two teams were replaced by Salgueiros, Gil Vicente, Farense and Famalicão from the Liga de Honra, as the league increase from 18 to 20 teams.
Teams
Stadia and locations
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Vitória de Guimarães | Paulo Autuori | 23 September 1990 | 13th | Pedro Rocha | 24 September 1990 |
Marítimo | Ferreira da Costa | 23 September 1990 | 17th | Paulo Autuori | 24 September 1990 |
Penafiel | Joaquim Teixeira | 30 September 1990 | 20th | Vítor Manuel | 1 October 1990 |
Braga | Raul Águas | 28 October 1990 | 19th | Carlos Garcia | 29 October 1990 |
Belenenses | Henri Depireux | 21 October 1990 | 19th | Antônio Lopes | 1 November 1990 |
Boavista | João Alves | 14 November 1990 | 5th | Raul Águas | 9 December 1990 |
Vitória de Setúbal | José Romão | 2 December 1990 | 19th | Quinito | 3 December 1990 |
Chaves | Manuel Barbosa | 23 December 1990 | 18th | José Romão | 24 December 1990 |
Belenenses | Antônio Lopes | 6 January 1991 | 18th | Moisés Andrade | 7 January 1991 |
Vitória de Guimarães | Pedro Rocha | 12 January 1991 | 12th | João Alves | 13 January 1991 |
Estrela da Amadora | Manuel Fernandes | 27 January 1991 | 15th | Jesualdo Ferreira | 28 January 1991 |
Nacional | Jair Picerni | 2 February 1991 | 17th | Manuel de Oliveira | 3 February 1991 |
Nacional | Manuel de Oliveira | 14 April 1991 | 20th | Amaro Cavalcante | 15 April 1991 |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Benfica (C) | 38 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 89 | 18 | +71 | 69 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
2 | Porto | 38 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 77 | 22 | +55 | 67 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1] |
3 | Sporting CP | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 58 | 23 | +35 | 56 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
4 | Boavista | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 41 | |
5 | Salgueiros | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 48 | −16 | 36 | |
6 | Beira-Mar | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 36 | |
7 | Braga | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 42 | 45 | −3 | 34 | |
8 | Chaves | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 34 | |
9 | Vitória de Guimarães | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 34 | |
10 | Marítimo | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 46 | 47 | −1 | 34 | |
11 | Farense | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 34 | |
12 | União da Madeira | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 30 | 51 | −21 | 33 | |
13 | Gil Vicente | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 34 | 46 | −12 | 33 | |
14 | Famalicão | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 33 | |
15 | Penafiel | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 34 | 51 | −17 | 33 | |
16 | Tirsense (R) | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 33 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão de Honra |
17 | Vitória de Setúbal (R) | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 32 | |
18 | Estrela da Amadora (R) | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 32 | |
19 | Belenenses (R) | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 38 | −11 | 29 | |
20 | Nacional (R) | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 33 | 60 | −27 | 27 |
Rules for classification: 1st points, 2nd head-to-head, 3rd goals average
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- Porto qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Portuguese Cup winners
Results
Top goalscorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Rui Águas | Benfica | 25 |
2 | Domingos | Porto | 24 |
3 | Fernando Gomes | Sporting | 22 |
4 | Ricky | Estrela da Amadora | 15 |
5 | Yekini | Vitória de Setúbal | 13 |
Jorge Andrade | Boavista | ||
7 | Geraldão | Porto | 12 |
Curcic | Farense | ||
9 | Rudi | Chaves | 11 |
Marlon Brandão | Boavista | ||
Tozé | Salgueiros |
Source: Foradejogo[2]
References
- "Teams". Footballzz.
- "Primeira Divisão 1990-91 – Top Scorers". Footballzz. Retrieved 2 June 2015.