1995–96 Primeira Divisão

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The 1995–96 Primeira Divisão was the 62nd edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 19 August 1995 with a match between União de Leiria and Marítimo, and ended on 12 May 1996. Starting from this season, Portugal implemented the three points for a win rule, after FIFA formally adopted the system. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Porto as the defending champions.

Primeira Divisão
Season1995–96
ChampionsPorto
15th title
RelegatedFelgueiras
Campomaiorense
Tirsense
Champions LeaguePorto (group stage)
Cup Winners' CupBenfica (first round)
UEFA CupSporting CP (first round)
Boavista (first round)
V. Guimarães (first round)
Matches played306
Goals scored797 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorerDomingos (25 goals)
Biggest home winSporting CP 7–1 Campomaiorense
(18 September 1995)
Biggest away winLeça 0–5 Belenenses
(30 December 1995)
Highest scoringPorto 6–3 Braga
(3 March 1996)

Porto won the league and qualified for the 1996–97 UEFA Champions League group stage, Benfica qualified for the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round, and Sporting CP, Boavista and V. Guimarães qualified for the 1996–97 UEFA Cup; in opposite, União da Madeira, Beira-Mar and Vitória de Setúbal were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Domingos was the top scorer with 25 goals.

Promotion and relegation

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Teams relegated to Liga de Honra

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União da Madeira, Beira-Mar and Vitória de Setúbal, were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1994–95 season.

Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

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The other three teams were replaced by Leça, Campomaiorense and Felgueiras from the Liga de Honra.

Teams

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[1]

Stadia and locations

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Location of teams in Primeira Divisão 1995-96 (Madeira)
TeamHead CoachCityStadium1994–95 finish
Belenenses João AlvesLisbonEstádio do Restelo12th
Benfica Artur JorgeLisbonEstádio da Luz3rd
Boavista Manuel JoséPortoEstádio do Bessa9th
Braga Manuel CajudaBragaEstádio Primeiro de Maio10th
Campomaiorense Manuel FernandesCampo MaiorEstádio Capitão Cesar Correia2nd in Divisão de Honra
Chaves Vítor UrbanoChavesEstádio Municipal de Chaves14th
Estrela da Amadora Fernando SantosAmadoraEstádio José Gomes15th
Farense Paco FortesFaroEstádio de São Luís5th
Felgueiras Jorge JesusFelgueirasEstádio Dr. Machado de Matos3rd in Divisão de Honra
Gil Vicente Bernardino PedrotoBarcelosEstádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo13th
Leça Fernando FestasLeça da PalmeiraEstádio do Leça FC1st in Divisão de Honra
Marítimo Raul ÁguasFunchalEstádio dos Barreiros7th
Porto Bobby RobsonPortoEstádio das Antas1st
Salgueiros Mário ReisPortoEstádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro11th
Sporting Carlos QueirozLisbonEstádio José Alvalade2nd
Tirsense José RomãoSanto TirsoEstádio Abel Alves de Figueiredo8th
União de Leiria Vítor ManuelLeiriaEstádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa6th
Vitória de Guimarães Vítor OliveiraGuimarãesEstádio D. Afonso Henriques4th

Managerial changes

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TeamOutgoing managerDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Benfica Artur Jorge9 September 19956th Mário Wilson10 September 1995
Leça Fernando Festas1 October 199517th António Pinto2 October 1995
Chaves Vítor Urbano5 November 199517th Joaquim Teixeira6 November 1995
Campomaiorense Manuel Fernandes19 November 199518th Diamantino Miranda20 November 1995
Vitória de Guimarães Vítor Oliveira17 December 19956th Manuel Machado23 December 1995
Tirsense José Romão23 December 199518th Eurico Gomes30 December 1995
Vitória de Guimarães Manuel Machado13 January 19968th Jaime Pacheco14 January 1996
Sporting Carlos Queiroz17 February 19963rd Fernando Mendes18 February 1996
Marítimo Raul Águas10 March 19967th Rui Vieira10 March 1996
Chaves Joaquim Teixeira17 March 199617th José Romão18 March 1996
Sporting Fernando Mendes31 March 19964th Octávio Machado1 April 1996

League table

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Porto (C)3426628420+6484Qualification to Champions League group stage
2Benfica3422755625+3173Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
3Sporting CP34191056927+4267Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4Boavista3419875928+3165
5Vitória de Guimarães34195105539+1662
6Belenenses34149115333+2051
7União de Leiria34145153850−1247
8Braga34129134447−345
9Marítimo34127153953−1443
10Farense34106183645−936
11Gil Vicente3499163149−1836
12Salgueiros34715123949−1036
13Estrela da Amadora34714133550−1535
14Leça3497182955−2634
15Chaves3497183856−1834
16Felgueiras (R)3489172947−1833Relegation to Segunda Divisão de Honra
17Campomaiorense (R)34103213269−3733
18Tirsense (R)34710173053−2331
Source: Primeira Divisão
Rules for classification: 1st points, 2nd head-to-head, 3rd goals average
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Benfica qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Portuguese Cup winners

Results

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Home \ AwayBELBENBOABRACPMCHAESTFARFELGVILEÇMARPORSALSCPTIRULEVGU
Belenenses1–01–21–13–14–14–12–10–12–25–04–11–10–10–11–13–11–0
Benfica1–01–13–02–02–01–00–11–03–04–15–12–10–00–02–14–01–1
Boavista1–01–35–24–02–01–13–04–03–02–01–01–11–12–11–15–02–1
Braga1–11–22–01–01–02–13–22–01–13–01–10–32–21–34–00–04–0
Campomaiorense2–30–00–22–02–12–11–02–02–01–13–10–10–00–13–14–20–1
Chaves1–01–22–31–04–10–02–11–01–02–20–22–31–11–12–00–11–2
Estrela da Amadora2–20–10–04–22–02–31–12–13–11–01–11–11–11–10–02–40–0
Farense1–31–32–01–03–10–01–00–05–02–02–00–24–10–12–11–10–1
Felgueiras0–01–22–01–13–02–22–13–12–21–20–31–12–00–10–13–00–3
Gil Vicente0–01–21–11–23–12–00–12–22–00–01–00–11–10–21–01–02–0
Leça0–50–00–20–14–14–10–22–11–00–20–00–21–11–13–10–11–0
Marítimo1–22–22–02–13–00–21–10–00–21–02–01–13–10–51–01–04–0
Porto1–03–01–06–35–02–06–02–06–22–02–06–02–02–15–01–02–3
Salgueiros1–34–20–20–00–22–20–01–00–02–33–02–00–42–21–14–01–2
Sporting CP3–12–00–00–17–14–16–25–04–04–12–02–00–22–21–00–02–3
Tirsense0–00–11–32–02–02–10–02–10–01–11–32–12–42–01–10–12–2
União de Leiria1–00–21–01–04–04–12–11–00–02–01–30–40–03–21–25–11–2
Vitória de Guimarães1–02–41–31–14–02–13–01–02–02–02–06–00–21–21–12–13–0
Source: Foradejogo (in Portuguese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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RankPlayerClubGoals
1 DomingosPorto25
2 João PintoBenfica18
3 EdinhoGuimarães15
Constantino JardimLeça
Leonson LewisFelgueiras
6 ArturBoavista14
7 Maurício CabedeloLeiria13
EdmilsonPorto
9 Jimmy Floyd HasselbainkCampomaiorense12
10 Paulo AlvesSporting10
Alex BunburyMarítimo

Source: Footballzz[2]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ "Teams". Footballzz.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Primeira Divisão 1994-95 – Top Scorers". Footballzz. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
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