1996–97 Primeira Divisão

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The 1996–97 Primeira Divisão was the 63rd edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 25 August 1996 with a match between Benfica and Braga, and ended on 15 June 1997. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Porto as the defending champions.

Primeira Divisão
Season1996–97
ChampionsPorto
16th title
RelegatedEspinho
União de Leiria
Gil Vicente
Champions LeaguePorto (group stage)
Sporting CP (second qualifying round)
Cup Winners' CupBoavista (first round)
UEFA CupBenfica (first round)
Braga (first round)
V. Guimarães (first round)
Matches played306
Goals scored721 (2.36 per match)
Top goalscorerMário Jardel (30 goals)
Biggest home winBoavista 7–0 Gil Vicente
(27 April 1997)
Biggest away winEspinho 0–5 Porto
(26 October 1996)
Highest scoring4–3
(3 times)
5–2
(2 times)

Porto won the league and qualified for the 1997–98 UEFA Champions League group stage, along with Sporting CP, who qualified for the second round, Boavista qualified for the 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round, and Benfica, Braga and V. Guimarães qualified for the 1997–98 UEFA Cup; in opposite, Espinho, União de Leiria and Gil Vicente were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Mário Jardel was the top scorer with 30 goals.

Promotion and relegation

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Teams relegated to Liga de Honra

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Felgueiras, Campomaiorense and Tirsense, were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1995–96 season.

Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

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The other three teams were replaced by Rio Ave, Vitória de Setúbal and Espinho from the Liga de Honra.

Teams

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Stadia and locations

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Location of teams in Primeira Divisão 1996-97 (Madeira)
TeamHead CoachCityStadium1995–96 finish
Belenenses QuinitoLisbonEstádio do Restelo6th
Benfica Paulo AutuoriLisbonEstádio da Luz2nd
Boavista Zoran FilipovicPortoEstádio do Bessa4th
Braga Manuel CajudaBragaEstádio Primeiro de Maio8th
Chaves José RomãoChavesEstádio Municipal de Chaves15th
Espinho ZinhoEspinhoEstádio Comendador Manuel Violas3rd in Divisão de Honra
Estrela da Amadora Fernando SantosAmadoraEstádio José Gomes13th
Farense Paco FortesFaroEstádio de São Luís10th
Gil Vicente Bernardino PedrotoBarcelosEstádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo11th
Leça Rodolfo ReisLeça da PalmeiraEstádio do Leça FC14th
Marítimo Marinho PeresFunchalEstádio dos Barreiros9th
Porto António OliveiraPortoEstádio das Antas1st
Rio Ave Henrique CalistoVila do CondeEstádio dos Arcos1st in Divisão de Honra
Salgueiros Carlos ManuelPortoEstádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro12th
Sporting Robert WaseigeLisbonEstádio José Alvalade3rd
União de Leiria Vítor ManuelLeiriaEstádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa7th
Vitória de Guimarães Jaime PachecoGuimarãesEstádio D. Afonso Henriques5th
Vitória de Setúbal Mário ReisSetúbalEstádio do Bonfim2nd in Divisão de Honra

Managerial changes

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TeamOutgoing managerDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
União de Leiria Vítor Manuel20 October 199617th Eurico Gomes21 October 1996
Belenenses Quinito27 October 199615th Vítor Manuel28 October 1996
Marítimo Marinho Peres17 November 199612th Manuel José18 November 1996
Boavista Zoran Filipovic19 November 199610th João Alves20 November 1996
Gil Vicente Bernardino Pedroto1 December 199617th Fernando Festas2 December 1996
Sporting Robert Waseige12 December 19963rd Octávio Machado20 December 1996
Rio Ave Henrique Calisto22 December 199618th Carlos Brito23 December 1996
Boavista João Alves12 January 199710th Mário Reis27 January 1997
União de Leiria Eurico Gomes19 January 199716th Quinito20 January 1997
Benfica Paulo Autuori19 January 19972nd Mário Wilson20 January 1997
Marítimo Manuel José26 January 199712th Rui Vieira27 January 1997
Benfica Mário Wilson26 January 19973rd Manuel José27 January 1997
Vitória de Setúbal Mário Reis26 January 19977th Mourinho Félix27 January 1997
Marítimo Rui Vieira16 February 199711th Augusto Inácio17 February 1997
Vitória de Setúbal Mourinho Félix10 March 199711th Manuel Fernandes11 March 1997
Gil Vicente Fernando Festas23 March 199718th José Marconi24 March 1997
Espinho Zinho11 May 199616th Edmundo Duarte12 May 1996

League table

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Porto (C)3427438024+5685Qualification to Champions League group stage
2Sporting CP3422665519+3672Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3Benfica34177104930+1958Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4Braga34151093940−155
5Vitória de Guimarães34158115146+553
6Salgueiros341410104948+152
7Boavista34121396239+2349Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
8Marítimo34138133938+147
9Estrela da Amadora341211113938+147
10Chaves341210123945−646
11Farense341012123434042
12Vitória de Setúbal341010143842−440
13Belenenses341010143750−1340
14Leça3499163342−936
15Rio Ave34811153542−735
16Espinho (R)3496192756−2933Relegation to Segunda Divisão de Honra
17União de Leiria (R)3486202553−2830
18Gil Vicente (R)3447232974−4519
Source: Primeira Divisão
Rules for classification: 1st points, 2nd head-to-head, 3rd goals average
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Boavista qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Portuguese Cup winners

Results

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Home \ AwayBELBENBOABRACHAESPESTFARGVILEÇMARPORRAVSALSCPULEVGUVSE
Belenenses1–02–41–20–00–00–01–21–10–42–00–22–10–02–21–01–12–1
Benfica1–21–11–13–02–02–02–11–01–00–01–20–03–41–01–00–25–1
Boavista1–11–13–00–10–22–21–17–00–03–10–22–05–02–13–02–20–0
Braga3–11–11–03–02–11–22–14–11–00–02–11–00–01–01–00–22–1
Chaves2–23–12–15–21–01–01–14–11–02–12–41–11–10–02–00–00–1
Espinho0–10–30–00–11–12–11–01–00–21–00–51–21–11–31–01–40–3
Estrela da Amadora2–21–12–53–13–02–02–12–01–00–02–20–02–10–10–12–02–0
Farense0–21–22–02–20–23–11–02–10–01–01–22–11–10–04–01–01–1
Gil Vicente1–20–32–41–13–01–00–11–11–01–20–32–21–30–33–41–10–0
Leça3–21–51–30–03–21–11–10–01–11–02–43–23–10–13–01–10–2
Marítimo1–02–02–21–13–31–02–01–06–00–10–21–03–11–22–01–23–2
Porto2–13–11–05–02–03–00–02–03–02–14–12–21–21–22–03–12–2
Rio Ave4–10–10–01–00–00–32–00–00–22–02–30–11–13–43–11–11–0
Salgueiros1–20–13–23–01–05–03–32–13–21–00–00–11–30–33–00–03–2
Sporting CP3–11–03–11–02–04–00–00–02–01–03–00–12–04–00–04–12–1
União de Leiria3–10–21–11–20–12–22–00–02–01–12–00–31–00–11–02–30–0
Vitória de Guimarães1–01–00–40–04–12–43–13–24–23–00–10–42–01–20–13–03–0
Vitória de Setúbal2–00–22–21–11–00–21–20–11–01–00–01–31–11–11–04–14–0
Source: Foradejogo (in Portuguese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Mário JardelPorto30
2 Jimmy Floyd HasselbainkBoavista20
3 GaúchoEstrela da Amadora16
4 Constantino JardimLeça15
Nuno GomesBoavista
6 KaroglanBraga14
7 GilmarVitória de Guimarães13
8 EdmilsonMarítimo12
9 EdmilsonPorto11
10 Marcos SeveroSalgueiros10

Source: Footballzz[2]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ "Teams". Footballzz. Retrieved 2019-01-22.[dead link]
  2. ^ "Primeira Divisão 1996-97 – Top Scorers". Footballzz. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
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